the clerk today is alisa miller. the committee would also like to acknowledge the staff of sfgov-tv, jonathan gum lock and jim smith who record each of >> madam clerk, i would like to call items 5, 6 and 7 after item 1. >> okay. item number 1 is a motion confirming the mayor's reappointment of cheryl brinkman, for a term ending march 1, 2018, to the municipal transportation agency board of directors. >> ms. brinkman, are you here? >> yes he, i am. >> where are you? oh, there you are ~. >> good afternoon, chairman, vice-chairman tang, supervisor campos. i am cheryl brinkman. i currently serve on the mta board of directors as the vice-chair. i'll talk a little about my past service before i focus on what i'd like to do should i be voted for nomination -- renomination by your committee to the full board. the mta has been focusing very hard on tep pilot projects and eventual approval by the board was reached. a challenge there, of course, is funding it. we adopted vision zero around pedestrian safety. our challenge is fu