no problem. >> chair borden: great. director heminger, i know you have something to say. >> director heminger: it sound like many years ago, we had little breakthrough few minutes ago. i'll quit while i'm ahead. >> chair borden: are there any other comments before i open up public comment? we haven't had our public comment yet? >> i contribute so much to in develop racial equity action plan and ensure the agency is in a place where it is now where very serious issues are brought to the forefront and addressed. my hope remains that in it agency's effort to diversify not just the agency, it's very diverse. at the top level in terms of leadership, that the agency will not only recruit capable and competent leaders who are diverse that cross black, latinx, indigenous and other racial lines, non-white people, there will be equitable consideration and support for those individuals and those individuals will be allowed to lead and be the experts in assisting rather than being overwhelmed at times by well-meaning white people w

. >> chair borden: secretary boomer please call the roll. [roll call] >> director eaken you're very faint. [roll call] madame chair, we can approve the minutes. item 5, communications. >> chair borden: i lovely speech i get to give at every meeting. all members are participating via teleconference. this will ensure the safety of the sfmta board of directors and public. in the published notice for the meeting and on the web page we asked the public to participate remotely by writing to the board or leaving a message. for all comments received in advance we received them and appreciate the feedback. again we'd like comments before today if you'd like us to see it before the meeting. we'll continue be available at 415-646-4470 in advance of the meeting. while the technology allows us to hold meetings via teleconference there be gaps in silence as staff is transition between speakers and we ask four your -- for your understanding. if we lose the communication we'll attempt to reach you and lastly i want to thank the entire of village involved in

thing that we will be doing is looking at how other organizations have solved these problems. >> chair borden: thank you, director lai. any other comments before we move on to director eaken? director eaken? >> vice-chair eaken: so, yes, just to build on director lai's great question. i want to think about building out even a lauded team to support the racial equity officer. clearly, you know, it's additional staff and staff cost money but, i guess that the request is in the context of december 1st we'll have a budget, director tumlin, a workshop conversation -- i don't know. i think that it would be worth having the conversation if we wanted to price out, like, two additional staff or something to support this person, to give them a fighting chance of success. it doesn't seem that it would break the bank to have two additional staff. so if you could run the numbers and bring that to us and something that we could all discuss. and we're all saying the right things and yet, you know, it would be a very, very tough position to just have one staff and not have a team. so i would like to have tha

>> director lai: i'll wait, thank you. >> chair borden: thank you.we're going to do, we're going to go through the other groups, open up to public comment. there might be additional questions or comments after that point. thank you so much for your presentation. we also have anna from it latinx infinity group or tracy. i'm sorry if i said your name wrong. >> good afternoon board members and director tumlin. i'm here to speak on beof the latinx infinity group. our group mission is to appropriate understanding of the unique issues facing latinx employees within sfmta and provide support and mentoring opportunity to our members. we are here to speak in support of the racial equity action plan but like to note several areas of concerns within the plan. phase one of the plan is a good start and provides direction and prioritizing racial equity within our workplace. however, for the plan to be successful, the work of the plan must be well resourced. this means setting aside dedicated funding for various full-time staff members to help implement the plan. o