mr. reiskin to come back with? >> if i may. we did previously modified the staff report to provide the flexibility to look at different income thresholds, that was feedback we got from some of the proponents and from supervisor campos's office that may be that free lunch threshold is too low. we have a suggestion of 125% -- 120% of area median income. we made sure the wording of the resolution provided us the latitude to not be locked into that lower-level. we will absolutely be looking at that. the making it easy and simplicity is something that we have a great incentive to do that as well. we have been talking to the school district about that. we do recognize the need to reach other schools. not just school districts but other schools and we will have to work with and through cpo's because not all our youth are in school. we will have other outlets by which we can do this. in terms of the charge to seek alternative funds to develop a plan to look at the fare structure in terms of equity more generally, that is something that

mr. reiskin look into that? >> item 7, executive director report. >> i was wondering if there was public comment on item 6. president nolan: we do not usually do that, do we? go ahead. >> thank you. a few brief updates. maybe i will start speaking to director oka's comments on the capital budget. we have been working closely with the police department, with the d.a.'s office, the bicycle advisory committee and pedestrian safety committee, walk sf and our coalition. -- the bike coalition. people on both sides of the issue. motorists, pedestrians, bicycles. i did participate in media event that david chiu held a week or so ago in advance of his introducing a resolution calling for a six streets program that would include enhance community education and enforcement, a target using data to target the most dangerous intersections and all modes of traffic. something we have been working on with the police department which is the development of a diversion program so that what our goal is to change behavior and have sp

mr. reiskin. such as the simplicity and outreac >>h. >> i think we have. you're a big task type of guy. >> anything else on the amendment i proposed? >> we will talk about the threshold. >> the idea if this passes, the overall direction is there and we will talk about individual

mr. reiskin to complain. thank you. >> a euronext speakers. -- our next speaker is. >> in communist countries, the college brainwash. in america at it should be called retraining, refresh. i have been living in this city for 25 years and driven a cab for 22 years. you have thousand muni drivers, your hiring. a lot of them are young folks. i saw many times they are more and more younger. they always forgot. sometimes it has happened occasionally trade you need to have -- occasionally. you need to solve the problem. safety on the is mind training. they have a good hand and good leg, not like old folks but they forget about their mind. they never remind themselves because they have [unintelligible] all the time from you. i have to drive every day to make my on cam -- my own income. i have to keep my car in very good condition. the only lawsuit, you lose 10 million or 20 million. they're laughing, they had to raise -- they lost another. [unintelligible] all these folks are coming. that is the truth. also, this is

mr. reiskin. is there any further discussion? if not, we have a motion and a second. all in favor?the ayes have it, we have a capital budget. >> item 6, introduction of new or unfinished business by board members.

mr. reiskin. in order to get this on the table for discussion, can i have a motion and second on this item and then we can discuss any -- >> i would move with the staff representation. >> ok. do i have a second? i don't have a second? you can second it if you choose? >> i'll second it and go ahead and discuss this item now. who would like to start? who wants to be the -- " >> i would rather have spoken to a recommendation that we go with the free-for-all that we create a resolution that would have -- that would send them back to m.t.c., getting the funding they need, the reassurance and commitment from this board that we would make something -- make it work out, contingent upon finding the funding. i don't know if this would be the appropriate time to talk -- [applause] >> i don't know if this would be the most appropriate time to talk about that but that's what i was hoping we could talk about. >> all right. so we have on the table for discussion the staff recommendation. now, we can absolutely t

mr. reiskin just reported to us, under the staffer -- staff proposal, it is still a significant measure. half of the children ride the muni for free. that is a big deal. this is something that was not on the table while ago. this is something that sends a clear message to the children and parents of the city that there are organizations in the community that care and politicians to care and hopefully there will be more action here today that many cares about families. i will say a simple thank you as a parent. on the issue that i raised last time which is we need to see the economic trade-offs. i want to thank you, director for the very informative and thoughtful piece that we have been given. and in light of those trade- offs and the fact that this is a pilot proposal, i am in favor today of the staff proposal providing these passes for the low-income youth. first and revisiting what we can do later because of the trade offs. not only the economic trade-offs but it is important that we take time to review the potential service trade offs that will be implicated year. and how we can bett

mr. reiskin and his staff. my name is david campos. we have been working on this issue for close to one year now, and we came the year before, and started to talk about free muni for kids, for use, we wanted to make sure it was not an unfunded mandate, and at the time when we had those discussions, the message to was was if you find the money to pay for it, we will do it. part of the wonders if the folks who said that at the time just did not think that the money would be found, and that is why it was easy for them to say that, but we took that message seriously, and we took that message to heart, and we have found the money. you have heard from us. you have seen a very detailed funding plan that outlines this for a two-year private. fat, more money than the two- year pilot would come from. and if we have the money, and money that would not otherwise be available to muni, it is not money that comes from parking meters or any other operational fund that could be used to improve services, this is money targeted for this purpose, if we ha

mr. reiskin could explain what those sources would be for the remainder of the project, which is the bulk of the project.

mr. reiskin could explain what those sources would be for the remainder of the project, which is the bulk of the project. >> the largest project -- a chunk is federal funds. the great majority is federal funds. i do not know to what extent we have others. supervisor avalos: are these funding sources accounted for? are we looking to close any gaps? >> this will be the last piece to funding this project. supervisor chu: thank you. colleagues, we have the items before us. >> madam chair, supervisor at avalos, if you could refer to page 26 of our report, in the bottom left corner, there is a breakdown for the muni system ready replacement project for all the different funding sources. >supervisor chu: thank you for that additional information. colleagues, can we except the recommendations? without objection. colleagues, on the items to four to the full board with recommendations, item five and 8, and to forward to the full board with recommendations as amended, items 6 and 7. can you send those out without objection? we will do that. and if i can make a request to the department to make sure

of ed reiskin, who has done an outstanding job for the agency, and we look forward to his continued leadership. i also want to take a moment to acknowledge two of my predecessors as chairman. mr. flynn, assuredly the gold standard in san francisco. thank you for what you have done, and my immediate predecessor, let us with a great deal of compassion and dignity through some extremely difficult times over the past several years. thank you for being with us. was it over the course of the last hundred years, and unique as a perverse workforce, forged by women and men as innovation and dedication, as reflected the melting pot of cultures that make up our very vibrant city. throughout this centennial year, we're taking moments like this to look back at the first 100 years. our transit system is like none other in the world, to celebrate where we have been and where we plan to go in the future. muni was a contributions to san francisco will continue to do and very challenging times. tomorrow, and unique, and the entire and she returned to the task of increasing mobility options -- muni and the entire mta return to the task of the increasing mobility options. the intrepid spirit of

mr. nuru to be the next director of dpw. with that, i would like to introduce mohammed nuru to you. [applause] >> good morning. thank you all for coming out. thank you, mayor. thank you, naomi. ed reiskin, supervisor carmen chu, micro-deputy directors, thank you all for coming out. i am honored and humbled that i have spent to lead the department. i feel really good that we had a very good place with the city's capital planning that was led by mayor lee many years ago. we were able to schedule our projects and were able to pass a bonds. as you heard, with the hospital, we just started work on the cruise terminal where we actually got the team to continue the demolition to bring that project to fruition. we have the new police headquarters down on third street. we have several libraries, market street. we have so many great project. i feel very fortunate to come in with this gift of being able to work with all the public works staff, with the staff from other agencies, mta, the police department, and all these city agencies. most importantly, as the new director, i cannot forget where i came from. i did come from the community, and i am a very strong community organizer, and i will cont