all of their needs taken care of in one go. this is an opportunity for us here in the tenderloin to come together, try out these ideas to see if we can put -- get -- connect people to services in a [ indiscernible ] >> clerk: good afternoon. members of the public. this meet is being held in hybrid format with the meeting occurring in person at city hall room 400, being broadcast live on sfgov tv and also available by phone.

we welcome public participation during the public comment period. public comment will be taken both in person and remotely by call-in. for each action or duction item, the board will take comments first from those attending the meeting in person. from those calling remotely. the phone number to use is (415)655-0001. access code, 2483 948 7935. when prompted dial star 3 to enter the speaker line. speakers will have two minutes to provide public comment unless otherwise, noted by the chair. please speak clearly ensure you are in a quiet location and turn off any tvs or computers around you. please note that city policies along with federal state and local law prohibit harassing conduct against city employees and will not be tolerated. we thank you for joining us. this places you on item 2, roll

call. [ roll call ] you have a quorum. i note that director hinze is attending this meeting remotely under the authority of the mayor's emergency order. directors are reminded that they must appear on camera in order to speak for vote on any item. because we have a director attending remotely, all votes will be taken by roll call. item 3, two of prohibition of sound producing devices. the ringing and use of cell phones and sound producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. the chair may order removal of

any person responsible for ringing use of cell phone or other electronic devices. item 4, approval of minutes of the may 17, 2022 regular meeting and the may may 31, 2022 meeting. >> chair borden: directors are there any comments? we'll open up for public comment now. which is the approval of the minutes from the may 7th and may 31st meetings. if you like to comment on those minutes, press 1 to put yourself in the queue. you're in the room, please come up to the podium. seeing no one, we'll go to online callers. are there any callers on the line? >> we have one caller.

>> chair borden: please proceed. >> caller: my name is paula. i have a question about the minutes for the may 17th meeting. in the minutes, it states under regular calendar, item 11, presentation and discussion regarding summer 2022 service changes, presented by shawn kennedy. there's no indication in the minutes of whether the board voted to approve any the proposed service changes. could someone please clarify whether the board approved these changes on may 17th or any other meeting or whether they are still just proposals. [ indiscernible ] i like to know if it's approved. thank you. >> chair borden: are there any additional callers on the line?

>> there are no additional callers. >> chair borden: please close public comment. i want to note for the caller, point of information. that was an informational item. those service changes are going forward. they were previously supported. they are going forward, but, it was just an update on the progress. with that, is there a motion on the minutes from the two minutes. >> motion to approve. >> second. >> chair borden: please call the roll. >> clerk: okay on the motion to approve the minutes. [roll call vote] minutes are approved 7-0. the next item is item 5,

communications. >> chair borden: are there any communications? i don't know what that item is. [ laughter ] next item. >> clerk: item 6, introduction of new or unfinished business by board members. >> chair borden: i know this is our last boarding when we're all here together. probably until august or september. i know that i would imagine, some people want to say a few things. director yekutiel? >> director yekutiel: thank you. i have two items then i will talk about the summer. the first, i want to let my colleagues know that i spent a couple of hours yesterday with the incredible women and men that operate our paint and sign shop. darrell robinson, who runs operations, mike macharo who runs the paint shop and steven counts who's the acting parking

sign manager, these people serve our city with distinction. some of them have been with the agency for over 30 years. which i'm acutely aware. it was fascinating. i learned about lot of the issues that we heard about here, issues with supply chain, issues with staffing, had to double sometimes the amount of work they had to do because of covid. we talked about what a plan would like like for the paint around our city to continue upkeep some of which has fallen by the wayside because of increased demand and covid. it was illuminating. i'm really glad that i was able to spend the afternoon with the folks that work there. it it made me very proud to serve this body. the second thing i wanted to close the loop on the bus shelter work. that director cajina and have been involved in. we had a variety of meetings.

we met with director tumlin as well. giving him our thoughts on the matter. my take away from this is that the women and men that work subcontractors for clear channel, worked very hard if what is almost an impossible task. bus shutters are defamed and graffiti and broken into daily. i have lot of empathy for that. at the same time, there's something afoot here that makes me feel a little concerned. something isn't right. the backlog of maintenance is way too long. why i have empathy for the folks that work on this, i understand

there's been a thousand fold increase in the amount of incidents that require maintenance and they only hired one more maintenance person to do the work. i'm glad that director tumlin is working internally to figure out the contract negotiations reflect the needs of our customers. i have full faith in jeff. i hope that, at the end of the, whatever happens, our bus shelters can get back to up to snuff. we can figure out a way to use how many of them are broken. last thing, this will be my last meeting for a while. i'll be missing four meetings of the board. i'm taking some time off this summer to rest and recuperate and reflect, after what has been a very hard few years for me and my small business and my personal health. i thank my colleagues for allowing me this and for the

agency. i tried work very hard until now. i'm excited to come back and hit the ground running when i come back for the next meeting. thank you. >> chair borden: thank you any other directors have comments under new and unfinished business? go ahead director hinze. >> director hinze: no, vice chair can go first. [ laughter ] >> vice chair eaken: colleague, i think since the last time we smoker i want -- smoker i wanted it let you know that walk health s.f. held -- director yekutiel and i attended. i can't remember if there was

other faces there. just being with the families of those who were lost, makes all this so real and so tragic. i wanted to remind us all that, it is our responsibility to make our streets safe. i know staff are doing everything we can. sfmta cannot do this alone. we need the partnership of our state leaders. we need the partnership of other city departments. i would love to encourage staff to find ways to bring into dialogue with this board, some of those partners we need. thank you. >> chair borden: thank you. any additional -- director hinze? >> director hinze: thank you chair boredden. bored -- thank you, chairborden.

i want to echo my two colleagues. we wish director yekutiel the best on his journey as he takes some personal time over the summer. my piece of new business is sort of director yekutiel said. it has to do with certain bus stops. we had a desire to eliminate flag stops throughout the city.

thinking on that and our plans for that moving forward will be in order. also, i wanted to second director eaken's comments about other state departments, partnering up with us on vision zero. i keep referencing this. i wonder if we can bring some other city departments into those. i would think that some of us, my colleagues on this board, will be more than happy to partner up and go with which

department will be best with those. that's it. thank you. >> chair borden: any additional communications? we'll miss you director yekutiel, have a great trip. we'll open up if public comment on new and under finished business just discussed by board members. only this specific items discussed by director yekutiel, director eaken, director hinze or myself. i don't see anyone in the room. if you like to speak, please come to the podium. otherwise, we'll go to public comment online. are there any commenters online? >> there are no callers for this item. >> chair borden: we'll close public comment and move on to the next item.

>> clerk: item 7, director's report. >> director tumlin: today's report covers three key topic areas, our usual vision zero updates. our customer information system. finally, a lot of special events. let's get started with vision zero. as you all know, we had a number of high profile crashes that resulted in both severe injuries as well as fatalities over the last reporting period. i wanted to update you on each of those. as you all know, back on saturday may 21st, there was a motorist traveling southbound on 37th avenue. that person made a left turn on to fulton. while making the left turn was distracted by something in the vehicle and struck and killed a pedestrian who was crossing on the green at the san francisco senior center. as usual, our crews went out and did a detailed field

investigation. they are making some minor upgrade recommendations. we have a significant fulton street project that we are eager to get moving on. they would improve both pedestrian safety and transit and our ability to implement that project is dependent upon what happens in today's election. the second fatality, which also got a fair amount of press, was on sunday may 22nd. there were vehicles traveling northbound on third street. there was a taxi operator in the transit lane, on the right-hand side. and motorist in a normal car in it center lane, both traveling northbound. the motorist in the center lane made a sudden right turn on to mission, not seeing the taxi to their right. the taxi swerved to avoid being sideswiped and ended up on the

sidewalk where the taxi operator unfortunately caused the death of two pedestrians at the corner. as usual, our crew went out and did detailed investigation almost everything there was in good condition. we are, however, hoping to move forward on a transit only lane upgrade project later this year. though, i'm not sure those physical measures would have helped to prevent this particular crash. wednesday june 5th, there was a operator one-wheeled micromobility device that was traveling along oak at octavia. the device user ran the red light and struck the side of a recology truck that was traveling across the intersection on the green. the user of the device wind under the vehicle.

as a result, was killed. the rapid response team found things to be mostly in good working order, but this area of the oak area is part of the plan we have for the significant upgrade for pedestrian safety reasons and that whole part of the western addition. moving on, we did start our motorcycle training program in collaboration with the san francisco police department. this is free, half day handson training for motorcyclists in order to practice safety skills. first training was completed in may. we have seven more classes offered this year. these are free to everyone. we highly encourage anyone who rides a motorcycle in san francisco to attend. as far as our work on speed limits, all of the phase one, 2n

completed on schedule at the end of april. we're now working on phase two crossing nine corridors all over the city, in order to use safety as a primary criterion for the setting of shield limit -- speed limits. we hope it remains legal here in california. unfortunately, speak of state partnerships, lord freeman's bill 2336 was making good progress in the state assembly. unfortunately, did not pass the assembly appropriations committee. this bill, which would legalize speed safety cameras in california, is no longer in this year. there's no more powerful tool than be safety cameras for both

improving safety outcomes while also advancing equity in safety enforcement. the bill included significant provisions around privacy and equity. but apparently, others were still concerned that bill did not do enough. we will continue to fighting the fight every single jurisdiction around the world has a strong traffic safety set of outcomes, has speed safety cameras as a primary tool for making sure that the streets are safe. finally, we're getting ready to gear up on the bay shore boulevard quick women project. -- buildproject. the team has done a lot of outreach in the past month to make sure that it meets community needs including door-to-door outreach.

the team is now assessing the survey responses to public comment. next major topic is about customer information. as you know, we're making some pretty significant transit service improvements on july 9th. we began the process of replacing all of the transit maps and all the shelters. this map still show pre-covid routes. we've been waiting for the system to stabilize. it's a major undertaking to replace all of those maps. in the meantime, our team has also printed qr codes for every transit shelter in the city. where users get up to date information both about routes as well as realtime information for the lines that serve that stop. we're trying to do the best we can around public service announcement, ads and newspapers in various languages and lot of social media to get the word out

about the july service changes. also, if you can bring up the slides. we've been working really hard to update our ancient realtime information signage in the shelters. as we told you several months ago, at&t has been threatening fee service for a long time now. we managed to get a reprieve of several months, but the end is actually coming later this month. we've been installing as many new signs as we can. you can see our new standard sign here on van ness avenue as well as much in the tenderloin. bad as of supply chain issues, we are still not in receipt of the bulk of the signs, even though they were scheduled for delivery in time to replace all of our shelter realtime

information signage. later this month, about half of our shelter signs will no longer be able to display accurate realtime information. again, the qr code will allow users who have smartphones to be able to get that realtime information on their phone. of course, we know that not all of our users have smartphones. we're prioritizing muni equity strategy neighborhoods for the updates so that the realtime information the shelters can continue. we've been focused in the tenderloin, the mission and western addition. we will be advancing to other muni equity strategy neighborhoods immediately after that. it is, also, there is lot going on in san francisco. i would encourage allful you to get out and enjoy what our amazing city has to offer. naturally, the warriors advanced

in the nba finals. we are utterly delighted to see a huge number of warriors fans using muni in order to get to the chase arena. reminder for everyone, that your ticket to the game is an all day muni fare. please do take muni and go warriors. we also had this week, this last saturday, it was muni heritage day. one of my favorite events of the year. we got some photos here. this is a day when muni brings out its entire historic fleet. muni has one of the most amazing historic fleets in the world. we have one of almost every bus, trolley bus and streetcar the agency has operated in its history.

our mechanics and machinists keep these vehicles in good working hard. on heritage day we bring them out packed with people all day long. i'm eager to ride all our vehicles. i tried but failed to get on boat tram. i was thinking about using executive privilege to yank some kid off of the train. [ laughter ] they were all so very excited to be on the train, that i let them go. also, at the same time, as muni heritage weekend, it was the sikh parade. it was interesting to watch the two events. the sikh parade is a spectacular event. about half of the sikh community of the united states lives here in california. the sikh community comes together in san francisco in order to raise awareness about the issues they face around the world and also here in the

united states. later this month is juneteenth. which is now an official holiday. first here in san francisco, now nationally. as is our usual practice, will be participating in the juneteenth festivals in bayview as well as having our office, racial equity and belonging decorate a theme cable cart. also it is pride month. it is a huge event. we're very excite end. we're excited to be partnering. i'll be riding on our motorized cable car in the parade as well as our staff. muni is also supporting the transmarch which is taking place

on friday the 24th as well as the bike march on saturday and main event on sunday. i'm proud to announce that this year's good government award are honoring all of the city staff that helped get san francisco through the pandemic. did so skillfully. still having one of the lowest covid transmission as well as covid complications and fatality rates in the world. all city departments will be participating and representing the sfmta. george louie who is the sfmta department operations center commander, representing his very large team of people. along with monica, who led sfmta's role in the creation of the program. finally, one is that i will be on vacation starting tomorrow

through pride. this is my first real vacation since i started this job. it is much needed. finally, probably most importantly, reminder to everyone that today is election day. this election, like all elections, matter. please do vote. polls are open until 8:00 p.m. >> chair borden: thank you, director tumlin. i know we can't talk about election day. for muni it's a big day just in case people remember. [ laughter ] director heminger? >> director heminger: thank you. i like to pick up where director eaken left off about vision zero. jeff, one thing that i noted in your reporting today on several deaths, you prefaced each instance with as usual, we did

blank. it seems to me that's exactly the problem. it's so usual now. it strikes me as well, that this debate about traffic violence is quite similar to our national debate about gun violence. i think most of you are aware of it for many years, traffic crashes were the leading cause of death among kids. this year, it's guns instead of traffic deaths. it's not as if traffic deaths don't matter anymore. the number of deaths from guns in 2022 was 3219. in terms of vehicle traffic deaths it was 2882. it's one and two. i don't want to too much about gun violence.

that's beyond our purview. i think there are quite a few people who believe that we could make more progress on that subject if we change the laws. we have been using that strategy here in california, here in san francisco, with traffic deaths as well in trying to get as jeff said, what is a very effective strategy legalized. which is using technology and speed cameras. we've been unsuccessful for several years now. i continue to believe, i apologize to my colleagues who heard this before, i guess i will keep saying it until someone listens. unlike the gun debate, we have a very effective law that has been

in place for decades, under which police officers, the san francisco police department can issue speeding tickets. the data that the staff provided me at my request a few months ago indicate that relatively lousy level of enforcement has fallen off the cliff in the recent years. we heard part of that from a captain or what his rank was. we heard part of it from the police officials who is in charge of this duty, that they have, like a lot of city departments have, like we have, a problem with vacancies. look, it's not as if we don't have a law that we can enforce. the fact that we're not doing it, to me, in the face of these numbers, just suggest that we don't think it's a priority.

look, there's plenty of blame to go around about that as director eaken indicated, there are several city departments in play here. not just us. we're the bearer of the bad news. we're the one who report who's happening on our streets each and every week and month. all of us need to do better. i continue to believe that we ought to get off our ass and do something about the law that we already have and enforcing it, so we can have some kind of turn effect for the people who are driving like crazy around our town. i don't have data to back this up, i would guess that this is like an 80-20 problem. the 20% of the people are reckless drivers they cause 80% the fatalities and injuries. if that's even remotely true, then, it seems to me, again,

that we ought to try to deal with the law we already have. we ought to keep trying to change the law as we are. in the meantime, people continue to die. if there's one preventible injury out there or death, we ought to save it. thank you, madam chair. >> chair borden: director hinze? >> director hinze: first of all, i would agree with my colleague over there, director heminger, we do need to look at all departments and the contributions to vision zero, including the police department.

director heminger, i support your comments. my question is probably related to this. i want to see if the director what we can do in the future -- [ indiscernible ]

>> chair borden: may be, you want to direct what director tumlin was talking about? >> i'm happy to do that. good afternoon. this is kate breen, sfmta government affair. listening to your remarks, also moved, really by your remarks and your commitment to this work. really reflecting on director heminger's comments about the correlation with gun violence. i have come to that same conclusion. so, i wanted to give you a little bit more context and to

director hinze's opportunity to share some of the process that we've been through. this has been now, the third time in six years that we have worked to advance at the state level authorization for speed safety cameras or automated speed enforcement, consistent with the vision zero action strategy and the legislative program adopted by this board. while i and others here are reminds that took new york ten years to achieve its first authorization for the speed limit safety camera pilot, i'm going to observe that we're now more than half way through that time frame. with that correlates into legislative time frame, is two more sessions. 73 if we want to compare ourselves to new york, that's what we're looking at. we've made some progress each time. this last time more than we have the previous two times under the bill responsed by assembly

member david chu. secured both democrat and republican votes in both policy committees. it passed almost unanimously out of both of those committees. unfortunately, like last year, the bill met its demise while on the assembly appropriations committee file. there's not a lot of transparency what happens behind the scenes. while it was on suspense, which is waiting to find out if it gets off, calls were made to the chair by the mayor of los angeles and other leaders, lot of energy was put into keeping the momentum. that seem to be going this year. i don't know that i need to get into the specific details of the bill, it was a six-city pilot

with many amendments taken along the way to address law enforcement union concerns, to address a range of equity stakeholders concerns. we had a broader engagement this time and had a los angeles flare with the advocates who mobilized new voices including south central los angeles church leaders and bike and pet advocates in los angeles. that really helped in securing some of the votes of more southern california dominated committees. for san francisco, to director eken's comments about having the families and being with the family, the family continue to show up in this process, even though most of it was virtual. we do need more partnership that is the only thing is going to lead to success. i want to point out too, the

this is the opportunity to get more details, the opposition this year was spearheaded by aclu and electronic frontier foundation, who was not involved in the previous version of the bill, but have joined voices with some of the equity stakeholders in taking a position not so much around a vision zero related position, but more around the fact that more enforcement is openly going to have greater harm on low income communities. i don't want to speak too long here. that was a split within equity advocacy community along with some of the vision zero, bike and ped advocates. police union remain opposed to the san francisco p.o.a. which led the statewide police union to go on record opposing the

bill. we know that there are lim changes -- leadership changes ahead and the speakership is likely to change as we've seen in the press. i want to close by saying the defense of the status quo around speeding, speed limits in the state is deeply entrenched. changes are perceived as a slippery slope by some to undermine motorist right. which we think is a false premise. we'll have to see what the landscape looks like once the session is over and who might want to take on the next round to reintroduce a safety camera bill. i'm happy to make more questions. i wanted to just share with you that context. i have to acknowledge the support from other sfmta staff, from tom mcguire's team, vision zero team have been amazing. of course, director tumlin championing this work. >> director hinze: i appreciate

you being here. thank you, chair. >> chair borden: thank you. any other comments? director eaken? >> vice chair eaken: i'll briefly request that often when we talk vision zero, we hear a lot from staff the progress they are making. which makes lot of sense. we want to celebrate all of the process and mile and turn restrictions. i would appreciate a deeper understanding of what is getting in the way of our ability to do more quickly. i was reflecting on the fulton street fatality that you spoke about. that is a protected intersection, but there's so many people who want to access the park and they don't have the privilege of that intersection. i spent time in gerry and

japantown. what else is really standing in the way? i would love if we can map out all the steps it take to get the improvements on the ground, big circles where we are falling short. >> director tumlin: we will gladly provide that. >> chair borden: i have a question to this. there was a crossing guard that helps quite a bit. but there was lot of speeding because you're right at 280. there's a lot of going on. it seem that was helpful. the guard was there mostly for

school purposes. i know downtown where the traffic tend to be slower, we have p.c.o.s that help guide traffic. i wonder if even doing implementing that at key intersections can be helpful. people would know and people would slow down. just a thought that could be looked into how if there are any patterns we see from those intersections that have p.c.o.s or crossing guards, and whether or not that can be another implement that might be more within our own wheel house and affordable are there any additional questions? if not, we'll move to public comment. this is a time for members of the public to comment on the director's report. any items mentioned in the director's report by any of the directors or ms. breen, you may so if you're in the room.

if you like to be in the queue on the phone, please press 10. >> recently, i stood at the intersection of turk and taylor with a sign a driver killed our neighbor here. then i was at 37th and follow folsomwith a sign. you've all been passionate leaders but we need to be bolder. third admission with three pedestrians on the sidewalk was struck. it's a oneway speedway through the heart of our downtown convention and district. we need immediate change to these dangerous streets. not just signs. i know resources are limited and i'll advocate for more resources

for the agency any chance i can. that means m.t.a. needs to use its limited resources more wisely. i keep hearing the planning staff time is constraints on ability to deliver quick build project. every hour that staff spends on another survey or meetings abused by drivers is an hour they are not spending making the street safer in equity priority communities. why in a vision zero do i get a stream of surveys asking whether i prefer dead spreads -- pedestrians or losing a few parking spaces? why hold 15 community meetings just for initial outreach for sunset neighbor ways. like director eaken said, we need to figure out what these processes are that keep slowing

us down to move faster on vision zero. thank you. >> chair borden: i don't see anyone else in the room. let's go our online callers. are there any callers on the line? >> caller: good afternoon. my name is richard rothman. i want to say in the last few years, there's been four traffic deaths of pedestrians walking in the intersection. they are hit by cars, killed and sfmta has done nothing to make these intersections safe. i repeat that, nothing to make these intersections safe. at 37th and folsom where that lady died a few years ago, a

lady, a senior citizen was walking in the intersection, she ended up in the emergency room. when i talked to the traffic engineer, he said, i'm not going to do anything because she didn't die. i think if you want to change vision zero, you need to change the culture and the reorganization of the streets division. the richmond district residents, we want to make our neighborhood safe so we can walk in our neighborhood. you passed resolution wanting people to enjoy j.f.k. and the park. how can people in the richmond enjoy j.f.k. and they have to worry about speeding cars on fulton street? you need to make fulton street safe. you need to do it now. put in temporary zones to slow the speed down.

i live a block away from 37th and fulton street. please act now. thank you. >> chair borden: next speaker please. >> caller: thank you, again. this is heavy. i'm going to try to develop my thoughts here. i'm not even in the state right now. this is important to me, because, i want to feel safe when i come to san francisco. my beloved second home. i do ask for plainer and careful use of language. i don't know what's the qualifications are that you report on one of these unfortunate events that should never happen. there are certain demographics

of people who are victims of traffic violence, going to be highlighted more than people from other groups. if i was struck by a car, i wonder if i will be reported on. i'm different. i hope that we would have sense of equity in highlighting these cases. it's tragic regardless of who it happened to. i hope that -- we hear taxis and normal cars. what's a normal carvers success abnormal car. i hope never to get hurt on the

road in san francisco. i hope that no one will be met with violence because they are different. thank you. >> chair borden: next speaker, please. >> caller: good afternoon. this is barry toronto. i am extremely grateful to director tumlin for how he described these two very tragic and unfortunate events. facts are the most important thing. one of the supervisors jumped to conclusion regarding the incident at oak and octavia. at 4 in the morning, unicycle speeding down that slope on oak street.

the recycle truck had the right-of-way. this is common where all of these alternative modes of transportation during the late night hours are ignoring the traffic laws. it sad it makes them the injured person when person in the vehicle driving has right-of-way. not all the time. in this case, the garbage truck had the right-of-way. this is something that we want to share the road. they have to follow the laws too. for their own safety. regarding the taxi cab, i'm very saddened by it. this is a common thing that car drivers do not get into the right turn lane before they turn right. this is a common practice.

what we need to do, put more plastic poles up where cars should not be turning right or turning left. i have begged and they didn't want to do it. >> chair borden: next speaker please. >> caller: hi, i'm lisa. i ride muni. i have been for 30 plus years. i love muni. i'm grateful for all the sfmta staff. i feel bad calling in to complain. listening to this report, one thing that stood out in all of these comments, why are we spending so much time talking about the speed light

legislation? i would love to see it passed, it didn't. stop using that as an excuse, find another way. stop comparing us to other cities. stop making excuses to get the job done. it's great that we had successes. it's not enough. this report did not highlight that have been ten deaths this year including nine in the last six weeks on our street. it's unacceptable. we know we can do better. we know we can build faster. i really just wish all of you, you have the power to do something about our street. i keep hearing quotes, moved and concerned about the streets, people with no power are dying on them. please help us. you can move faster. thank you.

>> chair borden: are there additional callers on the line? >> caller: this is edward mason. regarding the information display, i hope that the time will be displayed as the old system had for next spots. we can work on that. regarding the police department enforcement, i agree with director heminger, it's a parade of lot of problems. my real concern in the future is electric autos. i saw a tesla when they first came out, accelerate on masonic. i couldn't believe it how fast that thing accelerated. i think possibly there should be a gps acceleration speed, governor placed in those fancy cars that they are capable to do

it with scooters now. i think one way is if you're graphically driving somewhere, you should be able to log in to the computer and that would determine acceleration and the speed on those streets. we got the gps capability. i don't see why we can't meld the two together. thank you. >> chair borden: thank you. next speaker please. >> caller: hi. thanks for taking my comment. i live in south selma. three things i wanted to address the commissioners today. one is the issue of zoe street. sfmta has decided that 21 feet is enough for three lanes of cars. typical car is 7 to 10 feet

wide. it doesn't work. this creates issues with two lanes of traffic trying to be opposing. it drives people up on to the sidewalks on a regular basis. there's construction going on at 5331 bryan. they worked with the neighborhood. they asked sfmta for a permit to remove the one lane of parking or to make it travel lane one way so there's room for traffic and safety. sfmta has said no. i would love for director tumlin to explain how this fits with vision zero, how you can have cars forced to take off and drive up on to the street on to the sidewalk. how does that work with vision zero? the second vision zero follow-up is bike lanes. with know that driving and parking in a bike lane is

illegal under state law. yes, we know that sfmta can only address people who are parked. they do people who are moving. this board and director tumlin, has directed sfmta officers to not enforce bike lanes. they will not -- if you call ask for enforcement, they will refuse to send someone out. they will not tow or ticket a car parked in a bike lane. we know this distributes this deaths. you guys just don't do anything about it. >> chair borden: thank you. >> with that, we will close public comment. next item. >> clerk: item 8, citizens advisory council. the chair is on the line.

>> good afternoon. i will be brief. we have four resolutions to bring to your attention from the meeting in june. it should be in your packet. our first resolution is urging the sfmta to implement a mask mandate to protect the health of riders and staff and to maintain service and liability [ please stand by ]

>> we've seen some frustration about the pricing scheme, about

it being most actually hurting the ridership and harming the agency's goals, and we would like the agency to take more attention into making this pricing scheme and structure better for low-income folks for its rideship for all equity plan and low-income riders. so there's more in the resolution, but that is the overall summary. it's numbered 2 through 5, and i'm standing by for questions. >> any questions, directors? director eaken, did you have a question? >> just thank you, thank you, chair chen, for raising the issue of the micromobility pricing.

i had the same question on one occasion meeting director lai for dinner, getting an extremely steep bill for riding to dinner. there's so much potential, but the pricing is such -- it's really a deterrent, so i just don't know what our thinking is how this becomes a real affordable and meaningful part of our mobility system. i believe in our biking system, and i believe in our ride share, but i just don't think they're priced in a way that's going to allow us to reach their potential. >> i'm sorry. i forgot a part of the resolution. the last part of the resolution is to enable the city to look

into a city run nonprofit plan after this current contract expires. >> thank you. that's very helpful. thank you so much for your work, and again, directors, any additional questions? if not, we'll open it up to public comment. public comment on the c.a.c. report and the comments by director eaken. if you're in the room, you may approach the podium. seeing that none are, i'm going to open it up to public comment on-line. moderator, are there callers on the line? >> thank you, again, chair borden and members. alita dupree on the line, she and her. i've never had a high-priced ride because i buy a $15 membership, and so i guess if

somebody takes a really long ride, it can get expensive, so we want to educate people on the time limit on how to use this program because i make myself aware so that i don't pay the overage fee. and maps are essential. i'm -- masks are essential. i'm letting you know that even though that there are no mandates, i'm still wearing masks on buses and cars and trains. i ride b.a.r.t. more than muni in san francisco, and it's not because b.a.r.t. is cheaper, it's because there's a mask rule. i don't think i'd be sitting here, talking to you today if i wasn't vaccinated and if i wasn't wearing a mask. i'm going to try to get my fourth shot, and then, i'll be

boosted. overall, i want things to grow, but there needs to be ways to empower people to use additional things like lower-cost memberships. thank you. >> thank you. moderator, are there additional callers on the line? >> operator: go ahead, caller. >> thank you. edward mason. the bike share micromobility satisfies the culture of convenience, which the per unit is more costly than direct ownership. should m.t.a. pursue a publicly operated or not-for-profit organization, no public funds should subsidize the operation, including m.t.a. oversight should be fully borne by the patrons utilizing the convenience of micromobility. thank you.

>> thank you. next speaker, please. >> operator: go ahead, caller. it doesn't look like there's anyone else on the line. >> okay. with that, we will close public comment on this item and move onto our next item. >> clerk: yes. that brings you to public comment for items that are not on the calendar today but are within the jurisdiction of the board. >> great. so i see people approaching, or at least one person approaching the podium. if you'd like to address us during general public comment, and as a reminder, this cannot be something that we've already discussed or something on the

agenda later today. these are matters under the jurisdiction under m.t.a. but not on the agenda. >> i'm back. i'm flo kelley, and i'm from the organization to stop homelessness. homelessness is a result of gentrification and wealth nationwide. homelessness is not a result of the failings of the individual person, it is a result of systemic broken failings. what is sfmta going to do about it? if people are living in their only homes, why would anyone think of towing their homes away? plenty of people live in their

vehicles because they absolutely cannot afford the rents of apartments or houses. they dream of getting in their car and going to work monday through friday. what happens when they lose their job? they can -- what happens if they can't get to work? they can lose their vehicle while they're trying to keep their jobs. i live in a traditional home -- house, and i can tell you, after hearing people's towing stories and how devastating assist to them, i sometimes imagine coming back to my own house and getting towed, and i

shudder, putting myself in the homes of others. >> thank you. >> my name is susan, and i'm a 22-year resident of san francisco, and i'm a volunteer and a proponent of the opposition to stop vehicle tows. there was a vehicle that was supposed to be promised last may from the m.t.a. about their towing practices and who was getting towed and why. i myself has experienced an unlawful tow, and there is no mechanism for anyone to appeal when their vehicle has been

improperly towed. now, for me, it was not a big deal. i had to pay $500, i was angry, but it didn't break me. but if my vehicle was my home, and everything that i owned was in it, and i had little to no money, it would break me, and we've seen people standing there with two shopping carts, in tears because everything they have is gone. it's really, really awful. i'm a taxpayer. i do not like the idea that my tax dollars are being spent to ruin people's lives, to kick them when they're down. so we need that report, and i think -- thank you for all the hard work you do, but we need a deadline of when we're going to get that report, and there needs to be some serious oversight of what's going on,

because we don't understand what's going on. you're out on the street, and you hear the stories, and it's appalling. there needs to be more oversight. thank you. >> thank you. seeing no additional speakers here in the room, we'll move to on-line public comment. if you'd like to move to the queue for general public comment, press one, zero. moderator, are there any callers on the line? >> yes. i am with g.l.i.d.e. you've already heard from my colleagues, flo and susan, who have joined you in person today. while sfmta have implemented some of our coalition's

recommendations, and we are grateful. initially, the report was expected to take three months, but i'm calling to see if there's a clear timeline when this report will be completed. we're hoping that the report will discuss how to differentiate between truly abandoned vehicles and vehicles that are people living in, including safe parking sites, the fiscal impact of expanding the towing waiver, and an analysis of towing policy from sfmtas office of race, equity, and inclusion, and we're hoping that these will lead to resolutions for repayment plans, service plans, and

improving towing policy forms. so appreciate the attention and renewed call for this report. we urge you to implement a recently submitted recommendation on fines, fares, and fees. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> paula [indiscernible] again. i live in district four and ride the el taraval bus. i urge you to pause the [indiscernible] which many riders prefer. this change is m.t.a.s promise to riders in 2021, saying the l-bus would run all the way downtown, and the l-riders

would have the option of transferring at west portal. there was no community outreach or discussion that any of us can find to stop the l-bus change and force us to transfer at west portal. i also want to read you an e-mail that albert chow, president of people of parkside sunset, an active taraval community merchant group, sent to sfmta yesterday. i heard from one of my executive board members that the el taraval bus route has been changed. as i understand it, l-riders will now have to get off the west portal, then walk over to the train station to catch the street car downtown. i did not hear anything from

sfmta. this sounds like a major decision that would affect everyone on taraval, and i only got secondhand situation. i request that this action be halted by the way until further action is made by the community for input. i encourage you to make this change. thank you. >> thank you. moderator, are there additional callers on the line? >> hi. good afternoon. this is barry toronto. can you hear me? >> yes, we can, barry. >> i actually raised my hand for the c.a.c., so i would like just 15 seconds holding off. i tried to speak during public comment, but i was kicked off. also, you need to hit star,

three, not one, zero. star, three. >> oh, okay. >> the sfmta was to get a report on the new up-front assisted riding program, and one of the viewers pointed out that it's no longer on the agenda. i think it's important that the c.a.c. is no longer going to be looking at this issue anymore. any way, going to public comment, i was going to say, it was very disheartening to find out that we lost our tax [indiscernible] at chase center on sunday for the basketball game. they gave it to, i believe, the team buses. may they never win a game again after taking away our [indiscernible] there were 30 or 40 motorcycle cops escorting that bus to the freeway or the

airport. there are more motorcycle cops. they just need to be used properly to do the traffic enforcement. i want to point out that traffic enforcement is at an all-time low simply because of lyft and delivery drivers because of no right turns at intersections in the tenderloin. i rarely go there because it'll take me five hours just to go two blocks. that's how bad the timing of the lights are in the tenderloin. it's atrocious. and i also want to point out that montgomery street doesn't need pedestrian scramble weekends particularly. a colleague pointed out to me, when we have a -- >> that is the time. thank you, mr. toronto. next speaker, please.

>> hi. this is adam cablaca from d-6, and i wanted to address the intersections at fourth and bryant and fourth and [indiscernible]. both of these intersections have a number of issues that the sfmta and construction crews have yet to address, and quite frankly, they are at daily risk of accidents. both intersections do not have signage or natural blocks to prevent traffic from turning across other traffic lanes.

originally, you didn't have the contra flow traffic lanes, but you guys decided to not go that route. this has led to wrong way traffic down fourth street, and again, for people living here, it's kind of frightening to have cars coming at you head-on because they don't know what to do. you created these issues with

construction, you need to resolve them. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> this is herbert winer. now, i remember when people smoked like crazy, and now, no one smokes on the bus. and i remember people riding on sidewalk, endangering pedestrians. could sfmta put signs on every sidewalk indicating that it's illegal for riders to ride to the sidewalk? now, if m.t.a. can't do it, the police could do it, and if the police can't do it, then maybe

neighborhood organizations should do it. but i believe if there are signs that are posted, there will be less of a violation. riding on the sidewalk on a bicycle is illegal, and it puts people, especially seniors and the disabled, at risk. thank you. >> thank you. moderator, are there additional callers on the line? >> thanks again, chair borden and members. alita dupree. for the record, she and her. i wish we had a code of conduct for our meetings. you know, it's hard for me when i come to speak when i would hope that you're able to listen to me because there's a lot of

negativity that is spoken to you, and i hope that you can listen to people when it's our turn to speak. i ask that you listen closely to what i say. may disagree, but i don't disrespect. when we mention essential workers, you know, i'm essential, too. i ask that we consider everybody to have an essential place in muni and in san francisco society. i am different, yes. some of you have gotten to meet me, but accept my differences. i ask that you not view me as damaged goods, but as reflective of the diversity of

san francisco. i simply want to use the system as we have it in san francisco. i call out issues, but i never call out people. i look forward to using the systems and participating in meetings, but muni is not my whole life. when i go back to new york, i ride subways. you can't beat the subway, and i want to do the same thing, when i come back to san francisco, to enjoy muni because it's such an important part of my life. thank you. >> thank you. >> the ralph m. brown requires disclosure of people's business. public comment is a protection of the brown act, however, discretion is allowed to limit the public comment based on

agenda length or the complexity of the topics so as to complete the business in a reasonable time or loss of quorum. the m.t.a. rules of order from the citizens advisory council allow up to three minutes, one per agenda item. a one-minute comment period was allowed for a $1 billion budget, and a 90-second at a recent upper management and commission meeting. the brown act flexibility caters to some council members limiting their time allocation. if the agenda takes more time that can reasonably be accomplished in one -- than can reasonably be accomplished in

one meeting, then two meetings should be allowed for adequate public comment. >> can you hear me now? >> yes. welcome back. >> david pilpel. so the m.t.a. voted exactly six months ago today to restore service on various lines. promises were made and broken and in my view reflect more management of the limits resources available to provide transit services. i agree strongly with paula captain's comments about forcing passengers to transfer at el taraval.

there needs to be some explanation and reconsideration of that decision so that i don't have to file another ceqa appeal. next, i'm concerned about s.b. 17, and i hope that kate breen is still listening. s.b. 17 is not necessary. director heminger can talk at great length about past efforts at coordination, much of which occurred without any state mandate, and as i've said before, i would start with the small counties, contra costa, alameda, and sonoma, and it highlights the difficulty of hiring in this economy. muni and b.a.r.t. have always carried two thirds of their riders in that way.

finally, it sounds like ballot matters are being discussed for next year focusing on regional boundary operating, and i hope that will include the m.t.a. board in public discussion here. >> thank you, mr. pilpel. moderator, are there any callers on the line? >> operator: there are no callers, but we did receive another card. >> thank you. welcome. >> wow, i just want to say that i am a huge fan. happy pride, director tumlin, but it's also great to say black is beautiful and it's great to see bipoc representation on the sfmta board. you may see i am wearing a mask like many of you. i really appreciate the leadership that muni showed by

having a vaccine mandate to protect us riders. i also appreciate all the work done on safe streets and more, but i think that we should return to a mask mandate just for maximum safety for everyone and to really defeat this covid-19. as you see from my shirt, i want change, not thoughts and prayers, especially on covid, and i appreciate what this board has done on that. i'm also palling around with some of the disability folks, and as someone who served on a citizen disability committee in a different state, i admire the challenges that the san francisco person had in deciding to recommend a mask mandate, and i hope that recommendation is supported by this board and director. just again, maximum safety and

stress that we're still in a pandemic. i know i've got about 25 seconds left, and i just want to say, very respectfully, i really enjoyed getting off the b.a.r.t., transferring to metro, and getting off one block west, picking up roses for supervisor stefani, getting back on muni to drop them off. you have a wonderful system. my time is expired. thank you. >> thank you. madam secretary, are there any other callers on the line? >> clerk: no, there are no other callers. >> thank you. so with that, we'll move onto the consent calendar, and i will note that one of the items on the consent calendar will not be read because it's being

moved to a future meeting. [please stand by]

>> final item is 10.5, document of resolution making findings pursuant to allow for continued remoting it meeting due to the covid-19 pandemic. >> chair borden: for those listening in, item 10.4 is heard on meeting of the 21st and is not on the agenda. if you want to speak to it, you can. we will not be taking action on item 10.4. directors are there any items we like to have severed from the agenda? seeing none, we'll move to public comment. the chance for members of the public to comment on any of the items under the 10.1 through 5

on the agenda. >> clerk: i do have one comment card for item 10.5. >> thank you. i'll be brief. hopefully won't need the full two minute. i strongly support 10.5. i encourage you to reach out to your state legislature and make it clear that needs to be permanent, remote access, not just because of the pandemic, we need inclusive input from different communities as possible. especially on transit issues where people work these lives they aren't able to come to city hall. i just really want to stress that we need something more than band-aid every single month and the brown act. you do great work all of you. thank you. >> chair borden: are there callers on the line?

>> clerk: there are no callers for this item. >> chair borden: we'll close public comment. is there a motion for a consent calendar? >> motion to approve. >> second. >> chair borden: please call the roll. [roll call vote] the consent calendar is approved. >> chair borden: that concludes the items on this agenda. we are having a special meeting starting immediately following this meeting. during the regular meet -- we'll adjourn the regular meeting at this time.

>> chair borden: good afternoon staff and meeting is held in hybrid format with the meeting occurring in person room 400 at city hall broadcasting live on sfgov tv and by phone. we welcome the public's participation during public comment period. public comment is being taken in person and remote by call-in. for each action and discussion the board will take comment first from those attending in person and remotely. phone number to use is

(415)655-0001. access 2483 948 7935 when prompted dial star 3 to enter speaker line. speakers will have two minutes to provide comment. please speak clearly and ensure you turn off tvs and computers around you. city policies along with state and local law prohibit conduct against city employees during public meeting and will not be tolerated. item 2, roll call. [ roll call ] you have a quorum. for the record, i note that director hinze is attending the meeting remotely.

under the mayor emergency order, she must appear on camera throughout the meeting in order to speak on vote on any item. all votes at this meeting will be taken by roll call. item 3, announcement of prohibition sound producing devices during the meeting. the ringing and use of cell phones and sound producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. the chair may order removal of any person responsible for ringing use of cell phone or other electronic devices. item 4, director's report. >> director tumlin: the sfmta are mosting four proposed labor agreements which was originally posted on may 21, 2022 to conform the proposed agreement with the agreements reached at the bargaining table. these documents are posted online at sfgov

tv.com/2022contract. have been posted since may 31, 2022 with conformed copies posted june 6, 2022. the difference between the agreement are, transport workers union, t.w.u. local 200 in section 3c assignment of work, previously posted m.o.u. limiting turnover during the voluntary transfer process for the 9136 classification. the conform version reflects the maximum turnover for 9136s is limited to 15%. for the international brotherhood of electrical workers, ibew, local 6, in section 3a wages. the previously posted summary omitted a wage adjustment for

class 7276. the conform summary includes a 4.13% wage increase for 7276 election supervisors effective july 1, 2022. for the international association of machinist and aerospace workers, i.a.m., local 1414, the posted m.o.u. indicated a deletion of remedy additions. the cited language has not been deleted. for service employees international yunel, seiu local 1021, in section 3a wages, the previously posted m.o.u. and summary admitted a wage

provision for class 9166. the conformed version of the m.o.u. and summary reflect the 9166 transit ambassador receiving the same salary range as citywide class, 8300 sheriff cadets effective july 1, 2022. the board will consider approval for all labor contracts later this month. thank you very much. >> chair borden: thank you. directors r there any questions for director tumlin on those contract modifications? seeing none, we'll move to public comment. there's no one in the room. we will move to our online callers. are there callers on the line? >> caller: it is david pilpel. in my opinion, it is charter

section 8a104r. i want to read that quickly. before adopting any agreement within employee organization covering matters, the agency shall notice public meeting disclosed in writing with detailed analysis of the proposed agreement comparison of the differences between the agreement reached and the prior agreement analysis of all costs for each year of the term of such agreement and whether funds are available to cover these costs. such agreement between the agency and organization shall not be approved by the agency until after 15 calendars after the above disclosures have been made. the four m.o.u.s were that updated today cannot be approved for today. meaning they cannot be approved at your next regular meeting of the 21st. i urge you to hold a special

meeting on june 28th as your previous calendar approved in november contemplated to consider the four additional agreements that were discussed just now. i would also like to know what paragraph numbers are affected here. the section numbers are insufficient to do a comparison. if somebody can rattle off the paragraph numbers for the applicable m.o.u.s, that will be helpful. i'm wondering if any of the analysis, which were completed a month or six weeks ago, any of those analysis changed based on the differences in language. finally, i do not recall seeing response to my detailed may 12th letter to the m.t.a. board regarding your meeting on april 12th. i'm wondering if there's a response that i haven't seen yet or what the status is of that. thank you for listening. >> chair borden: thank you. are there any additional

commenters? >> clerk: there are none. >> chair borden: city attorney, can you comment on whether or not there are changes in the analysis as a basis of the revised contracts? >> yes, thank you. we will be working with the secretary and you and the vice chair to determine what meeting you approved these agreements on. >> chair borden: do you think there are any changes? the question mr. pilpel asked whether or not any of the changes, changed the analysis that was done in the original version of the m.o.u.? i know that we are planning to have a special meeting at the end of the month to meet the 15-day requirement. that will be taken care of. i didn't know if there was any -- >> thank you, chair borden. the financial analysis posted earlier on may 31st did not change. any summary or redline version that did change has been

reposted as of yesterday. there's are available here in the hearing room and online. >> chair borden: thank you. any other clarification related to the contract and questions from directors? seeing none, that concludes our meeting. our next general meeting is on june 21st.

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way, and i really, really enjoyed it. i continued working for the grizzlies for the 2012-2013 season, and out of happenstance, the same job opened up for the san francisco giants. i applied, not knowing if i would get it, but i would kick myself if i didn't apply. i was so nervous, i never lived anywhere outside of fridays fridays -- fresno, and i got an interview. and then, i got a second interview, and i got more nervous because know the thought of leaving fresno and my family and friends was scary, but this opportunity was on the other side. but i had to try, and lo and behold, i got the job, and my first day was january 14, 2014. every game day was a puzzle, and i have to figure out how to put the pieces together. i have two features that are 30

seconds long or a minute and a 30 feature. it's fun to put that al together and then lay that out in a way that is entertaining for the fans. a lucky seat there and there, and then, some lucky games that include players. and then i'll talk to lucille, can you take the shirt gun to the bleachers. i just organize it from top to bottom, and it's just fun for me. something, we don't know how it's going to go, and it can be a huge hit, but you've got to try it. or if it fails, you just won't do it again. or you tweak it. when that all pans out, you go oh, we did that. we did that as a team. i have a great team. we all gel well together. it keeps the show going. the fans are here to see the

teams, but also to be entertained, and that's our job. i have wonderful female role models that i look up to here at the giants, and they've been great mentors for me, so i aspire to be like them one day. renelle is the best. she's all about women in the workforce, she's always in our corner. [applause] >> i enjoy how progressive the giants are. we have had the longer running until they secure day. we've been doing lgbt night longer than most teams. i enjoy that i work for an organization who supports that and is all inclusive. that means a lot to me, and i wouldn't have it any other way.

i wasn't sure i was going to get this job, but i went for it, and i got it, and my first season, we won a world series even if we hadn't have won or gone all the way, i still would have learned. i've grown more in the past four years professionally than i think i've grown in my entire adult life, so it's been eye opening and a wonderful learning >> the annual celebration of hardly strictly bluegrass is always a hit now completing itself 12 year of music in the incredible golden gate park. >> this is just the best park to come to. it's safe. it's

wonderful and such a fun time of the year. there is every kind of music you can imagine and can wander around and go from one stage to another and just have fun. >> 81 bands and six stages and no admission. this is hardly strictly bluegrass. >> i love music and peace. >> i think it represents what is great about the bay area. >> everyone is here for the music and the experience. this is why i live here. >> the culture out here is amazing. it's san francisco. >> this is a legacy of the old warren hel ment and receive necessary funding for ten years after his death. >> there is a legacy that started and it's cool and he's done something wonderful for the city and we're all grateful. hopefully we will keep this thing going on for years and

years to come. you're watching san francisco rising with chris manors. today's special guest is jeff tumlin. >> hi, i'm chris manors and you're watching san francisco rising. the show on starting, rebuilding, and reimagining our city. our guest is jeff tumlin and he's with us to talk about our transportation recovery plan and some exciting projects across the city.

mr. tumlin welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me. >> i know the pandemic was particularly challenging for the m.t.a. having to balance between keeping central transportation routes open, but things have improved. how are we doing with our transportation recovery plan? >> so we just got good news this week. we're getting an extra $115 million from the american rescue plan and this is basically the exact amount of money we finally needed in order to close the gap between now and november of 2024 when we'll have to find some additional revenue sources in order to sustain the agency. in the meantime, i finally have the confidence to be able to rapidly hire, to restore services and to make sure muni is there for san francisco's larger economic recovery

because downtown san francisco doesn't work without muni. >> quite right. i guess the other impact of the pandemic was that some projects like the valencia bike improvements had to be put on hold. are we starting to gear up on those again? >> yes, so it's an interesting case study. of right before covid hit, we were about ready to invest in quick build bike lanes. arguably the most important bike order in san francisco. that got stopped with lockdown and then as you'll recall, during covid, we invented all kinds of other new programs like shared spaces in order to support our small businesses as well as sunday street light events for neighborhood commercial streets where streets were closed off to cars and turned over to commercial activity. those successes now that they've been made permanent actually interrupt the draft design we had put together. so we've gone back to the

drawing board and we are looking forward to having some additional community conversations about other design ideas for valencia. we're committed to completing a quick build project on this calendar year. >> that's such good news. valencia is a really great street for biking. so there are two huge and exciting projects that are about to be or have just been completed. let's talk about the bus rapid transit project on van ness avenue. how extensive have the improvements been? >> what's called the van ness transit rapid project is in fact more about complete reconstruction of the street and most importantly, the 100-year-old utilities underneath the street. so all of the water, sewer, telecommunications, gas lines under the street were basically rebuilt from market street all the way to lumbard. the part on the surface which provides dedicated bus lanes

for golden gate transit and muni, that was relatively straight forward and we're so excited we're going to start revenue service for muni on april 1st. >> that's fantastic. i understand there were some sidewalk improvements too. >> there were sidewalk improvements. we planted 374 trees. there is new storm water treatment including infiltration in the sidewalk, there's a bunch of art. there's all kinds of things. we put in new street lights for the entire corridor. >> finally, the other big news is about the central subway. can you briefly describe the project and give us an update. >> yes, so the central t-line project, another stop at union square that connects directly into powell station and a final

stop in the heart of chinatown at stockton and washington. that project has also run into challenges. it's 120' under muni, under bart, 120' down and out under chinatown in some unexpectedly challenging soils. but that project is nearly complete. it's at about 98% completion right now which means we're testing trains, we're testing the elevators and escalators and the final electronics and we're still on track to open that in october presuming all of the testing continues to go well. so fingers crossed on in a one. we're really looking forward to allowing people to have a subway ride from the heart of chinatown all the way to the convention center to the caltrans station and all the way down to bayview and

visitation valley. >> it's great to see all these projects coming to completion. we're all grateful for your team's hard work and i really appreciate you coming on the show, mr. tumlin. thank you for the time you've given us today. >> my pleasure. thanks for having me. >> and that's it for this episode. for sfgov tv i'm chris manors. thanks for watching. >> okay, good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco planning commission hybrid hearing for thursday, june 9, 2022 . in person and remote hybrid hearings require everyone's attention and most