chairperson nolan: thank you. next speaker. >> dave snyder, followed by roxanne caldera. chairperson nolan: good afternoon, mr. snyder. >> good morning. dave steiger. by way of introduction but not by way of formal representing the organization, i and co- founder of united taxicab workers. i am running into a lot of problems. everything kind of broke down. i will get it to you. also, i have sent out e-mail. i have come down here to give you a heads up that some of us are circulating a petition called an omnibus tax a driver security and passenger service -- taxi driver security and passenger service measure that would provide driver protection for what happened to mr. singe back in january when he got stabbed on state street. i have appeared here twice. director nolan and executive director ford indicated we should do something. we should get a report. that was never calendared. nothing was done. it is only a matter of time before someone gets killed. i think you might want to begin to regulate that, even if it do

chairperson nolan: thank you. >> ann marie hodgson, followed by charles rathbone. >> as a recent resident to san francisco i knew i would experience inevitable parking tickets. this is not a complaint. after doing some research about the parking middle unofficial rules, i find they are incredibly hard to fight and given out very liberally because of that fact. it makes sense for sfmta. it means increase revenue for the city. i hope in coming and giving this, not to complain, but to suggest the board discussed different policies for handling of parking tickets, or more broadly how it does business. this -- is this a message san francisco wants to send to citizens and visitors? it makes sense. give up tickets as many as possible since it is hard to get them overturned and we can fill our budget. i am sure you're saying this guy is complaining because he got a few parking tickets and should have parked more prudently. i have a current news article showing the budget crisis in sfmta, which i know you are all aware of

chairperson nolan: i would like mr. rowe him to give us a brief report on the cable car operator who was severely attacked. mr. rohan, if you would? >> on sunday, november 14, at approximately 8:00 p.m., police were called to the 1300 block of mason court in assault on a cable car operators. the victim was an employee for 12 years and still is an employee. the agent was being transported to san francisco general hospital. at the time the incident happened, the cable car was stopped, which in to go out of service for repair, and there were no customers on the cable car. the operator was approached, with multiple stab wounds causing life-threatening injuries. after investigation and insistence from witnesses on the scene, officers were able to apprehend a suspect. staff visited the operator in the hospital yesterday and report his medical condition is stable. we are thankful for that. the agency is outraged that something like this would happen to one of our operators. it appears meaningless to us. and we are continuing t

chairperson nolan: thank you. director heinicke: i would ask the acting director of work to address the last comment. >> i certainly will. >> the next item is, with public, now closed -- the next item is the consent calendar. these items are considered routine unless a member of the public or member of the board wishes to have an item severed or viewed separately. members of the public have requested that item 10.2b with regard to fairfax avenue be removed from the consent calendar. no other member of the public has asked that an item be severed. chairperson nolan: is there a motion? so moved. 10.2b, right? >> severed at the request of member of the public john eaton. director heinicke: ok. >> good afternoon. i am a little bit new to this process, so forgive me if i made your day a little more complicated. i request your support on no parking on fairfax avenue. i am a business owner who has had a business on the street for over 10 years. it is a very quiet, nice place to work. my wife and i both work there. in the