That to continue this to the end of the meeting . All right. So without the objection we can continue this to later in the meeting. All right. If we could call item three . Item three, approve the minutes of the april 21, 2015, this is action item. Do we have any Public Comment on the minutes for april, 21, 2015, seeing none Public Comment is closed we have a motion to approve, and thank you, commissioner breed and seconded by christensen, without objection the minutes are approved, item four, roll call. I am sorry. Roll call. Item three, roll call. Item three, breed. Aye. Christensen fl aye. Farrell. Absent. Tang. Aye. Yee. Absent. The item passes. Thank you. All right, now we can call item four. Item four, recommend at pointing of two members to a Citizens Advisory Committee and this is an action item. Thank you, and i think that we have mike from the ta here . Good morning, chair and Committee Members i am the transportation planner. The citizen Advisory Committee has eleven members
Several small cities to large cities across the country and also worked with state agencies like the division of the state architects office. And plan review services. For three of the four regional offices in california. I was part of the evaluation for the Advisory Committee. Back then. About ten years ago. The state put together and have more recently providing trainings for cal trans for their design and resident engineering. As theyre getting ready to look at the nully adopted prowa g. So we have that creating as well. So with that. I will hand you back to carla. And thank you again for the great warm mod welcome i appreciate in the last one month here. Welcome. Thank you. We want to give you congratulations on your one month anniversary. Normally. There should be a surprise or cupcakes. Were very happy to have you on board. At this point. In the last moments of our directors report. I would like to actually. Ask donna add kins. To share with us. A recent experience she had on a j
p all right, good morning, welcome to our plan and Programs Committee meeting of our sfgta, for may 12, 2015, and im katie tang and to my right is christensen, our vice chair and commissioner breed to my left. And we have our clerk with us today and sfgov tv. And i think that our other colleagues will join us shortly and so with that, we can proceed to item one. Item one, roll call. Commissioner breed. Here. Commissioner christensen. Here. Commissioner farrell absent. Tang. Present. Yee. Absent. We have a quorum. Could you call item two. Citizens Advisory Committee report, and this is an information item. Thank you if we could have chris come up. Is he here today . Okay. And we have maria. Good morning, and chief deputy and i want to confirm that to continue this to the end of the meeting . All right. So without the objection we can continue this to later in the meeting. All right. If we could call item three . Item three, approve the minutes of the april 21, 2015, this is action item.
That was great. Thank you. Can i get a round of applause for will . Thank you very much. One thing about fun for me to be here tonight come its always good to do these things in st. Louis. And i have some wonderful people that shaped my life. My second grade teacher is here, please help me to welcome pat. Thank you. [cheers] [applause] i know that this book can have that kind of impact on one persons life that happen my other teachers had on me, this will be a very successful book. So i would like to thank you very much for being here. I am going to begin the book im reading from the beginning of the book where i ask young people to imagine themselves in the navy seals. This is how it starts. You stand in freezing water up to your chest. Every muscle in your body throbs with pain. You are exhausted beyond anything you could ever imagine, and all around you the night air carries the curses and groans of others who are trying to survive like you, trying to survive the night. Most will no
Subject of the investigation. Muni has equipped allists buses with the hard rubber bumper hardly visible in front of the rear wheel designed to sweep people safely out of the way in accidents. We have had them since 2007. We check it when we can but not a regulatory requirement. Reporter in this kpix 5 video of last fridays accident that killed a 78yearold bicyclist, no wheel guard is visible leaving many to wonder if a wheel guard was on the bus and working, would it have saved his life . Its too early to confirm the details including whether or not the s1 guard was on this bus at that particular time. Reporter this s1 guard website video shows how it works. A stuntman acting as a bicyclist struck by a bus falls under the back wheel. Inner in scenario a departing passenger rushes to get back on the bus and falls. A skateboarder collides with a bus and the pedestrian in a crosswalk is struck by a bus. Safety equipment on buses is obviously a very good idea. It should be our last resort