$2.7 billion need down to just a little over $2 billion, but because we only have $1.98 billion in revenues, we still have some gap to close, off -- so we will continue to put projects on that screen that we can bring to you in april a balanced budget. we are also looking at existing projects that have balances, and considering whether or not we need to complete those projects or bring some of those balances forward to address some of these needs, and we are doing that cleanup now, and we will be bringing to you a balanced capital budget proposal along with the operating budget in april. so that is our update on where we are with the operating and capital budgets with a lot coming in the next few months. chairman nolan: ms, members of

the board, any comments? any members of the public? secretary boomer: david pilpell. >> there is a lot of information here, so let me be quick, and maybe i will ask a question at the end. these require a little more detailed explanation, at least to the public. the $2 million in management reductions, not clear what that is, the determination of the leases was not clear what and where the operating impacts would be. i want to be clear, on page 11 of the operating hand out, that charging for transfers i think it's a bad idea. similarly, charging for the

clipper, that is bad. there could be a discount for multiple rides on the clipper, similar to tokens, so if somebody wants to load $40 worth of cash, i would give them more than 20 rides so there is an incentive to use multiple rides using clipper, tokens, but i would not charge more overtly for a cash there unless we are increasing cash fares generally, and we have had some discussions about ratios between the cash fares and the ratios. on slide 12, the automatic indexing, one of the boxes, the 13-dollar fare, i believe sometimes in the past we were told that it cannot exceed twice

or anything else on the system, which is cable cars, and the staff may want to look at that. i look forward for more detail on the operating budget so i can comment more use only on that. if i can have a moment on the capital budget, it is only a few dollars billion. there are 16 program categories here, but this does not list specific projects, those things that are at or below the line and at risk of not being funded, that when help understand how the prioritization plays out, and i have always believed that those projects that save operating and maintenance costs should be the highest priority, and those that expand the system or increase operating costs should be correspondingly a

lower priority. it appears that that is calculated in here, and i certainly see director reiskin's philosophy about breaking down crotchets explained very well here, so i look forward to more detail, and a look forward to the budget deliberations before this board. chairman nolan: thank you. secretary boomer: mark grueber. >> mark grueber. this was a date that we were told that we would have discussion of the tax proposals, which you may have an idea now that are very controversial, and i would really hate to see us stopped at the end of a long meeting, which will then be a

very long meeting, and try to get your attention devoted to this other issue when you are probably at wit's end already. i would say to push this whole thing back to may. there is no need for you to be discussing these tax changes now. there is another round of the medallion sales that is just about to get underway, and that will be the thing that is going to provide your revenues going forward at this point, so give us the opportunity to have our issues discussed in an atmosphere where they may make a difference. secondly, and this is totally unorthodox, and probably any political consultant will tell you it is a harebrained scheme beyond any possibility of passage, but i see you have five revenue solutions in terms of ballot measures, and my thought

was, why not put all of these before the public at once and say, "take your choice"? it is very hard to get a tax measure passed, and if you say to the public, "we have to have a solution. you take your pick." and those that do not get enough votes fall by the wayside. only the one that got the highest number of votes would pass. they would be receptive to that. just an idea. chairman nolan: interesting thought. there is a conversation going on around the budget proposal. it is one better than three or four, so interesting. mayor brown weighed in on this. anyone else on this one? secretary boomer: there is no one else. chairman nolan: an action item.

how long do you anticipate the closed session? 10 minutes? we have a request for the break. secretary boomer: item number 12, a discussion and vote to go to closed session. chairman nolan: all in favor? all right, we will be back at 20 after. secretary boomer: the directors went into closed session, and i never drove in the discussion to vote to disclose or not to disclose the closed session.

chairman nolan: motion to disclose? not to disclose. secretary boomer: and as you noted, at today's meeting will be adjourned in honor of hannah. chairman nolan: ok. thank you.

commissioner campos: good morning and welcome to the tuesday put your 28th 2012 meeting of the san francisco county transportation authority. i would like to begin by thanking the staff of sfgtv who are covering this meeting. the clerk of the committee is erika cheng. please call item one. >> [roll call]

we have a quorum. commissioner campos: thank you. please call item two. >> item 2. 31, 2012 and february 7, 2012 meetings. this is an action item. commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. this is an action item. we have a motion by commissioner carmen chu and seconded by john i. avalos. can the tip of without objection? please call item three. >> chair's report. this is an information item. commissioner campos: i want to make a brief report. first of all, thank you for the

opportunity to serve as the chair of the transportation authority. it has been a very busy first month and wanted to report on a number of things. first of all, we have some issues that come out -- came up in terms of the funding of the second phase for the presidio parkway. we just had a meeting with the mayor to discuss that. as you may be aware, that project will be delivered through a public-private partnership. we are very excited to see that move forward. as you know, the first phase is nearing completion. the public-private partnership provides an opportunity to demonstrate that we can deliver on time on schedule, and frankly, transfer and a majority of the risk to the private- sector while at the same time capitalizing on the benefits that they provide. we have a funding strategy for

closing the budget cap that has been identified. i did not want to go into the specifics of that but i want to thank the county transportation authority staff for their work in making that happen, as well as the mayor's office, for their collaboration and assistance from the mtc > let me also -- mtc. let me also talk about what is happening around high-speed rail. i want to thank commissioner wiener and his staff for highlighting the issue and forgetting all the city partners on the same page around that important issue. i look forward to the opportunity to continue to have that discussion. in our meeting with the mayor today we emphasize the importance of the city speaking with one voice around high speed rail. i know there will be ongoing meetings to make sure that happens, and that will entail

collaboration between the county transportation authority, mayor's office, mta, and mtc. i want to thank commissioner wiener for that. as i mentioned at the last meeting, we will be commencing a series of meetings with individual supervisors, commissioners, to talk about projects that are happening in the 11 super is oriole districts. you will be hearing from staff in the very near future to set those up. i want to make sure that each one of you supervisors is aware of the projects happening in your district, make sure that you understand and are informed of the involvement of the transportation authority and those projects, and to the extent there are any concerns that may arise, make sure we are corrective in addressing those concerns. the one thing we want to avoid is having happened but last --

what happened last month in district 6. finally, i want you to know there is the legislative conference at the american public transportation association, march 11 through the 13th. i know in number of you have been invited to attend. i know our executive director and other staff will be going, and i plan to be there as well. we are still trying to finalize the details of that schedule. one of the objectives is to make sure we also advocate for additional funding for many of the projects that are currently in the works. i look forward to providing you more information on that. beyond that, that is the end of my report. i do not know if there are any comments or questions from my colleagues are members of the public to want to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. please call item four.

>> executive director's report. this is an information item. >> good morning, executive director. i have still to present to you meet annual report -- the annual report. i will keep my comments in line with that. i just wanted to clarify for you come as a corollary to the statement the chair just made about the funding arrangements for resolving the funding issues for the second phase of the doral drive -- doyle drive. we are planning a short meeting next tuesday to take care of that. you will receive a notice on that soon. and i will keep my other comments for the annual report.

commissioner campos: one of the things i tried to avoid is having the special meetings. please say why there is a need for a special meeting -- meeting, and the timing for this is such, unless action is not taken by a specific time, we may lose some funding. >> absolutely. this has been a very complex process getting a solution on the issue. it required i attend the transportation commission last week and it required several other contacts the mtc, mayor's office. we really got resolution on this too late to note it for today. we do not have a choice, as far as not being able to deal with it today. we cannot wait until their regular march board meeting because they would be acting before that. they have to take action on the

state transportation program the third week of this month. so we would be missing an opportunity and endangering the tfia loan the government will be giving us, as well as the project as a whole. we do not have a choice. i think the arrangement that we have reached is fairly straight forward. we should be able to have a meeting and get it by next tuesday. i apologize we have to do it that way. we already have enough meetings. thank you for your patience on that. commissioner campos: thank you. any questions for the executive director? why don't we open it up to public comment. 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 five. >> item 5. increase the amount of the professional services contract with wmh corporation by $4,300,000, to a total amount not to exceed $5,900,000, to complete preliminary engineering, environmental

analysis, and design services of the yerba buena island bridge structures and authorize the executive director to modify contract terms and conditions. this is an action item. commissioner campos: thank you. items five through 11 are items that were heard and considered by the finance committee. i do not know if commissioner wiener has anything to add, as chair of the finance committee, to any of the items. commisioner wiener: no, mr. chair. commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. roll-call on item five. >> [roll call]

the item passes. commissioner campos: please call item six. >> item 6. award a two-year consultant contract to fehr & peers, in an amount not to exceed $165,000, for planning services for the balboa park station area circulation study, and authorize the executive director to negotiate contract terms and conditions. this is an action item. > commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we take that item same house, same call? the item passes. please call item seven. >> item 7. award a two-year consultant contract to arup north america limited, in an amount not to exceed $318,000, for planning services for the 19th avenue transit corridor investment study, and authorize the executive director to negotiate contract terms and conditions. this is an action item. commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. san house, same call. the item passes. please call item 8.

>> item 8. execute an amendment to increase the interior architectural contract agreement with gensler by $168,876, to a total amount not to exceed $206,500, for additional interior architectural, acoustical and audiovisual consulting services for the authority workspace at 1455 market street and authorize the executive director to modify certain terms and conditions. this is an action item. commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. same house, same call. the item passes. item nine. >> item 9. authorize the executive director to substitute the credit facility for the $200,000,000 commercial paper program, to enter into a new credit and/or liquidity facility agreement with the top-ranked bank, and to negotiate agreement terms and conditions. this is an action item. commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. the house has changed. if we could have a roll call. >> [roll call]

the item passes. commissioner campos: please call item 10. >> item 10. approve the 2012 state and federal legislative program. this is an action item. commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. the house has changed. if we could get a roll call on this item. >> [roll call] the item passes. commissioner campos: item 11.

>> item 11. adopt a position on state legislation. this is an action item. commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. the item passes. item 12. >> item 12. reappoint peter tannen to the citizens advisory committee for a two-year term. this is an action item. commissioner campos: this is items 12 through 14 considered by the plans and programs committee. on items fall, commissioner wiener. commisioner wiener: i want to thank the plans and programs committee for reappointing peter to the cac. he is a district 8 resident. he worked at the mta before his retirement, working on the bike program. he is a tremendous advocate for progressive transportation policies, so i want to thank colleagues in advance for supporting his appointment.

commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call. the item passes. item 13. >> item 13. allocate $209,514 in prop k funds, with conditions, to the san francisco municipal transportation agency for two requests, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedules, and amend the traffic calming 5-year prioritization program. this is an action item. commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? the item passes. please call item 14. >> item 14. adopt the fiscal year 2012/2013 transportation fund for clean air local expenditure criteria. this is an action item. commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? the item passes.

please call i-215. >> -- item 15. >> item 15. adopt the 2011 annual report. this is an action item. commissioner campos: we heard this item at the last meeting, but this will allow us the opportunity to have a full presentation and a more robust discussion. mr. milosevic -- moscovich? >> as you correctly said a moment ago, this is a statutory requirement for section 13 1.303 of the california puc. we do it as an annual report to be adopted by the board in january of each year. it is fitting to start with a

quick analysis of trends, in terms of the programming of funds. the first thing that should be said is our revenue has increased by more than 10% over the calendar year 2011, up from $68 million in 2010, to over $75 million in 2011. at the same time, we experienced lower product delivery and demand for prop k funds than anticipated in the 2009 strategic plan update. more availability of state funds -- bonds and federal bonds was the situation for us in terms of outside funding than originally expected. that led to the staff recommendation not to issue long-term debt, given the conditions on the ground. on page four of our presentation, i want to call your attention to the same

trends, in terms of slower anticipated project delivery. you can see that on the first row, locations and to date of $588 million, expenditures of only $390 million. in the bottom row, a total of $853 million allocated by this board, but only $530 million spent. obviously, we cannot rejoiced and a lot of the money allocated stays on the table because that money needs to be used for projects, otherwise, there are products escalation costs. inflation is hard to be on these things and we are always looking for the opportunity to expedite project delivery. that may give you a quick overview of other funds that have come our way, especially stimulus funds. $40 million in american recover

and reinvestment act funds, programming them to several programs throughout the city, replacement of the visit vera street, bush, williams avenue, jones, seventh street, laguna honda, and third street. we also use them to build 200 curb ramps, 60 pedestrian signals, and 90 countdown signals, which is the most popular item we have on the agenda today. all of those items are now open for use. another $160 million awarded to signature products -- projects, which we discussed separately. terms of state funding, the budget crisis in this cycle is only $30 million over the five- year cycle, of which 10.9 or regional improvement fund, 2.2 in enhancements. these are funds that are now

threatened by the republican- flavored service transportation act proposal in congress. the regional improvement program funds committed to prop k signature projects for presidio parkway, transbay terminal, caltrain, central subway, funds go to the safety campaign and conversion crosswalk project. there has been quite a bit of progress in terms of the bicycle program coordination with the lifting of the court injunction against the bicycle plan. following this board's policy action, we will work with bart, caltrain, mta, and dph, with input from the bicycle committee to ensure a steady stream of projects ready to be implemented. we prioritize funds for by product planning and design. among those, the open field