chairperson nolan: who is the next speaker? >> eric brooks. chairperson nolan: ahead. this is public comment time now. >> it is standard practice in most commissions for the coming to come after so we can, to what the presentation says. -- so we can comment to what the presentation says. this item is something you should postpone. at this point, the groups a represent -- green party, our city, san francisco tomorrow, and sierra club -- are all opposing this project. before the environmental impact report came out and during the environmental impact report, which raised serious questions about the claim that this is a transit-oriented development. it is not. it is above one to one parking. it is going to jam up the bay bridge. golden gate transit says it will create queuing on the bridge. it is already at maximum. there are many other problems with this project. but as far as transportation goes, these groups are opposing it because it is a transportation nightmare. the biggest and most important thing, and the reason you should postpone this, is that the financing of t

director nolan: phelps in the back? >> if there is anyone else i like to address the board, step forward at this time. >> one minute or two? director nolan: one. >> to the old president, i thought this was a democracy. i thought it was a democratic process. i thought was a free market. i have to believe that for a long time. the texas commission merged and they were bad enough. but they could have been fixed. the used to say all the time, that is unacceptable. you are unacceptable. we don't need a town hall meeting to tell you that. it is a waste of time, energy, and money. now you guys personally, but the only be a year or two. >> i am eric brooks and a grass- roots organizer in san francisco. i have also been an organizer of the country for various campaigns and i can tell you that what is happening to these drivers is just a microcosm of what is happening all over the country and all over the world. the rich are getting away like bits and every time something has to go up in price, the little guy has to pay. in wisco

thank you, chairman nolan. about four meetings ago, i brought to the board's attention pedestrian safety issues at geary and portola. i would like to hear where that stands. i would like to find out what the fact finding ideas were at geary and park street. chairperson nolan: good afternoon. is your microphone on? >> i have some good news to report. we have looked at the location, and we recommended installing a new traffic signal at that location. because of the process involved to get it done, it will be several years before that can happen. in the interim, we have installed additional red zones in a dance. with the yield lines and yield to pedestrians signs -- those have already gone and two weeks ago. one thing we were able to report is we have savaged some previously used solar power flashing beacons from other locations. we just got the parts to make them functional again. we are putting them in next week. there should be flashing beacon is facing both directions by the end of next week. chairperson nolan

chairperson nolan: very comprehensive. when questioned about the moscone site, you said you were having difficulty coming to an agreement with the owners of the property. >> yes. chairperson nolan: is it all on the price, or is there something else? >> it is essentially about price. we have submitted an appraisal and a re-appraisal of the property. we are working with the city attorney's office. we have filed the necessary condemnation proceeding to advance it to this point. it is simply a matter of agreeing to the amount or value of the property. chairperson nolan: any sense of how long that would delay this part of this? >> the proceedings are currently on track. we have anticipated this difficulty of negotiation in our program schedule. we have ample time to acquire the property and essentially obtain a right of entry that will keep the program on schedule. i was just everything the body that the negotiations have not been as smooth as we would have liked. we may have to proceed down the legal path. chairperson nolan: t

director nolan: we have several lines of what we get to them? -- lined up, why don't we get through them? >> first of all, i wanted to mention the issue of 5% reduction from the credit card we're charging. there is a lot of resentment among the others about this issue. it is cause an undue this comfort in our writers, and this is going to increase in the not going to go way unless it is taken away. secondly, there were yellow cabs church in extra as stipulated by the city of san francisco. we came here to defend the company because the company told us that we're charging you a little bit extra because we're providing services in the form of credit card machines. [chime] director nolan: thank you, sir. her next speaker, please. >> thank you for listening to us. as to what we were informed, there were teased without any cost to anybody. and it would cover all of the cost of credit card transactions by the ad revenue. and later on, it comes on our shoulders. they are paid less than anybody else. you're still taking up for these people. we have to f

[applause] director nolan: good afternoon. >> i'm a yellow driver. i want to just say that i think there are alternatives to the 5% credit-card charges. all of those drivers -- to buy some gas from the company and get the best price you can. i don't think they are behind this or in collusion with the company. we're lucky to have someone of her caliber working for us. she may have just been surprised by the 5%. [applause] >> we have everything we have, [unintelligible] thank you. >> good afternoon, sir. and i have been driving over 20 years. it would give good service to our community. everybody has three kids, for kids. we're helping our community. and think he should support it. and thank you. >> [reading names] >> and amos solomon and i am a cabdriver. where you save the mein

chairperson nolan: thank you very much. executive director ford: let's move onto the next project, the church and duboce project. >> my name is ying-ming gu. i am the project manager for church and duboce road station projects. i am here to give you an overview and update. the project limit includes developing the avenue between noe street and church street, and between duboce and market street, including the crossing on market street. as you know, this corridor is very busy. it is a major thoroughfare for j line, n line, and number 22, n line the in the busiest liner system. -- line in our system. the collaborative effort has started in early 2008. representatives from the china could neighborhood association and upper market cbd and other advocates such as what some francisco and the bicycle coalition were invited to a monthly coordination meeting, working with the city planning division, the san francisco arts commission, sfpuc, mta, and other staff. this meeting is still ongoing. it will continue to the construction pha

chairperson nolan: any of those folks here? >> this is roshan batar. i do not know the use of speaking here. the last time we spoke, nothing happened. it is starting again. if we are just wasting our time, i do not know. mta has to get together and find out whether we are independent or employees. award us like your employees. 25 years later, what do we end up with? we end up with a crippled leg. we will be out of a job. if you want to control us, cap companies like yellow cab -- cab companies like yellow cab -- are you with us or are you with them? you are not taking our side. we are the ones who are solving you. we are the ones taking you to the hospital and the airport. >> is lackwinder pal here? pesada? steven caddis, kile gebrhal, aileg gashan. >> my name is samir padan. no electronic waybills. i am paying $15 an hour to be here. i do not know if mta is going to pay for me or i have to pay for myself. the other thing is the 5% charge. then the company can pay me to% to send the money to my account. -- can pay me 2% to send money to my account. >>

chairperson nolan: thank you. director heinicke: i have a question about something that was not discussed. i was under the impression we would get a report today on the twin peaks tunnel. i guess on speed in the twin peaks tunnel. am i mistaken? executive director ford: you will get a full briefing on that in the may 17 meeting. chairperson nolan: you mentioned in the taxi town hall meetings -- we receive messages saying these times do not work for some people. you say there will be another possibility of additional meetings? could those accommodate evening meetings? executive director ford: we will take a look. i receive those comments also. we will see how we can cover anyone interested in speaking at those town hall meetings to try to cover the entire industry and make it easy to attend. chairperson nolan: thank you. i understand there are a number of speakers, pushing 80 at this point. i assume most people are here to speak about taxi-related issues. mr. ford has brought us up in his report. we can hear those

director nolan: we have a speaker. >> this will probably take two minutes. the closed session requirements are very narrow and specific. i was concerned three a year past and it is that your sessions in regard to labor negotiations include your outside consultant on public relations. and i believe that individual or those individuals are free to be present in the closed session. the closed session language is very specific to instruct the designated labor negotiator with regard to matters within the scope of representation. it does not allow you to meet to discuss how to spend the matter. i don't want to have to file a complaint with the task force, but we may have to do that. living on with regard to another close session matter where you were discussing the appointment of a successor -- [chime] >director nolan: what would your concern be about that? i am trying to give you a little bit more time. >> i am a little slow. with regard your discussions about appointing a successor executive director, again, it is very narrow. it is appropriate to meet in closed

chairman nolan, can you please come on up. [applause] >> perhaps you would like to take a few minutes first to remind people who don't know my history to talk about me, nat. thank you, good morning, everybody. pleasure to be here. they've asked me to talk a little bit about the history of the -- of parking in san francisco and i suspect it's because they think i was actually there during the years when the street grids were narrow and people parked their horses and stables and hitching posts. i remember that so well. those street grids never obviously anticipated the 20th century and our car experience with the growth in population, number of years the automobile bake the major factor and equation it has and continues to generate and proliferate congestion and greenhouse gas emission. anyone, casual observer can notice any day the difficulty caused in the city by people circling, trying to find a place to park. the results four fold -- endless hunt for parking spaces, blocks and slows down transit, pud pedestrians at risk and

director nolan: members of the board? questions or comments? very good. did you want to speak to us? >> geithner don't have anyone to turn in speaker cards. -- we do not have anyone to turn in speaker cards. >> i think this is a big albatross around the neck of the agency. it is not a popular view, but it is my considered view. their questions that the board should ask, given the number of vehicles that exist, if that is not going to increase with the central subway in operation, what is the proposed allocation of the vehicles and how that impact the availability for the other lines? if we are not getting more cars and there are more miles to operate, how will serve as the constraint? as with respect to subway. it is important to where there is a switch back whether it is still more or the reservoir that they be a certain distance from the next switch at the intersection. a that we are very constrained because it is so close to the turn to west portal. i would hope there is careful consideration to the spacing in between the church switches and those cros

now according to the oakland tribune friends of nolan park and the california native plant society will ask the city of oakland to halt the project. last week oakland's planning commission approved a plan for the zoo to move more than 50 acres of nolan park. they hope to build a new trail exhibit. >>> new york city commuters catch a break this morning. what crews had to do overnight to insure a smoother ride to work for hundreds of thousands of people after a train crashed and injured dozens. >>> also what a new survey says about how facebook sin influenzaing where you get your new -- is influencing where you get your news. >>> welcome back to the morning news. rescuers plan to resume their search today for a man who's wife was found alive after being stranded for seven weeks. 59-year-old albert is still missing after he left his vehicle to try to get help when the couple became stranded in march. doctors say 57-year-old rita was within days of dying when she was found by hunters. she survived on trail mix and melted snow. they were driving from british columbia to las vegas. >>> commut

according to the oak lands tribune, friends of nolan park and the plant society plan to file the appeal with the city to halt that project. last week, oakland's planning commission approved the plan for the zoo to use more than 50 acres of nolan park. >>> a picket line outside the children's hospital became the focal point of a surprise debate. as claudine wong tell us an angry father vented his frustration with a child in his arms. >> you're using sick kids as a bargain scheme. >> reporter: even before the father pulled into the parking lot, he was giving his frustration to the nurses. >> i understand his frustration, i get it. but i was really taken off by it. >> reporter: this is the third day. the dispute is over health care and whether nurses should start paying more. >> to have union leadership put their head in the sand and say no, no, no. we don't want any change, we want to keep what we have is not in sink with the times. >> reporter: but on this mother's day some nurses on the line brought their children to try to send a simple message. >> i wouldn't be able to afford it. >> r

nolan looks fine, unharmed but because you were blocking him, holding on to the toilet with nolan betweenand the toilet. tell me the story, rachel. >> yes. we had a few minutes warning. i've never taken any of the warnings seriously but something snapped in me and i put blankets and pillows in the bathroom. we were running to the bathroom. you could hear the home shaking. everything busting out. we got down. he was between me -- zach was hunched over us and we were just you know, praying, screaming and, you know, very cloud and it all happened so fast. it seemed like forever but it happened very fast. >> zach, nolan was the closest to the toilet, rachel was there and you were trying to protect them both. what were you feeling? were things hitting you? you were in the bathroom. went into the bathroom. what were you feeling? >> as soon as i shut the door we immediately felt the wind blow out the windows and start swooping underneath the door and insulation and glass was beating us on our backs. she said, i have my legs wrapped around the toilet, i said my arms wrapped around you and the toi

that's my interpretation. >> that was conan nolan reporting. >>> and stem ceill ahead at 6:0 >> smart phones can do just about anything these days, but google wants to take them a step further. the new technology jumping into your smartphone and into your wallet and the one bay area city where it will first be tested. >>> also coming up, a major vote by pg&e today. some customers will see their monthly bills go up. >>> and we'll take you to butte county, where daylight is providing a clear picture of the damage from several tornadoes. >>> and we'll have a look at those tornado repo s. otherwise, some sunshine here today with a lot of low to mid-60s here in the east and in the south bay. 63 right now in livermore and 63 in san jose. tonight, temperatures dropping close to the 40s in the south bay, and yes, we are tracking some showers. we'll let you know what that could mean for your weeken could mean for your weekd, en coming up. eoecedcndheifaeee eoc >>> a controversial memorial for the victims of one of the most painful tragedies in bay area history will move forward after all. the

the debate entering in nolan park when the city approved a master plan covering the zoo's next 20 yearst they report the zoo amended the plan. last week the planning commission approved the plan to expand into 54 acres of prime park land with sweeping views of san francisco. opponents say the expansion would destroy the popular park and they want it stopped until they can review it next summer. >>> next, tuition plan that could have more students taking a second look at u.c.'s less popular schools. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live at sfo. a terrifying flight for passengers coming into sfo last night as a man tries to storm the cockpit has to be restrained. he is being investigated this morning by federal officials. the story coming up in a live report. >> also, flames rip through a home in the east bay. why arson investigators are now on the scene. and bay area breakthrough that could one day change the way you watch tv. ♪ ♪ ♪ when you're resonsible for this much of the team, you need a car you can count on. ♪

tom nolan, chairman of the board and also dr. donald shupe, our professor of urban planning at the university of irving-los angeles and worldwide expert claim on parking. we're also joined by m.t.a. director cheryl brinkman. and we're also joined by supervisor scott wiener as well as chairman of the transportation authority ross mercuriami. we're glad you're all able to be here with us. we're also joined by leslie rogers, regional administrator of the federal transit administration. we also have jose luis moss covitts of the transportation authority, jim lazarus of our san francisco chamber of commerce is here, along with red rifkin of the san francisco city of public works and melanie from the department of environment. we had a strong partnership. there was no way we could do this work without a strong partnership here within the city planning and the port of san francisco that had a strong partnership with us at s.f. park and agreed to participate in the pilot program. we have a great team of individuals at the m.t.a. who work

. >> if it's a little slow and i've got a moment, i certainly would like to login and see if nolan isng on the swings. it's fun to be able to log in and see if he's on the front lawn or on the back lawn playing. >> some of the other remote services including custom notifications, when a child comes home or when there's a flood perhaps in your house. for the adt pulse system, prices start at $424 for installation and about $47 a month after that. >>> if you are looking for a house on the peninsula perhaps, we know a place you can grab one for under $100,000. sort of. here's the catch. these are children's play houses. and they cost a fortune. contractors donate their time and money and the non-profit called rebuilding together peninsula auctions them off. there's a firehouse. believe it or not, they sell for anywhere from $10,000 to $80,000. 100% of the money goes to help. you can go to the rebuilding together peninsula website for more information and i'll be there helping to auction off some of those play houses as well. >> those look a lot of fun. i wouldn't mind being in one. >> so

his son nolan and daughter-in-law tessa, newlyweds, by hiding in a bathtub. >> went to sit in the bathtub and thought i'll look one more time out the window, and when i did those pine trees went -- and just snapped. >> reporter: in neighborhoods like these across the region it's not just the residents digging out. it's neighbors helping neighbors, friends helping friends, families helping families, and even total strangers coming up, doing what they can to help. the search for the missing ranged from the pages of the tuscaloosa newspaper and its website to search and rescue squads deploying in pleasant grove, alabama, hoping for the best -- >> potentially this is the last viable day. >> reporter: -- but fearing the worst. a psychologist specializing in disasters says the destruction will leave a mark. even on those whose jobs are to help. >> i get very concerned about our first responders. they're well trained. they know what they're doing. but in a situation like this the impact of what's going on can be overwhelming. >> reporter: a wide swath of the south remains without power. in alaba

thank you for riding with us, president nolan. i also want to recognize so many department leaders. we are thrilled to see the director of sf environment here today. as well as the president of public works, sai ed riskin. we have a great team from the mta, the sustainable streets team. thank you for being here. i am sure i forgot some folks. i want to say thank-you to the mayor and supervisors, in particular, for the importance of connecting us in the city. we all share the goal of making our city easier to move around, more accessible, more business and family friendly. these are the goals that we have at the bicycle coalition. our plan for connecting the city, to creating 100 miles of dedicated bikeways so that families can ride to school, so that folks of all ages can ride to work, to the part, anywhere they want to go in the city. i want to thank you for being part of the division. when we come back next year, i expect to see far more people bicycling. thank you. [applause]

gives the soviets if the ends fear any remain an asset it was nearly done right you mean out of the nolan was there sid when he was being you i think. he let's step back from this for a second because this is another one of those conspiracy theories that has surrounded his death there have been many of them the taliban is also claiming that bin laden is still alive let's step back from that and take another step it's been suggested that washington could use our son as a death as an excuse to save face and withdraw from the conflict in afghanistan what do you think about that for why don't they get the case i think. probably it was going on it is we have a terrible economy a whole millions of people suffering the numbers of wrote we every single day. america is lurching from one war into one now we're getting involved in syria after just getting involved in libya where we could get in war. the public is getting a little bit tired of this when there's some free software which were x. in the search massive amounts of money one fighting news war is ignoring it would need so teaching tarini so