. >> welcome to the december 2, 2014, meeting of the sfmta board of directors call the roll director brinkman director borden director heinecke director lee director nolan director ramos director rubke mr. chairman directors you have a quorum quorum please be advised the tinging of pagers and other devices are prohibited at the meeting any person probable for one going on the one hand off if the room the ringing of a cell phone maybe asked to leave the room so the board requests that all devicess be turned off. >> a position to approve all in favor, say i. >> item 5 communications. >> members of the board and ladies and gentlemen he need to rearrange e ranger the agenda we're going to lose a commissioner so after the item 11 then we'll come back we know a lot of people want to talk about the we'll go through those other things first. >> police vehicle mr. chairman one other item of business no closed session at our meeting that's been cancelled so moving on to item 11 as directed item 11 amends the transportation division to article 11 regarding the vehicle standards for the taxis ch

disabilities and this presentation will provide an overview of a proposal under consideration by the sfmta board of directors on on january on january 20th, 2015, to expand the free muni program to include seniors and people with disabilities. presentation by by emmett nelson revenue program development manager sfmta and public comment is welcome. >> agenda item number 6 -- information item. vision zero. adopted in in february 2014 in february 2014 vision zero is the city's commitment to eliminating traffic fatalities. >> developing and implementing projects and programs to ensure we meet our goal to make to make san francisco's streets safe for for all user. tom maguire and tim timothy papandreou. >> the council will take a 10-minute break. >> item number 7 information item. update from the planning department information on on a proposed amendment to the city's planning code providing exemptions for people with disabilities to make alterations to their homes to increase capabilities presentation by kearstin dischinger. . . >> in accordance with the bylaws there shall be 2 co-chairs elected to

of the elderly and the development center and angle foundation he has done so much and he joined sfmta board of directors in 2008 he was reappointed in you 2011 and he served as the vice chair of that board for many, many years i have a served on the policy and governance committee he was director lee the son of a restaurant cook and grew up in chinatown he went to all the schools here in san francisco and married his high school sweetheart in 1975 today he's he survived by 3 children over 4 decades dle worked at ups worked as a loader and unlowered while he attended college an incredible employee and became the manager the community affairs he becoming began his charity work and assist with the establishment of the department of traffic he served as a liaison and developed the manager structure for a pcos as they transitioned from the sfpd we'll certainly remember him for his kind and generous spirit on a personal note, i came to know jerry when i worked as a elective aid i invited me to many events i believe that he's like an angle on earth his passing was a shock i want to wish his family

will begin as soon as possible the lease is on and the completion of the system in july of 2016 sfmta boardas adapted otherwise a lease on october 7, 2014 and the first approval was required because this is a 10 year lease term budget analyst has reviewed it and has recommended approval of the lease goldstein map of the proposed site it's a private land surrounding by a bayview park and on the right-hand side is a picture of the councilmember buscaino that was an existing radio tower >> this lease is very important for the success fill completion the execution of the lease what the development company and the tenant at the 1 bayview road park road in san francisco for the use as a bay station for sfmta radio operations this is the end of my presentation i'm available for questions. >> thank you very much colleagues questions for the sfmta. >> yes. mr. chairman on page 15 we report that the annual basis electricity will be funded by the sfmta operating budget in the 2016-2017 the sfmta will pay an estimated improvement base rent and electricity in table 7 on page 16 of our report we recommen

. >> you call the senior skills this is why i ask the sfmta board for people with disabilities with grandparents and seniors can't see their friends they can only travel through muni. >> people with disability. >> i'm here to ask you altitude to pass the free muni for seniors and people with disabilities to help them going get to their dissemination. >> thank you very much okay. >> thank you. next speaker, please (calling names). >> caesar. >> hello everyone i'm caesar i'm deaf i wanted to summarize alters story about disabilities you you know related to deaf to deaf disability well, i think we should earner free muni passes why minimal our deaf and you're getting on muni and your struggles with communication and money you want to meet our deceive friends and it's important 2, 3, 4 san francisco i hope i get a free muni pass thank you very much. >> thank you (clapping.) >> >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names) good afternoon. >> hi good afternoon bob from urban habitat i want to thank all the unanimously advocates and the folks with disabilities out here for all the great work a

. >> you call the senior skills this is why i ask the sfmta board for people with disabilities with grandparents and seniors can't see their friends they can only travel through muni. >> people with disability. >> i'm here to ask you altitude to pass the free muni for seniors and people with disabilities to help them going get to their dissemination. >> thank you very much okay. >> thank you. next speaker, please (calling names). >> caesar. >> hello everyone i'm caesar i'm deaf i wanted to summarize alters story about disabilities you you know related to deaf to deaf

addition to the ct a programs committee we recommend this presentation be shared with the full sfmta board thank you. >> (calling names) and good afternoon. i'm pat valentine i'm part of the advocacy group called next stop advocating for the fisherman's wharf and most of the vice president i'm that over for the presentation this is not only a great extension to get people to fisherman's wharf and north beach but to bring people down to south beach and mission bay we have a growing merchant community that is very important for the neighbors i live there as well 0 this will have benefits on both sides we've heard the study shows as the benefits of the extension bruce highlighted them a lot of people every time we look to build something people will complain about traffic and expense but i'll be riding the system and so we if we look at how much it took to get bart done and muni underground we see the benefits this is something we have to do for the future of san francisco jim lazarus couldn't stay i want to read a letter in the chamber of commerce as the work level continues to grow it is es

. >> good afternoon sfmta board of directors i'm with the cab i drive two days a week and here because the cab industry is dying as everyone knows it didn't seem right that should i under the watch our the board watching what happens and i drove last night and made just under $11 an hour what this i might try to go sniper if you think drivers have left the industry in droves we're at 25 percent of the fleet off the road and it's just going to get worse why is that unreg9d competition undercut on price they're able to run the cars without full commercial insurance without the 2 hundred and 50 cost of medallion i got a letter to buy a medallion and threw it in the trash so if you're going to safe the taxi industry some steps to take the attorney has written a white paper distributed by the taxi workers alliance so you guys i courage you all to read it you're this is what you drew your seven hundred and 80 thousand to regulate the industry please do our job and read the white paper and i think that e about it you don't want taxis to disappear. >> next speaker code enforcements. >> good af

as we've heard today the sfmta board of directors is set to review this program to seniors on january 20. this program will provide free muni to low and median seniors. is there will be a one time pass that will be loaded on to an existing clipper cards. that just means that once the free pass is loaded on to the clipper card it's a one time pass. the customers will not need to reload every month. it will be sitting on their card for use. one thing we want to stress is that this program, much like muni for youth program, is only for available for san francisco residents and the income levels are 100% of the bay area median income which are shown on the slide here for households of one through six and there's a slight increase as households get bigger that we have back at the office. if approved we will begin accepting applications immediately at mta. we'll have the website ready to go that afternoon. if the program is approved with applications ready on the website. the free pass will be loaded on to the existing senior clipper cards. it's about five weeks to get the pass loaded on to

. >> welcome to the december 2, 2014, meeting of the sfmta board of directors call the roll

advance approval you're taking action today, if you choose to approve it we'll signal to the sfmta the mta board is supportive of this action. >> we have numbers of the public. >> no members. >> you want it st. to add something. >> thank you chairman and ed this is the action you took last july we described as the single more o most important thing you can do it approve the transit service not only forful now but future generations i'll remind the board the cars we're purchasing are state of the art extremely reliable 059 thousand miles between the fairs and the options that will approve the maintenance but most importantly we need railcars now we have a lot of people everyday despite 5 years in a row of ridership right now on the light rail that are not able to get on because of crowding we simply don't have the cars we are doing everybody to overhaul the program that is really a tremendous benefit for us we appreciate the fact that you as a board all the policymakers in the region have colonel together to recognize the importance of this why it is happening right now in terms of why it's neces

in response to transportation authority board and other input seeking faster delivery of benefits to the corridor, sfmtastaff is conducting conceptual planning for a potential initial construction phase set of near-term improvements to be implemented before the full support the eir/s. this new allocation would free up $389,927 for increased consultant and transportation authority staff costs resulting from inclusion of the near-term improvements in the eir/s and an extended schedule. relatedly, in order to more efficiently and cost effectively deliver the and conditions _ action* attachment in close collaboration with the and federal agency review before circulating to the public. in response to transportation authority board and other input seeking faster delivery of benefits to+'.'z j átu(h @&c @&c% staff is conducting conceptual planning for a potential initial construction phase set of near-term improvements to be implemented before the full project will seek federal funds for construction. this month, the plans and prog 38 and the 38 limited, today the buses are slower and less reliable then we wou