now for the buses and the trains we go to kurt kroncke of the m.t.a. happy friday. >> we're looking for the most part good on the marc trains and camden and brunswick lines are operating on time. we have a few diversions on the buses. the 33 bus with a diversion eastbound. 1030 buses diverting at broadway. >> thank you. good morning. we're watching the storm system, the same one we've been watching passing to our south. it's close enough to give us some cloud cover and sprinkles this morning but nothing that will slow the traffic down, and you can leave your umbrella at home. there's a little front coming down through the mid-atlantic. it went through baltimore and the wind shifted from the south to the north-northeast. it's not windy right now, but this afternoon the winds may be gusting up to 25-30 miles per hour. heavy rain across the southern part of virginia to norfolk. again, nothing of any consequence here, but you could see a little sprinkle activity on your windshield as you're driving to work. looking up towards pennsylvania, you can see the c

they also referred -- the m.t.a. refers to a chinatown area transportation study of 1996. once again, the mta completely ignores these reports. mta did not report the day the mti reported in 2002, which was brought up by many of their experts, the fact that they included stockton street traffic signals, transit stop for spacing and relocation be completed in three years. it would have cost $9.1 million. they ignored that. instead, we are looking at $1.62 billion expense. i think the mta has not played with a full deck all along. when it comes to the subway, the subway itself will take longer travel time than the surface by an average of seven minutes, no matter which plan you look at. given this controversy and contradiction, i ask the board of supervisors should apply its due diligence and apply for the independent audit. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker please. >> good afternoon. i am a south of market resident, and a long-time, over 12 years, member of the central subway community advisory group. i just want to say about the community advisory group in all the

for that we go to kurt kroncke of the m.t.a. good morning, kurt. >> good morning, sarah. earlier power outage causing a 30-minute delay on the light rail, also west bridge northbound between cromwell and b.w.i. to camden. however, light rail is full service right now. metro subway on time. marc trains looking good. no delays on the penn, camden and brunswick lines. we have the 19 bus with a diversion at eutaw and baltimore. 311 diverting southbound at cathedral and monument. with the m.t.a. transit team, i'm kurt kroncke. now back to tony pann. >> thank you, sir. good morning, everyone. we're heading into the biggest travel time of the year, so i thought we'd start with the national travel weather, then work our way back to baltimore. there's going to be rain shower activity all along the east coast from new york all the way down to the carolinas, maybe even into the northern part of florida. if you're driving or flying up to new york, expect rain there. atlanta is a huge connecting hub. there could be thunderstorms there this afternoon. dallas, 63 with a chance for rain s

with the m.t.a. transit team, i'm kurt kroncke. ack to tony pann. >> partly cloudy skies this morning. nice and quiet. we do rain to talk about going into the weekend. first let's say good morning to meteorologist ava marie live at the rawlings conservatory this morning playing with the plants. what's going on, ava? >> good morning, tony. yes, we have an exciting new exhibit that is now open at the rawlings conservatory. it's all about mums, which make fall perfectly. everyone has them in gardens. it's a fascination, because they're flow there's actually stay alive through cold weather. you're the supervisor here at the conservatory. and, you know, the title of this is mums and memories, because it ties into the past of baltimore. tell us about that. >> well, conservatories have traditionally had wonderful mum shows over the years, and baltimore is no exception. we had our first really big one in 1901 at patterson park, and that continues every year through the city, you know, through times to have this tradition of growing mums tha

the charter requires that the sf m.t.a. board members receive four hours of training annually about their legal and financial obligations as the board, so this training is not designed to satisfy this. the code requirement that all board and commission members receive sunshine training annually, and it is not designed to set aside a state law requirement that board and commission members received ethics and other training by annually. -- biannualy. we're going to talk about the powers and the duties of the board and its members and also just a little bit about open meeting laws. if you have any questions, please feel free to stop me. if you have any questions, i can answer them. let me know if you have questions. i am sorry. the mta as an agency has unique powers, not held by other agencies within the city. the mta has exclusive authority over acquisitions of property, construction, use of this property. it has exclusive authority to contract, to purchase, and to lease. the sf mta can accept and spend grant funds without the

our job at the m.t.a. since we're the transportation agency for the city and it's our job to make sure that everybody can get around san francisco and do so safely. whether you're riding muni, whether you're in a car, whether you're in a cab, whether you're on your bike or whether you're walking, we want you to be able to be safe. particularly we want you to be safe to get to school. the last thing we want parents and teachers having to worry about is getting you to school. we want you to be focused on learning and on developing your skills and on being safe and healthy. as mayor and supervisor kim mentioned, we're doing things such as lowering speed limit, calming the streets, doing everything we can do working with our partners and the police department, pauble health department, rec and park and school district to make it so you can all get to school safely. when i saw all of those hands still up, when you were asked how many of you walk to school, it warmed my heart. this is a model of a neighborhood s

odd numbered years such as this one, the sf m.t.a. was required to submit a budget amendment only if it was seeking an increase in appropriations or fare increases, or things that were not included in the two- year budget that you submitted. the sf mta budget is approved by operational law. this is different than any other agency. their budgets are approved by the board. this is unless it is rejected by a supermajority by the board of supervisors. if the sf mta wants an increase in general fund spending that is over the guaranteed base amount, then you would have to receive the normal, but you would go through the normal budgetary review process and get approval from the mayor and the board of supervisors for increases over your general fund spending. and of course, as you have heard today, the sf mta board with the board of supervisors approval can issue debt without voter reproval. i want to talk about the concept that has two parts that are commonly referred to as interference in administrative affairs, and the first part of that is

excludes work that will be performed as an example, by the m.t.a. or transit which would involve ticketing or do improvements in the project because we can extend the pla to an outside governing board. and also, the specialty work related to the art program. we have specific rules for the artists to be able to select the craftspeople that will be working on the art program. some of the benefits that flow back to the beneficial terms of the agreement -- again, no strikes, lockouts. the pla does not limit participation but encourages participation from unions as well as small businesses. has special provisions for employees and contractors that come on site and participate including specific provisions applied to small and disadvantaged business to ensure that they have continuity by bringing their core employee of to the first seven on to the project. also, to the joint administrative committee, which i will touch on in a minute, it puts the union in supporting the tjpa in meeting our overall dbe and sbe goal. we describe our targets for the program i

i truly believe that the m.t.a. board needs to be the voice of reason and vote no on this project. director nolan: thank you, sir. next speaker. >> good afternoon, members of the board and chairman. i am its business owner. -- i am a business owner. and you're sort a longtime resident of san francisco, going on 35 years. i do not have a car. i take my bike everywhere and i have a clipper card in my pocket. i am concerned about the project because i do think it draws an unfair burden of traffic on to haight street. the activity of --, with which i am very familiar, has created a lot of traffic -- the octavia project. i think adding additional bus traffic and an additional lane both west and east bound is going to be even more confusing for the amount of people that come into the city using that exit. it also takes away metered parking. i know that the plan has a net increase of two parking spaces. it could be three. but that is not on our street. that is somewhere else. right now, where do i stop to unload my groceries without being in an opposite direction of oncoming traffic for a

that is statements by you about the m.t.a.'s financial position you need to take some care with. with that, we will close, and should you have any questions, we are available to answer. director nolan: thank you. any questions? are you sufficiently scared? >> i will read through this, and i read through it earlier. a quick question for mr. blake. in orange county as well as san diego, both of those incidents, a lot of that was on the whole derivatives market. you stated earlier, the sec issued a couple of weeks ago some new rules and regulations. is it possible that you could distribute those to the board? i think it is important in light of this because derivatives are still used in the market and underwriters use them that they understand how the market works. >> we can do that. i will tell you now back the city, with the exception of the airport, is a very conservative bond issuer. i think the issue that will come before you will be a fixed rate issue. no bells, no whistles. there will be no derivative products. we can certainly do that, but again, i think that your board is n

that is statements by you about the m.t.a.'s financial position you need to take some care with. with that, we will close, and should you have any questions, we are available to answer. director nolan: thank you. any questions? are you sufficiently scared?