that is quite a bit for an mta board and directed to do, and i want to share with you that as i assist in my role to review with the mta board who they will select, there are a couple of very strong themes that, across -- that come across. we need to have not only a visionary, but we also need to make sure that there is a team approach. there is not just one person that can lead the mta. it has got to be a very dedicated team. i also want to make sure that the person exhibits a high level of collaboration. even the on-time performance is not just muni alone. it has to do with so many other entities that affect the streets. and the ability of a leader in muni has that ability to collaborate with all the other agencies, all the different aspects of people and entities who use the streets. it will be critical to their success of implementing good leadership. we also want to make sure that someone has the ability and willingness to develop strong relationships. muni could never be seen as an isolated agency. it has to build relationships with everybody. it also must build stronger relation

that is a performance audit for an empty day -- for an mta. it was agreed we would look at the varying divisions on a rolling basis. our next division will be the safety, training, security, and enforcement division. the piece we will specifically look at this year is the enforcement division, simply because the safety training portion and security are undergoing federal and state audits currently. therefore, in the enforcement area, they are handling parking enforcement, transit compliance, a video surveillance, and other items under their jurisdiction. in addition, we will do other work at mta with regards to some of their other operations, such as the garages, which are ongoing compliance audits in our work plan. we will look at burying trash collection points with in the city. -- at varying cash collection points in the city. we looked at this last year due to a management letter issued by our city auditor's for our report. that is in response to that particular management letter. we, in conjunction with treasury, did a risk assessment of

an option. we ate knowledge there is more evaluation that can and should be done. we are excited about the investment the mta is making with prop k money in the automatic counters. as you ride your bike around the city, you may pass over these centers. that will help us make an even stronger case for the efficacy and benefit of these programs. finally, i want to speak to one of the projects here that i do not think has been brought to your attention in this presentation, which is the home's own project in natoma. this is an exciting idea where we reshape the environment to discourage people to drive through at speed, rather, to slow down. you can bring your car through a home zone, but you have to move as if you were a pedestrian. this is a good project ever want to applaud the mta for bringing. it will make for much nicer neighborhoods. commissioner campos: thank you very much. is there any member of the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, we have an item before us. i do think it is important for us to get the information that commissioner wiene

be counterproductive to our efforts to increase ridership. >> this amendment requires an annual review process. the mta board did this reluctantly as well. after the first year of this, there will be an opportunity for both you and the board to discontinue this after the first year, if the feedback from the public is significant, if we find alternate sources of money. then we will not have to do this in the second and third year. that texas strategy is available in the contract. -- exit strategy is available in the contract. supervisor campos: i appreciate that. thank you. supervisor elsbernd: i came in here thinking this contract will generate -- was going to generate $500,000 before the amendment was made. this is reducing coverage but still produces $500,000? >> $500,000 was a conservative effort. with the 15, we will have to work harder to get to the $500,000. i cannot guarantee we will get the 500 dozen dollars. we will work as hard as we can to try to achieve that amount. $500,000 was our estimate. it was not an estimate from titan. supervisor elsbernd: thank you. i was sitting at the president's

you did not have the ability to take of the mta let alone the tax commission but they gave it to you anyway. we should call for an audit and a criminal investigation for the agenda of the mta and the office of the x-men, gavin -- office of the ex-mayor, gavin newsom. you can sit back there because you're proud of the problem. [applause] >> does anyone wish to address the board under public comment? cars could afternoon, director. -- >> good afternoon, director. >> the drivers had $5 million taken out. the credit card machine was to benefit a friend and insider of the mta to let him get the money. shame on them. the driver was forced to get a meter increase which was not given to them and they have been losing $7,000 a month. leave the job and resign. the people that support them, go out from here together with them. [applause] >> barry -- last speaker card. >> good afternoon. i think you guys made a big mistake tabling all the taxi items for today and trying been meager increase and service improvements, while you have refused to look at the improvements that would make all the caps available in the city under ic

sueprvisor weiner: i really want to congratulate the mta board for making an inspired choice your. another has been discussion in the press as to whether he wants someone who has experience running a transit agency, but i think it is important to keep in mind mta is not just about muni. muni is the 800-pound gorilla. but it also encompasses the taxi system, the roads, and, of course, muni. need someone who has the vision to integrate all of that and have a great global transportation system in san francisco. i have worked with him for a long time, back to when i was the president of my neighborhood association and we were planning in our first parts project in the castro. i cannot think of a better, more dedicated public servant, someone who truly gets the big picture. i am so excited about the selection. ed, congratulations. i really look forward to working together. [applause] >> i would like to ask our city attorney dennis hererrera to say a few words. >> thank you, tom. i would like to congratulate the mta board on all wonderful joyce. how i got involved in public life in san fr

this is an oral agreement to continue the fiscal year 2010 methodology. it was taken to the mta board which approved the agreement with the condition the agreement would have new methodology. >> supervisor campos: this is an oral agreement between home? >> the heads of the two agencies. >> supervisor campos: the agency had to play an important role but i do not know that legally they have the authority to enter into those kinds of binding agreements. this is one of the things that bothers me. you have to agreements we're talking about. we have this specific agreements under which we are getting arguably the $12 million less than we are entitled to. we also have an agreement, unlike the agreement we are voting on today, it is based on the number of trips that are taken. from 1 i understand, bart wanted to make sure the agreement was based on a number of trips to the got the amount of money that is owed to them by the city. at the same time, they're not letting us do the same with this other agreement. it is likely are telling us, treatise differently with respect to one agreement

this is an oral agreement to continue the fiscal year 2010 methodology. it was taken to the mta board which approved the agreement with the condition the agreement would have new methodology. >> supervisor campos: this is an oral agreement between home? >> the heads of the two agencies. >> supervisor campos: the agency had to play an important role but i do not know that legally they have the authority to enter

i am pleased to announce, just moments ago, the mta board meeting made an award for the tunnel contract for the central subway. this is a $230 million contract. the low bid is a joint venture of an italian firm partnering with healy engineering. the bid was called hundred dollars under the estimate. we are looking forward to seeing that move forward. -- $1,200 under the estimate. i am looking forward to putting that in front of the board this coming month as the project begins to move forward into the construction phase. i wanted to also highlight, continued progress on the transportation plan and our team has been preparing for meetings with our advisory committee, other committees as well, preparing scenarios for the main themes. world class infrastructure, livable condition. better market street is also making strides. they have completed the existing conditions analysis with probably the most comprehensive examination ever of transit operations on market street. we had over 30 volunteers riding muni for a total of over 20 hours to try to document transportation issues on market and

in conjunction of working with mta, we are contributing towards an upgrade of the existing signalized intersection at farrell and mason. we think that is one component that will definitely enhance the circulation around the property. separate from that, we will be contributing to a new signal at the union terrace intersection. both tied to -- both are consistent with a broader masonic plan. here is the site plan of the property. it points out various parking levels. as mary had said, there is 601 prop. spaces. that will not change with the proposed target use. each of these services is a certain number of tenants. parking is not exclusive. all tenants and customers are used to this property. this slide shows the relative square footage breakdown of the property. currently, we have 202,00500 square feet. that is part of the approval -- as part of the target occupancy, we will be increasing the square footage by a total of 500 square feet. those areas are specific to adding a fire exit their and making a small modification to a loading dock to make a more functional and usable. we speci

an amount not to exceed $3,280,677. supervisor chu: thank you. for this item, we have joy hoolihan from the mta. >> good afternoon, president, supervisors. for this amendment, basically, we are asking for an additional $997,000 for services over the course of the next five years. extending the contract for an additional 11.5 months over the regional contract amount. basically, it is for traffic calming, bus services, to keep the buses on schedule and on time, and we have already provided the services for the beginning of august of last year. we anticipate the amount of $189,000. if you have any other questions, please let me know. supervisor chu: thank you. i do have some questions, but i will reserve them until after the budget analysts report. >> the amount referenced is and the number that sfmta was provided in services and then would be reimbursed by the joint powers authority. we recommend you recommend the resolution to fund retroactivity since august 9, since services have begun, and that you approve the resolution as amended. supervisor chu: thank you. with regard to the contract recomm

for the warm response we have received at the executive level of an eta, we have not received responses back -- executive level of the mta, we have not received responses back from the other board members. this is not just about arab checker and the discrimination, this is the community we represent. what does it take to get your attention? >> next speaker, please. >> thank you chairman and directors. i want to talk about the credit card fees specifically. i know the chairman has talked about finding a way to reduce these these -- these fees. that's going to be extremely difficult if not impossible to do. but even if it were able to accomplish, i did believe it meets the needs and i don't believe it is the answer. the fact is these credit card fees are inconvenience to the public in a variety of ways. many drivers, have to say are either discouraging the use of these cards or they simply refuse to take them. sometimes they will say the machine is broken. i know this from conversations with my own passengers and conversations with other drivers. it is not something that should be condoned but it is inevitable and it's hum

i hope that the mta will reevaluate and if there is an opportunity to renegotiate, knowing that we will do so aggressively. on a larger message about bringing contracts forward to the board, as the supervisor said, it becomes harder and harder to agree to contracts that do not seem to be as advantageous. i know that there are changes occurring at the mta, but we want to make note of that as i do not know that this board and committee can continue to approve contracts. fat >> thank you, supervisors. we hear you loud and clear. supervisor chu: we have a motion to send it forward with recommendation. supervisor mirkarimi: what about without recommendation? supervisor kim: i can do that. supervisor chu: we have a motion to send this forward without recommendation and we will do that without objection. thank you. item number six, please. >> item #6. resolution approving and authorizing the general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission to execute sewer system improvement program-funded agreement no. cs-165, program management services, with aecom-parsons joint venture, for

our notion that alex haley's version of malcolm x can free the young men on the platform of the mta is an assumption that what keeps them in that moment of bondage is their belief about who they can be. rather than the set of public policies that make their bodies easily victimized by people in uniform. and so i care about what our young people believe. i'm a mother. i'm a teacher. i care at my core about what we believe. but i do not believe that african-american inequality is primarily the result of lack of imagination on the part of our black people. the critical liberating possibility of black religion, and this is true whether it takes the form of ancestral religions of christianity or -- i wanted to come back to your nation question just for a second, i think one of the things we have not been honest relative to the nation is that the nation of islam is like jazz. if the black christian churches is the blues, then -- god, i sound like cornell. i don't mean it that way. [laughter] >> what i mean it is an indigenous black institution, right? so what i mean there are very few american