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. [applause]

>> good evening. welcome to the third annual palo awards. thank you for allowing me to participate in this event. i hope you understand how out of place i am here. i mean that sincerely. it is an occupational hazard i have encountered the past few years, taking on this role in "the big bang theory." this is not the first invitation to events for which i am ill suited. i once introduced nobel prize- winning physicist george smoot, because i play a character who is a physicist and a genius. i am neither. science class was the only class i ever failed. while i am not an absolute dunce, i learn the signs phrases

i speak on the show. i memorize them the same way you learn english phonetically. it is a good trick. i often speak at comiccon, because i play a character obsessed with, and books. i don't know anything more about comics ben -- than "cathy" or "calvin and hobbes." i finally had to admit i had never seen an episode of "star trek." i am so sorry. i never know if my thumb is supposed to be in and -- in or out when i do the hand signal. i do not know what it means. i apologize to all of you. tonight, i have the privilege of speaking at the tech awards. regarding technology, my knowledge is limited to a few facts. i know the character i play on

tv uses a pc. i use a mac at home. the only difference to me is i think the mac is prettier. i just joined facebook in the past year. i have for the friends. [laughter] -- 40 friends. i joined twitter around the same time. i have no followers. i changed pseudonyms a dozen times. i sent messages to politicians and athletes to congratulate them on living after loss. despite all of this, i am here with you, the most tech-savvy people of all. i am grateful. i will not understand most of what you talk about, but i will listen carefully, and may be able to parrot back a phrase or two. i have very good memory. the pact follows award honors 20 individuals for their outstanding achievement in one of four critical areas of entrepreneurship -- general management, disruptive innovation, product marketing, and engineering.

for each category, 5 tech fellow awards will be permitted. to be fair, ask everyone to hold their applause until all the winners have been named. i always find it difficult, so i apologize. tonight, we recognize the men and women who have revolutionized the way we communicate. the rest of us will populate what they invent with videos and dancing babies. they will be only the third class admitted to the fellowship. the winners will invest over $2 million. this event honors the creative individuals to this great -- displayed courage in pushing the envelope and believing the genius of their own ideas. the world needs more of you.

without further ado. san francisco is, of course, famous for many things. there are cars, the golden gate bridge, alcatraz, the forty- niners. it is known as an incubator for innovation. more than 500 technology firms call this city home. a major reason for this is the welcome and support the city gives those who are willing to take big risks and think different. tonight, it is my honor to introduce a man who is a great friend to the technology -- technology committee, and the leader of this great city. please welcome the 43rd mayor of this great city, mr. ed lee. [applause] mayor lee: good evening. thank you for that introduction. welcome to the third tech awards in san francisco, the city of

innovation. i want to welcome you here. i understand there are 20 awards, $100,000 each. i think there will be 21 awards. i slept in one nomination that you might recognize. i want to thank the hosts here, techcrunch. a little over a year ago, they invited me to their media center and announced me as the first non-politician office holder. i want to thank the founders and the founders fund, our partner, and new enterprise associates. thank you for being the host of this great event. i am also very excited to hear all the nominees. so many of them are part of san francisco bay companies. i am proud to see their names pop up.

they are all great companies. every week, i do not know if you know this, but part of my schedule every week is i get to visit a new technology company and find out what is behind the name i do not understand. i was trying to understand that. look out. of course, i had a chance to google square and all these other companies. each time i have gone there, they had wonderful questions for me. the employees as well as the ceo's. i am glad to understand what they are doing here, how they are building themselves up, but the recruitment is like, and what we can do as a city to support your growing and staying here in san francisco. i am busy myself. these are forged with interactions with you, the dialogue i have with you on a

weekly basis. it should not surprise you that we began over a year ago getting rid of the payroll taxes in market. for those of you who do not want to be taxed, that is a good sign. it is a good sign when the mayor can agree with that. we are going to go beyond mid- market and change the peril tax and eliminate it, so we can find a way to support this growing industry. in addition, we got rid of something the city wanted, stock options taxes. with those two things, which allow you to -- [applause] we open up the door so you can converse with us. we are taking a few more steps further. as you know, i am one mayor in a country of mayors. but guess what? the cities are where things are happening? -- are worse things are happening. in my first u.s. conference of mayors, held in d.c. a few weeks

ago, i had a chance to do a couple of things, with your advice and support. we announced the city of san francisco, the first city to oppose pipa and sopa. [applause] thank you. we started a dialogue with other cities who had blindly signed on to those things, not knowing what they were about. now we have a conversation going that we cannot use the excuse that just because we are trying to end piracy that we curtail innovation. coming from san francisco, it means a lot to the city. i took advantage of our staff. i went to the president of the u.s. conference of mayors and said, "since we are innovating in san francisco, why not allow us an audience with the rest of the mayors across the country? could we create a task force?" they said absolutely. i get to head the task force for the u.s. congress of mayors.

when you innovate, and i talk to you about what you are doing, and get to present those on an annual basis to the rest of the mayors. if you are going to win tonight, that is the list i am going to start working from. i will then give you a national audience, so that if, by chance, your innovation would not only have the attraction of san francisco, but might have the attraction of several other mayors, the great merits of all the other cities -- that is the first, and i will be excited to introduce that on a daily basis, when we start the first task force with the u.s. conference of mayors. we are already working on this year. i want to tonight announce an exciting program i have, that my staff and i are going to be presenting. tonight is the first announcement of our innovation portfolio for 2012. it takes three parts to it, and

the first part is we are going to continue inviting you to help us change the way we do government. in gauge san francisco. that is first. that is where we announced that. something we have done, during the budget time, when we asked our citizens to give us the best ideas -- we are going to do that year round. we are going to make that improve san francisco year round and engage you on a daily basis. you are tech companies and cities of san francisco. give us your best ideas. that improves san francisco year round. that is objective number 1. objective two, we are going to change the business process in the city. we are going to use your technological expertise to help us figure out how, when you start a business now, you go to five or six different agencies five or six different agencies and challengers up with