I have been a cable car grip for 21 years. I am a third generation. My grand farther and my dad worked over in Green Division for 27. I guess you could say its blood. Come on in. Have a seat. Hold on. I like it because i am standing up. I am outside without a roof over my head and i see all kinds of people. You catch up to people you know from the past. You know. Went to school with. People that you work with at other jobs. Military or something. Kind of weird. Its a small word, you be. Like i said, what do people do when they come to San Francisco . They ride a cable car. California line starts in the financial district. People are coming down knobbhill. The cable car picks people up. Takes them to work. There still is no other device to conquer these hills better than a cable car. Nobody wanted to live up here because you had to climb up here. With the invention of the cable car, these hills became accessible. He watched horses be dragged to death. Cable cars were invent in San Franc
Director ramos and rubke and mr. Chairman that heinecke will not be here you have a quorum. Please be advised that the ringing of and the use of packagers and other electronic devicess are prohibited at the meeting any person responsible for one maybe asked to leave the room. Please be advised that the cell phones set on vibrate be in the off position. Item 4 approval of the minutes of january 24th and a this minutes of february 4th special meeting is there a motion and second. All in favor, say i. Opposed . Thank you very much item 5 communications. Members of the board i want to adjourn our meeting in the memoriam of stu smith was active in many programs with the city of San Francisco so with your consent ill ask we adjourn 2, 3, 4 his memory. There is no anticipated litigation in closed session today. Thank you more often . Item 6 introduction of new or unu unfinished business. Director rubke. Okay. I appreciate our enthusiasm. We had an awesome meeting on february 4th i appreciated
Power. [applause] i want to thank mayor ed lee for convening the family. For all the times we think of leading from the front. Often you lead from the center. You have the power to convene the family, to look at a family crisis and think it through, and it figure it out, and if we can get out of our owns self way we might find solutions to a problem that is multifaceted. I want to thank pastor bryant here who is the spokesman in the state and reverend brown and used his zeal and intelligence, his will to fight. He is a preacher, pastor, teacher, musician and a San Francisco giant fanatic. [applause] and to all of you here today this issue of violence is a complex and challenging one. No one need to be self rightious about it because there is no instant answer to the things that all of us must. Do i am impressed with the religious communities coming together. At least we should know that the issue today is peace is not the absence of noise. Its the presence of justice. When there is no
Thank you. Communications. Mr. Chairman i know of none. There was the board, ladies and gentlemen, i asked this afternoon that we adjourn our memory in county member shoe marker. He was on the daily county supervisor and with the attorney also and a dear friend. So with your consent we will adjourn this meeting and send a letter to his wife, okay. Thank you. Introduction of new or Unfinished Business by board members. Thank you. Seeing none, thank you. San directors report for discussion onlyy. Good afternoon, members of the board, and members of the public and staff. Actually i have quite a bit of things to cover today. And ill try to move through them quickly, but first i want to take time to recognize some of our outstanding employees and today not just mta employees. First up i like to ask bonnie to present on behalf of the streets division. Good afternoon mr. Yee. Good afternoon mr. Chairman and members of the board. Yee, my pleasure to be presenting officer from the Police Depart
Brinkman. Here. Director lee. Present. Lee nolan. Present. President director ramos is anticipated director. You have a forum. Announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. Similar sound devices are prohibited and any person responsible for bun going off may be asked to leave the meeting. Cell phones on vibrate do cause microphone interference and we ask that theyre placed in the off. Discussion and vote pursuant to administrative code section 67. 100dd as to whether approval of minutes. Q. Second. All in favor say i. I. Thank you. Communications. Mr. Chairman i know of none. There was the board, ladies and gentlemen, i asked this afternoon that we adjourn our memory in county member shoe marker. He was on the daily county supervisor and with the attorney also and a dear friend. So with your consent we will adjourn this meeting and send a letter to his wife, okay. Thank you. Introduction of new or Unfinished Business by board members. Thank you. Seeing none