project management oversight services from our capital projects division to make sure the value analysis, risk analysis for the project is conducted. that is typical for this stage. this stage of project will continue through next october, and that timeline relates to fta milestones pierre next october will be --. by next october, we will be submitting those cost estimates to fta, updated project management plans with updates on the engineering activity, construction implementation timeframe. that is a good milestone to provide key deliverables for this effort. it is also the point at which we hope to access and leverage small start funds. we have been recommended for up

to $50 million in the president abbas budget. but that is just a recommendation at this point. the implementation of the project as we move forward, so by the first month of 2012, we will be able to complete 30% engineering. certification of deatheithe ei. final design, a vehicle procurement. we hope to start construction in 2013 with a project pendular open for service in the first month of 2015. happy to answer any questions. commissioner campos: colleagues, i do not know if you have any questions? commissioner carmen chu?

commissioner chu: just a question about the regional small starts project. what does that mean? >> mtc has included this project in their expansion plan, which identifies in the region transportation plan, a trans expansion strategy. it identifies the region's priorities for these key federal funding programs, new starts being one of them, small starts, a federal fta program designed for these cost-effective quick to implement projects. we are one of two regional priorities for small starts. commissioner chu: what is the other one? >> the other is an ac transit project in alameda county. commissioner chu: so this provides us with a better position to apply for federal grant money? ok. in terms of the federal

commitment, nothing yet from the federal government. >> the $15 million has been recommended. we have been given a high rating each year, but not yet. we are working with gta and mta to identify at what point we should apply. commissioner chu: on page five you go through what the timeline will look like. where do we begin to apply for the small starts funding? >> in fact, we have started to apply for some of it. you will see in a parallel request, mta has applied for $395,000 in funding which we are hoping to match with prop k. it is a small enough for the effort and we have already started the application. we are working with fta and mta to determine when that $50

million will be available to apply for -- we expect to have that in the fiscal 2011 budget. commissioner chu: bad is the small start money? >> if i could add, the fact that this is included in the mtc regional expansion plan is huge. this is one of the region topos two priorities for small start, just like the subway is one of the two regional priorities for new starts for the larger projects. i believe it is the highest rated -- received the highest rating for the brt in the country. we are working closely with mta. commissioner chu: thank you. so we expect to go to the fta around 2011? >> yes. commissioner campos: in looking

at the scope of work for stage two in the report, it talks about how the authority will lead the work which will be conducted by the sfmta, department of public works, parsons, and the authorities consultants. i wonder if you could say more about the interaction between these different players? >> the project team is large, but it is effective. authority is the lead at this stage. the handover to mta will happen after the informant the document is certified and position is obtained. after what we are calling stage three. however, the team includes mt a sustainable street planning staff, and now mta capital

planning staff, so we have an engineering manager, staff engineer, who will be doing a lot of the work. we have an mta sustainable street staff who had done work for the project, who had done transit signal priority for the project. in addition to providing review to the overall environmental analysis and engineering efforts thus far, mta has also contributed work to the project. the parsons contractor group is providing the environment the documents to do the basic civil engineering. again, with mta's review of the

deliverable. commissioner campos: one of the things noted in the report is this objective of stretching prop k dollars as far as we can, and that the mta will maintain the form as additional funds come in and possibly lead to the the appropriation of prop k money, if additional funding is obtained. could you talk more about how that works, when we will know that, and how much money are we talking about? >> we are eligible for up to $75 million in small start funds. that is the maximum grant of work available for small start projects. the entire project cost is $180 million. we will be over-matching the required 20% that for small starts. but we have a well-developed funding plan at this point

because we are eligible for up to $75 million in small starts. we have been rated highly every year in the program. and up to $20 million in crop k identified in the fifth strategic plan. we will continue to seek strategic funds from grant sources like climate initiatives on the shop program for resurfaces and contributions from undeveloped projects. but we are in a good position on the operating side where the project will reduce operating costs because of travel times. which will result in operation savings. >> of the $2.9 million we are appropriating, how much of that could be the appropriated if --

appropriated if funding is obtained? >> that is a very good question if you are paying attention to the details. we are coming forward with 100% funding right now. what happens when it becomes available as it requires only a 20% local match. whatever is left to be spent would be obligated to be replaced with small starts. supervisor campos: when will we know that? >> when the newly elected folks in washington decide. supervisor campos: any other questions? thank you for your presentation. does any member of the public wish to speak on this item? seeing no one, public comment is closed. colleagues? supervisor campowe have a motio.

thank you. >> item #7, recommended appropriation of prop k funds with conditions for environmental analysis subject to the attached cashflow distribution schedules and amendment. supervisor campos: thank you. the floor is yours. once again we are here to talk with you about the project that is identified as a signature project in crop k expenditure plans and part of the rapid network evaluated. feasibility in 2007 and 2008,

one difference that should be noted is that it must be ready for the designs in the additional environmental work being more related to making sure that if the project is considered in the future, minimax -- impact can be minimized. we have not yet signed up for the smallest arts program. we are about one year behind and are considering applications for next year. we are currently in the process, having worked on this process for about 1.5 years. we have several technical studies under way. as well as other technical studies that are pending dependent upon those that can be begun. once we have identified what has been needed in our technical

work, refinement is needed in key areas. one of the areas is the transition zone between the separated intersection segments as well as transitions to and from the one way couplet between goeph and market. one thing that i should note that is different is that geary takes the entire corridor from the market to the ocean. we need to veer out how to transition between the segments, particularly with the separated interconnections. we need to do a little bit more than environmental clearance leading up to some of the preliminary engineering work. particularly at the separated and the sections where we

evaluated and designed separate intersections, an area of additional scope as well. the community has also asked for more detail on the construction duration. particularly of the first of the few options we looked that. this one would essentially be filling in the trench to bring traffic to the surface. the community has asked for more detail in that area. we also have two options there. in this area we need to do a little bit more engineering work to understand the traffic analysis and to understand coordination with a couple of new improvements. particularly the target site. also, as a part of our work, bicycle demand. we have identified a need to

accommodate bicycle facilities between masonic and presidio. another bit of technical analysis for us. we look at options in the corridor to the east. there were better options available but potentially identified through technical analysis in the community as a whole. including a rival lionel -- ride along in the community. another area that we identified additional work in is east of venice. we have a range of different opportunities here to create more robust options and scenarios. both during the scope. -- scope as well as the valuation for the work needed

east of how to maximize the traffic and improved pedestrian conditions. so, the current request is about 1.6 5 million. one portion of this project management. task b is environmental work with additional alternatives for the more robust interior scenarios with engineering phase is at the start of the project. refining the analysis that allows us to do traffic analysis specifically as well as cost implementation. giving you a breakdown of the current request, any questions that you might have -- we have four parties working cooperatively together.

the transportation authority as well as -- thank you -- the mta as our partner agency. we are proposing bringing in our consulting team to bring in focus on the engineering work designated for those phases. as i mentioned, we are about one year behind. we have not yet completed those design drawings, but in the summer of next year with technical studies as well the project will be moved forward for construction services in 2015. >> colleagues, any questions? i have a couple of questions. btus -- supervisor campos: we are being asked to appropriate additional funds.

my understanding was that in may of 2008 we approved $2.3 million. what is the current amount of the contract for jacobs consultant? >> $1.8 million. this request would require -- increase that by about $1 million. supervisor campos: that is a very significant increase and i am trying to understand how it is we got from $1.8 million to close to $3 million. >> during the original phase we had stoved two alternatives with the addition of one in the prior alternative. also, the additional engineering work with transitions in the intersections as well as more robust scenarios in the inner area. much of that work is being done by consultants teams. supervisor campos: did we

consider the potential increase in the scope in this? i assume that we went for a competitive bid when this was elected. the problem when we go from a contract of $1.8 million to a contract of $3 million, when it is increase in this way there is no way of knowing that if you had put the bid differently he would not have gotten the better deal. how do we know that that is not the case here? that we in fact could have done this a lot more cheap? >> we do not know exactly what the potential could have been but at the same time we have to consider that at the time we got the bid and the team that we thought would respond best to the project, we did not anticipate that the result of scoping would bring in more alternatives than we originally had. we do believe that the team can

best address the concern and we have worked again with project management oversight consultants and others to make sure that we have a scope in the level that we need. we think that this is what it will take. supervisor campos: what kind of oversight is being provided by transportation authority staff? >> in terms of project management? >> that is one of the reasons we propose bringing in the consultant at this point, doing more detailed engineering work. in addition to the planning level analysis oversight that we are managing, we also want to bring in our engineering and construction overside teams. supervisor campos: who is managing the consultant, is my question. >> myself, planning staff, and management oversight consultants. supervisor campos: thank you.

colleagues, any other questions? is there any member of the public that would like to speak? seeing no one, public comment is closed. colleagues, this is an action item. i understand how we got here. i respect where staff is coming from and i will vote against this. i do not think that it is a good approach in terms of managing this kind of contract. but we do need a motion. >> can we have a new role called? [roll call] three ayes. the item passes. supervisor campos: thank you,

please call item no. 8. >> item #8, recommend allocation of $828,353 in prop k funds, with conditions, for seven requests, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedules, and amendment of the relevant 5-year prioritization programs. >> this item starts on page 123 of your packet. i will do a brief overview. the first by will do is the request from the municipal transportation agency. this is for $99,000 by an fda small start funds. and of the 30% design work. traction our analysis and survey, completed by this summer

of 2011. it is the likely alternative for the project. the next item is $45,000 to provide a portion of the local match for sunset boulevard new test signals. match is $800,000 or $900,000 in the grant. this project will construct a new traffic signals. the design to be complete in the spring of 2012 and infrastructure should the -- should be completed in 2013. the next request is another match request from mark. this is a match to the 24th street mission class of improvement project. this request will be a portion of the entire design of the project, $640,000.

this begins to provide the match for the $1.2 million regional communities grants. upgrading the southwest corner of the plaza at the mission very much like the 16th street project that was completed recently. just to make a programming note, we are allocating about 50% of the funds this year and it comes from a the obligation of the 16th street project. this just keeps us with our strategic financing assumptions. the remaining four requests are for the black grant projects adopted in june of 2010. let's do a quick review. $14,000 will go to match the bike trail project that was

almost $9 million. the broadway streetscape project will be in the design phase to match approximately $1 million in the congestion management agency funds. that project also includes paving on broadway. the $276,000 for the streetscape improvements project matches the $1 million grant for the construction phase of the project. it will also include repaving a long fall some. finally, the second street project with its allocation request to match under $700,000 for congestion management in the

block grant, this is for the phase of that project that also includes regional bicycle projects and repaving on second street. those are all eight projects. >> thank you. any questions? any member of the public that would like to -- sorry, my apologies. supervisor campossupervisor chut this allocation would go towards prioritizing the street intersections. just a question for the mta, perhaps, about where it lines up. i know that recently there was an incident at that intersection. >> hello, commissioners. the intersection has actually moved into contract 60 in the design phase. we anticipate that the

intersection will be symbolized by 2012 and advertised next april. supervisor chu: that one is actually faster than the ones that we talked about today? blacks yes. 60 and 2009. -- >> yes. 60 and 2009. there will be other information provided with respect to this intersection. supervisor chu: it sounds like it will take time for this intersection to be up and running. given that it will be the middle of 2013, is there any way to speed that process up? >> typically budget 30 the 36 months from the beginning to completion. there are a variety of factors. if we run into complications

during the design or protests during the surface mounting facility process, people may have objections to it. we have to have firm ramps design. once you have a complete design done you advertise a three month the four month process that is anywhere from eight months to 10 months depending on the scope. there is not a lot of room to compress. supervisor chu: if you can buy and the response, would you please include the information along the lines of time line and an understanding and explanation about where it can be compressed? >> i will do that. supervisor campos: i had a quick question about the 24th street plaza. is there any sense of what the timing attack assuming

everything goes accordingly? when it will be completed? >> the current schedule of the design should be completed by winter of 2011. construction would be completed in winter of 2013. supervisor campos: great. thank you very much. is there any member of the public that would like to speak on item number eight? if so, please come forward. seeing no one, public comment is closed. the motion is seconded and taken without objection. madam clerk, please call item no. 10. >> introduction of new items. supervisor campos: any new items? any member of the public? seeing no one, public comment is closed. no. 11? >> public comments. supervisor campos: any member of the public that would like to speak within the jurisdiction of

the committee? seeing no one, public comment is closed. >> item number 12, adjournment. supervisor campos: thank you very much. happy holidays.