chairman nolan: please, come forward. item p? we have approved it, but go ahead. >> item p says no left turn from eastbound 14th at church street. i dunno why that is being deleted or implemented. chairman nolan: do whatever you want, tell us what you want us to hear. >> i don't know why it is being proposed. >> i need the diagram, it is very complicated to explain. as you know, we have an ongoing program to improve pedestrian access and safety to reevaluate all of the crosswalks. we have an ongoing program to reevaluate all of the crosswalks that we have previously closed. to restore them wherever possible and enhance pedestrian safety as well as access. this is one of the few remaining ones on market street on the north side that if you go on the north sidewalk of a well on market street, it is actually closed. we are recommending that this crosswalk be reopened. but to do that, it entails a lot of complicated changes that goes along with it. when this gets removed, all three crosswalks will move together like a little scramble

chairman nolan, aye. six to one. chairman nolan: we will continue after a short break. chairman nolan: consent calendar. members of the board that wish to take any of consent. ladies and gentleman. >> mr. chairman, you have requested that we go to the consent calendar. these items are considered routine and thus a member of the public or a member of the board wishes to have an item severed and considered separately. you have a request from the public to sever item 10.2 l. that is the only request that this point. chairman nolan: the consent calendar except for item 10.2 l. all in favor? so ordered. 10.2 l. >> it has to do with removing a bus zone at ocean avenue and establishing a bus zone in a similar location. >> good afternoon. please excuse my glasses, i have an eye disease. i can't see, but three of my neighbors wrote something, but i can't hardly see it. they want to put a bus stop in front of my house. that is fine. but some of the bus in front of our house, we don't want it. there are three houses that don't want it. there are five schools in our neighborhood. m

chairman nolan: did director ramos have something? director ramos: later. >> we began today with special recognition awards. the first award will go to an employee of the safety and security enforcement division. they were originally hired in 2003 as a temporary officer for the boulevard project. he rejoined the agency in 2007 when he began as a parking control officer. they always maintain a professional attitude. his excellent work has made him a standout. they can count on lawrence to rise to the challenge of a duty presented to him. it is this reason they were recognized as a parking control officer of the month in 2010. lawrence volunteered, he noticed a white smoke coming out of the building. he started to honk his horn and blow his whistle to try to awaken the tenants of the building. in due to a quick thinking and heroic actions, numerous people and pets were able to escape the building safely. we proudly acknowledged him for his professionalism. i would like to present the award to lawrence. >> good afternoon, chairman, direc

chairman nolan: thank you. is there a second? are you speaking on this one? go ahead. >> i have spoken in front of this commission in the past. i think the new director comes a very good credentials based on the past director. i think the salary is a little out of line. if you look at the break out across the board, the biggest problem with the city is the salary and pensions. the previous director came from atlanta and was paid $180,000 a year. it is probably in line with most directors across the united states except washington, d.c. and new york city. even though we are now paying the assistant summer around those numbers, is proudly more in line with the city and county can handle in a budget. they will assume directorship and how it is part of the -- directorship is part of the mta. i don't know why gavin newsom picked him several years ago. in view of the liabilities that will come along with this man, it is off the charts. $300,000 a year, you're selling medallions to benefit your bottom line. it will pay for part of his pension and other pensions and

chairman nolan: next item. >> you have concluded regular items. chairman nolan: is there a second? we will go to closed session. thank >> the san francisco cons tri of flowers in golden gate park is now showing a new exhibit that changes the way we see the plants around us. amy stewart's best-selling book, "wicked plants" is the inspiration behind the new exhibit that takes us to the dark side of the plant world. >> i am amy stewart. i am the arthur of "wicked plants," the weeds that killed lincoln's mother and other botanical atrocities. with the screens fly trap, that is kind of where everybody went initially, you mean like that? i kind of thought, well, all it does is eat up bugs. that is not very wicked. so what? by wicked, what i mean is that they are poisonous, dangerous, deadly or immoral or maybe illegal or offensive or awful in some way. i am in the profession of going around and interviewing botanists, horticulturalists and plant scientists. they all seem to have some little plant tucked away in the corner of a greenhouse that maybe they weren't supposed to have. i got in

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chairman nolan: next item. >> you have concluded regular items. chairman nolan: is there a second? we will go to closed session. thank hello, and welcome to the department of elections ranked-choice voting instructional video. this video is part of the department of elections' ranked-choice voting outreach campaign and is designed to educate san francisco voters about ranked-choice voting. today we will learn what ranked-choice voting is, and who is elected using this new voting method. we will also talk about what the ranked-choice ballot looks like and how to mark it correctly. finally, we'll see how the ranked-choice voting process works and show you an example of an election using ranked-choice voting. so, what is ranked-choice voting? in march of 2002, san francisco voters adopted a charter amendment to implement ranked-choice voting, also known as the instant run-off voting. san francisco voters will use ranked-choice voting to elect most local officials by selecting a first-choice candidate in the first column on the ballot, and different second- and third-choice candidates

chairman nolan: next item. >> you have concluded regular items. chairman nolan: is there a second? we will go to closed session. thank >> what i think about the arts in san francisco, i think of an ecosystem that has many different constituents and components. you have many large organizations, mid-sized groups, and smaller organizations looking to prevent their ideas to the public. part of the ecosystem includes a parade of committing. individuals have to partner with the organizations. today, we are speaking with one of the important components of that ecosystem which is the role of the art incubator. we are fitting with [inaudible] joining me to talk about this is jessica robinson love, the executive director. welcome to culture wire. >> thank you for having me. >> can you tell me about your organization? >> we serve as an incubator for artists who are experimenting, departing from, and developing their performance work. we support this through an artist in residence program, through festivals, and also through a variety of commission programs and shorter showings. >> what promp

chairman nolan: next item. >> you have concluded regular items. chairman nolan: is there a second? we will go to closed session. thank >> i am one of the board members for the burning man project. welcome to the plaza and the launch. [applause] we are so thrilled to be here in the tenderloin. we're thrilled to create relationships, to work with other people, and make something crazy and magical happened here. we're also extremely happy to be working with the san francisco city itself, with the reinvigoration efforts happening. we have two esteemed people with us from the city. we have mayor ed leave with us. [applause] -- we also have mayor ed lee with us. and from the board of supervisors, david chu. please come and join us. [applause] >> thinks ank you. it may be premature, but welcome home fellow burners. it is great. there are invitations going on for that burning man. i am going to call our board president, david chu, to come up here and join us. he plays a mean violin already. i am also going to invite supervisor eric mar, who is the only one of us who has been to burning man

chairman nolan: you can speak on the process. go ahead. >> theesse credit card fees were scheduled to be a part of this report. this is something that can't be buried in the staff. it needs to come for its own deliberations and its decisions. i take it as an ominous sign. chairman nolan: i am hoping mr. murphy is here today. >> he is not, there will be no report. chairman nolan: perhaps we can move items 11 and 12 and then move to public comment. >> mr. chairman, if i may call the items together, they are on -- on the regular calendar, the chairman has asked 11 and 12 be called together. amending the section to increase the taximeter five broad rate of $3.50. item 12 authorizes the ceo to issue taxi medallion permits. and full-time temporary vehicles. and amending the transportation code to reflect those permits. >> do want to go right to the public? 2 minutes on these. >> i will read the first three. [reading names] >> in the afternoon, i represent medallion holders. we welcome that you have the last recognized that we need to r