in this case i want to say you know looking at the make up of the sfmta board of directors filling the role of lye look to see an a ap i ownership chienys american or chinese speaking on this san francisco mt aboard of directors. and looking at more specific low if you know we are seek representation for chinese speaking or rep centation but a woman of color that i think i can easily think of many others that have not more passionate have even more experience in this case. come i will 3 those names without there permission. you know. and that's including the in fact that the district 3 youth commissioner rosa chan. but no longer youth commissioner she is older now. and have done the china town advocacy work and before her queena chan and doing a lot of advocacy work for residence den in san francisco. both not just in china town but the connection and the connectivity critical between china town and viz valley and bayview and have been identified as a muni equity strategy zone. and last but not least i want to also 3 out there gent chan who now is working on that issue especially durin

there is as i stated the sfmta hearing process and there is the second board of appeal's hearings. and there are multiple types of other hearings that sfmta hearing section considers including parking citations, toed vehicles, et cetera . they have a very broad range of other types of hearings they do here at the sfmta hearings section in taxis other own one this have the different process. >> so i conferred with the board of appeals executive director. director rosenberg regarding the discontinuation of the informal proisz or practice allowing taxi permit decisions to be paled to the board. which was and mutualy agreed to allow pending appeals to be heard boy the board of appeal it is. <.> evermented make sure the upon appeals pending before were allowed continue. and will thereafter to aline the taxi appeal's process with other appeal's at the sfmta the director of transportation discontinued the informal practice of allowing taxi permit decisions to be paled to the board of appeals that occur in the september of 22 the past september. of course taxi permit decisions remain appeal

in this case i want to say you know looking at the make up of the sfmta board of directors filling the role of lye look to see an a ap i ownership chienys american or chinese speaking on this san francisco mt aboard of directors. and looking at more specific low if you know we are seek representation for chinese speaking or rep centation but a woman of color that i think i can easily think of many others that have not more passionate have even more experience in this case. come i will 3 those names without there permission. you know. and that's including the in fact that the district 3 youth commissioner rosa chan. but no longer youth commissioner she is older now. and have done the china town advocacy work and before her queena chan and doing a lot of advocacy work for residence den in san francisco. both not just in china town but the connection and the connectivity critical between china town and viz valley and bayview and have been identified as a muni equity strategy zone. and last but not least i want to also 3 out there gent chan who now is working on that issue especially durin

no report of the public may address the sfmta board of directors on matters that are within the board'surisdiction and are not on today's calendar.. it is time calendar previously. >> when you speak in the room my approach the side wall. >> i have a few speakers nancy, kathy, ross and danielle. >> if you could jaw start a line on the tv side of room and approach when ready go ahead. >> as you can see i'm kelly. chair borden you said that in the fall of this year towing on an agenda will be an agenda item on one of those board meetings. the agenda item being a towing of vehicles (clearing throat) towing is not on the agenda today and only one more pubically announced meeting this year december 6th i believe. um, would it be on that agenda hoping. if there is a second meeting in december didn't show it on the website. >> yesterday the coalition on homelessness and huge number of people have been swept from sidewalks and all they're supporters in front of city hall the campaign to stop the sweeps that occur multiple times the name of cb campaign trash. >> it is expected to surpass three hu

no report of the public may address the sfmta board of directors on matters that are within the board'surisdiction and are not on today's calendar.. it is time calendar previously. >> when you speak in the room my approach the side wall. >> i have a few speakers nancy, kathy, ross and danielle. >> if you could jaw start a line on the tv side of room and approach when ready go ahead. >> as you can see i'm kelly. chair borden you said that in the fall of this year towing on an agenda will be an agenda item on one of those board meetings. the agenda item being a towing of vehicles (clearing throat) towing is not on the agenda today and only one more pubically announced meeting this year december 6th i believe. um, would it be on that agenda hoping. if there is a second meeting in december didn't show it on the website. >> yesterday the coalition on homelessness and huge number of people have been swept from sidewalks and all they're supporters in front of city hall the campaign to stop the sweeps that occur multiple times the name of cb campaign trash. >> it is expected to surpass three hu

afternooned by california law under the vehicle code approximate so it does require we go to the sfmta board and so they need to adopt dprnt speed limits. and many cases that required for us to do an engineering and traffic survey to show the recommended speed is appropriate for that street and after adoption by the sfmta board it requires our city crews to install signs and posted. in 20 miles per hour then trying to make sure that the treatment is effective as possible. we doubled the spacing of the signs to every eighth of a mile. every 2 blocks more signs and new posts but felt this is useful for us for effectiveness. >> if we can hear from walk sf. what do you think, about the speed and the fact hathere is estimating 30 additional 20 mile zone in the next year? i commend them for the w they did in the tenderloin this was an example wham can be done in a neighborhood based way. and so thank you very much for all that work you did there. we really did work hard for ab43 to pass this is a low cost way to get results. if there anything we can be doing to speedup sign place am or help the mt

afternooned by california law under the vehicle code approximate so it does require we go to the sfmta board and so they need to adopt dprnt speed limits. and many cases that required for us to do an engineering and traffic survey to show the recommended speed is appropriate for that street and after adoption by the sfmta board it requires our city crews to install signs and posted. in 20 miles per hour then trying to make sure that the treatment is effective as possible. we doubled the spacing of the signs to every eighth of a mile. every 2 blocks more signs and new posts but felt this is useful for us for effectiveness. >> if we can hear from walk sf. what do you think, about the speed and the fact hathere is estimating 30 additional 20 mile zone in the next year? i commend them for the w they did in the tenderloin this was an example wham can be done in a neighborhood based way. and so thank you very much for all that work you did there. we really did work hard for ab43 to pass this is a low cost way to get results. if there anything we can be doing to speedup sign place am or help the mt

it is available online sfmta board. the board president did ask the director of tax tel asmar look at helping out the holders. there was no discussion about ending the full time driving >> reporter: or changing the a-card rules the city litigate third degree repeatedly and defend third degree over years taxi medallion holder case in 2002. city is defended this rule. repeatedly. a follow up, would in your understanding of that discussion do you think that it would impact hearings such as this. or would it be potentially sounding like may not have been a detailed discussion. am no. in your assessment is it something that would impact similar situated folks as these appellates. >> it is unlikely. >> thanks >> in past hearings i brought this up i will do it again. i -- i am tremendous low sympathetic to the seniors the senior member of this panel i'm sincerely sympathetic to seniors. and you know when we face when we cross 70 and go it 80's and we live that long. what is the vault medallion other than hail mary value that d

and the enforcement act with the sfmta public dash boards. to monitor compliance, we can see where the scooters are in the city and monitor daily trip and make sure that the device minimum is met in the neighborhoods so there is minimal deployment across the city and that the financial district and embarcadero is not where all the scooters are concentrated. we maintain a complaint data base and monthly and quarter low reporting. and have used various sales force tools to improve trapping of the citations and improve reporting and to integrate with 311 to make sure that does get passed to the company to move the experience quickly as possible. and so just some stat about thes improper riding and parking citations. so, for p in the last since the concern term started july of 2021, we issued near low 14,000 improper parking and the city collected over 4 opinion 1 million dollars in fines. the upon fine was 100 per citation for awhile then increased to 150. for improper riding, since march 15, the mta began able to issue the citations for imprope

board now? >> yes. the sfmta by authority jurisdiction over our activities includes having a substantial appeal's function within the agency that is independent division of that is housed within finance and information technology. our appeals officer and his team deal with appeals for everything in the agency. whether it is people complaining about parking citation or towing or the scooter program or appeals of our decisions for the commuter shuttle program. all permits we issue there is an administrative function built in the duty to understand the details of policy the technical aspectless how it is applyd and then you know make approximate decisions the tough calls. my goal was to have all appeals consistent. and make sure that all functionsup hold sfmta policy. so since this was in our authority to do so, that we sort of forgot in 2009 to incorporate to. treat taxis like other function this is is a simple good government stream lining effort. i like to stick on the top i think of board of appeals. do you have

a few days ago i sent your board a synopsis of october 18 sfmta board meeting agenda item in which staff tried to remove taxi appeals from the jurisdiction. at the urengaging of stakeholders the commissioner successfully severed the issue basically a rider amendment to the unrepresented calendar item. the director has a wonderful resume and his stint for 20 years as the executive director of the metropolitan commission and staff gave misleading to questions he asked and i provided answers to him by this sinopises. when kate torn was asked about the revocation of cases and said unprincipled permit holders were involved and describing appellants and low hanging fruit -- >> became taxi law [inaudible] and transportation director ed reiskin asked for amendments which the agency board approved and one provision required a cdl for taxi renewal and targets elderly and disabled persons that can't get a cdl due to disabilities. those career workers are not ignoring a basic requirement rather sfmta created a capricious hurdle that workers cannot clear and getting the permits in the agency's benefi

a few days ago i sent your board a synopsis of october 18 sfmta board meeting agenda item in which staff tried to remove taxi appeals from the jurisdiction. at the urengaging of stakeholders the commissioner successfully severed the issue basically a rider amendment to the unrepresented calendar item. the director has a wonderful resume and his stint for 20 years as the executive director of the metropolitan commission and staff gave misleading to questions he asked and i provided answers to him by this sinopises. when kate torn was asked about the revocation of cases and said unprincipled permit holders were involved and describing appellants and low hanging fruit -- >> became taxi law [inaudible] and transportation director ed reiskin asked for amendments which the agency board approved and one provision required a cdl for taxi renewal and targets elderly and disabled persons that can't get a cdl due to disabilities. those career workers are not ignoring a basic requirement rather sfmta created a capricious hurdle that workers cannot clear and getting the permits in the agency's benefi

to know the threshold for death on streets from traffic violence that will trig are this board, mayor and sfmta to work aggressively to design safer streets in the seassfpd will not address it we need streets designed so drivers can't speed. another community member died on our streets yesterday from traffic violence the only move am i have seen is our slow streets taken out and returns to the danger zones they were before. always at the whim of somebody who wants to get somewhere faster. please, i beg you to prioritize the lives of our community members. over the convenience of drivers getting around town a bit more quickly. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. i believe we have 5 callers in the queue if you like to make a public comment you should press story 3 now to get in the queue. otherwise this, next call are mr. lam? welcome, caller. >> thank you so much. i'm addressing this there has been a lot of good public comment i want to add to the line of public comment. i have noticed that with few exceptions business office reopened due to covid-19 shut down. [inaudible] i foind it appa

. >> thank you the board will go in closed session. sfmta return today open session. accomplicesow item then. announcement of closed session the board met in closed session for the case approximate voted settle the matter. placesow item 14 motion to disclose or not disclose y. motion to not disclose. >> seconded. >> call the roll. on the motion to not discloegz. director heminger. >> aye yoochl hinze. >> aye. >> yekutiel. >> aye >> eaken. why aye. >> boarden. >> aye >> motion pass ands concludes the business before you today. that adjourned the meeting we will see out 15th. >> thank you. have a great rest of your day. >> my name is sylvia and i'm the owner of the mexican bistro. we have been in business for 18 years and we first opened on garry street in san francisco, and now we are located in a beautiful historic building. and we are part of the historical building founded in 1776. at the same time as the mission delores in san francisco. (♪♪) our specialty food is food from central mexico. it's a high-end mexican food based on quality and fresh ingredients. we have

. >> thank you the board will go in closed session. sfmta return today open session. accomplicesow item then. announcement of closed session the board met in closed session for the case approximate voted settle the matter. placesow item 14 motion to disclose or not disclose y. motion to not disclose. >> seconded. >> call the roll. on the motion to not discloegz. director heminger. >> aye yoochl hinze. >> aye. >> yekutiel. >> aye >> eaken. why aye. >> boarden. >> aye >> motion pass ands concludes the business before you today. that adjourned the meeting we will see out 15th. >> thank you. >> i went through a lot of struggles in my life, and i am blessed to be part of this. i am familiar with what people are going through to relate and empathy and compassion to their struggle so they can see i came out of the struggle, it gives them hope to come up and do something positive. ♪ ♪ i am a community ambassador. we work a lot with homeless, visitors, a lot of people in the area. >> what i like doing is posting up at hotspots to let people see visibility. they ask you question

board heard about in october. the cac members made suggestions from asking the staff internally for best practices for school trips to asking the sfmta to consider prioritizing daylighting at bus stops. in addition, the cac suggested that the project team hold a town hall and additional out roach to ensure the transportation authority heard from as many families as possible. >> subsequent to the meeting we were happy to hear admit project female extended the time line for the school upon plans survey flout november 20th. and they are inviting the public to join a second community meeting on monday, november 14, 6-7. more information on their website at sfcta. org/events. this concludes my report. thank you. open up to public comment. come forward. and seeing none, check if we have remote comment on item 3. checking for public comment. i see no comment. okay public comment is closed. mr. clerk, item 4. >> item 4 appoint 2 members to the community advisory committee, this is an action item. >> i think we have amillia wally presenting. >> commissioner chan wanted to cheek. >> commissioner chan. >> thank you, chair. and i regrettablely o

five years, with two two-year options to extend, and with said options the sfmta may exercise without further approval by the board of supervisors, effective upon approval of this resolution. item 10, resolution approving an agreement with imco parking, llc, for the management of 11 parking garages and one lot operated by the san francisco municipal transportation agency (sfmta), for an amount not to exceed $180,000,000 and a term of five years, with two two-year options to extend, and with said options the sfmta may exercise without further approval by the board of supervisors, effective upon approval of this resolution. >> and members wish to go comment, please call 415-655-0001. enter the meeting id24 the 74089634. press star three to enter the speaker line. when the system indicates you have been unmuted, that's your signal to begin comments. madam chair. >> thank you and mr. malone. >> good afternoon, chair and members of the committee. rob malone, senior manager of off-street parking and sf mta, streets division. here to speak on this item. because we have not been to this body before to talk about our progr

after which sfmta and staff would bring the item to the board of supervisors for approval. and with that, port staff and sfmta welcomes the commission's questions and comments. thank you. >> thank you, rebecca and for your presentation. is there a motion. >> i make a motion. >> second. >> now let's open it up for public comment. is there any public comment in the room? anybody want to comment? >> mark representing our locals which represents the workers at clear channel before we miss work now for many decades. for so long, our members have had a very difficult time with this job and as anybody can imagine, the street behavior, the other damage that is done to these facilities and so on. and we're enthusiastickly supporting this today. but also gives an opportunity to address so many of the issues that our members have phased at our work site. and their work site is their work shelter. members have just revoted and approved their collective bargain agreement for this unit. double being the workforce but you bring better wages and benefits to our members as well. and with thi

board heard about in october. the cac members made suggestions from asking the staff internally for best practices for school trips to asking the sfmtansider prioritizing daylighting at bus stops. in addition, the cac suggested that the project team hold a town hall and additional out roach to ensure the transportation authority heard from as many families as possible. >> subsequent to the meeting we were happy to hear admit project female extended the time line for the school upon plans survey flout november 20th. and they are inviting the public to join a second community meeting on monday, november 14, 6-7. more information on their website at sfcta. org/events. this concludes my report. thank you. open up to public comment. come forward. and seeing none, check if we have remote comment on item 3. checking for public comment. i see no comment. okay public comment is closed. mr. clerk, item 4. >> item 4 appoint 2 members to the community advisory committee, this is an action item. >> i think we have amillia wally presenting. >> commissioner chan wanted to cheek. >> commissioner chan. >> thank you, chair. and i regrettablely our dis

board heard about in october. the cac members made suggestions from asking the staff internally for best practices for school trips to asking the sfmta to consider prioritizing daylighting at bus stops. in addition, the cac suggested that the project team hold a town hall and additional out roach to ensure the transportation authority heard from as many families as possible. >> subsequent to the meeting we were happy to hear admit project female extended the time line for the school upon plans survey flout november 20th. and they are inviting the public to join a second community meeting on monday, november 14, 6-7. more information on their website at sfcta. org/events. this concludes my report. thank you. open up to public comment. come forward. and seeing none, check if we have remote comment on item 3. checking for public comment. i see no comment. okay public comment is closed. mr. clerk, item 4. >> item 4 appoint 2 members to the community advisory committee, this is an action item. >> i think we have amillia wally presenting. >> commissioner chan wanted to cheek. >> commissioner chan. >> thank you, chair. and i regrettablely o

board members chief strategy officer with the sfmta.e are written elements went element that cover capitol improve ams. one of those is this clear channel will add digital shell and increasing the capacity across the city this . it is partial low to help with the revenue and we find the digital shelters don't get vandalized as much as the standard. when they do this often they replace the entire shelter. they are going to be investing 2 million dollars immediately in that. so when the locations the shelter refresh and almost full construction will occur. in addition bla and others noted we estimate 400 shelters are not going to meet the condition assess am that is set in this propose the amendment. we are moving forward with an asset manage. approach versus complaint based. that alone. clear channel purchased 800 thousand dollars in glass and equipment in advanced of this to be prepared to investment in the shelters across the city. >> thank you. thank you supervisor stefani. i don't see anyone on the roster. i believe we can that i can

board heard about in october. the cac members made suggestions from asking the staff internally for best practices for school trips to asking the sfmtader prioritizing daylighting at bus stops. in addition, the cac suggested that the project team hold a town hall and additional out roach to ensure the transportation authority heard from as many families as possible. >> subsequent to the meeting we were happy to hear admit project female extended the time line for the school upon plans survey flout november 20th. and they are inviting the public to join a second community meeting on monday, november 14, 6-7. more information on their website at sfcta. org/events. this concludes my report. thank you. open up to public comment. come forward. and seeing none, check if we have remote comment on item 3. checking for public comment. i see no comment. okay public comment is closed. mr. clerk, item 4. >> item 4 appoint 2 members to the community advisory committee, this is an action item. >> i think we have amillia wally presenting. >> commissioner chan wanted to cheek. >> commissioner chan. >> thank you, chair. and i regrettablely our distri