that is the transit first goal. improving the city goal, we see a larger role we can play in the city in terms of its environmental performance, which is really the first objective, the direct impact on the economy, which is the second objective, the use of resources. we want to be a well-run organization as part of the city family and fabric. we want to be able to deliver our services efficiently, because transportation is so important in san francisco. it directly impact the quality of life here. finally, i made reference to the revenue or budget panel earlier, to reduce our capital and operating structural deficits. if we do not address them, we will not be able to achieve much. finally, the fourth goal is really the inward-looking girl. we need to strengthen and support -- strengthen the agency and support the employees to make any of this happened. we have an objective to improve internal communication, to make the workplace environment more collaborative and innovative, and inclusive. to improve accountability of our employees.

we are, not only in name, a transit-first city.so want to make sure that, if we are to accomplish that goal that we set out some years ago with my predecessor gavin newsom, a board that we all agreed to, every agency in this city, that we are going to reduce our emissions in our city by 2020 below the levels and be a leader in the rest of the world and keep our status as the greenest city in north america wears -- we're going to have to work that much harder and be very focused and dedicated and i want so much to do that for this city, because we want to be and continue to be the leadership of bicycles and alternative travel on our streets. i want to thank our dutch friends for being here, for having invited ed and board president david chiu and so many other leaders to host their way at the look other cities in the netherlands have been increasing bicycle opportunities for everyone to participate. the last time i was in amsterdam was in 1969, council general, and it was in high school where our high school choir was blessed with h

a city, we need to do much better at creating an environment where we have more jobs and economic development. we are also extremely challenge in our public transit. we talk about being a transit firstity, but everyone has had the experience of sitting in gridlock, waiting for the bus, trying to hail that tab, walking on pedestrian sidewalks that are not particularly safe. as a city, we need to do more to invest in the first-class transportation system. >> what are some of the biggest issues facing your district? >> in addition to the local economy that impacts the merchant corridors, to many vacant storefronts, transit issues, in every neighborhood we're having a real conversation about how we change, whether we should preserve aspects of the important characters of our neighborhood or think about building new things. there is also a real discussion we're having in many neighborhoods about affordability. i hear from too many tenants in the process of being evicted, homeowners being foreclosed on. we need to think about how all of us can continue to live in a city where the whole world wants to be. >> it is a great place to be. >> it is a great place to be. how do you balance the ne

it is super important to figure this out so we can work towards becoming a transit first city and really create the new muni riders of the future. that is why we are here, and i hope we can figure this out together. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker please. >> hello. good morning. supervisor campos: if you could speak into the microphone please. thank you. >> the first time i heard about this, i want to help the children get to school. if there is some way they can do it, put more attention on how they manage everything they have for the drivers and more attention to how they pay the work order. that way they can find out they do not pay extra money. that way we can have more money for families, as children, or elders -- families, children, or elders. but children need a lot of help, right? if they are in school, they are not outside on the streets. this money can be used for that. they can find a way how they can manage it better. that would be good for everybody. thank you for your interest. supervisor campos: thank you very much. next speaker. >> good morning, supervisors. i

if you want to make this a transit first city and have people use cars less, you have to expand these resources. chairperson nolan: would anyone else care to address the board on this? seeing no one, we have a resolution before us. >> motion to approve, with great pleasure. i know the board has put a lot of time into this, but that is nothing compared to staff. we appreciate the hard work on a great plan. our silence on the board recognizes the hard work we have done and you have done, and is not dismiss a of it. i know a lot of work has gone into this. i appreciate it. that is a long ocean. >> i will second with one sentence. we had a detailed discussion at our retreat. it is obvious you listened carefully to us, and i appreciate that. along the same lines as director brinkman, my quiet does not suggest this pleasure. quite the contrary. chairperson nolan: all in favor? the ayes have it. a member of this board a few years ago -- this built upon worksheet and the committee did. thank you. >> item 13, approving the 20 year capital plan. no one has expressed interest in addressing you o

i think that that would be good to have in there as a sort of transit first city. so they can relate to our other -- i did have a bigger question on how it related to other city policies. i wanted to make sure that there was a beast of reference to it. i am looking at this through my green lens, here, but around computing device disposal, with the size of the staff, there is probably a lot of waste generated. especially with technology. does it make sense to have some kind of the sustainable disposal policy? i had one other suggestion as well. under budget law and policy, i think that these exist. sorry. it is the title. >> that is also the summary of existing policies. >> i thought that we added november of 2002. i do not know if that was an amendment, or the democrats that was voter approval on the right requirement from the rate fairness board, as well as the oversight board. >> maybe it is somewhere else, but it had to do with this kind of water retention program. i do not know what you call it. keeping water out of the system to avoid costly treatment, water q

san francisco, we talk about it being a transit first city, but it does not mean a lot of options for transit are not well thought out in places further from downtown. my district is one place where we need to create better options. >> you mentioned muni and the changes that are happening. what about parking, traffic, is the area safer for pedestrians? >> there is always a lot of work to do with pedestrians. making sure the department of parking and traffic is painting along alemany. along balboa park station, geneva, san jose, pushing hard to get a ramp for pedestrians. right now, it is dangerous to cross the street, especially if you are pushing a stroller or are in a wheelchair. you have to go further than you but typically have to. there is so much more to do. we have to figure out how to calm the traffic. a lot of cars, speeding through and make it unsafe for pedestrians. sidewalks are not very convenient for people. it takes a lot of money to do that, but it is really about being vigilant and looking at the fund the come through the transportation authority. we have been extendi

i know this is a transit-first city. but one concern is what about later on? head -- heaven forbid anything happens to any child or parent, because these multi-ton locomotives come barreling down every day. we're very concerned about that. but i think this is an overdue project. i am just concerned about the location. supervisor cohen: once the locomotive passes this area, where does it go? >> the goes into our real yard at pier 96. your attendance of the port of san francisco. union pacific generally comes in in the morning. we are increasing our business, and the port is looking for more opportunities. we have got money for infrastructure, and we want to create more jobs in bayview. this is sort thisa pdr area with industrial stuff. we're concerned about the increase in our business, whether that will affected. we have had very fruitful meetings, and their commitment is wonderful. i believe in what they are doing. they're passionate about it. they're going to work with us and the india basin to deal with these issues of parking and safety. the port is planni

something that we at the sfmta have to manage to make it work, to enable transit to flow in keeping with the city transit first policy. parking is important. to manage it, we create rules and regulations. a lot of people may not like them, but it is what we need to do to make parking and transit work. the purpose of the rules and regulations are not to get people caught up in them, but to make transit work and make transportation work in san francisco. that leads us to technology. technology is important because it helps us to be able to do things more efficiently and effectively. most san franciscans like and have technology. we are bringing technology to where people are. most people have cell phones come smartphones. we are adopting our systems to work with what people have in their day-to-day lives. i am joined by a great group of people behind me. they will talk about an exciting initiative we are launching today that will be one of the most significant things to hit parking in san francisco in generations. i am honored to have a man for whom this technology is not very important. that is our majoyor ed l

something that we at the sfmta have to manage to make it work, to enable transit to flow in keeping with the city transit first policy. parking is important. to manage it, wecr

that is the transit first goal. improving the city goal, we see a larger role we can play in the city in terms of its environmental performance, which is really the first objective, the direct impact on the economy, which is the second objective, the use of resources. we want to be a well-run organization as part of the city family and fabric. we want to be able to deliver our services efficiently, because transportation is so important in san francisco. it directly impact the quality of life here. finally, i made reference to the revenue or budget panel earlier, to reduce our capital and operating structural deficits. if we do not address them, we will not be able to achieve much. finally, the fourth goal is really the inward-looking girl.

is the agency that's charged with implementing the city's transit first policy, which is about gettingeople out of their cars and into more sustainable modes of transportation, such as bikes, such as walking and transit in our great muni system. as someone who myself gets around the city often by bike, and i do that by choice, but more importantly, i'm given the charge of our agency to get folks out oaf their cars. i can't tell you how exciting it is for me to think all of the brain power and enthusiasm for cycling that's in this room are going to spend the next two days working with us to help us figure out how we can do every -- even better. although we've done a lot in terms of bicycling and increasing the mode of bicycling as a transportation of choice and we're very proud of what we've accomplished, there's a lot more that we can do and a lot more that we need to do. it's not just because riding around on a bicycle is for fun, which i think it is, or at least it is for some people. let's hear it for the mayor. it makes people more healthy, it's good for the environment. but one of

first and transition solely to the clipper card. sfmta is participating in a working group in conjunction with bart, the transportation authority, daly city, santrans and san francisco university to include daly city as well as other fare options. the current agreement allows unlimited travel on or within san francisco and on all muni services with a single fair instrument. the san francisco mta reimburses part about $1.20 for each trip taken under this agreement currently. this reimbursement rate is retroactively to the fiscal year 2011. in the new fast pass agreement which will go before the board of supervisors for approval in the near future, along with the bird feeder agreement. the fair study will look at the writer ship and financial impacts which will be included in the study already under way to look at the overall capacity at the daly city bart station. recommendations are expected in late summer, in the early fall of 2012. i look forward to potentially riding with you in the 14 l. president chiu: thank you. madame clerk, the consent agenda. >> an item can be removed and considered separately. >president chiu: would any of you l

city government. for the first time, you will see hackatohns at city hall, where we will engage some of the world's most innovative minds. from transit to better service delivery for residents, we must innovate our way to solutions. [applause] in doing so, we must always make sure that we innovate for everyone. whether you speak english, chinese, spanish, or all three. whether you are young, old, or have a disability, this is san francisco. true technological innovation must leave no one behind. [applause] the need to innovate and take responsibility for our own fate is nowhere more evident than in the challenges that we face with the elimination of our redevelopment agencies by the state. let's be candid. the legacy of redevelopment in other parts of the state, even our own city, is far from perfect. in recent years, we have leverage the power to build more than 11,000 units of affordable housing, create a growing biotech hub, and a new sales force campus. we have world-class convention facilities and museums around the garden. we are on the verge of 10,000 new housing units and acres of new parts and commercial space at the renewed