Response to the correspondence. Chairman brinkman a question i want to clarify, the ptv were discussing, this is a separate permit program from the Commuter Shuttle Program . Exactly. This program applies to services that are open to the public, and run along fixed routes in the city. And unlike the commuter shuttle, this is not voluntary. If a company is operating this business in San Francisco, theyre required to get a permit. I wanted to add that the taxi enforcement layers on top of the onstreet enforcement and there are fines associated with the program. If a permit holder is not operating within the permit conditions, then a citation can be issued. So, that is in addition to some onstreet parking violations citations. For the benefit of the public, i think i imagine what an administrative citation is, but could you tell us how that works. That would be in the permitie is not operating pursuant to the permit conditions, if theyre operating on weight restricted streets and we can see that by the data that comes into our system. If theyre stopping in locations that arent allowable. Than we can follow up administratively as well as sending out taxi investigators to investigate the behavior. Well be looking at the data as the data comes into the office on the actual specific trips and where the vehicles are driving, the gps gps g. P. S. Data will flow. They may not be complying with the permit program. I think that my primary concern is that i want to make sure that the companies that were working with here are held accountable. I have this concern that what is happening out there, the rotation of drivers and or whatever it might be, there is not enough accountable. Im getting a steady stream of email complaints from folks that are taking pictures and showing us that there are violations that are happening and it feels a bit like we might be giving away leverage here that we might have to make sure were getting agreements from the ptvs to comply with our expectations of how to run our Transit Service and how the two could truly be complementary. And i want to make sure there is accountability. Because as supportive as i am of the services, i do want to make sure theyre not slowing down or interfering our ability to be able to provide services. Because when a bus cant pull up to a curb or what have you, and people in wheelchairs, people who really need to get to step out from the curb on the bus are really impacted, and it can have detrimental impacts if something goes wrong, which the opportunity for the likelihood of something going wrong in those situations when a bus cant pull up to the curb because of the ptv blocking it for whatever reason, it can be a problem. I want to make sure were negotiating out agreements as to how ptv service is allocated, were making sure the folks are understanding the urgency were working here. If i could just clarify. First of all, were not negotiating. This is a regulatory function of the agency and we have established regulations that you have authorized. That exist, the regulations and establishment of the permit gives us a mechanisms to hold any permit ee accountable. So the citation is a fine. They need to pay any fines or contest them. There is a process for that. To the extent were seeing recurrent issues of noncompliant, which we dont expect, but if we were to see that, its a revocable permit. If theyre not addressing the citations, not just not paying them, but addressing them with the drivers, we have the ability to revoke the permit and stop them from operating in the city. We havent had that. We dont expect that to happen. I think weve had good dialogue and i think its in their business, and anyone else seeking a permit, its in their business interest to cooperate so they can continue to operate. But this permit Program Creates the leverage we have to ensure the accountability youre talking about. Yes . Director borden can i ask a question related to that. Are pcos able to enforce or cite these kinds of whether its the ptv or the commuter shuttles, are they able to do that or is ate separate group . I want to lets be careful here and ask the city attorney, i dont want to segue into talking about the Commuter Shuttle Program, since this is the ptv program and if we talk about the Shuttle Program without giving the public an opportunity to weigh in, it might cross the line. Lets just who can enforce it [ the parking control officers can enforce to the extent theyre violating the parking code. So if its something within the purview of the parking control officers generally they enforce. Administratively, if its related to the permit program itself, the taxi investigators can enforce on that level. Im trying figure out, they cant do anything that is moving, they can for example, someone pulling into a spot theyre not supposed to be pulling into, is that considered parking, or idling . Because i think the biggest challenge in general is often enforcement, not just in this agency but across all different city departments and agencies. And i guess the biggest force of enforcers are the pcos, so im trying to understand what degree since we get the photos and stuff are they able to do anything . The photos are helpful, but we cannot issue a citation based on the photo, but it does give us a picture to then follow up. The pco were there and saw that, could they write if they see the behavior, and its within their purview to issue the citation, it depends on the specific infraction and what is going on. Generally yes. Moving violations they cannot write citations for, thats the Police Department. We do work with them when we get complaints about issues, moving violations we work with the Police Department. But the lions share of issues that are of concern with regard to not conflicting with muni are parking related issues and those are largely within their purv w purview. They could actually enforce here . Right. Thank you. Director hsu what would that look like if a pco pulls up and sees ptv in the muni zone and then the bus takes off . Do they chase them down . What does that look like . A lot of time for Services Like these, they issue a drivaway citation, and they are able to when they see the vehicle, they can take a picture and citation is mailed in the vehicle owner. Good. What were hearing about Greenhouse Gas emissions we know that transportation other than our Public Transportation is a huge part of that. So this is an important thing to highlight to people. Because i know that the sound of other buses does drive people a little crazy with how loud they are. So i appreciate that we are making sure that these models meet more stringent emission standards. Thank you fort presentation. Well go to Public Comment now. You have two members of public who have submitted speaker card. Two minutes, please. Thank you, everyone. Ive had the opportunity to speak to you before on this topic. I was able to celebrate my first year at chariot a couple of weeks ago and from the beginning have been part of the conversation about the ptv permit and route duplication. And proud to say we partnered with sfmta staff and weve agreed to share our data. The sharing of the data allows for staff to see where the vehicles are, to cite vehicles if theyre not following the agreements. Weve agreed to pay for the cost of the administration of this regulatory program. And weve worked in good faith to move existing problematic stops. Weve changed our routes. Were responsive. Weve got dedicated staff working day to day at chariot to address concerns. If there are folks sending you pictures, let us know immediately. We take it seriously. This is what partnership looks like. As san franciscans we have a tremendous task to address the transportation issue and we want to emphasize that chariot is going to be part of the solution. Were going to prioritize complimenting not competing with public transit. Were creating service and routes that are going to feed into the bart and muni system. Were going to serve our communities of concern. And you know, were going to continue to train and grow as Skilled Labor workforce as proud partners with the family, the teamsters. I want to emphasize, we want to work with the city. We will continue to be and be part of the solution. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. First of all, i want to thank the board and my job for call meg short notice, they said, kendra, we need you. I couldnt wait to come. Its me again. I spoke back in october. I do want to say that i am so proud that i will be with chariot one year next month. I have come a long ways and im happy. Newly engaged to earl, so we both have grown. Its a lot going on with the job. There is consistent drug testing, there is consistent regarding our scores and following the rules and regulations on the road. I pass the courthouse every day, my route is a corporate route. I see this building, and didnt realize this is the building, but im grateful youre letting this company grow. Theyre strict on us as drivers, they used to let us get away on a few little things, but theyre not playing. Theyre strict. I love my job, im happy to be here. I want to see the company continue to grow. I was selected out of 240 drivers to do a documentary film here in the city. Im the face of chariot. So pretty soon you will see me. They selected a few of our passengers and they were able to display and show the beauty of San Francisco, which is the great Tourist Attractions like chinatown, japantown. They dialect with some of the natives there. Maigz. I saw twin peaks, i didnt know that existed. My mouth dropped the whole time. I love my job and this company is going to continue to hire more men and women like myself and open up more doors. Please, thank you, board, for letting me speak. Thank you, and congratulations on your engagement. Next speaker, please. Thank you very much, i appreciate that you know, if this is a service which actually tends to the needs of the people, the disabled and the people who need support in the city thats great, but it ludicrous to think there is accountability. I have a good friend who take the photos. There isnt. These things idle. They clog driveways without concern. There is no accountability. Thats why youre getting a slew of emails and photos. The city is fedoten up. I know you dont want to discuss the Shuttle Program, but its ironic youre suggesting environmental impact, because youve clearly not applied those same standards to the Shuttle Program. We have these 61 buses belching into our windows in the morning. Im vehemently against anything that doesnt serve the people and thats all the public has been seeing. So people are on edge and you have to understand the congestion. And there is no recourse. Which is why again, youre getting a lot of emails and photos because theyre not writing citations, no one is policing this and no one gives a hoot about the people, what its doing to our health and peace of mind in our communities and thats what needs to be addressed and some other situation put into place. Thank you very much. Thank you. Any more Public Comment on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. This also was a presentation and discussion item only. If i may just address these last comments. I want to make sure its clear that were talking about the ptv today and the comment that i was making are certainly applied across the board, but i want to make sure were complimenting and thanking the services that are provided. I think that any kind of services, anything we can do to get folks out of their cars and give them options, particularly where our transit isnt, it is complementary. So i appreciate and i appreciate staffs work in coming up with this presentation and figuring out exactly what is complementary or what is not. I thank you and everybody for your partnership and the good work youve been doing. I think there is some merit to the comments that were made about some of the other topics of conversation for another time. One of the things that i do like about the ptv, they are smaller vehicles. And i think theyre a whole lot more welcomed on our streets and people are theyre a lot more tolerable for the most part. I want to appreciate staff and everybody working together to come up with the definition. Chairman brinkman thank you. And just a reminder, well be adjourning this meeting in memory of Shirley Brier black in recognition of all of her service to this sfmta board of director. That concludes the business before you today. We are adjourned. Thank you very much. Good morning, everybody. First of all i would like to thank our california state attorney general and the staff for working so closely with the city and county of San Francisco. I want to begin by thanking our late mayor ed lee for initiating the Police Reforms and responding to create a Historical Partnership with the attorney general offers. I would like to acknowledge a number of people, chief of police bill scott. London breed, senior cohen and the Mayors Office and all those who made it possible. I would like to thank them for engaging with us. In 2016, our city grappled with crisis seen in a lot of american cities, the dissolution of trust among the community and Law Enforcement. Responding to cries from our community for improvement, mayor lee reached out to attorney general lynch and the department of justice and San Francisco entered into an agreement to evaluate the Police Department and get independent analysis of how we could serve our city. The department of justice presented recommendations and our city embraced all recommendations and to work closely with the justice department. To date we have started more than half of those reforms and huge credit to the police chief bill scott and the men and women of our Police Department that have embraced the reforms. We have some of the best officers in our country. And we are seeing promising improvements with use of force incidents down 18 just last year. Unfortunately, attorney general Jeff Sessions announced that the department of justice would no longer provide assistance or guidance to departments seeking to improve the trust between the police and the public. But under mayor lee, we were determined to push forward as a city. That is why mayor lee turned to our state partners to push forward the reform process. With the help of an independent partner. Today, were here to announce that the California Department of justice will evaluate and report onion going reforms ongoing reforms. This partnership demonstrates our commitment to the reform process and includes measures needed to ensure it will be unbiased and transparent process. Today, marks the beginning of a chapter in the reform process. One that stays true to our goal of transparency, accountability and most importantly of trustbuilding here in San Francisco. Mayor lee started us on this path and i will continue the journey he began. Again, i want to thank our police chief scott and the Police Commission for their leadership and the men and women of our Police Department. I want to close by thanking our attorney general for his commitment to our city and to the reform process. His leadership here and at the state level are unparalleled and were incredibly happy to have him here. I would like to introduce our attorney general of california. [applause] first, mayor, thank you very much for bringing us together to chief scott, thank you for so early on reaching out as well to see if this could be a possible course of action and i have to tip my hat and give a shoutout to mayor ed lee. Because from the very beginning of my tenure as attorney general, mayor lee reached out to me and said the city of San Francisco wants to be your partner, we want to continue to make improvements and any way we can work together, i want to do that. So when we found the u. S. Cops program and you the u. S. Department of justice abandoned its work with the city of San Francisco, right away mayor lee and i were in conversation. And i just got to say to ed lee, we miss you, but were here doing your work. This is a product of what ed lee wanted to see happen and i think its important for us as leaders here from the city and county of San Francisco, the leader of the Police Department here and certainly the city mayor to say on behalf of all us, we all owe ed lee a great deal of gratitude for always putting the people of San Francisco first. [applause] he said something very important when he began this, to help families in San Francisco, our men and women in uniform, believe there could be confidence and trust to do the best job. He said, fair and just policing that treats everyone the same and places the sanctity of life above all else was important. I think today, thats our mission. Those of you who reached out and have been reaching out to help all of us come together so that families throughout the state, certain here in San Francisco, can feel confident about the work that is being done to provide them with the Public Safety should look at todays announcement as a sign that in San Francisco theyre serious about getting the job done. We need that kind of focus. And we need this memorandum of understanding between the city and county of San Francisco, the Police Department in San Francisco, and the sta