When youre called for Public Comment, mute the device youre listening to the meeting on. When its your time to speak, you will be prompted to do so. Youre limited to three minutes a speaker unless otherwise established and speakers are requested and not required to state their name. Sf gov tv, please show the business slide. We will start with the Small Business commission this is the Business Forum to voice your opinions that affect the Economic Vitality of Small Businesses in San Francisco and this is the best place to get answers about doing business in San Francisco about the local emergency. If you need assistance with Small Business matters, you can find us online or via telephone. As always, our services are free of charge. Before item one is called, i would like to start with thanking Media Services and sf gov tv for coordinating this visual hearing and special thanks to michael for moderating the Public Comment line. Please call item number one. Item one role call . Item two,
Requirements. As noticed on the agenda, members of the public may observe the meeting by sfgovtv and they may offer Public Comment by calling the Public Comment phone number. I would like to welcome the members of the public and staff who are watching us live on sfgovtv. Madam secretary, please call the roll. Directors please respond when i call your name. Director forbes. Spent. Director heavy rai haney. Present. Director luresh. Present. Director lipkin. Present. Director tumlin. Present. Vice chair gee. Spent and chair sesay. Present. Madam chair you hav you have a. The next item is communications. We would like to provide further instructions for Public Comment. Callers dial into the toll flow number and listen to the meeting as they wait for Public Comments. They have three minutes on each item. We will announce when Public Comment is opened on each item or for general Public Comment. During each period viewers and callers will be instructed to dial 18883634735 and enter the passc
The local, state and federal levels and encouraging them to take full advantage of that assistance. We are reviewing the lease terms and very mindful of the significant Financial Hardship our tenants are experiencing. Once the shelterinplace is lifted we will present to the board for consideration our response to tenants request for relief. We understand there will be challenging times ahead for public agencies such as ours and Small Businesses. Our goal is to be fair to our tenants and protect the publics best interest and investment in the Transit Center. We want to be consistent with other agencies such as the boydf San Francisco. This concludes my report. Thank you. Madam secretary. Madam chair, i dont see any members of the board that have indicated they wanted to comment on this item. Moderator has opened the phone lines for Public Comment. Members of the public already dialed in and wish to provide Public Comment under this item would dial 1 and 0 to be added to the cue to speak
We will come to order. Todays hearing will focus on the reauthorization of the fast act, the nations current surface transportation bill that expires on september 30. We will hear the priorities of key Public Transportation stakeholders. A longterm reauthorization bill is critical to providing the certainty of stability that transit agencies, cities andos d to make responsible transportation lighting decisions. Public transportation plays a key role in our nations economy there are over 400 30,000 workers employed and Public Transportation in the United States. Transit provides approximately 33 million trips every day. Taking Many Americans to and from work, school and medical appointments. Not just in big urban cities, but also small areas. We have found ourselves with yet another reauthorization where the Highway Trust Fund is a most significant issue that needs to be addressed. In order to advance a comprehensive longterm reauthorization bill. While this committee does not have juri
Test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 mr. Willis, as a project thatle will have a ripple effect, can you speak to the impacts gateway will have on your members as well as the importance of having federal engagement on transportation projects that have an Economic Impact . Thank you, senator. What i can add is a couple things. When you talk to our members who have to operate the trains through the tunnels, maintain the signal systems, electrical systems, tracks themselves, they tell horror stories. We have a problem on our hands. You know the economic consequences of shutting down the tunnel, reduce capacity by 75 , but our members will tell you there is a real problem right now going on in there that needs to be addressed. We were hardened the administration changed the rating for portal bridge north, disappointed they did not do the same for the tunnel itself. The costs recently has been reduced by 1. 4 billion. Amtrak is kicking in several hundred extra million