. >> chairman brinkman: thank you. next speaker, please. >> the last two people to turn if a speaker card on this topic. >> chairman brinkman: mr mr. gilberte. >> thank you. apologize for getting here late and missing the director's report. scooter on the ground reminds me of people laid out on the ground. it's just bad. coming here i asked one in front of the department of education and that's a narrow -- with the trees and planting there, that's a narrow walkway now. you throw a scooter in and it's bad. on saturday i was boarding the e-line at the 30 building and at the bottom of the ramp two scooter people were just leaving their scooters at the bottom of the ramp for the wheelchair to go up. i said i hope you're not leaving them here. yes, they did. it's a tough play. sidewalk walk, we don't require helmets to walk on the sidewalk, especially if you're in a wheelchair or a low but people who we are allowing to roll on the sidewalk require a helmet. so there's a mismash of danger here. civic center, i want to thank

>> approve. >> chairman brinkman: second? >> second. >> chairman brinkman: it is approved. thank you so much and thank you mr. hyde for your work on this and we look forward to see what park and rec and mta will bring us next. >> madame chair, item 12, the residential parking permit area x, establishing residential parking area ee in the dog patch neighborhood, mends the transportation code to limit the number of residential parking permits for residents of area ee to no more one permit issue today an individual person, no more two permit to a single address. provides for area ee residents a waiver process for receiving up to four residential parking permits issued to a singling address with specified permit fees and provide that permits issued to ee residents for healthcare or child care workers do not count towards the maximum number of permits and the time limit and major parking notifications throughout the neighborhood. the agenda does list the various traffic and parking modifications. >> chairman brinkman: thank you. mr. wilson. >> good afternoon, directors. my name

. >> chairman brinkman: excellent. that's good. we will move onto 10.5. >> 10.5, authorizing the d disposal of streetcars. single speaker, david pillpail. >> staff is going to want to hear this as well because this is also an seqa issue. do you want me to proceed? >> chairman brinkman: yes, please. >> so is seqa issue here, you already heard from the cac they disagree with the staff recommendation. the issue is this is in any opinion not a minor change to a structure applicable to class one exception. these vehicles are 45 -- are more than 45 years old and the checklist does not so indicate. it marked the other box. the agency just leased space for vintage streetcars to be moved from morin. these are streetcars that could be so moved. i thought that in order to dispose of such streetcars that the agency first had to declare them surplus under the administrative code. the calendar item caption doesn't say declaring them surplus. i'm not sure that the action is within the scope of what is described here. i was also assured that any d

. >> chairman brinkman: thank you. i think that we'll take your recommendation and delay this one, put it off to -- no, we'll wait to hear -- >> madame chair, maybe move on to the regular calendar and allow staff to discuss and come back. >> chairman brinkman: we'll move on to the regular calendar and have staff the chance to discuss this. >> item 11, committing to start procuring zero owe mission battery buses. >> chairman brinkman: excellent. i see mr. haley approaching. mr. haley, welcome. >> good afternoon. mad dam -- madame chair, board members. i'm here to is you to adopt a resolution that memorializes your leadership in a very important topic and is the topic of zero emissions. i would remind the board that under your vision and leadership we currently operate the electric fleet, just under 300 vehicles in north america. over the last five years we have retired and replaced some 600 diesel buses with hybrid buses that resulted this some 5.4 million gallons of fuel savings or will result over the life of the vehi

thank you. >> chairman brinkman: thank you. i think that we'll go to the public comment and come back with questions and clarifications. any public comment? >> yes, madame chair. >> chairman brinkman: 2 minutes. >> thank you for your time today. we would like to ask for your support and approval on this plan. i called kathy back in november of 2015. it's been a long engaging process. we've had a lot of disagreements from a lot of neighbors. i think that we've come to a compromise and a good solution at this time. our neighbor has already doubled so we are looking to triple the population of the neighborhood. we welcome that and the density of the neighborhood. we just need a plan to engage the neighbors as well as the parking condition which right now is 24/7 and free so we would like to change that. i do want to thank kathy and hank for their persistent and their engagement in this process. it's one of the more unusual and engaging endeavors that the city has come into the dog patch with so thank you for that. >> chairman brin

brinkman. she spent time speaking to my office as well. we should give both directors an opportunity to meet with all the supervisors who wanted to speak with them. >> president breed: thank you, supervisor kim for that. commissioner brinkman did not reach out to my office as well. hearing some of the concerns expressed by the rest of you in terms of outreach from that particular commissioner and i guess i have to reverse that item to talk about it but [chuckles] following my own rules. well the board's rules. commissioner borden and i have had extensive discussions, not just about this reappointment but mostly consistently about the challenges of things we continuously face in the m.t.a. which is why i'm comfortable moving this appointment forward. i think they are two separate issues, as far as i'm concerned which is the reason i won't be supporting the continuance. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: i was just going to ask a temporal question which was -- is supervisor borden in her hold-over period -- in other words, would she be

brinkman, have heard good things about her work on the m.t.a. commission. but i have not had a chance to discuss them with her. this is not about me. it's really about this body. and the importance of the confirmation role. having said that, i will vote for ms. brinkman in this instance and for the other commissioners on the roster, but i want to send a message that this is the last time i'm going to do that and from here on out, and i'm saying this to the appointing authority and i'm saying this to commissioners, you really need to affirmatively reach out to your confirmation authority and not ever take this body for granted. it is important. with that i will vote for this nomination. >> president breed: supervisor kim? >> supervisor kim: thank you. i want to thank you for pushing for the important initiatives we have wanted to see come to fruition to see us get to zero fatalities in san francisco. supervisor peskin, i do think it's important for all members to reach out to this board. given the rule s.f. m.t.a. board plays and they have real authority, th

this is kind of the icing on the cake. >> chairman brinkman: thank you. that's a very good point. >> the bus lines tend to serve steeper grades. it's unlikely but possible there could be a scenario where the technology would be good enough to replace coaches that serve lines that aren't as steep and not yet there. for electric trolleys, we're speculating what the technology is going to be many years from now. the intent is to get to zero emission fleet. we're already there with half of our fleet. >> directors, any other questions? comments? >> these have a longer life-span, too, the electric buses in theory? >> anything we know about them is only in theory. they've not been in service long enough for us to know that. >> thank you. >> and that sort of brings up a second question. this is somewhat in theory and we're going to be staking bets on a theory. that's fine. that's how progress happens. it's a significant bet. my question is, do we have enough intelligence that we're comfortable making this bet and then more really importantly from the other side,

hearing none, we will move to a >> chairman brinkman: all to a right. so we are back into open session. all right. item 14 announcement of closed session, the mta board of directors went in closed section but no action. it would be item 15 would be appropriate for a motion to disclose or not disclose the information. a first. a second? all in favor of not disclosing? we will not disclose. >> chair, that concludes the business before you. >> chairman brinkman: thank you all for spending your tuesday with us. >> on december 28, 1912. san francisco mayor, sonny jim rolph stared into the crowds of those who have gathered. a moment in history. the birth of a publicly own transit system. san francisco municipal railway. muni as it would become to be known. happy birthday, muni, here is to the next 100 years. the birth of muni had been a long-time coming. over the years the city was disjointed privately owned companies. horses and steam and electric-powered vehicles. creating a hodgepodge of transit options. none of them particularly satisfying to city residen

access useful information, any >> chairman brinkman: all right. so we are back into open session.ll right. item 14 announcement of closed session, the mta board of directors went in closed section but no action. it would be item 15 would be appropriate for a motion to disclose or not disclose the information. a first. a second? all in favor of not disclosing? we will not disclose. >> chair, that concludes the business before you. >> chairman brinkman: thank you all for spending your tuesday with us.

hearing none, we will move to a >> chairman brinkman: all to a right. so we are back into open session. all right. item 14 announcement of closed session, the mta board of directors went in closed section but no action. it would be item 15 would be appropriate for a motion to disclose or not disclose the information. a first. a second? all in favor of not disclosing? we will not disclose. >> chair, that concludes the business before you. >> chairman brinkman: thank you all for spending your tuesday with us. adjourned. >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shop & dine in the 49 with within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so where will you shop & dine in the 49 my name is jim woods i'm the founder of woods beer company and the proprietor of woods copy k open 2 henry adams what makes us unique is that we're reintegrated brooeg the beer and serving that cross the table people are sitting next

hearing none, we will move to a >> chairman brinkman: all to a right. so we are back into open session. all right. item 14 announcement of closed session, the mta board of directors went in closed section but no action. it would be item 15 would be appropriate for a motion to disclose or not disclose the information. a first. a second? all in favor of not disclosing? we will not disclose. >> chair, that concludes the business before you. >> chairman brinkman: thank you all for spending your tuesday with us. . >> good morning and welcome to the government audit and over sight committee. today is may 16, 2018. i am joined by supervisor aaron peskin and london breed. i also want to acknowledge our community clerk john caroll and sfgovtv for staffing our meeting and making sure our transcripts are available on-line. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. [agenda item read] >> thank you. mr. clerk, can you please call the first item? [agenda item read] >> vice president brandon: thank you today and this first item is my item. this is for th

we had commissioner brinkman that just came here before. the reason i was on principle okay supporting her is because they have a 3-term limit on the s.f.m.t.a. i generally, whether people like it or not, i'm generally not in favor of commissioners serving over 10, 11, 12 years. that's not the case with former supervisor katz. so it puts us in a really difficult position. because we have two very qualified people. i think that i would not want to stop the movement of this appointment either. i think it's important she have the opportunity to have the full board vote on the recommendation and i would support that without recommendation, if that's your recommendation. supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: yes, thank you, chair safai. i know both women well. both are incredible women and incredible public servants. i have worked with gail on several occasions. she has done a project in district 2 and has been an incredible community builder. both women are incredible and i appreciate the notion to at least consider this to the full board

hearing none, we will move to a >> chairman brinkman: all to a right. so we are back into open session. all right. item 14 announcement of closed session, the mta board of directors went in closed section but no action. it would be item 15 would be appropriate for a motion to disclose or not disclose the information. a first. a second? all in favor of not disclosing? we will not disclose. >> chair, that concludes the business before you. >> chairman brinkman: thank you all for spending your tuesday with us. >> when i open up the paper every day, i'm just amazed at how many different environmental issues keep popping up. when i think about what planet i want to leave for my children and other generations, i think about what kind of contribution i can make on a personal level to the environment. >> it was really easy to sign up for the program. i just went online to cleanpowersf.org, i signed up and then started getting pieces in the mail letting me know i was going switch over and poof it happened. now when i want to pay my bill, i go to pg&e and i don't

director brinkman and borden have just been confirmed. someone calls 311 about a scooter on the sidewalk, and there is no response from 311. >> that should not be the response from 311. i know we've been addressing the way those calls are handled, but to the extent those are accurate, those should not be happening that way. >> may we ask you to follow up on that and -- >> we are doing so, but yes. >> and then, my final question, the cap -- there's been a lot of speaking about the cap on the number of scooters. my understanding is that the cap is really sort of associated with the pilot program, and that the idea here is before we get too big, we want to make sure we have it regulated right, but that the plan would be once we have a system that works, we would we wouldn't necessarily stick to the cap and would authorize more if the demand was there within proper regulation, is that fair? >> well, the program is designed as a pilot with a 12 month duration. the goal of the pilot is not necessarily to give a certain number of operators acces

some people may be disappointed to see me in this chair instead of miss brinkman. she will be back shortly. however, you still have to go through the board of supervisors approval process and so they will miss this meeting while that goes forward, so they will take over for today, but rest assured, chair will be back here next time. okay. number three. [agenda item read] [agenda item read]. >> okay. we have the minutes before us from the last meeting. is there any speakers on the approval of the minutes? >> clerk: i have received no motion. >> seeing none, i will entertain a motion. >> motion. >> second? >> second. >> okay. item five [agenda item read]. >> okay. and i know there were some people today who wanted to speak on that. did you have a chance that you wanted -- >> clerk: i did, and two of them indicated they were fine addressing it when the matter is actually before you for k. the third person, jennifer morrow, is she here? miss morrow? not in the room. all right. >> well, to those people, we apologize for the clerical error that led to this being put over

they will engage in brinkman ship the same way trump did early on saying i'll walk away if it's not my deal. okay. so we are getting a little too hot and bothered. maybe that is an explanation for trump, zte and china. maybe it is part of a larger strategy. he needs their help enough on the north korean peninsula that the u.s. administration is worried about their relative leverage that they say trying to butter them up and give things to try to get this other deal done. >> that has always been a factor in what is a total contradiction of his position. he needs china to help get north korea negotiations to go smoothly. i think if there's one thing that donald trump loves clearly it will be described as wilting under pressure, as gordon just described. >> there's no pressure. >> no wilting. >> you're the wilter. >> you're the wilter. this is not surprising. dictator is going to dictate. this is what north korea does. this is why secretary of state pompeo said coming back from the last round of negotiations we have our eyes wide open. north korea's promises are not worth the paper the pr

notification and, in which was asked earlier and i think it's appropriate for the commission, maybe cheryl brinkman, where did she go? okay. i think it's appropriate for, especially the president, a policy to ask the staff to say how could you improve the system and get it back to us in a report so we could start having a dialogue, i'm hoping you can commit to things like this, some issues, not that difficult for you as chair or president to say we need a report, we need some recommendations to approve this. can you commit to those type of things? >> absolutely supervisor. i will commit to that, i will go back and immediately ask staff if we could take an in-depth look how we communicate to the supervisors and projects in each of your districts and make sure we make ourselves available to you, not just ourselves, the commissioner but staff available and make sure staff keeps you up-to-date on what's going on in your district. better communication works for all of us. the number one goal we have for our streets is safety and we can't do that if we aren't all working together, so i will commit to doi

some people may be disappointed to see me in this chair instead of miss brinkman.he will be back shortly. however, you still have to go through the board of supervisors approval process and so they will miss this meeting while that goes forward, so they will take over for today, but rest assured, chair will be back here next time.

so we've done commissioner brinkman. we have a motion rejecting -- amending the proposal to approve the mayor's nomination of gweneth borden to the m.t.a. commission. can we do that without objection. thank you, commissioner borden. men one of you can come to the meeting monday because we'll talk about the legislation. thank you. thank you, madame clerk. police -- please call item 12 our city attorney needs to leave and he's requested we call that and it will be a quick item to please call item 12. >> the clerk: it's an ordinance amending the elections code to require notice in the voter information pam plet -- pamphlet for a zoning change involving property. >> commissioner: thank you. i'll hand it over to you. >> thank you, supervisor. thank you for accommodating my schedule. deputy city attorney john gibner. the ordinance arises from an ordinance at first reading yesterday involving the lawsuit to challenge proposition b that required voter approval for land use changes within the court's jurisdiction. that case has l

the process that we're trying to talk to you about -- and i had this conversation with president brinkman is that when you're doing your notice and outreach, the planning department has a requirement of a certain number of buildings and residents that need to be notified in a certain radius. there's no standardized process that the sfmta has to go through if terms of their outreach. i have seen a significant improvement and i do commend the department for that. but there is no standardized process. so residents are often left to look for the sign or a posting or maybe there's some outreach, maybe there hasn't been to the business owners. some have, some haven't. so part of what we're trying to accomplish here today is to talk about some of the standardization of that outreach and review. but, no, we have no intention -- i have no desire, supervisor tang, to review every single stop sign request, but i do want the ability in there if there's a significant request. one of the areas that we had a stop sign installed, again, neighbors organized for multiple years and pedestrians were hit on t