please, please, direct heminger, you said it. think radically. it is time to change how we do things. please, i'm begging you. thank you. awe thank you. next speaker please. >> directors, is there a motion? >> move approval. >> great. we have a motion and a second. please call the roll. >> on that motion, vice chair eaken? >> aye. direct heminger. director lai? >> aye. [roll call vote. the motion passes. please call item 14. >> item 14 authorizing the director to execute modification number 14 to contract 1289 van ness corridor transit improvement project with walsh construction company to perform various roadway work in the amount of $717,877.56 and for a total contract not to exceed $222,465,143 and to make environmental review findings. >> please go ahead and present. >> thank you. so i am sure we are all aware of how important the van ness project is and very close to completion and with the revenue service in spring of the coming near. this contract mod is cleaning up a number of items and work that has been added and completed in the projec

thank you, chair. >> thank you. >> director heminger: thank you, madame chair.ean, i first wanted to thank you for sending me the chart that basically listed all the routes out and their current levels of ridership. and i think it was fy20 and 21. i would encourage you to distribute that to my colleagues, because i think it's great information that would be helpful for all of them to see. i had a couple of questions and then i've got some things to say time permitting at the end of this. the first question is, when you strip down the system after covid struck and created what you called the core network, what criteria did you use? >> great question. so we had really four criteria that we utilized to make that initial jump to the core network. one, if you recall -- and this goes back a ways, so you might not recall -- there was about a two-week period where the mayor had implemented or instituted her stay-at-home order that we continued to run full service. so, we had all of our buses out there in operation. we had all of the trains going for about two weeks and

please, please, direct heminger, you said it. think radically. it is time to change how we do things. please, i'm begging you. thank you. awe thank you. next speaker please. >> directors, is there a motion? >> move approval. >> great. we have a motion and a second. please call the roll. >> on that motion, vice chair eaken? >> aye. direct heminger. director lai? >> aye. [roll call vote. the motion passes. please call item 14. >> item 14 authorizing the director to execute modification number 14 to contract 1289 van ness corridor transit improvement project with walsh construction company to perform various roadway work in the amount of $717,877.56 and for a total contract not to exceed $222,465,143 and to make environmental review findings. >> please go ahead and present. >> thank you. so i am sure we are all aware of how important the van ness project is and very close to completion and with the revenue service in spring of the coming near. this contract mod is cleaning up a number of items and work that has been added and completed in the projec

seeing none, so this is time for members of the public -- oh, director heminger. >> thank you. >> thank you, madame chair. i'll leave the vaccination question, i think, director hinze has covered it. on j.f.k., just to remind us of our role here, we're not a decision-maker. we're a remer. so, is what you're bringing to us in a few months' time going to be a recommendation to the board of supervisors? >> that's right. the board of supervisors has the authority over streets in most san francisco parks, including in golden gate park. we do not have authority there. but we have been providing a strong advisory and support role to recreation parks department and all of the transportation-related accommodations and we are eager to hear the advice and recommendation of the sfmta board, particularly for transportation-related issues relative to j.f.k. but also potential actions on adjacent streets or other accommodations that may be part adjacent and under our jurisdiction. >> the other question i had, jeff, and i'm probably not alone, i was somewhat confused in reading one of our summaries of

i and monique mouda and steve heminger have been exploring caltrain governance changes which accompanied our resolution to put measure rr on the ballot. another j.p.b. governance special meeting is this thursday at 9:00 a.m. i do want to add that members of the sam trans board and leaders in san mateo county have been doing everything they can to undermine the process and demonstrated that they never wanted equity and participation in the j.p.b. counties. we as a board also recently approved caltrain measure rr bond financing. as far as bay area air quality management district, at our july 21 meeting, we adopted amendments to regulation [inaudible] petroleum refineries. the rule is now the most health protective and stringent of its kind in the country. we also have the meeting of our community about planning to address goals of a.b. 617, which focuses to reduce exposure in communities most impacted by air pollution. communities are working together to develop and implement new strategies to reduce air pollution and reduce impacts, and we also have a meeting with the air quality manageme