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ORDER OF BUSINESS 1. Call to Order Chairman Nolan called the meeting to order at 12:03 p.m. 2. Roll Call Present:
3. Announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. Chairman Nolan 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 PUBLIC COMMENT: Peter Witt stated that the Board isn’t concerned about the posting of minutes and that his statements are incomplete, out of context and misleading. The words “cost effective” and “more efficient” were not included in his comments. Mr. Witt objected to the order in which the minutes are posted and the order in which the Board conducts its agenda. Both are misleading to the public. Item 8 started 39 minutes after the meeting began and Item 9 started 4 hrs 46 minutes after the meeting started. The SFMTA shouldn’t expect people to wait five hours to offer solutions. On motion to approve the minutes of the April 20, 2010 Regular Meeting: unanimously approved (Heinicke-absent). 5. Communications None. 6. Introduction of New or Unfinished Business by Board Members
No public comment. On motion to elect Jerry Lee as Vice Chairman: unanimously approved (Heinicke-absent.) 7. Executive Director’s Report (For discussion only)
Exec. Director/CEO Ford presented special recognition awards to Jack Lucero Fleck, traffic engineer, Sustainable Streets and Joern Kroll, transportation safety specialist, Safety & Training division. Director Heinicke arrived. ED/CEO Ford also discussed the SFMTA’s FY11/12 budget hearings at the Board of Supervisors, the performance audit, the SFCTA funding request, the St. Francis Circle rail replacement project, system security, the fare gate improvement project, Bike to Work Day, and the annual employee survey. Chairman Nolan asked for a hearing on May 18 to discuss the performance audit. Debra Johnson, director, Administration, Taxis and Accessible Services reviewed the communications plans for the St. Francis Circle project, the Proof of Payment program and the May 8 service changes. John Haley, director, Transit Operations reviewed the St. Francis Circle project and the operations plan for the May 8 service changes. PUBLIC COMMENT: 8. Citizens’ Advisory Council Report No report. 9. Public Comment Bob Planthold expressed concern that the SFMTA seems to be unaware of timing. He believes that there has been an ethics violation regarding ballot measures and that the Agency doesn’t have the respect or trust of the people who need it to be reliable. If the Agency is involved in a ballot measure, that measure will fail. It shouldn’t be talked about it in public. Peter Witt stated that customers ask him about the purpose of his customer surveys. It’s for customer service and to see if city hall cares about service or customers. The last taxi commission survey was peppered with anecdotal testimony with no hard data. Drivers aren’t represented. He asked when drivers would get a cost of living adjustment. This governing body speaks, sees, and hears no evil and wears no clothes. The facts speak for themselves. Drivers are men and women too. Herbert Weiner apologized to Mr. Ford. He asked what management was sacrificing in pay cuts. He suggested that meetings be held in the evening as well as at noon. Managers should pay a penalty for every missed run. Muni ambassadors should be the eyes and ears of the SFMTA and should not be conveying messages. 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 of Directors and will be acted upon by a single vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the Board of Directors 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 10-064 (10.2) Approving the following traffic modifications:
RESOLUTION 10-065 No public comment. On motion to approve the Consent Calendar: ADOPTED: AYES – Beach, Heinicke, Lee, Nolan and Oka REGULAR CALENDAR 11. Presentation and discussion regarding the SFMTA’s FY2010 Third Quarter Financial Report and year-end projection. (Explanatory documents include a slide presentation.) (Sonali Bose) Sonali Bose, Chief Financial Officer, presented the staff report. No public comment. 12. Presentation and discussion regarding fare evasion and enforcement. (Explanatory documents include a slide presentation) (John Haley) John Haley, director, Transit Operations and Joy Houlihan, deputy director, Security & Enforcement presented the staff report. PUBLIC COMMENT: Bob Planthold expressed concern about the amount of time allotted for a transfer now that service is going to be reduced. On long distance lines the bus may be crowded. The customer might not be able get on and will end up having to wait for a second bus which might cause the transfer to expire. Seniors who aren’t as agile as other customers might have to pay twice because of an expired transfer. The SFMTA should consider changes to transfer time. Herbert Weiner stated that he’s noticed other areas, such as Polk, Clay, Powell and Geary where fare evasion occurs. The Agency needs to be a little more comprehensive in scope and research. SPECIAL ORDER – 1:30 pm 13. Adopting amendments to Transportation Code, Division II, Article 1100 governing Motor Vehicles for Hire, to amend regulations governing the Taxi Medallion Sales Pilot Program to further define the circumstances under which a Medallion Holder is eligible to sell his or her Medallion, and to clarify that failure to timely complete the purchase of a Medallion does not affect the applicant's A-Card Seniority or the applicant's position on the Waiting List. (Explanatory documents include a staff report, resolution and amendments) (Debra Johnson) Chris Hayashi, deputy director, Taxi Services, presented the staff report. PUBLIC COMMENT: Mark Gruberg, UTW, stated that the amendments are needed and are an improvement. UTW continues to oppose this program. UTW believes that access to a city permit should not be substantially limited to those who can pay for the privilege. This may be a positive thing in the eyes of financial institutions but there has been much deceit. He was astonished that no one on the Board has questioned this program. RESOLUTION 10-066 On motion to approve: ADOPTED: AYES – Beach, Heinicke, Lee, Nolan and Oka 14. Authorizing the Executive Director/CEO to execute the Ninth Amendment with Serco for Meter Coin Collection, Counting and Management Services, to extend the current agreement by two years and increase the contract by $16,800,000. (Explanatory documents include a staff report, resolution and amendment.) (Sonali Bose) No public comment. RESOLUTION 10-067 On motion to approve: ADOPTED: AYES – Beach, Heinicke, Lee, Nolan and Oka 15. Acting as members of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors and as members of the San Francisco Parking Authority Commission, authorizing the Executive Director/CEO to execute Amendment One to the Agreement for Advertising on San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Property with Titan Outdoor, to allow window wraps on up to 5% of the SFMTA’s buses and up to 10% of the SFMTA’s light rail vehicles and to change the approval requirements for advertising in parking garages. (Explanatory documents include a staff report, amendment and MTA Board and PAC resolutions.) (Sonali Bose) No public comment. RESOLUTION 10-068 Acting as the Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors, on motion to approve: ADOPTED: AYES – Heinicke, Lee, Nolan and Oka NAYES - Beach RESOLUTION 10-069 Acting as the Parking Authority Commission, on motion to approve: ADOPTED: AYES – Beach, Heinicke, Lee, Nolan and Oka 16. 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 Nolan called the closed session to order at 2:00 p.m. 2. Roll Call Present:
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3. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6(a) and Administrative Code Section 67.8, the Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors shall meet in closed session for: CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR CCSF Representative: Debra Johnson and/or her designees Employee Organizations:
To discuss: _X_ Wages _X__ Hours _X__ Benefits _X__ Working Conditions _X__ Other ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION AND RECONVENE OPEN SESSION - The closed session was adjourned at 3:10 p.m. 17. Announcement of Closed Session. Chairman Nolan announced that the SFMTA Board of Directors met in closed session to discuss labor negotiations. The Board of Directors took no action. 18. Motion to disclose or not disclose the information discussed in closed session. On motion to not disclose the information discussed: unanimously approved. ADJOURN - The meeting was adjourned at 3:11 p.m. A tape of the meeting is on file in the office of the Secretary to the San Francisco 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; 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 220, SF, CA 94102-6027 or the web site: sfgov.org/ethics. MATERIAL SUPPLIED BY PETER WITT FOR INCLUSION IN THE SFMTA’s MINUTES OF MAY 4, 2010. To ensure that the comments are accessible, this material is reproduced exactly as written below. A PDF of the actual statement provided will be added to the printed meeting minutes. To be entered in to the MTA minutes of May 4th 2010 egular meeting. From Peter Witt Item 4#/ approvel of minutes. Again my 150 word statements are posted last. And again WHERE IT SAYS PETER WITT …..MY SATEMENTS ARE INCOMPLETE OUT OF CONTEXT AND MISLEADING. WHEN I SPOKE ON THE MINUTES LAST ……YOU LET OUT….THE WORDS …..$ COST EFFECTIVE……AND MORE EFFISHANT !!! THAT WAS MY POINT. WOULDN’T IT BE SIMPLER AND LESS WORK. NO QUESTION ……COSTS CAN BE SAVED AND QUESTIONS OF MISLEADING THE PUBLIC WOULD ELIMINATED ALONG WITH THE DOUBLE SPACEING AND EXTRA HEADINGS USED. I DON’T LIKE CHERRY PICKERS …….. UNLESS THEY’ER ….PICKING CHERRYS. I ALSO OBJECT TO THE ORDER IN WHICH YOU POST YOUR MINUTES. AND THE ORDER IN WHICH YOU CONDUCT YOUR AGENDA. Both of which AGAIN ……misleading the public AND are taken out of context. (FOR EXAMPLE) ……..ITEM #8 STARTED 39 MINUTES AND …… ITEM #9 STARTED 4 HOURS AND 46 MINUTES. YOUR MINUTES DON’T RELECT THAT. DO YOU REALLY expect people to wait some 5 hours to offer solutions to items not on the agenda. I know you have no new ideas but ………just maybe……….the public does. To be entered in to the MTA minutes of May 4th 2010, regular meeting. From P:eter Witt Item ( # ? 9) P.C. To the deaf dumb and blind who are in denial …. MY CUSTOMERS ASK ME WHAT’S THE PURPOSE OF MY SURVEY I TELL THEM IT’S FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND TO SEE IF CITY-HALL CARES. SO FAR THE SURVEY SAY ….. THE CITY COULDN’T GIVE A RATS ASS ABOUT TAXI DRIVERS OR THEIR CUSTOMERS. GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT THEY SAY ……… THE TXC WAS FULL OF GARBAGE………Take THEIR LAST PC&N REPORT, DONE IN 2007 iT WAS PEPPERED WITH …….UNCATALOGED ……..ANTICDOLE TESTIMONY. HARD DATA ….CAN NOT …..BE MANIPULATED. SO …..WHERE IS THE TAXI DATA?? MABE YOU DON’T THINK YOU NEED ANY because TAXI DRIVERS DON’T HAVE A UNOIN. WHERE DID UTW GO??? WHERE DID PAUL, GILLISPIE GO ….The PUPPET DRIVER REP. FOR TEN YEARS. WHEN will DRIVERS ever GET A COST OF LIVING AJUSTMENT. THE BUMPS IN THE ROAD ARE CLEAR …this GOVERING BODY ……..SPEAKs AND HEARs AND SEE NO EVIL HERE. And ……WARES NO CLOTHES. |
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