the mayor's office and mta have made bicycling a high priority for sanford cisco, and the december showcase comes on details of the october decision by the metropolitan transportation commission to approve a $4.29 million grant that will make bicycle sharing in san francisco and the region a reality. the bay area air quality management district will manage the grant, and san francisco and the air district are joined by their regional partners, the santa clara valley transit authorityvalleyvta, san mateo county, and met with city -- santa clara valley transit authority, vta. it will provide 100,000 bicycles and several hundred kiosk, including 500 bicycles and 50 kiosks in san francisco. the remainder of these vehicles will be located in redwood city, mountain view, palo alto, and san jose. total project cost is approximately $7 million with $1.4 million in funding provided by the air district and $1.3 million in matching funds from our local partner. the demonstration showed this will provide us with useful information as we begin to develop our request for proposals this spring. as you rec

we're going to have a very interesting tour of elevators in sanford cisco. we have all gotten into an elevator, the doors have closed, and it has carried us to our destination. have you ever wondered how elevators were -- work? we check out the need outside the elevator using current technology and we learn about the latest destination elevated technology all here in san francisco. we will also visit the machinery where all the behind- the-scenes gears control these incredible machines. we are very fortunate today to have an expert with those who is going to walk us are around elevators in san francisco. can you tell us about the history of elevators in san francisco? the measure -- >> sure. the history of elevator technology evolves with the city. first elevators were installed for moving materials in the 1860's. in the 1870's, the first passenger elevator was installed, and that allowed building heights to go up to about seven floors. starting in the 18 eighties, 1890's, the first electric elevators were installed. that allowed for buildings to go up even

san francisco recreation and park apartments to retroactively accept and expend a gift from the sanford cisco parks trust to support various reserve -- recreation and park poorman operations. supervisor chiu: this item is approved. >> item 27 was forwarded to the board as a committee report. the resolution approves and authorizes acceptance of a right of way easement need for a 50- year, exclusive, subsurface easement at no charge from the united states department of the interior for the purpose of constructing the water system improvement program they division pipeline improvement upgrade. supervisor chiu: same house, call? this resolution is adopted. we can now move to roll call. >> president chiu, your first on a roll call for introductions. supervisor chiu: i have three items today, first on the subject of business tax reform. i would like to help restart our city's efforts to reform our proven business tax system, which, as many of you know, has discouraged job creation and makes us less competitive. the problem is simple -- san francisco is the only city in the state of california that