this is not the minimus -- de minimus. this is real money. everybody is getting paid back, but they are not ultimately having to be the upfront costs, which in this climate of liquidity and credit crunch, is incredibly important. any other questions? fabulous. thank you all. congratulations. [applause] . >> san francisco. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. san francisco is committed to providing safe access to public services to our community. . there is really, only one boy... one girl... one tree... one forest... one deep, dancing ocean... one mountain calling... one handful of sand through our fingers... one endless sky overhead... and one simple way to care for it all. please visit earthshare.org and learn how the world's leading environmental groups are working together under one name. earth share. one environment... >> welcome to the san francisco civic center. if so the president of the san francisco arts commission. -- i am the president of the sentences " arts commission. we're pleased to

this is not the minimus -- de minimus. this is real money. everybody is getting paid back, but they are not ultimately having to be the upfront costs, which in this climate of liquidity and credit crunch, is incredibly important. any other questions? fabulous. thank you all. congratulations. [applause] supervisor mirkarimi: welcome to the transportation authority meeting. i would like to say welcome to everyone here. thank you also to sfgtv. would you please read roll call. >> [roll call] we have a quorum. item two, approval of minutes of the june 29, 2010 meeting. >> any comments seeing none, public comment is closed. without objection. please read items 3 and 4. >> cheers report. this is an information item. the executive director's report. supervisor mirkarimi: colleagues, it has been an extra busy month at the authority, so keep your commentsd4& we have a lengthy board meeting later. tomorrow morning is the official start of the first day fund a construction contract in the presidio parkway. we are going to mark that with a short ceremony

in fact, almost de minimus, as the lawyers would say. i have advised the the average cost today has gone no higher. what it requires ingenuity and working with the person with the disability to see what their real needs are. it is not one-size-fits-all. i think it is an objection that does not play out in reality and is facetious at best. >> one final general question. what did you think congress should do next? >> the emphasis has to be on employment. it is tough not to crack the whip of the cold economic times. able-bodied people, people without disabilities, are unable to get work in many cases in spite of fast qualifications. that should not be an excuse for neglecting the initiatives that are necessary to build an economic base for people with disabilities. i think the answer there lays in some respects in the field of technology. i am rate you and i never seen many people who have severe disabilities. an inability in some cases in this terrible policy, for example, to articulate brilliant thought. >> stephen hawking comes to mind.