what is the san francisco sfmta trying to achieve? we in the community will be burdened if the 3 jackson were eliminated and we would like to know why it's proposed for elimination? what is the mta trying to achieve? the tep documents do not show how the elimination of the three would benefit san francisco. all it has said as part of mta's plan to improve service. certainly those of us who are regular users of the 3 jackson question how eliminating the line will improve service? we thought that the mta would say there would be a significant cost-savings over other possible actions, but we're told by julie kirshbaum that eliminating the 3 would not save money. then what is the nexus between eliminating the 3 jackson and improving service? how does the balance of scales of cost and benefit favor of the elimination of the 3? if those of us who use the 3 were further burdened, we would like to understand the offsetting benefits; which compelled the elimination of the line? we have searched for the answer and not found it. if there is no c

san francisco, there are no parking, there is no parking enforcement today! that means tow away zones, street sweepers, it's, you know, one of two days in the year where san francisco sfmtae s you a break. from them and me. park with impunity this morning. with the weather. >>> good morning, george, merry christmas to you. temperatures on the cold side. we are in the 30s, below freezing, but the rest of us waking up to #406r. 40s. we'll see plenty of sunshine and warmer weather today. we do have 60s in the forecast by lunch time by the time you reach your afternoon, we'll probably break some records in the bay area. warmest readings in the south bay with campbell, both santa clara and san jose, evergreen warmer, 69 degrees. hazy sunshine, that's what you'll see in east bay, dealing with pour air quality. with -- poor air quality. we do have the spare the air, no wood burning allowed. not in caster valley, 64 all the way in antioch. downtown san francisco, few degrees warmer than that in oakland. high pressure over the region, keep any storms to the north, also allow for temperatures. we will continue with this pattern of above average temperatures, in fact, a lot of us,

we're asked to look how sfmta delivers its projects and if there is room in improvement and project delivery, and we were asked to compare san francisco investment in bicycle infrastructure and projects with other cities in the u.s.. to start with we looked at the strategic plan and the large goals of sfmta from their strategic plan they have established the goal of decreasing private auto use to 50% of all trips by 2018 -- scenario and that has a price tag of $191 million and if implemented is expected to increase bicycle mode share from the current 3.5% to between eight and 10%. the next slide is just an overview of the bicycle strategic plan scenario. again this is the midpoint -- or the middle of the three plans included in the bicycle strategy and increase bicycle mode share between eight and 10% and these are some of the details of what would be included if this plan was implemented. 50 miles of existing bicycle network is upgraded, 12 miles of new bicycle facilities, 21,000 bicycle parking spaces and so on and as i mentioned the cost associated with it is $191 million. one of the questions that we were asked to answer is what i

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 sfmta governing rules and transportation planning policy and priority. >> >> good afternoon. i am going to use this. >> so, good afternoon thank you chair noland and welcome, to chair, and president adams, and sfmta board members and the small business commission. we want to really appreciate you for your time and i know for the sfmta board usually you don't have night meetings and so i want to thank you for your time and joining what is traditionally the small business commission meeting regular meeting time. before i start today, i also wanted to address my appreciation to both the office of the small business staff and the sfmta staff in helping prepare both of us and you for this meeting and in particular, christian murdock and boomer from the sfmta staff and they have been terrific and so i really want to express my appreciation to them. >> and i also want to express the appreciation and acknowledgment, to director reikin and first when

and that is your gift from the sfmta, the city of san francisco, no parking enforcement today. today is the day you can park anywhere without any concern about any enforcement. free meters from the city of san francisco. their big hearts and generosity. light traffic around the bay area, your quick commute shows no problems for your drive, whether in the east bay, south bay peninsula or north bay. annie, good morning. >> good morning, george. >>> following a developing story in san lorenzo where two people have been shot and killed, wil tran is there at the scene, wil, what do you know? >>reporter: well, i talked to investigators, they say this is a murder suicide, we're in the vibd of have i -- neighborhood of via amigos, at 2:00 in the morning, it involves a man and a woman, at this point we don't know who shot whom, the family members got a call in the middle of a night, we talked to a woman, she says it was a niece who called them and let them know what happened, the niece was inside the home at the time. they came here from hollister, waiting all night waiting for possible

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 time. >> if people could please step away from the wall there. also, out of respect for the fire codes we do need people to find a seat. we can't have people standing. >> okay. >> roberta? >> yes. >> all right, directors, please be aware that with respect to item 10.1 j the proposal to establish a tow-away zone has been removed from the agenda at the request of staff and therefore, item 10.1 j is only for the tow away proposal on mission and 16th street. >> anybody else -- ladies and gentlemen, please, [ gavel ] . please. okay. so is there a motion on the consent calendar as it stands, minus that one? >> there is no can request from the member of the public to take item on that. actually, do you want to take the consent calendar out of order? i was just making a communication and there will be no discussion of anticipated litigation for today's closed session. item 6, introduction of new or unfinished business by board members. >> i have been in touch with some of the community leader

i'm here to petition against sfmta recommendation 4 to remove the meter payment exemption for placard cards in the city and county of san francisco for the following reasons: no. 1, san francisco is different from other cities in many ways and in particular due to the high cost of living compared to the other cities that she mentioned. no. 2, the reduction of parking tame to 4 hours should be tried first before charging a fee. the idea of punishing seniors and disabled persons for those who really need this for medical and dental appointments for the few who are abusing the system is incomprehensible and should not be the way to solve a problem. no. 4, the sfmta should implement only a few of these recommendations in increments to evaluate which ones working and why. i don't think you should try to do all of this at one time, you probably should do it in implements and see that it works. i'm a veteran and this will be an unwelcome act to many disabled veterans returning home and visiting this beautiful city. i have attended many meetings with the african american seniors in bayview hunters point in omi listening it complaints abo

there is a san francisco sta, the sfcta the county transportation agency but they don't understand, the distinction between the two. and i think that one of the unfortunate things for the sfmta is that once the county transportation project plans are shifted over, to the sfmta staff, to and the department to implement, and your staff goes out and reaches out to the business community, and they end up getting, i think, some of the wrath of the lack of out reach that the cta has done in those business areas and so there is a great amount of frustration from the businesses because those are heavy and subnative projects that have said, why didn't we know about this a year ago? i could have made plans. you know? i just renewed my lease and maybe i would have moved. so that we need to, we want to work with you to work with the cta and i know that director reiskin has said that he in communication and talking to chang to improve communications. but i think that there is an opportunity for all of us to be working together to do the better out reach and so that the businesses have a greater opportunity to be able to adjust to the larger projects that are coming up because they do, th

the san francisco airport has always been very supportive of the taxi industry especially of these new ride services that are coming here. i do want to talk about when we spend money from the sfmta this is an opportunity for me to say with the new medallion sale system and the revenues generated from the taxi industry, there must at some time be some investment back into the industry not just going forward with different types of subsidies or agreements into new programs but i ask you to really redirect some resources back to the industry as you mentioned about pr, driver training, there's so much that can be done with very little and with the medallion sales and income as they are, i really hope you would look at that as you go forward with new contracts and put money toward these things. >> thank you, mr. kim, next speaker. >> charles rathbone, followed by ed healy. >> hiagain, commissioners, just very briefly, this would be money well spent, this proposal. if nothing else it will help put an end to the dangerous system of time-based shorts out of the airport and instead go to a gps based, they important to do that to cut down on speeding on the freeways. thank you. >> next sp

the sfmta board, you know, most commissions or many commissions, they have municipal codes of which they govern themselves by. they have different things, you know, that we have the san francisco's transit first policy that govern them self-by in terms of making decisions. ~ this commission is an advisory body so we don't quite have that same sort of structure. so, i'd like to hear if there are things that you would like to have presented to the sfmta board either for reading materials or as a presentation regarding small business to present at that joint hearing. so, we don't necessarily have to answer every -- you don't have to provide absolute answers today, but this is kind of an ongoing discussion. we will be meeting -- we will start meeting with the sfmta's board secretary to start orchestrating the meeting and getting the list of presentations that need to be had to allow staff on both sides to be able to prepare for that. so, i just want to open it up and get your feedback and direction on what you would like to accomplish. >> commissioner ortiz. >> first of all, i want to thank both of you for comprising that. i read that, it's very thorough, a lot of ideas we've had, s