Faucetsot to me it smells mildewy and rustysot thats all i can say is it tastes like dirtsot clear in color but i can definitely tell there is a difference in the taste and smell and the way it feels. Contra costa Water District supplies brentwoods water. Those with the district tell kron four that the algae bloom is to blame here but there is no health risk. Those we talked with say they are still skeptical. Sot i just wont drink itit tastes old dirty and usually it looks like there is something floating in it to me but im just kinda hyper sensitive right now because im pregnant. Many in brentwood use their own filteration systems. Some though say they shouldnt have to do that. Not when theyre paying hundreds of dollars a month on water. Sot im tired of having to pay for bottled water but their water is so horrible. I just happened to take a pill a couple of evenings ago and practically spit the water out because it tasted so horrible. District representatives say they this past weeke
Pretty flat organization and my goal would be for us to rise up to the calls that were being asked to meet in an efficient and sustainable aware for our staff and that might mean some strategic filling in of some layers particularly in the senior and management rank but i think that we can make that work and we can do that step by step and bring a plan forward perhaps in the next budget cycle and explain our ideas in that regard. Even going paper less i think theres no substitute for having a hands on capacity to be responsive and thorough and to be effective so thank you very much for this opportunity and id be happy to answer questions. Thank you. Colleagues any comments or questions in okay. We will be going over this in terms of Performance Review in may of 2014 at that time the Personnel Committee will come back together in that process and i do want to to thank you for your flexibility to bring forward the performance goals. Actually i have a comment from commissioner yee. There
Concur with what supervisor wiener said about outreach. There is a lack of political ware the board may speak to the mta and say this is what we think is whats right and on the other side theres some loud voices who are not particularly informed and our organization has tried to increase the outreach and also try to supplement the education of the public so they understand what the facts are and really wed like to sxand wed like to see everybody talking to each other in terms of the people in power and saying yes we stand together and we know this is the way the economic and vital future of the city has to go and i can say although they seem to magnify, actually the voices in opposition are more often than not a very small presence or omni present very often. Thank you very much. Any other member of the public who would like to comment . And seeing none well close Public Comment and can we take this and now we will go onto the item from our Personnel Committee. If you can call this ite
Ways of doing business to implement these projects to design them faster and get in them in the ground faster and i believe theres no reason why we couldnt keep the pace of that investment but at the moment were deliverying five Million Dollars per year and the new investment levels represents a large multiple of that about 38 Million Dollars per year if we were to do it by 2018 as was discussed at the hearing so this question of how much investment is not a concern i dont believe for us because its really about can we get it done quickly in a timely way and to really discuss how were going to do that neighborhood by neighborhood and corridor by corridor its a whole new paradigm of delivery and Community Involvement in the outreach process to really discuss what were wanting to see on the street how quickly we should be responding between plan and design and construction phases and being more efficient as we do our complete streets resurfacing with our Capital Project and see working w
Theres no funding for the geary light rail project it has not been funded at all besides the central subway they are building a station at union square for geary light rail and theres no reason why that should be funded first before you do anything else because thats the first thing you should do in prop k before you go painting the streets for the Bicycle Coalition or whatever this sort of thing think about what hasnt been done yet but still has to be done now. Thank you very much. Thank you. Any other member of the public would like to comment . Seeing none well close Public Comment. And madam clerk if you can call our next item. Item 14 adjournment. I wish everyone a happy holiday season. You are adjourned. Good morning, everyone. Ed meeting will come to order. This is the tuesday, december tenth, 2013, meeting of the plans and Programs Committee of the San Francisco county transportation authority, our clerk is miss erika cheng, could you call the roll . Roll call, commissioner bre