Clerk madam chair, you have a quorum. Wonderful. Clerk item 3, announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. Its clear were using sound producing devicing duries duri meeting, so we wont announce this. Item 4, approval of minutes of the november 3, 2020 meeting. Directors, is there anyone who wishes to make any comment . Okay. Seeing none, are there any members of the public who wish to make Public Comment this item on the agenda . You have zero questions remaining. Okay. With that, ill turn it back over to the directors. Directors, do i have a motion . Motion to approve. Second. Okay. Secretary silva, would you please call the roll. [roll call]. Clerk madam chair, you have five votes to approve the minutes. You are on item five, communications. Due to the covid19 health emergency, this meeting is being held virtually, and all members of the staff and the public are attending via teleconference. This will ensure the safety of the sfmta board of directors, t
Process where families may apply to any Elementary School in the district. Despite our well intentioned efforts, the process has not worked as well as intended meeting goals related to diversity, predictability and proximity. In our Current System. Families must chose from 72 different schools and arent guaranteed an assignment to any of them. The families with the most time and resources are best able to figure out the application process, research schools, go on school tours, and ultimately receive one of the top choices. Despite the complicated process, our schools are just as segregated today as they were when we implemented the system. What weve heard we know that every family wants to send their child to a highquality school and that students assignment alone cannot create highquality stools but it does have a role to play in creating diverse robust enrolled schools. And sfusd our mission is to provide each and every student with the highquality instruction required to thrive in
Vice chair eaken. Here. Eaken present. Director heminger. Here. Have you a quorum. Though were legally required to have on the agenda to make its announcement because its clear were all using sound producing devices during the meeting we wont make the announcement. Approval of the october 20, 2020 meeting. Im ask the moderator to open the bridge and ask colleagues if theres amendments to the Meeting Minutes from october 20. Seeing none, is there Public Comment . Moderator is anyone on the line . Have you zero questions remaining. Well close Public Comment. So moved. Is there a second . Second. Chair borden secretary boomer please call the roll. [roll call] director eaken youre very faint. [roll call] madame chair, we can approve the minutes. Item 5, communications. Chair borden i lovely speech i get to give at every meeting. All members are participating Via Teleconference. This will ensure the safety of the sfmta board of directors and public. In the published notice for the meeting a
Transportation and infrastructure. Transportation industry representatives testify about their role about shipping personal protective equipment and other essential goods during the pandemic. Today we will hear from these speakers. Thank you all for being here. One of our participants is testifying remotely. Welcome to each and every one of you. We have conducted a series of hearings on covid19. We are hearing those discussions. We are continuing that by hearing about the Transportation Industry. Theave underscored importance of our Transportation Network and moving goods and people safely and efficiently as well as ensuring supply chain fluidity in response to the unexpected events. Manye grateful for the frontline workers who have shown resilience and resourcefulness to help deliver Critical Care supplies to those in need. The transportation sector has countless numbers of these unsung heroes. Introduced a Critical Infrastructure employee protection act. For arcde support frontline C
Eastern. Next, representatives from the faa and the national Highway Traffic Safety Administration join two assistant transportation secretaries to talk about new technology and government regulation. The Transportation Research board hosted this event. All right. Good afternoon, everybody. I hope youre all doing very well today. We are all very much excited to be here with you. On behalf of secretary elaine chao. To present to you on laying the foundation for advanced Transportation Technology. Ill let our panelists introduce themselves in a moment. We want to let you know we appreciate you. Youre a critical audience for us representing researchers and thinking that goes into laying the foundation for a lot of tho these advanced transportation technologies. Trv is a fantastic event. People who attend trv tend to be a wonkier crowd. Understand what were saying more times than not. Hearing from you helps inform everything were doing. Were very much looking forward to this panel today. W