executive director reiskin: that is correct. there is a rounding requirement. it continues to round down. director heinicke: thank you very much. chairperson nolan: let us hear from the public. >> public comment. vera hale followed by makr gr -- mark frueberg. chairperson nolan: why don't you read the third or fourth. >> cathy hale, revernd lang, jane martin. >> good afternoon. i am vera hale. i am going to encourage you not to increase the senior fair with your indexing. there are several reasons for this. one is that 45,000 elderly and disabled in san francisco have had their ssi checks cut. ssi is only for very low income people that have no more than $2,000 in the bank. the governor has reduced the state share so much that someone who was receiving $907 a month in 2009 lost $76, and now receives $830 a month. they did not get any cost of living. i assume you think of their cost of living, but think of there's also. this is the first year you may split discounts of seniors and children. they have been together in discounts for years. i do not think it is a g

executive director reiskin: that is correct. stuff like that a number of options. based on the feedback and analysis, our recommended option would be removal of the parking lanes on those three blocks, not impacting the traffic lanes. chairperson nolan: would anyone else care to comment? >> item 8 is the citizen's advisory council report. i do not see the chair here. chairperson nolan: before the public comment, i am assuming most people are here today to talk about the budget. what we have in terms of the -- do we have much public comment other than the budget? >> there are people that have turned in speaker kurds for public comment. also for item 11, the budget. there is an overflow room in the south light court, and a spanish-language translators is also available. chairperson nolan: we should get right to the budget part of it, since most people are here for that reason. >> there were initially a few taxicab operators that showed up but were concerned about taxicabs. you might want to clear that up. chairperson nolan: and i know there are folks who want to talk

executive director reiskin: just a couple other quick things. just some updates on work happening around town. jfk boulevard through golden gate cart -- golden gate park -- the separated by plane is under construction. we have just about completed the first phase, which is installing curb ramps and installing some catch basins. will be starting this week the second phase, which is doing the actual striping, which will take a little over a month to get done, working with rec and park, the museums, and the other impacted stakeholders. it is a great project which will soon make for a safer and smoother ride on your bike through golden gate park. that is great news. we have been making a number of presentations, doing a lot of community work on this. we are honing in on a recommended design. it is a design that has parking impacts. we are looking at ways to mitigate those impacts. we are planning to go out this month to hold a community meeting to bring back the feedback we have gathered, and what the current thinking is -- also what we are thinking

executive director reiskin: just a couple other quick things. just some updates on work happening around town. jfk boulevard through golden gate cart -- golden gate park -- the separated by plane is under construction. we have just about completed the first phase, which is installing curb ramps and installing some catch basins. will be starting this week the second phase, which is doing the actual striping, which will take a little over a month to get done, working with rec and park, the museums, and the other impacted stakeholders. it is a great project which will soon make for a safer and smoother ride on your bike through golden gate park. that is great news. we have been making a numb

reiskin, who would be the appropriate person to take a look at this? thank you. >> i appreciate that. thank you for all of your time, and i am sure i will see you in the future. chairman nolan: we look forward to that. >> anonymous, [reading names] chairman nolan: this is under public comment. secretary boomer: public comment. >> first of all, i just want to express how sorry i am for what i just heard. i will probably add to that at the end of my presentation. i am here to request a meeting with director reiskin. i was not able to address you otherwise. it seems that the names -- the policies and procedures are designed with one thing in mind. the parking fees are the highest in the country. drivers are paying even for it unjustified tickets and brooding because the procedures are so burdensome and time-consuming. -- pain even for unjustified tickets and booting. to further reduce chances of protest, a transportation code contains only a fraction. producing more fees and the opportunities to protest expire. even if the waiver requests that must be inc

give us a hand and made -- make chris hayashi directly under director reiskin. chairman nolan: thank you. secretary boomer: [reading names] chairman nolan: good afternoon. >> hello, i am -- as you look at reforms coming up here shortly, there is no way you are going to be avoiding a lot of drivers and stakeholders here. i want to remind you folks about what the key for the industry has been. i purchased desoto cab company last year. i had a very i opening experience in san francisco, and i want to highlight some things that i think are seriously accepted as problems in the industry as you try to address them in the weeks and months. first, there is not enough taxis in san francisco, and the taxis that we are using, more than half of the 1500 plus taxicab's we have are not picking up any neighborhood calls, paratransit, disabled communities, some of those we currently have in service, less than half are actually serving the neighborhoods and the public. the rest are at the airport and taking -- that is one of the serious problems we have in terms of availability.

ed reiskin, supervisor carmen chu, micro-deputy directors, thank you all for coming out.t to lead the department. i feel really good that we had a very good place with the city's capital planning that was led by mayor lee many years ago. we were able to schedule our projects and were able to pass a bonds. as you heard, with the hospital, we just started work on the cruise terminal where we actually got the team to continue the demolition to bring that project to fruition. we have the new police headquarters down on third street. we have several libraries, market street. we have so many great project. i feel very fortunate to come in with this gift of being able to work with all the public works staff, with the staff from other agencies, mta, the police department, and all these city agencies. most importantly, as the new director, i cannot forget where i came from. i did come from the community, and i am a very strong community organizer, and i will continue to spend a lot of time in my community to listen to what their needs are and what kinds of results they expect from

but will come and reiskin, director of the sfmta. -- let's welcome ed reiskin, director of the sfmta. >> we are charged with implementing the city's transit first policy. in order for transit first to work in san francisco, we need excellent taxi service. as much as we would like to see you hot on muni, your bike, or what we need to go, sometimes you need a car. from a transportation perspective, the most efficient way for us to meet that need, one of them is through taxicabs. i think presidents chiu's experience this morning manifest that. with better service, his girlfriend can get rid of her car. to the extent we can meet that need in san francisco with cleaner vehicles, then we are achieving environmental goals as well. paul's reminder to us, with those sobering statistics, it is really important. it is not just his use of oxidation reduction reaction, which is a phrase that you do not often hear in a press conference. those numbers are why a lot of us are doing the work we are doing. this is extremely important, not just to san francisco, but to our planet. i want to thank paul a

. -- director reiskin. >> off the bus storage facility has been part of the phase 1 project location. it is between second and third, stillman and perry street under the west approach upper and lower decks. the purpose of the project is up for best storag for bus storage. so when they come in in the morning to have a place to reside and do not waste gas or fuel it is more than just excavation. we need the west approached were positioning parking space as a connection to the future bus ramp system, sound walls, and various neighborhood improvement so there is and our mental negotiations so the residents -- the residents and businesses in the area, which may be impacted by the construction of the future bus operations mid-day. any more detailed questions i can answer for the construction portion? >> can you help us understand the construction costs? >> we have estimated roughly, prior to the 65% cd's, which will be completed by mid-summer will be 100% construction documents by the end of this year. we have a little bit over $20 million estimated right now. it is because we have several

reiskin out in the hall? >> did you see him out there? chairperson nolan: ok. we're starting again. ok, ladies and gentleman. before we start with more speakers, it has come to my attention that some people seem to think the board can take an action today. that is not possible. it all has to do with the agenda. it covers a discussion of budget priorities for the coming year. it is truly a discussion. if you are waiting for the board to say something and make a decision today, it is not going to happen. we cannot do it. it is not on the agenda. so far, we have heard 41 speakers. we certainly get the message. you are entitled to speak if you want to. what we are going to do is we will hear from five more speakers, and then we need to go into a closed session for a couple matters of litigation. then we will come back. if you want to speak to us, we will be happy to hear from you. >> the next speaker was lorena, followed by anonymous, baby -- gabby rodriguez. chairperson nolan: that will be how many speak before our break for litigation. >> i am the director of civic engagement at the c

rice kin also mentioned -- reiskin also mentioned psych sling joy. do we feel happy we arrived home in one piece or is it just fun and safe together? the figures show that the netherlands, cycling in the netherlands is the safest transport mode in europe. if you compare to it, for example, italy, which is very dangerous for cyclists. we do fairly well. the explanation is, to my opinion, in the fact that we call safety by numbers. the more you get, the safer it is. and i'll show you the next slide to prove that. this is the bike share in the u. where the netherlands is extreme left and the u.k. is extreme right. and third is italy, for example. denmark is second next to the netherlands. if you compare that with safety numbers, you see that in the netherlands, where we cycle a lot, not too many people on bikes got killed and it's just the other way around in it italy and the u.k. where people do not cycle but get killed if they cycle. and somebody can come up with the arguments that we have a lot of good bicycle infrastructure in the netherlands. that'

i know that ed reiskin appreciates this collaboration, because that is how we get a lot of things done. it is not just the construction departments that we collaborate with. we are collaborating with our police department, with our human services department, with all the other agencies that need to get involved. when we do that on the front end, we get even better results. we get timely results. that is the character of muhammed nuru himself. you know, whenever you pick up garbage with somebody for five yearsnd