i will say that about heinicke. but i will also say that there is the problem the mta thinks the taxi industry is a cash cow and i will disagree with the idea of the public does not complain about the taxi drivers. the public does complain. they complain about rude drivers, not be able to pay with credit card. what i would have to say about that is that does not show anybody that cabdrivers in general are road or on reasonable people. in my view with 10 years of experience in the industry, it reflects the poor working conditions that are in the taxi industry. the biggest problem you have with the taxi industry being a cash cow for the mta, we're to subsidize the mta and none of that revenue the city is getting is being reinvested back into our business. to improve working conditions for drivers. that is my biggest disagreement. it may be heard about this idea for one-third directly -- direct lease medallions. that would be the second proposal that has drawn a lot of protests from cabdrivers. it goes for the way it i

director heinicke: i think the minister runs are great things to monitor and those metrics as opposed to the traditional ones which we saw today. >> i have given my direction to staff. we will see if they can respond to this. >> we will certainly be available for july 2012. >> part of what we are doing is we have to develop something. we are working from bass lines, but we are aiming to have as much of this done as possible by july 1 and to have the reporting done it for the most part monthly so you are not seeing things six or nine months after the fact. we are trying to get the reporting back to for management but also for the board and the public much closer after each reporting period. director heinicke: i do not have any objections to that, but this makes me wonder whether we need to have a discussion at some point or get input at some point on what the metrics should be rather than just proceeding with 70 metrics, which seems like a burdensome thing to do. my suggestion at that would be at the very least to consult the c.a.c. and get their input and then maybe come back to us an

thank you for coming -- director heinicke: thank you for coming down. did you have a position on the various proposals? have you not taken a formal position? >> i do not have a comment. >> [reading names] >> good afternoon, directors. i did get a chance to review the budget. i am impressed with the way you've dealt with such a challenging budget this year. i could not hold my tongue with the medallion a sales program raising more than $20 million. in new york, i never had to pay as a student to take surface transportation to go to school. new york city has agreed and has approved selling 2000 taxi medallions and there will raise $1 billion. this is something i think you really need to take a look at. you do not have to do not like new york, but we are talking hundreds of millions of dollars. we are looking to find things like this, this has to be a top priority. chair nolan: next speaker, please. >> [reading names] those are the last speaker cards. >> great idea, appreciate you guys putting in all the time for this particular issue. to take the money fo

director heinicke: let me start with this. at the beginning of this process, we ask you to scrutinize the work orders and make sure these were situations where there were was a proper nexus to the agency and this was a proper expensed to our money. we were looking at relatively lean times. let me focus on the police work order and the motorcycle unit. i will ask you to address that work order. your view that it is a proper work order for us to be pain. follow up with the two questions -- is this something we could revisit during the budget cycle as we discuss things with the police department? i assume it is, but i want to make sure. i realize that is a broader discussion about staffing priorities, but there was comment raised that perhaps we could be using pco's instead of police officers to handle certain tasks. that would be less expensive to the agency. i have a few more questions, but let's start with this. >> we paid to the police department through a work order, which is the phrase the city uses in its budget process wh

heinicke here. thank you for being here.r serving on the mta commission and we're here to hear your reappointment to this board. >> thank you. it is good to be with old and new friends and i will hope to work with you going forward. i would be a mess of i did not thank mayor lee for the reappointment and his staff. as i am often in your chair listening to things like this i will be sympathetic and do my best to be brief and please hit me with any questions you have. following your outline, i will speak first to what i think are my most pertinent qualifications. my most pertinent qualification is in a daily muni rudder. since taking this position, i have moved away from driving. i take muni to work and take many here to city hall back and forth and what i am most proud of, i write muni on the weekends with my children who love it. they see it as part of the adventure. they do not want to go if it is not part of the right. i am proud to be raising a new generation of muni writers -- riders and i hope that is somehting you -- s

i think director heinicke mention his kids or class gets one trip a day. i wonder if there was is that sit unused and kids would love to go on field trips we could work towards. someone in city hall brought that we do not have a good sense of where the kids are moving in the city. the gentleman brought up the fact that we do not have neighborhood schools any more so kids are going all over the city. i do not think the school district or the city has an idea or plan or a map of what kids move where. there always will be children who are too young to travel on muni by themselves and their parents are going with them to school and on to work or their driving them because it is easier to do. i think it would be -- benefit the entire agency and the school district to do a study and figure out where the kids are going and maybe there are some synergies we can work out. thank you very much and you have -- you did teach us a lot. i wish that you will have that as well. i think moving toward free muni for low-income youth is a good idea. i will make a motion to sup

director heinicke: my question on new is -- or unfinished business relates to the taxis and the plan for how we're going to address medallion transfer and reform, all the things that are in the pipeline. my understanding is we as a board are waiting for a staff proposal for what to do next with the medallion reform proposal. at the same time we have out the study to review public convenience and necessity, how many more cabs either peak time or full time. primarily full-time can be accommodated and are needed by the people who run our cab companies. after that point it would be a means of coming up with the proposal that addresses the needs within the context of a new proposal. and the last time we spoke about this, i got the impression that we were going to be on a more heastie time line that appears we are. i would like to check in with the director and see where we are. >president nolan: what we are planning to do at the may 15 board meeting -- it is our intent to bring host of taxi related matter to the board for its consideration. it would be the follow-up on the issues regardin

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director heinicke: i am not sure we have the answer. one of the main reasons we are increasing the citations for the parking, sorry to switch topics, the courthouse the that the state has imposed on us. the last time around, i ask the question of whether san francisco is receiving that money back or whether we are finding other counties courthouse. -- funding other counties courthouses. i think we need to our part state legislature with informations they can understand where this money is going. if it is going back to find san francisco, that is one thing. if it is going to fund courthouses and other counties, that is something we need to know. if we could give an answer on that question, i would appreciate it. chair nolan: any other members of the board? >> i, too, am prepared to vote on the budget. i have still below major concerns. the work order. i would urge you do look at that work order because i think it is unfair that we are offsetting that when we are in a budget crunch. that is $9 million. maybe we can offset it with other ag

how i am speaking in support of director heinicke. particularly in the southeast sector of the city, with support him for two reasons. the first of which is support for equitable access to transportation and support for workers. he has demonstrated and expressed support for low-income you for having access. as he has stated repeatedly, he gets it. he is the father of three young children that ride, and i'd go than to the aspect as well, trying to figure out how we can have ease of access and implementation with long-term sustainable funding, featuring the best they can be. under his leadership, the mta has surpassed its local higher goal in the last year. in a survey done, the mta recorded 57% local higher, ensuring we put local residents to work on publicly funded construction projects. he has ensured under his leadership that we could have equitable access to jobs. there is a future point that we would love to work with the director on, in regard to federally funded construction projects. there of been positive indications by the ob

i do agree with all the comments that were set here, chairman and director heinicke., we need to push toward finding that finding and identifying that funding and it can come from a place where it is not taking -- putting additional burdens on lifeline funding or taking away from the disabilities or access in that capacity. and all those needs have been that through the founder and the ntc funding that has been available. hopefully of we have got some sources for -- from private as well. a big reason why i voted the way i did this last time was because i was hoping, we were all hoping that private sources and i do not think anyone has a few million dollars lying around to give to this program to help make it happen for free muni for all youth. all that being said, i want to go back to this idea of what staff is saying and understanding that we have a working relationship here that we need to respect and trust and move forward. staff has taken a hard line the whole time i have been appear -- up here for year. we're going to have a difficult conversation about the budget after this. a l