we just wanted to let you know that we are in negotiations with the city and with sfmta. we feel encouraged by the negotiations. they're in good faith. most recently, we submitted comments on the purchase agreement and other transfer documents and we're waiting to hear back from the city attorney and we do not believe at this point since we are proceeding in good faith, we don't see this resolution as necessary and we would prefer the board wait until we finish with negotiations. thank you. president chiu: thank you. are there any other representatives of the property owners who are here that wish to speak today? going once, going twice. okay. let me ask if there are any members of the public that oppose any or all of these resolutions, if you wish to speak please step up to the microphone. seeing none, let me invite back the mta staff. if you have any final rebuttals. >> thank you. >> thank you very much and yes, we're continuing to work with the property owners and their representatives and we look forward to successful negotiations. thank you. president chiu: thank you.

i am with enforcement and legal affairs for the sfmta. is is the issue regarding linus oha's application for a regular medallion, which was properly denied by the the hearing officer in the earlier proceeding. there is only one thing at issue here. the issue is whether mr. linus oha fulfilled the requirements. in order to qualify for the medallion, the applicant must be able to prove that he is driving 1564-hour shifts per year or four out -- 156 4-hour shift per year for four out of the last five years. he had to under 27 hours in 2006. -- he had 227 hours in 2006. in none of the years did he satisfy april time driving requirement. -- a full time driving requirement. mr. linus oha claims there should not be a full-time driving requirement for him because of the legislation, but that is an incorrect. the board of supervisors has the authority or the right to adopt regulations that operate in the same province. commissioner garcia: i did not hear your last words. >> they have the authority to adopt legislation that regulates the same proces

the s.f. mda. -- sfmta. >> good afternoon. i think the most important aspect i can bring to this conversation, even before we talk about parkmerced, is to talk about the corridors and to get an idea of of the transportation network works in this part of town, so to be able to do them together is an especially important resource for mta. this map on the screen shows two different colored as loans, and the pink zone represents what we call a pda that is an agreement with the city of san francisco which says if you are working with transportation planning pitch in this part of town, and you are working with the community in working with the city agencies, we will prioritize regional funding to help you solve your transportation problems in this part of town, so with the help of the supervisors and the transportation authority, we were able to get this part of san francisco on the radar screen as a pda. the pink plus the green area represents everything, and we wanted to look at transit and the pedestrian networks also, and what we

the sfmta, muni, the friends of. cable car museum, the union square association, trophy masters, shanghai 1930, ghirardelli chocolates, the american automobile association, triple-a, the golden gealt disposal and recycling company, macy's and $250 cash prize donor san francisco can he -- deluxe silentseeing. let's hear it for our sponsors. yeah. all right. now i'm going to introduce all the judges. there are a whole bunch of them err and i would ask you to hold your applause until i have finished are introducing all the judges. if i hear applause we're going to have to start all over again and we're wasting daylight already. there is a newcomer, matt new comer, triple-a staff staff. and long-time supporter, mr. gilberto gadoy, frens ever the cable car museum. he's the man who makes the beautiful bell that goes to the champion every year. linda is the executive director of the union square association and a co-response of this -- so he sponsor of this competition. cinderella echen is the owner of the shanghai 1930 res

when i first went over to work at the sfmta, the mandate that chief gascon gave us was not only to reduce crime, but to reduce the fear of crime. we want to focus on the crimes that create that atmosphere of crime. those crimes are weapons possessions. if people feel like other passengers may be armed, they are the ones creating the atmosphere where a crime may be committed. in short, these ordinances give us a tool by which we can use to basically in force htthe law strictly, as well as laws already in effect. >> if i could come up again, thank you for taking the time to see this item. again, i want to thank my colleagues who co-sponsored this. thank you for your support. if i could request that the committee send this out as a committee report, that would be great. supervisor mirkarimi: i want to thank supervisor carmen chu for moving this forward. just a quick question, and this is related to public comment. do you think there would be any level of the efficacy posting what this law would be on muni itself? i know it gives law-enforcement another tool, but the question of deterrence, w

into some other areas, like castro, where businesses can be high laid it on the -- highlighted on the sfmta page, so i want to present all of the programs that the city is doing that merchants can be involved in to help promote their direct -- business, dry business, and that sort, so that meeting is being held. as i said, your welcome to attend, and then i do also what do talk about our office working with them. they will let an opportunity to respond. legislative matters. the two proposed matters that the commission heard last month regarding the progressive payroll tax and a parking tax increase on parking grosz's and valet parking, -- garages and valet parking, those two word table, so they will not be on the ballot. the others passed out of the board of supervisors that you heard were the transfers from the fire department to the police department. that has passed out of the board of supervisors as well as the zoning regarding child care facilities. that concludes my report unless you have any questions. president yee riley: any questions for the director? seeing none, next item, pleas

i'm the central subway program manager and i'm accompanied by the sfmta head of real estate. today i'll be covering a -- providing you with a brief overview of the project and then i'll turn it over to christin who will provide you the detailed analysis for the two parcels and three easements. this is about dramatically improving transportation, public transportation to downtown san francisco, cutting trip times to over half to the 68% of the residents that live along the central subway corridor who don't have access to an automobile and rely on muni daily. the project has received its record decision in 2008, in november of 2008 allowing the agency to move forward with the right-of-way acquisition and easement acquisition process we're discussing today. the project has also received -- has issued a notice to proceed on its first construction contract, utility relocation for the south of market and masconey and portal area issued in january of 2010 and the project has also received a major milestone in the fca approval to enter into final design also in january of 2010. and th

founding member of the sfmta board, a victim not just willie brown but shirley a victim of term limitsn the m.t.a. board. we are very proud, i know probably 90% of you hear from shirley. we want to thank you for your support of her and thank you to shirley for her support of our city and i think will be an out

approval minutes of the july sfmta. chairman nolan: is there mokes to a-- a motion to approve. >> second. >> minutes of the march 2, 2010, parking authority regular commission. chairman nolan: is there a motion. >> second. chairman nolan: those in favor say aye. >> aye. >> item five, communications. i know of none, mr. chairman. chairman nolan: ok. new unfinished business. ok. that's not me. ms. boomer. excuse me. ok. thank you. a couple of announcements, communications. we have a special order in today's agenda and that's at 1:00 this afternoon or as soon as possible thereafter but not before. the board secretary will call item 11 about the taxi issue. and if the board has another agenda item, they'll complete that and then go back to that and then we'll continue the agenda as regularly scheduled. and also on september 21 this year the board of directors will be holding a workshop rather than a regular meeting. the meeting will begin at 9:00 in the morning and will be held in the conference room at 1 south van buess. se