Our work order estimates with particularly Public Utilities and public works, but also sfmta, planning and other city agencies to prepare our budget projections for next year. And well bring informational presence on the budget to our next tida Board Meeting as well before making our initial budget to the mayor office on february 21st. Well come back in april for formal adoption of the budget. And then the Mayors Office will submit the budget to the board on may 1st. For the board next year, at the main highlight here is were expecting to have the onisland meetings in march, july and november. And that also will be doing budget information presentations this year. Our annual contract renewal is in june. And then election of officers next fall. And then per our conversations at our december meeting, were incorporating quarterly Sustainability Committee meetings beginning with our first meeting on january 21st and then well have infrastructure and transportation meetings in march and kee
Incorporating more technology in communicating with our riders about our services and such. We partner with slide wheel to allow our paratransit taxi riders to use their app to request a taxi. In particular, if you are a wheelchair user, you can specifically ask for a wheelchairaccessible taxi using the app. We have launched a taxi online portal, which allows for paratransit taxi riders to pay their portion of the taxi of their taxi debit card as well as view their trip history and report lost or stolen cards through this online interface. And we have two advisory committees who advise the m. T. A. Paratransit about the accessibility issues that they face throughout the city. One of them is the paratransit council. This is comprised of paratransit riders, Service Providers and communitybased represent i haves. They advise the m. T. A. On Service Quality issues with paratransit as well as help assist us in policy development. The second one is the multimode accessibility advisory commit
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