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City and County of San Francisco
Municipal Transportation Agency
Citizens’ Advisory Council

Notice of Regular Meeting and Agenda
for
Thursday, December 3,
2009, at 5:30 p.m.
1 South Van Ness Avenue, Conference Room 3074
San Francisco, California

Members:
Daniel Murphy (Chairman), Steve Ferrario (Vice Chairman), Mary Burns, Art Cimento, Joan Downey, Griffith Humphrey, Cesar Perez, Greg Riessen, Norman Rolfe, Janel Sterbentz, Susan Vaughan, Dorris Vincent, Daniel Weaver, Jamison Wieser and Ruth Wheeler

Committees:

Engineering, Maintenance and Safety
Daniel Weaver (Chairman), Steve Ferrario, Greg Riessen, Ruth Wheeler and Jamison Wieser

Finance and Administration
Daniel Murphy (Chairman), Griffith Humphrey and Susan Vaughan

Operations and Customer Service Committee
Joan Downey (Chairman), Mary Burns, Daniel Murphy and Norman Rolfe

Planning and Marketing Committee
Jamison Wieser (Chairman), Dorris Vincent and Norman Rolfe

Taxi Committee
Steve Ferrario (Chairman), Mary Burns, Griffith Humphrey and Ruth Wheeler

The SFMTA CAC may be contacted as follows:
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, Citizens’ Advisory Council
1 South Van Ness Avenue, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA  94103-5417
Phone 415.701.4666    FAX 415.701.4502

City & County of San Francisco
Municipal Transportation Agency
Citizens’ Advisory Council

Regular Meeting


Thursday, December 3,
2009, at 5:30 p.m.
1 South Van Ness Avenue, Conference Room 3074
San Francisco, California

AGENDA

Item #

Item

1.

Call to Order/Roll Call

2.

Adopt Minutes of October 19 and November 5, 2009  (Discussion/Action)

3.

Public Comment
Members of the public may address the SFMTA Citizens’ Advisory Council on matters that are within the Council’s jurisdiction and are not on today's calendar.

4.

Report of the Chairman (Discussion) Daniel Murphy

5.

Staff Report (Discussion)

Staff-Initiated Items

6.

Capital Investment Plan Update (Discussion/Action) Frank Markowitz

7.

FY10 Q1 Service Standards presentation (Discussion/Action) Travis Fox

8.

Climate Action Plan and Sustainability strategies  (Discussion/Action) Marty Mellera

Council-Initiated Items

9.

Resolution Honoring Norman Rolfe (Discussion/Action)

10.

Committee Reports

11.

Recommendations forwarded from the
Operations and Customer Service Committee
(Discussion/Action)

Motion 091116.01

The SFMTA CAC strongly recommends that the SFMTA look into software to automate general signups.

Motion 091116.02

The SFMTA CAC recommends that the Metro maps posted in vehicles and elsewhere make it clear that non-key stops are, in fact, stops, and contain the name of the stop.  The SFMTA CAC further recommends that key stops be designated not by larger icons, but by the widely recognized blue ADA icons, indicating wheelchair accessibility.

Motion 091116.03

The SFMTA CAC recommends that, until budget is available for new and improved signage in Muni vehicles, signs that are explicitly incorrect or out-of-date be removed from vehicles.

Motion 091116.04

The SFMTA CAC recommends that trilingual etiquette rules be added in rotation to pre-recorded voice announcements as such announcements are adopted by the SFMTA’s vehicle fleet. 

12.

Council Members’ Questions and Comments (Discussion)

13.

Agenda planning for the Next Regular Meeting Tentatively Scheduled: (Discussion)

Thursday December, 3 2009, 5:30 p.m.
1 South Van Ness Avenue, Conference Room 3074

14.

Adjournment  

NOTES:
Notices of meeting agendas and minutes are available at the San Francisco Public Library (Main), 100 Larkin Street - Government Section, 5th floor, and on the SFMTA Web site at www.sfmta.com/cac.

Written reports and background materials for calendar items are available for public inspection and copying at One South Van Ness Avenue, Seventh Floor, during regular business hours.


Disability Access

This meeting will be held at 1 South Van Ness Avenue, Conference Room 3074, San Francisco. From the first floor lobby, take the elevator to the third floor.

The meeting location is wheelchair accessible. The closest BART Station is Civic Center. The closest SFMTA Metro Station is Van Ness. Accessible SFMTA bus lines nearest the meeting location are the 7 Haight, 9 San Bruno, 47 Van Ness, 49 Van Ness/Mission, and the 71 Haight-Noriega, also the F Market & Wharves (Historic Streetcar Service). For more information about SFMTA accessible services, call 415.701.4485/TTY 415.701.4730.

There is accessible on-street vehicle parking available in the vicinity of the meeting location. A bicycle rack is located outside the main entrance to 401 Van Ness Avenue. The Civic Center Garage (entrance on the south side of McAllister Street, between Polk and Larkin Streets) includes bicycle racks.

For assistance with special needs (large print agendas, sign language interpreters, etc.), call Debra Reed at least 72 hours in advance of need at 415.701.4666.

In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity, or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical-based products.  Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.

Use of Cell Phones, Pagers, and Similar Sound-Producing Electronic Devices

The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting.  Please be advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices.

Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance

(Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code)

Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public.  Commissions, boards, councils, and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the peoples’ business.  This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the peoples’ review.

Written reports and background materials for calendar items are available for public inspection and copying at One South Van Ness Avenue, Seventh Floor, during regular business hours. Notices and agendas are posted on the SFMTA Web site at http://www.sfmta.com/cac

For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Frank Darby by mail at Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102-4689; by phone at 415.554.7724; by fax at 415.554.7854 or by e-mail at frank_darby@ci.sf.ca.us.

Individuals interested in obtaining a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can request a copy from Mr. Darby or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code from the Internet at http://www.sfgov.org/bdsupvrs/sunshine.htm.

Lobbyist Ordinance

Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code, Section 2.100, to register and report lobbying activity.  For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, contact the Ethics Commission at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 220, San Francisco, CA  94102, telephone 415.252.3100, fax 415.252.3112, or visit their Web site at http://www.sfgov.org/ethics/.

Accessible meeting policy – One South Van Ness Avenue

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