would be respected by future will designs. -- rail designs. the study produce cost estimates that are detailed in chapter 7. the estimate for the station itself, between 50-$60 million. if you start to increase this, the cost rises pretty dramatically. we recognize that this is a high price tag. we think that this is a deliverable set of projects. we are expecting public and private contributions. there is actually a separate study called the by county transportation study that is exploring these funding options. we do expect to bring a report from the steady to the committee later this year and later in the spring. we do think that this area is very competitive for regional funds. we think the prospects are good. finally, i do want to touch on the recent finding environment.

we recognize that the economy has been slow and that has slowed the pace of land development. we have also seen the recent redevelopment which has taken away the major development tool for funding to transportation improvements. we can see that the land to develop a process may take place slowly than originally envisioned. the goal of the study really remains. we want this to be supportive of transit. we want a successful transit station. that does not change. how we get there, we might actually have to change. we think that there are some interest savings that can be done. we don't have to build all of the facilities all at once. we will have to think about other ways to capture the land base and funding contributions. >> could you give a for instance on what that would look like,

other land-based forces? >> we have not done an in-depth look about what those other sources could be. there are some things like infrastructure development that could be put in place that would be a similar mechanism to what we serve in terms of capturing value. there are hurdles that need to be overcome to put those things in place. we will have a more full report when we bring the study through to the committee in the future. in terms of the next steps, we would like to publish a final report on this study again so that it can be used to inform with other processes that are ongoing, especially with the bay lands. the current status is the environmental review, those two

land use in areas are being analyzed environmentally pant of the latest schedule is for some sort of a draft environmental impact report to be completed in some time 2012. also finalizing the circulation plan and define and development plan -- and design and develop a plan. we do plan to come up with some interest projects, especially for the rapid transit line. we are recommending a feasibility study as the next step for giving some more detail to what that would look like. we want to think about what the funds are that we could gather on the public and private side and improve our coordination. that concludes my presentation. this is the file report we are seeking approval for. >> thank you for your presentation. >> mr. chairman, commissioners.

just a quick aside on this. i would like to thank chester for his presentation 10 ten. we received presentation from a member of our citizens advisory committee. she could not be here today. i just distributed a copy to you. it is critical that i provide some comment on that. she has been very devoted to this issue. she has been a member of cac for a long time. she points out a connection for a long time that was pointed to, the need for proactive land use work around this area. she bemoans the demise of the redevelopment agency and point out that this is one of the areas that did not get carried over because there was not a plant in place.

it is unclear on who will take over the very important work, especially the housing work that she points out and we point out in the study. this is key to the viability of this project. we have a big connection with this project because of the third street project and this is an intermodal connectivity issue. this dates back to 1999. there has been some at the discussions about this stuff and it is all about making sure that the southeast corner of the city as it reshapes, this does not end up being a suburb. we want to make sure that there is really an opportunity for that area to develop as a model.

she essentially a urges you in your capacity as members of the board of supervisors to look into how that works at continues. i know that the questions on your mind and i don't have any answers for you. i'm looking to discuss this at the planning department. this would be a funding issue, i don't know that this would be eligible for funding but we would always be interested in cooperating with other city departments, perhaps to procure some kind of a stationary or planning grant or some appropriate grant that could help propel this work full word. i believe is fundamental that we pay attention to the land side of this which is not usually our specialty but without it, we are making the transportation side

and a bang for the buck investment. >> i am also serving as the oracle for a friend but i am trying to engage with you. >> thank you for your presentation and i agree in terms of it needs to be a joint effort around developing the land for housing and for density, also with transit. that will be a key to making it forward. i would say it is inevitable that we would see this part of san francisco and brisbane developed into a station that will actually be workable. right now, it is not. it does not serve a lot people. i am pretty familiar with it. i think that the study is really important about how we can proceed and different options. i appreciated the effort that was behind it. if there are no other questions, we can go on to public comment.

>> good morning, mr. chair and the commissioners. i am with the city county association of governments and i would like to first thank the transportation authority, your staff, especially for leading this station access study project. we fully are in support of of the study's findings and we look forward to continue working and collaborating on future projects that impact both san francisco and san mateo counties. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> good morning. our staff has been involved with this study since the beginning and i am here today to articulate our support.

we feel this is a great opportunity to make sure that we have sufficient in place being proactive in doing that and the efforts have been put forth are very good and we are supportive of those. >> thank you very much. course it is important to have a better connection between the t line and cal train. the question about the property that you asked and the staff addressed in part, it is

important that we not propose something that is going to impact this facility and the malls i have seen suggest a pretty significant structure their, perhaps a large box, if you will. i am not sure the alignments are really going to be workable and i would encourage staff to look carefully at that. this is redevelopment but i appreciate the director raising the correspondents. it remains to be seen how redevelopment will play out in this area. i want to say this in relation to an earlier item, as someone who served on both the 1989, and 2003 advisory committees, i feel that the staff could do more outreach to folks who have served on those prior bodies.

there is a lot of specific projects that get done in the studies such as this and and there could be more of that i reached the people who have had a long-term interest in transportation, funding, planning issues. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good morning. we are the primary landowner in the study area. we have been involved in the study process and are supportive of the approval of the steady. given where we are in the overall planning process. we submitted a letter requesting an alternative and we will submit that letter.

the reason we submitted that letter is it reflects our concern that the full range of the bay shore alternatives need to be considered in the future once the specific plans once they have moved past the review process. we expect the final process. it is probable that the design of the station will differed from all of the alternatives but nevertheless the study is useful in identifying some important considerations and benefits of each alternative. in this post redevelopment environment, we look forward to looking to design the most cost- effective station and to identify private and public funds that will be required to implement this strategy.

thank-you. >> thank you very much. any other member of the public that like to comment? seeing none, we will close public comment. colleagues, this item is before us. we have a motion to move forward. >> thank you. we will take that without objection. >> thank you. >> i am getting used to how these meetings are structured. i thought that he would respond. supervisor olague: i wanted to comment on the letter from fran martin earlier. she pointed out that the oversight board or may oversees

the formally developed areas. the other six redevelopment areas, we need dedicated staff for those remaining areas. i know the mentioned that you would be speaking with the planning director, but i agree that a lot of this transportation planning was centered around the housing being considered for that area. particularly the [unintelligible] site that is up in the air. is there a possibility of getting some kind of a report back from the mayor's office on housing to see how they plan on dealing with these projects? it seems to me that the relevance of some of these transportation plans before us rest on the fact that it was being viewed that there would be

new residence in that area. with a very comprehensive plan around housing and transportation and that sort of thing. so,-housing, i am not sure if that changes the paradigm here. >> you are correct. beyond that, not only is there rabbit -- relevance, which we care about, but the opportunity for funding, because the region is looking for transitive development. as far as your request for an update, at the very least, what i can do is make the contacts between the different agencies. giving you a sense of where it seems to be moving. supervisor olague: it should be

reevaluated, in a sense. supervisor avalos: can we get an update when it comes to the full commission? >> we will have contact on that, yes, absolutely. supervisor olague: it is concerning to me. i am sorry i did not comment sooner. supervisor avalos: we have actually approve the item. we can, -- along to the next, item number 7. >> item #7. recommend approval of the western south of market neighborhood transportation plan final report. >> this item begins on page 49 of your packet. the transportation plan final report. we are seeking approval. there is a separate inclosure for this item. in my presentation today, i will be discussing the context and

purpose of the study. the process that we undertook to produce the proposed improvements, a bogus some highlights of the needs assessment that be conducted. i will go through the community posts that we have received and that will then touched on the funding in the presentation as well. i would like to thank our funding partners for this study. the transportation commission provided funds in addition to the ones provided for the study. i would also like to acknowledge the west and planning tax " -- task force. -- western planning task force. the first was the western planning community plan from the citizen planning task force, put

together for the approval process. the idea was to take the recommendations for a small number to see some early implementations. there is a community based transportation program that we support on a regular basis to address communities like this, with high population of low- income minorities. those two efforts spawned this plan. the idea is the two nearterm small projects were prepared for grant implementation. to get there, the plan used three avenues. we conducted an extensive community input process and we

reached out to other city agencies to get input on the improvements that you were developing in the plan. the concept was born in neighboring conditions and focus really only on the ballot -- alleys. the first one shows existing conditions. the diagram on the left in this slide shows the usage. it shows how the alleys are dominated by pedestrian traffic. four to five times as many vehicles. but they face less than ideal conditions. the diagram on the rights shows that there is a lot of seeding in the alleys. there are many vehicles going above the 15 miles per hour, and it creates an inhospitable

pedestrian condition. supervisor kim: how do you actually calculate these numbers? >> we counted the number of pedestrians and the number of vehicles during peak periods over the course of a couple days. for the speeds, we hired consultants to lay down teeth and count the trafficked. we also capture speed information. we have got a sample survey technique for that. >> thank you. -- supervisor kim: thank you. >> looking at the alleys as public space, in this neighborhood we know that there is a scarcity of park space. there is a real source of community space in this area on the streets.

we know that the alleys are promising in some ways. they could release serve as the community space in the area. looking at them today, there are very few amenities for pedestrians. the sidewalks are very narrow with parking and one side of the street. it does not serve its function as a community space. other problems that we noticed in the assessment included issues of crossing the major streets. most of these streets for four main arterial is in one way. right now where the alleys connect with the streets there are not any help for pedestrians attempting to cross the street.

so, based on that assessment, with input from the community, the plans settled on improvements to three streets. for these alleys, we had two improvement goals. we wanted to improve pedestrian safety by slowing down vehicle speeds and discouraging vehicles from using the alleys as cut through routes. we wanted to enhance them as community spaces, as i mentioned before, providing better quality neighborhood public spaces. to do that, our strategy is included what is shown on the diagram here. the final report actually has the full plan view of the

improvements on pages 27 and 28, if you want to take a look at the full view, but this captures the typical sets of improvements, and funding crosswalks at the entries and exits, signaling to drivers that they are entering a different kind of space that is more pedestrian friendly. we also included horizontal jogs in the travel ways. instead of a straight shot down the alley, vehicles and countered a jog that naturally slows them down. we created that by alternating the parking between the north side and south side of the street. we are also proposing that all of that sidewalk, that strategic location, provide room for additional landscaping and

other pedestrian amenities. we have a more ambitious approach on wrangel street. under that scenario we dedicated the entire right of way to pedestrians. vehicles are welcome to use the street, but they must go slowly in yield to pedestrians, that way we can open up the entire street to serve as a pedestrian based. it is a better use of space dedicated to pedestrians as well. i encourage you to visit, if you have not already. it is quite nice and affords you more flexibility, building a sense of place as a pedestrian base. in designing the amenities, we did encounter constraints in the

considerations that we are highlighting your. we wanted to retain access for right of way. we did need to retain higher access. on some parking is another consideration. the community does use the alleys and we recognize that that would continue to be the case in the future for improvement plans. we also encountered this issue of ongoing operational maintenance. the city has not had a clear policy with respect to which city agency is willing to take on the increments of operations and maintenance that along with improvements. that will be an issue that we will lead to follow and hopefully resolve, as we advance these improvements.

just in the about the public input that we received, again looking at the on street parking issue, we wanted input from the community about the willingness to let go of those parking spaces to convert them into pedestrian space. the majority of the community really does support kent -- converting some spaces into pedestrian use. on the right receive a percentage of responses. as you can see, over 70% of respondents in the survey wanted to give some parking spaces. on the left, the diagram shows desire by the community for more amenities. it seems the community is very interested in getting improvements there.

given the community input we received in the process, the study struck a balance with respect to how much pedestrians wanted an increase in parking to be converted. turns out to be about 20% in the plan diagrams included in the report. about five spaces per block. where there are only 11 spaces to begin with, creating a shared space meant we had to let go of five spaces to allow for flexibility. the neighborhood transportation plan proposal also proposed in mid block crossing on a number of streets.

the plan evaluated three locations. as well as nitoma at 8th. oncoming traffic would get the red light. it would also shorten the crossing distance for pedestrians. supervisor avalos: you had three scenarios. one was in the middle of the block in the scrap that one. what was the main reason for not recommending that? >> the application was developed as a potential recommendation in the middle, because for that location there was not an obvious preferred location. for the others it was obvious that the have the desire for

crossing, because of the market on the corner and across the street there is a senior services center with a lot of people already going across. the other benefit to locating the crossing there is that it allows for the queuing of the cars to not build up so far is to impact the mission street intersection. so, there are really minimal traffic impact that we are expecting. so, the same idea for the traffic impact is on the location of seventh and minna, at the mid block crossing. supervisor olague: i am glad to see that you will be