. >> director heinicke will be here today, shortly. [roll call] you have a quorum. please be advised that the ringing of venice and telephone or any sound producing devices prohibited. any person responsible for one going off might be asked to leave the meeting. it does cause microphone interference, so the board respect fully asks that they -- respectfully ask that they be put in the off position. chairman nolan: all in favor? so moved. >> communications. chairman nolan: to dave's meeting will be adjourned and the memory of the 19-year veteran of the sf mta that serve in the information technology division for a number of years. we have half of that board members adjourned in this memory this afternoon. >> contribution -- introduction of new or unfinished business. chairman nolan: as we get to the agenda, items 11 and 12 are dealing with the same general things. next item. >> the executive director's reports. chairman nolan: did director ramos have something? director ramos: later. >> we began today with special recognition awards. the first award will go to an emp

. >> let me start off by saying i agree with everything that director heinicke said. the meter increase is high time we did this. i am not ready to support item 12. i think we heard many people today who are not sure this is a good idea. i have also over the last three weeks durso -- or so don hundreds of telephone calls from people who have been concerned about this single operator medallion. i asked, there -- several people told me this does not work in other cities. i went about calling several municipalities that had these things going. it is true, it has not worked in other places that have tried this. i do not want us to rush into something that i do not believe we are ready to do. i would like of weed -- if we do not continue item 12, i will not support it. >> what we will do is split items 11 and 12t in separate votes. >> i want to sincerely express my gratitude to all of you who have shown up and spoken so eloquently on this issue. policymaking like this is never going to be perfect. it will never make everyone happy. the director has -- what the director has