we are not employees of the mta. how can you force a third party vendor on us when we are not your employees? we are independent contractors. you have gone out of the way to make sure we get none of the benefits of employees. how can you possibly treat us as employees after you have gone out of your way to make sure we are not employees? you cannot force a third party vendor on us at an incredibly high rate. thank you. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. my name is david. i am a driver. i am here today because i am suspicious of what the mta is doing to taxi drivers. there is no information. all we do is get a letter, "you come here to pay the result now we want to collect the credit cards and the information -- you come here to pay." now we want to collect the credit cards and all the information. they are scared. i want to know. are they a scam or not a scam? we are suspicious. >> and joe donohue, sam aryan, alec dutt. >> good afternoon. i would like to thank the mta for taking the three minute process of licen

as to why mta things that this contract is the right contract? >> as you know, as negotiations go, neither party windup for that wanted to be. mta interests for long term known amounts for budgeting purposes, where we started, the contract before us is where we ended in negotiations. but, we are happy to go back and revisit the contract. supervisor mirkarimi: i think that that might be in the stars. what about the mta commissioners? >> the board did approve the contract before you. it was a consent calendar item, 7-00. supervisor mirkarimi: why was it consent calendar? >> i do not know. supervisor mirkarimi: i do not mean to analyze from the couch, but from time to time these contracts that attract our attention, we learn that they do go through the consent process and the commissioners themselves learn after the fact that maybe it should not have been on the consent. i look and learn, not long after this hearing, why it was the case. it seemed like something that had sparked our interest would likely support, by the way, from what i can anticipa

>> yes, and mta is what i would say real-estate challenged. because of the location of the facilities for the vehicles, it is convenient right now to walk from 5 05 seventh to sixth and townsend, but we would like to consolidate our enforcement divisions from five into one facility, and we will be looking for real-estate to do that. >> if i could add to that, too, in terms of the city's real- estate, approximately 2 million square feet under the ownership of the city and used by various city departments of both the civic center and what we call the public safety campus around the hall of justice, 2 million square feet, plus, we have less than 5000 square feet available. that is a vacancy rate of about 0.25%. our real estate dynamic is far different than the marketplace itself. we are fully utilizing everything we own and at a point where we may need more. >> i just want to say that i appreciate the points of us consolidating and building -- developing the transportation management center. however, i would feel more comfortable supporting a pro

also, regarding that we are not employees to mta. the other issue is to have our personnel -- our personal transactions monitored by an electronic waybill gives access to our income to parties that are not the irs. i feel this is not right and we have to protect our rights. thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is alouc dutt. i have been driving for seven years. right here, it is not right. charging 5% is out of sight. if this does not change, i believe in martin luther king and mahatma gandhi. i will go to work if this does not change for my driver's. -- drivers. >> michael monroe, marcello fonseca. >> my name is michael monroe. i have been driving cabs in san francisco for over 22 years. i am in medallion honor. the 5% is ridiculous. i have talked to all my customers. they do not mind paying a fee. i had one guy last night took me $35 because he thought it was a travesty. -- tipped me $35 because he thought it was a travesty. do you want to lose the suit -- do you want to lose $30 every two nights from your check? i do not think so

the mta little guy referee there said, "i don't believe you." that was it. he wanted proof of the fact. many tickets i have gotten i have protested and one. -- and won. chairperson nolan: item 11, we have some speakers on that. >> megan weir, followed by eric brooks. and there is staff who wishes to present to you on the matter. >> good afternoon. i am meghan we're -- weir, here to speak on behalf of the department of public health. my colleague developed the transportation plan and could not be here today and sensor regrets. in 2006, the san francisco bicycle coalition and department of public health were awarded a grant from caltrans. the grant funded community- based transportation planning to create an accessible treasure island. there was meaningful of reach and community participation, focusing on sustainable transit improvements on the island. on 2009, we released a community-based transportation plan for treasure island. i have brought copies for those who are interested. the plan outlined numerous recommendations for infrastructure and policies for

as to why mta things that this contract is the right contract? >> as you know, as negotiations go, neither party windup for that wanted to be. mta interests for long term known amounts for budgeting purposes, where we started, the contract before us is where we ended in negotiations. but, we are happy to go back and revisit the contract. supervisor mirkarimi: i think that that might be in the stars. what about the mta commissioners? >> the board did approve the contract before you. it was a consent calendar item, 7-00. supervisor mirkarimi: why was it consent calendar? >> i do not know. supervisor mirkarimi: i do not mean to analyze from the couch, but from time to time these contracts that attract our attention, we learn that they do go through the consent process and the commissioners themselves learn after the fact that maybe it should not have been on the consent. i look and

i am on the board of the mta, and i am thrilled to be here. i love this city and bike to work day is like christmas for all of us. the sfmta is at the forefront of providing support for this event. a lot of the speakers have mentioned the green by claims, improvements, park lit, thing that make our city more livable. so i want to thank the staff of the mta. i see a lot of you out there now. just to hear the support from the board of supervisors and know that the board of supervisors and mta is on the same page. the sustainable streets group, you are doing such great work, and i am proud to support it. the chairman of our board is here. he rode in with mayor lee. i rode in with supervisor wiener's group, from the castro. i want to mention the fact that there was a 58% increase in the city in the last four years. that is an impressive number, but even more when you put it in context. could we have handled a 58% increase for muni writers? 58% increase in car traffic during rush hour? no one would be going anywhere. this is a lesson to us. we have

s role or authority as part of this project. >> peter albert, mta urban planning initiative. i am happy to answer the questions. i also have rich hillis from the office of workforce development to can talk about the development agreement. would you mind repeating the question? director bridges: the question was, when i read through the various documents, what are the terms of this project in terms of mta involvement and commitment, if any. what is the commitment during that term? >> thank you. one of the actions being asked of the board today is, through the chair, to adopt the ceqa findings and authorize mta to enter the development agreement and the interagency cooperation agreement. those agreements establish a relationship for the implementation of the development project. it supplies the terms we would work together, the structure between mta services, the memorandums of understanding between treasure island development authority and transportation management agency and the mta. the basic assumptions about the project, the transportation analysis, is based on projections

we are not employees of the mta. how can you force a third party vendor on us when we are not your employees? we are independent contractors. you have gone out of the way to make sure we get none of the benefits of employees. how can you possibly treat us as employees after you have gone out of your way to make sure we are not employees? you cannot force a third party vendor on us at an incredibly high rate. thank you. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. my name is david. i am a driver. i am here today because i am suspicious of what the mta is doing to taxi drivers. there is no information. all we do is get a letter, "you come here to pay the result now we want to collect the credit cards and the information -- you come here to pay." now we want to collect the credit cards and all the information. they are scared. i want to know. are they a scam or not a scam? we are suspicious. >> and joe donohue, sam aryan, alec dutt. >> good afternoon. i would like to thank the mta for taking the e

we are not employees of the mta. how can you force a third party vendor on us when we are not your employees? we are independent contractors. you have gone out of the way to make sure we get none of the benefits of employees. how can you possibly treat us as employees after you have gone out of your way to make sure we are not employees? you cannot force a third party vendor on us at an incredibly high rate. thank you. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. my name is david. i am a driver. i am here today because i am suspicious of what the mta is doing to taxi drivers. there is no information. all we do is get a letter, "you come here to pay the result now we want to collect the credit cards and the information -- you come here to pay." now we want to collect the credit cards and all the information. they are scared. i want to know.

we are not employees of the mta. how can you force a third party vendor on us when we are not your employees? we are independent contractors. you have gone out of the way to make sure we get none of the benefits of employees. how can you possibly treat us as employees after you have gone out of your way to make sure we are not employees? you cannot force a third party vendor on us at an incredibly high rate. thank you. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. my name is david. i am a driver. i am here today because i am suspicious of what the mta is doing to taxi drivers. there is no information. all we do is get a letter, "you come here to pay the result now we want to collect the

we are now implementing the mta work rules. local 6 which we just implemented now makes the work hours different from the city electricians. we now have a seven-day work week and will no longer be getting overtime on a electricians' we typically have been. as we are rolling over, we are renegotiating them. >> what year were those propositions past? >> ea was in 1997 and e was in 1999. the bottom line is the way we manage overtime. very similar -- i heard the presentation last time, a lot of the big departments that have a lot of overtime, we sort of managed at salary and benefit bottom line because of some of the vacancies and we cannot hire. we traditionally have been able to absorb over time through savings and salary and that will be the case this year as well. to the extent we are able to hire up, we will have to revisit the way we budget. but as of today, we actually look at salary to manage the bottom line because of the flexibility over time does offer us. we have all these other issues. this is the last slide and then i

>> that would be in mta issue. another issue would be the yellowstone. how they would make deliveries. >> we are trying to suggest security issues. >> how does the green zone and improved security in that area? >> the mta must put that in there. >> we have recommended these to the owner. that is what i addressed to the complaint. >> you have the yellowstone, how they will do deliveries. this is a two-lane street. >> i guess we will have to ask the planning why that was not in the original permit and i am not sure how we would deal with it. >> we can just wipe it out. >> thank you. >> there is no requirement of the planning code for a large and so on. if the board would like to adopt some finding, that would be that they seek that sense this is a separate permit process and they're not able to obtain that. they would be in violation of condition of approval. they would try to see can justify this. i don't know if it is feasible. any discrepancy and difference in the permit fees is based upon the review which would be $2,000. if that can be addressed and a

mta is the agency most responsible, among many, for the safety and walk ability of our streets. there has been a tremendous amount of attention to pedestrian safety and, i think, supervisor kim among others who paid a lot of attention to this recently, and the appointment of joel ramos to this board could be a step forward in making the real change we need, translating the synergy into real change for our streets. we feel confident that joel ramos will speak up for sustainable streets, and we also know he will speak up for underserved communities to face a disproportionate risk of being hit by cars on our streets while walking and who depend most on transportation and on walking, so we urge you to make joel ramos the newest member of mta's commission. thank you. >> madam chair, fellow supervisors, i am with the san francisco transit riders union. rather than reiterate what has already been said, i want to just hit on one point in particular, and that is the importance of having someone on the board vote actually write strands it -- someone on the board who actually rides transit

supervisor campos: why not hear from the mta? >> -good morning. today i am joined by the director of finance and information technology. today's briefing will provide you with how and we will highlight accomplishments under required road map of deliverables. highlighting the police program as body authorized on the date of what is happening at fourth and stockton. the project is currently on the path to riches -- to achieve a full funded grant and they can -- continue to submit and satisfy the full funding grant agreement and i understand that there are necessaries of metals necessary to receive a risk assessment update that the project will go through, scheduled by the middle of may. as mentioned, central subway financial plans are comprised of federal, state, local, and nationwide programs. in dealing with financial sensitivity and risk, a good example of a funding amendment is a proposed swath of prop 1b funds. in the event that funding is delayed or project costs increase over the baseline as the during construction, beyond the program conting

it will go through the entire mta process with their committee structure in a public hearing. the bond legislation includes transparency and accountability measures. we have objective and other criteria for the selection of projects within each program. we will have a dedicated web page that lists projects, scope, budget. we will have regular hearing before the capital planning committee and the citizens general oversight obligation bonds committee. before any funds are sent -- spent on these projects, we will have to come to this board to have those funds appropriated. you will see the specific projects that are to be accomplished with the bond funds, when that time comes. finally, i just want to mention briefly, the schedule we are on today, we are anticipating the ordinance will be before you in early july. the order and it needs to be approved on second reading by the board of supervisors by july 26, for submittal to the department of alexians july 29. -- elections july 29. that is the end of my presentation. we have program managers from various projects we are proposing

any questions for mta? no questions? is there any member of the public would like to speak on this item. please come forward. you each have two minutes. >> good morning, a chair, members. in a community planner with the san francisco bicycle coalition. i strongly urge you to approve this amendment for planning of a better jfk drive. we support a whole network of streets to make it safe and comfortable for everyone to bike. i believe that has created 1.5 miles of bike way on jfk drive. we see a lot of families biking with kids to school. a lot of people who might be afraid to bite could visit the attractions in golden gate -- afraid to bike could visit the attractions in golden gate park. a week ago, i've participated in sense francisco's bike to school that -- san francisco's back-to- school that. as the parents biking with their children to get to school. we will be seen situations like that in a lot more kids choosing help the present -- transportation. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. is there any other member

i want to thank the mta staff that work done that. chairperson nolan: thank you. >> moving on, item seven, executive directors report. executive director ford: good afternoon. as is customary with the first meeting of the month, the first item on my report is the recognition of employees who have distinguished themselves with their fine work and contributions to the agency. our first goes to jerry wong -- gary wong. he is in the cable car division and has been with the agency for 33.5 years. he is an exemplary cable car director with an outstanding record in terms of customer service. he has impeccable attendance. he maintains an excellent safety record with no avoidable accidents for the last 23 years. his outstanding customer service skills are highly praised by dispatchers and fellow peers. his words of wisdom are, "treat people nice and they will treae" gary will retire this june and we wish him a prosperous and healthy retirement. here to present the award is john haley, our director of transit services. [applause] >> thank you.

mta is using this for bicycle projects. for a number of years, they were not able to apply for the funds because of the court injunction. their bicycle program is up and running. and representatives from the mta are here to answer questions as well as project managers from dpw. i'm happy to answer any questions that i can. supervisor avalos: ok, maybe briefly, if you could just talk about the general scope of the work specific to these moneys and where they will be. i'm sure is general all over the city, but if you could describe that. >> it is. with the curb ramp program, we have an americans with disabilities act transition plan that lays out the order and priorities for curve brands throughout the city -- curb ramps throughout the city. the plan has been in effect for a number of years. we have been constructing -- i think this year, we are constructing around 2000 throughout the city. largely with general fund money. this money we used to do design for ramps then constructed with prop k sales tax money. then, the other

right now, the mta looks solid. the capital budget has a great deal of pressure. we do have the central subway project. you have heard quite a bit about that. we do have some initial capital needs we will be working through for the next few years. we did a first of its kind, 20- your assessment of the operating and capital needs for the mta. yes, there is a big negative number in it, but our board is taking a pro-active approach, determining how we can make long-term decisions to improve the financial viability of our agency. i think the mayor has the toughest job, along with my colleagues. we are dedicated to working for you. quite often, the story does not get out. we appreciate the opportunity to come before you. and look forward to the question and answer period. thank you. supervisor wiener: we are now going to hear from our acting chief of police. >> the evening. i want to talk about the san francisco police department. the budget is above $475 million. up to $475 million, and i am obligated to give back 10%, which equates to a $11 million. unfortunately, al

transit signal infrastructure, the mta does not have any other identify the source of funding. >>supervisor chu: i'd think many of us recognize the need to have transit improvement work, whether it is the signals we are talking about in this situation, among other things, for muni. the question is why this comes forward with a street repaving bond. is there something that links transit signals to a street? if you are paying, is there something that you need to put into the ground anyway? >> what we're really trying to look at is the entire street and road network, the concept of the bond that we are approving -- we are trying to improve the entire network. yes, muni is implementing their signal upgrades to do that. it is much more efficient for us to be doing it at the same time with the same contractor doing the street resurfacing. throughout the street program, we are trying to coordinate with anyone else digging up the streets, and that includes the water department, sewer department, pg&e, and anything that mta is doing in the street because it saves both money and aggravat

we are excited about the partnership with the mta and bicycle coalition. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. same house, same call. amendment passes. next item. >> item 9. allocate $15,016,000 in prop k funds, with conditions, to the san francisco municipal transportation agency for three projects and $1,241,000, with conditions, to the bay area rapid transit district for one project, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedules. this is an action item. supervisor mirkarimi: any discussion on this item? simenon, this item is closed. public comment? same house, same call. so moved. >> item 10. commit up to $150 million in additional state regional improvement program funds, with conditions, to the san francisco municipal transportation agency's central subway project to cover potential cost overruns beyond the $1.578 billion baseline project cost. this is an action item. supervisor mirkarimi: terry good. this has been an ongoing discussion. any continue discussion on this

mta defines the word dysfunctional. it's the time you woke up rape than doolittle and smaller coffee, but i don't recommend a triple dose of espresso. a special tax the meeting was held for a meeting increase and that was yesterday. in your comparative analysis from fares and other cities, why weren't extra fees included? they charge extra fees for things like extra passengers or starting the meter over when there are two trips in one fair. several major changes at the same time of the pilot program are mechanism in place to measure the effects makes monitoring taxi services a moot point. even with one major change, there is an absorption changes needed if you want to measure any long-lasting effects. you want to micromanage taxi drivers. congestive pricing combined with cab pooling is a win/win/win situation. it is the greenest thing you can do. however, a living wage for a taxi driver is the least you can do. but both have one drawback -- it has to be carefully thought out by compassionate people with intelligence. wh