mr. reiskin >> as the other former public works director i thank you for being here. particularly the young people. it was nine hundred years ago that the people of san francisco figured that public transportation was very important we were the first transit foundation in the united states but as a puny transit system once that was called the people's railway it's really part of the public realm like our public buildings and our trains and our buzz stops we should think of them in the same way pare the leaders here have about a great partner but this gentleman was saying can you incidental someone walking into city hall and starting to puck put a sticker on the doors we won't tolerate that we should have the same obsolesce for our trains and other assets. as the mayor said we want everything to look good and save and ordinarily. but the mayor and i had an opportunity probably a year ago now to invest the square and i was impressed besides you having beer in the refrigerator it's a time and this may have changed but jack was telling us something like 95 percent of the

mr. reiskin. >> good afternoon members of the board and staff and the public. really just one item to update you on. i know we have a big agenda today. the bus loop where we turn around some of our buses on ocean avenue by city college, we are celebrating a completion of the terminal reconfiguration as well as the ground breaking for the associated housing that is there tomorrow with the mayor and supervisor yee. these are the terminal reconfiguration plaza that will be adjacent to it and housing that is breaking ground tomorrow, a part of the critical elements of the balboa station plan by the community or developed by the community and an approved by the board of supervisors. it's at the corner of ocean and fill an, by the city college, a few feet up the road. the project really is transforming that whole ocean intersection as well as making way for a public plaza and housing and what was basically a sea of asphalt and overhead wires. the new loop which is substantially completed includes an overhead wiring system, bus shelters, line escaping and one part rem

mr. valention and we have a second to that. >> and any members of the public did not indicate that they want to address you. >> lloyd. >> aye. >> metcalf >> aye. >> reiskin. >> aye. >> kim >> aye. >> item 8 is approved. >> thank you. >> go ahead and move into your next item >> 9 is election of the chair and vice chair purchase su ant to the tjpa joint powers agreement. >> and directors i refer to you on this item. >> since we are lacking our vice chair, should be... should we postpone. >> we are way behind it but we could postpone it by months. why don't we do that director harper and i have not had a discussion with him whether he wants to continue on as vice chair or not. we have a motion to continue this motion for a month. and we have a motion and a second. we can do that without opposition. >> are there any other items on the calendar? >> seeing none, the meeting is adjourned, thank you very much, and welcome back. >> the annual celebration of hardly strictly bluegrass is always a hit now completing itself 12 year of music in the incredible golden gate park. >> this is just the best park to come to. it's safe. it's wonderful and such a fun time of t