vice chair heinicke, did you have any comments or questions? >> vice chairman heinicke: well, i find this project exciting on many levels, and my thanksz to everybody involved in the presentations and all the hard work. keeping in mind about the limits on our jurisdiction, i'll focus on the transportation part -- thank you, director torres. so very impressive program. i'm definitely swayed by the fact that the giants have been such a wonderful planning partner. compliments to you all there, and i'm just excited to see this come into play at a time when we're going to be enhancing subway there, at a time when we're going to have some more options, hopefully on market street to improve transit as a feeder artery to that subway and others, so i think that's a great project, and i really commend you as an organization for what you've done in organizing transit around the city and around the stadium in particular, and i'm really excited to see this project roll forward and it has my complete support. director heinicke said everything i wanted to say

director pleasing advised director heinicke will not be with you today. please, also note we have a new sound system here but you still do need to speak into the end of yuck microphone so you be heard, recorded for all times. item 3 announcement of prohibition of sound-producing devices during the meeting. the ringing of a cellphone, pagers and sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited. any person responsible for one going off may be asked to leave the room. cellphone cause microphone interference and the board requests they be placed in the off position. approval of the minutes of the regular meeting. >> do i have any public comment? >> no, madam chair. >> do i have a motion to approve? >> second. >> all in favor. aye. >> aye. >> any opposed? hearing none, minutes are approved. >> item 5 communications i have none for you for this meeting. item 6, introduction of new or unfinished business by board members. >> thank you. i would like to -- i'm sure you are all aware we lost a fellow commissioner, i believe it was last week. shirley brier black pa

malcolm heinicke last time said it should be increased to 400,000. that is 100% wrong. first of all, 2,000 cabs moving in the city out of 2,000 cabs there are 300 cabs sitting in yellow right now, which are already abolished and the name and numbers taken out. they're hardly 250,000 miles. so i like to say the same issues. people don't want to drive a car, which is more than 300,000 miles and the roads of san francisco especially terrible. so based on that, going to 425, why? the person who has been 100 get fees is still paying $100 get fees and big cab companies. what is not much used car the wrong idea. the thing is, when one cab is taken out by one driver today, the next day another driver, the next day another driver, it is the same cab up to 300,000 miles goes to the 10 different hand, maybe not double but still going to different hand. 425 will be a disastrously bad car on the road for public and for the driver to pay 100. he should be paying $60, $70 and it's ok, not otherwise. >> mark grewburg. >> yes, mark in support of the change to 425,000 miles. it's true th

director pleasing advised director heinicke will not be with you today.lease, also note we have a new sound system here but you still do need to speak into the end of yuck microphone so you be heard, recorded for all times. item 3 announcement of prohibition of sound-producing devices during the meeting. the ringing of a cellphone, pagers and sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited. any person responsible for one going off may be asked to leave the room.

i think that when we have chair heinicke back, that will be helpful. strategic use of that is very important. i was wondering, i don't remember when that ballot measure went through, how it was -- i'm sorry -- i'm confusing my fund balance. fund balance i am in use of the strategic use. the population growth fund, i don't remember when that ballot measure went through. what it was state thad the funds would be for? was it stated they would just go into sfmta? it would be lumped in with the general fund? >> it's calculated separate, so now we get our allocation from the general fund and then the supplement that comes from prop b. the prop b legislation required that 75% of the funds go for transit. and 25% go for streets. it does give us flexibility between capital and operating how those are used. last time we used it fully for capital. but again, because of the population growth is driving some of our operational needs, i think it's reasonable to consider using part of it for operational needs. you see that the capital revenues are lower than they've

. >> thank you, vice chair li heinicke. >> chairman brinkman: i think as the bus messages goes out, i think it's important to note that not only this is coming, but why it's coming and what the goal of this is and what they're going to see in terms of increased speed and reliablity going forward. i think that is super valuable messaging. i think we're seeing it on canopy street with the b.a.r.t. at powell, and i think that helps people ease over the disruption, that they're getting something out of it at the end. [ please stand by ] >> we still have quorums. thank you very much. we'll see you soon. >> we're coming out of closed session. thank you. >> item 16, the board of director closed session to discuss anticipated litigation with the city take no action. to disclose motion. do i have a second. >> all in favor aye. >> opposed. not disclosing, thank you. that concludes the meeting. meeting adjourned, thank you all very much. ♪ >> i am so looking forward to the street fair tomorrow. >> it is in the mission, how are we going to get there? we are not driving. >> well what do you sugges