Of which is contemplated in the work program which you approve every year through the budget process. But a lot of it does not see the light of day because of the business of planning and building transportation infrastructure is long term and it moves sometimes of what appears to be the age, and speed. But it is all the more reason to give you informed about it and the public of course about the things that are happening. So, i think that it would be fitting in keeping or recognizing the fact that there is a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes and by people who rarely get a chance to present before the board to take a moment to first thank you, the board, for the attention to these reports and was contained in them over the years and the guidance that you provided me and the staff to make sure that we stay on track with the work program. And also, to thank the staff, the people who dont appear before you very often for doing the work over the years that has made the authority t
Good morning everyone. And welcome to the tuesday, december 11th, 2012, meeting of the San Francisco county Transportation Authority. My name is david campos and i am the chair of the authority. The clerk is cheng and we want to thank the following members of sfgtv staff for covering the meeting. Madam clerk, could call roll call . Camposes . Present. Chiu. Present. Chu. Present. Cohen . Fer ill absent. Mar . Mar, present. Kim, absent. Olague. We are absolutely a quorum. And i did hear that commissioner cohen and commissioner weiner as well. If you could call item two. Approval of minutes of the november 20, 2012 this is an action item. Colleagues this is an action item, before we take action, i want to open it up to Public Comment, any people of the public who would like to speak on the minutes . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. If we could have the roll call. Avos. Aye. Chiu aye. Chu. Aye. Cohen. Elsbernd . Fer ill . Aye. Kim, absent. Mar, olague . Aye. Weiner . Aye. And item p
Mar . Mar, present. Kim, absent. Olague. We are absolutely a quorum. And i did hear that commissioner cohen and commissioner weiner as well. If you could call item two. Approval of minutes of the november 20, 2012 this is an action item. Colleagues this is an action item, before we take action, i want to open it up to Public Comment, any people of the public who would like to speak on the minutes . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. If we could have the roll call. Avos. Aye. Chiu aye. Chu. Aye. Cohen. Elsbernd . Fer ill . Aye. Kim, absent. Mar, olague . Aye. Weiner . Aye. And item passes. Thank you very much. Item passes if you could call item number three. Three, chairs report, information item. Thank you very much. First of all i want to wish every one a happy holiday season. And i also want to acknowledge that today is a very significant day for many of us here at the county Transportation Authority for a couple of our commissioners it will be the last county Transportation Auth
Another 13year high. And the s p 500 index closing in unchartered territory with a gain of just two points, but a new record of 1,682. The blue chips close at an alltime high for a thirdconsecutive session. Lets get to bob and talk about whats moving the markets. The important thing is, the data was very choppy. Retail sales a real disappointment, although Retail Stocks werent down that much. June was a disappointment, i mean, on retail sales. The china gdp came in where the government said it would. 7. 5 . That was a blip, particularly to the emerging markets. The major indices today. Youll notice something unusual. Utilities are leading, and i think most people agree that thats because of the heat wave that weve been having. Put up some of the utility stocks, con ed said they were prepared for the possibility there could be Power Outages in new york city. So con ed, for example, put up some of the utility stocks, all are moving to the upside. Most of the utilities are up 1 , 2 . Chin
And should be analyzed separately. There are a number of delays and we urge you to vote on this next week. Thank you. Next speaker. If there is anyone else that would like to speak, if you would line up on the side of the room that would be helpful. Next speaker. Good afternoon, supervisors. Wiener and mar. My name is laura cleveland, im a Richmond District resident. Im here to support a voice in support of wildlife. Im requesting you vote in favor of this proposed resolution. While im here for wildlife, the proposed resolution would not be commitment for or against the continuation of sharp park as a golf course. It would ensure a fair and targeted Environmental Review of the subject wetland golf course. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, supervisors. Local law student interested in environmental law and avid golfer. I support this resolution because it rejects legitimate attempts to [speaker not understood]. Given the information forcing requirements of ceq