i know that commissioner dufty had asked that one item be taken out of order. why don't we call -- before we do that, is there any public comment on the citizen advisory committee report? seeing none, public comment is closed. if you could call item no. 4. >> recommend appointment of one member to the citizens advisory committee. this is an action item. >> good morning, committee members. transportation authority. by way of background, we are an 11-member citizen advisory committee. each member serves two years. committee recommends the authority board appoints members to the committee. we have two vacancies. one vacancy from district 6. at the last meeting, we decided to move that forward to the january meeting to allow the new district 6 supervisor to give input to the appointment. the other vacancy is a result of

the term expiration of glenn davis in district 9. he is here today to speak to his interest in reappointment. commissioner campos: thank you. mr. davis? good morning. >> i am here to seek reappointment to the citizens advisory committee. i would very much like to continue to work providing constructive and critical analysis to the numerous projects involving prop k money. thank you for your consideration and i would humbly ask for you to move the appointment to the full board. commissioner campos: great. thank you, mr. davis. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, i would ask that we reappoint mr. davis. he and my office have been working closely since his last appointment, and i can tell you, he has put in a lot of time and energy into this position.

i have found is in sight to be very useful and i hope that he is reappointed. we have a motion by commissioner david chiu, seconded by vice chair carmen chu. without objection. thank you. >> item 5. recommend appointment of two members to the geary corridor bus rapid transit citizens advisory committee. this is an action item. >> you may recall, this year we had three vacancies on the gcac, an ad that time, only one vacancy was filled by the committee. we did conduct recruitment, but at the time, did not have sufficient members to be appointed to the tenderloin downtown area. the committee asked us to do more recruitment in that area to get more applicants in. we are now bringing that item back to you with six applicants. this item begins on page 19 and

the action item is on page 23. we have several applicants here today, if you would like to hear from them. commissioner campos: i think we probably should hear from them. the list is -- >> it is on page 23 of your packet. commissioner campos: david goggin? is he here? >> i do not, but i see three other members here. >> jonathan goldberg. mr. goldberg, if he could come up, please. >> good morning, how are you? commissioner campos: this is an opportunity to simply talk about

yourself, your interest in serving in this capacity. >> good morning and thank you for considering my application. i have been an individual working for san francisco to do by san francisco. we have strived for this message since our inception 63 years ago. as an individual, my experiences with sf and beautiful bring together representatives from many individuals of the downtown workforce, from finance, law, planning, and urban design. i hope to bring together my own background in horticulture and desire to increase the liability and to beautify the urban streetscape. my background in the non-profit sector, hopefully, enhances my ability to understand what

street design requires to go ahead and increase economic vitality, as well as enrich neighborhood connectivity and increase community development. commissioner campos: you are doing great. i know it is a little daunting to come before the committee. you are doing fine. >> thank you. i do hope that as new residents of san francisco, but ever experience i can bring to the table, i can look forward to the future. i plan to be a long-term san francisco resident and hopefully will use my youthful age as a benefit to go ahead and look to the future of what is possible in our city. commissioner campos: thank you,

mr. goldberg. well done. rick hoffman? i do not see him here. alan lovin. good morning, welcome to the plans and programs committee. >> good morning. i am a senior project manager for california pacific metacenter -- medical center. i am a 20-year resident of san francisco, i have worked both in the public and private sectors, real estate, and land use. i would but the opportunity to serve on this committee. our project is a large project that will affect and will be affected both by the van ness brt and egg geary st. brt. we will make contributions to those projects via our employees use of the transit system and our contributions to the project, as part of our entitlement process.

i think i can bring the honorable experience to this committee, not only because i work for them, but because of my long standing residents, outstanding as a resident of san francisco, as a person who is very much interested in land use issues. thank you. commissioner campos: thank you. albert martin star. i'm sorry -- good morning. >> my name is cia selby. thank you for allowing me to come up here to apply for the gcac position. i am a member of a rapid transit subcommittee which is part of the riders -- transit riders

union. in addition, i am a business owner. i own a business on the market and mason and turk. i have kids who go to rosa parks. so i frequently take the 38 back and forth, at least on that stretch. considering i am also the president of the lower hate merchants association -- haight merchants association, i had thought quite a bit about potentially conflicting forces, such as -- i know the president of the association believes it is important to have foot traffic. if you want to have good merchants, merchants that are thriving, you need good foot traffic. that is something that needs to

be worked on in conjunction with the concept of the bus. one of the things that i might be able to bring to the cac is that understanding, being a business person and someone who is intimately working with merchants who depend on foot traffic, and also, somebody who is passionate about public transport and understands in order to change people's minds about public transport, we have to make it more feasible. one of the major thing people criticize about muni is it is too slow. i understand these competing factors and i hope you will consider me for the cac. thank you. commissioner campos: thank you. albert martin star. good morning. >> good morning. i have resided in san francisco since 1968. i have seen you need change.

most of that time, i have lived in the geary corridor, the tendered lauren -- tenderloin. in the 1970's there was a citizen advisory combat -- panel to the board of supervisors. i was on that and i remember discussing things about muni in general. now we have a committee coming up that is specifically for the 38, which i use all the time. although that is a big, articulated bus, it is still crowded. whatever i can do to advise you -- i have time to look things up because i do not work for a living. i have access to the private mechanics institute as well,

which is also served by the 38. i do not know what the committee members will do -- maybe i will never have to research anything, but i have time to do this. i also helped out on project open hand. what else can i say about myself? i have a college degree, a philosophy major. i am sure that relates to nothing here. commissioner campos: you would be surprised. thank you. are there any other applicants who have not had an opportunity to address the committee? i think that concludes the list of applicants. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, we have a number of highly qualified individuals. i want to thank all of them for their interest in serving the city and county of san francisco in this capacity.

commissioner david chiu? commissioner chu: first of all, i want to thank everyone for coming. you have a lot to offer to the city and body. unfortunately, we only have two spots. i want to thank you for offering your service and i hope that we can find a place for all of you. a number of years ago, i was on the small business commission, and we have a number of debates about the geary brt. i noticed tensions between small business owners and transit riders. i think ms. selby's background in those areas complement's this function well. i think that could be an important bridge to what we want. i also appreciate the fact that she represents a demographic of heads of households, families,

that need to access muni. i think it is important to have that constituency on that body. i would like to suggest her as one of the two nominees. commissioner campos: we have a recommendation from david chu, seconded, to appoint dia selby. can we take that without objection? i thought she did an impressive job. i want to thank her for her interest. colleagues, commissioner dufty? commissioner dufty: jonathan goldberg. i would like to move his nomination. i think there is a value of having young people in the process. i would like to move his name forward. commissioner campos: we have a motion from commissioner dufty. second?

i will second. colleagues? can we take that without objection? thank you. we will be recommending the appointment of dia selby and jonathan goldberg. again, we want to thank all the applicants for their interest and look forward to hearing more from the committee. madam clerk, please call item nine. >> item 9. update on the status of childcare facilities at the transbay transit center. this is an information item. commissioner campos: we have emilo cruz. commissioner dufty? commissioner dufty: i requested this because of my concern about the importance of planning for child care as part of the transbay transit center. the imperative that we plan in

advance. the worst examples that uc of child care and job development programs as when they are shoehorned into an existing facility. commissioners know -- i know some of you are supportive of the measures i have before the board today which allows these things to take place, allowing opportunities for the city to develop a child care. in my opinion, i feel the transbay joint powers authority has been lackluster in their forthcoming about these plans, and most recently, have expressed to me, they're concerned that they cannot identify where the funds come from. ironically, we met over the past month trying to identify a funding gap for the central subway project. i would challenge mr. cruz, whom i respect greatly, to show me a

project that has ever had complete funding. there always be to be -- they're always needs to be things altogether. it is essential we get commitments forthcoming, given the amount of prop k financing that we are putting toward this project. child care will not be an afterthought. we could have as many as four facilities. the tjpa staff are going to be aggressive in partner with the city and other potential funding sources to develop child-care. there is no reason we cannot be ambitious and look at groups like the san francisco international airport, that has 24-hour child care. certainly, with high-speed rail, we are going to see operations

at all hours of the day. i appreciate that other colleagues have met with me, i appreciate mr. cruz being here, i would like to be proven wrong in my view of what has taken place here. i did want to knowledge the city-wide child coordinator. she meets with all of us on a regular basis and it is frustrating to me when we have to do battle over something that should be part and parcel of everything the city does. commissioner campos: we will now hear from the program manager, mr. cruz. >> program manager for the consultant team of the tjpa. i wanted to present the status of where things are and perhaps open up a dialogue. i do have a power point presentation. i do not have printed copies.

i can get them to you today. what i wanted to do was first -- commissioner campos: if you could also make sure you have copies available to any member of the public that requests it. >> absolutely. the funding plan for the overall tjpa project is a bit complicated because the project does not fall into projects which are new start or traditional funding. we had managed to pull together a lot of different sources. thank you for the $98 million from the san francisco county transportation authority for this project. there is funding sources from the three counties that are participating in the organization. san francisco, san mateo, and alameda county. we have a number of funding sources. the two single largest funding

of the program is a land sales and the error grant. you can see from the overall program, the total cost is $1.58 billion to date. that is the amount of money we have been able to get committed on the project. let me go through it two major funding sources which we received a $40 million grant. that was to complete the construction of the train box, the level of the transit facility. those costs are $728 million, so by no means did the error grant go to pay for the train box, but it was a major track -- contribution to make it a part of phase one. commissioner dufty: when the $400 million was asked, did you know that it was going to go up? >> we knew it would be seven

under $20 million. we had $328 million available, so that was the difference. we were advised that that would be a reasonable amount to ask as part of the application. what it represents for us is the ability to take the $328 million that we had come at the $400 million, and moved the train box into phase one. had we not receive that, we would have put the construction of the train box into phase 2. commissioner dufty: but you are all now? >> yes. the second largest funding source comes from land sales. -- commissioner dufty: but you are whole now?

tjpa recognizes the need for child care facilities and we are working with the city to make these facilities a reality. the land itself we're getting is a land transfer from the state of california. the conditions tied to the land are the primary conditions. one, land transferred to the tjpa or city, which includes the redevelopment agency, must be sold with all the proceeds of that sale going toward the implementation of the project. second condition is a 20% affordability factor put on top of the 15% that already read it exists on any residential development in the zone itself. so all of this land that is developed for residential will have 35% affordability factor on it. commissioner campos: is their right now a planned common intent to include child care facilities, or is that something you are still trying to work out? >> our planned -- i have in here

the parcel to move forward on development. the plan is to incorporate in this issuance for development, but the developers include a child-care facility in all of the designs. then to look what those costs are as a result of its conclusion and find a way to fund that. commissioner dufty -- commissioner campos: commissioner dufty? commissioner dufty: you say that the tjpa has a need for child care. can you show anything that is memorialize to show that? but i am looking for, related to these four sides is an mou between the tjpa and the city. >> we recognize the city's need for child care facilities. there has not been a formal action taken by the tjpa board on this topic, primarily because

of the timing of this issue. we have not moved toward the issuance of development except for parcel e. commissioner dufty: how long have i been talking about child care? >> probably about five months. commissioner dufty: has there been any indication that representatives of the city are asking for stronger action from the tjpa? >> not to my knowledge. commissioner campos: in light of that, what is the actual level of commitment to this issue? it is one thing to make a verbal commitment that you understand -- which in legalese does not have any binding impact, so what is the level of impact if we are still not seeing anything that

memorializes that there will be something? >> we have four parcels that we be put out for development, and a potential fifth that could accommodate top care facilities. that is parcel 6, which will be issued by the redevelopment agency. they have already committed that they will include a requirement that a child care facility be included in the design of the building. so there is a commitment there. one of the requirements from the redevelopment agency is that they have the funding to implement the child care center. with regard to tjpa parcels, there are three parcels, parcel t, 5, and f. what we are interested in doing, when we put them up for sale to a developer, that we will require a child care facility be included in the plan for approval.

now, what we are facing, quite honestly, is the balance of needs -- the land, like the dollar, can only be stretched so far. we have competing needs of the transit center itself because land proceeds have to pay for the transit center, and right now we are barely a full funding. we have a 35% affordability factor on housing. that is also a critical component. we also have demand for parks. as part of the project, we are providing a five-acre park on the roof of the building, a one- acre park, and a new part being proposed at second and howard street. so another potential parcel would be that one at howard, which had never been programmed as a park. that could provide a low-level building that could have a child care facility in it. it is a parcel that right now

has the potential development costs associated with the project, so it would be cost neutral to the p -- tjpa. and it is adjacent to a park, so it would accommodate the outdoor spaces. commissioner campos: commissioner dufty? commissioner dufty: i understand the city wide coordinator has been in discussions with the tjpa for four years. i want to put on the record. she has been in discussion with staff seeking to have some firm commitments, that as we go forward, there will be feasibility, there are plans, because if we do not do it now with state licensing requirements, we will not be able to. i firmly feel there needs to be an mou, an adopted commitment on the part of the tjpa, that this will be meaningfully explored. we have had experience with the

pc building. when it kind -- came time to getting the project done, all the sudden, child-care was out. i say to my colleagues, you will be here longer than i will, but this is something i am concerned about. you cannot have a unique, vibrant community around transbay, certainly not for families, if you do not have child care. currently, only 51% of the family seeking licensed child care are doing so. to date, even in the presentation, you have not said anything that dissuades me that tjpa has been absolutely lackluster. it has not been brought before the board, nothing in writing, nothing adopted. it is just words. i am concerned that these words will not have meaning. >> what i can report and take back to the executive director is the recommendation that we

move something to the board which states where we are at the staff level, which if i can repeat, is a commitment that all the parcels we put up for development put in a requirement that the developer comes forward with a plan that includes a child care facility. once we develop a plan and design that incorporates a child care facility, we will collectively be charged with the task of finding a way to pay for that facility. the tjpa is willing to move toward making it a reality, but quite honestly, it has its own financial capacities as it relates to a program that is currently $4.2 billion, $1.9 billion underfunded. the tjpa is working diligently to find $1.9 billion to make the high-speed rail terminus a reality, to make the redevelopment zone a reality, and at this point, is not able to make financial commitments, but is certain they able to

make planning commitments, design commitments, and working with the city, finding funding to make child care a part of the redevelopment zone. commissioner campos: commissioner avalos? commissioner duftycommissioner . i want to thank commissioner dufty for bringing this item forward. not only for the transit center that we are building, but every place we build commercial office space in san francisco, it should be a requirement across the board that they would provide spaces for workers and their families that can make it possible for them to work. i have talked with many others about this. it makes a lot of sense. i think there needs to be a shift in the mind set of planners, that the cost of the transit center will include transit center will include child care and we are going to