Agenda
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1. Call to Order
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2. Roll Call
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3. Announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting
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4. Approval of Minutes July 21, 2026 Regular Meeting
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5. Communications
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6. Director’s Report
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7. Citizens’ Advisory Council Report
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8. New or Unfinished Business by Board Members
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9. Public Comment
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10. CONSENT CALENDAR
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REGULAR CALENDAR
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11. Authorizing the Director of Transportation to execute Contract No. SFMTA-2027-02-LOC with Universal Protection Service, LP, dba Allied Universal Security Services
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12. Discussion and vote as to whether to invoke the attorney-client privilege and conduct a closed session conference with legal counsel
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13. Announcement of Closed Session
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14. Motion to disclose or not disclose the information discussed in Closed Session
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And parking authority commission to order.
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>> secretary silva, please call the roll on the roll.
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director felder. President felder, present
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director henderson here. >> henderson president.
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director lindsay present. Present chair tarlov here.
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darla present. We are expecting director
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carmena to join us shortly. We are not expecting director
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hemminger today. For the record, I know that
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director hennessy is attending this meeting remotely.
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director lindsay is reminded that she must appear on camera
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throughout the meeting and in order to speak or vote on any
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items places you want. Item number three the ringing
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and use of cell phones and similar sound producing
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electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting.
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>> the chairman order the removal from the meeting room.
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any person responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone
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or other similar device places you on item number four
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approval of minutes for the july 21st meeting.
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>> thank you directors are there any changes to the
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minutes? Seeing none.
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well now open public comment for item for t minutes for
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two minutes each. >> members of the public
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wishing to provide comment will have two minutes each.
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there'll be a warning sound at 30s and a chime when the time
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is up. Any speakers can come up to the
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podium at this time to comment on the minutes.
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>> I'm seeing none in the room I do have one accommodation
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request. Speaker you've been unmuted.
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you have two minutes. >> hello this is michael
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petrelli calling. >> I am looking at your agenda
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for item four which is approval of minutes for the july 21st
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meeting and the minutes the draft minutes are not here.
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I don't know where the minutes are located because you provide
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no information per item before and I would really like to read
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the draft minute of what was discussed on july 21st but
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you're putting me at a real disadvantage because the draft
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minutes are not included on your nine page agenda that I'm
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looking at. >> and as I said just a little
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while ago, you do not give any information about where to find
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the minutes. So I think in the future you
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need to address my concern and that draft minute need to
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be easily accessible through the agenda or somewhere else on
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your website. >> thank you.
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thank you. >> we have no other callers.
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thank you. We will now close public
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comment directors. >> do I have a motion in a
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second to approve the minutes some of the second secretary
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silva please call the roll on the motion to approve the
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minutes director felder. I felder I director henderson
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henderson I director anz I nzei charter love I tarlov I that
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motion passes unanimously. And just to note all of our
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agenda and materials are on our website as m taken back class
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board. Under each meeting agenda
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meeting date materials including the agenda minutes
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all the staff packets can be found there.
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>> yes thank you for that clarifying haitian secretary
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silva please call the next item places you on item number five
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communications I have none. Thank you.
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please call the next item places you on item number six
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the directors report. >> thank you and good afternoon
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. I'd like to start my report by
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inviting streets director victoria wise to present two
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special recognitions. Thank you director kirschbaum
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chair tarlov members of the board.
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good afternoon victoria wise streets director and I today
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would really like to recognize staff who have made some
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incredible improvements happen on the muni metro t third line
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staff from different focused areas work together to support
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thousands of people that ride this line and this route is
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really important because it supports equity neighborhoods
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from chinatown all the way to bayview hunters point more than
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25,000 people ride the t every weekday but honestly it had
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more delays and longer travel times than we would have
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preferred. >> so our team launched the t
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third improvement project to make things better for
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everybody. Over the past several months
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they made changes to traffic and transit signals to help the
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t third move faster and of course more reliably so they
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gave more green light to muni and also ensured that muni
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trains don't wait as long when their other vehicles turning.
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so these kind of different adjustments really made that
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ride so much better and faster for everyone.
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the results are quite exciting .
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in soma for example we are saving up to two minutes
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in each direction. That is a 37% reduction
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in travel time and in the mission bay and the dogpatch
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area our teams shaved off a minute and a half from the
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travel times. Trips on muni are more reliable
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and trains are not waiting as long at the red lights as they
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had in the past. >> this may not sound like a
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lot I'm talking about minutes here but if you add up all the
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people and all the ridership on these lines it does add up with
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more time with your family and your friends just having
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fun and visiting businesses. It's actually quite a savings
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and the team is actually continuing this work now that
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we've seen some improvements on this portion of the t they are
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looking at opportunities to reduce travel time on the
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southern portion of the line. I want to thank several people
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who made this happen under the leadership of shaun kennedy
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and michael rhodes. >> so from our muni forward
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group we have jasper lea, we have mike juan, we have jessica
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kuo from our traffic signal shop.
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we have michael chu from the transit division maintenance of
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way we have dave harbin and from our communication
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points team we have nia evans. Thank you to this entire team
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for their great work and now I want to turn the mic over to
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assistant engineer jasper lee from the project team who's
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going to say a few words on behalf of the team.
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jasper coming up. >> good afternoon directors of
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the board of seventy-eighths wanted to say thank you so much
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for being here. It feels like an honor to be
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here and consider continuing to serve the city.
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I just wanted to say this project I think is a
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culmination of an incredibly collaborative effort between
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traffic and transit engineers traffic signal electrician
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and infrastructure experts as well.
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and we're all doing this to try to make the city a better place
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and it feels great to be here today and we're not done yet.
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we've got another phase coming out.
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we're going to make improvements all the way down
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in the bayview as well. And so just keep putting your
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faith in us, keep believing in us and just keep this going.
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>> so thank you. Thank you.
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jasper, I got to give you a certificate.
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you're not. Come on up.
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>> come on back up. And the whole team.
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yeah. Thank you.
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>> jasper here's your certificate.
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thank you so much. Thank you.
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deletions. Okay.
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>> the evidence I'm accepting for new.
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>> thank you. Okay.
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thank you. Okay.
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>> david harbin. Okay.
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maybe not here. >> michael?
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michael to jessica. Are you here?
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>> come on up. Yeah.
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did you license and mike last but not least, not behind me.
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all right. Thanks.
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congratulations. Thanks.
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thank you. >> all right.
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on behalf of the board, I would really like to extend our
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sincere our gratitude for your work.
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it is very behind the scenes work that the public really
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wouldn't know was happening unless we had recognition ads
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like this. So thank you, director wise as
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well. >> all right.
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thank you, team. It is my pleasure to do another
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recognition today and that is from michael rath.
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>> he is from our paint shop. So I want to tell you guys a
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crisis unfolded on a typical work day and the courage that
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michael showed really is just absolutely extraordinary.
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in fact, it made a impact on our entire paint shop and lots
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of them are here behind me as you can see.
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>> so back in may michael was working in the bayview with his
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colleague laurent and they stopped at a, you know, station
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to refuel their truck. >> the two stepped out of the
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car and their friend dan who works there was also there an
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attendant and suddenly laurent just collapsed.
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he fell. And michael sensed immediately
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that something was wrong and just ran to him and jumped
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into action with his friend dan.
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so michael started performing cpr and yelled for others to
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call 911. Firefighters and paramedics
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arrived within minutes and took over the lifesaving efforts.
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and later first responders confirmed that lauren had
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actually had a cardiac arrest. >> and they also said to us
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that if it was not for michael's immediate action
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in jumping into action, lauren would have faced a very
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different outcome as lauren recovered in the hospital,
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michael visited him of course regularly.
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the two had actually worked together for more than 20
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years. And it's really such a moving
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story of friendship. >> and it just goes to show
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that your work colleagues are in fact your family.
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we're all together as a team and it had a profound impact on
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our paint shop and the crews looking out for each other.
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in fact the amazing part here is that michael's act of
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courage really inspired the whole team and everybody in the
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paint shop saw the importance of cpr training that could save
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a life and they took it upon themselves to find training
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and do it themselves for the entire team is now 100% trained
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in cpr and they're certified. >> so I really can't thank
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michael enough and just to recognize his courage in this
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situation in an emergency and knowing what to do and the
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fact that he did that had really good outcomes for his
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colleague and he's here supported by his colleagues.
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>> michael, do you want to come on up?
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thank you. >> thank you.
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>> well, first I want to say, lord, that I have worked
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together for over 20 years. We've had over 4000 lunches
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together. He's part of my life.
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I'd like to thank my family and my mta family.
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we all depend on each other for teamwork.
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it is. It is my mother is the one that
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taught me that teamwork really matters and to help somebody
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who needs help makes a difference.
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thank you. Thank you.
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mr.. Thank you so much for being
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here and for being recognized. What a beautiful story.
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>> thank you so much. >> continuing with my update, I
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wanted to share with the board the latest news on the state
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budget. >> in may I reported to this
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board that the california air resources board adopted an
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amendment to the cap and invest program a centerpiece of the
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state's climate strategy. We anticipated that those
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amendments would significantly cut funding to the greenhouse
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gas reduction fund. That fund has supported transit
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agencies throughout the state including the s.f. Mta.
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the greenhouse gas reduction fund expenditure plan places
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programs that we rely on in tier three together with the
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new state budget that was enacted after the air resources
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board approved the changes to the cap and invest program.
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the tier three programs will be cut by 80%.
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>> those programs and commitments support
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affordable housing, public transportation, clean air, safe
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drinking water and climate resilience in communities
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across california. >> our agency counts on those
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funds in our operating and capital budgets including
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for our low and reduced muni fare programs and capital
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projects such as our train control upgrade and muni
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forward projects. A coalition led by the
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california transit association and has sent a letter
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requesting that the governor and legislature support a one
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year solution to honor the state's previous funding
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commitments. While we work on solutions for
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future years. This would be need to be
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approved by the end of august when the legislature of session
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ends. The s.f. Mta is a part of this
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coalition along with other transit agencies, local
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governments, labor unions and others.
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the next few weeks will be critical to protecting this
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essential funding and we will continue to provide updates to
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the board as this situation develops.
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>> now moving to back to school we are gearing up for students
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to go back to school on august 17th.
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in my household and in households across san francisco
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we are adding muni service on routes that serve schools to
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make sure we can accommodate the many students who travel to
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school on muni starting on the first day of school.
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our muni school trippers will provide extra afternoon busses
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on many routes that serve schools.
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and as part of our august 29th muni service changes and more
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of those more on those in the moment in a moment we'll be
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providing a one seat ride for visitation valley to francisco
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middle school for students who previously had to transfer from
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the eight x to get to school. >> and we're adding a 28 hour
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19th avenue rapid stop at eucalyptus drive which we
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expect to be popular with local high school students.
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one of our largest san francisco high schools.
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we're also taking steps to make sure students are safe when
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they travel to school. We're lowering speed limits
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around schools throughout the city a policy you approved at
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your last meeting and before the start of the school year we
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will have implemented the lower speed limits at six schools.
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we will also have upgraded school zone crossings at 40
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locations and we're implement we've implemented daylighting
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at more than 2300 school intersections to make sure cars
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can see students who are crossing the street.
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we have completed the mission by quick build project bringing
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traffic calming high visibility crosswalks and other
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improvements to the city's newest school the mission bay
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elementary school before it opens.
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and I had the pleasure today of meeting with over over 100
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almost 200 school crossing guards who are getting their
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annual training and their safety vests and and getting
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ready to provide the smiling morning face as as our students
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enter and in addition to the muni service changes that we're
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making to serve schools, we're going to be making some cost
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neutral service changes to reduce crowding and to improve
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the commute to work. Downtown travel has been
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growing over the last year and we want to make sure that
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people commuting downtown and muni have the best
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experience possible. On august 29th we're increasing
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frequency on the one california and on the end judah.
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>> we are also shifting back to larger busses on the five our
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fulton rapid and we're making very specific capacity
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increases during our busiest times on the 22 fillmore the 29
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sunset, the 38 geary rapid and the 49 venice mission.
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so later this week you'll be able to find a complete list of
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the service changes and sfm takes com slash service
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changes. And I really want to thank our
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staff for identifying identifying how to get the most
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out of our limited resources to benefit our riders.
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>> I'd like to end this report with a short video about our
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internship program. We offer dozens of paid
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internships this summer many of them through partnerships with
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the s.f. Unified school district.
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the japanese community youth council and other
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organizations. Our staff helps students build
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real world skills they can use to enter the trades, pursue
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transit planning and more. We're thrilled to make this
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investment in san francisco youth and in our city.
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and we're proud that so many of our existing staff came through
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one of our internship programs .
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the video you're about to watch is about the high school
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interns who supported our meter and sign jobs in the city with
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the sfm to parking meter shop. I'm here at our assigned
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division facility where we are working with some high school
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interns who are developing real world skills, fabricating signs
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. >> come on in and let me show
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you what they're up to. You know, it's important for us
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to get the kids from high schools interested in the
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trades. We've hosted interns every
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summer for the past few years. You know, our job is to give
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them exposure to the skills that they need to maybe one day
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join the force themselves whether that's installing
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meters, installing signs, painting.
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there's a lot of things that we do here at the shops.
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and in the case of these interns here they are making
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signs doing all sorts of fabrication work and they're
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earning a paycheck while they do it.
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this program is part of a citywide effort to help open
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doors for young people by investing in the next
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generation of welders, builders and skilled craftspeople.
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we are investing in the future of our city.
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in addition to internships and s.f. Mta shops we also have
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interns learning real world skills in our maintenance yards
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and offices throughout the city.
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they're also getting face time with city engineers
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and learning all about the behind the scenes work that
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goes into effective street design and management.
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big shout out to the san francisco unified school
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district and the san francisco human rights commission as well
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as all the other city organizations that helped to
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make this program a reality. >> and that concludes my report
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. >> thank you.
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director kirschbaum will now open public comment on the
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director's report. Before I do that I would like
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to remind members of the public that they may provide comment
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on the topics. Director kirschbaum shared.
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those were the special recognitions that we heard
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about the state budget update. Back to school update the
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service changes going into effect on august 29th and the
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internships at the sfm to sign shops.
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if you feel the director missed addressing a topic you may
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comment on that during item nine which is general public
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comment. >> if you're here to speak on
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an item later in today's agenda please wait to make your
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comment until that item is called.
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with that public comment on the directors report is now open
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for two minutes each. >> members of the public
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wishing to provide comment will have two minutes each.
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there'll be a warning sound at 30s and a time when the time is
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up. >> I do have one speaker card
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for alida dupree. >> thank you.
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chair janet taylor for the members alida dupree for the
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record, she and christine foltz haven't been here for a while.
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>> good report. Lots of interesting things.
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I hope we can preserve that money.
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I'm very concerned about public bodies that control money are
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getting cold feet in this most important work of funding
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public transportation and clearing up our air
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and water. As I depend on public
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transportation and army, our money doesn't need a lifeline.
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>> it needs a houseboat. So let's keep working on that
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and hopefully somebody off line will show me where I can find
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out about this service. Service?
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service changes. I know I'm in bart mode.
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station agent so so I can learn about how that's going to
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affect me because I spend a lot of time here and I don't want
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to get blindsided when I'm out in the street but transit app
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helps and thank you for the video about internships.
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I hope we can have a lot more of that.
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>> I didn't have that grown up. I hope that we will be always
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willing to accept people who are different into internships
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because I believe in the benefits of a diverse society
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that welcomes people who are different.
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yeah I never learned how to build sites.
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I just barely made it out of high school.
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while these fine respectable young folks were are doing
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internships and learning about muni when I was that age I was
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sip and faire in the new york city subway was really good at
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it until I until they stopped me.
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now I pay fare in new york city subway and I pay fare in your
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subway with a small s. >> so thank you.
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thank you. Next speaker good afternoon
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griffin lee on behalf of connect nsf.
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no comments, just questions about the service changes.
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I first I feel like this maybe should have its own agenda item
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given it's a pretty big announcement to tho.
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>> where is the additional funding coming from to increase
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service again of course where it's a part of our public
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transit but when you're asking for not one but two tax
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measures to pass this november I think every item should come
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with financials regarding transparency around financials
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,the source of funding how much is it going to cost to run
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the operation, the additional operation?
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I mean there's question marks around how much it'll cost.
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for numerous reasons. But one we know that transit
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for kids is subsidized today. So where is that?
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all those questions all the above around funding is I think
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really critical when you're asking for not one but two tax
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measures this november. Thank you very much.
[25:02]
>> thank you. Any other speakers in the room
[25:03]
for public comment on this item?
[25:06]
seeing none in the room I do have two accommodation requests
[25:12]
for speaker you've been unmuted.
[25:15]
you have two minutes. >> yeah everyone one thing I'm
[25:20]
concerned about is the notion of service for the public at
[25:28]
large. Now I realize that you're
[25:31]
making obligation for attendance with school.
[25:35]
that's good. And also for the early morning
[25:39]
and maybe evening right now I'm from downtown but I don't no
[25:50]
longer have a neighborhood living there.
[25:54]
so that's the concern and I have because public
[25:58]
transportation should really be for everybody.
[26:02]
>> thank you. Thank you.
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second speaker you have two minutes provide comment.
[26:17]
>> hello, this is michael petrella again.
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I am very concerned that there were two directors who made
[26:29]
records they were reading from printed documents.
[26:33]
they weren't just talking off the top of their head.
[26:37]
they were reading from public documents.
[26:40]
>> yet the agenda for today doesn't include those written
[26:48]
reports that they were reading from.
[26:52]
I looked at the minutes from your last meeting.
[26:55]
thank you. I found out where they are.
[26:56]
I read a minute from july 21st and again there is nothing
[27:03]
there indicating how to get the written comment the written
[27:06]
report that the director made there were what good 4 or 5
[27:14]
items that were discussed in the past few minutes
[27:20]
and there's no report. >> why aren't you posting the
[27:25]
advance written reports that the director is making and why
[27:32]
don't you included in the minute you really need to start
[27:37]
providing those report that the director makes during the
[27:43]
meetings I am at a real disadvantage because I cannot
[27:48]
read what it said so please insist that the director
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provide a written report at the meeting and also on line so
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that we can read it before the meeting happened.
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>> thank you. Thank you.
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no other speakers. >> thank you.
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public comment is now closed. Colleagues, do you have any
[28:17]
questions or comments for director kirschbaum vice chair
[28:24]
kahana thank you chair thank you julie for your report.
[28:29]
two questions came to mind particularly around the one
[28:33]
seat ride from his valley to francisco middle school.
[28:36]
curious if you could talk about the origin engagement that's
[28:40]
happening with families to make them aware of the of this
[28:43]
resource for them and especially for monolingual
[28:44]
families. >> I am not aware of the
[28:55]
specific details of the outreach I, I do think the the
[29:00]
change came in part based on feedback that we have gotten
[29:05]
from the school so I'd be happy to follow up with a more
[29:11]
specific answer as to how we are letting folks know about
[29:15]
the change. Thanks julie and I would
[29:16]
definitely encourage us to work with school administrators
[29:20]
and typically schools have packets that they distribute at
[29:24]
the beginning of the year and encourage some information
[29:27]
their flier something to be included in this packets.
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this valley has a lot of folks that are monolingual in the
[29:34]
community and so would ensure that any sort of outreach
[29:38]
engagement material there is is accessible to those monolingual
[29:42]
families. And then my next question is on
[29:49]
the capital invest program. We're in august already and so
[29:53]
this this feels quite pressing and curious to understand when
[29:57]
would writers and folks feel the impacts if come end of
[30:02]
august either no decision has been made or the posture has
[30:09]
not moved or folks are committed to to these changes?
[30:12]
>> we are in the process right now of closing out the year
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and as we do on a regular basis looking at all of our budgeted
[30:24]
funding sources, looking at where we are I exceeding our
[30:32]
revenue expected options seeing unknown issues like this and we
[30:40]
would bring to the board a recommended set of next steps
[30:52]
once we know if we are ultimately successful
[30:59]
in getting a one year reprieve. So we would not implement any
[31:03]
changes to the public until we review how this change would
[31:10]
fit into our kind of larger financial picture and then
[31:19]
would bring a recommended strategy to the board.
[31:23]
>> so at the earliest are we looking at six months from now,
[31:26]
a year from now just I know I say it will be something that
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we would address in our in bree's next quarterly report
[31:38]
to you all which I anticipate to be in late september.
[31:41]
>> thank you julie. And based on your report we can
[31:45]
appreciate that this is something that impacts various
[31:49]
points of operation for them too.
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and so I know that each one of those have different budgetary
[31:56]
considerations to consider and so I appreciate that before
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any sort of drastic changes happen we'll have an
[32:02]
opportunity to weigh in on what that looks like.
[32:05]
thank you. Thank you for that
[32:06]
clarification. Thank you.
[32:12]
vice chair cabinet director lindsay.
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>> thank you, madam chair. Thank you, julie for your
[32:17]
report to our public commenters points.
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can you toggle a little bit about how I was doing these
[32:31]
upcoming service changes are cost neutral so can you talk
[32:35]
about how staff and the agency is able to do that with with
[32:39]
keeping the the service changes cost neutral?
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>> thank you dr. Kenzie for that question.
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the restart of school is built into the our budget and so
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while we don't for example provide the school trippers
[32:58]
over the summer they are built in to our budget process for
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school days throughout the year we also have an incredibly
[33:14]
creative service planning and scheduling team and some of
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the changes they're making are as creative as as you know
[33:29]
having something start a few minutes earlier or a few
[33:33]
minutes later just to get that big rush that's happening
[33:37]
and then we are always optimizing and refining our our
[33:48]
our operator schedules in the case of the five fulton for
[33:52]
example, we when we closed potrero we initially started
[33:57]
with a modest number of 64 busses on the route and more 40
[34:06]
foot busses because our maintenance teams were going to
[34:07]
be maintaining them in a temporary facility and we
[34:14]
didn't want to overextend that operations as those kinks have
[34:18]
been worked out they are now more confident that they can
[34:24]
have 64 busses on the full route which means we need
[34:28]
slightly less 40 foot busses which then frees up 44 busses
[34:33]
on routes like the one in california.
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so we're when I say that they are cost neutral I truly mean
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that that our our staff is looking at this entire
[34:46]
optimization and service puzzle and making smart choices to
[34:53]
keep up with our changing conditions.
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thank you and I know you wish you had the opportunity to
[35:01]
shadow your staff so they'll give you that.
[35:05]
>> thank you, madam chair. Thank you.
[35:08]
thank you, director lindsey director kirschbaum I another
[35:18]
other thing that came up in public comment is where
[35:22]
members of the public can find information about these service
[35:26]
changes which I believe just in my experience this is this
[35:31]
is something that happens at the end of summer when as we
[35:38]
anticipate the pretty dramatic change in ridership that the
[35:42]
start of school represents, where can the public find that
[35:49]
information about what the specific changes?
[35:53]
>> thank you for that question within the next few days we
[35:57]
will have information up at sfm taking some slash service
[36:01]
changes for the majority of our customers.
[36:05]
these changes should be relatively invisible but
[36:09]
positive. So for example if the end due
[36:15]
to comes every nine minutes instead of every ten minutes
[36:19]
you're not changing your overall travel patterns.
[36:24]
but because that's about a 10% increase in space on the train
[36:30]
you will have a more pleasant commute in for some of the very
[36:38]
specific changes like the changes to the elementary or
[36:42]
the middle school. I think you're really reaching
[36:46]
out and working with the school is a wonderful suggestion
[36:50]
in and then for our folks that can benefit from the 28 hour
[36:56]
additional stop that signage will be right on the stop so
[37:01]
that as people are waiting for the 28 they'll see both because
[37:05]
the bus will be stopping and because of the signage at
[37:09]
the stop that the 28 hour is now an option for them.
[37:12]
so for the majority of our customers these changes are not
[37:19]
going to make it more complex to navigate the system.
[37:23]
there's not a lot of learning to do but we do think customers
[37:27]
will see some small, small but meaningful benefits to their
[37:34]
travel. >> okay.
[37:35]
and just to recap what I've heard is that the service
[37:39]
changes are both cost neutral and they'll be seamlessly
[37:49]
experienced by the riders just in improved service.
[37:53]
>> that is correct. We 2 or 3 times a year make
[38:00]
small changes to our schedules that type of nimbleness has
[38:05]
allowed us to really meet the customer needs.
[38:10]
it's also an opportunity for operators to pick new work so
[38:17]
they might want to learn a new route.
[38:21]
their schedule may change that. They want to be able to
[38:25]
accommodate it. So it's also an important
[38:28]
employee benefit that we do these periodic schedule changes
[38:32]
very good. We will move on to the next
[38:40]
item. >> secretary silva places you
[38:41]
on item number seven citizens advisory council report we have
[38:45]
no report today. >> thank you.
[38:48]
please call the next item is your item number eight new or
[38:52]
unfinished business by board members?
[38:55]
I believe that director hinchey is prepared with a report or an
[39:03]
update on the street safety committee which met just last
[39:10]
week. >> director hennessey I do
[39:13]
thank you very much. Prime care yes we did have a
[39:18]
street safety issue should have committee meeting.
[39:21]
I last week. Vice chair given I are the
[39:28]
current membership it will be very short meeting but but a
[39:35]
very comprehensive review by staff so we'll provide a short
[39:39]
update and the presentation of materials will be are available
[39:48]
online if any member of the public would like to view them
[39:54]
in more detail. But again it was a six month
[40:01]
review of the three safety initiative primarily mostly
[40:09]
giving us an update on the status of the action in the
[40:13]
street safety initiative that are under 70 is jurisdiction
[40:20]
some of which are near completion or are strongly
[40:24]
being worked on. There was a lot of talk
[40:28]
and questions from the two of us specifically around the new
[40:36]
device and safety working group this that being convened led by
[40:43]
the mayor's office. We had questions specifically
[40:45]
about who's going to be on that group, what kind of
[40:48]
recommendations might they have and also funding for such
[40:55]
recommendations and what that might look like this this group
[41:02]
and this idea is in its infancy and so the the group has yet to
[41:06]
convene so the committee the committee looks looks forward
[41:13]
to deeper engagement with that topic in future meetings also
[41:24]
so items that have been worked on and nearly completed by
[41:33]
staff include the community recorders program that you just
[41:37]
recently approved in our so I'm one of our most recent meetings
[41:46]
that corridor wants later in this summer or fall and we
[41:54]
also will be getting an update sort of on how that going
[42:00]
in future meetings other actions include how we can best
[42:05]
work with public works when it comes to repaving and tagging
[42:12]
along with repair projects etc. Also there has been
[42:20]
collaboration with the fire department on a sort of street
[42:24]
design manual. The staff is working with the
[42:31]
fire department to be more specific about specific
[42:35]
treatments and how those can be installed meet our street
[42:42]
safety needs but also the idea of the fire department.
[42:46]
so work is being done there also there what we did review
[42:56]
the crash data for the beginning of the year and noted
[43:03]
that overall of cooling are on the decrease but severe injury
[43:15]
and fatal fatality collisions are holding steady
[43:19]
unfortunately. So we know that we're all
[43:23]
in the city doing great work on street safety but we all know
[43:27]
that there is more that more to do and so we anticipate that
[43:34]
our next meeting will be sometime before the end of the
[43:38]
calendar year and at that meeting we hope to have further
[43:46]
updates as the street safety initiative will be coming out
[43:50]
for its one year anniversary by the end of the year.
[43:54]
and so that is it. >> dr. Kahana, do you have
[43:58]
anything you'd like to add? No.
[44:04]
your update was quite comprehensive.
[44:05]
thank you, director quincy excellent.
[44:08]
>> thank you, madam chair. Thank you very much.
[44:12]
director hennessy for that update.
[44:19]
>> colleagues, are there any other items to share for new or
[44:22]
unfinished business? >> very good.
[44:27]
will now open public comment for this item for two minutes
[44:33]
each. >> members of the public
[44:34]
wishing to provide comment will have two minutes each.
[44:38]
there will be a warning sound at 30s in a chime when the time
[44:41]
is up any speakers can come up to the podium at this time.
[44:44]
>> good afternoon chair carlisle directors and staff.
[44:48]
I was actually going to comment on non agenda public comment
[44:50]
but I thank you to chair committee chair lindsay for
[44:53]
providing a summary of the street safety committee.
[44:56]
my name is tim greenberg. I'm the advocacy director at
[44:57]
walk san francisco which advocates to make san francisco
[45:00]
streets safe for pedestrians and I'm here to comment
[45:04]
regarding last thursday street safety committee meeting walk
[45:06]
our staff was in attendance and we continue to be grateful
[45:08]
that this forum exists for the public to hear substantive
[45:12]
updates on the street safety initiative.
[45:13]
it's an important space and it's the only one of its
[45:16]
kind where members of the public can be informed and and
[45:19]
make their voices heard on our city's traffic safety crisis.
[45:23]
>> at last thursday's meeting we feel that we've regretfully
[45:27]
heard very little new information about progress that
[45:29]
the mta is making to implement the street safety initiative.
[45:34]
and while we're grateful that this form exists, we want it to
[45:35]
be productive and we were we were just disappointed by the
[45:39]
depth of the presentation and shared with the public last
[45:42]
thursday given what we had already known.
[45:46]
this meeting was the six month update on reforms to address
[45:49]
traffic safety in our city the traffic safety crisis in our
[45:53]
city and we were frustrated that very little new
[45:57]
information was shared on progress and also by just the
[46:01]
short duration and depth of discussion given it was an
[46:04]
important six month update and we also find it challenging
[46:08]
that the committee does not have a regular meeting time
[46:09]
which makes it very difficult for members of the public to
[46:13]
participate in this important conversation.
[46:16]
we also hope that a third member of this body will step
[46:19]
up soon to fill the empty seat on the committee.
[46:21]
it's important not only that the mta is implementing the
[46:24]
street safety initiative but that members of the public have
[46:28]
meaningful opportunities to hear substantive updates on
[46:30]
progress and make their voices heard.
[46:32]
>> thank you. Thank you.
[46:35]
next speaker for new hour unfinished business by board
[46:37]
members. >> thank you for giving me the
[46:40]
opportunity to speak. I feel like this seems so
[46:44]
trivial but my name is mitchell shawn brown.
[46:47]
I've lived in san francisco for 49 years.
[46:51]
it's my home. I've lived on castro street
[46:54]
between 25th and jersey for about 30 years.
[47:00]
I was rather disturbed to wake up a few weeks ago to discover
[47:04]
that a major change had taken place with the parking across
[47:07]
the street. When I inquired why I had not
[47:13]
gotten any notification I was told because station run I'm
[47:16]
sorry to introduce to interrupt you are you commenting on
[47:20]
director hines's street safety committee?
[47:24]
no. Your opportunity to make your
[47:28]
comment will come very shortly at which intersection nine no
[47:32]
not in this section. >> all right.
[47:35]
>> thank you. We'll look forward to hearing
[47:36]
from you shortly. Thank you.
[47:39]
>> any other speakers for item number eight in the room?
[47:43]
I'm seeing none. I do have one accommodation
[47:46]
request speaker you've been unmuted.
[47:50]
you have two minutes. >> hi, this is michael petrella
[47:56]
and again I just want to thank director hensley for her
[48:00]
report. That's all.
[48:00]
thank you. Thank you.
[48:03]
no other speakers. Thank you public comment for
[48:07]
this item is now closed. Secretary sylvia please call
[48:12]
the next item. Director that places you on
[48:15]
item number nine general public comment.
[48:16]
>> members of the public may address the board of directors
[48:19]
on matters that are within the board's jurisdiction and are
[48:20]
not on today's calendar. >> once public comment for item
[48:28]
nine is now open. >> thank you members of the
[48:32]
public wishing to provide comment will have two minutes
[48:34]
each. >> there'll be a warning at 30s
[48:35]
and a chair that I do have to speak regards mitchell, chabot
[48:37]
and alito to brief. >> yeah apologies.
[48:40]
I'm very nervous. I haven't I don't speak at
[48:43]
meetings very often. >> as I said I was disturbed to
[48:47]
wake up to discover a major change to the parking across my
[48:50]
street. >> my neighborhood isn't bad
[48:55]
for parking generally except on tuesday morning when something
[48:59]
like 40% of the tuesday morning tuesday morning every second
[49:03]
and fourth when something like 40% of the surrounding area
[49:07]
spots are unavailable due to street cleaning but we do what
[49:10]
we can. >> what I woke up to find is
[49:14]
that whereas previously there were six available spots to
[49:17]
park in for the you know, people living on the street
[49:22]
although one was a one was a green zone that had all been
[49:26]
changed. You put in four parking meter
[49:29]
spots including the green zone there was one other section of
[49:36]
two spots which you change to a blue zone which I support but
[49:43]
for some reason even though there's room for two cars they
[49:45]
put in a blue spot and painted the rest of it red for no
[49:48]
apparent reason. It's not on a corner and I'm
[49:52]
really I'm really disturbed that you know you know I read I
[49:55]
read on social media about the so-called war on cars in the
[49:59]
city and I, I thought this was just conspiracy but I really
[50:03]
feel like I'm you know, being put upon I had no opportunity
[50:10]
to make any any comments about this and that's why I'm here.
[50:14]
I'm hoping there's some way to review this and to look into
[50:18]
why why these changes were made to predominantly residential
[50:22]
block there's just there's it that's all I can say.
[50:27]
it's just it just seemed really inappropriate that they just
[50:31]
worked around me and didn't you know you know anyway that
[50:38]
that's that's what I have to say.
[50:39]
thank you. >> thank you for listening.
[50:43]
thank you. Next speaker thanks again chair
[50:53]
to 11 members alida dupree for the record, she and her team
[50:57]
folds. I speak about lots of things
[51:00]
in muting I did get to use our subway with the smallest today
[51:06]
it was fine. I use it quite a bit every time
[51:09]
I get on it I it reminds me that I should go back to new
[51:14]
york and use the subway with the big s so it seems like
[51:18]
we're gaining some inspiration there in both ways.
[51:22]
clipper is essential. I hope someday we will have
[51:26]
comprehensive fare capping or accumulation so I never overpay
[51:32]
in new york because they have a seven day fare capping on the
[51:40]
on their bus system and their famous subway and it's mostly
[51:44]
open payments but you can also get a plastic card or their app
[51:48]
and they have omni vending machines that look like nice
[51:52]
refrigerators. I don't know that our vending
[51:55]
machines look like nice refrigerators.
[51:56]
I don't even know how to use one but but I did use a vending
[51:59]
machine that had some change that felt that I picked up off
[52:03]
the ground for clipper. So I get the transfer of
[52:07]
benefits and so I changed systems.
[52:14]
I decide should I use muni first or bart first because
[52:17]
then I get that transfer sometimes I'll get on bart for
[52:21]
one stop and I transfer to muni I save about $0.40.
[52:25]
>> I'm going to use the tools in my toolbox because I have to
[52:29]
watch my small change if you will and maybe on the way down
[52:36]
I'll I'll look at the muni vending machine which in all my
[52:40]
ears I've never used I can only share things as I know them
[52:43]
and I call things as I see them.
[52:46]
I'm not originally from here but I have 56 years of using
[52:50]
the city subway new york city subway that's counts for
[52:54]
something. I look forward to your next
[52:55]
meeting. Thank you.
[52:57]
>> thank you. Any other speakers in the room
[53:01]
for this item? Seeing none.
[53:02]
I do have two accommodation requests for speaker you've
[53:07]
been unmuted. You have two minutes for
[53:08]
general public comment or I'm really concerned about the
[53:18]
modification in traffic I mean for infrastructure generally
[53:25]
one lane, one lane for driving and that's great.
[53:30]
and jeff trafford and I really wonder what what this agency is
[53:37]
doing for motorist I never hear anything gone for the benefit
[53:45]
of a motor or any other group gets one thing but nothing is
[53:52]
really done for the benefit of motorists and I think you
[53:53]
really have to address that there's too much congestion
[53:59]
in the city driving or very inconvenient and you're
[54:03]
transforming traffic lanes into a nightmare.
[54:11]
so you really should address the at your meeting and that's
[54:15]
all I have to say. >> thank you.
[54:19]
thank you. Thank second speaker you've
[54:26]
been unmuted. You have two minutes for
[54:28]
general public comment. Hello this is michael petrella
[54:32]
and again I am deploring that the $12 million elevator at the
[54:39]
castro muni station was supposed to open in february
[54:43]
and it didn't and then as that mta said it would open in july
[54:50]
the $12 million elevator did not open in july.
[54:54]
in the past few days you quietly updated your website
[54:59]
for this $12 million elevator to say it will now open in the
[55:05]
fall of 2026. No date is given handicapped
[55:09]
people powering with strollers. >> we are all put at a
[55:14]
disadvantage because s.f. Mta is saying nothing nothing about
[55:21]
why the delay in opening the $12 million elevator we are
[55:29]
getting a runaround from jet in true and tweet just trying
[55:36]
to find out what is the delay just in true and sweet oh when
[55:43]
detailed information about who the contractors are for this
[55:47]
elevator when are they going to post to some information at the
[55:51]
county communication because right now nothing is posted
[55:55]
there about why this delay is happening and when if ever that
[56:03]
elevator will open. >> we really need information
[56:08]
in now on your website and at the muni station regarding why
[56:12]
there this delay and when when are you going to start
[56:17]
operation on this elevator? It is inexcusable that you
[56:22]
spent $12 million on it and we cannot use it.
[56:26]
>> thank you. Thank you.
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no other speakers. Thank you.
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public comment for item nine is now closed and secretary silva
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please call the next item directors at places you on item
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ten your consent calendar these items are considered to be
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simple or routine and will be acted upon by a single vote
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unless a member of the board or public requests that an item be
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taken off consent and heard separately for all speakers
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providing public comment please identify which item number you
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are speaking to item 10.1 approving various routine
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parking and traffic modifications as listed under a
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10.1 a through as in the agenda item 10.2 approving parking
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regulations to establish five dedicated on street parking
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spaces for marked san francisco police department vehicles near
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central police station at 766 vallejo street by converting
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existing general metered parking and relocating metered
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commercial loading in and amending division two of the
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transportation code to create a parking restriction on vallejo
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street item 10.3 authorizing the director of transportation
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to execute s.f. Mta contracts number 6-1946-195 and 6-196 as
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needed specialized engineering services for federally funded
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projects with h.a. B corp, aecom technical services and pg
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wong engineering respectively to provide technical
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and professional services on an as needed basis with each
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contract amount not to exceed $5 million and number and an
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original term of three years with an option to extend for
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two additional years for a maximum of five years.
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item 10.4 authorizing the director of transportation or
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her designee to request funding from the metropolitan
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transportation commission anticipated to be approximately
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$471,000 in a subject to finalization of the state
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budget and unforeseen economic volatility for allocation of
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fiscal year 2027 transportation development act to article
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three funds for construction of the folsom streetscape project
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that concludes your consent calendar.
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>> thank you. We will now open public comment
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for the consent calendar for two minutes each.
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>> members of the public wishing to provide comment will
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have two minutes each. There'll be a warning sound at
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30s and a time when the time is up.
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any speakers wishing to comment on the consent calendar can
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come up to the podium at this time I'm seeing none in the
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room and no accommodation requests.
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thank you directors. Can I have a motion in a second
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to approve the consent calendar ?
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so I moved second secretary silva please call the roll on
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the motion to approve the consent calendar.
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director felder I felder I director henderson henderson I
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director lindsay I'd I director kahana I I I love I carlo vi
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the motion passes unanimously thank you.
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>> please call the next item which is you on your regular
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calendar item number 11 authorizing the director of
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transportation to execute contract number four to dash
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2027-0 to dash llc with universal protection service
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doing business as allied universal security services for
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a short term sole source security services
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and transitions support agreement for an initial three
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month term with an option to extend for up to three
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additional months at an amount not to exceed approximately
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$5.7 million. Thank you board members.
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this item is seeking your approval for a short term
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security services contract to commence on march 31st, 2027.
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and before I turn it over to staff, I do want to flag that
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this is a proactive measure and sort of an example of us
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learning on these large contracts when we brought you
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the parking app contracts last year we did not have a
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transition contract in place and it really took a lot of
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work between the contractor and our streets director
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victoria wise to set up the needed transition space so this
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contract before you today represents that learning.
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it is a key first piece to our broader efficiency goal of
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trying to set up these large contracts with as much learning
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and innovation and creativity as possible.
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I'm very appreciative of allied universal, our current
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contractor who has been very open to this concept of putting
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in a transition in a short term contract and appreciative of
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both our director of contracts and procurement julia
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friedlander as well as our deputy director of security
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teresa schism for working on this as well as the larger rfp
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which will be coming to you next month.
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so with that I'd like to bring up julia friedlander as well as
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teresa to support. >> thank you director
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kirschbaum good afternoon chair to and members of the board.
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we have a very very much appreciate the opportunity to
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share this strategy that will help us avoid the circumstances
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that we were in previously and the only details I would
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add are that this is for a short this is a three month
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extension starting march 31st of 2027 and it will then be we
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have the opportunity to extend it for a further three month
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period if that's necessary and I'm going to turn it over.
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we've been working very closely together as a team between
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contracts and procurement and the security team and to
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turn it over to teresa and if you have questions either on
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the procurement side or the security side, we're both here
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to answer. Good afternoon.
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just one thing I wanted to add is it's so important to have
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this transitional support for operational handoff work force
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and city resources and service continuity.
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we just need this contract in place to ensure that we have
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our security services seamless throughout the transition.
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if it doesn't happen to be the same vendor that we have this
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in place to ensure that seamless transition.
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thank you. Miss friedlander and masochism
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and director kirschbaum I'm very grateful for your
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presentation and directors. Do you have any questions or
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comments? >> director henderson thank
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you. >> thank you chair I just have
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one question about the timeline.
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do you I understand that this is six months this is up to six
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months after the march 31st deadline.
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I'm just curious about the average time it takes to
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procure this type of contract like do you think it will be
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close to that six months from march is what september?
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>> thank you for that question. We do very much hope that we
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will be coming to you in june or before june so that by june
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we have a contract that you have approved and that the
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board of supervisors has approved.
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we're building that additional three months in just just to be
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certain we have done a much deeper dive than we would
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typically do on an effort to to compete again a long standing
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recurring service agreement. And so that deeper dive we've
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been really trying to scrub the contract to make sure that we
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are creating the best opportunity for maximum
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competition and to apply innovation and new tools that
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may be in the market for us going forward.
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>> great. Thank you.
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and then I think my last question and I hope this is
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something that you'll be able to answer before you do the
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bid. So if not, then you know, I
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understand but I'm just curious because I remember there was a
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contract and then we had some some amendments and extensions
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for the last one that came earlier this year and so I I
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guess my question around that is do you anticipate this also
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being a similar kind of maybe five years plus some extensions
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or is it a longer period that you're able to bid this service
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out for? >> so when we come to you
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in september with our new rfp, what we're looking at is a
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three year contract with options to exercise for two
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additional years. >> okay.
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all right. Thank you.
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thank you, chair. >> thank you.
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and yes, I have no concerns about this extension.
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I think it makes very good sense and is prudent to add
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in this transition component should we need it?
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I would also just add that I'm looking forward to this board
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learning more about the rfp when it's ready.
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it sounds like just next month so that we'll have plenty of
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opportunity to discuss this contract more at that time.
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colleagues, any other comments or questions?
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I would entertain a motion in a second to approve public
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comment. >> oh so sorry I haven't had
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public comment yet. >> I I would like to open
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public comment for this item that's quite out of order out
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of my usual order. >> members of the public
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wishing to provide comment will have two minutes each.
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there'll be a warning at 30s and then chime when the time is
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up. >> speakers for this item can
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come up to the podium at this time I'm seeing none in the
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room and no accommodation requests.
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>> very good public comment on this item is now closed.
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is there a motion in a second. >> I move that I move to
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approve second. >> secretary silva please call
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the roll on the motion to approve director felder I
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felder I. >> director henderson henderson
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I director renzi I nci director you know I can't I chair tarlov
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I tarlov I think you the motion passes unanimously.
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>> secretary silva please call the next item places you on
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item number 12 discussion and vote pursuant to admin code
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section 67. 10d as to whether to invoke the attorney client
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privilege and conduct a closed session conference with legal
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counsel, I will now open public comment for item 12 for two
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minutes each. >> members of the public
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wishing to provide comment will have two minutes each.
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there'll be a warning at 30s and a time when the time is up
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. Any speakers wanting to comment
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on this item 12 can come up to the podium at this time seeing
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none in the room and no accommodation requests.
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thank you. Public comment is now closed.
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I may I have a motion in the second I'm I'll move to enter
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into that closed session second secretary silva please call the
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roll on the motion to go into closed session director felder
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felder I director henderson henderson I director hansie I n
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c I director coquina I you know I chair tarlov I tala via the
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the motion passes unanimously and the board will now go into
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closed session. >> it'll take me just a moment
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. >> all right chair
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and directors we are ready to reconvene the open session
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places you on item number 13 the board met in closed session
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and voted to set all items three a and three be places you
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on item number 14 motion to disclose or not disclose
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information discussed in closed session motion not to disclose
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second rule on the motion to not disclose director felder I
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felder I director henderson henderson I director lindsay I
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nci director coquina I I chair tarlov.
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I apologize if that motion passes unanimously
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and concludes the business before you today.
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>> thank you colleagues staff and members of the public we
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are now adjourned. Our next meeting will be on
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september 1st and 15th. >> thank you