Order to uphold the public good. Public transportation plays a Critical Role in the unfolding of this Health Crisis and in the unfolding of what will be likely a long economic crisis. Our job is to figure out how to steward our declining resources in order to therefore the services that essential workers need to have to get to work and in order to poise San Francisco for recovery, thats what were here for. Everything we do, whether its muni, parking is connected with the health and safety of budget of San Francisco. I want to introduce my colleague, victoria wise, who will facilitate this meeting. Do you want to go over what were doing today. Thank you, jeff. Good morning, everybody and almost afternoon. While we cant meet inperson were grateful you are joining us today online and really appreciate that you are taking the time to provide input on our budget. Its especially important that we have public input and continue to have public input as we move our budget through the approval p
9961164 and then finally 10. Mr. Moderator, yo if you would let us know if there are members of the public who wish to address the board. Operator to summon each question press 1 and then 0. It looks like no members of the public dialing in at thisman. This minute. So we will close Public Comment. Well close Public Comment on item 4 and ill entertain a motion to approve the minutes. So moved. I heard two and would you please call the role. role call . Mr. Chair, you have a unanimous vote. Very good. On communications, well provide overview as to why were doing things this way and ill be more brief than i was last time, but due to the covid19 Health Emergency and given the Public Health recommendations issued by the department of Public Health and given that the governor has lifted it, this is being held with all members and staff Via Teleconference to ensure the safety of the board of directors, staff and members the public. In our published notice, we ask the public to participate rem
We are all in it together, good evening, everyone. I am julie haener, working from home. Im frank somerville. It is tough to gauge progress when the numbers continue to go up. The death toll from the coronavirus is now past 10,000 here in the United States and is approaching 11,000. In california, gov. Newsom said that he expects the outbreak will peak in midmay but he also said there are already indications that the hospitalization rate is slowing down. Signs of progress in the fight against the coronavirus in new york. Retail and travel stocks were among the biggest gainers with markets up more than 7 today. And the Prime Minister of Great Britain was put in intensive care at the hospital after his symptoms for coronavirus took a turn for the worst. Boris johnson was diagnosed with coronavirus 10 days ago, the white house is now reaching out to offer assistance. Gov. Newsom said california will be lending 500 ventilators to the National Stock file to help u. S hotspots. At the same t
Online. Thinking about the comments from the public about creating walking and biking space. And its not and also thinking about director tomlin and the time to rethink the Mobility System from the ground up. I wanted to request that staff work to kind of develop and the Mobility Plan work and what this will do is key up an opportunity to praise staff for doing that area. And we are able to move with this very interesting world and so quickly in this time of need. And at the same time i think its important for the board to have a discussion and public to be able to weigh in about which streets make sense to prioritize and i just wanted to put out that request to staff and from a personal note, i biked this past weekend with my family all the way out j. F. K. And out to the great highway and got to experience great highway. Which director tomlin reiterated after to that low stress was a real privilege and just made me think what if we could create a low stress Bicycle Network all around
Good morning, i am San Franciscos director of transportation. Were here today to have a conversation about our budget. Even though that you have a lot of other things on your minds. These are unprecedented times. Many of you are having to deal with children unexpectedly being at home and you are having to deal with worrying about how you will pay your rent or how to keep your families safe. We really appreciate that youve joined us here to talk about something that should be seemingly minor which is a government bureaucracy budget. But for us, nothing is more important than our budget. Because it is the only relevant statement of our agencys values and it determines how we use our very, very limited resources in order to uphold the public good. Public transportation plays a Critical Role in the unfolding of this Health Crisis and in the unfolding of what will be likely a long economic crisis. Our job is to figure out how to steward our declining resources in order to therefore the serv