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I am mark barton. A warm welcome. Announce a new ceo. For more on the new leader at the second largest car company and the tough act he has to follow. Heres Caroline Hyde. Will be chief executive designate as soon as may 1. And talking over from adam mulally. Years mulallys junior. Some 25een at ford years. Since december 2012 he has been chief operating officer and he has shown his power to me his strength in turning around the american business. Nine years ago he became head of the north american unit. It was the albatross around the making ford. I it was loss and dragging the whole company ...

We have a quorum. Sfgtv, we are ready to go. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the september 23, 2013. The San Francisco Small Business commission. The meeting is called to order. I will conduct a roll call. Commissioner adams, here, dwight, here, obrien, cartagena, riley, here. Commissioner white . White is on her way and dooley has an excused absence. Thank you, mr. President. Item no. 2, Public Comment. Anyone wish to make a comment on items that are not on the agenda . Seeing none, Public Comment is close. Item no. 3, approval of the september 9, 2013, meeting minutes. Second to approve. Al...

To sfmta. Is there no deferred maintenance here and other garages that it would be more appropriately used for . Well, thats what this bond issuance is for, in terms of an mta wide, so we can address concerns related to all the garages, not just japan center. Or Sutter Stockton. So, that is our main concern, is that knowing that not only this garage needs improvements, but citywide as well. I understand that, but that seems to me like youre taking bond money, then, and transferring it through a wheel to operational expenses. To the budget analyst analyst. Mr. Chair, as we understand it, the bo...

Was to maintain the vitality of these shopping district, neighborhood district, and that commitment still stands today with the nonprofit board that i serve under, ive been privileged to serve under because they really are committed to bettering the community for which these garages are residing in. And one example i wanted to give you as far as really trying to quantify the knowledge and experience and commitment, retail [speaker not understood]. Im happy to say were fully occupied and theres no vacancies at the Sutter Stockton garage currently with about 11 retail spaces. We conducted the la...

Surplus and can be transferred for operating expenditures to the mta. So, theyre not short changing their Capital Needs as we understand it. Thank you, i appreciate that. I guess my question is but by issuing the debt, you say youre not short changing the Capital Needs, but tame point in time youre [speaker not understood] and youre issuing bonds against it for operational expenses. Youre floating bonds to float for operational expenses which we should not be doing. Youre correct in that sense. Well, our mta operating budget also supports the repayment of the bonds itself. For garage operation...