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ORDER OF BUSINESS 1. Call to Order Chairman McCray called the meeting to order at 10:07 a.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 June 19, 2007 Regular Meeting: unanimously approved. 5. Communications Chairman McCray welcomed Carter Rohan as acting Executive Director. Chairman McCray stated that Mr. Ford was in a meeting and would be joining the Board as soon as possible. He also welcomed John Kennedy who would be serving as deputy city attorney. Board Secretary Boomer stated that Item 13 regarding the FY09 budget had been removed from the agenda at the request of staff. 6. Introduction of New or Unfinished Business by Board Members None. 7. Executive Director’s Report (For discussion only) -Ongoing Activities Acting Exec. Director Carter Rohan announced that Diana Buchbinder, Director of Human Resources was leaving the SFMTA and expressed appreciation to Ms. Buchbinder. Chairman McCray expressed appreciation to Ms. Buchbinder on behalf of the Board. Mr. Rohan announced that Parking and Traffic Services would be moving from 1380 Howard to a new and expanded location at 11 South Van Ness on July 5, 2007. The grand re-opening will be held on July 9, 2007. Mr. Rohan discussed the June 22 service disruption. Chairman McCray declared an emergency to expedite the purchase of parts and/or obtain professional support. Staff is continuing to assess the problem and will develop a plan to respond to the situation. 8. Citizen’s Advisory Council Report None. 9. Public Comment Kevin Hughes, Electrical Workers, Local 6, stated that the Automatic Train Control System hasn’t worked since the day it was energized. On-board communications between vehicles and the mainframe in the tunnel has been the main source of holds. Mr. Hughes stated that he provided an analysis of the new fleet of hybrids to staff and to the Board. The document addresses training of personnel. The presence of high-voltage triggers a set of regulations. The MTA already has a full complement of fully trained, fully compliant electric mechanics who can repair the vehicles. Bob Planthold stated that Muni is non-responsive and non-communicative to seniors and people with disabilities. During the recent service disruption, people could have been stuck on the ramps for hours because there was no notice. Mr. Planthold suggested pre-printed signs to alert people to service delays. With respect to speeding up Muni, Mr. Planthold questioned why people directly involved have to read about it in the press. He stated that they have to fight the people who are recommending these changes after the fact. It is bad policy and a bad approach. THE FOLLOWING MATTERS BEFORE THE MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCY BOARD ARE RECOMMENDED FOR ACTION AS STATED BY THE MTA 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 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 MTA: A. Estela Ramos/Allstate Ins. vs. CCSF, Unlitigated Claim FY0732756 filed on 12/18/06 for $23,682.66 RESOLUTION 07-102 (10.2) Approving the following traffic modifications: A. ESTABLISH - MUNI BUS ZONES - Crescent Avenue, north side, from Putnam Street to 130 feet westerly AND Crescent Avenue, south side, from Putnam Street to 100 feet westerly. (Explanatory documents include a staff report, and resolution.) (Bond Yee) RESOLUTION 07-103 (10.3) Authorizing the Executive Director/CEO to execute the Second Amendment to the Elevator Maintenance Agreement with ThyssenKrupp Elevator Company for the elevators at the Church & Castro Street Stations, Forest Hill Station, and at the William B. Scott Non-Revenue Maintenance Facility to increase the contract in the amount of $110,000 and extend the contract term for an additional two years. (Explanatory documents include a staff report, and resolution.) (Kenneth McDonald) RESOLUTION 07-104 (10.4) Authorizing the City of San Francisco Downtown Parking Corporation to extend the operating agreement for the Fifth and Mission Garage with Ampco System Parking on a month-to-month basis, terminating on or before May 31, 2008. (Explanatory documents include a staff report, and resolution.) (Ron Szeto) RESOLUTION 07-105 No public comment. On motion to approve the Consent Calendar: ADOPTED: AYES – Beach, Black, Din, McCray, Mezey, Nolan and Shahum REGULAR CALENDAR 11. Authorizing service adjustments on light rail lines J-Church, K-Ingleside, N-Judah and T-Third Street and motor coach line 10-Townsend, and restoring midday and morning peak service between North Beach and the Financial District by initiating trolley coach line 20-Columbus. (Explanatory documents include a staff report, resolution and map.) (Kenneth McDonald) Kenneth McDonald, Chief Operating Officer presented the staff report. PUBLIC COMMENT: Bob Planthold stated that there is a service gap problem in North Beach. The 9x turns onto Stockton which is already served by the 30 and 45 lines which means there is no service from North Beach to the Montgomery BART station. There is no bus service from North Beach at night unless you walk up hill. He suggested that the MTA think about rerouting the 9x to parallel the old 15-line route. Director Beach expressed concern about the 20-Columbus line and requested that the Board bifurcate the vote on the resolution to separate the 20-line service from the other service changes. Director Beach also requested that the Board amend the resolution to allow the Executive Director to make minor service changes. Without objection, Chairman McCray directed the Board Secretary to add the word “minor” to the resolution to reflect the Board’s delegation of authority to the Executive Director to make minor service changes. On motion to approve the service adjustments to initiate the 20-Columbus Line: ADOPTED: AYES – Black, Din, McCray, Mezey, Nolan and Shahum NAYES – Beach RESOLUTION 07-106 On motion to approve the service adjustments on light rail lines j-Church, K-Ingleside, N-Judah, T-Third St and motor coach line 10-Townsend and to allow the Executive Director to make minor service changes: ADOPTED: AYES – Beach, Black, Din, McCray, Mezey, Nolan and Shahum 12. Approving and adopting the collective bargaining agreement between the Municipal Transportation Agency and TWU Local 200 to be effective July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009. (Explanatory documents include a staff report, resolution and agreement.) (Diana Buchbinder) Diana Buchbinder, Director, Human Resources, presented the staff report. PUBLIC COMMENT: Kevin O’Neill stated that as far as Local 200 is concerned, they don’t have a contract. The MTA agreed to go back to the table. Local 200 was told that negotiations were cancelled and that the MTA would see them in arbitration. They haven’t met since April. RESOLUTION 07-107 On motion to approve: ADOPTED: AYES – Beach, Black, Din, McCray, Mezey, Nolan and Shahum 13. Discussion of FY09 Budget and long-range revenue opportunities. (No explanatory documents) (Sonali Bose) Item 13 was removed from the agenda at the request of staff. 14. Approving and adopting the SFMTA Strategic Plan. (Explanatory documents include a staff report, resolution and Strategic Plan.) (Marisa Espinosa) Debra Johnson, Chief of Staff, Director of External Affairs presented the staff report. RESOLUTION 07-108 On motion to approve: ADOPTED: AYES – Beach, Black, Din, McCray, Mezey, Nolan and Shahum 15. Approving and adopting the FY08 Goals. (Explanatory documents include a staff report, resolution and FY08 goals.) (Marisa Espinosa) Item 15 was referred to the Governance Committee. 16. Approving and adopting the SFMTA’s FY08 Service Standards. (Explanatory documents include a staff report, resolution and FY08 goals.) (Jenniffer Hamilton) Jenniffer Hamilton, Chief Information Officer, presented the staff report. PUBLIC COMMENT: Bob Planthold stated that parking on sidewalk is enforced only if it’s called in. If you eliminate measure F1, you’re wiping out any record of where the public can say that DPT is unresponsive. Even 20 minutes is long time at night when it’s windy and raining. Eliminating D2 as a service standard supports the technophilic and affluent and works against the poor. If you’re poor, you have to pay fifty cents to get information from 311 or 511. NextMuni isn’t at every stop and is not functionally inaccurate. Don’t remove D2. Rafael Cabrera, TWU, Local 250-A stated that Muni has never had a perfect schedule. The SFMTA needs to give information to the public and provide them with the best service. The C1 and C2 service standards gives the Board the ability to see where we are and what we’re doing to fill vacancies. The E5 standard regarding training is a tool to tell us how good we’re doing. Removing these measures insults the Agency. C.I.O. Hamilton stated that a new look for the service standards report would be ready by the FY08 First Quarter Report. RESOLUTION 07-109 On motion to approve: ADOPTED: AYES – Beach, Black, Din, McCray, Mezey, Nolan and Shahum Tom Nolan left the meeting. 17. Presentation of Worker’s Compensation Costs and FY08 Action Plan. (Explanatory documents include a staff report.) (Diana Buchbinder) Jeff Gary, Manager, Worker’s Compensation, presented the staff report. 18. Presentation of the status of the Paratransit/Lift-Van contract. (Explanatory documents include a PowerPoint presentation) (Debra Johnson) Annette Williams, Manager, Accessible Services, presented the staff report. PUBLIC COMMENT: Cheryl Damico stated that she has been aware of the transitional issues. During the last 90 days service has greatly improved and reliability is much better. There are very manageable issues that still need to be worked out. This contractor has been responsive to communication which was lacking with the previous provider. 19. 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 (Nolan-absent). RECESS REGULAR MEETING AND CONVENE CLOSED SESSION CLOSED SESSION 1. Call to Order Chairman McCray called the closed session to order at 12:40 p.m. 2. Roll Call Present:
Absent: Tom Nolan Also present:
3. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 and the Administrative Code Section 67.8 (a) (3), the Municipal Transportation Agency Board will meet in Closed Session to discuss and take action on attorney‑client matters in the following case: CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL Existing Litigation: A. Tie Wei Zhou vs. CCSF, Superior ct. #450587 filed on 3/23/06 for $2,250,000 RESOLUTION 07-110 On motion to approve: ADOPTED: AYES – Beach, Black, Din, McCray, Mezey and Shahum ABSENT – Nolan B. James Smith & Cheryll Jones vs. CCSF, Superior Ct. #453242 filed on 6/19/06 for $730,000 RESOLUTION 07-111 On motion to approve: ADOPTED: AYES – Beach, Black, Din, McCray, Mezey and Shahum ABSENT – Nolan C. CCSF vs. Pacific Cement, Superior Ct. #443263 filed on 7/21/05 for $0, complaint dismissal and mutual release. RESOLUTION 07-112 On motion to approve: ADOPTED: AYES – Beach, Black, Din, McCray, Mezey and Shahum ABSENT – Nolan ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION AND RECONVENE OPEN SESSION - The closed session was adjourned at 1:03 p.m. 20. Announcement of Closed Session. Chairman McCray announced that the Board met in closed session to discuss the Tie Wei Zhou, James Smith & Cheryll Jones and Pacific Cement cases with the City Attorney. The Board voted unanimously to settle all three cases (Nolan-absent). 21. Motion to disclose or not disclose the information discussed in closed session. On motion to not disclose the information discussed: unanimously approved (Nolan-absent). ADJOURN - The meeting was adjourned at 1:04 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 |
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