Not only did the total death on our streets from traffic collisions decrease dramatically in 2017, pedestrian deaths did as well. Since 2013, fewer pedestrians have been killed on our streets. This is really good news. You know, no one wants to see the accidents on the side of the road, no one wants to experience going to a crime scene on the road knowing your loved one has been hit by a car or sadly tragically killed. This is about bringing that number of 20 from 2017 down to zero. We dont want another death on our streets because of human error, because of anything that we can avoid. If we change our behavior, we change our roads and we do a better job here in the city and county of San Francisco. My ask of the public, number one be aware of your surrounding, be aware of the law, be aware of the street signals and crosswalks and try to work within the laws designed to keep you safe. Look at where we were and look at where we are. This vision will be a reality. We all have to remember that all of us, all of us every single day, no matter how you get to work, school, wherever you go, all of us are always pedestrians. This impacts all of us. School starts again on monday, so i hope as you are reporting today you will encourage people to slow down, to be mindful, to recognize that youre going to have more cars on the street on monday. Were going to have more kids on bikes, more kids walking. Please, be slow, be safe and be mindful. I just want to urge everyone at the sound of my voice to make some corrections. If you operate a motor vehicle, think about it, think about the person standing on the corner. Think about how fast youre driving. Think about the stop sign youre about to come to. Just think. And just doing so, youll help someone live another day. I guarantee that. I guarantee that. And chair of this committee and i want to acknowledge charles kreminek at sfgov tv for broadcasting our meeting and making sure theyre available to members of the public. Mr. Clerk, would you please call the roll . Item one, roll call. [roll call] we have quorum. Thank you very much. And may we take a motion to excuse commissioner cohen and commissioner fuhor. Mr. Clerk, can you please call the next item . Item two, chairs report. This is an information item. Thank you. And i do not have a report today. And may we take Public Comment on this item . Seeing no Public Comment, Public Comment is now closed. Item number two. Can we please call the next item. Item three, executive directors report. This is an information item. Chair kim, commissioners, im pleased to report on some recent developments at the policy level. Weve been track federal and state Autonomous Vehicle legislation with interest and with some concern in late last year of october. Sfmta director sent a letter for the deployment of driverless vehicles in california. We are appreciative of the incorporation of several of our prior comments but remain concerned about several aspects of the proposed regulation, including training requirements being inclusive as our interactions between pedestrians and bicycles with these new driverless vehicles, were concerned about the ability of local Law Enforcement and First Responders to have access to crash data as well as the potential to allow the vehicles in testing to offer commercial services for higher services. In addition, in november, the u. S. House of relatives and Senate Passed their respective bills on federal legislation governing development of Autonomous Vehicles. Were appreciative of the federal role in regulating the vehicles themselves. We are concerned, however, that the legislation in both houses, as drafted now, preempts state and local governments from legislating the performance of those vehicles. Which we believe has always been the per view of the states and the enforcement of the performance, local Law Enforcement would also be preempted. We continue to work with a coalition of state and jurisdiction and other stakeholders to try to move that in the right direction. We really appreciate senator feinstein and others who have raised this issue and put a hold on the legislation and proposing some amendments to deal with the preemption provisions. We continue to work with partners on various aspects of the funding plan. We also await the final approval of our federal grant, which will allow us to build the toll system as well as pilot Autonomous Vehicle shuttles on the islands. Over the recent holiday break, by the way, my family and i were able to ride one of these shuttles that is being offered and operating in las vegas. The vehicle did have an operator on board who was able to take over, if needed. But the half mile loop was very smooth. The ride was smooth and the vehicle did operate quite well. If needed, the pilot on board would be able to take over the service as i mentioned. Interestingly, we learned that the city of las vegas did not contribute to the operation. It has been privately sponsored by a. A. A. , but did put out did prepare some of the plans and install some equipment to support the pilot. Locally, weve been working on the transit pass and the Affordability Programme i mentioned earlier and friended these to the Transportation Research board annual conference in washington, d. C. There are many, many agencies and Companies Working on past solutions, and by now the technology is quite advanced so we want to continue to work to integrate transit, ferries, car share, bike share and toll roads and parking all into one Payment System using fast track and clipper, our regional pricing and Payment Systems. And really appreciate the abilities of m. T. C. And others to take a leadership role in those arenas. And finally on the island project infrastructure side, we mentioned that we were closing the on and off ramps on the westbound ramps and will initiate procurement of the east on the eastbound off ramp and south gate road relocation and west side bridges starting this fall. And the pier e2 has been in the news where cal trans is proposing to complete some to leave some of the piers in place and provide a nice, open space and pedestrian bridge with fishing and recreation opportunities so were working together with cal trans to develop that along with our partners, tida, Transportation Development authority as well. Thank you. Thank you so much, director chang. I did see that i did have remarks. But it is ok. At this time, we are going to take Public Comment on the directors report. See oh. Excuse me k. Yes. I would have gotten up on the first time. But this is my first time coming to the treasury what is it, the Treasure Island management. But i have a statement on support of what shes saying so you wont say im off the sci. Im here making a statement and im going to be making it throughout the campaign because all yall politricking and ives been politicking. But ive been around longer than all of yall. Other than peskin, whos been here longer. But before he was here, i was here. But not in the capacity i am now. Let me say i support that so we keep that going. Yes, i am the creator of what yall looking at right here, tv channel. I dont want the credit because that aint nothing. Id rather have cash. I dont want no credit for it. Right now here im telling you. Everybody, all the policymakers, movers and shakers, politician and everybody from room 200 all the way down to the janitors room, yours truly ace on the case in your face and now in your place is returning back to city hall, yall. Back by popular demand. And im going to have this camera in my hand. So bottom line right now, what i want to say to all the politicians, movers and shakers, policymakers, that we as African American black negroes, however you want to call it, im on the campaign. Im on a mission and i dont need yo permission. Im coming back here with my tv show and im going to have a show where each one of you supervisors can participate in called the roundtake project. Roundtable project and that means all the supervisors will have a chance to talk more than with the fake news and alternative news is doing. My name is ace, and im on the case. But all ease i got 20 seconds. I know how to do this, yall. I aint knew to this. Ha ha. Im true to this. Black History Month next month, its the shortest year of the month. Im going to forecast all the blacks here at city hall, yall. My name is ace. Thats all. Thank you so much. Is there any other Public Comment on the directors report . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Can we please call the next item . Item four. Approve the minutes of the december 12, 2017 meeting. This is an action item. Can we take a motion to approve the minutes . Is we can take a motion from commissioner p esskin and commissioner yee and we can do that without opposition. Public comment . Ok. Thank you. Can we take Public Comment on item number four . Seeing no Public Comment, Public Comment is now closed. We have a motion in the second and can we do that without opposition . Thank you t. Motion passes. Mr. Clerk, can you please call item number five . Item five, election of chair and vice chair for 2018. This is an action item. Thank you, commissioners. I see that commissioner peskin would like to make a nomination. Thank you, madame chair. I would, if you are willing, like to nominate you to continue as chair and nominate commissioner yee to serve as vice chair. Thank you, commissioner peskin. Im happy to accept. Commissioner peskin has nominated myself as chair and commissioner norman yee as vice chair. Is there a second to this motion . There is a second by commissioner ronan. Are there any further nominations . Seeing none, nominations are closed. And at this time, we will take Public Comment on this item. Seeing no members of the Public Commenting on this item, Public Comment is now closed. On the motion in favour of electing myself, commissioner kim for chair and commissioner norman yee has vice chair, can we take a roll on this motion . Yes. On the motion of appointing commissioner kim as chair and yee for vice chair. [roll call] proved. Thank you for your support of nominating and voting me in as chair of the Treasure Island mobility management agency. I look forward to serving with commissioner norman ye, e in 2018. Item seven, Public Comment. Thank you. Commissioners, any new items that you would like to propose or comment on. Seeing none, well open it up for Public Comments on both item six and general Public Comment item number seven. Any members of the public like to speak on either items . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Mr. Clerk, any other items before this body . No other items. Meeting is adjourned. Thank you, colleagues can. Well see you in a few hours. Look at that beautiful jellyfish. The way to speak to students and motivate them to take action, to save the planet, they do, they care and my job is to speak to them in a way that they can understand that touches their heart and makes them feel powerful with simple actions to take every day. I was born and raised in the desert of palm springs, california. My dad was the rabbi in the community there. What i got from watching my father on stage talking to the community was learning how to be in the public. And learning how to do public speaking and i remember the first time i got up to give my first school assembly, i felt my dad over my shoulder saying pause for drama, deliver your words. When i was a kid, i wanted to be a teacher. And then when i got into high school, i decided i wanted to get into advertising and do graphic art and taglines and stuff like that. By the time i was in college, i decided i wanted to be a decorator. But as i did more work, i realized working my way up meant a lot of physical labor. I only had so much energy to work with for the rest of my life and i could use that energy towards making a lot of money, helping someone else make a lot of money or doing something meaningful. I found the nonprofit working to save the rainforest was looking for volunteers. I went, volunteered and my life changed. Suddenly everything i was doing had meaning. Stuffing envelopes had meaning, faxing out requests had meaning. I eventually moved up to San Francisco to work out of the office here, given a lot of assembly through Los Angeles County and then came up here and doing assemblies to kids about rainforest. One of my jobs was to teach about recycle, teaching students to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost, im teaching them they have the power, and that motivates them. It was satisfying for me to work with for the department of environment to create a message that gets to the heart of the issue. The San Francisco department of environment is the only agency that has a full time educational team, we go into the schools to help teach children how to protect nature and the environment. We realized we needed animal mascot to spark excitement with the students. The city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. We have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether its lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and weve had great feedback. We have helped public and private schools in San Francisco increase their waste use and students are working hard to sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. Great job. Ive been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and im grateful for the work that i get to do, especially on behalf of the city and county of San Francisco. I try to use my voice as intentionally as possible to suppo support, i think of my grandmother who had a positive attitude and looked at things positively. Try to do that as well in my work and with my words to be an uplifting force for myself and others. Think of entering the job force as a treasure hunt. You can only go to your next clue and more will be revealed. Follow your instincts, listen to your gut, follow your heart, do what makes you happy and pragmatic and see where it takes you and get to the next place. Trust if you want to do good in this world, that hello, im the Deputy Assistant manage and project manager for the control system bureau i consider any department as my extend family i know every member of my department the folks are that that talented and skilled and have their credentials since the people in the site are coming to before theyre put in operation its a good place to visit we share information and support each other the water system is a program we got 26 National Level with regards because of the dedication of any team the people are professional about their work but their folks they care about their community and the project i did this is a Great Organization with plenty of associations in you work hard and if you really do your job not only do you enjoy it but the sky is the limit we had a great job one of the major tasks i was asked to do is Water System Improvement Program and one thing i looked at is about the 4. 8 billion dollars wurthd of work and a lot of the work was regional. We looked at how can we make sure that we provide opportunities for san franciscans and people in the region and so we looked at ways we can expand our local San Francisco lb program. So, we thought about it and worked with general manager at the time to form an advizry committee to talk about how to include local businesses in the region. I was on the First Committee back about 10 years ago and the job changed over time. In the beginning, we just wanted people to know about it. We wanted to attract contractors to come into the system which is a bidding system and bid on some of these projects. Our second job was to help the sfpuc to try to make themselves more user frndly. I like that they go out of their way, have contractors trying to teach and outreach to Small Businesses and lots of creative ways. Help the community as well. There is so much infrastructure going on and repair, new construction that i think is helping to get construction back on its feet. My faiv rlt part of the committee has been that we have played a opportunity for many Small Businesses. [inaudible] Women Owned Business to come in and [inaudible] sfpuc. It is a great opportunity because some are so small they have been able to grow their companies and move up and bid other projects with the sfpuc. Everyone i was talking about with any contractor [inaudible] and super markets and things like that and i realize the transition was on the sfpuc. He got that first job and knows about the paperwork qu schedule and still works on this type of job, but he works with general contractors that also did other things. Pretty soon it is like he did that one and that one. It completely changed his business. My name is nancy [inaudible] the Office Manager