How Does an SFMTA Board Meeting Run?

These meetings vary in length. Usually they last about 2.5 hours, but they can be as short as 45 minutes.
Minutes from these meetings are usually posted on the SFMTA website within a few weeks. A tape of the meeting is on file in the office of the Secretary to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors.
You may find the meeting agenda and calendar items on the SFMTA website.

THE PLAYERS

• Tom Nolan, Chairman, Board of Directors
• The Rev. Dr. James McCray, Jr., Vice Chairman, Board of Directors
• Nathaniel P. Ford, Sr., Director of Transportation
• Roberta Boomer, Secretary
• Cameron Beach, Board of Directors
• Shirley Breyer Black, Board of Directors
• Malcolm Heinicke, Board of Directors
• Jerry Lee, Board of Directors
• Bruce Oka, Board of Directors

THE ORDER OF THE MEETING

Call to Order

• The Chairman or a presiding officer will call the meeting to order.

Roll Call

• The names of the board members are called to determine their presence or absence.
  Announcement of Prohibition of Sound Producing Devices
• The Chairman or a presiding officer announces that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at the meeting. Any person with these things might be told to leave the meeting. Shut off your electrical devices. Merely putting them on vibrate might cause some interference.
  

Approval of Minutes

• The Board members will be asked to approve the minutes of the previous meeting.

Communications

• The members will describe any changes to the agenda of the day’s meeting. The agenda will be posted online at least 72 hours before the meeting.

Board of Director's New and Unfinished Business

• The board members will talk about various things here. This can include the introduction of a new member, presentation of awards, announcement of dates of various events, request on reports, etc. Board members may also hold votes here as well.

Director's Report

• The Senior Director (Ford) may give a report to the board members.

Citizen’s Advisory Council Report

• The Citizen’s Advisory Council provides the board with a report. The Citizen’s Advisory Council is an advisory body to the SFMTA. It gives recommendations to the Agency on any matter within SFMTA’s control.

Public Comment

• In every regular or special meeting, the public is allowed to directly talk to the board members on any subject matter relating any area under SFMTA’s control, including the taxi industry.
• If taxis are not part of an agenda item for that day’s meeting, this is where you should speak.
• HOWEVER, if taxis are part of the agenda, you should not speak in the public comments. You should wait and speak only after that item has been raised by the board.

Calendar Matters

• Agenda items are discussed here (agenda items may vary).
• The public may speak on individual items.
• If taxi items are on the agenda, this is the time where you may speak.

Adjournment

• The Board calls for the close of the open meeting.

Convening of Closed Meeting

• Usually, a closed meeting will occur after the open meeting. Members from the public may not participate in this meeting.