. >> good afternoon, chairperson nolan, members of the board, staff and members of the public. three quick items to cover today, we have a big agenda. i did want to let you know that we successfully sold the $75 million worth of bonds last week, these are the bonds you had authorized a month or so previous. we had very strong interest both at the retail level which we opened up on november 13th and then at the institutional level. we had, although we only had $75 million worth of bonds to sell, we had orders of more than $350 million dollars so a lot of folks eager to invest in the sfmta, which is great. so the market environment combined with that strong demand for the bonds resulted in a true interest cost of 3.8 percent and an all-in interest cost of 4 percent over 20 years, which equates to average annual debt service of about $6 million dollars, so it's as good as we could have hoped to have done with that bond sale, again reflecting the strong credit rating, the strong market and a clear desire of investors to invest in securities such as ours. with regard to the central

director ramos. >> thank you, chairman nolan. i really appreciate everybody coming out today. it's really critical for you to be here and express yourselves and in the comments that you made today. i want to encourage you it's our job as a board to hear you out and think about system as a whole and think about how to move forward. in your comments in the future and your future interaction with staff and what have you, please be mindful of the comments that director heinicke has commencingeded and mentioned and it's clear that there are short comings that are happening. it's reflective in the performance of the system and the delays that happen and unfortunately worse worst-case scenarios. so please think about alternatives and ways to improve the service as a whole. i appreciate the comments made by people about the tweaks in alterations in routes and that is the kind of constructive input that staff could benefit from. please recognize that we didn't get here you know, from anybody's particular choice or what has happened, but everything evolves. if you have got an iphone, yo

. >> director nolan. >> present. >> director rbi keis present. >> mr. chairman, directors you have a quorum. announce of prohibition of sound producing devices during meeting and please be advised ringing of these electronic devices are prohibited at meeting and anyone responsible for one going off during the meeting will be removed during the meeting. -- [ laughter ] >> that would be the point. >> case in point. >> thank you for illustrating that. >> cell phones set on vibrate cause microphone interference and the board respectfully requests that they are in the off-position. >> item no. 4, approval of the minutes of the november 19th. >> motion, second. >> all those in favor, signify by saying aye? >> aye. >> thank you >> item 5 communications. members of the board, on next monday december 9 the mta board will have a special meeting with the small business commission combining at 4:30 here in this room and the focus of the meeting will be on the impact of sfmta's planning processes on the small business community in san francisco. so we're all looking

i think nolan is completely wrong on this issue. i don't care what state you are in. think you have any legal recourse in a situation where you are missing your package for a day. >> yeah. and you mentioned bad weather. >> kind of emotional distress. >> you mentioned bad weather. but they also said that they were surprised at the amount of vool that, in fact, there was more shipping going on in a shorter christmas season, so would that be a legitimate excuse? >> well, i feel that that's the part where they may fall down a bit. but you have to go back to the consumer, too. why are you waiting until the last minute to get your packages. it's poor planning on the part of many consumers. they have to bear some of the blame as well and just understand that, you know, these companies are only companies, and if you really want your package to get there on time, you either shop early, go to the store directly and make sure you have it in hand but don't necessarily rely on the shippers to make sure they get your package there santa is a lot more reliable than u.p.s., apparentl

but maybe as chair nolan suggests the entrepreneurial spirit will prevail. >> all those in favor? all those against. it's 4 to 5 with one abstention. we'll take a short break. (recess).. >> i've taken the presentations on this and read all the material, very thoughtful discussions among members of the community. one thing i was heard about is the impact this rollout would have on low income seniors and disabled seniors. someone should take a close look at how we can accommodate the needs of the low income folks. members ought to consider that perhaps as we go forward this afternoon we could do an amendment before voting if there is in fact support for that. thank you, good afternoon. >> good afternoon, chair nolan and board members and director riskin, my name is carla johnson and i am the interim director at the mayor's office on disability and our role is to service the city's overall ada compliance officer to make sure all our city services, programs and facilities are accessible as required under the ada and we consider parking to be just another program. we are here to share

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. >> director nolan. >> present. >> director rbi keis present. >> mr. you have a quorum. announce of prohibition of sound producing devices during meeting and please be advised ringing of these electronic devices are prohibited at meeting and anyone responsible for one going off during the meeting will be removed during the meeting. -- [ laughter ] >> that would be the point. >> case in point. >> thank you for illustrating

. >> nolan, >> present. >> rubke? >> present. >> direct heinieke will not be able to be here. you do

. >> nolan, >> present. >> rubke? >> present. >> direct heinieke will not be able to be here. you do have a quorum. >> for the small business commission. >> commissioner adams. >> here. >> dooley. >> here. >> white. >> here. >> ortiz-cartagena. >> here. >> commissioner riley. >> here. >> white. >> here. >> prohibition of the sounding of devices the ringing of devices are prohibited at the meeting and any person responsible for one goof

. >> if i could just add one comment, chairman nolan, just to provide balance to the comments made by director heinicke with yes we'll have a central subway in the future, which will probably reduce a lot of the need for too much travel outside of a car. i do want to make sure just to provide a balance, that often times new transit systems or a new transit station from my perspective is going to generate more pedestrian and more bicycle trips to those stations. right now, it's just an absolute nightmare to get around on a bicycle or as a pedestrian. i'm actually looking very forward to doing whatever we can to prioritize the transit or the bicycling in that part of the city, specifically as access to getting to those future stations. so looking forward to the analyses in the future and seeing that it doesn't create an absolute disaster or what have you, but really looking forward to looking at the through-put and how it's going balance out the project. >> thank you very much. thank you all. next item, miss boomer. >> mr. chairman, i don't see any member of the public. >> i don't eithe

it's celli here in winter, but brock finds warmth in the arms of his new best friend, betty jo nolan.s is love, a perfect holiday. >> i'll wrap him up with a red ribbon. >> reporter: for brock, a second chance at life after he was abandoned in los angeles, left to fend for himself. his journey to his new hive began early one morning at a busy airport. wings of rescue launched its third annual holiday airlift. volunteers rounded up hundreds of dogs in overcrowded shelters who were living on borrowed time. how tough is it to see so many dogs here? >> it makes me want to cry. this is like the best opportunity ever. >> reporter: wings of rescue has saved 6,000 dogs, flying them to safe homes. >> what's the most gratifying part about all of this for you? >> knowing we saved 500 dogs this week. >> reporter: to get their off the ground, it takes hundreds of volunteers and tens of thousands of dollars in donations. gomer here, is headed to washington state. bob delong is one of 20 volunteer pilot, flying dogs to safe shelters in oregon, montana, idaho and washington. >> it's nice to give back

. >> we met robert nolan in tent city. >> most of my tats either have to deal with death or protectionre all going to die eventually. for example from gargoyles to dragons. this is one of my daughter. the reason why i'm in here. haven't paid none of my child support. this whole arm right here is all my brother's work. i would have to lose my pants to show you my other ones. >> we'll take your word for it. >> while nolan will serve his 90-day sentence in tent city along with hundreds of other inmates who have been convicted of nonviolent crimes, most other maricopa inmates live in one of five different indoor facilities. and in one of those facilities we came upon a high security housing unit that was like nothing we had ever encountered before. >> when you enter the estrella jail facility which is where the women are housed within the maricopa county jail system, the vast majority are incarcerated in dorm-like facilities with the exception of a very small number of prisoners who are housed in a maximum security unit. and a unit within that unit is the atom 100 pod. >> although the atom

. >> nolan, >> present. >> rubke? >> present. >> direct heinieke will not be able to be here. you do have a quorum. >> for the small business commission. >> commissioner adams. >> here. >> dooley. >> here. >> white. >> here. >> ortiz-cartagena. >> here. >> commissioner riley. >> here. >> white. >> here. >> prohibition of the sounding of devices the ringing of devices are prohibited at the meeting and any person responsible for one going off, may be removed from the meeting. be advised that cell phones that are set to vibrate do cause interference and so the board and the commission request that they be placed in the off commission, item four communications. >> okay. >> let's take as you begin this afternoon to introduce ed ed reisken. >> and i would like to introduce regina the director of the office of small business. >> so, the first report is for. >> item five. >> yes, item five is a presentation and discussion regarding the impact of sfmta planning policies and have on the economic vitality of small business in san francisco and the presentation, discussion, regarding sfmt

the key events of twenty thirteen and outlining what to expect next join canossa now we and kevin nolan for our annual two hour news special. sponsored twenty four team with archie. social science center just published a study suggesting that two thirds of muslims in western europe hold their religious roles and the laws of the countries that believe that if you read the bible if you get if you go into christianity you find the sentence that you should obey god more. means religious schools more important. more convincing those of the students of the very same thing that is now referred to the muslims. are going to be. the face of. pleasure to have you with us here today. darling high level corruption scandal triggers street violence police break up crowds demanding the government's resignation. yes you can a federal judge rules it's legal for the n.s.a. to collect the phone records of millions of americans it helps to counter terrorism while american and british media are slammed for failing to challenge the government's. role is not to be adversaries their role is to be all spokespeop

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they would be boosted by the return of kevin nolan after a three-match ban. thursday's action begins with united's trip and we see the leaders liverpool head to manchester city for the kickoff. suarez is in top form having found the net a record 10 times in december. yet hull city hand lost a game on their home turf. 2013, usain bolt continues to add to his legacy to continue his journey to being the most decorated man in athletics history. last year wasn't the easiest for the reigning olympic champion coming in his triumphs in london and a repeat of his triple from four years in beijing and his season didn't get off to the best of starts with injuries getting in the way of his early preparations. pushing. ing back and it was a rough season, last season. >> at the world championship in moscow last summer, the lightning bolt knew he'd have to be 100% focused due to the early season lack of training. > nothing is easy. i was injured and have to be really focused because i wasn't where i wanted to be. and this season i won't worry about the end of the season. .

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. >> director nolan. >> present. >> director rbi keis present. >> mr. chairman, directors you have a quorum. announce of prohibition of sound producing devices during meeting and please be advised ringing of

. >> nolan, >> present. >> rubke? >> present. >> direct heinieke will not be able to be here. a quorum. >> for the small business commission. >> commissioner adams. >> here. >> dooley. >> here. >> white. >> here. >> ortiz-cartagena. >> here. >> commissioner riley. >> here. >> white. >> here.

key events of twenty thirteen and outlining what to expect next joining the news in no way and kevin nolan for our annual to our news special. sky a twenty four gene with archie. unexplored antarctica what is it in this icy expanse that attracts the people who come here. but you know now i only go to the duchesse. and antarctica. a new generation of polar explorers is coming. we have a new group of specialists here now all of them are young how are they going to get along with each other and i don't know. but i used to be a bureaucrat. seriously. one ventures a weight in this mysterious land where do they live want to eat and want to be actually doing in antarctica. the day's news in the week's top stories on r.t. international the e.u. calling on turkey for more openness and made a massive corruption probe that triggered an arrest in a major government shake up. is doing to look back at two thousand and thirteen this time the story of a computer worker who grew up in the u.s. extensive global surveillance network. russia's foreign minister talks about the years of breakthroughs and challe