Present. Supervisor stefani. Present. Supervisor walton. Present. Supervisor yee. Mr. President. All members are present. Thank you. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. Place your right hand over your heart, please. I pledge allegiance to the flago f america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. On behalf of the board i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who record each meeting and make the transcripts available to the public online. What i would like to do is before we go to communications, and before we get into our special order at 2 00 p. M. , i would like to at least say a word or two. Before we get started i want to acknowledge George Floyds funeral today and thank the city family, particularly m. T. A. , for halting all Public Transit from 12 00 to 12 08 p. M. To acknowledge the wrong that happened to mr. Floyd and to the many other black and brown individuals in our country. C
Chair peskin welcome to the San Francisco county Transportation Authority board for our meeting today, tuesday, june 9th, 2020. Our clerk is ms. Angela tsao. Madam clerk, could you please call the roll. Clerk commissioner fewer . Present. Clerk commissioner haney . Present. Clerk commissioner mandelman . Present. Clerk commissioner mar. Present. Clerk commissioner peskin . Chair peskin present. Clerk commissioner preston . Present. Clerk commissioner ronen . Present. Clerk commissioner safai. Commissioner safai . Safai absent. Commissioner stefani. Present. Clerk commissioner walton . Present. Clerk commissioner yee . Present. Clerk we have coreium. Chair peskin thank you, madam clerk. Do you have an announcement . Clerk yes. Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda, via telephone, by calling 888 2045987, enter access 2858465 as seen on the screen. And then follow the system prompts. Once you join, you will be able to listen to the meeting as a participant. When yo
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Could you call the roll. [ roll call ]. Clerk we have quorum. Thank you. Next item, please. Clerk item 2, chairs report. Thank you. Colleagues, this month we had the pleasure of receiving a delegation from the California State Transportation Agency led by the new secretary of transportation, david kim, and members of his team responsible for safety planning and innovative mobility. They oversee the Transportation Commission and our state d. Ot. I want to thank our executive director and her team for organizing the round table as well as the sfmta acting director and the mtc Deputy Director for joining the meeting which i stayed for the entire time. The medium of the day was state and local partnerships and we had much to discuss, beginning with the storied history of Infrastructure Projects that followed the earthquake that took place 30 years ago last week. It not only damaged the bridge but also frees and other structures in San Francisco. We were allowed to rebuild the embarcadoro s
Clerk we have quorum. Thank you. Next item, please. Clerk item 2, chairs report. Thank you. Colleagues, this month we had the pleasure of receiving a delegation from the California State Transportation Agency led by the new secretary of transportation, david kim, and members of his team responsible for safety planning and innovative mobility. They oversee the Transportation Commission and our state d. Ot. I want to thank our executive director and her team for organizing the round table as well as the sfmta acting director and the mtc Deputy Director for joining the meeting which i stayed for the entire time. The medium of the day was state and local partnerships and we had much to discuss, beginning with the storied history of Infrastructure Projects that followed the earthquake that took place 30 years ago last week. It not only damaged the bridge but also frees and other structures in San Francisco. We were allowed to rebuild the embarcadoro structure. These land grants were helpful