deputy chief john murphy, enforcement and security at the mta.ommander sandra tong of the airport bureau. commander james dudley of the airport operations bureau. commander daniel mahoney, chief of the operations staff. commander daniel lazard, chief of investigations. this is a time when we stop and offer special members of the police department. these are members who have distinguished themselves through their bravery and dangerous situations. it is important to note one of the criteria for the medal of honor this one failed to -- failure to take such action would lead to center. these are actions above and beyond call of duty. at this time, i would like to invite the chief of police, cheif gascon, to come up here and speak. >> thank you, everyone, for being here. this is a special moment in policing movie get to celebrate the incredible acts of bravery by the men and women in our department. before i say a few words about these incredible men and women sitting in the front, i want to thank their families. your support, day in and day out, or c

commissioner murphy: thank you. >> john paxton, former co-chair of capss. thank you very much for all of your support. >> i think many of you know that last month, was one of the coat- directors -- project managers of the project. now, i'm just a concerned san francisco citizen. >> we are both here today as concerned citizens. commissioner, with regards to america's cup, that is on for plan. port land is outside of dbi's jurisdiction, and the project only includes privately owned property, so i do not think there is any overlap there directly. is that your understanding? >> that is right. one of our recommendations is that dbi upgrades its code standards and encourages the for to do the same to be consistent. >> i know that ultimately, the building permits goes through us? >> the building permit for four property does not go through us, but we have been tasked with working with the port to provide additional support in the way of planchette services or inspection services it needed, so we will be there. and the court building code is a separate building cod

murphy: thank you. >> thank you. >> john from the san francisco coalition for responsible growth. pres., commissioners, it appears there's an all-out war on the tiny, creepy, bloodsucking predators. it looks like they are winning the war. thank you, commissioner walker , for bringing the topic to conversation. i know that entomologist gail getty has noted that the problem is getting worse. we have heard that from all of the speakers. what she did not say -- it can be tackled through education. the president talked about training earlier. i would see that as fundamental. i would also suggest from listening to dr. johnson's presentation that he broke in 2008 that this should be one agency that handles this would complete indirect responsibility. that would be dph. of course, whatever input from dbi. i recall in the 1940's, my father told me problems he had as a young man with these bedbugs. here, all those years later, i'm back hearing about it in san francisco. i wish you all the best with tackling this. >> hello. my name is fully show. i live in a sor in the mission district. the

murphy. we appreciate your thoughtful work -- thank you. secretary boomer: this is no the opportunity for public to make comment on items that are not on today's calendar. we have john and dave. chair nolan: this is how you spend your retirement days? >> we are citizens now. great to see everyone on on mta board. it is good to be able to visit with you. i want to thank you for your diligence service. i certainly came to welcome director leona bridges. i think she will bring another set of skills to the work before us. i do want to take a moment and say that i would welcome, if the directors could do this, to bring forward before the mta board, the issue of citizens' safety. we have a new safety director, who has been with this agency, i believe, six or seven months. to my knowledge, there has not been a safety presentation, and i do want to underscore that in 2009, there were a number of issues that came before the board where we had hearings around safety, and jim doherty, who was the safety director at the time, responded ably about the accidents that took place in my district, in district 8, and i think it would be very worthwhile to look at some of the to-do's t

murphy. we appreciate your thoughtful work -- thank you. secretary boomer: this is no the opportunity for public to make comment on items that are not on today's calendar. we have john and dave. chair nolan: this is how you spend your retirement days? >> we are citizens now. great to see everyone on on mta board. it is good to be able to visit with you. i want to thank you for your diligence service. i