Before we do, we should see if there are minutes of the public who wish to address the board. My mistake. Open up for Public Comment on this item. To the amended minutes that were recirculated from may 19. Members of the public who are watching this meeting via sfg tv who wish to address the board call 8888086929 and press 9961164. All right. We will wait a moment to see if there are members of the public who wish to address the board with respect to the amended minutes of may 19. Director borden, put yourself on mute. All right. Moderator is telling us there are no callers. Seeing of no callers s the floor closed officially . Yes, madam chair t moderator will close Public Comment for the minutes. And there is still a roll call vote on the minutes . A yes, madam chair. Director borden. Aye. Director brinkman . Dr. Brinkman, unmute. Aye. Dr. Eaken . Aye. Heminger. And that is approved by unanimous approval. Item 5, communication. Before i get into the extensive directions here, i just w
Public who wish to address the board. My mistake. Open up for Public Comment on this item. To the amended minutes that were recirculated from may 19. Members of the public who are watching this meeting via sfg tv who wish to address the board call 8888086929 and press 9961164. All right. We will wait a moment to see if there are members of the public who wish to address the board with respect to the amended minutes of may 19. Director borden, put yourself on mute. All right. Moderator is telling us there are no callers. Seeing of no callers s the floor closed officially . Yes, madam chair t moderator will close Public Comment for the minutes. And there is still a roll call vote on the minutes . A yes, madam chair. Director borden. Aye. Director brinkman . Dr. Brinkman, unmute. Aye. Dr. Eaken . Aye. Heminger. And that is approved by unanimous approval. Item 5, communication. Before i get into the extensive directions here, i just wanted to say a few words because we are coming together
Combined with opera music it allows people to let go and be entertained and enjoy the music instead of putting on headphones. Thats what is great about art sometimes everyone loves it because you have to, you know, really great you have to have both some people dont like it and some people do were concerned about that. Its about thirty something out there thats risky. You know, disliked by someone torn apart and thats the whole point of what were drying to do you never take this for granted you make sure it is the best if you can. Amendments to the amendments. The corrected minutes were reposted yesterday as requested. A directors, do we have a motion for the reposted minutes for the may 19 meeting . So moved. Second. All in favor . Before we do, we should see if there are minutes of the public who wish to address the board. My mistake. Open up for Public Comment on this item. To the amended minutes that were recirculated from may 19. Members of the public who are watching this meeting
Okay. Welcome, everyone. My name is kathy rispard, and id like to welcome you to the very first black History Month celebration, hosted by the black american affinity group. Without further adieu, im going to have Katie Willard come willard Kenny Willard come on up. [applause] first of all, want to give a round of applause to kathy and all shes done to make this happen. [applause] so good afternoon, everyone. So it sounds like everyone has had their coffee this morning, so lets do that again. Good afternoon. Id like to welcome you to our first annual black History Month celebration. This years theme is looking back while moving forward. Honoring those who led the fight for justice on transit in San Francisco. Today were recognizing charlotte l. Brown and mary ellen white. Brown was the first to legally challenge racial segregation in the United States when she filed a lawsuit against San Francisco Street Car Company in the 1860s after she was forceablely removed from a street car, and
Ive not received a request from the member of the public to address you. Is mr. Kennedy coming back . Clerk yes. So Board Members, unless theres a question, ill entertain a motion to approve. So moved. Second. Okay. All those in favor . Opposed . Item 5, miss boomer. Clerk item 5, communications. Board members, any new or Unfinished Business . Clerk directors report. Director tumlin . How are you . Im still great, and im litt still loving about 80 of my job. 20 in three months. Good afternoon, directors. So last week, San Francisco was called to testify in congress at the house energy and commerce subcommittee. Theyre hosting a forum on Autonomous Vehicles and pending litigation. San francisco was called to testify, and i spoke covering a couple of critical topics related to the pending legislation, including asking that we put safety first, including having event data recorders board all Autonomous Vehicles that preserve data both before and after the crash and investment in a Nationa