And vote in favor of exempting this particular action to stop sunday meter parking. [speaker not understood] through that process then take over, perhaps look at this more closely and come to an opposite conclusion. In closing, what id like to say is the only possible way that you can read from a legal standpoint that you could read this ceqa exemption as applied, as the standard applies to the entire budget, and thats what happened here. Mta looked at this decision. I assume someone looked at it and said it doesnt specifically say exempt sunday metered parking. And it actually lowers revenue so theyre only able [speaker not understood] ceqa applies if we include it as a global exemption of the entire budget. Thats not what the exemption was designed for. As most of you know, ceqas was intended to be interpreted [speaker not understood], it was intended to be in favor of the public and gem enfull Public Disclosure of what is going on. So, with that im going to pass it on to my colleagu
It was an april fools joke of a vote that the sfmta rolled back sunday meters. They prematurely voted to repeal sunday meters by the future bond money and not invoke the november 2014 ballot measure funds. It is responsible to depend on funding that may or may not be available [speaker not understood]. It is disappointing after the give away the mayor has dropped his support for [speaker not understood]. There are [speaker not understood], and its time to stop playing chicken with public safety. Its not just the league and other transit advocates that show the environmental and traffic benefits to San Francisco. Sfmtas own data proves that enforcing metered parking on sunday was good for the city. And sfmta studied published in december 2013 that after sunday metering, drivers were able to find a parking spot twice as fast as before. The sfmta is trying to use loophole in the Environmental Quality act to try to avoid the legal requirement to analyze the environmental impacts of repeali
Statutory exemption, unlike a categorical exemption statutory exemption, if something fits into that exemption, then its exempt regardtionv of potential Environmental Impacts . Yes, absolutely. Ceqa itself, the state legislature determines or the guidelines determine that it that there are certain decisions that are simply statutorily exempt from ceqa . Thats correct, i would agree. Okay. Now, youve relied at least in part on you argued this statutory exemption cannot apply in part because it is a reduction in revenue, not an increase. As i read the statutory exemption, i read it differently. It talks about modifications, restructurings. So, i know the mta and planning take the position that if you look at the overall fees and all the different tickets and fees and other annoyances people deal with on a regular basis, that they have to look at all of that. But even if you look individually, the exemption does report on modifications and restructurings. I guess another question would be
Ing please call the role. Director bridget. Brinkman . Present. Director heinicke is anticipated. Director lee . Present. Director nolan . Present. Rib key present. Mr. Chairman, directors, you have a quorum. Announcement of produce sound producing devices during the meeting please be advised the ringing of cell phones, pagers and other similar sound producing Electronic Devices are prohibited at the meeting. Any person responsible for one going off in the meeting may be asked to leave the room. And please know that cell phones that are put on the vibrate position do cause microphone interference so the board respectfully request they be placed in the off tion position. Full approval of the minutes of november 20, 2012 regular meeting. Motion. Second. All in favor say aye . Aye. So ordered. Item 5, communications. Okay. Ms. Boomer, on this one, members of the board, because there are two issues today there are not going to be a whole lot of people. What id like to do is to begin with a
Sports over 550 Christmas Holiday lights. Five, four, three, two, one yay ing please call the role. Director bridget. Brinkman . Present. Director heinicke is anticipated. Director lee . Present. Director nolan . Present. Rib key present. Mr. Chairman, directors, you have a quorum. Announcement of produce sound producing devices during the meeting please be advised the ringing of cell phones, pagers and other similar sound producing Electronic Devices are prohibited at the meeting. Any person responsible for one going off in the meeting may be asked to leave the room. And please know that cell phones that are put on the vibrate position do cause microphone interference so the board respectfully request they be placed in the off tion position. Full approval of the minutes of november 20, 2012 regular meeting. Motion. Second. All in favor say aye . Aye. So ordered. Item 5, communications. Okay. Ms. Boomer, on this one, members of the board, because there are two issues today there are no