i have three copse for the commissioners and one for ms. moyer. thank you. >> any other public comment? motion to adjourn? >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> thank you.

i have three copse for the commissioners and one for ms. moyer. thank you. >> any other public comment? motion to adjourn? >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> thank you. next item 15 which is a department accomplishment for pulled has been removed from the calendar and will --, will be cut at the next commission meeting. in order to facilitate an orderly meeting, are there many people in the hall that plan to speak? >> i don't know. >> it doesn't look like it, so let me say that in order to facilitate an orderly meeting, we ask that you complete a blue card if he would like to speak on an item. each person will have two minutes to speak. >> please address your comments to the commission during public comments on items in order to allow equal time for all. the commission may ask questions of staff after public comment is closed. before we go to the report, we will have the general managers' report. >> i will move did general managers report to later in the agenda given the fact that there are people here to testify on one particular

i have three copse for the commissioners and one for ms. moyer. thank you. >> any other public comment? motion to adjourn? >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> thank you. >> in this fabulously beautiful persidio national park and near golden gate and running like a scar is this ugly highway. that was built in 1936 at the same time as the bridge and at that time the presidio was an army and they didn't want civilians on their turf. and the road was built high. >> we need access and you have a 70 year-old facility that's inadequate for today's transportation needs. and in addition to that, you have the problem that it wasn't for site extenders. >> the rating for the high viaduct is a higher rating than that collapsed. and it was sapped quite a while before used and it was rusty before installed. >> a state highway through a federal national park connecting an independently managed bridge to city streets. this is a prescription for complication. >> it became clear unless there was one catalyst organization that took it on as a challeng

i have three copse for the commissioners and one for ms. moyer. thank you. >> any other public comment? motion to adjourn? >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> thank you. >> good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. it is my pleasure to be here with our regional fta administrator and our commissioner from san francisco who sits on the metropolitan transportation commission. we have a new development in terms of the muni metro system, one of which is the beginning of the card installation system. we have nine stations that will be receiving newgate's. and we will be adding another 19 disabled fare gates. what we are attempting to do here is replace the infrastructure that has well tapped is useful life in terms of our fair gates, and we are cobbling that at the same time with a nuclear program, which you all should be aware of and which is the regional smart card that will be used throughout the area for public transit trips in the region. the new ticket vending machines -- we have purchased 40 of those ticket vending mac

i have three copse for the commissioners and one for ms. moyer. thank you. >> any other public comment? motion to adjourn? >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> thank you. >> there has been an acknowledgement of the special places around san francisco bay. well, there is something sort of innate in human beings, i think, that tend to recognize a good spot when you see it, a spot that takes your breath away. this is one of them. >> an icon of the new deal. >> we stood here a week ago and we heard all of these dignitaries talk about the symbol that coit tower is for san francisco. it's interesting for those of us in the pioneer park project is trying to make the point that not only the tower, not only this man-built edifice here is a symbol of the city but also the green space on which it sits and the hill to which is rests. to understand them, you have to understand the topography of san francisco. early days of the city, the city grows up in what is the financial district on the edge of chinatown. everything they rely on for existenc