>> that is my understanding. there have been no issues. supervisor avalos: the question last year was new program while we were cutting other services. in the end, we approved the program, which i think has great value for initiating savings in families. i thought it was a worthy program to support in the end. this year, it looks like it is going forward. very good. any other questions from the committee? public comment. >> good morning. my name is douglas yepp. i would like to speak out in favor of this item, but i have some cautionary statements. some of my neighbors were concerned that the government was expanding its reach a bit

too far. whatever explanation i gave them did not satisfy them. one of the concerns they mention is that there should be more emphasis on primary and secondary school education, rather than trying to expand the government's scope to college education. so in a sense, i tend to agree with them. if a child does not get a good primary and secondary education , whatever dollars you give them available for college will probably be wasted, even if the child showed interest in going to college. the other concern i have that some of my neighbors mentioned to me was whether there was any emphasis on vocational education. it is no secret we need more plumbers, engineers, etc., so i would like to offer some of my neighbors suggestions, that some of the money be used for

vocational education. by the time they graduate from high school, it should be clear sailing through the apprentice program, and then they would have jobs that could support their families in the future. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. motion moved forward without recommendation. voted to the full board with recommendation. please call item two. >> this will also go as a committee report. item 2. resolution authorizing the port of san francisco to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $7,783,556 from the department of homeland security, 2009 port security grant program fund, for the pier 27 cruise ship terminal security system at the port of san francisco.

>> good morning, mr. chairman. director of homeland security at the port of san francisco. i come to request approval of an accept and expend of $7,783,556 to install and maintain the infrastructure. supervisor avalos: thank you. public comment. >> good morning. my name is douglas yepp. i would like to speak in favor of this item. i know this may bother some people but in my discussions, it seems san francisco has been overlooked as a target for terrorists. some people think that no one would dare to damage san francisco's reputation as a tolerant city, but i, among

others, feel like our enemies might be bold enough to use our tolerance against us. this item should be approved, and it would be well-used, especially when there has been some emphasis on the federal level to inspect incoming cargo containers. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you. we will close public comment period moved forward as a committee report with recommendations. item three please. >> item 3. resolution authorizing the port of san francisco to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $1,612,357 from the department of homeland security, 2007 supplemental infrastructure protection port security grant program for homeland security improvements on the port's waterfront. >> this is a three-part accept

and expend authorization. pier 50 emergency power. there is no emergency power at this point. high-security sensing, phase three. that is continued installation of fencing throughout the court. and finally, building occupancy function program. this is a resiliency system to get our system on line after a disaster. supervisor avalos: thank you. we will open this up for public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues? motion moved forward with recommendations as a committee report for tomorrow's board meeting. without objection. thank you, colleagues. that is our agenda.

we are adjourned. years ago on this project. back then, it was an unusual thing to have puc, muni, wastewater -- all those people come together and build up the streets and not come back and tear everything up. now, it is part of how we do business. whenever we have the possibility of doing some work in the streets, we figure out how to do it together and have as little disruption to the people of san

francisco as possible. great to be part of this. thank you to the team on this. thank you, everybody. [applause] >> how about that? we would be remiss if we did not also thank the operators and cable car division staff that not only have provided this lovely backdrop for today's event, but they also provide the great california alliance service that has been running behind you. they also have been instrumental of ensuring continuous service even on buses along cable car lines during the shutdowns and communicating our plans to our customers, with a transport every day. i also want to thank the teams with the cable car project for their diligence in helping san francisco maintain these important -- maintain this important infrastructure. also i want to thank the hyatt regency behind you, garrett

delhi chocolates, and all of sfmta staff for making this a success -- chirar -- ghirardeli chocolates. thank you. >> i believe we are going to have a ribbon-cutting ceremony now? >> 1. 2. 3. all right. [applause]

commissioner mirkarimi: welcome to the san francisco city and county trent titian authority. thank you to sfgtv in their

excellence of covering the happenings at city hall. please call roll call. -- transportation authority. >> [roll call] we have a quorum. commissioner mirkarimi: thank you. item two. >> item 2. approval of minutes of may 24, 2011 meeting. this is an action item. commissioner mirkarimi: comments or questions? public comments? public comment is closed. approval of the minutes seconded by commissioner campos, avalos. roll call. >> [roll call]

there are nine ayes. commissioner mirkarimi: please read items 3 and 4. >> item 3. chairs report. this is an information item.item 4. executive director's report. this is an information item. commissioner mirkarimi: the region is now in the throes of an important policy discussion about the way that growth will occur in the next two to three decades and the focus is on dealing with climate change and assuring we invest in truly sustainable transportation infrastructure and services. this is a debate that has been taking place at mtc and abag. last week, at a meeting, we had

a clearer look at how the debate will go. san francisco already is and will increasingly be a leader in the region baker's the pushing policies that encourage, reward local jurisdictions that make a real commitment to sustainable growth and affordable housing. it is also clear we will be a significant amount of strife getting to a plan that we can all live with reasonably but it will require extra effort on the part of those jurisdictions of lagging behind in these areas, and because we're going to continue to make a very forceful case for san francisco to get shared transportation dollars, that it is fair and commensurate with the city's longstanding commitment to sustainable transportation and responsible land use and housing policies. i want to point out in this context the importance of defeating assembly bill 57, which would reduce san francisco's modem influence on mtc, just at the time when a

fundamentally important decisions about infrastructure investment policy are being made through the regional transportation plan. thank you to the mtc commissioners for certainly representing our interests. we are working closely with the mayor's office and with our delegation in sacramento to make sure this is the case. let me also point out the city of san francisco, speaking in one voice at regional issues. we have been doing just that and i would like to thank commissioner campos and weener, as well as commissioners and avalos, wiener, and mar, representing us ably on those bodies, and for staff for helping us to find a clear policy as we coordinate our advocacy strategies at abag, mtc, and other districts. this concludes my report. mr. executive director. >> thank you.

my report is on your desk. i have several items i would like to highlight. please bear with me. the first one is to echo the comments that the chair made about the latest happenings at mtc with regard to sustainable committees strategy. unfortunately, i was not able to be at the last meeting last week, but i understand the authority provided forceful testimony and gave the region a bit of a run for its money on issues of equity and on the makeup of the samaras being considered now. i understand a strong push was made for equity by both commissioners campos and ablow, and commissioner wiener led an intense discussion on a fifth scenario that san francisco

argued should be excluded because it encourages additional growth in the outer bay area, which is the kind of sprawl we have been trying to combat for a long time. unfortunately, that did not gather all the votes needed, but came close. i do expect these issues are going to get more and more difficult and controversial as we go on. these are really fundamental to our advocacy at the individual level. i think we need to stay focused on them. we have been trying to do our part at the staff level, in terms of local education. both the deputy for planning and our principal planner have been called upon to make presentations in the last couple of weeks. the department of public health

at an event recently looking at housing as well. the chamber of commerce, the presentation was made on these issues. we are continuing to try to educate the public and opinion makers on all of this. kanuris and i was not at the meeting last week. -- the reason i was not at the meeting last week, i accepted an invitation to the transportation development policy meeting. it was a three-day meeting in bogota that was intended for sustainable transportation, asked to present on san francisco's experience on various issues, particularly, the development of new project delivery methods, and the public-private partnership on presidio parkway, and also the method of value capture for

transportation infrastructure for tax increments. i presented a number of those items and advised them on several issues related to sustainable transportation. i had a chance to see the city's transportation system, and their bus rapid transit network. next month, i will try to work with the chair to show you a presentation on that because it is a fantastic example of how to do things right. there are many parallels with the brt program. i am pleased to announce, just moments ago, the mta board meeting made an award for the tunnel contract for the central subway. this is a $230 million contract. the low bid is a joint venture of an italian firm partnering

with healy engineering. the bid was called hundred dollars under the estimate. we are looking forward to seeing that move forward. -- $1,200 under the estimate. i am looking forward to putting that in front of the board this coming month as the project begins to move forward into the construction phase. i wanted to also highlight, continued progress on the transportation plan and our team has been preparing for meetings with our advisory committee, other committees as well, preparing scenarios for the main themes.

world class infrastructure, livable condition. better market street is also making strides. they have completed the existing conditions analysis with probably the most comprehensive examination ever of transit operations on market street. we had over 30 volunteers riding muni for a total of over 20 hours to try to document transportation issues on market and mission streets, both functioning as for the course for transit. -- corridors for transit. we met with the citizens advisory committee on monday night. we will be generating the next set of guidance but symbols.

on the van ness brt, we are preparing to launch a 30% design effort, and also for the annual submittal to the transportation administration on draft starts. that is expected to begin circulating to the public as a draft eir/eis in the early fall. we are looking forward to making sure that the detailed designs start on time. the authority and got a joint award, together with the san francisco mta, for the greatest national impact from the department of the environment, for its work on the climate action strategy. we are very honored for the award. the bayview hunters point mobility study has continued to make progress and we are

currently in the process of interviewing and working on basic needs issues with the community-based organizations, we have had detailed interviews with the bayview hunters point multi-purpose center, the southeast health center, and san francisco air transit. finally, i would like to take a moment to highlight the last two things in the report. first of all, it gives me great pleasure to introduce a new member of staff, filling the principal engineer position. she is standing over there. she joins us with a distinguished record. she is a graduate of the uc- berkeley graduate school, like myself. she has an ms in civil engineering.

she has worked extensively for the private and public sector. she has also worked as a consultant for the california high speed rail program, in the program management office, developing th. she brings program level management experience. she has even been the owner of her own firm. we are delighted to have her with us. commissioner mirkarimi: welcome. >> the last thing, when the annual audit, auditors have finished the field work. although they have to continue their detailed work in september, i can predict a clean on it again. thank you to cynthia fong and

her staff. -- clean audit again. and that concludes my report. commissioner mirkarimi: thank you. colleagues, any comments or questions for either my report, or the executive director's? any public comment? public comment is closed. item five. >> item 5. reappoint jackie sachs to the citizens advisory committee. this is an action item. commissioner mirkarimi: comment? seeing none. public comment is closed. roll call.

we have 10 ayes. commissioner mirkarimi: item 6 please. >> item 6. approve the fiscal year 2011/2012 transportation fund for clean air program of projects. this is an action item. commissioner mirkarimi: comment, question? public comment? public comment is closed. roll-cacommissioner weiner: does include the projects around the schools, speed zones? the next item, sorry. >> [roll call]

11 ayes. commissioner mirkarimi: next item please. >> item 7. allocate $25,287,291 in prop k funds, with conditions, for fifteen annual requests, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedules, and amend three 5-year prioritization programs. this is an action item. commissioner mirkarimi: commissioner wiener? commissioner weiner: i have a question for staff relating to the speed zones around schools, which is important. the question is, is there an enforcement plan for the zones, in terms of collaborating with sfpd? the second question is the timing of when this will happen, related to the school year. >> if i may, commissioner,

you're really referring to item eight. i am sorry that we misled you. we can take that item first, so we can answer the commissioners question. commissioner weiner: i thought we were on the8. why don't we wait until we are on that item. commissioner mirkarimi: any conversation on this item? ok. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. same house, same call. colleagues? so moved. now item eight. >> item 8. allocate $1,255,420 in prop k funds, with conditions, for six projects, and appropriate $78,866 in prop k funds for planning and implementation of the integrated travel demand management partnership project, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedules, and amend the relevant 5-year prioritization programs. this is an action item.

commissioner mirkarimi: commissioner wiener. commissioner weiner: ditto. [laughter] >> related to your question, the short answer is, there is not yet an enforcement plan attached to that item. further comment on that is we have made the point a couple of times, that it is important to have an enforcement plan before and after to understand how we are expending funds on this. this will have a real impact. enforcement has been the weak link, so to speak, in the process, for many years, installing signs.