Been removed theres speakers who e who will be adding that and also the closed session is a performance evaluation of the director of transportation has been removed from the agenda. Do we have a sense on agenda item 12 good morning, mr. Chair. At this point not specifically but well likely have an item of one form or another at the next meeting september 2nd relating to the contract item 6 introduction of new business by the board members. Seeing none, okay. Item 7 directors report. Again mr. Chair and members of the board and staff and the public. Good morning. Just a brief do i want to an opportunity during this report to recognize couple of outstanding employees first ask our director of finance and information and technology to come forward. And good afternoon good afternoon directors its my pleasure to introduce Emmett Nelson who has been in office since 2012 hes taken a leadership roll in implementing some of the programs youve approved the free muni for youth it was administered and put in place he was transitioning all the lifestyle customers that used to wait outside in the commissioner melgar lead to a picture card no more lines ii like emmitt hes looking at technology and hes the key of moving customers more to audit mansion and often visiting our commissioner melgar and emmitt we appreciate you in finance. On behalf of the board of directors and all the people of the city thank you for your outstanding work and especially free muni for youth. I want to thank the board and ed its been fun to work and serve issuing our trans riders in a better way and both the programs to transition into fulltime running is great i want to thank peter and diane they have helped but the main work was off to our staff to help with the programs without them i wouldnt have completed them thank you its an honor clapping. it just reminds me theres a number of emmitt and theres a lot of behind the scenes improvements that are happening either making our employees more efficient and things like online renewable of parking permits and others things that are automating and theres systematic improvements and better enter facing. And thats when i want to ask jerry 0 robbins good afternoon classroom nolan its my pleasure to welcome the team gabbing is an assistant engineer with our section of sustainable streets one of our upcoming engineers he began as a interim no 2008 and manages his time well and carefully look at the design and installation as a critical i ice to create projects he worked on the intersection of market and convinces i convinced his team that a larger broken was better and were moving forward with his design on the broadway streetscape design it was backlogged in the timing session gabbing jumped in and did the conceptual timing and cement the project on scald. Finally yesterday was the first day of school we have two miles of bike lanes gabbing was out there assisting parents and folks with the new safety improvements anothers Sunset Elementary School and Others School the project was well received its a player to have gabbing on our team and many of his team members are here have them stand up clapping and congratulations to gab thank you on behalf of the board thank you for your outstanding work we really appreciate it is very, very important work it helps the city and its my great honor to be here im at a loss for words everyday im grateful to be part of the agency and part of the, you know, serving the folks in San Francisco and also trying to looking for the future of our city as we move forward and its a blessing to come to work each day to be elevated by my friends they amount me in their generosity and decade so id like to end again with honoring them thank you very much clapping. thats our report. That concludes my report. One report today okay. Good and item 8 is the Advisory Committee report i dont see the chairman here okay moving into item 9 general Public Comment matter jurisdiction commission except agenda items. With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when item 12 has been removed from the agenda it is part of item 9. First speaker calling names good afternoon. Good afternoon. Thank you for having hey here im just spending 8 minutes trying to find the parking with my friend vivian we spent the whole time looking for parking. And i mean each of you will spend one hundred and 6 days of our life looking for parking and this is mostly due to people like me and you cruising the street sloan the traffic and putting the cyclists and adding to pollution its been weve been spearheading the efforts for the parking but i think that only works so far it only applies to meters and it didnt expand to areas that dont have meters and in the sf park program we have issues but, yeah its not a viable solution to what i understand right now a i so in my opinion the solution and using technology to use our public to get the data is a more viable solution. A little bit about my background i work with microsoft . Past and worked in companies that make phone applications right now i look at the park that is application so ideas is simple im leaving a spot i list it on the app and everybody else that is interested can navigate to the spot without sloan the traffic behind you im here to present this solution to the city and i love for the city to use it i have a lot of ideas how to collaborate to check with the city about it thank you. Thank you oh, if i have my questions well be happy to take them. calling names . Madeline polks founder yeah. I want to relay this story we continue to work with the best possible actions not only for polk street but San Francisco and try to insure the accurate funding is there to forward the best proposals 10 nights ago an acquaint tenant raising was approaching her doorstep there was one serial crasher one was a young man cholehis bicycle and there was a huge amount of blood spilled the young victim a 29yearold employee tied died she kept repeating im so angry i have no response. Then my 25yearold son called and i felt saved by the bell it was no a response i couldnt exchange chitchat and if one or another young stranger could be nextal also 9 Disaster Preparedness for years ago theres an ongoing disaster ralph happening in our streets we have to take action because one of us will be thank you. Next speaker, please. calling names. thank you mark. You might have seen news reports about a new taxi Driver Organization the Taxi Workers Alliance thats been formed with the obtain of joining the Workers Alliance a were happy about bringing together factors into one organization with strong labor backing we feel this b will help the drivers and the industry to meet the challenge and this is in the best interest of the city and the public the city has a vial interest in service for the disabled community and guarantees sufficient insurance passengers and bicyclists and other motors under all circumstances allowing the taxi drivers to earn a nice wage and prompting a healthy taxi industry where taxis can parking meter in all those areas were with you the city of San Francisco are you with thank you thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. calling names. hi good afternoon. Thank you fire letting me speak im the member of the a s country i u ive been in california for 25 years id like to ask mile fellow Union Brothers and sisters to please stand up thank you. Thank you director Edward Reiskin for listening to our concerns the mta accrual in the he its a multiplied Million Dollars contract my coworkers take pride in protecting protection for the city of San Francisco a because we struggle to make ends meet and cant afford cuts in our benefits we appreciate you throughout this process and look forward to working with you for the skrrld have worked hard thank you. Next speaker. calling names . Good afternoon. Good afternoon directors im w the president of cab company i wanted to talk about my next door neighbor they just moved from baltimore he has put a pink mustache on his hatchback picking up people for money he asked memo hey, do you know if Caesar Chavez and the other street run parallel. Yeah, they run parallel laughter there are 7 to 10 thousand vehicles that are personal cars acting like taxis 7 to 10 thousand. It is making a mockery of the rules of the 2000 taxis in service we have to follow 25 percent of taxis are sitting in the yards people that would otherwise get a cab the licensed can be driefrgz ever drivers are shrinking people dont feel they have to go through a background check and download an app and do the same thing were doing a company like ours is facing going out of business with a strong regulation and our new competition didnt have to follow the rules or retool the business youre seeing some of the exaggerated but i have no choice at this point im either going to go out of business or have to remodel my business where the competition dont have to play by the the same rules we need hem when it gets to the slow time in january thank you. Next speaker. calling names . Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Thank you. I thought im a co could cab driver but i look at you, your the bulk of the co co when you look at the traffic you have too many accidents and you dont have any oversight about your job i will bring you to the policy you are making unfairness youre playing by your rules the medallion but the guy just get into it, too years ago but the driver thirty years old make the payment he is making the payment but he is still making the permit free give to the people driver not signed to buy a medallion they get a free from you now. I saw it happening now youre making too groups of drivers one is a winner and one a losseser the t line losses this program but now you see a lot of drivers in the struggler in the wintertime very soon they make the payment for you now you all have you cant change your taxi policy to change the exchange you dont know how many details have those interest Conflict Group of the drivers who are buying the medallion looked at the guy that be behind driving he get a free medallion from our agency the agency goes to a member of whatever brings to you, you eat it you eat it you are no longer making it the mode of member thats all thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. calling names . Good afternoon, sir. Good afternoon, commissioners thank you for a having mayor edwin lee me. Im Security Officer with mooney started in 1998 and also a member and our brothers and sisters are here please stand up we want to thank you for listening to our concerns and working with us to make sure that our standards are preserved for the future for the last decade weve been fighting to raise the standards of security and having a working wage to support our families and we like to thank you for that thank you. Thank you were glad our colleagues are here as well calling names . Good afternoon. Good afternoon. My name is it paulette im also a member of s lc i u the workers west i currently work at two muni sites when i enjoy very much i want to take the time to thank mta director reiskin for listening to our concerns because its difficult to live live in San Francisco i make 14 an hour and its not easy having 4 days work, however, i appreciate the mta listening to our concerns thank thank you. Next speaker, please. calling names mary will be the last speaker. Good afternoon, sir. Thank you for having me, im harvey im an armed Security Officer working in the muni for the last 8 plus years. And i can pretty much represent the 20 officers Armed Division first of all, we would like to thank mr. Edward reiskin and our major concern our standard of living are not effected if theres indeed a transition we look forward to working with mr. Edward reiskin and anyone else that is involved in the processed and we can sure you the quality of service whether be outstanding as it has been thats it say i want to echo would Everything Else said. calling names the last person to turn in a speaker card. Thank you very much i want to echo officer kims speech i think that was very accurate there are tmc devastating the taxi economy i see taxis drivers that work thirty years and now working actually 4 or 5 in the morning a make ends meet theirs using apps in a taxi manner im sure youre aware of theres a t pack appeal that the puc made that the use of apples and oranges is prereplacement as opposing sides opposed to making it on demand lift say they over only on demand service i cant imagine losing the appeal fred wrote the report a couple of months ago and encouraged the City Attorney to join e pack i hope the City Attorney asked Dennis Herrera to look at this and two days before the puc took jurisdiction over the vehicles had a letter of support it would be much better if the city had jurisdiction then you could control the numbers and it might well be you need two thousands of those vehicles to augment the Transportation Needs of city but youre driving down the industry f that will collapse you saw what Michael Peavy did. And ill have to wait till the next meeting to finish thank you. Mary id like to address some media remarks wards with regards to the pulling out of the taxi market unless Code Enforcement is enforced why should the industry pay the fees in their polluting our environment and using our infrastructure if thats our answer to why their double parking i dont know how many are empty but i know thousands the san franciscans rely an taxis to take them to the doctor and the blood bank and the director to look at that if they leave the taxi business shes dead one thing wrong and Cab Companies are not accepting medallions im surprised she thinks they can transfer to other companies thats simply not the case and the macarter necessary concert the plan was eagle son in and out and pick up the folks why does the police not allow us to use that corridor while hundreds of concertgoers they were told to disperse or walk or take a bus because theres no taxis they were strand and to public was steadier towards taking the transportation ubers and Small Business sometime it is more than their plane tickets to get back to the hotels we need to work for the future of special events the taxis have to serve the public. Thats the last person to turn in a speaker card. Next item. Directors to our consent calendar calendar, are considered to be routine and may be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. There will be no separate discussion of these items directors director rubke has asked for item 57 to be severed. So theres a motion on is consent calendar minus 2. 5 all in favor, say i. Opposed . Number 5 we need to be recused. Yes. Ill ask to be recused. Is there another motion to allow director rubke to be recused all in favor, say i. Opposed . Your recused. So then item 5 is there a motion on this one motion to approve. Any further discussion all in favor, say i. Opposed . So ordered a with the conclusion of the consent calendar i have 11 to authorize the director to have this reconditioning term of the steps to supply the rehabilitation and to rehabilitate the remainder of trucks up to 71 light vehicles not to exceed Million Dollars and expend the contract no matter than november 18th no member of the public wishes to speak. Yes. This is a request for a administration of a contract that were using to rehabilitate our light rail vehicles the original contract was rehabilitating the doorsteps system the vehicles as well as the trucks which the the under carriage the vehicles in short the work on the trucks and other aspects of rehabilitation like wiring has been effective with the doors and steps has been less so, so what is amendment allows us to shift the money so we can stop doing the doors work and doing more of the trucks work we have some funding already identified and this contract whether allow 80 us to shift the funding be identified to got or upgrade. Is there a motion and second. All in favor, say i. Opposed . The is have it. Item 13 discussion for closed session. Is there a second. You. The attorneys voted unanimously to settle the case the board talked about the anticipation of the directors item 15 for the disclosed or not disclosed and discussion and that concludes our business. Were