deputy city attorney john gibner. the board is approving a contract that authorizes the mta to purchase the 5 thousand additional meters, so in that sense, that piece is binding mta may purchase 5 thousand for optional meters. supervisor avalos' amendment includes an additional whereas clause that talks about the allocation of those meters, that is not binding on the mta, the mta has exclusive authority to determine how to allocate the meters, but the resolution reflects the board's understanding of the mta's intent at this time to allocate the meters in the way set forth in the resolution. er >> thank you. if i may then through the chair, if i can ask director ris k*en, and again, i support this item, i think the amendments that have been made make sense but given that the language that is i think the reason why so many of you are supporting this is not binding on the mta, i want to make sure i have a clear understanding that the mta as far as you know, as far as you're concerned, it's committed to making sure that y

. >> john gibner. what i suggested would not be for that specific use because you would be adopting the reappropriation and putting the reappropriation on reserve. the control about whether there is, whether you can simply not appropriate and maintain it on reserve. >> that wasn't what i said. i said we can go ahead and do the appropriation. but instead of releasing the full amount we'll release the full amount minus $838,000 with the committee reserve. with the condition of the budget reserve will be a report from how it's used from the parks and recreation whether we can actually keep it on budget reserve specific to the parks and recreation depending on the report for how it would be spent. >> the intent to just constrain the use of the funds to the geneva car barn. right now i can't spend those funds on anything but the geneva car barn. that constraint is there, if you want to be able to have a broader conversation about other potential projects and have us report back to you and have the board wei

. >> john gibner, deputy city attorney, sorry to interrupt the calling of the items. item 10 is an item that was sponsored by the tax collector. it's a resolution that requires board approval to allow the tax collector to pursue a certain claim for a recovery of funds. the item probably should -- will be considered in closed session by this committee at a future date, but today it was scheduled on the agenda under the settlement portion of the agenda and because this item isn't a settlement, we'd recommend that the committee continue this item to the next rules committee meeting when you can consider it in a separately agendized closed session. >> okay, any questions about that, colleagues? >> no. >> seeing none, can somebody make a motion to continue. is there any public comment on this -- which item, all of them? just 10, right? >> 10. >> any public comment on item number 10? seeing none, public comment is closed. can i have a motion to continue this item to the call of the chair? >> so moved. >> no objection, item will continue. so, is there any public comment on i

. >> deputy city attorney john gibner, just the title. >> just the title. thank you very much. >> thank you supervisors. >> any questions? again the budget analyst report is none. anyone to comment on public comment? seeing none public comment is closed. okay. so we need to move forward for amendment to change the title to that date. >> i will move that amendment. >> okay. that amendment is move without opposition and the underlying items and move them forward without opposition. so moved. okay. thank you very much. madam clerk can you please call item 16. >> item 16 is ordinance appropriating $4,388,000 and transit center district funds and transportation development impact years to the municipal transportation agency to support capital improvement projects for fiscal year 2013-2014. >> we have several speakers. >> i am with the mta and we are here to request budget authorization for approximately 4.4 million dollars of development impact fees for various pedestrian and other safety transportation and open space projects from the rincon area and the market

>> deputy city attorney, john gibner, no, it doesn't bind the sfmta to the allocation. the board through this contract approval cannot bind the mta's decision about where to place the meters but the whereas clause reflects the director's statements about the mta's expectations about how these meters will be used. >> okay. that's not very reassuring. i do have a couple of questions for the director though. so, i just wanted to clarify again, 25 thousand meters is the number of meters we currently have in the city today? >> yeah, i don't know the exact number, it's roughly 25 thousand and that's the base contract. >> and when you said to supervisor cohen that this 5 thousand allotment would allow us to make -- to address small meters requests, when you say small meters requests, how many are you talking? >> well, i think the way we laid out in our outreach process, we had three different levels, 1 to 50, 51 to 100 and more than 100, we wouldn't be able to do -- we would be able to do very few of the small and we couldn't do probably any even as much as 50 meters if we onl