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Awe how awe how. Thank you sirens syringes so this includes the 19th unanimous American Heritage celebration. The food is blessed i believe we have a different voun next year so everything enjoy congratulations awe how, awe 2013 meeting of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board of directors and Parking Authority commission. Please read the roll. Director byrningman. Present. Director heinicke is anticipated. Director lee. Lee present. Director nolan. Present. Director rbi keis present. Mr. Chairman, directors you have a quorum. Announce of prohibition of sound producing device...

You. [ applause ] as well transport Workers Union has taken upon itself to promote transit Operator Safety campaign, because we need to have that, all across the board. Safety campaign. For the next month, all the chairpersons at each division will be out and about on the streets, promoting a Safety Campaign in which i have longawaited for since i have been in office from mr. Melvin henrys office to the Safety Department with the sfmta. We look forward to this, because our members take this safety issue seriously. No matter what we hear that is going on the streets, how many incidents or accid...

Without objection . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, supervisor cohen. Mr. Clerk, can you call the last item . Item no. 6 is a hearing on the municipal transportation quarterly progress on increasing and improving tax service. Scott wiener. About a year ago i submitted a hearing request to request quarterly updates from the Municipal Transportation Agency about taxi service in San Francisco and efforts to reform and improve our taxi system. If we are ever to become truly a transit first system, muni, those critically important, will never be enough by itself. We also have to have in addition t...

Health and economic wellbeing as well. So, we know how important that is. And, so, i do want to thank sfmta, s. F. P. D. , the district attorneys office, and [speaker not understood] for their strong commitment of vision zero. We can make this a reality. Its going to take many more discussions, but its great to know headway is being made today because we cant wait for months or for years to make this happen. And we know that weve already had more fatalities than weve already wanted in the past two months. And, so, i want to hand it over to supervisor yee and mar if they want to make any closin...

Devices are prohibited at meeting and anyone responsible for one going off during the meeting will be removed during the meeting. [ laughter ] that would be the point. Case in point. Thank you for illustrating that. Cell phones set on vibrate cause microphone interference and the board respectfully requests that they are in the offposition. Item no. 4, approval of the minutes of the november 19th. Motion, second. All those in favor, signify by saying aye . Aye. Thank you item 5 communications. Members of the board, on next monday december 9 the mta board will have a special meeting with the Sm...