i look forward to working under the direction of the mta board, with the men and women of the mta, the labor organizations and leadership that represents them come with the rest of the elected family of the city, with my colleagues across the government's, from planning to the t.a., to the city attorney's office, the police department, working with the city family, working with our other regional states partners. all of them an important part of the transportation system here, working with other stakeholders within cac, within various advocacy groups. and really, the people of san francisco who really deserve to have a transportation system. what i will commit to all of you and to the entire board is i will do everything i can during my time here to make it so that years down the road, when we all look back on the decision of the mta board, we will feel like it is a good decision and we will be happy with the results. thank you very much for coming. it is really an honor. i look forward to serving the people of san francisco. thank you. [applause] chairman nolan: i want to say a word o

with the mta create the permit? >> next speaker, please. >> 10 years ago, voters greeted a taxi commission because the powers that be convinced them that that would be good and it did not work and then it was thrown out a couple of years ago but the voters did not throw out everything the way it has been construed. i'm saying that the proposition did not eliminate proposition k. the way the taxes were operating under the police department was much the fare. selling the balance is so immoral, illegal, and unethical. there are people waiting on the list many years for their medallion and now they do not want -- they will not get it because the city would like to balance the budget with sales of medallions and revenues which have doubled. [applause] >> next speaker, please. >> the most important factor in determining the caliber of service in terms of our industry, we will not have a world-class industry without the drivers and we cannot keep good drivers if we remove the opportunity to earn a decent living. in less th

supervisor chu: with regards to the mta, this legislation would not necessarily the relevant to the mta? -- not necessarily be relevant to the mta, correct? >> they demanded certain resources, including overtime, whereas the human resources director is responsible for footing the exemptions on the non-mca directors. -- non-mta directors. supervisor mirkarimisupervisor o that a bit, mta. >> we are required to report to the controller on the difference [unintelligible] word to go through. supervisor chu: the ordinance applies that it is a matter of enforcement? >> for the mta we have several classes that are exempt where station agents are given exemption as a class. looking at that level, we have 35 individuals that beat that level. the majority of them are operators or electrical workers. we are very concerned by the safety implications of that much overtime. unfortunately, the issue has been presented under a myriad of reasons. because the service modeled presents vacancy issues and unlike safety staff, the attrition levels of operators, pcr's, those kinds of positions are city departm

>> this would be a question for the mta to address in the deficit. they do not know what the market looks like at this point. the advertising market has not been stable for the past couple of years. in attempting to get incremental revenues, they were not willing to revisit the underlying agreement. supervisor kimsupervisor chu: wo the projected deficit, how have they been progressing at the board? >> this estimate was presented several months ago before the budget started. now i think, a supervisor, everyone is aware that almost every year the mta has similar deficits. we do things informally, like not buying parts or materials. making the formal revenue increases and cuts to the budget, there has always been a deficit. adding to the random service revenue that we have, which frustrates others. i am hoping that we do not do this again this year. supervisor chu: when we do get passed the budget, what was the change that occurred that led to the deficit? , >> one of the items was a garage ordinance to enforce pricing. unfortunately, and additionally,

from the mta to come forward. i have a number of questions about the disagreement. i thank you for being here. i understand the importance of trying to get this agreement done. this is the concern i have. at some point the agreement that was in place between bart and the mta took into account the number of trips taken in the system and use that for the basis of reimbursement that the mta received. from a public policy standpoint, it makes sense you would have the nexus. at some point that was no longer the basis for the agreement. i'm trying to understand why we are going into an agreement that does not rely on that nexus because connecting the amount that is reimbursed to the mta to the number of trips that are taken will insure that we get reimbursed the amounts that are owed to us. in this case according to the report for the budget analyst, we're talking about perhaps $12 million that we would be entitled to being left on the table. >> thank you for the question. you're right. if it does agree that the -- if t

with the federal funding, and the mta has been working with the comptroller's office. you may recall that this is the way that it is historically done. i think that this will be funded at all levels requested. commissioner mirkarimi: very good. discussion? public comment? >> i am the planning manager at chinatown cdc. we have been working on this project for a 15to 20 years -- 15 to 20 years and we would like to come to you to ask for support. san francisco is a transit first city. we are all working on transit inclusion and access for everyone. it has been mentioned that federal money is becoming increasingly more difficult to obtain, and that we are so close to the finishing line, after 15 years of work, from the mta, city community, and we want to use this opportunity to lock in the infrastructure benefits for our neighborhoods. lastly, to point to some of the economic benefits and job gains -- one of the businesses that relocated, they moved two weeks ago, and they have already hired local small-business people. i just want to point that out as for the small busine

with me are copies of our second complaint against the assets mta the tailing the use of power which has continued which constitutes harassment and equal treatment under the law. as you can see, the san francisco taxi industry continues its protest against the sf mta. we are asking you to take our complaint seriously and remedy inequities against us. otherwise, the assets and ca will be liable for the continuing problems that we suffer under your watch. >> because we are exceeding the fire codes, we are setting up an overflow room if you could please fill any vacancies, people on the sides here, we need you to sit down or we will have to move you to the north light in order to comply with the fire code. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i'm a cab driver in san francisco and you will see cabdrivers' showing up and every time, it we represent the drivers. i really appreciate what she was doing for the drivers and instead of adding more cabs, we get the open taxi access and it would help everyone living in san francisco and the drivers. however has the idea, thank you. you unw

to determine bart's feeder agreement payment to the mta -- is the methodology used by bart and the mta from 1987 to 1991. as stated, that is tied directly to the actual number of transfer trips between bart and muni. we totally uncut -- concur with the position that the formula utilize from 1987 to 1991 is preferable in order to tie the feeder agreement payment to the actual number of transfer trips, which more accurately reflect mta's cost to provide feeder services. to illustrate this in a striking manner in the our report on page 5, as shown on page 3, idealizing the 1987 methodology for 2009, 2010, it would have been $15,135,790, $12 million or 473.1% more than the $2.6 million amount that you are now being asked to approve using the sales tax methodology. it is a very significant difference by that change in methodology, which has never been documented. on page 6 of our report, the actual number, the mta now says that they will go back can renegotiate this agreement methodology to provide a clear nexus between the actual number of transfer trips between bart and muni, therefore re

i believe the intention of the mta board is to offset what that cost would be. president chiu: any further discussion? roll-call vote. supervisor chu: no. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: no. supervisor farrell: no. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor wiener: no. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. >> there are seven ayes and four nos. president chiu: given that this would have required eight votes, this resolution is not adopted. >> may i just make a quick comment? i know that this did not technically pass. it is important that the majority of the board of supervisors is on record asking be mta to reconsider its decision. >> why do we not now move to item 54? >> item 54 is an authorization of proposed arguments submitted to voters at the consolidated general municipal election. >> colleagues, you have two items that have been distributed to you. this has been photocopied and passed out to all of you. the first amendment looks a little bit more formal. it adds to the oppositi

i hope the mta will stay focused on increasing the ev infrastructure for this city. that is quite a bit for an mta board and directed to do, and i want to share with you that as i assist in my role to review with the mta board who they will select, there are a couple of very strong themes that, across -- that come across. we need to have not only a visionary, but we also need to make sure that there is a team approach. there is not just one person that can lead the mta. it has got to be a very dedicated team. i also want to make sure that the person exhibits a high level of collaboration. even the on-time performance is not just muni alone. it has to do with so many other entities that affect the streets. and the ability of a leader in muni has that ability to collaborate with all the other agencies, all the different aspects of people and entities who use the streets. it will be critical to their success of implementing good leadership. we also want to make sure that someone has the ability and willingness to develop strong relationships. muni could never be seen as

next meeting of the mta board. i suspect that by 2:00 tomorrow, we'll have some sort of response from the mta in terms of a committed to at a spot in the southeast and we will know if the board has done that. my suggestion would be that we put this forward and i think we should do it with a recommendation because this is a really important policy. but if the mta for what ever reason, thumbs its nose at it -- at us, which i don't think it will, we could continue the item tomorrow or continue it at the second reading. that is my suggestions and i think there are two prongs to this. this is just the basic, saying we want mta to have this but i agree that mta will have to quickly evaluate the inclusion of the southeast. >> we're fully committed. we would actually like to see a bigger pilot than the one before you. we're happy to address richmond, the sunset and outlying areas because we would like to test the demand in those areas as well. that was a program we were initially starting to do, but because of this agreeme

right now, the mta has someone dedicated to that. i just wanted to make sure that we move in that direction, and making sure that shuttles are easily identified all, what company it is. my second point is, i know that tour buses were also part of this discussion. i said this in plans and programs, and i will reiterate. it is important that we not lump corporate troubles in with for buses. corporate shuttles do not have nearly the same kind of negative impact that we have seen from some of the tour buses. i just want to remind people, and these are separate issues in a lot of ways. >> commissioner weiner, i think we heard from commissioner farrell as well about the issue on shuttles. i would go back to the earlier discussion we had about the need for some sort of structure so we can make sense of those relationships. having the capability, as you said, in the city, in the mta, to deal with it -- and frankly, for you to refer about your own office, constituents complaining -- to give you rhyme or reason for why things are happening. no

tim, the deputy director at the mta is in the audience. i will have my comeuppance that an address your question. -- mike , up to address your question. >> we are moving ahead to expedite this project. when it comes to implementation of these projects, we can work with your office to move things around, if there is a priority in your district. we can talk offline about that. commissioner campos: i would also encourage the same thing with other supervisors, to the extent they see something on the list that should give higher priority, that you are open to that discussion because we will have a better sense of the concern that people have in these neighborhoods. thank you. commissioner chu? commissioner chu: following up on the 15 mile per hour zone near schools, that is a good idea because we often hear from parents about people speeding through. just a question for you about whether there is -- whether it requires an environmental impact study or is this something that we can do without? >> with this particular project, it is just signs. t

the mta board did this reluctantly as well. after the first year of this, there will be an opportunity for both you and the board to discontinue this after the first year, if the feedback from the public is significant, if we find alternate sources of money. then we will not have to do this in the second and third year. that texas strategy is available in the contract. -- exit strategy is available in the contract. supervisor campos: i appreciate that. thank you. supervisor elsbernd: i came in here thinking this contract will generate -- was going to generate $500,000 before the amendment was made. this is reducing coverage but still produces $500,000? >> $500,000 was a conservative effort. with the 15, we will have to work harder to get to the $500,000. i cannot guarantee we will get the 500 dozen dollars. we will work as hard as we can to try to achieve that amount. $500,000 was our estimate. it was not an estimate from titan. supervisor elsbernd: thank you. i was sitting at the president's dais, so i did not get a chance to

let me ask you the director of the program to explain. >> my understanding is the mta roughly divided the number of potentially eligible schools into half. at the plans and programs committee, some commissioners asked whether there was the ability to shift schools between group two and a group one, and mta said that the crews were already being legislated, but there could be some flexibility to allow certain schools to begin before the others. commissioner mirkarimi: any other questions or comments for staff? any public comment? is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? >> my name is nick, sustainability director for the school district. i have not come to grips with climate change it. on the other hand, in my job, i have done a lot to promote alternative transportation to and school districts. i am mindy appeared to see if you have any questions about our program -- i am mainly appear to see if you have any questions about our program, in general. this summer, we will be expanding a solar power program. we will also be finishing up the bike rack install

i am on the board of the mta, and i am thrilled to be here. i love this city and bike to work day is like christmas for all of us. the sfmta is at the forefront of providing support for this event. a lot of the speakers have mentioned the green by claims, improvements, park lit, thing that make our city more livable. so i want to thank the staff of the mta. i see a lot of you out there now. just to hear the support from the board of supervisors and know that the board of supervisors and mta is on the same page. the sustainable streets group, you are doing such great work, and i am proud to support it. the chairman of our board is here. he rode in with mayor lee. i rode in with supervisor wiener's group, from the castro. i want to mention the fact that there was a 58% increase in the city in the last four years. that is an impressive number, but even more when you put it in context. could we have handled a 58% increase for muni writers? 58% increase in car traffic during rush hour? no one would be going anywhere. this is a lesson to us. we have