the m.t.a. board request the board of supervisors amend the planning code to require a finding by us at the m.t.a. as the impact of transportation -- impact on transportation. particularly transit of any additional parking supply being created within the city. sometimes, of course, the creation of new parking supply in the city is pretty benign in its impact on transportation or transit. but we think that when such supply is created that it should stop here first on the way so that the sfmta can review it for any potential impacts on transportation including transit. this is something that recognizes that a lot of different agencies have their -- have a hand in transportation planning in san francisco. and we want as much as possible for the m.t.a. to be part of that discussion whenever new parking is created. especially when it's created on some kind of meaningful scale. i also have a recommendation regarding clipper. we're seeing a lot of clipper cards, of course, on the muni vehicles. and the

the m.t.a. to advance some key capital state of good repair priorities that clearly would otherwise have been deferred or delayed due to lack of funding. to date we have spent over 58% of our funding and have created approximately 800 jobs within the bay area. that being said, i've asked carter to give you a short update on the agency's utilization of the stimulus funding. carter? >> good afternoon once again, mr. chairman, directors mr. ford. the sfmta has received over $9230 million -- $90 million in stimulus funding. we received three grants totaling $90 million in the past year. in addition, through the california department of transportation we received $539 ,000 from the transportation enhancement funds for pedestrian improvements. the agency has placed these funds to good use. we've focused on 16 programmatic activities. and we've issued 14 contracts. four were professional services contracts, three were construction contracts, and seven procurements. and we also self-performed the mainten

it is that we recommend that the m.t.a. board request the board of supervisors amend the planning code to require a finding by us at the m.t.a. as the impact of transportation -- impact on transportation. particularly transit of any additional parking supply being cr

formed of the m.t.a. initiatives and business decisions. recently, unfortunately, debra announced her retirement. and we wanted to take this opportunity to express our appreciation for her contributions to the success of our agency. the joy of debra's life is her family. she has three daughters, one son and grandchildren. debra's mother, who recently turned 89 years young, is here today to support her as she receives this award. and i see we have roberta boomer here, our secretary to the board, who will present the award to deb rafment roberta? . >> ms. reed, it is my pleasure, really, to give this to you, this certificate of appreciation presented to debra fleed recognition of your dedication to improving the quality of life of the employees in the municipal transportation agency and the residents of san francisco by the san francisco municipal transportation agency. we will miss you greatly. i have counted on you. you have been such a pleasure to work with over the years. and the c.a.c. will not be the same without you. [applause] >> i jus

the cost savings that the m.t.a. achieved as a result of these discussions may not have materialized without their support. christine has been with the agency for four years and she is a hardworking and dedicated employee who takes pride in and is a team player who is always willing to mentor and assist others and is willing to learn new things. sheroline has been with the agency for two years. she's the ultimate team player who assists her colleagues without hesitation. her technical skills are part of her attitude. both are tremendous assets to their division, their agency and the city as a whole due to their unrelenting commitment to those they serve. debra is here to present the award to christine and sheroline. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. thank you, mr. ford, members of the board. it's with us team pleasure that i stand before you today and recognize these two employees. as you all know for the past several months i've been coming before you, briefing you about our discussions and our partnering with labor

i think you are talking about a revenue that might come monthly to the m.t.a. and when we are talking about transferable medailyions, those sold by a previous owner to new owner or that were held because of the death or surender of a previous owner and are being sold out right to the new owner. >> so it really covers direct sales situation. this is not public to a program where we will be splitting it with a retiree? >> no. other than some of the transfer fees go to the driver fund. but that is the only split. if we are forced, we will have a situation where we realized all of the funds or the vast majority of them in the first instance. >> right. >> my question is, is there any calculation for depreciation for use of the medallions? i realize that it is hopefully something that will never come to pass. but if we did have to repurchase a huge lot of medallions it would be very expensive. to give somebody the original purchase price when they had the use of the medallion for a long time. rather clear obligation is the board passes this item and if we enter into t

i did cover the m.t.a. meeting and discovered that frankly this m.t.a. board is very isolated from the realities of the users of muni in san francisco. additionally, they were pinning the drivers against the community. under the leadership of mayor newsom. they were blaming the drivers if they raise the fairs for disabled, they raise the fairs for students, that they were responsible for this crisis. and i, frankly, as i said find that despicable. why should the drivers who are doing difficult work and difficult times be blamed for this economic crisis? but that's precisely what the m.t.a. board unanimously did. i think it would be a mistake to appoint her. it would basically confirm the direction. we don't need corporate executives on the m.t.a. board. we need some community activists, users of the service, and drivers who really know what the situation is. there's been no, for example, effort by the board to say that these high-paid executives who make -- the director makes over $300,000 a year, they should cut their wages. instead they are attacking th

the m.t.a. to be part of that discussion whenever new parking is created. especially when it's created on some kind of meaningful scale. i also have a recommendation regarding clipper. we're seeing a lot of clipper cards, of course, on the muni vehicles. and the rollout of that seems to be going at pace. we do want to call your attention to a potential issue with the clipper card that we think needs fixing. we think that the transfer policy should be amended to state that as long as a rider's transfer hasn't expired by the time they board a vehicle, they can continue to ride that vehicle in the direction it was traveling when they boarded. and let me explain to you why that's important. if somebody has a transfer on their clipper card, and it's good for, say, the next five minutes when though get on that vehicle and they tag their card, they'll get the green light. they'll get the pleasing sound. and they'll believe that they have done, you know, the lawfully -- lawful thing and covered their far

and beyond that the m.t.a. ranked number fourth for jobs created or retained in the first quarter of 2010 using these federal funds. the transit capital assistance program, a grant of $85 million, is funding 14 of our transit-related capital projects. and as a result of these funds, 568 jobs were created and/or sustained including laborors, coordinators, electricians, engineers and expectors, quality control specialists as well as machinists and installers. so we remain committed to working with the federal government to retain and create more jobs and continue our efforts in seeking additional federal funding to support improving the m.t. arment. -- m.t.a. at some point we will be bringing back to the board a status update of the funded projects that we have under way so you'll have an update in terms of what's occurring with that funding at a more practical -- more direct level. you've read and heard a great deal of information of our september 4 service restoration at the st. francis circle project comes to a

i talked to tom at the m.t.a., and he said the way to do that is get a petition from people in the area. i went to every business on that street. they all signed it. i sent that to tom, and we are asking to prohibit parking -- overnight parking on that street to discourage those people from hanging out there. >> you are in support of this? >> yes. >> thank you for being here. we appreciate it. >> we have already approved it, just so you know. >> ok. >> 10.1. i don't think we can get into this on the public record for reasons discussed before. what i would ask -- i won't slow these settlements down today. but in our next meeting when we have one of these reports, if i could ask that a more wholesome report. we have half the distinction. with that, and asking that that be provided next time, i would move 10.1. >> all in favor, say aye. we have been asked to have a recess for five minutes or so. is that right? >> there is nothing on labor negotiations. it is just the closed session item. i think it is only one item of potential litigation. >> ok. are you ready to go? >> chairman nolan dire

chairman, and members of the m.t.a. board. i would also on behalf of the m.t.a.taff like to welcome our new director, director cheryl brinkman. we look forward to working with you over the next few years. i'd like to begin my report with recognizing our staff for outstanding service and contribution that they've made to the agency. our first award goes to debra reed. debra, could you please step up to the podium? debra serves as our secretary for the citizens advisory council and has been with the agency for five years. as you know, the c.a.c. is a 15-member board that has four committees and one full c.a.c. meeting each month. when debra began suo

the problem i have is with the structure that we currently have at the board of the m.t.a. i do believe that the current structure, notwithstanding some exceptions, i point to commissioner oka as one of those exceptions, the current structure does not, in my view, provide for the level of accountability and independence that is needed. i think that until that structure changes, that we are going to continue to have some of the same problems. we are going to continue to have a lack of representation in certain communities. we are going to continue to have a lack of transparency on some issues. i think that's the reason why those of us who submitted a charter amendment for the ballot felt very strongly that that charter amendment neated to go forward because we do need comprehensive muni reform and reform that only includes the communities that we talked about, but along the lines that were discussed by members of the public, youth, seniors, disabled, and so many diverse communities in san francisco. i think that given the current structure we are not going to do better than t

for that we go to kurt kroncke of the m.t.a. >> good morning, sarah. it's a smooth commute this morning on the marc trains. no delails on the penn, camden and brunswick lines. both light rail, metro subway operating on schedule. a few bus delays. 5, 8, 10, 14, 19, 23, 51, 64 bus all running about 10 to 20 minutes late. and diversions, the 5 bus diverting at igor and central. look for the 10 and 30 buses with a diverse at light and pratt. with the m.t.a. transit team, now kurt kroncke. now back to tony pann. >> good morning, everyone. we'll show you the seven-day forecast. we do have a little bit of rain to talk about, but not today. first, good morning to sandra shaw. she's downtown. she's going to tell us about another wonderful charity event involving some of the local restaurants. hi, sandra. >> hey, tony. we are actually at clementine on harford road in northeast baltimore city. so basically, they are donating 50% of all of their patrons' checks this thursday, september 23, to a program. i'll tell you more about it. the event is called dining out fo

with the m.t.a. transit team, i'm kurt kroncke. now back to tony pann. od morning, tony. >> thank you, sir. good morning, everyone. so far, so good on this monday morning commute as far as the weather goes. a front last night produced a few sprinkles, but most of that has dissipated now. the temperatures are in the 60's. 62 in parkton. it's 67 degrees at the airport. 66 in rock hall. so relatively mild start for this time of the year. the temperatures have jumped into the upper 70's later on today, so it's going to be a nice one. here's the weather setup. we had this cold front go through, as i mentioned. it's now settled across the central part of virginia, but there's no weather associated with this front. there's a nice area of high pressure coming in behind it, and it will produce a little bit of a breeze, but that's about it. as we head toward the middle of the week, we might see a little area of low pressure develop on wednesday, but for the next few days, it's going to be quiet. we did have the showers, as i mentioned before, but everything has dis

to leverage the work being done at the m.t.a. and san francisco transportation authority and with community leaders, and to package these things with a narrative that can anchor our future where these are not one-off projects and this becomes the norm. there is actually a story line in terms of how we approach our public realm. in the past none of that really existed. we had communities that said enough is enough, we need to focus on our streets and somebody with a louder voice camino to the supervisors a -- came to the supervisor or mayor and said focus on our streets. now we have a deliberative plan and we are codifying this vision. it started in 2005, but then it started to take shape formally in 2007 when we asked the m.t.a., d.p.w., department of health, department of environment, public utilities commission and other departments to come together in a way they never had and say what are you planning to do? what are you thinking of doing? what are you asking for in terms of federal and state appropriations? what are we looking

a lot of hours put in by your staff, by people in the m.t.a. and all facets of the cab community. and i think we are at a great point to address the concerns of the previous speaker as far as m.t.a. being on the hook. i am assuming you had time to read the information from the lenders and so forth. i don't know how familiar you are with the cab business, but some people are offering to pay cash for these medallions. those that are financing them, their monthly payments that you speak of, are within the realms of what the companies have paid medallion holders for the use of the medallions. in this regard you basically have a failsafe situation where if someone were to default and couldn't make the payments, rather than going back to the city, the companies are willing to run the medallions until they find another purchaser and basically cover the payments to the credit union that they would need to secure their loan. certainly this is something that's been researched for a while. i am excited to be where we are. i think it will benefit the community. the drivers have an opportunity

$1.9 million that the m.t.a. study has concluded has been missing. $609 million, the structural deficit for the maintenance of the existing fleet. the central subway, as you may know from our previous communiques, in our opinion, is a poor investment, a politically initiated projects that does not serve chinatown or north beach. the central subway projects project -- reduction of services to the stockton corridor. about 75,000 hours per year. we think even the existing state and local funds of $384 million, of which $123 million in prop k funds, might be a salvation of the muni system in the next few years as the city faces increasing budget deficits. we hope there will be some enlightened leadership, if not from our city, from washington, perhaps the fta themselves, independent agency that are not as potenbeholden to the politicl forces in the city, to guide us, in no way that will improve public transit for all of san francisco in the coming years. thank you. >commissioner chu: thank you. are there any other mem

i want to acknowledge the m.t.a., p.t.w. m.o.d. and c.t.a. apnd departmet of public health. a lot of acronyms but they stand for a lot of great people in the city working together to make this possible and are working with community members and folk to bring together ideas that will make better streets possible throughout the city. congratulations to everyone and i look forward to enjoying valencia street and many other corridors around the city for many years to come. [applause] >> thanks to all much the organizations working with the city to make san francisco a better place. a few more acknowledgments. i did mention the deputy general manager is here for a significant part of the process and more significant part when we get to caesar chavez. we had a support from the better streets, league of conservation voters, state department of transportation, cal tran and many others and the merchants around here were wonderful to work with. i also want to acknowledge i mentioned our director of cultural affais

the transit effect of this project was the twisted product of the controllers office and m.t.a. planning. a lot of twisted thinking went into it. and the money that went into it could have gone to more buses and more drivers. and another fault that this m.t.a. has is they think in terms of dollar and cents primarily. they don't think in terms of human impact. so it basically comes down to dollars and cents. so it's in your interest to restore the previous run. [tone] chairman nolan: thank you. >> shawn, then daniel phillips. chairman nolan: good afternoon. >> good afternoon, residential builders association. a permit in san francisco for new construction is down the 0% from 2008 to 2009 -- 90% from 2008 to 2009. unemployment in trade is hovering around 30%. certainly 2010 is not any better than 2009. both the mayor's office, the board of supervisors have passed and are continuing to discuss various ways of stimulating our industry. clearly these are very difficult times for the industry. but at this particular time, the m.t.a. is discussing a lost meter revenue fee which is reall

we're also joined by mary holland the m.t.a's parking enforcement agency. she's been with the city since 1979 when she started as a parking patrol officer and assists in the management of day-to-day operations of her division, planning and a ministering work and activity office senior parking patrol officers and officers engaged in parking enforcement and intersection control. last but not least we're joined by deputy or sorry, district attorney paul henderson that will help understand the enforcement related of prosecution of collisions. so, mary, please begin. >> good morning. as julian said i'm mary fo a lo on the security and enforcement division. in ours we have 271 parking patrol officers. 30 field supervisors and three assistant directors and what we do as it relates to pedestrian safety is we enforce parking regulations. those closely related are sidewalk parking, cross walks, bus zones, intersection blockage and to ensure the safety of pedestrians. our goal and our mission in enforcement is to ensure the safe and efficient movement of people and goo

however under prior agreements between the m.t.a. and bart, the n.t.a. actually receives advertising revenues from bart in all bart stations throughout the bay area. and in this particular case if you approve this agreement, it's estimated that the n.t.a. would receive about 15% of $64,000 in fiscal year 2010-2011. this is based on the minimum annual guarantee bart gets from its advertising contractor, and about 15% of $487,000. so that's -- the n.t.a. would receive a minimum based on that of about $467,000 from bart and that's through september 30 of 2018. the airport receives no revenues. on the other hand, if you approve this agreement, the free shuttle bus, which is costing the airport over $500,000 a year, will be eliminated. so that certainly is a benefit and it's already been explained the benefit to the employees by getting the reduction from $4 to $1.50 in order to go directly to bart. supervisor, i think that's the important issues in our report. and because of the aesthetics issue which members of the board of supervisors has raised in the pas