Do you want to start that . Sure, i can start it. [indiscernible] thats an opportunity for people who are report to us to give anonymous honest feedback to us. Its important for the employees to take the time to speak honestly about what is working and not working. The supervisors with give their feedback i think another area thats been really important to me, im spending lot more time [indiscernible] [phone ringing] [indiscernible] were also looking for ways to move beyond kind of the traditional focus on discipline to more performancebased planning. I think that is a work in progress and its something that brent jones is going to be talking about later in the presentation today. We started a site on our operator portal that solicited feed back on peopleback. To make sure every comment and question gets a response. Another really valuable place that we found a tremendous amount of feedback this year is through our Union Partnerships. Tom and jeff and i brent and others were meeting of
On sunset boulevard actually, it is better at the south end of the corridor, than it did precovid. So were not seeing sunset boulevard becoming gridlocked at all hours of the day, nor are we seeing 19th becoming gridlocked. So there is ability to move around, and sunset boulevard is a key link in that. However, the start of construction on 19th thavenue a little more difficult. It is under construction for good reasons. Were trying to build a better transit experience for people so that riders on the 28 line have a much safer and smoother experience traveling. It will make it much, much safer for pedestrians who need to especially walk across 19th avenue. It is one of the most dangerous streets in the city. This construction is going to have an impact. At no point during the construction is the road going to be completely closed. In most cases, well maintain two lanes in each direction throughout the day, which should keep the traffic impact manageable. Again the strategy for 19th aven
Director leigh. Present. Director yekutiel. Here. We have a quorum. Announcement in prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. Item 4. Approval of the minutes of the february 16, 2021 regular meeting. Any additions before i open it to the public for comment . Seeing none. Please open the mine for Public Comment. Are there caller on the line . Please remind people how they call in if they dont have the number. If you want to speak press 10. Dial 888 8086928. Dial 10 now. Are there any callers on the line for item 4. You have three questions remaining. First caller. This is for comments on the february 16, 2021 regular meeting minutes. If you are calling on another item, this is not that. First caller. Is there someone there . My comment is i dont think the option recommended by staff sir, we are talking about the minutes of february 16th. Are you speaking about the minutes of february 16th . No, sorry. Which item . The third item. Which item is that . The debate. That is
When we were thinking of the amounts where they stood today with the amount of cleans today. If we want more cleaning we could have a discussion about that. How many complaints do we get for bus shelters needing cleaning on a regular basis . We get about 10 to 12 each week throughout the city. That is it . That is it. There arent that many. 311 . 311, yes. As some of the callers pointed out from the union, it has been very difficult since the pandemic a lot more vandalism. People who are desperate do live in shelters, which is a very sad thing. It also is a challenge for cleaning. It has been very difficult over the past year. Last question, and thank you for being so thorough. Is gail all right . Yes, perfect. My other question is i saw in the contact we have the ability to request Clear Channel to replace up to 1500 shelters but we havent asked them to do that since the beginning of the agreement. Can you tell us why . Some of the shelters the glass is destroy, heavily graffiti, one
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