avenue. the top of california street is breath taking and really captures the best of what this city has to offer. when i got my drivers license and i will not tell what year that was, i thought i'll drive to san francisco. i hopped on the cable car and immediately transported to a different place and different time and felt the city's energy and decided i wanted to move here. i was transported to new time and place, all cities change and evolve and it is time for san francisco to reimagine its downtown. can california street be the center of economic activity with art, with culture, with hospitality? yes. yes it can. the downtown sf partnership is here to serve the city and lead that. no hill is too

steep for the city and downtown to climb. we must reimagine ourselves, it can be done and we are doing it together. thank you all and congratulations. [applause] >> cable cars both the original line that ran on clay and sacramento street ended in 1942 and the california line which enders are simnel to mobility for the china town community and i like to call up don. donald is head of the san francisco chinese chamber of commerce and would love to hear some words from you. >> thank you. [applause] mayor breed (indiscernible) not just supervisor peskin- [difficulty hearing speaker]

we have been gone through many many challenges over the years, and along the way, the cable car has been there with us. bringing visitors in china town. (indiscernible) i remember as a child in particular, the cable car on california (indiscernible) i'm very glad to have the city bringing back this program to encourage more ridership to the cable car in celebration of the 150 years anniversary. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you donald. now for someone who has maybe the second toughest job in the city beyond the mayors, stepping forward, the director of transportation for the city and

county of san francisco, sfmta (indiscernible) >> thank you rick. [applause] since the gold rush in 1849, downtown san francisco has been through endless cycles of boom and bust. each of the cycles the people who made real money were not the ones chasing after the obvious things. levistrauss didn't make money off gold, he made money by taking cloth and turning into tough pants for the gold miners. andrew holiday and his father came to san francisco during the gold and also did not make money off gold, but figured out how to make wire rope, which he sold to gold miners all over the state and then thought, what if i took the wire rope crazy technology and combined it with some weird

new technology for hauling ore outlet of the ground and turned into technology for reinventing real estate in san francisco by hauling people up the highest hill. andrew holiday did make money off gold, he made money off using and reinventing older technologies to create something that people really needed. cable car technology. in every cycle of boom and bust, san francisco has invented the next new technology that lead the world forward but not just by making money. we reinventing ourselves remembering who we are and why we are here and what attracts. that is socialability and joy and beauty. (indiscernible) cable cars are no

longer the most efficient mobile technology, but they bring joy. they bring visitors to san francisco. they are at the heart of who we are as a city. as we move forward reinventing the next san francisco in this transition from bust to boom cycle, we need to remember that as we reinvent new technology, that we also anchor ourselves in our san francisco values and as a center of joy and social mobility. we are so grateful to be caretakers of these amazing vehicles, and we are also excited and partnership with market street railway, downtown partnership and china town to offer a whole summer's worth of special events, celebrating the 150th anniversary of cable cars. i'm so grateful to our partnership with market street railway and (indiscernible) encourage you to visit

sfcablecars.org in order to explore all the opportunities for riding. the $5 all day rate we'll have starting july 1 for the california line, tours of the amazing shops that our crews work in. when parts were out on these cars we cannot order from a catalog. they are hand machined. each one of these cars is rebuilt lovingly by a dozen different trades who have greater skills then any shop anywhere in the world. we will be doing- [applause] they are amazing. also, if you are interesting every wn of the skilled trades we have job opening now. go to sfmta.com/careers to build your career at sfmt a. i thank you for coming out and hope you take advantsage of the tours and trips and special deals we

are offering through the cable car system all summer long. thank you so much. back to rick. [applause] >> thank you. were your ears burning when he was talking about you? we have one more special guest. he comes to us from the past, but his legacy enders forever and that is mr. andrew holiday. andrew. this is microphone you speak into. [applause] [laughter] >> hello everyone. i'm very glad to be here and i want to thank the (indiscernible) who brought me back to life here to be part of this event today. i wasn't supposed to mention the time machine, but anyway. i did receive a complement as i came up here. i was told i look very

good for being dead 123 years. i believe my greatest accomplishment in life is to build a cable car system for san francisco. it didn't take very long for my invention to become part of the city reaching other streets such as geary, sacramento street and of course market street. by 1890 there were 18 cable car lines all making transportation easier for everyone to get around. i'm very pleased to see one of my favorite cars here today, car 19, built in 1883. it looks as good today as it did then and i want to thank all those workers who continue to preserve it. i understand some dignitaries are going to ride this car up and down california street. you know, on my very first

ride up clay street, we came to the top of the hill and looked at the bottom of the hill far on the steep incline and jumped out of the car and panicked and ran away so i had to take the lever myself. i want to assure you men and ladies, that won't happen again today. i paid a extra dollar. i want all you to take advantage of the beautiful cars that- (indiscernible) no other city can brag that they have cable cars like these. they are a treasure and may climb these hills another 150 years. thank you very much. >> thank you mr. holiday. i want to do a quick shout out to our crew who i guarantee will not run away from the car. derrick johnson and calvin watts are our crew and

standing by hiding somewhere but they'll be out. we are going to board now. firts i want to recognize my boss, the board chair of our organization, carmen clark. leslie rogers a board member, retired head of federal transit administration district. dennis talk to your friends about getting us more money, leslie. and wes (indiscernible) a retired superintendent of cable cars. we got a great board. now it is time for the fun, so we can have the press and the mayor group will be on this platform here. that is for them, but others who are press and invited guests can walk down to the end there and they can climb on the rest of the car and then we'll let others on as we have room. press and invited guests and then we'll get going.

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[music] >> welcome to the 2022 sfmta bus roadeo. today what we will see is competitions of different levels. we will see transit operators through a obstacle course. also see the office rfs maneuver the g4 cars through a course. (inaudible) [beeping] then also have a element of (inaudible) who are doing inspections and repairs and some of the equipment related to our buses. [applause] >> i enjoy coming to the event because of the

camaraderie with the staff and seeing the departments and everybody meeting arfbd so the more we can do these things the better we'll be and it helps the agency grow. >> the winner of the local bus roadeo the person goes to the national (inaudible) one additional item we add to the event and call it a fun event where managers at the senior level get to test their skills operating a bus. (inaudible) transfer officers (inaudible) basically maneuver the course and they (inaudible) >> interesting to see some of the main managers run the course out there. they haven't had as much experience but they did pretty well. i'll submit the bus damage for the bumps they did to the body shop for

estimates. [applause] >> behind us we have vintage buses that were brought out for folks to see. some of these vintage buses are sfmta, part of the historical fleet. two others belong to the pacific bus museum and a personal bus of a individual that owns it. we take great pride in the historical buses we have and try to keep it up to date. >> it is a way to bring employees together, work together as a team. a great morale booster something the employees have been asking for a year and it is great today because you can see how happy they were to once again do something they really enjoy. [cheering] >> first place (inaudible) [applause] third place goes to

monica collins. (inaudible) >> this is my last roadeo. i'm throwing in the towel. it is 9. . 31 a.m. >> good morning respond segal. >> warren post. >> here. >> commissioner turner.

>> present. >> commissioner woolford is absent. >> commissioner zoubi. >> present. with 4 present we have quorum for the meeting. the rules regarding hybrid meeting and remote participation changed remote call in will be an option for the measures wishing to comment on agenda items. remote participation by commissioners an option only under specific s. for members of the public wish to make comment on an item from outside the hearing room use the call in number upon 415-554-0001 access code: 2598 866 5547 ##.

to raise your hand to speak press star 3. unless on the other hand general public comment limit your comments to the topic on the item discussed. if you do not the chair may ask to you limit your comment to this agenda item. ask that public comment made in a civil and respectful manner and refingerprint from profanity. address remarks to the xhikz as a whole not individual commissioners or staff. on behalf of the commission extend thanks to sfgovtv and media services for making this meeting possible. madam chair? >> thank you. are there requests from the commission to amend the order of today's agenda? >> we move to the next item, announcements by chair.

i have a couple today. there were press reports in the san francisco standard sduks community benefit's districts. and cbd's take on the lion share of 3 upon 11 responses in the dirtiest and high use neighborhoods. the following day on wednesday i had my meeting with san station and streets chair and discussed the reports and the topic in general. and as well as other areas of interest to our commissions. >> regarding the partnership with public works and xheenlt benefits a parking lot be san station and streets under chair mogannam a series of meetings with public works, street steam and community benefit districts lead torse continue this collaboration how to divide and

conchor the 311 requests in the city's dirtiest neighborhoods. i would like to thank deputy director geraldon and gordon for getting the ball roll and thank chair mogannam for kickoff the meetings. chair mogannam and i discussed press reports in the chonl on illegal dumping. in city neighborhoodses we heard about in the past. there was an article that are profiled public works staff working to address the rise in illegal dumping during and after the pandemic and noted the public works staff commitment to improving the conscience in the upon communities which they are doing this work. chair mogannam will follow up will offer his commission support for the efforts to identify and site law breakers and condition to clean up the hard hit areas. that concludes my announcements.

are there questions from the commission? >> secretary fuller open this up to public comment. >> members of the public had wish to make 3 minutes on item one the announcements by the chair may upon lineup. if you are calling in dial 415-554-0001, access code: 2598 866 5547 ##. no one in the chamber. sfgovtv, do we have callers? they're indicating we do not that concludes public comment for the director's the chair announcements. >> thank you. secretary fuller call the next

item. >> item 2 a statistic's report and this is an informational item. the only item of business that announcement i have is my regular update on the sanitation and streets commission activities and the most recent schedule meeting for june 12 this past monday was cancelled the next commission meeting on july 17th. i'm happy to take questions about my report.

member who is wish to make 3 minutes on item 2 the secretary's report may lineup against the wall. if you are call nothing use the call in number of 415-554-0001, access code: 2598 866 5547 ##. we don't have members of public in person wish to peek and sfgovtv is indicated we don't have callers wish to speak as well. >> thank you. call the next item. >> item 3 is general public comment. general public comment is for topics under the mandate but not related an item on today's agenda. and members of the public who

wish to make 3 minutes of general public comment may -- make -- lineup against the wall furthest from the door. if you are calling in dial 415-554-0001, access code: 2598 866 5547 ##. >> okay. appears we don't have members in person wishing to speak. and sfgovtv is indicating we have one caller, who wishes to speak during general public comment. unmute that caller and caller you will have 3 minutes and i will provide you with a 30 second notice. >> dave you'd pilpel, can you hear mow? >> we can. >> 2 items on yes or no public

comment. i have been thinking in the plat few weeks about commission oversight. both this commission and the saf commission and i don't want to sound negative and i'm not i want to be constructive and a little reflective i'm not sure if the way commission oversight has been working for the last 9 months almost a year. is working as intended. yes, it is meeting the letter of the law. however, i guess i'm concerned as you know, i think easy low the number one person is paying attention here. there seems to be a let of staff effort prior to during, following commission meetings to prepare, address questions make presentations and all of that. very, very little not zero.

very little public input. and i'm not sure if the level of effort compared to the result is has been as productive as it could be. i'm not faulting combvenl i'm as much to blame as anyoneful whatever, there are ways each us can assess our role and see if there are things we can do better going forward went framework and think about possibility changes to code or the charter. this might make this process more meaningful. given again the amount of effort going in here. i wanted to leave you with this and the other point is given the over night press cot coverage of cyber attacks at the federal and other levels. i upon certainly hope dpw and other city departments are

protected as they can be. i would like to think we are and you know unfortunately we have seen with oakland and elsewhere, it does not take much to make systems go down and you know we could be vulnerable in a lot of ways. i hope precautions are taken department and city tloefl aroadway that. given those comments. thank you for listening. >> thank you. that is our final caller for public comment. >> yes. commissioner segal. >> mr. pilpel, that is very interesting and of course we are all trying to do our best, so, i would like to see more i don't understand exactly what you are

referring to. i'm not deand i want to improve. so -- i want to improve in actuality as in perception. so. can you write manage, in the perfect you are not writing legislation or whatever. and submit it to our staff to be distributed to us? as a suggestion. because i was not clear i don't know about the rest of the commission exactly what you are referring to or not even exactly but general low what you are referring to. >> thank you. commissioner. mr. pilpel may have hung up. secretary fuller can you follow up with mr. pilpel on his comments perhaps i would like to see inright him to appear before

the commission, say hello and perhaps that's a time to hear more or as commissioner segal suggested submit something written we can review and a memo or whenever? >> or from the city add administrator's office this is more like what he is talking about how i don't think we want to take up secretary fuller's time on this. but a question how this actually works now that we are into and committed to a structure. i can suggest mr. pilpel put comment in writing and express the interest of having him appear before the commission as

well. he may comment on a later item. fasz that on to the city administrator. >> commissioner, sorry. i'm not sure if that now we are under your oversight we are not under the city administrator's umbrella any longer i'm not sure if that is the right avenue. what i recommend if i may is let's hear the feedback and once have you a greater idea of if you like to make changes or take that feedback in a way we can assess the best avenue. >> not like to hear it through the filter of those who are working on it or i don't want to say created the problem we are part of the problem according to

mr. pilpel. i'd like to somehow find a way to look. may be go leave public comment and have this as a future issue. yes. commissioner turner. that sentiment i think from my first commission meeting throughout current one. our oversight and role in ensure continuity and transparency the hall mark when we're all trying to accomplish. it takes time and effort. so i'm suggesting we do a second thing we have been trying to work on how do we meet not just the dias and a team work to better the city. and support the work in public welschings every day i encourage us to figure out how we can find the time and space