at committee this month. of course, at the full board, if necessary. >commissioner chu: i would appreciate that. given the fact that we are fighting the receiving funding, it is a huge priority for me and the kids and schools that are near it. i would like to hear an update. >> thank you. back to the presentation, prop aa was approved by the voters. this is a vehicle transportation fee. we set up a program and built up to program reserves. the program gets going this year with 50% of revenues going to strip repairs, pedestrian safety, and the other 25% to reliability improvements. it is certainly a welcome about of steady revenue, even if it is not big. sustainable community strategy, the authority coordinated input

into the sustainable community strategy and regional transportation plan, which will guide over $200 billion in transportation funding coming into the region over the next 25 years, including 13 neighborhood meetings and public outreach for the rtp culture projects, block grant advocacy for fair and balanced funding formulas at the regional level, on which we cover it with both commissioners campos and weener -- wiener, coordination of all involved agencies with participation from board members. i want to thank several of you for consistently attending those meetings and providing policy guidance. there is a major initiative that got under way in 2011, the state of the san disco transportation plan. this is a 30-year look at the future mobility of the city.

-- san francisco transportation plan. we received over 400 responses from agencies and citizens from around the city. we created a primer to show what it would take to meet our goals. the project characterization and development of alternatives is underway and update is expected in summer 2012. we also got the congestion management program approved for 2011. that was an action you took in december, which is key to maintaining eligibility to receive state and federal funds. a couple of important highlights. alternative measures, performance, speed ratios, ceqa transportation reform initiatives related to alternatives to the level of service metric, transportation sustainability project, which is coming to you on a different

circuit for approval, the culmination of the authority's efforts in this area, which makes us now the leader in this field, both in the state and national level. moving away from almost a century of level of service as the metric for performance. in the planning arena, we have had a very busy year with the better market street project kickoff, which built on the authority's 2005 market study, 2000 a strategic analysis report. it is one of the most comprehensive examinations of the most emblematic street in the city. in the authority and contract in england say -- the authority it is contrasting with multiple design teams. i suppose you will be seeing those soon in the next couple of months. we have very key pricing initiatives. we anticipate we will have the

mobility management agency designated for treasure island, with more than 8000 residential units. that organization will be implementing the pricing and transportation programs required on the island. the core mission of the agency is expected in the spring of 2012. this will give us an opportunity to further reinforce the case for the treasure island transportation project, along with the northeast corridor project, as top performers in the original transportation assessment with the mtc. we have a seminal study on 19th avenue transit that we are going to be moving forward with after obtaining a caltrans planning grant. this is for the realignment of the m line, strengthening the connections to daly city bart from 19th avenue, as well as coordination with land

development in the area. we have also been working on the balboa park station circulation study where we also obtained a caltrans grant to do a feasibility analysis to improve access to muni, bart, enhance pedestrian safety, and support for a citizen advisory committee to track progress of the station improvement projects. we have a number of ongoing studies and projects including travel management partnerships, octavius circulation studies, bay shore intermodal access the study, western soma neighborhood transportation plan, and major improvements to our forecasting models. we also obtained a trout -- caltrans grant for the bayview hunters point mobility solutions study. this is a seminal effort on how to do more with what we have and

to knit the community together in the process. we're looking forward to completing the study this year. we have also made progress on the bike county study which is a multi-jurisdictional, multi- agency, multi-year study to look at the southeast corner of the city and adjacent areas in some detail county. in 2011, this effort resulted in priority projects worth over $600 million, including a geneva brt line, reconfigured candlestick interchange, and other improvements. i anticipate you will have a report on that in the next couple of months as well. the chair already mentioned the agreement on the presidio parkway second phase funding. i will not review that again. we also have underway the

process for getting the van ness brt project on the ground, the draft eir eis was released in november 2011. the project has already been mentioned, named the top performer for small start at the federal for the third year in a row by that ftfederal transit administration. there will also be a parallel decision at the mta board. we will be working with them to have that be the best course of the city. a total expected cost of $125 million. geary corridor has also made progress. they are essentially hoping to

present designs in spring 2012, the cost expected to be around $215 million. transbay transit center has made a lot a progress this year, $70 million demolition contract completed, 185 million contract excavation for the but his work. that is under way. above grade construction package is 90% complete. we are essentially all go on the first phase. the second phase, however, we have a shortfall. that will be the focus of commissioner wiener's initiative on high-speed rail for a unified product delivers the downtown extension of electrification and separation along the peninsula. the next slide talks about the initiative that the chair moment -- mentioned a moment ago related to a fast start concept

to high-speed rail. we are working with the mayor's office and involved agencies, including the high-speed rail authority, a ticket to a project that serves our needs and meets the requirements of getting to the transbay in our lifetime. central subway is also making tremendous progress. a grant of $57 million in prop k this year for tunnel construction. there is a $233 million tunnel construction project awarded already. the mta received a letter of the prejudice this year from the federal transit administration, a lawman the start of construction for the tunnel boring machines. this is a $1.6 billion project which is now under way. the report covers a number of other items related to fleet renovation, radio replacement, and other key projects at muni,

as well as a reminder that we are now providing over 900,000 trips to persons with disabilities who are unable to use regular muni service. prop k is providing about half of the total amount needed to provide that service, $9.7 million. there has been great progress in reducing fraud and trimming costs of operation through the implementation of a debit payment card. and the remaining pages look at items that are also paid out of the street and traffic safety transportation system management category of prop k, including street resurfacing, curb ramps, sidewalk repairs, street cleaning, pedestrian countdown signals, and a number of other small but important projects. finally, in terms of national reporting, we have our annual independent audit, which yielded

an unqualified audit report. no findings, no recommendations. i think this is the eighth year in a row. as a culmination of a good year, fitch ratings upgraded the authority's credit rating from aa to aa +. that is something to celebrate, will mean lower borrowing costs for us. it is coupled with the action that he took today to significantly lower the cost -- you took to date to submit a lower-cost of our interest rate in the paper so the program. i want to thank all of you for your leadership at the local and regional level and your partnership with us in making these accomplishments possible. i also want to thank the city departments and other agencies that are recipients of prop k, as well as regional planning and funding agencies. i want to thank our staff, our

greatest assets. i also want to have a word of thanks for our interns, who i call our greatest assets in the making, and our consultants. i would be happy to answer any questions. commissioner campos: commissioner kim? commissioner kim: i have a question on something i saw in the report. under the lifeline transportation program there is funding for the 108. curious as to what those enhancements are? >> these are enhancements to service. perhaps there is someone on staff at once to provide a more in-depth -- >> the funding from the lifeline was used to maintain the levels of service to the 108. commissioner campos: thank you

para colleagues, any other questions? i just have a general questions. with the major projects that you reported on, just encouraging you to make sure you are communicating with any supervisor whose district is directly impacted by an individual project. i know, for instance, with van ness brt, district 3, two, would be impacted. making sure that those two supervisors provide their input as we try to figure out a preferred alternative. with respect to anything else, -- goyal drive, for instance -- doyle drive, for instance, making sure that the district

supervisor is informed of what is happening. >> thank you. we are in the process right now of scheduling update meetings with all of the appropriate offices on van ness brt and a couple of other projects. it is a good suggestion over all, and we will be following up on that. commissioner campos: i would also encourage my colleagues, if there are any projects within your district or outside, that you are particularly interested in, make sure to reach out to us if you would like to have an additional brief or further information. thank you. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. please, come forward. >> united public workers for action. i wanted to talk about the ongoing retaliation by the mta

against drivers who make sexual harassment complaints. also, to make osha compliance pier the problem of the health and safety on the buses, lack of proper maintenance. these workers have been victimized by the mta. in addition, the mta has been cited by the sunshine commission for not providing documentation. we feel the mta is covered up systemic violations of rights of the employees and retaliating against making health and safety complaints. that has to be addressed. there is also the issue of outsourcing by the mta to non- union people, jobs such as video equipment, and they are lying to the public about the outsourcing, which is illegal under the contract that these unions have appeared that needs to be addressed. when city employees can do the work, why is that big outsourced by the mta? i believe it has to do with nepotism and the need -- the

want to go non-union. i also want to talk about proposition g, which has had an adverse effect on workers where they can no longer argue against working conditions at the agency. this should be repealed, in our view. it is detrimental to workers having some control over their working conditions because it prevents them from doing anything. finally, i want to address the issue of public agencies that will be impacted as a result of proposition c. prime know the mayor and all the board members here voted in favor of it. we know what is happening to the redevelopment agency. there is no reciprocity for public employees, which means public employees can now transfer out and receive data at another public agency. people who want to go to mta, work in the transportation system, will no longer have reciprocity. this is an attack on public employees. other public employees

throughout the state have this. san francisco employees do not have this as a result of proposition c, which you all voted for. commissioner campos: thank you. this is public comment on the 2011 annual report. thank you. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. please call item 16. >> my apologies. this is an action item. i know that the house has changed. >> [roll call]

the item passes. commissioner campos: thank you. again, we want to think the executive director and his staff for the work that went into the annual report. please call item 16. >> introduction of new items. this is an information item. commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, any new items that you want to reduce? madam clerk, please call item 17. >> public comment. commissioner campos: this is an opportunity for the public to revive public comment on any item within the jurisdiction of the san francisco county transportation authority but is not otherwise on the agenda today. >> good afternoon. my name is dorian maxwell. i am a victim of the negligent

behavior of this authority for allocating proper funding to the sfmta for proper maintenance of their transit vehicles. i have a 23% disability because i got injured a muni bus. something has to be done here. the mta has to answer to this board as far as the responsibility of making sure they have adequate funding to take care of the needs of the riding public. the public is in danger on the muni vehicles, and these issues need to be addressed. as an end result, i come before you, mr. campos, and show you pictures of muni vehicles with defective tires. i was retaliated against. i was terminated because i spoke

out to cal osha, highway patrol, places that could help us. it is your jurisdiction to make sure that the public -- as a supervisor, it is your obligation to your constituents to make sure they have save transit vehicles in your district. but do you do that? no, you sit here and you pass b.s. litigation for the big businesses, you have got to be able to take care of your own infrastructure before you can enhance it. if you cannot do that, if you cannot make a basic decision on making sure your constituents have safe, reliable transportation, there is no need to expand it. commissioner campos: thank you very much. next speaker please. >> my name is cynthia carter.

i am also a wrongfully terminated driver of the sfmta due to my filing a sexual harassment charge, due to me being a whistle-blower. something needs to be done. they need to go to sfmta management and see what is going on. when you file a complaint, like i did, sexual harassment charges, i was terminated. they came after me. i was terminated within a year of filing those charges. yet, the harasser still works, like it is nothing. he has arrest other women who are afraid to come forth. something has to be done at the sfmta. commissioner campos: thank you. >> united public workers for action. this is an example of the

systematic harassment and retaliation against mta employees. the effect of this has not been addressed by supervisors and the mayor is a serious question. why aren't they being addressed? women are being harassed sexually, discriminated at the airport. sexual harassment is going on. these workers are being retaliated and are being told to shut up. where is the action by workers on the city board? additionally, there have been people murdered in san francisco on the buses as a result of criminal negligence by the mta management. they are putting on bus drivers without proper training. for you supervisors that want to reform you me, part of that is having confident management that does not put drivers on a line where people get killed as a result of the mismanagement. we are talking about criminal negligence, and the sport has a responsibility to address these

accidents, which are caused by the mismanagement of the mta. and it's to be an independent investigation into why drivers who have not been properly trained are being put out upon driving jobs and people are killed as a result of that. who pays for that? the person killed? the driver was concluded and the city of seven cisco has to pay these lawsuits, which adds up stew -- san francisco has to pay these lawsuits, which adds up to a lawsuit. stop the deaths in san francisco caused by the mismanagement of the mta and management. commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. madam clerk, please call item 18. >> adjournment. commissioner campos: meeting adjourned, thank you.

>> you probably think you know all about the exploratorium.

but have you ever been after dark? did you know there was a monthly party called after dark? science mixes with culture and adults mix with other adults. no kids allowed. every week there is a different theme. to tell us about the themes is melissa alexander. tell us about some of the previous themes we have had. >> we have had sex ploration, sugar, red, blue. many things. >> what is the theme tonight? >> rock, paper, scissors. we are having a tournament tonight, but we have also used as a jumping off point to explore lots of different ideas. you can find out about rock, paper, scissors as a game as a reproductive strategy.

you can interact with a piece of art created by lucky dragon. you can get your hair cut from a cool place called the public barber's salon. they use scissors only. you can find out about local geology, too. >> that sounds like fun. let's check it out. >> this is the most common rock on the surface of the earth. interesting thing is, most of this rock is covered over by the ocean. >> error congested a cool presentation on plate tectonics. tell us about what we just saw. >> we wrapped up a section of a lesson on a plate tectonics, here at the exploratory and -- exploritorium. >> are you excited to see people here having fun and learning

about science? >> the people that come here are some selected to begin with, they actually enjoy science. i teach teachers to have fun with their kids. the general public is a great audience, too. they're interested in science. >> we have a blast every time. they have different names. >> they have a bar and a cafe. everything i need. we are excited for the speaker. >> it is nice to be in the exploratorium when there are not a lot of kids around. >> before tonight, i never knew there were major league rules to rock, paper, scissors. i am getting ready to enter into a competition. sarah's here to give me some tips. what do i need to do to win it? >> this is a game of chance, to a degree. one of the best ways to bring it home is a degree of intimidation, maybe some eye

contact, maybe some muscle. it is a no contact sport. sheer i contact is a good way to maybe intimidate to see if you can set them off, see if they throw something they did not mean to. >> i am going to see what happens. >> i got kicked out in the first round. [applause] >> given up for sunni. the rock, paper, scissors champion. >> what are you going to do now? >> i have been having so much fun. i got my tattoo. before we go, i want to thank melissa alexander for having us here tonight. how did you know san francisco needed a night like tonight? >> thank you for coming. everybody loves the lo