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All right. Good morning, Everyone Welcome to the september 12 meeting of San Francisco county Transportation Authority board. Im supervisor mandelman im chair. Vice chair is melgar. I want to thank sfgovtv. That is who im thanking and our clerk is elijia seaneders. Commissioner chan. Present. Commissioner dorsey. Present. Commissioner engardio. Present. Why chair mandelman. Why present. Voice chair melgar. Present. Commissioner supervisor peskin. Present. Commissioner preston. Present. Why commi...

All right. Good morning, Everyone Welcome to the september 12 meeting of San Francisco county Transportation Authority board. Im supervisor mandelman im chair. Vice chair is melgar. I want to thank sfgovtv. That is who im thanking and our clerk is elijia seaneders. Commissioner chan. Present. Commissioner dorsey. Present. Commissioner engardio. Present. Why chair mandelman. Why present. Voice chair melgar. Present. Commissioner supervisor peskin. Present. Commissioner preston. Present. Why commi...

A quorom. Item three, communication. Im not aware of any. Item four, directors new and old business, and seeing none, number five, executive directors report. Earlier this year appointed process authority of Northern California regional director as a representative on our board. The next steps were for the current member agencies to, excuse me, to obtain concurrence from the respective boards. That step has been completed. Todays agenda we have an item for the board to approve amendment to the b...

Division, the communications division. Materials division. Maintenance. Everybody coming together. Accessible services. Everybody coming together to get us to this point. The reason why this is so exciting for us is because the demands on rail Service Continue to grow in San Francisco. And if you look at the cranes in the sky, if you look at the projections of growth, thats only going to continue and so we need a better, more reliable, higher capacity, more enjoyable way for people to be able to...

Director harper, reiskin, present, mr. Chairman, you have a quorom. Item three, communication. Im not aware of any. Item four, directors new and old business, and seeing none, number five, executive directors report. Earlier this year appointed process authority of Northern California regional director as a representative on our board. The next steps were for the current member agencies to, excuse me, to obtain concurrence from the respective boards. That step has been completed. Todays agenda w...

Were being put at risk sealed the deal for me. Commissioner moore. This is not only heartwrenching but probably the most difficult thing we have ever did. Theres the human side, which all of us are 500 on target, but then theres the reality. And in addition to what commissioner richards eloquently summarized, theres the others. I did not expect to hear other neighbors talking about what is basically a primary rh1, get along with each other without causing nuisance and stress. Hearing that was no...

After hearing feedback of exp exposure to youth and it should only be in places where theres adults and i can approach this from the point of view of adult and not looking at it through the youth issue. I think cannabis legalization is the law of the land. Thats not going back anytime soon. I think the line of the resolution expressing the changes are intended to address the uncertainty in the state and Regulatory Environment isnt seem accurate. The Regulatory Environment the permutations a perm...

Terms of transportation. Two bills were passed and signed by the governor that will allow people in the region to vote for increased bridge tolls, to better fund transit in the region as well as potential increased sales tax across the three counties to provide cal trains for the first time with a dedicated source of revenue and even more significant, senate bill 1. Again, like this rail car, a onces in a generation kind of change in the way we Fund Transportation in San Francisco and in califor...

Are. So, yes, each one of these people has to theres a lot of coordination that goes into making sure the bikes get on campus and are stored. That the teachers are prepared and ready, et cetera. And then we meet a couple of people on site for the twoweek period as well. So, why is there no line item for transportation . Of the bikes. Im sorry. Of all the things i didnt bring. There is a line item that is related to the transportation that we do pay for essentially the gas. Why bike owns the van ...

A once in a generation good morning, everyone. My name is ed riskin, im the director of transportation here in the city and county of San Francisco. So glad to be with you all today under this beautiful sunshine to mark really what is a once in a generation milestone for muni, for the Transit Service and for the people of San Francisco. Today we are putting into service this beautiful vehicle thats behind us. And a lot of folks are responsible for getting us here. I want to acknowledge mayor lee...