You have to wait 2 minutes i think locking up a bike but really the point of this is to encourage quick turnover of bikes and have them be used by as many people as possible and whatever decision we make to be careful that it doesnt translate into something a smaller number of people are monopolizing the bicycles let me ask you what is the average amount of time that someone takes out a bike . So ninety percent of the user use it for 30 minutes because they know if they use it longer they will pay a fee. Im curious what the actual usage is even if i have 30 minutes im not going to keep it for another 7 minutes i guess im less worried that if we extend to 45 minutes that people will hold onto that bike it is heavy thats one thing its really hard to take it with you anywhere so i dont see the incentive if you increase the time it will only be utilized for slower bikers. Anyway that would be my one feedback and i noticed that the red hot area on one of those slides was inside Golden Gate Park and its hard for me to tell but i imagine its closer to where the muse ums are. I think what we would see in the park would be instead of like blanket coverage you know one station every 300 meters we would vary kind of what they call acup u. N. Cture where they are needed at the beach at the con course. With Treasure Island i think our residents would love a program like this if they dont have a car their only way into the city is the 108 which sfmta knows but the one problem is that theres no cycling on the western portion of the bay bridge at this moment so thats the big obstacle to that but i know Treasure Island would be very interested. And i appreciate that i was thinking more post construction when it becomes basically a new city out there and then well have increased ferries. Im not expecting people to ride a bike share bike across the western span. I hope we get that on the western span. Thats going to be a big project. Yeah that makes the bicycle very affordable. So in terms of the expansion whether the 3000 bikes or beyond other areas of the city, how are we going to get there and i know this is a little bit of a loaded question its a lot of fun its going to be a process but you know i think we all agree and i know you agree that we need to do it as quickly as possible but realistically how do you see that going . What does a timetable look like . Im saying its all a little bit speculative. Right now a regional pilot led by the air district and from the beginning built into that pilot was the idea that during the pilot period the partners and region would really have to figure out exactly what is the model for regional expansion and expansion within the department of communities and we havent done that work yet and we dont know what thats going to look like it took us 9 months or more just to work out the agreement just between the partners themselves so were going to need a transitional moment and were going to have to get 23 Million Dollars other cities have done this through a combination of sponsors and federal grants which is what we got for our initial capital purchase. So maybe salida can speak to that as well. Yeah i just want to add a couple of things we really think that its a minimum size of about 2000 bikes is really critical to get to operation break even. So 1900 bikes and a lot of that is due to their day use because they are a huge Tourist Destination as we are and the fact that we can see a similar similar trajectory here. But the other things that we care about thinking about expansion are geographic equity and social equity we care about jobs this system has the Great Potential to create a lot of great jobs for San Francisco ans and we care about universal design to continue to improve the design of the system so that it really is accessible to everyone and blends into the public right of way and in a way that doesnt create obstructions for people. They all approach them in a slightly different way so for us these things are critical when we think about expansion. We want it to create local jobs and we want to achieve equity and we want the design to be the best that it can possibly be and it all hinges on getting the right fund er as quickly as possible and how that all plays out is a little bit uncertain at this time but were continuing to talk about it and we have a high degree of urge see in terms of expansion because were trying to do something a little different here than a lot of other folks in the region. They are really about a last mile solution for folks but were trying to open up bicycling for an option and keep in mind when were thinking about expansion. Another question not so much expansion but the future of the city so we come up with the initial 21, 23 Million Dollars development to build out the system, we then have Operational Sustainability so the revenue generated is paying for the ongoing cost of the system what is the expected life span of the bikes and other infrastructure presumably they wear out and you have to replace them and when you talk about break even are we generating enough revenue to gradual replace bike and see particularly getting big batches of bikes at the same time a lot of them will start wearing out around the same time. So the life span of the fleet is somewhat uncertain conservative ly five to seven years and optimistic ly 7 to 10 years so theres initial investment in equipment and then theres at some point in the future where you have to make another development in the equipment. So the wearing out is that i just the bikes would you say five to seven does that include the stations as well . We dont know. The dc system those bikes are 4 years old they look good to me. I think the station could last more than 10 years. Of the 21, 23 Million Dollars to have 2500 to 3000 bikes how is that capital cost allocated between the stations and bikes im guessing the stations are more expensive . Yeah. In terms of the capital renewal needs its largely the bikes . Right some portion of that cost is a one time cost associated with starting a system that size. Its about getting a house big enough to house the bikes and do the work and some of the cost is also contingency so it wouldnt be 23 Million Dollars every 7 to 10 years it would be something less than that. Do we know how for example new york has a city bank under wrote a lot of the cost of that system do they have an arrangement of how bikes will be replaced if they wear out . Do we know how to approach that . No. Were still in the honeymoon period. So doesnt contemplate what the renewal structure will be. I dont think. I dont remember anything in there about replacing the equipment. So city bank sort of Advertising Opportunities and so one could see that that might be something that continued and be a sustainable structure for them it was actually an Development Bank that under wrote the initial investment and city bank is paying them back for the add revenue that goes along with the sponsor ship. And there would be a time horizon so that could address the longterm Capital Needs . I think its a five Year Contract with city bank. All right. Great. Thank you. Anything else . Thank you very much. Thank you and thank you for your work and congratulations for getting the pilot off the ground. Well move to Public Comment. I have 4 Public Comment cards. Good afternoon. My name is Pat Valentino i live in district 6 ive used bike share since the beginning ive taken over ninety trips including my trip here today. Its very clear that theres high demand for an increase in the number of stations as far as statistics go for my use i took a look at them before i came here all of my trips have been within 3 minute and see 16 minutes including one that was 28 and a half minutes. One of the things i think thats great about bike share in addition to some of the comments made today increases the visibility of bike usage in the city. And people are very curious about what its about and what the department of transportation showed bike share programs make other people want to get on bikes so i think programs like this can help a lot. I also think getting more people on bikes then i think will make people more aware of the importance of bike safety and i know that for myself riding on Second Street has changed how i think about what Second Street should look like what folsom street should look like and also been discussed accessibility for all its an inexpensive form of transit and thats what i have for you. Thank you. Peter from his office is here so if you want to speak on behalf of supervisor mar, that would be great. Thank you chair. Supervisors my name is peter lauderbo r. N. E the supervisor wanted me to come and reiterate the strong support for the project and also as a director of the bay Area Management district to make sure its in the highest use areas and is interested to find a sponsor so thank you all for having this hearing and thanks to the Bicycle Coalition that helped bring it forward thank you. Thank you very much. Okay well now go back to Public Comment. Hi madeline i wanted to say that i was not able im a member because i would be a block away anyway polk street is the popular destination it does complete a big cycling loop. Many workers commute up polk street to serve the establishments in the area and also traversed by many transit lines as well. It would also be a very good transit option for those who do not have places big enough and parking storage in their buildings which we know is going to be an increasing number so equity is served by providing jobs for people on polk street who are working in that entire delta and also i wanted to say that obviously a lot of people in our organization are very excited about the possibility of their being bike share in the polk corridor to witness all the tweets and retweets and replies i think im not allowed to ask questions directly but wed like to see an effort for crowd funding for some of the stations. People feel much more invested in their civic space when they have had a roll like that thank you. Thank you very much. Good evening. Afternoon. Sorry about the voice but anyway, so i wanted to bring up first of all the point that bike share is a great idea. I had some questions that i wanted to talk about real quick like where are they deployed and what are the Service Areas and in what communities are they posted and number 2, who do they serve . Who are the riders . Are they tourists, community, business persons . 3, what are the local Business Opportunities ie jobs local hiring etc. And then 4. What are the economic balances of like share how will low income folks deal with issues like credit cards and you know inabilities to be able to use those facilities . I want to also add that you know, in connecting to this whole thing is bike education and for neighborhoods and who will do the outreach and who are the local vendors that do the outreach i live in a community thats not even on the map unfortunately like we have places that can attract a lot of bike riders and finally i want to just ask regarding safety rules and in relation to schools are the schools being able to use this and such as city college and State College and lastly, i want to know who are the members of the pool. Thank you miss hodge . Good afternoon. Im kate hodge from the San FranciscoBicycle Coalition. Im going to hand you documents if im allowed to do that here sharing some good news very excited about. Independent poling found that 2 thirds of San Francisco ans want bike sharing to expand to San Francisco neighborhoods im very excited about that finding as were hearing today many many letters to the mayor have been xhg over different months were hearing from the marina, the bay view, inner sunset out er sunset richmond and neighborhoods you represent theres tremendous demand and the city has certainly paid attention to move to serve that demand and to extend the benefits of biking to as many people as possible to continue to open up bicycling and benefits to the city in general and thank you i appreciate your ongoing concern on this issue and we hope to work with everyone in the city to move this Program Forward quickly. Thank you very much. Good afternoon supervisors im mike solomon from the mission im seeing a lot of folks riding the bicycles there and safety is an issue. Theres that much congestion well have to figure out ways that bike sharing doesnt delay transit because its so popular so if you look at things like the richmond Golden Gate Park i doubt i could bike from bay to breakers in 35 minutes and im a strong cyclist so to get San Francisco neighborhood served its going to be a one way commute ask thank you is there any additional Public Comment. Seeing none Public Comment is closed i really want to thank mta i think its an Exciting Program so with that our colleagues get a motion to continue this item. First i want to thank our city staff and specifically since there were comments about my district i know we want more bike sharing all over the city but especially in the densist neighborhoods in the city in the north east polk street area and happy to work with folks as you are looking for sites on that and with that im happy to make the motion. I also appreciate one of the comments which is about our schools and i do remember when i sat on the board of education a huge issue for our teachers in particular was a lack of ability to lock their bikes on school sites and the lack of bike parking so i think it does make sense to explore maybe a couple of schools to pilot maybe high schools but i think it would be amazing if we start to see students and teachers able to use it in the morning and bike back to their after School Programs in the afternoon. And it makes sense to have them near cultural attract ions and i think our bikes are the best looking its great being in other city and see seeing other people use bike share so the motion is to call the chair and we will take that without objection. Thank you everyone. Madam clerk is there good afternoon. Todays tuesday, november 12, 2013. Welcome to the Personnel Commission tee of the San Francisco county transportation authority. My name is john avalos, the chair of the committee, joined to my right by commissioner mar, whos the vice chair and well be joined shortly by commissioner cohen. The clerk of the committee is miss erika change and wed like to thank sfgtv staff, john smith and jim smith and john ross. I knew id do that. Madam clerk, would you please call the first item. Item number two, approval of minutes. This is an action item. This is an action item and why dont we go to Public Comment. Any member of the public whod like to comment on our minutes . Seeing ing none, well close. Seeing no comments from committee ill move approval. We have a motion to approve the minutes, second by commissioner cohen and well take without objection. Item number three, approval of executive directors performance goals. This is an action goal. Thank you. This is the first time were discussing the performance goals of the executive director of the transportation authority. We just hired our executive director and she is here to discuss, which we have worked on together, her performance goals for the coming year and well have a closed session for that so well need to prepare the room so we can go into closed session. We are back in open session. I do want to allow anyone who might want to enter the room to give Public Comment. Okay, well close open comment. Commissioner mar. I will make a motion to recommend approval of the executive directors performance goals to