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and also making progress is schmidt sfmta slow streets program. the slow streets program has upgraded 15 slow street corridors with more durable materials and on 16 corridors. upgrades to the corridors to replace temporary barricades to implement the slow streets program in early 2020. and the team has worked, sfmta team, has worked throughout the project with the public and responded to input by removing eight corridors from the slow streets program and developing recommendations for the post-pandemic extension of four additional slow streets for approval by the sfmta board of directors. they had a comprehensive report with the effectiveness of slow streets and we're happy to bring that back to you if there's interest. and finally on the management side, and outreach for procurement, staff participated to help to promote women's -- women in transportation week at a virtual event on march 8th. five other agencies participated on how to find construction and public work bids student opportunities, with the technical assistance center. it was one of

and also making progress is schmidt sfmta slow streets program. the slow streets program has upgraded 15 slow street corridors with more durable materials and on 16 corridors. upgrades to the corridors to replace temporary barricades to implement the slow streets program in early 2020. and the team has worked, sfmta team, has worked throughout the project with the public and responded to input by removing eight corridors from the slow streets program and developing recommendations for the post-pandemic extension of four additional slow streets for approval by the sfmta board of directors. they had a comprehensive report with the effectiveness of slow streets and we're happy to bring that back to you if there's interest. and finally on the management side, and outreach for procurement, staff participated to help to promote women's -- women in transportation week at a virtual event on march 8th. five other agencies participated on how to find construction and public work bids student opportunities, with the technical assistance center. it was one of

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i know sfmta working to address this issue. it's top of mind for riders that we're seeing in the survey and must remain a top priority for sfmta. >> chair borden: next speaker please. >> caller: hello. we're asking to end poverty tows and support low income san franciscans by expanding free access to muni. we ask the sfmta board expand free muni to adults 125% or below the poverty line. our coalition has heard from people who live in affordable housing and shelter that they cannot find affordable place to park. which puts them at risk. this is true for people who live in areas that have metered parking. please end policy tows. thank you. >> chair borden: next speaker please. >> caller: thank you chair borden and board members. this is very important. i come to you simply ordinary user of muni. i have reduced fare. i'm a service disabled veteran. i advocate that there should be no fare increase of any kind. the current differential -- [ indiscernible ] we want to help people to use clicker. fare capping is not new. happens on a

this is gary chang with transit sfmta. yes, for the contract presenting in front of you, besides doing the propulsion units, that's the engines, traction motor, and also, on top of that, we're having a contractor working on door systems, axle systems, drive shaft, gear box and differentials, some of the work on the floors, as well, and also the battery systems, and we will be also providing some general operator area refurbishments, something like replacing the whole driver's seat, adding glare shield, and replacing the pedals, and we understand this is the perfect opportunity because we will have the vehicle wide open, and then, we will be adding some cable hoses and harnessing upgrade. and we will be addressing some work in the articulated joint sections, like the bellows, hosing, and bowels. and the racks on the bus, we will be upgrading them from a two-bike bike rack to a three-bike bike rack. >> supervisor safai: so one of the questions that i had for you and miss kirchbaum, some of the newer trolleys that were purcha

it was a wonderful show of support of women and sfmta. it never made me prouder to be part of this family. all of us women up here were at the event yesterday. it was a wonderful time to be together. i want to thank the agency for drawing attention to the women within sfmta. >> vice chair eaken: i believe this is the inaugural women's history racial equity cable car ride. >> chair borden: with that, i don't know if any -- i will open up to public comment. this is an opportunity for members of the public to comment on the women's history month. i don't see anyone in the room. is there online who like to comment? >> clerk: members of public if you like to comment on this item, please press star 3 to enter the speaker line. we have no commenters. >> chair borden: next item. >> clerk: item 7 the director's report. >> director tumlin: i want to congratulate our own director heminger chair of the board of approval new three count governance proposal. the new agreement confirms a standalone executive director for caltrain that is selected by the

i think it's all cross, and sfmta is not unique. i think it's why the office of racial equity is established. and i think that you, director tumlin, and the agency -- and i look forward to see the rest of the city has to go. you're mandating the managers having implicit bias trainings and all that stuff, but can you dive deeper, like, as of now? it's very alarming to me that to interpret discipline our black men and women, and that is -- that finding is -- something's wrong there, and i think that means that they are also -- could they also be just, you know, disproportionately being targeted for disciplinary action? you know, those questions, and then, how do you immediately address those problems right now at this moment. >> thank you so much for the question, supervisor chan. i think what you called out is what i'm trying to grapple with every day, and staff across the agency are trying to address. it's important to acknowledge that sfmta workforce -- i worked in the health care field for many years. m.t.a. has a slightly differe

i'm racial equity officer for the sfmta. i will give an update on behalf of the office of racial equity belonging. this update will focus on the implementation progress of the racial equity action plan, focusing on about one-year of work. thank you to board secretary silva for advancing the slides. first i will start by setting some context how i've been working with several colleagues across different levels of work to establish the foundation of a comprehensive, sfmta racial equity ecosystem. background really important for framing how we are trying to scale and growth overtime how we see that being racial equity work being compliment to everything that we do. i will spend some time giving high level updates of core areas of concern related to our racial equity action plan. this image our of racial equity ecosystem is based on the four programmatic area of office of racial equity and belonging. if you think about integrating racial equity everywhere there are many ways in which this work has happened. as we think about glo

i think it's all cross, and sfmta is not unique. i think it's why the office of racial equity is established. and i think that you, director tumlin, and the agency -- and i look forward to see the rest of the city has to go. you're mandating the managers having implicit bias trainings and all that stuff, but can you dive deeper, like, as of now? it's very alarming to me that to interpret discipline our black men and women, and that is -- that finding is -- something's wrong there, and i think that means that they are also -- could they also be just, you know, disproportionately being targeted for disciplinary action? you know, those questions, and then, how do you immediately address those problems right now at this moment. >> thank you so much for the question, supervisor chan. i think what you called out is what i'm trying to grapple with every day, and staff across the agency are trying to address. it's important to acknowledge that sfmta workforce -- i worked in the health care field for many years. m.t.a. has a slightly differe

[indiscernible], sfmta project manager. our analysis focuses on the same themes we've heard in outreach: safety, accessibility, equity, and mobility. this project uniquely has had 22 months to evaluate, learn, and improve the current implementation. more people are biking and walking j.f.k. than ever before, but importantly, there's been no important change in visits, with the same typical rates of visits coming from all san francisco neighborhoods prepandemic and today. again, from our survey, which is not a poll and only counts those who engaged through the survey tool, the majority of participates supported car free j.f.k. the vast majority of the closest spaces to the deyoung and the cal academy have not changed in the last two years, with 33 blue zone spaces available in the garage. additionally, there are new marked drop-off and pick-up zones in front of the cal academy and the [indiscernible]. as many of you remember prepandemic, there were winter days when there was full access allowed on saturdays and the long-stan

and also making progress is schmidt sfmta slow streets program. the slow streets program has upgraded 15 slow street corridors with more durable materials and on 16 corridors. upgrades to the corridors to replace temporary barricades to implement the slow streets program in early 2020. and the team has worked, sfmta team, has worked throughout the project with the public and responded to input by removing eight corridors from the slow streets program and developing recommendations for the post-pandemic extension of four additional slow streets for approval by the sfmta board of directors. they had a comprehensive report with the effectiveness of slow streets and we're happy to bring that back to you if there's interest. and finally on the management side, and outreach for procurement, staff participated to help to promote women's -- women in transportation week at a virtual event on march 8th. five other agencies participated on how to find construction and public work bids student opportunities, with the technical assistance center. it was one of

>> chair borden: february 15th meeting of the sfmta board of directors. please call the roll. >> clerk: it's february 15th, apologize for that. [ roll call ] we are expecting director yekutiel. off a quorum. item 3 announcement of a prohibition. number 4 approval of the minutes for the january 18 and february meeting. >> chair borden: are there any changes or additions to the meeting at this time? minutes from those two sessions? seeing none, we'll open up to public comment. this is the time for members of the public to comment. please read the number and the access code. >> clerk: for members of the public who wish to make public comment. the phone number to use is (888)808-6929. access code is 996-1164. >> chair borden: are there any callers on the line? we'll close public comment. this matter is before the board. >> i move the item. >> second. >> chair borden: please call the roll. >> clerk: on the motion to approve the minutes. [roll call vote] the minutes are approved. item 5, communications. >> chair borden: we'll be adjourning in honor of daniel mu

this is gary chang with transit sfmta. yes, for the contract presenting in front of you, besides doing the propulsion units, that's the engines, traction motor, and also, on top of that, we're having a contractor working on door systems, axle systems, drive shaft, gear box and differentials, some of the work on the floors, as well, and also the battery systems, and we will be also providing some general operator area refurbishments, something like replacing the whole driver's seat, adding glare shield, and replacing the pedals, and we understand this is the perfect opportunity because we will have the vehicle wide open, and then, we will be adding some cable hoses and harnessing upgrade. and we will be addressing some work in the articulated joint sections, like the bellows, hosing, and bowels. and the racks on the bus, we will be upgrading them from a two-bike bike rack to a three-bike bike rack. >> supervisor safai: so one of the questions that i had for you and miss kirchbaum, some of the newer trolleys that were purcha

today proposals will be presented to sfmta board. to adopt resolution that urges board of supervisors to adopt the recommendations. the mayor spoke on this during the state of the city. >> we make programs permanent, have six with more to come. in golden gate park, jfk drive is on its way to being a permanent car free space. >> reporter: supervisors could vote on this as soon as april. joycelyn moran, kpix5. >>> let's take a look at the roadways, live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. we are dealing with a back up. traffic is slow out of the oakland emory ville area. as you head into san francisco, earlier crash is cleared out of lanes. it is better across the maze but busy across the upper deck into the city. a service alert continues for bart, red line richmond to milbre. services not running due to power issues. oakland, richmond bound for service also a possibility as well. checking travel times before you head out, about an hour commute. >>> a gorgeous view towards mount tam. it's windy in the mountains but in terms of when it

this is gary chang with transit sfmta.es, for the contract presenting in front of you, besides doing the propulsion units, that's the engines, traction motor, and also, on top of that, we're having a contractor working on door systems, axle systems, drive shaft, gear box and differentials, some of the work on the floors, as well, and also the battery systems, and we will be also providing some general operator area refurbishments, something like replacing the whole driver's

. >>> happening today in san francisco, sfmta will discuss whether jfk drive should remain closed toyn moran is in the city with the proposals being presented today. >>> during the pandemic, we saw streets closed. one of the reasons, to make it easier to socially distance. sfmta board of directors and parking authority commission will discuss whether to adopt resolution that urges board of supervisors to adopt golden gate park access and safety program. this comes as sfmta and city's recreation and park department gave official recommendation monday that jfk drive remain car free. the proposals will be presented today. recommendations include making peant the three miof car frees the park from link on way to the drive including jfk drive. others include adding bike share stations, exploring drivers to better direct to parking spaces in the park and more focused on traffic safety and accessibility. proposals follow public outreach. sfmta and sf recreation and park department say approximately 90% of respondent were san francisco residents and 70% expressed supported for keeping jfk dr

we do not need more money thrown to sfmta. [indiscernible] regarding certain specific items that should be made available to the public upon request. sfmta ishas over $1 billion in its budget. it has not spent its money wisely in the past and should not be given more money in the future. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. we are setting the timer for two minutes so i apologize if i've interrupted your comments. operations, do we have another caller in the queue, please? [speaking cantonese language] >> hello, board of supervisors. my name is [indiscernible]. i'm a resident of sunset district. thank you for this opportunity for me to deliver public testimony. my public testimony is merely about closure of j.f.k. drive. here's my input. actually i think j.f.k. drive being closed for our residents of golden gate park and also richmond we are too much inconvenienced there because it's been too much for theseniors. when we try to visit golden gate park, we used to be in commute for 20 minutes or more than 20 minutes and also a

sfmta has provided half of their budget. as a voter and taxpayer, i do not want my tax dollars funding these organizations. i will not vote to extend the transit tax, and i want sfmta and park and rec's budget cut. last year, you agreed to give the sfbc a $5 million budget for outreach and public trust. if the bike coalition wants to [indiscernible] our citizens, let them do it on their time. they contribute nothing to us but demand more. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments this evening. operations, do we have another caller in the queue, please? welcome, caller. all right. that might be an unattended line. we'll move to the next caller. welcome, caller. >> good afternoon, madam clerk, president walton, board of supervisors. gilbert criswell of district 8. muni only cares about fare hikes and service cuts. the mayor only cares about fare hikes and service cuts. why hasn't muni service been restored? why are there so many bus drivers out sick? 100 today? 100 last week? 200 the week before? what is going on with m

sfmta has provided half of their budget. as a voter and taxpayer, i do not want my tax dollars funding these organizations. i will not vote to extend the transit tax, and i want sfmta and park and rec's budget cut. last year, you agreed to give the sfbc a $5 million budget for outreach and public trust. if the bike coalition wants to [indiscernible] our citizens, let them do it on their time. they contribute nothing to us but demand more. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments this evening. operations, do we have another caller in the queue, please? welcome, caller. all right. that might be an unattended line. we'll move to the next caller. welcome, caller. >> good afternoon, madam clerk, president walton, board of supervisors. gilbert criswell of district 8. muni only cares about fare hikes and service cuts. the mayor only cares about fare hikes and service cuts. why hasn't muni service been restored? why are there so many bus drivers out sick? 100 today? 100 last week? 200 the week before? what is going on with m

i'm racial equity officer for the sfmta. i will give an update on behalf of the office of racial equity belonging. this update will focus on the implementation progress of the racial equity action plan, focusing on about one-year of work. thank you to board secretary silva for advancing the slides. first i will start by setting some context how i've been working with several colleagues across different levels of work to establish the foundation of a comprehensive, sfmta racial equity ecosystem. background really important for framing how we are trying to scale and growth overtime how we see that being racial equity work being compliment to everything that we do. i will spend some time giving high level updates of core areas of concern related to our racial equity action plan. this image our of racial equity ecosystem is based on the four programmatic area of office of racial equity and belonging. if you think about integrating racial equity everywhere there are many ways in which this work has happened. as we think about glo

>> yes, we at the sfmta share your concern and commissioner griffin's concern. it's helpful to think of eastern golden gate park as a university campus, where there are major world class institutions set in a park setting with a lot of people in all different modes of transportation. so we're happy to continue advising the recreation parks department on design solutions for traffic calming for those cyclists going too fast. they're detracting from the park experience and in order to invest in the solutions, we need a decision about j.f.k. itself. >> all right. then my last question and then i'm going to be as brief as i can with my comments. would someone remind me again what exactly would be, hypothetically, that we need to do to -- the garage and implement all of our garage solutions? >> what's the question? what would we need to do to control the garage? >> implement the garage suggestion. >> right. >> so there are a couple as pekts to the garage. one is the management that we have a contract with reef parking management. there would be no prohibition on the

i also want to clarify and note that sfmta also works with caltrans and sfmta makes the legislative changes and a approval for curb modifications on the street as well. >> i would like to go back actually since i'm still speaking. i have a separate question. the discussion about loading and curb clutter is the use it is supposed use. i question the gres row store. it was the size of retail. for that i would like to ask the project sponsor, please, to come back one more time and describe in more detail, for example, who is your potential lease year of the grocery store and how do you respond to, as of yesterday evening, it's abandoning the retail retail location on chestnut street. we have for the last couple of years seen other successful larger retailers and we have successful an chestnut street and now it's pottery barn and so i would like you to hear a little bit more and in that particular and dynamics. >> commissioner. in reverse order the bot respace is apparently leased already and retailer and the last and we are seeing a lot of leasing activities as i mentioned and in the neighborh

we like to see sfmta collaborate with the sfmta to establish a strategy to build an effective equitable and reliable transportation system for s.f. youth and students. we want to see the funding implemented to make public transportation more efficient throughout the bay area. we like the board of supervisors to look into the work that they are doing to ensure there's focus throughout the bay area and not just in san francisco. overall, that wraps up our particular recommendations on individual committees or departments. as for the board of supervisors, we hope to increase salaries for all youth commission staff over 100% to enable long-term standing staff with institutional memory. after all, you commission staff are integral to our leadership development and us functioning as a commission. we would also support youth commission office achieving compensation for commissioners. all departments that have advisory bodies or commissions with young people youth and t.a.y. seats should be provided compensatory stipends. thank you so much for your time. if you have questions, you can contact y

the mayor's office on disability continues to advise sfmta, recreation and parks, and the mayor's office on architectural and programatic accessibility improvements. we continue to encourage all involved to provide improvements that exceed requirements and disability equity. and in addition, m.o.d. continues to elevate the individual concerns from the disability community from members who are both opposed to the continued closure to private vehicles and members of the disability community who support the closure. as the council knows, your resolution that you drafted is a conditional one. conditional upon additional accessibility improvements. so i really strongly urge you to help advance and keep monitoring the resolution and when you do have offers to consult and share your opinion and the opinions of the disability community that you continue to do so. thank you so much for that. i really appreciate your help. it's critically important. supervisor chan has also requested a consult as you know with both the mayor's office of disability and the council as was mentioned in the co-chair r

we like to see sfmta collaborate with the sfmta to establish a strategy to build an effective equitable and reliable transportation system for s.f. youth and students. we want to see the funding implemented to make public transportation more efficient throughout the bay area. we like the board of supervisors to look into the work that they are doing to ensure there's focus throughout the bay area and not just in san francisco. overall, that wraps up our particular recommendations on individual committees or departments. as for the board of supervisors, we hope to increase salaries for all youth commission staff over 100% to enable long-term standing staff with institutional memory. after all, you commission staff are integral to our leadership development and us functioning as a commission. we would also support youth commission office achieving compensation for commissioners. all departments that have advisory bodies or commissions with young people youth and t.a.y. seats should be provided compensatory stipends. thank you so much for your time. if you have questions, you can contact y

and sfmtas most recent survey for a car free promenade. it's rare, but it's beautiful to see so many san franciscans rallying about the closure. j.f.k. provides a flat continuous surface for people walking, biking, and using mobility devices to get around the city. we cannot go back to this deadly status quo. if we can't do this on one street here in san francisco, [indiscernible] here's a shocking fact. did you know up to $8,900 have already been spent [indiscernible] how many more dollars are they willing to spend to line mark zuckerberg's pockets and gaslight the public? are you okay with san francisco funneling money to the facebook platform to spread disposition in our city? we don't accept this from putin's government. we don't accept this from corrupt politicians. why would we accept it from our own museums? many of us have told you we would not return to the museum if you consider to wage a war again car free j.f.k. the refusal to come to the table and help negotiate this movement with a giant underground parking garage directly un

sfmta has provided half of their budget.voter and taxpayer, i do not want my tax dollars funding these organizations. i will not vote to extend the transit tax, and i want sfmta and park and rec's budget cut. last year, you agreed to give the sfbc a $5 million budget for outreach and public trust. if the bike coalition wants to [indiscernible] our citizens, let them do it on their time. they contribute nothing to us but demand more. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments this evening. operations, do we have another caller in the queue, please? welcome, caller. all right. that might be an unattended line. we'll move to the next caller. welcome, caller. >> good afternoon, madam clerk, president walton, board of supervisors. gilbert criswell of district 8. muni only cares about fare hikes and service cuts. the mayor only cares about fare hikes and service cuts. why hasn't muni service been restored? why are there so many bus drivers out sick? 100 today? 100 last week? 200 the week before? what is going on with muni th

luz: sfmta commented on these new delays, the have a said when they expect it will be open? >> they did not comment yesterday when we ask them --asked them. they came back today with a comment and said they were still on target for a 'fall launch'. they did not say the september 9 day was still operative, but they insisted they were still on track for the fall. i think we are talking late fall. luz: i hear a little skepticism in your voice. do you think late fall is realistic at this point? >> the experts that we talk to for the story thought december or january were more realistic. we will see. luz: when it finally does open, who was still benefit? it has been very disruptive for the last 10 plus years. >> it certainly has, whether things that raises emotions about this project, a lot of people feel it was not a necessary project. people who live, especially the southern and eastern parts of the city that might be commuting to work in chinatown, it will be more convenient to them than the current bus alternative. . that is the primary constituency for. the bus connect those

if the sfmta signs off the service could begin this summer. we reached out to the taxi workers alliance for comment. >>> still ahead, the cdc launching an investigation into this cruise ship that just left the bay area. >>> how will smith is apologizing nearly 24 hours after a slab seen round the world. >>> you can still visit jimmy g in this special exhibit. the snow leopard named after the former niners legend gets new digs. >>> stanford is back in the final four. what it will take to defend their number one seed. >>> look inside the monterey county home that betty white love. how much it will cost to get your hands on it. >>> san francisco's cruise industry is bouncing back tonight, and a recent rash of covid-19 cases aboard one ship put new safety protocols to the test. double passengers and crew aboard the ruby princess tested positive returning to sentences go over the weekend. princess cruises would not concern how many, but says vaccination rates were at 100%, and all the cases were either asymptomatic or mild. >> an outbreak used to m

so important that sfmta is working on this and seeing them on sanprono. we look -- sanbruno. we ask the commissioners to continue to support the 20-mile per hour zones in each commissioner's district. thank you. >> hello. this is barry toronto. commissioner peskin raised some very key points here about giving money to an organization that endorses candidates for supervisor. if you were to vote no on this, you possibly would risk not getting their endorsement. there is genuine concern about giving public funds to an organization to promote itself like this. that only really enhances through the bike riding public. my concern is that how about giving money to the taxi workers alliance to help promote and help people use the apps flywheel and your taxi so people can get around this a city regulated service and to promote enforcement of taxicab stands. the funds should be carefully monitored in how spent. i agree that giving money for support. how about money to provide classes for new cabdrivers to be better able to use the city streets and drive more safely on the city streets,

get to talk to the mayor's office to help us put on the parade, and we get the contracts with the sfmtaec. chief bill scott, we have mike redmond here and their staff, traffic north and central police station to keep us safe when we're on that route, and i really want to say thank you to the mayor and all her departments. thank you. [applause] >> it's a huge honor to be the grand marshal of the parade, but there's also a lot of work, and so i want to thank jim because every time i ask him to do something, he does it, and it's immediately, what comes next? our honorary grand marshals are pat, maureen, james, margaret, and charlotte shulze. thank you for allowing us to honor your families. [♪♪♪] and then, my good friend, collin lyons, grand marshal for two years in a row. he is going to have a special place in the parade that has been set up by his club, and i just want to say collin, i'm sorry that it was two years in a row that we weren't able to get you out there, but thank you for all you've done for us. i appreciate it. [applause] >> the st. patrick's day season, as i like to call it

the switch has already begun sfmta says the current meters rely on older 3g technology and have reachedhe end of their useful lives 11 neighborhoods will move to a pay by license plate system. that includes new pay stations that system allows people who leave and still have time on the meter to return to the same block and park until their time expires. new at 11. we're just a little less than an hour away now from an official start of saint patrick's day. celebrations will have special meaning in san francisco because of past covid restrictions that began around saint patrick's day. remember two years ago abc 7 news reporter jr. stone is in san francisco where the bars are preparing for the party. green pants green shirts lots of people and lots of beer means that saint patrick's day is upon us. i think people are overdue for a party. yes those here in san francisco. came close to an irish party back in 2020. the 24 to 48 hours before saintt patrick's day, california state covid restrictions closed bars and limited gatherings during my 2020 live shot on saint patrick's day bars like th

the mayor's office on disability continues to advise sfmta, recreation and parks, and the mayor's office on architectural and programatic accessibility improvements. we continue to encourage all involved to provide improvements that exceed requirements and disability equity. and in addition, m.o.d. continues to elevate the individual concerns from the disability community from members who are both opposed to the continued closure to private vehicles and members of the disability community who support the closure. as the council knows, your resolution that you drafted is a conditional one. conditional upon additional accessibility improvements. so i really strongly urge you to help advance and keep monitoring the resolution and when you do have offers to consult and share your opinion and the opinions of the disability community that you continue to do so. thank you so much for that. i really appreciate your help. it's critically important. supervisor chan has also requested a consult as you know with both the mayor's office of disability and the council as was mentioned in the co-chair r