part of those discussions. i want to make sure there is a robust conversation so that we can have the best presentation in the city. there is a study. the mta is going to be promoting that idea and wholeheartedly digging into that process. >> good to hear. >> do you want to answer that, for -- or -- >> i have consulted with the expert and he says i should answer yes. commissioner avalos: good to hear. i look forward to that recommendation. other than from the mta, i think it would be imported to be part of that process as well. -- it would be important to be

part of that process as well. if we are moving forward on that, the connection between daly city bart and mca, it makes it possible to receive federal funding -- mca, it makes it possible to receive federal funding. maybe they do not all come from the mta. that will help us on our end, those dollars, and if the transportation authority can be part of that, i am also hoping they will look at the data as well. it would be very, very helpful. commissioner campos: colleagues, can meet have a motion to continue to the call of the chair and have a hearing,

follow-up hearing in july? motion by commissioner avalos. if we can take that without objection. madam clerk, if we can do the reading. >> market street project -- the regulation for fire safety. >> good morning. >> my name is chad rathman and i will be making a brief presentation on the improvements to the northeast corner of market street. this is agenda item this projece

second stage of implementation of this project. the first stage was in 2006 on a one way four-lane street on market. the project would be part of the prioritization program ended is also consistent with the area plan in the upper market division. the most significant improvements are for bicyclists and pedestrians. improving the existing curbs line on the northeast corner of the intersection -- you should have paper copies as well as the slide. we are moving of the pedestrian signal and constructing an ada compliance kirk raab. -- curb ramp.

it will increase the crossing distance, and it will visually narrow market street to motorists. the project has been environmentally cleared and is ready to proceed. it is approximately $61,000. the department of public works staff will move forward and the public will finalize the design. the design is scheduled for completion in fall 2011. the project is scheduled for completion in summer 2012. finally, i can take questions, and i also have a staff. >> commissioner wiener?

commissioner wiener: thank you. i just want to complement staff on more -- moving forward with this. it is an improvement to the area. it is a dead area that can be used -- it is a dead area that no one can be used. -- can reuse. this stretch of market around the safeway, it needs more activity. the whole foods project will add increased foot traffic. commissioner campos: great. thank you, commissioner. colleagues, any other questions?

is there any member of the public would like to speak on this item? please come forward. >> hello, commissioners. mark caswell again. we think this is a great use of public space. the whole foods going in. it is definitely improving public safety. yet another great project coming forward from the mta. we are happy to see this moving forward. thank you. commissioner campos: thank you. if there is -- is there any other member of the public like to speak? seeing and 9, public comment is closed -- seeing none, public comment is closed. can we take this without objection? thank you.

madam clerk, call item seven. >> affirm the commitment to the project. this is an action item. >> good morning, commissioners. maria lombardo. you got a preview of this back in november. this is a three-part action the primary part is the primary plan for the subway project. for context, december 2011 is when the sfmta will get funding for the project. this is a pretty big deal. it is all 1.7 $5 million

project -- $1.75 million. it represents the federal commitment to fully funding the project. it is a really big deal for the project. that is the plan -- let's back up a second. there are many things the mta has to do, to provide in order to have the full funding -- full funding granted. one of those is to show the dollars committed to the project within the guidelines that is scheduled for later this month. they have asked us to take a similar action, which includes three affirmation of the project as well. i will go over a few parts of the funding plan that we had in november.

this focuses on the funding plan. we had $100 million of funding. i am sorry. this chart is page 53 and in your memorandum if you want to look. really what happened is the in g-8 would be ready to -- really would happen is the m.t.a. would be able to provide additional bond fund. our committee provides $103 million in additional funds. both these categories are funds that are given to the mta by formula from the state. the capitol refunding programming is of belts $38 million. the majority involves taking

existing projects and returning to the authority to give other elms -- eligible property projects, backed to the social summit. -- subway. the last part of the action today is improving those reprogramming actions. so on page 60 in your packet -- oh. page 60 of your packet is a summary of the full funding planning notice. two. have a couple of things in here. it does not mean all the funds are in hand. i wanted to flag the ones on this page. the prop 1-a funds.

these are all state funds. it is almost certain they will not be available. this us to do with the outgoing state budget. the state has to be able to issue bonds. the funds will be there, but the project may not be there in time. looking at a number of aspects, we're continuing to look at potential savings on bids, trying to manage the overall climate pretty well. reducing the overall projects, returning to the project. and inevitably, there is the restructuring of the financing plan. there is a potential swap that would replace some of our on programs state writ funds. commissioner campos: may i ask a

follow-up? on page four of your report, you notice the mta has of financial mismanagement plan. when is that going to be executed by the ncaa? >> the program ends -- i believe it is in april. commissioner campos: ok. thank you. >> i might as well talk briefly about the authority's commitment to the project. $132 million is the current commitment. that is comprised of prop k funds, state traffic congestion relief funds. the prop k money is there. all that remains is the state funds that have not gone to the

program. briefly, we have $19.7 million in local programs. there are some eligibility issues. there is a $30 million writ commitment. these programs are all available in 2012 and 2013. we will probably bring that action to you, hopefully next time. the very last part of this action is on page 55 and 56 of your memo. it has to do with reprogramming actions. this basically refers to deobligating funds.

the first category that is affected is the muni funds. $18.7 million are being deallocated. this is possible through the common nation of $9 million in savings -- to the combination of $9 million in savings and also in she was lucky to get a $35 million grant from the federal government. that gives the flexibility to fund portions of phase one. those freed up funds are being returned to the prop k plan. in g-8 is proposing to return them to the interim operations control -- mca is proposing to return to the interim operations

control center. similarly, we have the obligation of $69 million on the fund replacement project. it straddles both the facilities and guidance categories. another obligation is the significant financing costs for both categories. just for reference, it takes the facilities category from 32% financing cost down to 25%, making $6 million more available for projects. we will get about $8 million made available for projects. with that, and will be happy to answer questions. >> thank you, ms. lombardo. commissioner avalos? commissioner avalos: thank you,

maria. you have this line item for the geneva project. can you comment on that? this is a source where funding is being reallocated? is that correct? >> the geneva kennedy project -- canopy project was projectprop k funded at all. what mta is proposing is to redirect that funding to the subway. commissioner avalos: thank you. commissioner campos: thank you. colleagues, any of the questions? no questions. let's open it up to public comment. is there any member of the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none -- oh, actually we do.

>> can you hear me? commissioner campos: yes. >> good morning. i am serving on the cag advisory did -- advisory group since 1978. i am getting older. also, -- i do not claim to be an expert on transportation. i have to say that for the new project, -- muni project, all

the cag members have full confidence we can get the funding. they will come along with the mpaa championship. we have come a long, long way. it is great. even in chinatown. it is the right thing to do. i am not so happy it has taken a long time, but i realize it is a long, long distance. [bell rings] it takes time. thank you.

commissioner campos: thank you, sir. is there any other member of the public who would like to speak? seeing 9, public comment is -- seeing at non-, public comment is closed. commissioner chiu? >> we have been figuring out the specifics on how we are going to close the gap in funding i think we have been rewarded with more clarity. at this time i would like to recommend the amendment for the central subway project that we have all supported, unanimous for the past, what the authorities proposed as far as the funding commitments. i say we should move this forward. i look forward to working with the mta staff to make sure we are all on the same page and as

clear as possible. commissioner campos: thank you. colleagues, can we take that without objection? without objection, thank you, to the mta staff and the t.a. staff. madam clerk, call item 8 please. >> [unintelligible] commissioner campos: we have the executive director. >> this is really an item on the agenda to introduce new items, but i have something i would like to share with you. this is news that is about three hours old. this morning, the vice president may be a major announcement in philadelphia for a $63 billion initiative to

essentially make good on the president's promises for high- speed rail in this country. as you can imagine, the details of funding are not quite available yet. it is a huge program. i believe, but i am not clear. the initial installment was the stimulus money and the other $8 billion we were promised. in any case, it is a major step forward for the president and his administration to clarify the structural policies referring to a high-speed rail. we have confidence that california will do well. because it is really the only state in the union that has committed a significant amount of money to kickstart the

initial segment. as i thought it would be important to share the news as soon as it happened. i want to point out this also bodes well for amtrak. i have the honor of the sharing deking engagement with the share one month ago -- sharing a speaking engagement with the chair one month ago. he was speaking about the location of the federal trust fund for one year. i want to point out -- i think i have said to -- said this to you before -- spain spent $5 billion a year on high-speed rail for the past 27 years. that is a commitment which has made it today the most

important network in europe, the most interconnected, the most genuinely high speed. this country has the potential to do that and more. i am very happy to convey that news to you. also, just a domestic flight in this country, the number of passengers it carries is 800 million. high-speed rail carries 28 million people per year. we are a long way away from chipping away at flights. i think you have to start somewhere. we have not seen an announcement of this magnitude in awhile. commissioner campos: thank you. is there any member of the public to would like to speak to this item? seeing none -- oh, yes?

please come forwardpublic comme. madam clerk, can you call item 9? >> is there any member ofthe public -- of the public wishing to speak on this? public comment is closed. item 10, adjournment. thank you. have a good day.

>> welcome to "culture wire." today we're headed to smpling f. camera works, a premiere venue for artists working in photographer, video, and

digital media. the latest exhibition lists clearness as a set of political alliances and possibilities that it is behind the sphere of dominant gay and lesbian culture. the curator fills us in on the process of creating this thoughtful exhibition. and what she would like you to take away from it. >> i co-cureated with danny, a chicago-based writer and curator. the conceptual framework is what it means to be clear and radical for our generation. clearness as a set of political alliances and possibilities, not necessarily related to institutions of gender and swam formativity. danny and i wanted the show to feel funky and to have a really

tangible quality to it. so part of that was incorporated handmade objects and installations and beautifully printed photographs and videos. there is also a lot of opportunities to participate and to take postcards or to get the photo taken or sit within a tent made out of afghan blankets to watch videos. the exhibition is organized in three distinct galleries. in gallery one, which is the gallery designated to clear activism, there is an installation by the oakland-based collaboration and it's called "unleashed power." it's all focused on one protest that happened in chicago in 1991 with the activist organization act up, which was protesting the inadequate health care for people living

in aids, and specifically it focuses on an act of police violence that occurred at that protest. the thing that is really interesting for me about that piece is that it brings us back 20 years to what clear activism looked like at the height of the aids crisis. gallery two features work that is related to intentionally communities that exist both within cities, also in rural spaces, and transient communities as well. the return features a no madic clear tribe, the people who join this tribe are often in various states of transition themselves, whether it's leaving behind previous gender assignments or corporate jobs or a life within cities. a lot of the work featured in the exhibition and a lot of the installations are handmade

objects. there is a lot of do-it-yourself aesthetic and that handmade do-it-yourself feeling is something that mimics the idea and the reality of the alternative world making that we're trying to represent here as far as the self-sufficient community goes. gallery three features work that relates to the ideas of self-determinenism, alternative world making and utopia. visits can still participate in this -- visitors can still participate in this project. during the opening, we invite visitors to come in and try on these costumes, pose in front of the backdrop. he was really inspired by comic books that he read as growing up and thinks of this space as books that he read as growing up and thinks of this space as