sfmta to procure 90 40-foot motor coach of judges in -- buses in anticipation to the very good news we received today. we know from firsthand experience that replacing vehicles that are passed their useful life with new vehicles may be the single most important performance benefit we can offer survivors in terms of providing reliable service. in fact, in 1999, we partner with the fda in with the state muni fleet. we leveraged $500 million. then>mmm4h performance shot up. so we know this works. similarly, san francisco, we endorsed programming with the state bond funds and lifeline transportation programming, matching prop k cells tech funds, for the mobility maximization project. this is really a project that we difference in the quality of service in the city. again, we're delighted that these two projects are coming to fruition. and we're very honored and happy to thank the fda -- fta for its partnership. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, jose luis. he mentioned the importance of maintaining what we have, and we have been speaking mostly about capital investment, and tha

i've created a partnership with city bank and sfmta to look at how to mine some of the san francisco businesses and prepare them for contracting opportunities. we have a program scheduled for august 10 and we're looking for construction in marketing related companies that can specifically sell to department or to some of the primes of the first tier. so any company that's under $5 million and san francisco based we think would be a good candidate for the program. that -- the way it will look is taking applications on august 10. we have a full day seminar. helps people put together their company binder then get them through the application process through the department of transportation and then we have several different content experts. financing, c.p.a., legal services, a lot of the basic services that small businesses need and then we start working on marketing collateral. teaching them how to design. one-page fax sheets that create their identity and understanding of their reliability. we end the session with a networking opportunity where they get to meet some of the workers and

sfmta board showed its leadership in putting its money where it its mouth was, investing our local of redding dollars into the maintenance of a system that supports the larger state of good repair investment that is so strongly and luckily -- and welcome to. sleep plays to bring up a representative from our board, the vice chairman of the board -- i am pleased to bring up a representative from our board. >> thank you, good morning. on behalf of the a 70 board of directors, want to thank the deputy administrator and the fta for providing this critical funds. i also want to thank our congressional delegation for their efforts to fight for funds to keep trends in moving throughout our region, not/i our city, and providing bluer skies and better access for all. a big thank you to local leadership, mayor lee and supervisor campos, who was not here, represented by jose luis. especially this supervisors capacity as chair of the transportationwmnçqzr(uáhority d improving muni and making it a transit choice of people want to take instead of transportation of last resort. both grant awards more

the rule is it would be for not supplying taxi security camera data to the sfmta.want to remind everybody that it is illegal to record people pose a conversations without the express consent and these cameras that are in the taxicabs to record audio and there is no way to tell whether they're recording them or not. it is also established through recent senate hearings in california that drivers have the right to disable these devices and there is no easy way to disable these current cameras. there is no on-off switch. you have to call them or pull the plug. i think this needs to be revisited. maybe you need to make a fine. if a taxi company installs a camera that is recorded audio, there should be a fine. there is going to be some legal action soon if you do not do anything about it. you need to step up and impose a fine to cab companies to put cameras in and recording audio. terrace cannot be fined for disabling these devices. california law says we can. >> thank you. >> i am coming in toward the end of this. a major problem is it is difficult to address. the witn

she is with sfmta. then we have maria cordero. and sheila evans. are they here? they are representing the sfmta. next up, harbaugh alan kelly, jr., batting for the p.u.c. commission. following him, we have edgar lopez, future building manager in construction design. thank you. tiffany, i don't see her. she may be joining us later. she is the newly a.ed director of the san francisco redevelopment agency. for those who don't know her, she has a very intimate understanding of the portfolio that the redevelopment agency has been managing. >> jeff newmeyer. did i say that correctly? >> good. >> he is with the san francisco international airport. next up we have barbara smith -- no, we actually have domenica henderson from the san francisco housing authority, one of our community leaders. we have rhonda simmons, who heads up the office of work force development. rhonda, give a wave to the people. thank you. do we have a representative from america's cup? the port authority, the port? [inaudible] maybe they will be joining us a little bit later. so, i think, if i am not

it is very much in the interests of the people of san francisco that the sfmta manage it carefully.wever, its value is somewhat uncertain at the moment. i urge you to date not to devalue your brand -- i urge you today. it is in the interests of the people of san francisco that the value of this brand go always up and never down. please pass this item today. i believe that in doing so, you will ensure that there continues to be a robust interest in this spectacularly valuable asset. thank you. director nolan: we are going to take just a brief break. ok? >> good afternoon. the purpose of a pilot program is to see if an experimental idea will work. i think the medallion sales pilot worked very well. the obvious thing to do is to stay the course. i do not think that the legislation in front of you really did that, but with the amendments director heinickefá s put in, it gets more to that realm. i still think that the 20% resale is out of line. in new york city, it is 5%. people purchasing these are still under a heavy burden, and i hope that will get reduced further. to me, using the dr

we are also very lucky to have a bunch of people from sfmta, many of them are here. my job is to introduce the awardees. please join me and give a hand for jay primus, george reynolds, steven lee, and lorraine fuqua. >> thank you. this is a tremendous honor. it really does feel fabulous to be recognized. one of the relief fund things about this project is that it is just complex enough and just big enough that it is truly a case where hundreds of people were required to really get it off the ground. there's really nothing -- that's the kind of thing we dream about. working shoulder to shoulder with that many people to make something happen. it has never happened before. what a pleasure. unfortunately, the mfac award is limited to four people. we are up here representing an entire team. some of that court team is here tonight, including lauren, alex, lisa foster, hank wilson, lesley, jason lee, and brendan monaghan. [applause] those are some of the folks -- those are just some of the folks that really made sfpark happen. i hope you have a chance tonight to meet and co

by the fifth day of each month, each color scheme must file a report with sfmta listing each accident that occurred during the previous month involving any taxi or -- affiliated with the color scheme resulting in property damage or bodily injury. >> we need a motion and a second. chairman nolan: all in favor? the ayes have it. i am concerned about this one. about the deaths, -- gift, the gifts part of this thing. there is a division of understanding. i will see what other members of the board have to say. >> i am happy to start. this is something i know i have brought a lot when we talked about taxis and the gift or tip culture does disturb me a lot as a lot of people have pointed out here today. so many of our taxi drivers are recent immigrants and the come from countries where bribes, graft, and corruption is a standard operating procedure. i absolutely hate to think for them that their first experience with american-style business is something that is similar. i think it is easy for us to understand the nuances between a $10 bill or a $20 bill and a slice of chocolate cake which is

we look forward to working with sfmta and the sfcta to do the technical analysis required to make this vision into the kind of implemented all projects that the city can pursue. now i want to bring up howard levitt, the director of communication for the golden gate national recreation area, one of our most important federal partners. it gives you a sense of why spur ended up being involved, because it crosses jurisdictional boundaries, working with federal, state, and local agencies. they have been an amazing partner. welcome, howard. >> thank you very much. i am delighted to be here representing the men and women of the national park service here in san francisco. we are privileged to manage the western edge of this magnificent urban corridor, world class urban corridor. and, mayor lee, i appreciate your shout out for the importance bird. our former superintendent --on current superintendent reiterates what our former superintendent said, that it all begins with a vision. i think the ocean beach master plan constitutes a magnificent vision for this corridor. we, too, look forward to m

business every year, starting with our title and presenting sponsor wells fargo, of entrepreneur sponsor sfmta. if you have seen that we have been able to promote small business to where we needed the attention. we wanted small business to know we were throwing a party and a weeklong celebration and a week- long opportunity to educate and inspire a small business. visa, at&t advertising solutions, a constant contact. recology, pacific gas and electric company, kaiser permanente, zero, chevron, and vertical response. >> t-mobile, microsoft office -- office 365, dynatech, veriphone, and our principal sponsor, it aaa flag and banner, fedex, and strauss event. seven by seven magazines, the bay citizens, san francisco business times, san francisco bay guardian, in the bay area reporter. let's get our sponsors and media sponsors a round of applause. [applause] >> we are here to solicit several small businesses tonight that have gone above and -- salute several small businesses denied that have gone above and beyond to open their stores, get on the phone, turn on their websites, and stand up as mento

[tone] it also put sfmta and taxi services 15 years behind the times if you do not digest this data.usable data, comparables, even to the untrained executive director. i have an anecdotal story -- story. i took a survey the other day about taxis at home at 8:00 on a sunday i took a survey. to 48 questions, by the way, to the average taxi driver is a little absurd. [tone] >> kory lamb, followed by david toronto. >> good afternoon. my name is kory lam. one of the things i wanted to talk about at the last meeting, but got wrapped up in the emotions of everything we were dealing with, during the golden gate celebration -- i drive a taxi and i had some folks that needed assistance closer to christie field than the marina safeway. as i got closer and closer, the dpp pearson -- the d p t person would not allow me to even just get 2 ft. beyond the barricade soccer disembark. instead, they may be brought to the golden gate bridge, which is not where we could stop off anyway. at the south side of the bridge i stopped and got yelled at, but these people needed to get out. there's no place for m