chair nolan: anything else? secretary boomer: moving on is the executive director support -- report. >> i believe there is a 6.1. secretary boomer: there is, the election of the sfmta board chairman. chair nolan: are there any nominations? >> it is my pleasure to nominate you again, despite the secretary's attempt to on nominate you. chair nolan: anyone else? any comment? ok, then in that case, we do have a nomination. all of those in favor, say aye. now, for vice chair, are there any nominations for vice chair? director heinicke? director heinicke: yes, i would recommend that director lee state in the position. chair nolan: congratulations. thank you. ok, now, ms. boomer. secretary boomer: the executive director's report. director ford: we look forward to working with you in the future, so welcome aboard. the first item i need to bring before you is regarding our state budget and its impact on b.p. -- on the mta budget. jerry brown proposed his new budget, which talk about fiscal year 2011-2012. they were facin

chair nolan: director? director: going back to vice chair lee's comments, we did hear from the community. i think going back to look at the records that i have received, there is sufficient documentation for the subway, and ado concur with director brinkman that we have an alternative, but i think we should move forward with the initiative, seeing that we have heard most of the community support. chair nolan: think you, director bridges -- thank you. it seems to me that this is a worthwhile project. in addition, we have heard from hundreds from the community on this. we have a motion and a second. director: the transportation authority is anticipated to approve on february 22, and will be reaffirming their commitment to the $88 million in state transportation improvement funds, so i want to make sure that you are aware of that. -- has the support of the transportation authority. -- this plan has the support of the transportation authority. chair nolan: ok, thank you. secretary boomer: we are going back to i

chair nolan: next item? secretary boomer: there is no one else and has indicated wanting to address your under the executive director's report. with the on to item number eight, this is the citizens' advisory council report. chair nolan: good afternoon. >> good afternoon, mr. chairman. i am the chairman of the citizens' advisory can counsel. -- advisory council. i welcome to director -- our welcome to director bridges, in an extension of an invitation to come to one of our meetings. our members would love to meet you, so i just want to issue a welcome and a positive tenure on the tm -- mta board and to let you know that you are welcome at our meetings any time. we would love to meet you. i also want to congratulate chairman nolan and vice chair lee on their reelection. i just want to extend my public thanks to one of our colleagues who is leaving, ruth, who is leaving because she will be spending more time outside of the city now. she has been a valued colleague for a number of years on the cac, and we will

chair nolan: director oka? director oka: i take it upon myself as a director to take telephone calls with any concerns from public, and believe it or not, over the last weeks, i have received so many phone calls, and one of the reasons i was late today is that i got a phone call from someone in the taxi driving industry, saying that they had not had the chance to read this thing all of the way through. i must admit that i have several problems with this the way it is written, and i believe, and i know we need money, ok, but i believe, and i have always believed, that any revenues generated by the industry should go to the industry or to be spent anyway that benefits the industry -- any way that benefits the industry. secondly, i have not had the opportunity to read all of the documents. i would like to do that before a vote on this, so i would like to put this forward to the next meeting, if i could do that. chair nolan: let's hear from other directors at this point and see where we are on this thing. the two i

chairperson nolan: into for waiting. we had some significant conversations. >> item 13, authorizing it executive director to execute the contract with the construction company, not to exceed [unintelligible] there is no member of the public who has indicated an interest. >> i will move the item. chairperson nolan: is there a second -- is there any further discussion? all done. good job. >> item 14, a warning a contract at union square market street relocation and authorizing the exhibit director to execute the contract with synergy management in an amount not to exceed $16.8 million and a term not to exceed 480 calendar days. no member of the public has indicated an interest in addressing you. chairperson nolan: there is a report on local hiring, right? >> part of the presentation -- of was planning on giving the board our latest check-in on the local hiring legislation. i believe you are all aware you received packages on our communication with those, that we are putting legislation together and stating what our agency

chair nolan: with a streamlined meeting. chair nolan: with a streamlined meeting.

nolan: mr. ford is already making some notes on that, and we will see that in the coming weeks and months. >> this does seem to be a burning issue in the industry. >> thank you. >> moving on to the consent calendar, these items are continued -- considered to be routine and will be acted upon by a single vote unless a member of the public or board request to have an item severed and considered separately. i received no indication that a member of the public wishes to sever an item, and pending a request by the board of supervisors, your consent calendar stance. director heinicke: i have a question about item 10.1. director nolan: hang on to that one. i guess we should do the rest of the consent calendar fixed -- first. >> this is on the lawsuits, and i will fight staff for the discipline follow-up that has happened with regard to some of these incidents. i will note that i personally appreciate the more detailed reports we are getting out and certainly have seen more attention to follow-up on dis

director nolan: thank you, sir. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i've been a member of the board of directors of the exploratory and since 1983, so i guess i've been a neighbor for a long time. i was visiting the museum of science and industry in chicago. i think the exploratory as far and away the best science museum in the world. i lead oversight on matters of budget and reporting. from a financial perspective, this transition must be managed very carefully. maintaining its and its revenues will be critical, including four field trips. removal of the lot and the doyle drive project will impact the museum significantly. although we have already budgeted a painful reduction in attendance during this construction, anything beyond this number represents real financial hardship. the addition there's the additional cost of implementing the plan. for example, we are hiring a part-time attendance to help coordinate parking and bus staging during construction and beyond. maintaining a robust field trip program is essential to our mission to serve san fran

. -- president nolan and directors. i want to applaud the initiative to enhance the safety of cabdrivers, and also for a form of integrated dispatch. i think advances in technology have made it simpler and simpler to accomplish for a really negligible cost. one of the arguments against this, i think, is not pertinent. also, he mentioned the new law regarding visual and audio data that is collected in taxes through cameras that peer out and appear in and record sound. i think what is needed is some official guidelines for the use of this equipment. i do not know what the effects of the new law will be on the equipment. i think there is some uncertainty there. i do know that we need some guidelines. these cameras are important for protection of drivers, protection of passengers. but there also are privacy rights that need to be considered. i hope that appropriate guidelines will be elaborated. i must say that at almost a quarter to two i really object to the fact that deputy director hiyashi has seen fit to call an indust

chair nolan: thank you. secretary boomer: [reading names] chair nolan: good afternoon, mr. toronto. >> good afternoon. barry toronto. i want to give a shot out to event -- to yvette. she got what i needed and a proper copies for me, so i want to thank her for her help. but also want to welcome the new board member, leona bridges. before you make any decisions, made you can take a few taxis and maybe even get reimbursed by the board so that you can learn about the tax issues and as the drivers about the questions, because, unfortunate, a lot of you only hear from the directors or the medallion holders, and there are a lot of riders. and on this other issue, i think it would be important that you could make a lot of money if he started tagging all of those cars at the hotels and other places. if you focus more attention on that during the day and evening hours, you could make a lot more money. also, the meager increase. i heard your words, chairman nolan. what happened to that? it is not scheduled yet? you are not increasing the meter. the process has changed. you have increa

chairperson nolan: thank you. that does answer my question. >> very toronto followed by howard strassner. >> good afternoon. today is an important day in american history. it is pearl harbor day and the sixth day of hanukkah. i thought i would show up early enough because i showed up last meeting and you were already in closed session 45 minutes after you started. it was probably be sure to meeting you have had in a long time. [laughter] the thing is that i am concerned about the fact that we only get two minutes with only a few speakers. we used to have only three minutes when a handful of speaker show up. you have an important responsibility and shut the door on us by only giving us two minutes when a lot of us take out time from our day t

chairperson nolan: i suppose somebody is here for synergy management inc.? we got the document about a failure of good faith. >> chairman, i will tell you this contractor already gone through its bid process. this contract will not be governed by this new legislation. chairperson nolan: more the spirit of the thing. >> the spirit -- that is an absolute. synergy minimum would tell you -- you can see by their numbers they are committing to more than the 20% of small businesses required. chairperson nolan: colleagues, is there a motion and this second? any further discussion? i am glad you waited. it was great, wasn't it? thank you very much. we're ready to adjourn, right? is there a motion for that? happy holidays. happy new year everybody. it was great working with you. i will see you next year. our court is miss stokes. >> please turn off all cellular phones and pagers. copies of any documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon will appear on the december 21 agenda, unless otherwise stated. supervisor mar: please call item numb

director nolan: mr. ford is already making some notes on that, and we will see that in the coming weeks and months. >> this does seem to be a burning issue in the industry. >> thank you. >> moving on to the consent calendar, these items are continued -- considered to be routine and will be acted upon by a single vote unless a member of the public or board request to have an item severed and considered separately. i received no indication that a member of the public wishes to sever an item, and pending a request by the board of supervisors, your consent calendar stance. director heinicke: i have a question about item 10.1.

al nolan, steal, easy dunk, minnesota up by one.ater in the half purdue down one, it'll be johnson gets the feed down low tough layup and the foul. purdue up by one. johnson, 29 on the night. later in the second half, purdue up by two. loose ball, e'twain moore gets the feed down low. purdue is up by four. under 6 to go, tied at 61. nolan comes up with the rebound. feeding rodney williams, layup and one. he missed the free throw but minnesota is up by four. blake swings it to nolan who buries the trey and minnesota is up by three. under ten seconds to go. purdue one last chance, he misses the three. fires up a desperation free and shot way off. minnesota wins it, 70-67. don't forget all your highlights on the highlight express on espn news. back to you in new york. >>> well, is simply put the most shriek-inducing video of the week, maybe even the month. >> check this one out. that is one of new york's fame always rats causing problems inside a subway car. get this, it ran around and then right up the leg of a sleeping man. poor guy,

chair nolan: next speaker, please. secretary boomer: [reading names] and those are our ltw

larry nolan on behalf of the neighborhood. so, sarah distinctly told the story that permit -- the work was done without a permit and the rework should be done to put it all back together in the same original design because that is what suits the neighborhood. >> thank you. there are any speakers in favor there are any speakers in favor of the g.r. request? >> excuse me, my name is donald. i live and own property at 2263 washington street across the street from this project. and about 18 years i lived there, i have never seen anybody tear anything out quite like this and park two cars perpendicular to the building on a concrete pad. in essence as stated before, cars do not fit there. so it's against the code. i don't know why it's been going on for such a long period of time. just about two years of sitting there, a thick, concrete pad. i think we have pictures here that will show the structure before, not very good pictures unfortunately. that's before. here's another one, not very good either at night that we can see that do