c. brinkman: thank you. ms. boomer, set the timer for 2 minutes. the first soft chime will let you know you have 30 seconds remaining, the second louder chime will say your time is up, at that point i will politely but firmly cut you off. it's helpful if you state your name for the record and super helpful if you tell us if you are in support or opposition of this project. and then briefly why. >> clerk: charles, janile, madam speaker there are names in the overflow, i will read several names ahead. so if people in the light court hear their name please make your way into this room, you will be let in the room so you can make your comment. >> this summer was rough. in the span of weeks several people were hit and killed on streets we already knew and know to be deadly. it felt like every week for a little while there brought more traffic news, calls with the sfpd, calls with witnesses and medical examiner's office. all this was made much worse by the fact the victims were more often than not marginally house

c. brinkman: we will go ahead and get started. i would like to call to order this san francisco municipal transportation agency october 16th 2018, ms. boomer please call the roll. >> clerk: [roll call] madam chair, directors, you have a quorum. >> chair c. brinkman: thank you. >> clerk: item 3, announcement of the prohibition of sound producing devices in the meeting. you may be asked to leave the room, phones set on vibrate do cause microphone interference so the board respectfully request they be turned off. approval of minutes september 18th. >> chair c. brinkman: any comment on the minutes? seeing none, public comment closed. motion and second. all in favor? minutes approved. >> clerk: we have an overflow room should this one reach standing order, it is standing room only, it will be in the north light court today. >> chair c. brinkman: i do have a few communications about the meeting. first i want to say we are going to adjourn the meeting in memory of two people. jerry robbins. and i'm just going to read from the lovely memo

c. brinkman: thank you. >> chair c. brinkman: audience, this is going to be a very long item, we have a lot of people who want to comment. the more you interrupt, the longer this will take. i don't want to have to clear the room but i will. if you are in support give consensus hands, if you don't give me a thumbs down but please keep your comments to absolute zero minimum. that will keep you occupied. thank you. go on. >> thank you. recommendation number 3 to waive the 5% retransfer fee. this is a popular one. so hopefully we will see some consensus hands. proposal to eliminate the 5% retransfer fee $12,500 currently for three years. and right now the 5% fee would go all to the taxi driver fund. if there's a sale, that entire fee would go to the taxi driver fund. we are pleased to report we have dispersed the taxi driver fund. over the last year after the board approved the disbursement process, we have dispersed about $4.7 million over 4400 drivers. check amounts range from $500-$1,200. i just want to note that. so we h

c. brinkman: thank you, mr. oliver. next speaker, please. consensus hands, please. >> [reading of names] >> i have 23 seconds on it. thank you. i started taxi drivers in 1968 when i came to the united states and i was a single father. so it was a good job for me. and about 10 years later i got a medallion. now forget all of that, the thing is that when the m.t.a. took over they have done nothing for the taxi industry because there is no communication between the drivers and you. we have a bar in the middle. it's called the townhall meetings and this and that and many good ideas get put out there and you never get to hear them. the most important idea that you can understand is we need more taxis in this city and the thing that you have neglected is an app. we have been asking for at least 10 years for one app. and you have got to knock the taxi companies' heads together and say, within one month or whatever, we want one app out there. we want faster response. we want every cab taking a credit card. and not messi

c. brinkman: we will go ahead and get started.to call to order this san francisco municipal transportation agency october 16th 2018, ms. boomer please call the roll. >> clerk: [roll call] madam chair, directors, you have a quorum. >> chair c. brinkman: thank you. >> clerk: item 3, announcement of the prohibition of sound producing devices in the meeting. you may be asked to leave the room, phones set on vibrate do cause microphone interference th

>> reporter: father john keller and reverend terence brinkman-- >> he's not a credible one. and terry was never credible. c reporter: are those the two armes going to be on your list of credibly accused priests that you release in january? >> we're working on the list. >> reporter: does the name john g bonte sound familiar? st yes. i would prefer to do this at another time. >> reporter: we've been requesting, we'd love to sit down. >> at another time, yeah. >> reporter: do you have anything to say to the survivors and victims? >> reporter: cbs news has spoken with more than 20 people with knowledge of allegations made against priests in the archdiocese of galveston- houston. not one has been contacted by church authorities or investigators. when cardinal dinardo releases his list of credibly accused priests in january... >> as they say, see you in shurch. o> reporter: ...john labonte chll be watching for one name in particular. do you think father john keller's name will be on that list? >> i don't think so. wi reporter: what would you say to father keller today? >> come clean. you step up. >> reporter: wh