neighborhood. they felt the least informed about the changes happening. they felt they had that been considered during the hysteria over what the changes were going to be. i think it was a good out reach plan for the chinese community. we need to nip that in the blooud. >> thank you for that suggestion. i think it is important. the original limited proposals anticipated that the nine limited started at the 24th. when we went to implement the changes in december 2009, we saw that there was a marked far to the south. that has been very successful. we would not go to the shorter route, we would keep the route that is working effectively for the community. the other capital projects that

support service changes include terminal transit points, as well as overhead wire expansions. fulton, there is a capital project to build bypass wires at several locations. we are also looking to increase the number of accessible mail platforms that we have. we would like to expand to about five additional stops to expand accessibility to people that use wheelchair's. supervisor avalos: also critical as well. part of the plan for the tep was done prematurely, before the plan was implemented. which was based on the budget constraints of the mta.

now we have folks that live along the avenue that do not have accessible key stops. people with wheelchairs. they have to go very great distances to find other ways of getting on transit. supervisor avalos: thank you for that feedback. we will be reaching out to the disability community to really understand where we have caps in the network. we will also be doing the technical evaluation to figure out what locations can evaluate brigid accommodate the platforms. they do require some very specific right of way dimensions. supervisor avalos: that worries me. [laughter] >> the last set of initiatives that our long term study plan, including comprehensive communication plans, as well as

two related studies to help us understand how the system will grow beyond ep, a number of issues came up the went beyond the timeline but are important to understanding how as an agency we accommodate the land use growth that is expected. looking at the long-range plan we still have the attraction power of long-range study, providing power to the trolly overhead system. you only place a subsidized -- substation every 20 to 30 years. new systems can accommodate not just the current plan, but also the service that we anticipate 32035. the implementation schedule is shown at a high level on this graph. environmental reviews are first critical and we anticipate it will take up to 24 months. during that time, we will be

working to move travel time production proposals forward. as well as other complementary capital work. the goal is similar to the other capital plan with projects ready to be implemented at the conclusion of the process. as indicated, we have identified 10% funding for this project. overall capital costs are $170 million has identified to federal sources. the implementation strategy will allow us to shape a funding plan are around the remaining funding gaps. we believe that projects like the travel time proposals, designed to improve operating efficiencies, are going to compete well for discretionary funds. we will be realigning the existing capital programs. an example would beyond

terrible street, the city is going to completely rebuild terrible street in 2018. that will include sue wert working, rails, and travel productions built into the work. there is also all of the prioritization complementing the city's street resurfacing plan, looking for opportunities to leverage other projects when possible. the environmental review process is on a current critical path. we expected to take up to 24 months. there are some steps, as you are aware, that have mandatory time periods. we believe there are opportunities to reduce time for staff led tasks. working particularly with nea on

dedicated staffing to move this work forward more quickly. the immediate next step will be competing the scope of work -- completing the scope of work and doing the structural engineering needed to inform the process. the board will approve a recommendation in the legislative change following sequence certification. to date they have only endorsed proposals because the critical piece is not needed. in order to deliver the plan that we have together, we have a comprehensive task force. this is very much based on our experience in december 2009 and may of 2010. it takes every division within the agency to make that restructuring successful. moving forward, we want to tackle remaining policy issues.

not shown are the muni accessible services. they are a key part of the process that were left off the slide, which i apologize for. we work on providing direct support needed for this project, including identifying capital project managers and program managers for this work. so, the next key steps are the beginning of the environmental review, conducting community outreach, talking to people about the implementation strategy, and beginning summer employed on travel time reduction proposals and changes. assigning staff and regularly meeting up with the task force. doing environmental engineering and providing quarterly updates on this work. that concludes my presentation and i am happy to answer any

questions. supervisor avalos: thank you. i would love to, prior to any presentation in district 11, to get briefed and go out at the same time. but that could be helpful. >> it would be wonderful. supervisor avalos: we can drill down into district 11 what will happen and what is taking part with my staff. thank you. we can open this up for public comment. thank you for your presentation. for your work on this. making changes. >> supervisors, on 9l ltd., i would like some of the stops on market to be eliminated. maybe there could be one additional stops at 22nd street,

another at 24th street. oftentimes if someone is very sick and 24th street, they have to come back to the general hospital and it does not insure any compassion on the part of the city. as you know, supervisors, this is like a conceptual plan. conceptual plans are like a dream. even wake up and they can be your worst nightmare. in order to lessen the nightmare, we need to see a plan. a short-term plan and long term plan with money. right now what is hindering us, to be very realistic, as the economy. five or six fte's have been

created. give them $80,000. that way you can see that everyone means well. you have created program managers, seven or eight fte's, which is like $1.5 million. supervisors, we need to pay attention to those kinds of details. you know what is happening on the national level. we are lucky because we have a mixed economy. soon, people will be coming here and asking you to have mandatory cuts on big scales. so that we can have some effective government. thank you very much. [tone] supervisor avalos: next speaker, please. >> thank you, supervisors. tep is one of the best things

that's has been produced. this evening all of the parking meters will be filled with folks going to the ball game. they will pay nothing at the park after 6:00 p.m. we should capture that revenue. there is a funding gap here and i want to encourage may be the mayor to have further political ambitions, as i understand that. let's implement congestion pricing. the projection is that $60 million to $80 million could be produced from congestion pricing. things like small businesses are fighting with an evening outbound. might keep folks later in the hours. they might spend more having dinner and so on. with the america's cup coming, these time lends scare me.

200,000 folks will be making their way along the waterfront soon. i have spoken with developers that are dusting off the plans for new developments. another 2500 housing units. the transit center district plan plans to ups on 1,000 feet of office buildings. 2020 is a long ways away. i wanted to say that this is a very wonderful project and i look forward to seeing it implemented. thank you. >> good afternoon. but i am a spokesperson for the [unintelligible] alliance and a muni writer for several decades. when i was in the media program to give a report of the human rights commission, i did not expect so many calls about muni,

services, and the clipper program. another senior kept asking the chinese driver to ask to remind him where to get off. i feel that the clipper program was extremely badly planned. even one of the members of the ambassador program that i talked about earlier told me that there had been a lot of concerns about clipper. would you believe those applications are still in english only? let me put it down here, this is all in english. how can we provide passenger content for the people? considering the number of non- limited english writers, how can

a city still pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to staff that do not take in the input of passengers and provide appropriate services? people that earn over $100,000, up their services they are providing viable services to residents. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you. >> good afternoon. i have heard the presentation and tdp before and i get more disturbed when i hear the second time. about it being will be in english, not chinese and spanish as planned. more than that -- not more than that, but in addition the most

marketable item that muni has is its express bus. you cannot drive faster than an express bus, but they are so stingy with them. limited is included in this, and i guess that is the kind of compromise we have to deal with. if we had ltd's and the stops that we have now, there would be no need for considering eliminating a number of stops. many elderly disabled mothers with young children are not able to walk an extra block or two to get to a bus. i think that we should look towards making both parties at the. i live on 44th avenue and it takes me an hour to get anywhere on the bus.

if there was a limited near there, it would be much easier. if muni could somehow understand community and put a little better, they might listen to some of the things they have said. i have said these things before. i suggest they go to the neighborhood and best for their stops for the limited. i do not believe that it should cost more money. you could alternate. you could have some muni stops and some limited stops. everyone should be having some of their needs met. supervisor avalos: thank you. anything from the public? anyone that would like to comment? seeing no one, we will close public comment. thank you for your presentation and your work.

i do want to reach out. we could have further briefings about proposals in my office could be helpful in the of reach. i think that that was a step that was not as quite as robust, i thought, as it could have been, especially, but mostly regarding the chinese speaking community, who were a bit alarmed by the proposed changes that were years in the making. i could be helpful in that. also to help translate the concerns of the public back to the mta. i will be glad to help. ok. this is our last item. continued to the call of the chair. after this, we will be adjourned. thank you.

governor welcome to culturewire. on march 18 the san francisco arts commission hosted the 2010 mayor's artwork. the mayor's arts award was established to honor an individual artist with a lifetime of outstanding achievement in the art and civic life. this year's award is to none

other than carlos santana. before the award ceremony, the director of cultural affairs had a chance to sit down with carlos to ask him a few questions. >> once a year, mayor gavin newsom gets to select one distinguished individual to receive the mayor's arts award. in 2010,á(át that distinguished individual was none other than the legendary musician carlos santana. carlos, it is so great for the city to be able to recognize you. given all of your accomplishments already, from the awards, all of the other distinctions you have received, what does it mean for you to get the mayor's part award?

>> i am very grateful, moved. i always want to be in the company of illuminaries like cesar chavez. people making a difference, but to people's hearts. giving people a sense of tangible hope. one thing is to be famous, it is quite another for people to like you. i am grateful for this award. it is another blessing. i do not take it for granted. this is an incredible city. everywhere i go, i tell everyone that this is the atlantis of today. there is no other city in the world -- i have been everywhere.

there is nothing like san francisco. in fact, to me, it is not even the united states. you can see how fox network always attacks us. we do not have an inferiority complex. we just do not follow blindly. we question authority. as i said before, a person for person, there are more artists and con artists in the bay area. >> you are someone who has identified so strongly with the bay area. a lot of it reflects the values that you also identify with. i know that you have been promoting an idea for a work of public art that could be pretty transformative. could you talk about that? >> peace brother is something

that i saw, i think in the 1980's there was this lady. she started back there and converted -- she went to the neighborhood and was collecting the guns from some of the gang members. she had it melted and turned into angels. we want to do the same thing and take it to the next level we want to build a boom box by his feet, he will be 7 feet tall. this will be made up of military guns. the boom box will be playing some great songs. marvin gaye. john legenlennon. bob marley. sam cooke. >> songs that really touch people deeply. >> i have come to a place where

i call it the sound of maternity. bob dylan calls it eternal young. i think there are certain songs that help you live without fear. when you are living in fear, you invest in violence. fear is expensive, just ask president bush. inn love. and what marvin gaye says is true, war is not the answer, only love can conquer hate. these things are not cliches, they are truisms. if we implement them, you will see a transformation in the bay area, richmond, oakland, the mission. all places where we need to

dismantle the violence, the fear, the unnecessary pain that goes on. >> you are a person that has lived a pretty miraculous life. pretty extraordinary what you have accomplished, the range of people you have been able to touch with your music. you chose a beautiful word in spanish for your foundation -- miracle. could you talk about what the foundation has been able to do? >> we are able to empower and give young people a way for them to develop their own decisions. i started with my own vision. there are people like andre agassi who helped finance. desmond tutu. in essence, in the bay area,

like on larkin street, i want to see people invest more in people. i love the giants stadium, but i want to see cumins investing in a humans, instead of expensive. expensive buildings. i love to see the mayor and governor invest more in education than in incarcerations. so i am committed with the music and the platform that i have, if i have to, to give a little spanking to those who need to break up. we spend way too much on weapons. all the money that we spend on tv advertising, gears of war, that is stupidity. in new zealand, they passed a law that said that you could not sell it.

all those games about killing people. they do not want it. to me, i'd equate that with columbine, with war. once you desensitize a human being, you cannot tell the difference between shooting someone in a video game and a real person. some people can be gentle and kind. i can be ghetto when i want to be. i grew up with the black panthers doing peace and freedom benefits for them. so on the one hand i like the softness of spirituel the day, but i also like the energy that you need to be a warrior where you need to be. i love martin luther king, but also malcolm x, sometimes you have to really hold your ground.

compassion, kindness, education. rather than more killing. >> when you graduated in 1965, it was the height of the civil- rights movement. you just alluded to the environment that you were growing up in. as a young musician, what was it like for you in san francisco at the time? >> it was heaven on earth. we would go down to the fillmore and see these great band, the doors, and jimi hendrix, cream, and then go down to the grove to see other music. you could go to the mission district to hear mexican. everywhere i went there was this

multi dimensional color and i felt like it was on necessary for me to do just one. like baskin-robbins, i want all the flavors. you cannot just be a mexican play music. there is a lot of beauty in that, but it was not for me. i was born without arms around my heart that wants to embrace everything. palestine's, israelis. japanese, apaches. i am more concentrated with life and love than flags, nationality, religion. that stuff gets in the way. one gets in the way is me, myself, my story. for me, that is why music is liberating.

when you hear "imagine" anywhere in the world, people sang the lyrics. as soon as you hear the melody -- same thing with a bob marley song. i grew up taking everything from bob dylan, curtis mayfield, the beatles, smokey robinson. mike alma mater was the streets of san francisco. i would dare to go to school. where i really hung out was at the fillmore. that was my university, checking out be the king, and james brown, a cream. finding out how they were able to penetrate people's hearts. with their music. once you do that, something