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distributors will sell clipper kurds in november with the fast pass. i think we are making progress but i think what i would like to hear from the mtc, and tsa, is what sorts of things you are thinking about and how we can have a conversation so that we can transform how san franciscans and bay area residents get around and ride transit. with that, i know there are two presentations from the mta and mtc. at that point, we can hopefully have a good conversation. >> i work for the metrop...

consider not in this field. everything from trucks to have the equipment, police vehicles with a bunch of equipment on there. supervisor avalos: thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. why dont we open this up to public comment. are there any members of the public that would wish to comment on this item? >>♪ you asked me if my city air was clean and true blue and then i knew i replied you know what happens when you drive smoke gets in your eyes i know someday you will find electric car...

additionally, proposed amendments require a city administrator and individual department heads to remove some service without placement at least 5% of the motor vehicles under the departments jurisdiction each year through fiscal 23rd team -- 2013, beginning in 2014 and 2015, individual department heads would be required annually to remove from service all passenger vehicles and light duty trucks 12 years and older. finally, the amended ordinance will require each department to adopt a...

some of the departments have argued because these vehicles are not necessarily paid for through the general fund, it ought to have some flexibility. we have not taken that as a direction simply because our focus here is not just a reduction of the vehicles we use but also for the environment. that is where the conversation has come city-wide. it is virtually the same for us. >> supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: i wonder if you could do me a favor. for the police department in the c...

department of environment how those vehicles are used, who is assigned them, whether that use will have something that will require a particular type of vehicle, whether they can go to electrified vehicles or higher standards of emissions. all of those are done on an area by area difference and we engaged with the department of environment. we have the approval top authority for the purchase of vehicles. we are in that through our purchasing department and fleet manager and department ...

ought to have some flexibility. we have not taken that as a direction simply because our focus here is not just a reduction of the vehicles we use but also for the environment. that is where the conversation has come city-wide. it is virtually the same for us. >> supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: i wonder if you could do me a favor. for the police department in the coming year, their plans to purchase vehicles. how would you see them having to adjust their plans around purchasing v...

in the traditional standards. >> --supervisor chu: we havcane take the amendment as a whole? without objection. supervisor dufty: item move forward to the full board with recommendations. supervisor chu: can we do that without objection? ok. without objection. thank you. can you call the last item, item 9? i also want to announce that supervisor david chiu is with us for this item. >> item 9. hearing on the san francisco municipal transportation agencys transition to the clipper card o...

seeing none, public comment is closed. one final note, we ask different bodies, a different government departments to weigh in on decisions. in this situation, if the department has the authorization to do so, to go ahead and do so with the purchasers office. at and in between staff before any approved process is -- before anything is approved, you want to make sure that you are meeting in line with the required block. are the vehicles going to be these types of emissions? should it be...

sufficient numbers to reduce or replace with less emissions vehicles. in discussing in particular with departments like the department of building inspection, there needs to go up and down based upon the economy. certainly at the present time, for example, we can find better use of vehicles because they are not used as often. when the economy turns, there will be a higher use for those vehicles because it calls for a lot more inspections. i believe the department has asked for some fle...

thanks for joining us. im kristen sze. >> im eric thomas. topping our news this half hour, pg&e is investigating the possibility that microbes inside a natural gas pipe might have caused the deadly san bruno explosion two weeks ago, this unlikely but has happened before. jenelle is live in san bruno to tell us more. >> yes, it has, ten years ago in the new mexico desert that pipeline ruptured killing 12 including three young children. investigators found pitting in the pipeline. the co...