director ramos and rubke and mr. chairman that heinecke will not be here you have a quorum. please be advised that the ringing of and the use of packagers and other electronic devicess are prohibited at the meeting any person responsible for one maybe asked to leave the room. please be advised that the cell phones set on vibrate be in the off position. item 4 approval of the minutes of january 24th and a this minutes of february 4th special meeting >> is there a motion and second. all in favor, say i. opposed? thank you very much >> item 5 communications. >> members of the board i want to adjourn our meeting in the memoriam of stu smith was active in many programs with the city of san francisco so with your consent i'll ask we adjourn 2, 3, 4 his memory. >> there is no anticipated litigation in closed session today. >> thank you more often? >> item 6 introduction of new or unu unfinished business. >> director rubke. >> okay. i appreciate our enthusiasm. >> we had an awesome meeting on february 4th i appreciated the staff presentation that we had that day i thought the oral reports were great and it was a privilege to deal with the staff i was impressed. >> i totally agree the presentations were very well written and the oral presentations were good. >> i liked the location it was interesting to get over to the presidio site to get more access to the city is fantastic. >> ms. miller. director's report >> good afternoon staff and members of the public we're going to start out with special recognition with regard first, i'd like to ask our director of capital programs to come forward. >> good afternoon mr. harris. mr. chairman and members i'm with the capital programs and construction deprivation i'm going to introduce you to one of our outstanding employees at capital programs and construction. let me just say she begin her career as an assistant engineer in 999 and was assigned as a project manager in 2004 she's a dedicated professional also has a great peanut and attitude. as a project manager she begins is construction of the project to the end. she helps to plan, organ and deliver those projects to our clients exceptions and sometimes that's not the easiest thing to do. it's impressive the way she reacts to communities concerns she's sensitive to neighborhoods and has received a number of compliments regarding her patience and a understanding and follow through with critical issues. she's delivered many projects like the carolyn rail replacement and the oc s replacement and the relocation project. all those projects i'm happy to report were completed on time workplace they're dedicated budget. i just love the way it had a is enthusiastic about her work and the leadership she provides to her team. and delivered with a positive, diligent and a ethyl point of view. members and chairman i give you had a (clapping) on behalf of the board of directors and the entire agency thank you for your entire work >> thank you, mr. chairman and board members pr i didn't do this alone i had a lot of support with edward reiskin and my supervisor here. mr. inconvenience harris and also the staff that's in the office and my family. thank you to them all for their support >> thank you (clapping.) okay. i think we'll just take it (laughter). >> director reiskin i know there's been a lot of decision about pedestrian safety in the chamber hall and it's fitting that a lot of the great work we're thought of fully able to address the pedestrian safety this is a walk through program i'm going to ask the director of the safety streets. >> mr. reiskin i'm here to present the block first team composed of luke's and others. that demonstrated the commitment to the strategic goal number one to create a safe transportation. f that was to create pedestrian projects that will guide implementation and decisions for improved pedestrian safeties it required partnerships with other city agencies and a solid outreach component it's the first in the u.s. pulling together data and local knowledge to build is a incredible destinations for safety. each person cares about his work. they set the bar high for themselves in terms of the quality of the work produced. they continually look for opportunity to expand their knowledge and share the work they do their attention to daily is the best. they swech between dlafd thinking and that's to produce a cost-effective strategic to save lives. each member of the team has technical skills that enable them to work individually. laura's work with the city and a liking >> and charles gi s expertise and that insures that the ambitious project was done on time. they work with publicity to gain a consensus around a technical process. i'm pleased to present our walk first team (clapping.) good afternoon. good afternoon directors if i could say a few words for the team. as their manager they make my job easy those are some of the most capable minds that i work with you're going to see a lot of great things from those people >> anyone else want to give a great speech. i was told you didn't have to give a speech. on behalf of the board you're doing a great important job on behalf of the folks in san francisco thank you for your great work (clapping.) >> next looked like i'd like to ask john hayley to revoke two of our outstanding operators only one can be here today but they have the most difficult jobs in the city and a great majority of them do their jobs extraordinary well. >> good afternoon chairman and a board members. i'll say it's an honor to follow the walk first people we encourage you to ride the bus in this case the 45 and we have a distinguished guest here today and i'm going to ask cindy of chambers the superintendant of the presidio division to say a few words >> thank you sfmta board and mr. edward reiskin. linda has been an operator for 2 seven years. her position has been one where she worked at the green division but now another the presidio. i read an article in the paper in regards to her and jumped up to applause because i know the type of person she is she has a warm heart and is caring and she takes care of of every patient on her coach. if i had 2 hundred and 50 people of her i would get to do another project. lipid has been an employee and a friend. we've come a long long way together we both started at about the same time. she didn't decide to become an inspector or anything else she only wanted to drive a business. i can say this a person like her is one you'll never, ever have again on this property she's one of the warmest and a sweetest people you'll know she invited the people open her bus to come to the board meeting to say happy new year are a a - on behalf of the sfmta and the presidio division i present linda wilson and then the employees recognize award and certificate of appreciation for a job very, very well done (clapping.) ms. wilson >> good afternoon. i wasn't expected to is anything but if you know me, i'm also going to give god the head of my life for all. i enjoy what you do i love helping my seniors and may passengers and i want to thank laura one of my passengers and my supervisor thank you to each and every one of you and my daughter. i'm a little bit nerve but grateful to have this award to pass into my grandchildren and great grandchildren >> thank you. and on behalf of the board of directors and the folks of san francisco thank you for a job well done >> director edward reiskin. finally, i have a special recognition and that's to our general council julia after 11 years of service with the mta before it was the mta is moving on to bigger and a better things within the city attorney's office and julia leads the team of attorneys that serve the mta. their - she's been doing that for quite a long time and gun bovldz the duties of the judging r general council and provides great service to the agency in terms of legal service but she did a lot more with policy and management advise most of it solicited and some number one solicited but she's helpful to me as i transitioned in she has a knowledge that expands beyond the knowledge she's thought of a thought of participate on our executive team she technically works for another team but i consider her to be part of the team. we're not also the eyes it client we have a lot of complex and difficult issues and a lot of interesting personalities but she's also been at least in my time here and her entire time really incredibly hardworking and dedicated and committed member of our team someone who puts the agency and the people we serve first. it's bittersweet we recognize her achievement it's the end of an era in terms of her service here i wanted to thank you you julia for your service >> julia everything you've done is precise and helpful especially to our lay people. it's been great everything i do with grace and class i'm going to miss you you all the best in our position. you're going to tell us where you're going; right? and a right >> julie wu ya it's been a pleasure and i enjoyed working with you. >> julia i'm going to miss you trump you helped to get me into this role with all the work you've signed our name to say wonderful and you'll be sorely he missed. i'm sorry that cheri listen and a malcolm couldn't be here today >> director rubke. >> thank you very much for everything you've been a joy to work with and that's hard for us lawyers sometime. hope to see you around for sure >> do we have something for linda. we do have something; right? >> directors and director edward reiskin thank you for your kind acknowledgment it's my job to say nothing and my son calculated that like 2 full days of saying nothing so i hope roberta a will allow me to say first, i want to thank city attorney dennis i wanted to thank him for being a great matchmaker. when you first asked me to be general council it was not love at first sight unusual when i tell people what i did or gave me condolence. s it took me a long time to release this marriage and i love the commitment with our entire staff it's been terrific to support you why the work you do. i want to acknowledging my colleague from the transportation team i hope they'll all stand up (clapping.) sheryl on the right and david greenberg and stephanie and robin and last but not least two other colleagues. without sheryl and tina none of us could accomplish anything you have dozens and dozens of lawyers and those lawyers work for you full time their you truly transportation experts. they're very capable lawyers that could be making two or three or 5 times more money working at the private law enforcement and they're here because they want to be here and serve the public and support you many our service to the public so thank you for being great colleagues. and finally, i know there are millions and millions of people watching this i wanted to say to the public in leveling years ago when i started i had this file on my desk it probably said something likes things to fixate muni. it was anyone structures it's our job to look at everything that's wrong with muni and it could be bad news. that file took up my whole office like a dragon. the mta you got divisions made fwharps easy not because they were right. this is the legacy that's taken many years to overcame and will take many years still but the trend is in the right direction from my prevention of watching closely the things to fix another muni is getting smaller from the pcos and this engineers and accountants and the members of the executive team and this board i see a tremendous commitment to making decisions based on what's right for the people over the long haul. i appreciate your brave and doing the right thing. thank you it's been a privilege to support you in that work. i know you'll keep up the good work (clapping.) director reiskin. >> just 3 quick items for the balance that have my report the first one has to do with the hundred and 50 company permits for company taxi permits that you authorized a year or so ago. you actually authorized one hundred to 50 permits 8 thousand series permits we distributed one hundred and 50 to 10 taxi companies we set a fee and this $2,000 amount was meant to make those more affordable than the medallions and it's less than that the medallion holder could get up to 22 to 25 hundred. the reason for offering certain companies a lower prices fees to recognize their investment in 9 industry that are better customer service in the way of dispatcher service we require they operate under a model to insure better accountability abate for furniture operation through the companies. since that time as you probably know the medallion payment the market mechanisms that directive the medallion payments have google gone down. many companies are reporting large revenues as a result of the shortage of drivers meaning no taxis in service to leaflet that circumstance we're reducing the lease fee for the 8 thousand series taxis down to one thousand dollars a month and still the one thousand dollars to go into the drivers fund this will be temporary until the dynamic in the industry approves we're working aggressively to get more drivers with the california investment department as well as the workforce development. we are looking streamlining the process to get more drivers in but we thought this additional measure was necessary in order to make sure that the taxi industry remains viable. so i wanted to up to date you on that. the trait effectiveness project you've been hearing and will be hearing a lot about it i wanted to make sure you knew were we have 11 i think we have 12 district meetings and two citywide meetings going now to the beginning of march so we can modify the proposals before we bring them to you in the mid of march for your review and at the end for your approval. we may drop proposals to modify all within the framework of the environmental review that's nearly complete. for those who are unable to attend the meeting we have ways for people to provide input they can contact us through the normal channels and wwwdot muni.com where people can learn the next meeting is in district 5 their meetings that are going through the second week of march and we'll bring back to you the initial proposals on march 15 i think we're going to focus on the m t e and hopefully to the final approvals at the end of march. finally, i wanted to report out on the charities campaign that's the annual employee giving event one off our outstanding muni operators