. >> reporter: for georgetown student nicki dubois tomorrow's ceremony will be the culmination of a real life history lesson that she helped make happen. >> i actually worked on the obama campaign as an intern this summer and fall, so i love it, being a part of history. it's wonderful. >> reporter: there will be plenty to entertain the early birds including kelly clarkson, alicia keys and james taylor to name a few. back to you. >> star studded event indeed. >> reporter: there are far fewer people expected for this inauguration than the last one, but that does not mean that metro is standing down. the agency says it's learned from 2009 they'll be doing some things a little differently this time. >> i will perform the duties of a special deputy united states harsh. >> reporter: for starters 150 officers from 15 law enforcement agencies have been deputized to help out metro transit police, officers from as far away as the bay area and seattle washington tasked with a big job. >> moving crowds is the whole focus for metro, making sure people move safely from point a to point b, visitors com

visually, if you can, it's at the corner of church and dubois. there is 13 pieces of solid brass model imbedded in the sidewalk that impedes the movement of people in wheelchairs and there is not the legal space around it to the corner building. it is not two yards. it is not over 72 inches. so that it represents an obstruction of the causeway of somebody in a wheelchair. i really encourage you to investigate this. i object to it. thank you. >> thank you, john. >> next we have mr. michael nulty. >> hi. i wanted to hand these in. my name is michael nulty. i'm the executive director of alliance for better district 6. i wanted to first talk about bus shelter removals on the tenderloin. at 1027, back in 2007 we removed a bus shelter at hyde and turk. in january of this year we removed the bus shelter at the corner of eddy and leavenworth. that is the 31 bus line. and people are advocating to remove the hyde and farrell at 38 -- -- which is the 38 geary line. i also want to mention the housing authority is not doing its due diligence when it comes to

preferential significants and recommends that the agency take into account all modes flowing through the dubois/church intersection whether or not through signage or signals. the next recommendation, cac recommends that the agency report back on the possibility of selecting a low-income community as a destination for a second run of the 76x marin headlands express. the next motion has to do with the tep again. cac recommends that a higher ridership line be chosen for the next tep pilot project. this next motion those do with sidewalk parking and infringement by parked cars on the sidewalk. the mta cac recommends that sidewalk parking laws be enforced not just against cars that leave less than 4' of travel room for pedestrians, but for any car being more than 1' into the sidewalk. the next long motion concerns operator training. cac recommends that the agency expand its operator training capacity in order to meet the long-term operator needs of the agency. even to the understood short-term detriment to service that might result from shifting personnel from operator to trainer positions. the cac

meeting or call or visit the board office at 1650 mission street in sweat 304 which is located between duboisnd van ness avenue. this is rebroadcast on fridays at 4:00 pm on channel 26. dvds of this meeting are available for purchase from sf gv. we will swear in those who intend to testify. if you wish to have the board give your testimony evident den shear weight stand, raise your right hand and say i do after being affirmed. note any member of the public may speak without taking the oath pursuant to their right under the sunshine ordinance. do you solemnly swear or affirmc the testimony you're about to give will be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. thank you. we have two housekeeping items this evening. regarding item 4(d) which is a rehearing request at 70 elk street having to do]ij renovations at glen canyon park the request has been withdrawn by the appellant. item 5 appeal 12-135, having to do with denial of a tree removal permit at 2121 third street parties have requested that thisnj matter be moved to the board's january 30 calendarmo.nz to allow foro4( more time fo

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. >> reporter: for georgetown student nicki dubois, tomorrow's ceremony will be the culmination of a real life history session that she helped happen. >> i worked on the obama campaign this fall, so i love being a part of history. it's wonderful. >> reporter: her mom from akron, ohio, said it best. >> these are the real patriots of our nation. they've come to see the most important ceremony we have. >> and the public swearing in ceremony is at 11:30 tomorrow. there will be plenty to entertain the early birds. kelly clarkson, alicia keys, james taylor, the list is long, but the star of the show, of course, president barack obama. >> thank you, audrey. >>> as you mentioned, the crowds will be smaller tomorrow, but you can expect tight security for president obama's second inauguration. thousands of out of town police officers have been sworn in to help d.c.'s regular contingent of law enforcement. fox 5's karen gray houston has that part of the story. >> i will perform the duties of a special deputy -- >> reporter: a u.s. marshal deputized 150 law enforcement officers from around the c