Know anyone of these applicants would do a tremendous job on this body. The way this process works, even if you are not appointed right away its important to be in the cue because there are vacancies for a lot of reasons and its important that people remain engaged and i want to say thank you to all the people who have expressed an interest. I think that the caliber that you see is the kind of caliber that we need to really move the Agency Forward and sort of outside of the box thinking. Even if you dont get appointed right away, i would ask you to be patient because this process will eventually allow you to be involved. So thank you very much. I did want to just thank Erin Goldsmith and other past ca members for their work. I think eric is going to bring not only a sunset perspective but regional perspective to this work with Development Without displacement. I think there is really good knowledge and especially from sat San Mateo County that he will bring our neighbor to the south. I
The community here but if you have the power instead of picking like the easy target, which may not be too much work for you, but choose a target, maybe put work in it and look at it from a different perspective. Theres one more small item i want your attention on. You can use muni fast pass as a tool to teacher students accountability, responsibility and also you can use it to inspire their parents to guide the youth and the other main point is dont use it as a tool to criminalize youth like those being done in San Francisco. Thanks. Supervisor wiener thank you. Next speaker. Good morning, speakers. Tenderloin Youth Leadership program. As part of my job i go to all high schools all over the l city recruiting kids to join the program and i hear all too much the common stories of students who cant afford to go to school, actually students that end up missing several days a year, costing the San Francisco a lot of money, as were not getting paid when theyre not in school. Also, so many t
Minutes. When you have 30 seconds left, you will hear a soft bell informing you of that and at two minutes there will be a louder bell. So im going to call in order bob planthold, francisco decosta, eric woo, i believe, zel, i apologize if i mispronounce names, something that often happens to me paul, something rodriguez, i cant read the handwriting, sharon gadberry, fillchen im bob planthoalt. I served on the state Strategic Plan because of my knowledge of muni, bart, caltran, l. A. Metro link. Other systems also are struggling with the issue of the cost of youth transit, both monthly passes or individual fares. I raised two kids in the Public School system. They took muni. If i hadnt been able to get a free pass for myself throughnoje muni Access Committee i would have had great financial difficulty. I think you need to stop and look atykjy whats been overlo. Youth cant work. They dont get a job if youre 8 years old. We heard the discussion that maybe seniors and disabled should get
Getting paid when theyre not in school. Also, so many teachers tell me how they have to take so many to help students get to school and back home to commute. Its a very unfortunate thing that i hear all too much. The 70 youth discount is just not enough. Every other city provides Free Public Transportation to and from school except this city. Also, its very difficult for a family of four to send their kids to school when theyre low income and they have to send all four children to school. That becomes very, very difficult. Also, some students end up not going to school because theyre too embarrassed to ask for the school. We have the resources, we have the support from the community, we have the support from the ftma. All we need is for you to make the right decision and to invest in the children. Although you might not have five children of your own and you might not be low income yourself we expect you to have compassion for those that are. Thank you. You. Next speaker. Good morning.
Leveraging so much more money for what the city is doing. Example the 14 million for the escalator, the 2 bay area grant and the potrero avenue, no, thats federal money. A lot of good work leveraging money and making major improvements in many nabz. Neighborhoods. Thank you for bringing this forward. Thank you, i just want to know who the contract was awarded to . I would let sf mta cover that. Does that include funds or does that come from another source. Thats in a request for prop k funds. Barbary was awarded the contract. Shawn kennedy with the mta. Thank you. I also see a note that, mr. K, it looks like a request from colleague commissioners that the mta think about a Maintenance Plan for the escalators as was brought up by commissioner kim. Im just wondering if you are comment on that . Miss lombardyo is here as well. Thank you for your very good comments and commissioner king as well. We can incorporate that into boards packet. My understanding is that the new federal guidelines