and i'm just going to read from the lovely memo that tom mcguire sent out. it's no exaggeration to say jerry's work helped formed the foundation of everything sustainable streets did, he was a leader in san francisco in his time with the mta and other agencies and he was a mentor and friend to so many throughout this agency who were lucky enough to know him and work with him. we will also adjourn in honor of milton james, 38-year team member of the sfmta and 31-year safe operator. our thoughts are with the family and loved ones and we remember their dedicated service. i want to welcome amanda eakin who comes with a fantastic background. in this time of increased urgency around responding to climate change we are lucky to have director eakin join the board, welcome. i want to thank mayor breed and the board of supervisors. director eakin would you like to say a few words? sorry, i didn't warn you i was going to do that. >> commissioner a. eaken: happy to. thank you all, it's wonderful to join such a board of directors and a real pleasure to have an opportunit

. >> tom mcguire, executive director of the sfmta. going to provide a history of the scooter program and just to get the issues on the table and provide a basis for this discussion. first of all, want to bring everybody back to march of 2018 where three operators shared electric scooters to the streets and sidewalks of san francisco. those scooters brought an interesting and exciting new mobility option to the city, but they also brought a number of challenges and concerns that we heard about directly from this board and from stakeholders throughout san francisco. if i could summarize the issues that we heard back in march and april, it was concern that shared scooters were being ridden on sidewalks, that they were causing serious concerns for accessibility and mobility for persons with impairments because of the way they were parked on sidewalks and crosswalks or generally concerned that the public sidewalk were being used for private enterprise in a way that only served certain san franciscans. as a result this board on april 24 pas

. >> i know that tom mcguire is in the audience, and i know that he and his friends will look into that. next speaker. >> while i was in this marathon meeting that someone had tweeted that they made this request for a corral near their house. so the response that he got was thank you for your bike rack request, could you please tell us more about your request. we don't typically site bike racks in neighborhoods that -- [inaudible] >> -- but mr. kapur was surprised, to say the least, that m.t.a. said no we're not going to go out and single-family neighborhoods and put racks in. >> i'm sure if staff can get more information about the request, that's a block by block decision. i have seen racks in front of residences. again, you're sitting next to the right man. next speaker, please. >> tarik mahmoud, director heinicke -- [inaudible] >> -- 7% on credit cards, and she lowered that money to hundreds of dollars instead of $100,000. when i spoke again director heinicke, you admonished me from here and i'm here to tell you, get some integrity for yourself. if you would have worked for me, i wou