audience currently, it would stand. vice chairman brinkman: all in favor? opposed? secretary boomer: a kick, moving on to the regular calendar. director heinicke: one question? those changes were made with input from the taxicab community. is that correct? was there input sought on all of this, or at least, were they given -- the changes to the traffic patterns and stopping regulations surrounding the ballpark after the games are over, did the taxi communities receive an opportunity to provide their input?

>> we worked very closely with the giants and also the coordinating committees in the neighborhood when we suggested this, and i think they did reach out to the taxi groups. >> and this was a trial. we can monitor very closely and make any tweaks as necessary. >> but you did not receive any objections from the taxi communities, the driving communities? >> no, we did not. secretary boomer: moving on, yet members of the public who wish to address you. vice chairman brinkman: anyone? secretary boomer: would you like public comment first proof thoughts?

>> -- public comment first? thoughts? >> we have some people here, and they can walk through whatever level of detail, what you heard last time. they can summarize it, or we can go directly to public comment, as you wish. vice president brinkman: how many items? four? anybody in a hurry? >> we would like to summarize what recovered last time and what is before you for consideration. >> sure, mike martin, with the

office of work force development. as you heard during your meeting, this has become a really central document for the planning of the america's cup, and i really want to compliment you again and your staff in particular for getting ahead of what is one of the major questions as to how we are going to manage this event and all of the people coming to the waterfront, and i think the community engagement that came with a process where we allow us to get ahead as we put together what is the vision for the america's cup in san francisco. as we talked about this before, this is the first time these will be available by short. we had to do a lot of thinking from scratch, borrowing on a lot of ideas that are out there, thinking about ways to bring forward new thinking, pilots products, things that would not only benefit the event and have it legacy but for the city. so we used the plan for some of

our apartment was mouth is, and the things we were able to do. what is before you today is the adoption of the ceqa findings that was certified by the planning commission and upheld by the board of supervisors. the key sort of mitigation strategy is the people plan, so it endorses that plan. it also endorses further work to bring that to an implementation stage, so we are looking forward to continue to work with your staff and can answer questions based on what you heard last time or what you hear in public comment. vice president brinkman: thank you. should we hear public comment? secretary boomer: [reading names] >> speaking to bicycling as an

expansion part of how we will get this done. it is not just that we're going to tolerate bicycles. we are going to put them front and center. we have been working with mike and peter and their team, and we are pleased with how that is going. some of the biggest parking that has been seen. bicycle rental, by a share, pedicab. transit integration, all the best of this agency coming together, and working with agencies outside of this agency, really making that work, but what we are really keen on did mismanage of is the temporary legacy improvements to bicycle circulation. they are safe, comfortable, welcoming to everybody. locals and visitors alike, and we are really, really keen on making sure that we take advantage of the america's cup to show everybody what anbar

derryl can look like when it works for bicycles. what spur brought forward a couple of years ago, -- what the embarcadero can look like. so polk street is a key corridor. and then there is the good golden triangle. we are already working on a better market street, but the america's cup is a way to make it work better. we hope that you will support all of this business, but know that your agency, we are here to help. we want to make sure it is a beautiful event and that every becomes by -- everybody comes by. -- by bike. vice chairman brinkman: thank

you. secretary boomer: [reading names] >> draw a name in the sand when it comes to money. i do not want to ruin a party, but do not let this event happen on the backs of this agency or preferably any other agency in the city. do not let this event suck money out of our city coffers. in fact, do everything you can to get money coming into our city coffers. suck the other way. enough has already gone that way. secretary boomer: thank you. david? >> thank you, i will try to not

coppinger in saying that. this should not take away from the core muni and mta services, and i continue to believe that. i continue to not be particularly involved in the planning for the america's cup. i am kind of doing some other things around town, and i also did not have a chance to read the statement of overriding considerations, and i apologize, because i really liked to read these. i am kind of a ceqa guy that way. i am not sure in what kind of small face -- space you are finding and what items are not getting the needed with respect to the muni and the mta, but i would hope that you would find ways to address them, and if you cannot, i am not sure i would adopt the statement of overriding considerations. i would try to mitigate those

items within the america's cup effort overall, using the people plan and other reference to try to address those, as she said in her own way that we should not impact the rest of the system. those are our thought. secretary boomer: thank you. next speaker. >> i am here from the advisory committee. for many years, we have been advocating the e line. mr. albert has been to our meetings in developing the people's plan, and we are deeply

disappointed that the contractor you is -- who is rehabilitating this will be unable to do this to have any kind of service using the cars that are designated for it for the america's cup, at least this year. it has been our hope for 15 years to have regular e line service, who live in south beach, to get to the northern waterfront. it is a service which we believe will have enormous traffic. there is still the possibility that you could cobble together some sort of service during the two months this summer of the america's cup for e line

service, and we would like you to do that. after all, the america's cup is supposed to pay for the cost of this, so this is not something that would come out of your budget, and then we look forward to working with you next year. secretary boomer: that is the last person to have turned in a speaker card. vice chairman brinkman: questions? director bridges: i thought they would go into bolstering the service. it would be nice to know, i am sure you have thought about this, what kind of safeguards

you have built in, making sure this does not turn into a liability, that is a benefit of the city. >> the people plan was developed with a number of principles that we reviewed at the last meeting. one of the principles is not to read first impact dated the operations really of any of the city agencies, and i think that goes for the entire america's cup, and to have a positive legacy behind once the america's cup leaves. you are correct in the service in support of the america's cup will be supplemental, and there has been great care given to ensuring the daily service for the rest of us who may or may not be participating and are spectating for the america's

cup. there is funding that will be raised and provided to offset the costs to the different agencies, the fire departments, the mta, for the service they are providing. to be honest, the extent to which we was a 100% cost recovery is not clear at this point. however, aside from the news that will come from the event, as you saw in the presentation last time, there is an anticipated $1 billion positive impact to the local economy, and we directly benefit with any positive impact. we see the america's cup as an ability to ship is our system, to showcase our ability to search our capacity for a large

number of people, to get more people of on to me and other modes of transportation. the message is do not plan on driving to come to the america's cup, so we see some ability to test and pilot some supplemental service that will serve us, in some cases for regular service, such as the e line and ultimately be able to to earning that large dividend for the city. i think we certainly see it as not at all in conflict, the ability to provide database service and a great benefit to the agency in the city. >> if i can respond to that, that was one of the first things i thought about, as well.

before ibis even appointed, people were talking about this issue. one of the things i am excited about was about the billion dollar potential revenue, tremendous for the folks for what we can gain, i had made a request for some sort of a form that shows or in a report that articulates those benefits, and i saw something like that in the plan, and i did want to compliment staff, and i am going to support this plan moving forward if with the those -- move forward with those thoughts

in mind. thank you. >> just to understand the issue, because i am not sure that i do, there'll be some cost. we could lose some money, but we are not taking on any large capital projects or other things that will saddle us with ongoing debt. is that correct? i certainly year ms. élan -- va ughn's comments. we are supporting it on a world stage, and this to me sounds

like a right way to strike that balance. so i will move this item. vice president brinkman: all in favor? all opposed? ok. secretary boomer: item number 12, supporting the electrification of caltrain. >> he felt it was important that we move forward on this. he is the mta board's present on

the couch rain board, so he is connected to this issue in a number of ways, and while initially we were planning to bring this informational items, there has been a lot of discussion within the city family, through these terrific transportation and planning functions in the city. with regard to high-speed rail, there has been a divorce to the opinions taken with regard to high-speed rail throughout the state, and we want to make sure san francisco is very clear and strong in its support, with a few caveats that you and your of, and they are reflected before you, and we are likewise working on a regional level with san jose and others along been -- the caltrain corridor.

we are at a very important point. the next part will be submitted soon to the legislature, which will start the clock for them to act, so we wanted to bring this to you, articulating what others have been advocating a very strong support for the high- speed rail because of the critical importance to san francisco and its economy and the region, so very timely that we have this item before you today. i am pleased to have someone from the transportation authority here to present more or less the san francisco position. a little bit of background, where san francisco is an act on this.

-- is an act on this. -- is at on this. and we have another person with us. with that, i would turn it over to go through a presentation, as we will hear from another. vice president brinkman: thank you. >> i am with the transportation authority. briefly, this is like a five part presentation. we will talk a little bit about the working group we have a established in the city, and we will move on to talk about a business plan proposed by the authority last year.

and then our proposal that we believe will deliver high-speed rail earlier and more efficiently than what the high speed rail authority is currently planning. bensen next steps. the high-speed rail plan basically is to take high speed rail from los angeles to san francisco with the first phase, and then eventually on to sacramento. with the peninsula, the plan envisions having a minimum of three stations, one in centers say, it and one at the trans bay transit center. there are other potential locations, but that has not been decided yet. one of the things that we feel very strongly about, it is and

have been a champion of high- speed rail in california. the city is committed to high speed rail. i know that they have taken quite a beating in the press, but it is a very difficult job that they are working on. and they are providing fun during -- funding. this is the only element of the construction in the country today. the trans a transit center will be open for service in 2017, and when phase two is completed, before -- the extension of the service, it will provide connections to 11 different transit providers. this includes bards and so

forth. you can see it in the list -- this includes bart. the working group was formed a little over one year ago, and it was to deal with things. a summary of some concerns that we have included some options. it offered some in packs -- impacts, suggesting they should be to achieve great separation. while reducing access to mission bay and impacts to geneva avenue. the intention of the group was to bring together multiple

things for the city and so the city could speak with one voice. here you have a list of the members of the working group. the transportation authority, and then it city agencies. the economic and work force development, mta, the port, and the planning department. in the 1.5 years, almost two years that a working group has been established, they established because the agents it. -- established the agencies. a san francisco terminus.

we identified options for maintenance facility for the high-speed rail. and we looked at another approach. in addition to that, we have obtained agreement to include city options in the environmental documents. these graphics are a little bit engineer-y. been involved tunneling under 16th straight -- street. it is just a matter of the length.

this envisions the possibility of substituting a portion of the freeway with the surface boulevard, and then having the high-speed rail. the business plan. the california authority at a business plan established in 2008 and 2009. it requires a new plan this year, and it is a requirement of prop 1a before they have any. right now, we submitted our comments on january 13.

you have probably read the report from the legislative analyst on the business plan, and there are main concerns that there is some funding but not all. in reality, there is no large infrastructure project anywhere that they have committed to. that is just not the way it happens. the anbar and a review of -- the environmental review is true as a general statement, but what they have done is bring down the right mental document into different areas so they can

address whenever they are going to be building first ahead of time. and, of course, there is the issue of funding. right now, there is only $6 billion, and the cost is more than that. the phase 1 completion has been delayed. the cost has more than doubled. construction done in the central valley.

we relayed our own concerns with the business plan. the first one is that the first high-speed rain -- rail will not be until 2022. this will be at fourth and king, not at trans bay. 2034. the statement in the business plan basically said it would be as money became available. so there were concerns that we had. what you have is them saying it is a financially unconstrained schedule. all of the money will be needed.