415 a6550001 access. Code 26638999497. When the item is called, ill star three to enter the queue. Commenters will have up to two minutes to provide comment unless otherwise noted by the chair. Please speak clearly, ensure youre in a quiet location and turn off any tvs or computers around you. We thank you for your cooperation. Places you on item two. Roll call director henderson. Here. Henderson. President director hinsey. President kinsey. President director. So present. So present. Director kahina walking right in. Thank you, chair. Ekin right in time here. Egan present. We are expecting director hemminger. Although however, director yekutiel is not expected today. You do have a quorum and for the record, i note that director hinsey is attending this meeting remotely. 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Is there a motion and a second on the minutes i move. Second, please call the roll on the motion to approve the minutes. Director Heminger Heminger. Director henderson. Henderson director hinsey. Hi director. So i so. I. Director kahina. I kahina. I chair ekin. Hi. And i thank you. The minutes are approved. Places you on. Item number five communication actions. I have none. Moving on to item number six introduction of new or Unfinished Business by Board Members colleagues. Is there any new or Unfinished Business today. Director kahina , please. Hello, colleagues. Im sorry i wasnt here at the last meeting, but i did have something that i wanted. To say to the to the team and propose to the team. I am quite interested in understanding safe parking sites a bit more, and im hoping that we could possibly get other presentation or an item introduced on the agenda to try to take a deeper dive on that as as a team and really understand what are the components of safe parking sites, what are some of the challenges that were seeing . I know there have been a few pilot projects that have happened in the city over the last few years, and i just wanted to get a better understanding of that. And so this is more of a request from the team just to see if theres support from from us generally to see if thats something we want to explore a bit more, to try to understand that a bit more. And it could be maybe asking some guidance from staff to see if they can co present with hsh to possibly take a deeper dive on that. But just wanted to pose that to the team and see what what we all thought about that. Madam vice chair. I would be interested in that pen pending that it could be copresented with. I think we would need them for, for an item like that. So you. Thank you. Director hinsey. I think ill just relay that just to convey some of the nature of the previous conversation at the last meeting, which was sort of which which started out, i think with the presumption from this board that the solution to the challenges on winston was more safe parking sites and that the guidance that we received from emily cohen at hsh was really that they they dont really see safe parking sites as as much of a solution as permanent housing. And thats really what theyre striving for. So where our conversation sort of started with how long would it take to establish a safe parking site . And that would be a timeline for sort of a delay of implementation in she guided us that that wasnt necessarily the way that they think about it. They think about like a three month timeline for transitioning people into more permanent housing. And thats why we sort of anchored our our delay on the three month time horizon. Absolutely i agree that permanent housing is always the solution that said, i do know that at our curbsides and our streets across the city are seeing an uptick in rv parking. And oftentimes we are asked to enforce our sticks. And i would love for us to develop a carrot and figure out how we could be part of that solution. We have of definitely a unique perspective when it comes to parking. We have a better understanding than i think any other agency as it pertains to parking. And thats thats something that squarely we understand more than anybody else. And i think it we would be a valuable asset to that discussion. And to be able to shape whatever policy comes out of that. If there is a policy that is going to be established, its more aggressive than whats already in the books. But i think its part of the purview of this team to really understand what are the solutions out there, what are some of the challenges, challenges that were seeing on the ground . What are some of the challenges that other sister agencies are facing so that when items like this come to us, theyve come to us in the past multiple times in different variations that we fully understand. And what are some of the tools at our disposal so that when we are giving guidance to staff, our proposing next steps, its an informed decision that were making. Colleagues do you have any other any perspectives on this item . Director so please. I wanted to talk about Something Else, but its not this so okay. I dont have any comments with this one. Okay uh, director tomlin, id love to hear your perspectives on on this and sort of the interdepartmental coordination and what feels like a right next step. Yes. So, so sfmta staff provide a strong support role to in terms of identifying potential sites and helping to design from a traffic geometric standpoint how they might work takes the lead in determining sites and arranging sites and making them work. So if it is the interest of the board and the chair, im happy to invite here to learn more or if this is more of a specific interest, we can also go do it outside the context of the board, either in the form of a memo or an individual briefing, whichever is the preference of the board. Yeah i think having an item for the full board to, to listen to and to be able to and to get Public Comment on, to, i think that that would be great. And i appreciate that weve acted as a supportive of play, the supportive role in the past, and so curious to see if theres any way we could be of further support or if what were giving already is enough and seeing how we can help create a better solution for folks. Thank you, director tobin. Thank you. Vice chair kahena. Im thinking about she did mention that there are very close that theyve been looking for years for sites and they have theyre down to two and theyre very close. So it might be that once they have identified a site that might be like a timeline to think about inviting back to the to the board for further conversation. Yeah. Oh, its not okay. Okay so that we can talk about that and follow up. Absolutely. Yeah, that would be great. Okay, director. So please. I just want to have to share what i just went on friday this past friday in. Its my first time visiting our one of our divisions. So i went and visit the kirkland divisions with Julie Kirschbaum and i wanted to just to share with everyone, mine and my fellow board of directors that i felt that there is so much love and community in that division that was just incredible. And i wanted to give some appreciation to some of the staff that were there that actually took their time to show me around how they operate and how the muni busses got clean and refueled. So as malay, malawa, hes a curriculum maintenance assistant superintendent. Um, and amy alvin, i probably say your name wrong, sorry. And deputy Senior Operations manager, Transit Management and also theo atienza , assistant Division Manager with the flynn division. And i was just there and i was really stoked to see that the leadership in that division is leader by compassion. Instead of armor leadership. And thats im so happy to see theres like an appreciation board of all these custom items, appreciation through 301. They actually posted in there and publicly show appreciated that every single operators dedicate an actually does matter and it is highlighted and spotlight and then even there was like a 30 years retire chinese operator show up he brought this ginormous cake to celebrate three d honorees for september a systemwide operator, david chow systemwide runner up operator moe birhanu and operator of the month, laverne johnson. So it was just a very nice way to see everyone, even though its so hard to make your shift and committed to on time, on schedule and also help each other to back up each others operation, making sure the muni run on time. But they also squeeze their little time here to celebrate each other and i just felt that its very important to appreciate everyone in our department from from engineering to planner to administrator all the way to operators and maintenance staff. So i encourage many of us maybe, you know, come with me next time or you are ready seeing it. I will continue to see more. I just have i have a really great time and i just want to share that. Thank you, julie. Thank you, director. So. Well in in keeping with your early commitment and leadership and your board role, i want to i want to announce a couple items as colleagues. These are two committee related announcements of the board. So we have currently an ad hoc train control upgrade, project subcommittee. And this is to oversee the train control upgrade project, which is around looking at the contract approach, the schedule, the cost system, vendors applying Lessons Learned from other major Capital Projects to this system, control train control upgrade project, which is really around ensuring timely and Effective Service in our muni metro light rail service. Id like to appoint a director so and director henderson to serve on the train control upgrade project Sub Committee with director hemminger. This is going to be a very significant Capital Investment for agency. Its ive been reassured by director kirschbaum. This is one of the most significant and important Capital Investments we can make in our system to ensure on time effective light rail service, which weve already seen very significant improvements in reducing the amount of significant delays. Weve all been very pleased to see those data and this is a further investment in that vein. So i would be very happy to have the service of my colleagues on that committee. And i dont think we have a specific date set for the next subcommittee meeting. But secretary silva will work with you all. Thank you in advance for your service and then the second committee, id like to announce and colleagues we spoke about this at the beginning of the year at our workshop. We asked each of our colleagues to speak about their priorities for 2023, and vision zero came up from almost every board member. I havent forgotten. Next meeting, im going to ask you all to share on your priorities and id and so id like to create formally the vision zero subcommittee of the board. And just in recognition of the continued Public Health crisis that we face with traffic fatalities and serious injuries on our streets. Id like to ask on this one, id like to ask director hinsey and director hemminger to serve and i will volunteer for the time being to chair that committee and id like to probably look at rotating a chair ship of that committee as well. And that committee will look at implementation of the vision zero Action Strategy, continuously monitoring the vision, zero best practices and ensuring the board has a very clear understanding of the barriers that staff face in implementing our vision zero Action Strategy and that we are doing everything we can to help eliminate and overcome those barriers. So thats the announcement i wanted to make. Any comments or questions from my colleagues before i open it to Public Comment. Director so. Um, its my honor to serve in many more capacities, so i look forward to work alongside with, with my fellow directors, steve and domenica, to make sure that we can bring our fleet into to the state of the art situation. Oceans. Thank you. Thank you, director. So. Okay, if there are no further board member comments , ill open it up to Public Comment for anyone in the room on the new and Unfinished Business items. Good afternoon. Its going to have to do the job. I mean, i dont know. Its a good job, but. You must get out of the movie you are in guys. You must absolutely get out of the movie. You are in. You are dealing with an emotional disorder based on a wrong kind of education. Some people have been using this wrong kind of education with the emotional disorder to get a delusion of grandeur. You are victim now of this emotional disorder. Like most people are, by the way, you cant use Critical Thinking with a mask on. Im sorry. It doesnt work. You must get out of the movie before its too late. So what you are talking about. Im sorry. I inform you that it is not the future. None of it. Vision zero means that you have zero vision. So its explains itself. You need to get out of this emotional disorder. The reason why . Its because your intelligence is affected. So now your level of intelligence is too low to not lose your consciousness within it. Understand, without consciousness, human beings needs a consciousness. Consciousness is a tool against self destruction. Its easy to understand, but you must. It intelligence works with emotion. You must get out of this emotional disorder. You are pushed in. And now this is not the future for any part of the city. In San Francisco, in the world. Okay thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi there. My name is aaron brewer. Im a local business owner. I ride a skateboard as my primary means of transportation. I also teach skateboarding for transportation and after School Programs in the mission. And im an advocate for small wheeled mobility of all varieties, including wheelchairs and walkers. Ive been coming to meetings like this for the last year asking the mta to create a position for a director of small wheeled accessibility such that all Transportation Planning include requisite affordances for low turbulence mobility by users of these various modes and in proceeding with your request for a vision zero subcommittee, i would request that there is a member of that subcommittee specifically focused on small wheeled mobility. Ill speak more during Public Comment about the recent sfmta involvement with the dolores hill bomb. Im director tomlins involvement with the placement of botts dots that are an anti skateboarding form of architecture that have no precedent and no proven record of success, which resulted in the death of a cyclist after they were first placed. But ill come back and speak on that later. So just to your point about the subcommittee would like to see a member of the public involved with that. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Oh, okay. Seeing no more in the room, please open remote at this time. Well move to remote Public Comment not to exceed a total time of ten minutes. Members of the public wishing to comment should dial star three to enter the queue. Each speaker will have two minutes. First speaker. Moderator for speaker. Hi, this is stacy randecker and i just want to thank you for creating these subcommittee. Rs its nice to hear that there will be special focus. I hope that the train subcommittee will focus on light rail prioritization so that they always have. Maybe thats what it is all about, but that they will be placed ahead of vehicle travel at all times so that transit would be as fast as possible. And about the vision zero, im not sure what the one commenter was saying. Im on the fence about vision zero. It has been so disregarded by the city and. Theres no movement in making our city safer, more pedestrian and cyclist friendly and skateboard and anybody thats outside of a car, were all on the same team and were not. Nothings happening. Its so or its so slow or its so disjointed that it. So i thank you for creating the subcommittee and i hope that it will bring some more speed, um, to, to resolve it. And, and could you please ask the board of supervisors why they no longer have vision zero subcommittee . The last meeting was in september. Of 2020 with and when norman supervisor norman yee left, so did the subcommittee. Or at least theres no record of there being another meeting. So we really need more focus on this. Thank you very much. Thank you. No additional callers. Okay, lets close Public Comment and please call the next item places you on item number seven, the directors report. Okay, director tomlin, thank you. Im going to first call up Julie Kirschbaum who is here for a special recognition of her team. Im really excited for this one. Good afternoon. Julie kirschbaum, the transit director. I am here to recognize some of my favorite people on the transit team at and to take a minute to just reflect on in the last ten months or so where weve been running ing really an incredible piece of, of infrastructure for the central subway and that infrastructure would not have been possible without hundreds of people at the agency a