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And Electronic Devices and completed speaker cards and any documents to be completed, and the items today will be appear on the november, 15, 2016, board of agenda, unless otherwise stated as there is no meeting on tuesday, november 8th. Could you call item one . A hearing to consider appointing two members for indefinite terms to the Food Security task force. There are two seats, and two applicants as well those applicants needs residency waivers. Thank you. First i think that we have Chester Williams and mr mr. Geoffrey grier; is that correct . . That is correct. Lets infight mr. Williams up to give a brief presentation. And then we will hear from mr. Grier and then we will take the Public Comment and a vote. Hello mr. Williams. Thank you supervisor cohen and supervisor farrell. I represent the bay view area. We are really trying to change the way that our people are eating out in that community. There is a lot of specific issues that have to be dealt with beyond food. But i am here
Good morning. And welcome to the monthly meeting of the San Francisco county Transportation Authority, im scott weiner, the chair of the authority. And mr. Clerk will you please call the roll . All right, item one, roll call. Avalos . Here. Breed, present. Campos chl present. Cohen. Present e farrell. Absent. Kim absent. Mar. Absent. Peskin. Present. Tang. Present. Weiner. Present. Yee. Present. We have a quorum. Thank you very much. And before going any further i want to thank sfgov tv, for broadcasting todays hearing. And item two, please . Item two, chairs report, this is an information item. Thank you. Colleagues, this has been an exciting month for the Transportation Authority. Last friday i was very happy to join with commissioner kims office to to the cal tran and the chp, and the federal highway administration, and the metropolitan commission, and this was the first major capitol project delivered by the traness powertation authority. And the new ramps provide safe access, and
Call the roll . All right, item one, roll call. Avalos . Here. Breed, present. Campos chl present. Cohen. Present e farrell. Absent. Kim absent. Mar. Absent. Peskin. Present. Tang. Present. Weiner. Present. Yee. Present. We have a quorum. Thank you very much. And before going any further i want to thank sfgov tv, for broadcasting todays hearing. And item two, please . Item two, chairs report, this is an information item. Thank you. Colleagues, this has been an exciting month for the Transportation Authority. Last friday i was very happy to join with commissioner kims office to to the cal tran and the chp, and the federal highway administration, and the metropolitan commission, and this was the first major capitol project delivered by the traness powertation authority. And the new ramps provide safe access, and are the first of many Infrastructure Projects planned for the Treasure Island and yerba buena island, i want to con gr congratulate the director, and for competing the 98 Million
Pedestrian an path, connect tg to the island on sunday. And this regional link was much anticipated on by many people. And a lot of people are going to benefit from this improved access. And so this is no longer any dead ends and i want to thank the agencies that were involved in moving this forward. Earlier this month, they were also, delighted when the federal department of transportation secretary fox announced the award of a 11 million dollar, innovaive technology and grant for San Francisco and the projects funded by the grant will be implemented by the mta and the Transportation Authority with the support from uc berkeley, and including the development of the high occupancy lanes, and car pools. And many smart traffic signal or the smart Traffic Signals to reduce congestion and improve the safety and the electronic toll system and the testing of three shuttles for Treasure Island, and i am excited to see these demonstration projects beginning to transform, the visions and in the