>> director leigh. >> present. >> director yekutiel. >> here. >> we have a quorum. announcement in prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. item 4. approval of the minutes of the february 16, 2021 regular meeting. any additions before i open it to the public for comment? >> seeing none. please open the mine for public comment. are there caller on the line? please remind people how they call in if they don't have the number. if you want to speak press 1-0. dial (888)808-6928. dial 1-0 now. are there any callers on the line for item 4. >> you have three questions remaining. first caller. this is for comments on the february 16, 2021 regular meeting minutes. if you are calling on another item, this is not that. first caller. is there someone there? >> my comment is i don't think the option recommended by staff -- >> sir, we are talking about the minutes of february 16th. are you speaking about the minutes of february 16th? >> no, sorry. >> which item? >> the third item. >> which item is that? >> the debate. >> that is not until 2:30 p.m. it is a time certain time. 2:30 p.m. it was publicly noted for 2:30 p.m. we cannot discuss the item prior to 2:30 p.m. thank you. next caller, please. hello. are there any additional callers on the line? if you are on the line, you need to unmute yourself and press 1-0. next speaker, please. hello. >> hello. i am calling the twin peaks. >> that is 2:30 p.m. we are not allowed to address the topic until then. call back in at 2:30 p.m. to speak on that topic. it is on the agenda and that is number 12. we are on number 4. >> thank you. it is confusing. it said leave your voice prompt now. i will call back in. >> thank you very much. >> we will close public comment. is there a motion on the minutes? >> motion to approve. >> second. >> can you please call the roll. >> director borden. >> aye. >> brinkman. >> aye. >> eaken. >> aye. >> heminger. >> aye. >> hinze. >> aye. >> leigh. >> aye. >> yekutiel. >> aye. >> the minutes are approved. item 5 is communications. >> thank you. today we would like to adjourn in honor of director brinkman's father who passed away at home last week. condolences to the family and to drink tore brinkman especially. a huge passion for life that he passed to his children. he left his family when there were times when they were gathered at dinner table. we offer our deepest condolences in passing. i know how deeply painful. it is something and a void that can never be refilled. thank you for being here in this difficult time and thank you for your father for having such an amazing daughter. >> thank you very much. much appreciated. >> due to the covid-19 health emergency, this meeting is held virtually. all participants are via teleconference. in the notice and on the web page we ask the public to write the board or leave a voicemail. for comments received in advance before today we have received and appreciate those comments. we thank you for honoring our request. we will continue to urge the public to write the board or call us and leave a voicemail message. this allows us to hold the meetings via teleconference. it may not be seamless. we even lose the public comment line. we are doing our best to reconnect and never continue without the public being able to communicate with us. please know that. also, please do note if you are calling in about twin peak that is item 12 and cannot be discussed at 2:30 p.m. anything on the agenda is how we have to have the flow of the meeting. just to explain to people calling in. i want to thank the village to make these possible. in meeting is televised by sfgovtv. for those watching the live stream, please be aware there is a time lag between the meeting and what members of the meeting see on sfgovtv. if you are watching via sfgovtv and you wish to comment on an item, please call the phone line when that item is called. for members of the public wishing to make public comment on items on the agenda the phone number is (888)808-6929. access code is 996-1164. to address the board on an item dial 10 to be put in the queue. make sure in say quiet location you turnoff the tv or radio. if you are live streaming that you mute the sound. this will reduce any reverberation so we can hear you. we will repeat again as i am aware some members of the public may join later. item 6. introduction of new or unfinished business by board members. do you have any items? i see dr. lai. >> yes, thank you, chair. first of all, very, very grateful and appreciate the new clarification in our vaccination protocols that include our muni staff. what a relief they have been fighting and helping the city in the front lines this entire time. they are certainly essential to the city's operation. thank you to the mayor and director tumlin and everyone else who advocated for that. the new business i am hoping to incorporate under the director's report or update on the website our agency's percentage of vaccination. i don't know if that is possible. i think that would be helpful for the public to understand and for us to stay transparent. thank you. >> thank you. any other additional new or unfinished business? we can move to the next item. public comment in case anyone from the public has any comments. moderator, please check the line. this is on item 6, introduction of new or unfinished business by board members and more specifically director leigh lais comments. go ahead, speaker. >> first of all, i appreciate you taking public comment on this item. second, i support having as much data as possible online. i think making sure it is accurate. some of the numbers online are hard to believe such as that 10,000 masks are distributed to the public each week. i think more data is better. i think also now that staff at the agency are able to be vaccinated. people who may not work for the agency taxicab drivers or workers who are essential emergency service workers and eligible for the vaccine if the m.t.a. could let them know they are eligible. i hope they have been notified. if that hasn't been done that would be nice. thank you. >> thank you. any other additional caller on the line? >> you have zero questions remaining. >> we will move to the next item. item 7, director's report. >> director tumlin. >> i will start with some special recognition. as you saw from the news, the weekend before last there was a very large pre-quake house moved half a dozen blocks across san francisco. this required an enormous amount of cord mated work from many teams i would like to thank. there were over 50 people involved in this process. special call outs will include the extra legal truck permits from the streets division, engineering changes on the route including scott brody and chadwick lee. meter and sign shop had to remove and replace all of the parking meters and traffic signs on the entire route. five traffic lights were removed thanks to the signal shop staff. angela rae es, lenmar wong. allen, dennis and led by ben murphy and coordinated. no parking tow away signs. all overhead wires, power, lines were lowered aprestored by our lines team including doug, kevin, martin, tony, john, peter, lewis, george jones, salvadoran including the inspectors. 17 parking toll officers and three supervisors worked to make sure the streets and onlookers were safe. all of that was led by our senior parking control officer david lewis. we are proud of the coordination to make that move a successful spectacle and all of the time was paid for by the project. vision zero no fatalities or rapid response since the last board meeting. we are working closely with laura freed ma'am on ab43 to allow more flexibility for speed limits near vulnerable populations to expand the pilot efforts like we are doing in the tenderloin to nor neighborhoods. that is to be heard in late march or early april. a lot of action this year in the state legislature we will pay careful attention to and we urge you all to do so. we are making substantial progress omit gating the unintended impacts in the sunset. lower great highway speed humps began yesterday. that will take three or four weeks. you will see over the next few weeks 24 new speed cushions, one new speed table, 12 all way stops, you can see the spray paint on the pavement where that will occur. the cost is about $500,000. all of it is coming from proposition k funding allocationing by the san san francisco transportation authority. you have heard about the federal relief funding the second part of the previous bill as well as the new bill that was recently passed by the house and going through the senate right now. we are expecting quick action from the metropolitan transportation commission now that all of the general managers are in agreement about the distribution formula for the first set of money. we are hopeful the congress will act in a month within the second part. if that happens we will be able to not have any conversation about laying off worke forcer for the at least until 2023. it also will give us some opportunity to begin restoration. we are deeply grateful to speaker pelosi and leader schumer. stacy abrams in georgia who are responsible for shifting majority in the senate. we could not have done this without them. transportation recovery plan. >> will you turn your camera on, please. >> i can see you. >> so for the transportation recovery plan as directory lai laid out we are grateful to mayor breed to expand the definition of machining service workers to include front line staff. people showing up for work every day from the very beginning of the pandemic working to shuttle essential workers to work, nurses to the hospital and crews operating the vaccination sites. we are very grateful. we started getting the folks vaccinated as early as wednesday of last week. both the department of public health and department of emergency services and the department or the human resources department of the city are working very hard to make sure that our front line gets their vaccinations and gets them quickly and efficiently. we of course announced that muni and paratransit are free for people traveling to and from vaccination appointments and the trip card team gave a one-time extra allocation of funding for those who want to use taxis to get to their vaccination appointments. we received nothing but enthusiastic response from the public about this program. we are moving forward with our next round of permits and application for expansion of the scooter share program focusing on safety, equity and accountability. this will be occurring through the spring. applicants must also include adaptive scooters for those with disabilities. this includes 5% or more permitted fleet and able to reserve on demand. another project is the connect sf project. this is our long-range plan for the transit system and streets of san francisco needed to implement vision of the city that is growing diverse and equitable with transportation options accessible and affordable to everyone. later this month we will start community engagement looking at a variety of apapproachs for making the perhaps it is system serve the san francisco of today and tomorrow. understanding the changes in travel behavior and the changing needs of san francisco. the outreach tool will be posted at connect sf. org later this month in a story mat format to start gauging sense of interest priorities and thoughts from the public. finally, i am most excited to announce as the mayor announced earlier today we have a schedule for the return of -- >> you are freezing. >> we are almost to the end. i am very excited to announce that as the mayor revealed today we have a plan and schedule for resuming f1 service and cable car service. the f line will return in mid-may. it will operate from castro to fisherman's wharf seven days a week. we will figure out what eight hours works best for the merchants. we are just thrilled that it is finally going to get going again. i want to point out the better market street construction starting in the fall will disrupted tracks between fifth and eighth. in the fall the f line will only operate between ferry building and fisherman's wharf. cable service was shut down completely. it lowryquiry training -- will inquiry training by the public utilities to restart. we will start it in the fall well in advance of the holiday shopping season. it will likely be just running for eight hours a day but seven days a week and start up the powell hyde line as we deal with the long-term recovery. that is my director's report. >> thank you very much. do you have any questions before i open to the public. please unmute the mine for public comment. >> director eaken, go ahead. >> thank you, chair borden. thanks for the update on ab43 and the legislature. i would ask if there are opportunities for this board to support staff efforts on the bill please engage us especially if remote testimony is possible. i would be happy to support in any way. thank you. >> director yekutiel. >> thank you, director tumlin. what a positive director's report, exciting. love the good news on the f train. i want to ask if it is possible to explore going into having the f train continue from fisherman's wharf to the financial district while market street is in renovation. that is important. i would hate for that baby part of the f train to be thrown out with the better market street bathwater. how about that? >> we will get back to you on that. >> when? >> at the next board meeting. we are exploring that question and hope to have an answer soon. >> thank you. much appreciated. >> is there any other financial questions or comments from board members before i open up to the public? seeing none. can you open the line for the public. this is only on the director's report item 7. these are items addressed by director tumlin. if you would lake too speak touch 1-0. are there any callers. >> you have two questions remaining. >> first speaker, please. >> i am richard ralph and i live in outer richmond calling about the great highway. you need to look at the big picture. supervisor chan is having a meeting at the transportation february 23rd meeting. the biggest employer in the richmond district is the va hospital. a lot of richmond district residents work down the peninsula. i don't know how tom requires that the 19th avenue and sunset boulevard can handle the traffic. nineteenth avenue is a mess. they are doing the construction. i tried driving that ones and it was backed up for at least three blocks. i don't know how they can handle sunset boulevard. you have to go the chain of lights. people are waiting 30 minutes on the train of lights adding more pollution in the park. you need to look at the big picture. why not experiment with one lane. it is four lanes. one for pedestrians and bicycles and one side for cars. you know, we are in this expanding stage, let's see how it works. you are making a mess for people getting to the va hospital and people who need to get to work down the peninsula. that is the trouble. you just look at things in a microscope instead of looking at the big picture and how it affects the whole neighborhood. thank you. >> next caller. >> thank you, chair borden and members. my pronouns she and her. i get the opportunity to render testimony on this report. i am encouraged about the process to permit scooters especially with the addition of adaptive scooters. i would like to see what those look like. i like to have options. i would very interested in using them. i think it is very important that we continue to work to have a long term sustainable electric shared scooter program in san francisco because in the times i have used it, it is very helpful to me especially a person with disabilities. i will reiterate comments about the f line. i think there needs to be away for the f line to run from fisherman's wharf to the ferry believe to continue as close to fifth street as possible. i use that section of the f line between fifth street and the ferry building often. i think we have to make an effort to see what we can do to turn that system on. i think it is reasonable to do so. we have to be able to handle the passenger volume in that market street corridor especially with the fact we don't have a subway. i think we need more options than less. i thank you. >> thank you. any additional callers on the line? >> you have zero questions remaining. >> we will close public comment and mavto the next item. >> 8. citizens advisory council report. we will move to the next item which is public comment. this is an opportunity for members of the public to address the board on matters within the board's jurisdiction not on today's calendar. just as a reminder for anyone who is on the line and calling, this is not for any items on the agenda. if you are calling about twin peaks that is item 12. we will not discuss before 2:30 p.m. right now for general items no the on the calendar for your thoughts, opinions or information we should know about. any callers on the line? >> you have two questions remaining. >> first speaker, please. >> hello, aired den miller. i want to talk about proof of payment right now. something i have noticed recently the people that have been out there but not in the way the bluing post that was written in the fall resists. since they returned in december about five times have been checked once of those five times because of the rest of the times they are standing around. they are actually riding the bus as opposed to getting on and getting off. that is not happening either. i don't understand what is happening with pop if they are checking fares or not checking fares. something needs to be figured out where they are doing more than standing around. if they are checking fares or not i don't care. i want to see them out on the buses helping with masks or stuff like that. the other thing to talk about is parking enforcement. you have a budget issue but ridiculous every weekend at the park there are parks on the no parking in the great lane, great highway cars are on the shoulder. these are key areas. it happens every week and nobody ever comes back to it. it is so much lost revenue. sidewalk parking. certain neighborhoods the entire block is filled. i don't know how people will walk to the bus stop or the park pop deployment needs looked at and change. during the workshop last month your own employees told you the current deployment is not working. it needs looked at and improved. >> thank you. next caller on the line please. >> you have three questions remaining. >> next speaker. >> i am richard roth man again. i was very disturbed by the controller's report. first, thelogical from yesterday about m.t.a. if it is going to survive. i am upset about the controller's report that came out about two weeks ago. it is about the construction. people need to be held accountable. maybe two people left. you should have a hearing. citizens of san francisco why should they give money to m.t.a. until they fix this problem? maybe the construction work needs to be transferred to public works. you know, so you could consenstraight on muni. the 5r where i live. when they did the work for the 5r to put the box in why didn't they do it at the same time during the safety improvements? now they have to spend time and money putting the safety improvements in when it all could be done at the same time. i know why. the former head of muni told the staff he can talk to the street division. >> 30 seconds. >> why don't they do something about it? this is terrible. you need to fix this problem. why should i give any money to muni? you waste it. you need a better plan. i want muni to succeed but i am not going to give money to muni unless you fix these problems. you need to have a hearing and people need to be called in and accountable for it. it is really no, you know, excuse. thank you. >>