. >> director rubke? >> here. >> director torres? >> here. >> madam chair, directors, you have a core quorum. the ringing of a use of cell phones and sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at the meeting. any personal responsible for one going off may be asked to leave the room. devices set on vibrate do cause microphone interference. the board respectfully requests they be turned off. item number 4, approval of the minutes. >> do i have a motion from the board? >> yes. >> second. >> any public comment on our minutes from november 5th? >> no, madam chair, no one has turned in a speaker card. >> all of those in favor of our minutes? >> aye. >> all those oppose. >> clerk: item number 5, communications. >> are there any -- >> madam chair, i have none. >> okay, wonderful. >> item number 6, introduction of new or unfinished business by board member. >> yes. thank you. i heard that supervisor peskin is applauding the m.t.a. for adding the embarcadero to the bicycle list. my understanding is the embarcadero is port jurisdiction.

director rubke? >> if we were to move forward on this recommendation and we did this evaluation on the b.y.d. data buses, and all this regulation materialized, and we're unable to use the federal funding on those buses, on those b.y.d. buses that we can't get, would that still be useful in developing the r.f.p. for eventual procurement? >> i believe it would because we're testing a range of battery strengths. it's actually a good transition to this next slide which talks about the similarities and the differences of -- of each vehicle. >> i might point out also that b.y.d. was the cheapest when we were -- no, but ironically, we were trying to -- going to get everyone to come down. >> so did you have a further comment? sk >> i think the final comment, b.y.d., are they manufactured all of their parts in the u.s. or are they manufactured in china and then imported here? >> so the company's american presence is b.y.d. america. they meet all the by america requirements, and the vehicles are manufactured o

. >> director rubke? >> here. >> director torres?> here. >> madam chair, directors, you have a core quorum. the ringing of a use of cell phones and sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at the meeting. any personal responsible for one going off may be asked to leave the room. devices set on vibrate do

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. >> director rubke? >> aye. >> director torres? >> no. >> it is 4-2. with one absent. the motion passes. >> great. thank you. now we'll move on to 10.2. maybe would you like staff to come forward to talk about it, first? >> please. i had a few questions. >> i can read it, first. >> yes. thank you. >> reporter: amending the transportation code, division 2, section 801. and approving parking restrictions to expand existing parking restrictions on turk street, except for vehicling displaying the sfmta issued permit as follows. >> i have got the details. i just have a couple of questions. is he here? >> yes. >> there he is. so this is about the emergency operations center on turk street, right. >> that's correct, yeah. >> and how many employees are there? >> i don't know how many employees they have. >> roughly a round number? >> i would be speculating. all i know is that they have made this request, because they are rapidly adding 9-11 dispatchers to that location. >> yes. 9-11 dispatchers and the accessibility to the center for the 38 agencies they need to staff. >> okay