>>informational presentation on san francisco municipal transportation agency's transit effectiveness. sponsor: commissioners nicholas josefowitz and johanna wald; speaker: julie kirschbaum, operations and scheduling manager, san francisco municipal transportation agency, sfmta (10 minutes) (informational presentation and discussion) >> sf gov. >> i am the operating and planning and scheduling manager at sfmta and a big part of my job is focused on how to make the transit more convenient and appealing to our customers which i think folds really well into a lot of the goals, and i appreciate you guys and having me here and an opportunity to talk about the program, and i will be briefed because i know that you guys have had a long day. and as an agency, sfmtc, and a sustain able san francisco and there are a lot of pieces to it and my focus is on the transit service and the services and one of key ways that we are looking to improve the environment and make san francisco more sustain able is by getting more people out of their cars. and including giving transit more priority and traffic

, storage and disposal of abandoned and illegally parked vehicles, between the san francisco municipal transportation agency and tegsco, llc, dba san francisco autoreturn, for a period to commence upon board approval through july 31, 2015. >> welcome back. >> good afternoon, supervisors. steve lee again. the item before you is to amend the agreement with autoreturn. sfmta views this really administratively in nature. we moved autoreturn, the long-term toll facility from pier 70 back in may of 2013 to the new site located at 265 0 bayshore. during that move it cost autoreturn a range of about $100,000 to make that move of moving over 1200 vehicles and setting up the operation, having dual security at both locations. and then also to the one that we're looking forward to provide to autoreturn is to cover the incremental operating cost because of the distance between the downtown area and the new facility. so, the amendment before you is really for two thing. it's to allow us to change the contract that would require a $2 million performance bond moving from a $1 million performance bond and a $1 million lette

approval of memorandum of understanding m15747 between the port of san francisco and the san francisco municipal transportation agency for use of a portion of seawall lot 354 also known as 1399 marin street for general office, general warehouse, storage, related parking of sfmta staff vehicles, maintenance and repair of sfmta busses including fueling and washing of same and for incidental directly related uses and for no other purpose for a term of 7 years and a waiver of the security deposit. >> good afternoon, commissioners, i want to add my congratulations and thank you for 10 years. i haven't been here all that long, i have been here 7 years and you have been an ipbs administration, a guider, a teacher, a mentor, and thank you very much for everything that you do for me and the real estate department. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> and i promise to make this quick. so first of all i'd like to thank kirsten and ted from sfmta who are here to answer questions and also rich berman and shipping shannon who have worked closely with mta to get us to this new mou. sfmta has occupied 1399 marin street since 2001 a

it's a resolution authorizing the san francisco municipal transportation agency to execute a transit advertising contract with titan outdoor, llc, for a term commencing july 1, 2014, and ending june 30, 2019, which offers a minimum guarantee to the sfmta of $28,500,000 over the term of the contract. >> supervisor breed. >> oh, hi. thank you, guys. i just wanted to make a statement about this particular contract especially because it's been quite controversial. it came out of budget committee without recommendation because i do realize there are some concerns that some of you might have about this contract. i don't particularly like that we have to advertise on our public spaces. as a former director of an arts center, i would much rather have art than ads. so, i'm very sympathetic to those who criticize this particular contract from san francisco beautiful and others. san francisco beautiful has suggested that the mta require titan to install art in bill board spaces whenever there is not a current paying customer. i think that's a great idea and i've worked is mta staff to start the

speaker not understood] documentation stating that i am legally allowed to be on the san francisco municipal transportation agencyuses, trains, and underground tunnels. anyone? you are disregarding your duty to the public office? okay, thank you. i'll try to set up a meeting with the mayor directly, then, since even though he is here, he is not listening or abiding by his oath of office. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >>> tom gilberti, [speaker not understood]. born 1950, the original mickey mouse, davey crockett, roy rogers, snow white, kindergarten 1955, college degree 1972, golden age of education, a golden age. took for granted that society had passed the line somewhere around magna cart a, the declaration of independence, that we're civilized, we're beyond the river. we're all civilized. and just about three he years ago i realized that, no, every generation has to define for themselves what is civilization. mothers, daughters, parents, children, elders, what we're doing in a town in society. now the medical world we have patients and we don't need people and you can get prescriptions, there is a thin

the san francisco municipal transportation agency says traffic accidents are also up. tomorrow the agency will discuss the summer trial program that would close lombard between larkin and leavenworth on weekends between june 21 and july 13. people who live on lombard would not be affected. >>> richard police are plotting the decision of a judge today that could keep ten suspected gang members behind bars for decades. they announced today that a judge decided there is enough evidence against those men to send them to trial. they were among more than 20 suspected gang members arrested during a gang sweep last year after a rash of violence in the months before. the gang bust was a result of a court-approved wiretap operation. police say because of those wiretaps they have prevented six violent crimes and likely saved as many as six lives. >>> a north bay mother is accused of attacking a boy at her daughter school by putting her hands around the boy's neck. the mother's attorney believes racial slurs and bullied like the heart of the accusation. >> 30-year-old dalia bratch

meeting they also heard an item that's on today's calendar which is an mou with the san francisco municipal transportation agency and we'll be reporting on that later in our agenda. so we had a very good meeting with the southern waterfront advisory committee. >> thank you. apologies for the oversight. two saturdays from now -- actually, i'm sorry, this saturday, may 17 at 1:00 pm marks the 9th annual uncorked wine festival. the wine festival benefits save the bay, will be held from 1:00 to 6:00 pm at ghirardelli square and includes unlimited tasting and a souvenir wine glass. they will be presenting 50 top tier wineries and so if anyone is free on saturday head to ghirardelli square. on memorial day the san francisco maritime park association, the crew of the uss pump pumino will be hosting their annual lost boat ceremony. this is a ceremony where they honor their comrades and submarines lost at sea. the ceremony features 52 bell tolls lost at sea and on eternal patrol. the ceremony is. on the public and will take place may 26 at 10:00 am on pier 45. it's a wonderful event and if any of you can go i highly reco

>> time number 3 is a resolution authorizing the san francisco municipal transportation agency to execute a transit advertising contract with titan outdoor, llc, for a term commencing july 1, 2014, and ending june 30, 2019, which offers a minimum guarantee to the sfmta of $28,500,000 over the term of the contract. >> okay, thank you. i know mr. reiskin is here. we are going to have a motion to continue this item at the request of the sponsor for one week. so -- >> i'll move that recommendation to continue for one week. >> okay. first we're going to open up real quick to public comment. thank you, supervisor mar. anybody wishing to comment on item number 3? we are continuing this item for a week. >>> my name is david [speaker not understood], a lifelong san francisco an and member of san francisco beautiful. on behalf of my colleagues on s.f. beautiful who couldn't stay for the duration of the meeting. we want to thank supervisor avalos for bringing attention to this issue. this contract has met a lot of opposition. the harvey milk democratic board voted to oppose the contract last night.

play a very pivotal role with working with the department of public health and san francisco municipal transportation agencies are partners with the walk sf and the bicycle coalition, and the commissions on bicycle, and advisory commission and the pedestrian safety and advisory commission in terms of sharing the information and in getting as much input and in feedback as we possibly can. moving along to the next slide, you will see, a break down of the top five, and the focus on the five and those are first in order. and cell phone usage is i believe to be a contributing factor in a lot of collisions, and fortunately, it is a contributing factor that can't be documented in any instances where you have the parties involved in the collisions and you don't admit to the use of cell phones at the time of the collision, so in many instances it is not going to be captured but with the evidence out there and it indicates that the use of the cell phones is a problem as it relates to traffic collisions and therefore, it is a major push within the department. and with the mistake and the fact that in the month of april

the san francisco municipal transportation agency decided beginning july 1st it will only enforce parkingers six days a week. but many riders claim muni will lose millions of dollars in revenue but not charging people on sundays. and the plan would create more congestion and put pedestrians and cyclists at risk. >>> did you see some of the signs? san francisco officials are searching for whoever hacked an electronic traffic sign in the city. wednesday night the sign was changed to say god sail la attack -- godzilla attack was coming and then another said the city was closed because it was too hot. >> actually i had several people come by and walk by and thought our construction sign. and they are like it's too funny. we're like no, it's not ours. but it is kind of cute. >> >> pacific highway rentals in hayward opens the sign and says it has been changed back to the original message warning drivers about delays from this sunday's bay to breakers race. >>> we can smile because we have an happy update about a story we told you about last week. remember the chihuahua rescued from the freeway?

the san francisco municipal transportation agency has launched a pilot program.intended to create more room for people on crowded light rain vehicles. one pilot train has been reconfigured.14 double wide seats for two people have been replaced by single-wide seats. >> reporter:the agency says this will increase standing room space.and allow vehicles to fit 10 more people who are standing.per train. >> reporter:now check out the double-wide seats. more room for sitting.but muni says less room overall for passengers tryingt to cram in packed trains. >> reporter:the pilot train will run on the n-judah line.until the end of may.and on the l-taraval for the first couple weeks in june. >> reporter: >> catherine: 'click it or ticket.' the c-h-p is focusing on a campaign to remind drivers to use their seat-belts. kron four's dan rubin says they're trying to make an old slogan - hip. >> catherine: >> reporter: if you don't buckle up. you might pay the ultimate price. starting on monday. chp is going to be keeping an extra eye out for drivers not wearing their seatbelts. >> reporter:having the s

today, san francisco's municipal transportation agency will vote on an experimental program to closee crooked part of lombard street on weekends between june 21st and july 13th and on the 4th of july. only people living there would be able to get through with the car. now, this is similar to the complaints living near alamo square, near the row of homes knownance the painted ladies. after years of arguments, the transportation board voted to exclude commercial buses with ten or more seats from that area. that started this year but tour buses have been spotted breaking the rules as they tried to make their customers happy. now, people who work in the tourism business in san francisco, they want visitors to be able as well. they say the restrictions in 57 around all of our famous bu -- in and around all of our famous beauty spots will keep the tourists away. pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 8:48. sal is coming back. you are taking care of the commute in the other parts of the area. >> it's been pretty slow all over the place. a lot of people are talking about the new normal. unfortun

neighbors along the famous stretch of lombard street in san francisco will get a break this summer. today the municipal transportation agency voted to shut down lombard to cars for four consecutive weekends beginning june 21. gridlock and safety problems peak during the tourist season. >>> a freeway in san francisco is going to be closed for the long holiday weekend. starting thursday night 280 will be shut down southbound from downtown to the pennsylvania avenue on-ramp. it won't re-open until tuesday morning. chopper 5 over one of the ramps that will be closed, king street at 280. caltrains is replacing a hinge on the highway that allows the road to absorb movement in an earthquake. this is the first of three scheduled closures for the project. the other two closures will be timed for the 4th of july and labor day weekends. >>> how about? the late season storms bringing rain and snow to lake tahoe. it was enough for authorities to issue a winter weather advisory for that area up to 3" of snow falling in the sierra. kpix 5's viewer photos from home surveillance cameras showing the snow coming down over the lake and just an

san francisco such as undocumented community. more specifically, priority no. 7 is about the inclusion of 18-year-olds in sf municipal unicipal transportation agency, 75 percent or 3,000 will turn 18 in their senior year. the problem is that currently sf mta only occurs ages to be 5-17. on the students 18th birthday they are forced to pay $66 a month per pass or $2 which is expensive if you are a high school student. many agencies in the bay area of the east bay and golden gate transit of the north bay consider their youth to be 5-18-year-olds so that that gets almost all high school students. our recommendation is to expand munis youth rate to include 18-year-olds and also another issue we've identified is transitional age youth. if there is a way to get discounts for this population for muni and also the small population of high school students that's over 18-year-olds, 19 to 20-year-olds to get reduced fares. for both of these two priorities, i would like to thank the municipal transportation agency for passing them and for making an adjustment to the budget to include

the municipal transportation agency is considering sort of an experiment shutting down the crooked part of the street and one more block to cars weekends between june 21 and one san franciscoan riding the street who makes tourist videos sees it this way. >> it is a tough way because we want to keep our tourists happy and coming here but on the other hand they have to cue up for an hour now to come down the street and the poor people that live here that, the people who live here are, you know, inconvenienced to some degree. but then, again, that's what they signed up for. >> and we're back here live and, of course, one of the other reasons people want to see it is the beautiful view. for now, a pilot program. the board may consider later state legislation to gate lombard just to local traffic. that would be the only people who could drive down it. but whatever they decide to do, there are foot paths on both sides and you'll always be able to use those. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you, christie. >>> 6:57. let's check your final, top stories here. today marks one year since a powerful ef-5 tornado ripped apart the town of moor