Good morning and welcome to the San Francisco county Transportation Authority meeting for today, november 17th, 2020. Our clerk is ms. Britney milton. Ms. Millton, can you please make any announcements and then call the roll. Clerk yes. I will call the roll and then follow it up with my Public Comment announcement. Commissioner. Supervisor fewer . Supervisor fewer present. Clerk commissioner present. Absent. Commissioner mar . Mar absent. Commissioner peskin. Chair peskin present. Clerk commissioner preston. Supervisor preston present. Clerk commissioner ronen. Supervisor ronen present. Clerk commissioner safai. Supervisor safai present. Clerk commissioner stefani. Supervisor stefani present. Clerk commissioner walton . Supervisor walton present. Clerk commissioner yee. Supervisor yee present. Clerk im sorry . Ill now make an announcement oh, thank you. Commissioner haney present. I will now make an announcement about Public Comment. Public comment will be available for each item on th
Clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee out objection the resolutions are adopted and motions approved unanimously. Could you read the memoriams. Clerk yes, mr. President. Todays meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals. I have, on behalf of supervisor stefani, for the late ms. Linda squires growing. President yee ok. Colleagues, that brings us to the end of the agenda. Madam clerk, is there any further business before us today . Clerk that concludes our business for today. President yee thank you, madam clerk. There are no further business, go ahead and go out there and do your civic engagement. We are adjourned. [roll call]. Clerk we have a quorum. Thank you. Id also like to announce that the commission will have a different order of business at this meeting, and we will hold the closed session first before moving into our regular business. Madam secretary, will you read the closed session prior to Public Comment . Clerk yes, maam, president. And prior
Slowing just before everything clears up. Getting to the bay bridge, send it right back to you, laura. All right, thank you very much, mike. Breaking news were following for you that morning firefighters at the scene of a San Francisco highrise fire, the crews now say injured five people. This started a little bit before 2 00 a. M. On davis court just off the embarcadero near the plaza. This is video that was posted online on citizen app. We know that flames burned several units on the 11th floor and the building was evacuated. Some residents, we understand, have been allowed back inside. The fire has been knocked down. We know at least two people hurt will be okay. Our Cierra Johnson is gathering more information. She will join us with a live report at the bottom of the hour. To our top story in less than 24 hours a new nighttime curfew starts for all counties in californias purple tier which includes all bay area counties except San Francisco, san mateo and marin. This also covers ab
Peskin and matt haney. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda. You will see on cable channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org the Public Comment callin number is streaming across your screen, your opportunity to offer Public Comment for each item will be available by calling 4156550001 and enter meeting i. D. 1461952214. Then press pound twice. When you hear your item, press star, three to be entered into the queue. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment in either of the following ways. My name is john carroll, and i am the clerk of the government audit and Oversight Committee at john. Carroll sfgov. Org, and your comments will be included in the file. You may also send comments to city hall, room 204, s carlton b. Goodlett place, San Francisco, california, 94102. Supervisor mar thank you, mr. Clerk. Will you please read item one. Clerk item one is a resolution receiving and approving annual report for the Japantown
We have fog still in the north bay, scattered about across the bay area, our dense fog advisory for another hour in the south bay. You have about five mile visibility in Mountain View but over a mile in san jose. And about a half mile in hayward. Getting worse there. Getting a little better in petaluma but very dangerous in napa with visibility down to nothing. Mt. Tam scattered clouds, 49 in the city. 50 in san jose. 45 with the fog in Mountain View and sfo, low clouds here with in know vnovato. 48 in santa cruz. High in 60s today. Full sunshine for everyone, cumulus clouds, a warming trend beginning of the week and rain returns. Indoor dining in San Francisco is done for the foreseeable future. Its a decision motivated by Health Concerns amid the pandemic but it is another blow to the economy. Were focused on both those issues as part of our effort to build a better bay area. The city is reducing capacity at gyms and movie theaters but abc 7 News Reporter luz pena explains the tough