and we know how the sfmta works and thinks. it will be a long battle and will continue. we did speak at the sfmta board and wanted to be clear we are supportive improving street safety and traffic service. just because i have to drive and can't walk far doesn't make me totally a driver. i ride the bus and came here on the bart tonight. but, we believe that the stated goals can be met with different alternatives. their solutions are way too rubber stamped and simplistic and hidden under the guise of safety, not real safety. one issue we asked about is no left turns. had answer we got is left turns are more dangerous than right turns, vision zero says so. we totally agree with that. >> thank you very much. another time. alright, any other members that like to comment on this item? seeing none public comment is closed. we are on to the 10th item which is general public comment. this allows members to address--what? >> okay. no commissioner comments. >> i have a question. >> you have a comment on this item? >> so, no feedback to th

field segment not ios to deliver the statewide project we appreciate the support of caltrain and the sfmta hearing and looking forward to working with the partners to deliver the northern california operating segment in the coming years similarly ambitious projects, of course, the much needed second transbay too many reasons to plan for this important connection the need to rehabilitate the bart 2 the need to facet resentcy in a natural disaster thank you for tilly chang to thinking about how we should approach this gigantic problem o with four public agencies with the state transportation and bart and the city of oakland i want to stress the importance of having this second crossing for many reasons including a true regional rail we'll have the chance to continue this dialogue as municipal transportation agency we collaborative across the city and region for the local transportation in san francisco as well as barts plan regional bond and finally thank the region abag and planning department to give presentations and the rail generated alternative transportation and boulevard study we loo

. >> i think your 9 first sfmta person he met the america's cup thank you very much for your awesome work and community meetings for people complaining about traffic but i'm surprised they do that but they were collapsing and you turned it around and trying to find exclusions by the end of the meeting people are starting to get excited about transportation i'll definitely miss those meetings thank you very much. >> i had the pleasure of not only working with you on the planning commission but thank you for your hard work and the shipyard 50e the projects we worked on we knew we were in good hands working with you and those things come together in a way for the best for the city thank you and love the fact you have a smile and the best position every in dealing with the potential projects we've had i thank you for your leadership for your service and wish you all the best. >> i was going to say a similar thing your enthusiasm a infectious the one thing you've been here for thirty years it suggested you were 13 or something like that that's impressive (laughter). >> not bad at all sinc

we note according to the the report from the direct of transportation, sfmta will be able to deliver transit service to the the warriors project, sfmta can not guarantee future finding for the transit service to the warriors project. accord toog the director of transportation, sfmta supports the warrior project understanding the city, golden state warriors and sfmta don't expect adverse impact associated with implementing the transit service plan and capital investment to support the warriors project and recommend you approve the ord nnss. >> thank you. any questions on items 12-14. seeing none we will open to public comment. anybody wish to comment on items 12-14? seeing none public comment is closed. any questions or comments at this time? >> like to the make a motion to send forth 12-14 to full board with positive recommendation. >> motion by supervisor tang and second by supervisor kim and take that without objection. item 10 and 11. >> item 10, budget and appropriation ordinance appropriating all estimates received and estimates expenditures for departments as och may 2, 2016. i

we note according to the the report from the direct of transportation, sfmta will be able to deliver transit service to the the warriors project, sfmta can not guarantee future finding for the transit service to the warriors project. accord toog the director of transportation, sfmta supports the warrior project understanding the city, golden state warriors and sfmta don't expect adverse impact associated with implementing the transit service plan and capital investment to support the warriors project and recommend you approve the ord nnss. >> thank you. any questions on items 12-14. seeing none we will open to public comment. anybody wish to comment on items 12-14? seeing none public comment is closed. any questions or comments at this time? >> like to the make a motion to send forth 12-14 to full board with positive recommendation. >> motion by supervisor tang and second by supervisor kim and take that without objection. item 10 and 11. >> item 10, budget and appropriation ordinance appropriating all estimates received and estimates expenditures for departments as och may 2, 2016. i

it's for all sfmta non-revenue drivers, and it covers basic city driving skills. the goal is for employees to take this training, as john said, every two years, which will incorporate the urban driving safety video. we also have a remedial training program which is a classroom program which is for those drivers that supervises the necessary training which from exhibiting unsafe acts or practices, or points, each of the police or in the pool program and the pool program allows an agency to have an overview of those employees that may have had traffic points taken or added to their license so we give them remedial training before they could get behind the wheel of a muni non-revenue vehicle, and they also have the program, the telematics program that will give the agency the overview to see if employees are speeding, it's hard breaking those bad habits which we can also identify those employees and get them in there for remedial training. thank you. >> john, i'm sorry, maybe i was somehow dozing off or something, so these are for the non-buses? >> yes, correct. er >

we note according to the the report from the direct of transportation, sfmta will be able to deliver transit service to the the warriors project, sfmta can not guarantee future finding for the transit service to the warriors project. accord toog the director of transportation, sfmta supports the warrior project understanding the city, golden state warriors and sfmta don't expect adverse impact associated with implementing the transit service plan and capital investment to support the warriors project and recommend you approve the ord nnss. >> thank you. any questions on items 12-14. seeing none we will open to public comment. anybody wish to comment on items 12-14? seeing none public comment is closed. any questions or comments at this time? >> like to the make a motion to send forth 12-14 to full board with positive recommendation. >> motion by supervisor tang and second by supervisor kim and take that without objection. item 10 and 11. >> item 10, budget and appropriation ordinance appropriating all estimates received and estimates expenditures for departments as och may 2, 2016. i

want to thank sfmta for completing several projects. the randolph [inaudible] and pedestrian safety project was completed uses funds by the transportation authority in this case life line transportation thunds and mission bay loop is underway. funds to finish that project very soon. in addition the masonic streetscape improvement open held will be held may 25. it will be on the 25th from 5:30 to 7:30 at the san francisco day school. this is to provide more information and updates on the safety and streetscape features for masonic avenue. glen park saw transit access improvements finally after several years but it was a large program at diamond and [inaudible] so hope pedestrian calming and transit acscess and striping and repaving left pockets and shelters so a lot of work using prop k and federal funds that is available and there to help the glen park community plan recommendation in that area. i know chair wiener is pleased to see that go in. the walk first program saw continental cross walks. sfmta used the prop k sales tax funds to

. >> i think your 9 first sfmta person he met the america's cup thank you very much for your awesome work and community meetings for people complaining about traffic but i'm surprised they do that but they were collapsing and you turned it around and trying to find exclusions by the end of the meeting people are starting to get excited about transportation i'll definitely miss those meetings thank you very much. >> i had the pleasure of not only working with you on the planning commission but thank you for your hard work and the shipyard 50e the projects we worked on we knew we were in good hands working with you and those things come together in a way for the best for the city thank you and love the fact you have a smile and the best position every in dealing with the potential projects we've had i thank you for your leadership for your service and wish you all the best. >> i was going to say a similar thing your enthusiasm a infectious the one thing you've been here for thirty years it suggested you were 13 or something like that that's impressive (laughter). >> not bad at all sinc

and we know how the sfmta works and thinks. it will be a long battle and will continue. we did speak at the sfmta board and wanted to be clear we are supportive improving street safety and traffic service. just because i have to drive and can't walk far doesn't make me totally a driver. i the bus and came here on the bart tonight. but, we believe that the stated goals can be met with different alternatives. their solutions are way too rubber stamped and simplistic and hidden under the guise of safety, not real safety. one issue we asked about is no left turns. had answer we got is left turns are more dangerous than right turns, vision zero says so. we totally agree with that. >> thank you very much. another time. alright, any other members that like to comment on this item? seeing none public comment is closed. we are on to the 10th item which is general public comment. this allows members to address--what? >> okay. no commissioner comments. >> i have a question. >> you have a comment on this item? >> so, no feedback to the sfm

by public safety really help to rae activate this street so thank you very much fewer support and sfmtaot only for working us to prioritize had. >> thank you, supervisor kim. >> director reiskin. >> so that is the item on the consent calendar but fits nicely last thursday was dwarf day and supervisor kim and many other supervisors participated vice chair director brinkman was there as well hopefully many more i know some of you ride to work most days and this was reference to some of the projects we're doing like the golden gate so it is a great time that is coming a couple of things we unveiled last thursday were two new viable automatic at that time bike berry roommates between 16th street and 17th street and westbound on market street between 9 and 10 compliementsz the eastbound direction also unveiled and a a bic system to roll out more 12 hundred signs citywide over the next two years i'm not sure it will be much clearer like lanes between 50 and 20 percent ridership on bike to work day a whole bunch of people on market street for example, between 8:30 and 9:30 the peek however, th

. >> i think your 9 first sfmta person he met the america's cup thank you very much for your awesomecommunity meetings for people complaining about traffic but i'm surprised they do that but they were collapsing and you turned it around and trying to find exclusions by the end of the meeting people are starting to get excited about transportation i'll definitely miss those meetings thank you very much. >> i had the pleasure of not only working with you on the planning commission but thank you for your hard work and the shipyard 50e the projects we worked on we knew we were in good hands working with you and those things come together in a way for the best for the city thank you and love the fact you have a smile and the best position every in dealing with the potential projects we've had i thank you for your leadership for your service and wish you all the best. >> i was going to say a similar thing your enthusiasm a infectious the one thing you've been here for thirty years it suggested you were 13 or something like that that's impressive (laughter). >> not bad at all since you have

we note according to the the report from the direct of transportation, sfmta will be able to deliver transit service to the the warriors project, sfmta can not guarantee future finding for the transit service to the warriors project. accord toog the director of transportation, sfmta supports the warrior project understanding the city, golden state warriors and sfmta don't expect adverse impact associated with implementing the transit service plan and capital investment to support the warriors project and recommend you approve the ord nnss. >> thank you. any questions on items 12-14. seeing none we will open to public comment. anybody wish to comment on items 12-14? seeing none public comment is closed. any questions or comments at this time? >> like to the make a motion to send forth 12-14 to full board with positive recommendation. >> motion by supervisor tang and second by supervisor kim and take that without objection. item 10 and 11. >> item 10, budget and appropriation ordinance appropriating all estimates received and estimates expenditures for departments as och may 2, 2016. i

the funds they came out from the sfmta revenue bonds. and that is where the eleven million dollars showed from, was, and so we had approved that the board of supervisors, that increased to the revenue bond? or those approvals? >> it was part of the revenue bond, yes. >> thank you. >> commissioner peskin. >> i just wanted to say that this project is a long time and coming and it is amazing that that has been kept together with the shoe string and bubble gum and it is long overdue and it is time to bring it to the dawn of the 21st century. >> hear hear. >> thank you, commissioner peskin. if you could explain the significance of this project and how it will help to impact or improve the experience for transit riders. >> well, the main, the main benefit for this project is reliability. right now, for example, the system that is in place, you cannot buy replacement parts for. muni has to buy equipment that is decommissioned from other facilities in order to down for parts. and in some cases that is not even enough. they actually have to make

. >> reporter: that's how sfmta found out about it. >> we are taking immediate and corrective action in this case. this is behavior that's not representative of our overall workforce. >> reporter: the confrontation stretched on over a minute as the muni driver in a toyota corolla continued his verbal assault even as the woman tried to explain her side of the parking fight. >> sir, this is downtown. if you see a spot, you take it. >> oh, it's downtown? >> yeah. have a good day, okay? >> you're a gang banger. >> yeah. i see your mentality, too. >> reporter: as the woman tried to walk away, the muni driver started shouting? >> what was that? are you threatening me? >> no. >> well, i have your license plate and i have your face. so have a good day, sir. >> reporter: sfmta says this driver has been behind the wheel of the 28 line which run from the excelsior to the golden gate bridge for two years. mta says they train their drivers to deal with stressful situations on the road. >> this is something that goes beyond training. this goes into, you know, personal actions and behaviors that wi

taxi investigators >>nats: i'm a taxi investigator with sfmta were sfpd tonight so you actyally going to receive two citations one from sfpd and one from my agency the mta our is asdminstrative and not criminal >> stanley:a ticket from the police is one thing, but an administrative ticket from sfmta well that another for the record the administrative ticket can cost as high as get this five thousand dollars >>nats: in the state of pick up a street hail >> stanley:taxi driver pay 250, thousand dollars for4 a taxi madillion , go throught federal background checks , must have 40 hours of training and 10 year driving uber, lyft and limos drivers do not >> stanley: city of san francisco you have to have pre arranged pick-ups. no exceptions . like the uber or lyft app >> stanley:during the time i was out investigtors it wasn't hard to find non taxi's illegally picking up passengers arong town >> stanley:including one driver who was neither uber nor lyft. in fact he had bigger issues >> your drivers license was suspended >> stanley:in san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news return >> steve

. >> i think your 9 first sfmta person he met the america's cup thank you very much for your awesomeork and community meetings for people complaining about traffic but i'm surprised they do that but they were collapsing and you turned it around and trying to find exclusions by the end of the meeting people are starting to get excited about transportation i'll definitely miss those meetings thank you very much. >> i had the pleasure of not only working with you on the planning commission but thank you for your hard work and the shipyard 50e the projects we worked on we knew we were in good hands working with you and those things come together in a way for the best for the city thank you and love the fact you have a smile and the best position every in dealing with the potential projects we've had i thank you for your leadership for your service and wish you all the best. >> i was going to say a similar thing your enthusiasm a infectious the one thing you've been here for thirty years it suggested you were 13 or something like that that's impressive (laughter). >> not bad at all since

i just really want the sfmta to hear that you have to be cultural sensitive. we knee the city has to progress and move forward, we are with that, we just want to be included in the process. just because we are in the minority in the mission doesn't mean the minority businesses shoulden be heard. if it is 20 percent we lose 20 percent and a [inaudible] 5 decades for 5 minutes. think about cultural impact you are having. that is where the frustration lies. nobody likes to be imposed on and nobody likes to be told your livingroom [inaudible] i will make it my pathway. it is faster for me to shave 5 seconds. that is the essence of what is going on and why people are frustrated especially small businesses. it is nothing personal. >> thank you for that. when we explain the benefit of the projects this is something we struggle with because you don't want to say this project could have trade offs and want to try to get people excited about the project. in no way do we set a project to have negative impact on a business so wouldn't call that out because we don't expect

the funds they came out from the sfmta revenue bonds. and that is where the eleven million dollars showed from, was, and so we had approved that the board of supervisors, that increased to the revenue bond? or those approvals? >> it was part of the revenue bond, yes. >> thank you. >> commissioner peskin. >> i just wanted to say that this project is a long time and coming and it is amazing that that has been kept together with the shoe string and bubble gum and it is long overdue and it is time to bring it to the dawn of the 21st century. >> hear hear. >> thank you, commissioner peskin. if you could explain the significance of this project and how it will help to impact or improve the experience for transit riders. >> well, the main, the main benefit for this project is reliability. right now, for example, the system that is in place, you cannot buy replacement parts for. muni has to buy equipment that is decommissioned from other facilities in order to down for parts. and in some cases that is not even enough. they actually have to make

want to thank sfmta for completing several projects. the randolph [inaudible] and pedestrian safety project was completed uses funds by the transportation authority in this case life line transportation thunds and mission bay loop is underway. funds to finish that project very soon. in addition the masonic streetscape improvement open held will be held may 25. it will be on the 25th from 5:30 to 7:30 at the san francisco day school. this is to provide more information and updates on the safety and streetscape features for masonic avenue. glen park saw transit access improvements finally after several years but it was a large program at diamond and [inaudible] so hope pedestrian calming and transit acscess and striping and repaving left pockets and shelters so a lot of work using prop k and federal funds that is available and there to help the glen park community plan recommendation in that area. i know chair wiener is pleased to see that go in. the walk first program saw continental cross walks. sfmta used the prop k sales tax funds to

the funds they came out from the sfmta revenue bonds. and that is where the eleven million dollars showed from, was, and so we had approved that the board of supervisors, that increased to the revenue bond? or those approvals? >> it was part of the revenue bond, yes. >> thank you. >> commissioner peskin. >> i just wanted to say that this project is a long time and coming and it is amazing that that has been kept together with the shoe string and bubble gum and it is long overdue and it is time to bring it to the dawn of the 21st century. >> hear hear. >> thank you, commissioner peskin. if you could explain the significance of this project and how it will help to impact or improve the experience for transit riders. >> well, the main, the main benefit for this project is reliability. right now, for example, the system that is in place, you cannot buy replacement parts for. muni has to buy equipment that is decommissioned from other facilities in order to down for parts. and in some cases that is not even enough. they actually have to make

the funds they came out from the sfmta revenue bonds. and that is where the eleven million dollars showed from, was, and so we had approved that the board of supervisors, that increased to the revenue bond? or those approvals? >> it was part of the revenue bond, yes. >> thank you. >> commissioner peskin. >> i just wanted to say that this project is a long time and coming and it is amazing that that has been kept together with the shoe string and bubble gum and it is long overdue and it is time to bring it to the dawn of the 21st century. >> hear hear. >> thank you, commissioner peskin. if you could explain the significance of this project and how it will help to impact or improve the experience for transit riders. >> well, the main, the main benefit for this project is reliability. right now, for example, the system that is in place, you cannot buy replacement parts for. muni has to buy equipment that is decommissioned from other facilities in order to down for parts. and in some cases that is not even enough. they actually have to make

and candace sue, communication director. >> director [inaudible] for the sfmta. thank you for letting me know. i may be under the weather but will try to speak up. thank you for giving the time to share information about our outreach rkss capital improvement program and some of the projects you specifically expressed interest in. we do have a lot of opportunities and thank you commissioner dwight for acknowledging the outreach we do do and our opportunities to have hearings out our mta board hearings meetings as well as public hearings but this is a great opportunity to have this discussion and share this information with you directly and we appreciate the opportunities to partner. as the cities grown transportation manager we are responsible for operating muni, traffic and regulate taxi. we have more than 5 thousand employees engaged in operating planning developmenting working to funds and implementing hundreds of projects that impact the current and long term needs of the cities tran portation system and do this with many partners including you all. partners a

we note according to the the report from the direct of transportation, sfmta will be able to deliver transit service to the the warriors project, sfmta can not guarantee future finding for the transit service to the warriors project. accord toog the director of transportation, sfmta supports the warrior project understanding the city, golden state warriors and sfmta don't expect adverse impact associated with implementing the transit service plan and capital investment to support the warriors project and recommend you approve the ord nnss. >> thank you. any questions on items 12-14. seeing none we will open to public comment. anybody wish to comment on items 12-14? seeing none public comment is closed. any questions or comments at this time? >> like to the make a motion to send forth 12-14 to full board with positive recommendation. >> motion by supervisor tang and second by supervisor kim and take that without objection. item 10 and 11. >> item 10, budget and appropriation ordinance appropriating all estimates received and estimates expenditures for departments as och may 2, 2016. i

taxi investigators >>stanley roberts:i'm a taxi investigator with sfmta were working in conjunctionsith sfpd tonight so you actyally going to receive two citations one from sfpd and one from my agency the mta our is asdminstrative and not criminal >>stanley roberts:a ticket from the police is one thing, but an administrative ticket from sfmta well that another for the record the administrative ticket can cost as high as get this five thousand dollars >>stanley roberts:in the state of california only taxi's can pick up a street hail >>stanley roberts:taxi driver pay 250, thousand dollars for4 a taxi madillion , go throught federal background checks , must have 40 hours of training and 10 year driving uber, lyft and limos drivers do not >>stanley roberts:that being said. unless you are a verified taxi in the city of san francisco you have to have pre arranged pick-ups. no exceptions . like the uber or lyft app >>stanley roberts:during the time i was out with police and sfmta investigtors it wasn't hard to find non taxi's illegally picking up passengers arong town >>stanley roberts:incl

so really use the full possibility of the sites by potentially building sites on top of i know that sfmtaas hair it process of identifying the sites that are underutilized talk a little bit about that. >> they were old as part of 2015. >> i'm sorry. >> a study done for basic the entire sfmta facilities and the criteria i was not part of the discussion as they were reviewed it preceded my time in the department but the first criteria and one of the most important is the use of site and talking to our transit folks whether or not the site woke potentially taken offline was critical and the continued use was critical and another factor for the need of upgrades where the yard there's a need we know the older facilities substantial upgrades so we know at some point those facilities will have to be shut down for an upgrade for major capital investments the idea of very well investment is part of that rebuild to make those candidates those sites for candidate sites and other factors are location within the neighborhood zoning, and again size and development capacity similar to the alice in the m

(inaudible). >> perfect. >> exactly. >> i'd like to take the opportunity to commend the actions of sfmta on february 19, 2016, engine one responded to (inaudible) the call came in at 613 and a slower response time the quick actions by bystander cpr by folks were vitally no saifgs the patients life they assistant the patient and was not breathing through chest compressions got the candy and crew one was able to transfer that's a lot more sanitary than on scene an awful scene quite a period of time revealing the person definitely went above and beyond the call of duty and thank you to the officers for their action chief. >> thank you, captain and thank you for taking the time to acknowledge the coworkers and colleagues at this time, i'd like to join you and acknowledge the great work of the mta and the supervisors is here meg in any if we can get the employees to come up. >> so i'll read from here each of i are receiving a certificate of merited communication they'll be the same to for our service and quick actions to a patient from a partial airway obstruction on february 2016 your quick

i am proposing that the sfmta point of directors be appointe ed by a split process from the mayor and board of supervisors. here we will have a majority of the appointments made by the mayor and remaining three made by the board of supervisors. currently the board ever supervisors is unable to alter the sfmta built and requires seven votes for rejection. i wanted to bring the approval/rejection process to be uniform with other departments that will only require a simple majority vote or rejection. if they reject the budget, the board wb required to make a set of findings that the sfmta board of directors would respond to when a revised budget is submitted. again, this is not unusual with other departments. and the board of directors will continue to retain the charter and oversee the municipal transportation agency and establish its own budget. i acknowledge the public's desire to have transportation department that is independent and a-political. i also hear the cry from many, many people for a need for future accountability and oversight. i'd like to thank supervisor kim, peskin and

want to thank sfmta for completing several projects. the randolph [inaudible] and pedestrian safety project was completed uses funds by the transportation authority in this case life line transportation thunds and mission bay loop is underway. funds to finish that project very soon. in addition the masonic streetscape improvement open held will be held may 25. it will be on the 25th from 5:30 to 7:30 at the san francisco day school. this is to provide more information and updates on the safety and streetscape features for masonic avenue. glen park saw transit access improvements finally after several years but it was a large program at diamond and [inaudible] so hope pedestrian calming and transit acscess and striping and repaving left pockets and shelters so a lot of work using prop k and federal funds that is available and there to help the glen park community plan recommendation in that area. i know chair wiener is pleased to see that go in. the walk first program saw continental cross walks. sfmta used the prop k sales tax funds to

the layout was that the last second sfmta once the building is inhibited they changed the code marks don't line up so the last several months the applicant the appellant had to go back to the sfmta to get permission to modify the color curve so that's been done at this point and i do have an e-mail interest kevin jensen he sent the other day to - overhead please. he says thank you for the confirmation it is depicted as discussed, in fact, sure the appellant stated see below the screen shot the highlighted areas we'll fill in a planter concrete to accommodate you we've agreed upon upon site and kevin jensen is acceptable our ada issues are addressed and the appellant is waiting for mta to color the curbs but the ada issue was addressed at this point, i on intersections we're circling back to the - one idea to start over move the utilities it sclft with those trees and other option our department suggested is a way forward is they planned 36 inch boxed trees and this is 29 hundreds to install a 6 manipulative box tree is $5,000 so times 5 trees $10,000 plus a fee the board is tacked ho

according to the mta data will not make the pedestrians and cyclists safer i on intersections that sfmta mediate to step back and create a plan not allow the shuttles that are ramped up 800 visitations to drive the - i know this is on your plate to do; right? those transit hubs really will be outside of the city and bart is a great idea the new transbay terminal i urge you to consider the locations that provide safe spots away from residents and businesses and schools safety first thank you. >> thank you and . >> i actually - >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> last speaker tie walker. >> good afternoon mr. walker. >> thank you for your time for hearing me, i'm a residence of 1457 north of the proposed commuter bus stop on valencia and 26 street the issue is a health concern with regards to the commuter buses offending off valencia i'm a bicyclist and suffer from allergies that are aggravated by diesel and other manages and further contemplating this resulted in the removal of part of my - i have asthma rooerpd when i'm cycling and caught behind a bus and i noticed an increase in any

want to thank sfmta for completing several projects. randolph [inaudible] and pedestrian safety project was completed uses funds by the transportation authority in this case life line transportation thunds and mission bay loop is underway. funds to finish that project very soon. in addition the masonic streetscape improvement open held will be held may 25. it will be on the 25th from 5:30 to 7:30 at the san francisco day school. this is to provide more information and updates on the safety and streetscape features for masonic avenue. glen park saw transit access improvements finally after several years but it was a large program at diamond and [inaudible] so hope pedestrian calming and transit acscess and striping and repaving left pockets and shelters so a lot of work using prop k and federal funds that is available and there to help the glen park community plan recommendation in that area. i know chair wiener is pleased to see that go in. the walk first program saw continental cross walks. sfmta used the prop k sales tax funds to smal

so really use the full possibility of the sites by potentially building sites on top of i know that sfmtaas hair it process of identifying the sites that are underutilized talk a little bit about that. >> they were old as part of 2015. >> i'm sorry. >> a study done for basic the entire sfmta facilities and the criteria i was not part of the discussion as they were reviewed it preceded my time in the department but the first criteria and one of the most important is the use of site and talking to our transit folks whether or not the site woke potentially taken offline was critical and the continued use was critical and another factor for the need of upgrades where the yard there's a need we know the older facilities substantial upgrades so we know at some point those facilities will have to be shut down for an upgrade for major capital investments the idea of very well investment is part of that rebuild to make those candidates those sites for candidate sites and other factors are location within the neighborhood zoning, and again size and development capacity similar to the alice in the m

the funds they came out from the sfmta revenue bonds. and that is where the eleven million dollars showed from, was, and so we had approved that the board of supervisors, that increased to the revenue bond? or those approvals? >> it was part of the revenue bond, yes. >> thank you. >> commissioner peskin. >> i just wanted to say that this project is a long time and coming and it is amazing that that has been kept together with the shoe string and bubble gum and it is long overdue and it is time to bring it to the dawn of the 21st century. >> hear hear. >> thank you, commissioner peskin. if you could explain the significance of this project and how it will help to impact or improve the experience for transit riders. >> well, the main, the main benefit for this project is reliability. right now, for example, the system that is in place, you cannot buy replacement parts for. muni has to buy equipment that is decommissioned from other facilities in order to down for parts. and in some cases that is not even enough. they actually have to make

so really use the full possibility of the sites by potentially building sites on top of i know that sfmtaas hair it process of identifying the sites that are underutilized talk a little bit about that. >> they were old as part of 2015. >> i'm sorry. >> a study done for basic the entire sfmta facilities and the criteria i was not part of the discussion as they were reviewed it preceded my time in the department but the first criteria and one of the most important is the use of site and talking to our transit folks whether or not the site woke potentially taken offline was critical and the continued use was critical and another factor for the need of upgrades where the yard there's a need we know the older facilities substantial upgrades so we know at some point those facilities will have to be shut down for an upgrade for major capital investments the idea of very well investment is part of that rebuild to make those candidates those sites for candidate sites and other factors are location within the neighborhood zoning, and again size and development capacity similar to the alice in the m

please ask ed, the director of sfmta, how much time muni has gained from doing what they did. two minutes. is those two minutes worth the impact it's having on the businesses? no. if you speak to the schools you will find the schools in our neighborhood will tell you that the tardiness of children today has increased by 78 percent. because if you are a parent and you have 5 children or 3 children and you have to drop your children off to two or three schools, every right turn, right turn, right turn, right turn that you have it make is a loss of time. so we ask you today that you please contact the director of sfmta and their commissioners and have a joint meeting with them to tell them exactly what you heard today and that they need to, first of all, immediately stop what they are doing, revisit what they are doing. we've already met with them, they have done absolutely nothing. in fact, the only thing we've heard is bike riders and some organization that they are a part of complaining of how dare this community be complaining about what muni has done for san francisco. that'

this was sencht to the clerk the board and small business commission and sfmta board and handed to sfmta staff. the tearival merchants have serious concerns regarding the tearival projict. those concerns include the loss of community stops recollect transpt only lanes, boarding island, replacing stop signs with traffic lights and relocation of business serviceing parks on residential streets. besides the changes proposed in the project itself, the merchant continue to have serious issues regarding the outreach process. both the scope of tub outreach and public meetings is minimal. also there is no a sufficient amount of time for people to fumly understand the long range impacts of the changes so the tearival merchants urge the board to assist in addressing the unresolved sfmta issues beginning holdsing a board hearing on muni forward matters. we believe the topics are of urgency to avoid the unpleasant experiences. muni sam, president pops. >> thank you chair tang. my name is cristful doll and live at 10 blocks and less than 40 years from sea level. comment on validation. the universe se

if you complain to the sfmta, chances are you're not going to get your complaint answer. on the systemic level, the public advocate would investigate on going patterns and problems to address whatever the issue is whether it's an effectiveness, ineptitude. waste, corruption you name it. the second function is to respond to something that i think is very much at the forefront of what is happening here in san diego. -- in san francisco in that is what is happening with our police department. the second disappoint that is an important part of this proposal responds to the preliminary findings by the panel created by the district attorney and specifically does that by bringing the office of citizens complaints under the public advocate. currently, you have a situation where you have the mayor's office that overseas the san francisco police department. at the same time, the mayor's office also overseas the office of business complaints. the idea that the occ which is supposed to provide independent oversight to the police department ultimately reports to the same individual fr