fta has recognized the mta's title six program as a strong program. they will send peer agencies to us for example to discuss and review some of these issues. the specific things we're here today to talk about is the major service change definition and determines when analysis for service change is needed and our disparate impact and disproportionate policies which [inaudible] proposed major service changes or fare changes would adversely affect majority and low income populations and what alternatives need to be considered or impacts mitigated. i want to point out this is one small aspect of the overall title six program which we update every three years. we will be bringing that update to you this fall and it includes a number of topics, one of which is how our service is performing against our service standards, so one of the things that we will look at for example is crowding. are we seeing minority routes more cd than non majority routes? if so how are we addressing that? so these are specifically today talking about fare and service changes, but

if you are going to have diplomatic relations, we it -- we cannot create fta.o, i checked on the internet web site for the minister of foreign affairs in korea. i did it to find out our names on the list. so, maybe there is a good chance. for instance, if we signed with singapore or other diplomatic countries, then i think correa -- korea would think about signing the fta with us. right now i think we have to wait and see. >> like i said earlier, it is a sense that a lot of people in taiwan find it to be the same as in korea, looking at each other as competitive because of the success, for example, of korean companies that have really dominated their respective markets from the world. how would you think that maybe in the future instead of the economies competing that, you know, because of the size differential, with taiwan being primarily a small enterprises, maybe they can complement each other? what do you think about that? >> that is a difficult question for me. you know, in the past hour economical policy has been to assist smaller and medium-sized enterpr

the next is for the road specifically the miss appropriation of $4 million in fta funds. and $3.3 million in prop k funds that were approved by the voters not to have a viable station. and last point that staff is unaware of a funding envelope in the region of $30 million that can be immediately used to start building the station including the adjacent quinton street track. in closings i respectfully request a 3 month stay of execution on the station underpass while we reach out to it bridge reconstruction experts that will be on time and budget >> thank you. anyone else on the public who would like to speak. seeing none, public comment is closed. ms. lombardy could we discuss it a little bit. i know that supervisor cowen is very supportive of moving this forward and i see in the transportation slides there's one package of the public concerns >> we propose that our citizen advisory committee we've responded to him. >> good morning transportation planner with the authority. i do have a presentation if you're interested but i can go over the key concerns we heard from the

deferred to them. >> the fta. the food and drug administration is often touted to be the best in the world. other countries follow the rules of our fta very often and they are are really good people who work there. as a matter of fact especially under democratic administrations they tend to be much better. she was hired by the fda to be assistant to the director. she is a very good progress of individual. but the fta like any other federal agency has political pressures on them, political pressures and that is the problem. you can't always sort out what those political pressures are. they are often behind the scenes so some country might ban a chemical from exposure but our fda says no we don't have enough information yet to ban it. you know they are being pressured from an industry group saying if you ban this chemical than our prophets are going to go down. so it's a mixed bag. there's very good people that work there. they can't always decide things. it has to go up the chain of command and then eventually some

was concurrent on providing the series of thanks that the mta had to do to receive a grant from the fta and that funding has been received from the oversight prospective we have the risk managements for the project and to get the alternative funding that the authority had commented to the promise but they're not going to be in time because of the budget. the 3rd of the figure out presentation is very quickly this project since it was in hibernation in 2009 but in 2012 was the high-speed rail and you're familiar with that mo e was the early investment project for high-speed rail with the signal system has allowed funds to flow to the cal tarantula project. we have a million and 50 some thousand dollars for o from prop k and we're working with the mayor's office office to come up with 39 million. and last but not least the downtown extension to the downtown terminal is being built in two-phases phase one is $1.89 million. when we started phase one was in the downtown extension. there's been a lot of progress in terms of the benefits that we've had that are two scope to enable the undergro

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to the mayor and the board of supervisors and to our partners at fta and the workers who are enjoying the fruits of this labor and i say thank you to the community that has worked so hard and so long to make this project a reality. she asked that i read this on behalf of her. today's events marking the launch of the tunnel and subway is a celebration as we move closer to enhancing the infrastructure and connecting san francisco diverse communities. there are thousands of san franciscan that 30 stock every day and the subway with an easier commute and one of the most crowded corridors for china town, the better service and equal transportation access to the neighborhood's residents and all san franciscans this project is a project of consensus and an effort to improve mobility and protect the environment and promote the commerce and bring our city closer together. for the central subways means more jobs for workers and less congestion for commuters and less prolieusing pollution in the air. we prokured over a billion for this project and will pay off in a higher quality of life for the

raise questions new impact ftas have on preferential access. poverty everywhere is of concern, but we have to figure out how to move forward with the antipoverty agenda without eroding benefits we already granted to countries in sub-saharan africa. it's one of the issues we have to look at in the context the gsp and the other programs as well. on the political issue, i really go back to the answer i gave on garch nans. i-- governance, and it's the same approach we take on a number of other areas like mcc and how mcc implements it. we fundment tally believe sustainable economic development requires good governance, and we want to encourage good governance as a key part, the rule of law and the like, as a key part of a sustainable economic agenda, and so it will be an issue, i imagine, in how we consider managing these programs as well. on the supply side, the supply side constraint, i think it's a very important point because the -- one reason we focus on trade facilitation, for example, both in geneva, the bilateral agreement, and what we try t

tell us that the gunman had been looking for his ex-girlfriend and he may have tried to set an after fta. >>> as mark strassmann reports a teenager had earlier been jolted with a terrace stun gun. >> reporter: israel hernandez had two big passions in life skateboarding and art. just before dawn tuesday miami beach police say they spotted the 18-year-old spraying dwra feety on the side of this abandoned building. a couple who say they were smoking marijuana with him earlier say they were acting as his lookout. >> he ran around juked the cop and eventually was gone. in a statement he ignored officers' commands to stop. in order to effect an arrest he used his taser. once in custody the victim displayed signed of cardiac arrest. >> they were just laughing saying you should have seen how he tensed up. >> reporter: the teen was later pronounced dead in the hospital. >> one friend said he may have run because he was afraid of getting deimportanted back to his native country colombia. the police department extended its condolences to the hernandez family. last name family members gathered aroun

because everybody i try to talk to at a public meeting at the fta is frightened of me.they go oh no my boss will fire me. >> fda is one of the agencies i looked at when i was doing research for this and as far as i can tell they are not one of the ones that bans contact between officials. no, no, no in their official policy. this is the point i'm making. regardless of what it says in a official policy. >> i can't speak for fda and i don't know what their practices are but i will say though that there is absolutely no question they deal with very sensitive information. if a staffer at the fta would indicate to you for example that a drug is or a medical device is not ready or is going to be having no problem getting approved. [inaudible] >> so that i can write about it in my newsletter that goes out to medical device makers. >> we need to move onto the next person. >> my name is joe davis and i've been covering the environments for 35 years. right now i'm with the society of environmental journalists and i have seen this issue develop over a long time. it strikes me that