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2:00 – REGULAR MEETING ORDER OF BUSINESS 1. Call to Order Chairman McCray called the meeting to order at 2:03 p.m.
2. Roll Call Present:
3. Announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. Chairman McCray announced that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at the meeting. He advised that any person responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices might be removed from the meeting. He also advised that cell phones that are set on “vibrate” cause microphone interference and requested that they be placed in the “off” position. 4. Approval of Minutes On motion to approve the minutes of the January 15, 2008 Regular Meeting: unanimously approved. On motion to approve the minutes of the January 29, 2008 Special Meeting: unanimously approved. 5. Communications Board Secretary Boomer reported that there would be no CAC report. 6. Introduction of New or Unfinished Business by Board Members Vice Chairman Nolan thanked staff for organizing the workshop. He suggested that the Board establish a three-member committee that would review the Strategic Plan; Transit Effectiveness Project and Revenue Panel recommendations; the Taxi Commission merger and Prop. A implementation. Vice Chairman Nolan will develop the idea and will bring it back to the board for discussion. 7. Executive Director’s Report (For discussion only)
Mr. Amit Kothari and Mr. Richard Haygood presented the Institute of Transportation Engineers “Professional of the Year” award to Ricardo Olea. Ricardo Olea expressed his appreciation to ITE and SFMTA staff for the recognition. Executive Director/CEO Ford presented Special Recognition Awards to John Tynan, Supervisor, DPT Traffic Paint Division; Jeff Gary, Manager, Human Resource Division’s Absence Management Unit; Sheila Johnson, Afternoon Yard Starter, Muni Woods Division; and Tony Aguilar, Supervisor Muni’s Car Cleaning Unit. The Pedestrian Summit has been rescheduled to March 21 at request of pedestrian advocates who wanted more time to participate in the planning of the summit. It will be held from 9:00am – 3:00pm at 1 South Van Ness Avenue. The FTA announced its ratings for New Starts funding. The Central Subway Project received an overall rating of “medium high”. The Project is estimated to serve 78,000 transit customers and has a high level of local finance and support. The Project has received $56.75 million for Preliminary engineering and is scheduled to open in 2016. The Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit system received a “medium high” rating from the FTA Small Starts funding. The proposed price is estimated at $85-$90 million. The project calls for using new buses, building new stations and installing priority traffic signals. As of February 4, transit citations are no longer criminal citations for adult offenders. We streamlined the process to pay or protest at 11 South Van Ness Avenue. PUBLIC COMMENT: Barry Taranto commended Mr. Olea and stated that Ricardo Olea deserves the recognition. 8. Citizen’s Advisory Council Report None. 9. Public Comment Norm Rolfe stated that last week’s workshop wasn’t convenient. The 29-line didn’t look close on a map. For an agency that is supposed to promote the use of public transit, you would think that they would encourage the use of public transportation. Mr. Rolfe suggested the use of City Hall or a location in the vicinity of City Hall for future workshops. Barry Taranto stated that white zones need to be enforced. James Lee has gone out of his way to help but there must be constant enforcement to deal with the problems. Between 6 and 7 a.m. there are a lot of town cars in the white zones. PCO’s should be checking taxi stands and white zones as part of their regular routine. Mr. Taranto would like to provide input on how the Taxi Commission transition can be achieved. There are a lot of people who board through the back door on the 14-Mission line. POP officers should get on the buses to stop rear door loading. THE FOLLOWING MATTERS BEFORE THE SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCY BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR ACTION AS STATED BY THE SFMTA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO OR CITY ATTORNEY WHERE APPLICABLE. EXPLANATORY DOCUMENTS FOR ALL CALENDAR ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT 1 SOUTH VAN NESS AVE. 7th FLOOR. CONSENT CALENDAR 10. All matters listed hereunder constitute a Consent Calendar, are considered to be routine by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board and will be acted upon by a single vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the Board or the public so requests, in which event the matter shall be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered as a separate item. (10.1) Requesting the Controller to allot funds and to draw warrants against such funds available or will be available in payment of the following claims against the SFMTA:
RESOLUTION 08-017A (10.2) Approving the following traffic modifications:
RESOLUTION 08-018 (10.3) Authorizing the Executive Director/CEO to execute Contract Amendment No. 2 to the SFgo Initial Phase Agreement for Professional Services and Software License with PB Farradyne to assign the Agreement from PB Farradyne to Telvent Farradyne. (Explanatory documents include a staff report, resolution and amendment.) (Bond Yee) RESOLUTION 08-019 (10.4) Accepting from the 765 Market Street Center Association the gift of the construction of a traffic signal system at Third and Stevenson Streets and reimbursement of all costs to design, install and maintain the signal for it’s useful life. (Explanatory documents include a staff report, and resolution.) (Bond Yee) Item 10.4 was removed from the agenda at the request of staff. PUBLIC COMMENT: Barry Taranto stated that the signal will help a handful of people but will hurt thousands. The lights along that corridor are improperly timed at night. During conventions the area is jammed most of the day. There used to be a Parking Control Officer at New Montgomery and Market during peak hours but he is gone. We need to have someone there to stop pedestrians. Installing this traffic light without additional mitigation measures will just cause a mess. On motion to approve Item 10.4: ADOPTED: AYES – Beach, Black, McCray and Nolan RESOLUTION 08-020 On motion to approve the Consent Calendar (Item 10.4 severed): ADOPTED: AYES – Beach, Black, McCray and Nolan REGULAR CALENDAR 11. Presentation and Discussion of the FY05-FY06 Transportation Quality Review. (Explanatory documents include a staff report, quality review and SFMTA response.) (Debra Johnson) Bonnie Nelson, Nelson/Nygaard presented the FY05-FY06 review. Travis Fox, Principle Administrative Analyst, External Affairs provided the SFMTA’s response to the review and the implementation status of the FY03-FY04 recommendations. PUBLIC COMMENT: Rafael Cabrera, TWU, Local 250-A, stated that the report does not give the true picture. Everything falls on the operator. Passenger Service Reports increase when operators are absent. Overcrowding and rear door boarding are blamed on the driver. Operators can get ill because they put in double or triple headways. The report may say that there is 100% equipment availability at a particular moment, but a bus can break down two or three blocks from the yard. There are a lot of variables that the report doesn’t show. No action was taken. 12. Authorizing the Executive Director to execute Contract CS-139, Professional Engineering Services for the Radio System Replacement Project with Booz-Allen Hamilton for an amount not to exceed $3,626,921 and a term not to exceed five years. (Explanatory documents include a staff report, resolution, contract and financial plan.) (Carter Rohan) No public comment. RESOLUTION 08-021 On motion to approve: ADOPTED: AYES – Beach, Black, McCray and Nolan 13. Discussion and vote pursuant to Administrative Code Section 67.10(d) as to whether to conduct a closed session and invoke the attorney‑client privilege. On motion to invoke the attorney-client privilege: unanimously approved. RECESS REGULAR MEETING AND CONVENE CLOSED SESSION CLOSED SESSION 1. Call to Order Chairman McCray called the closed session to order at 3:41 p.m. 2. Roll Call Present:
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3. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 and the Administrative Code Section 67.8 (a) (3), the SFMTA Board of Directors will meet in Closed Session to discuss and take action on attorney‑client matters in the following case: CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL Existing Litigation:
RESOLUTION 08-022 On motion to approve: ADOPTED: AYES – Beach, Black, McCray and Nolan 4. Pursuant to Government Code Sections 54956.9, and Administrative Code Section 67.8 (a) (3) the SFMTA Board of Directors will meet in closed session to discuss attorney‑client matters in the following case: CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL Anticipated Litigation: __X___ As defendant _____ As plaintiff ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION AND RECONVENE OPEN SESSION – The closed session was adjourned at 3:55 p.m. 14. Announcement of Closed Session. Chairman McCray announced that the Board met in closed session to discuss the Sunil Sadanand case with the City Attorney. The Board voted unanimously to settle the case. The board also met in closed session to discuss anticipated litigation with the city as defendant. No action was taken. 15. Motion to disclose or not disclose the information discussed in closed session. On motion to not disclose the information discussed: ADJOURN – The meeting was adjourned at 3:57 p.m. A tape of the meeting is on file in the office of the Secretary to the Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors Roberta Boomer The Ethics Commission of the City and County of San Francisco has asked us to remind individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [S.F. Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code section 2.100 et seq.] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 415-581-2300; fax: 415-581-2317; 30 Van Ness Ave., Suite 3900, SF, CA 94102-6027 or the web site: sfgov.org/ethics. |
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