the costs for employing the bus drivers and the operators. so, now come on we were able to reduce some of those costs but there is now this huge need to have more operating funds for maintenance. obviously, if you don't maintain the vehicle, you have additional costs in the future. how can we address the different kinds of costs? there are some operating costs, at increasing them is a good thing and there are others that have become undermining of the agency. >> we feel that we should provide the overall metric and then asked that the agencies look at doing a strategic plan to lay out the other options.

we have not distinguish between the different costs and we recognize that there are a lot of the fresh strategy is that can go into reducing the costs or even in some cases if your cost will increase and you can attract a lot more passengers because of the types of investments you're making, then overall your cost per passenger could still look favorable. >> and thank you. if you could continue. >> the other thing on the financial side is that we would like to be able to attract new revenue to support transit. ntc does have the authority to place a 10 cents per gallon gas tax. we have conducted a poll and we will be presenting those findings to the commission in april. gas prices are going up right now, so you can imagine that this might not be viewed favorably by a lot of people.

this is one revenue option that is available to the region. we note that there are a lot of local measures. alameda is looking at replacing a sales-tax extension and increase on the ballot that would provide a significant amount of new funding for transit. we recognize the need to support those efforts. in the area of service performance, we are proposing slightly different approach here, which is to establish what we are calling the transit performance initiative and this is sort of a two-pronged approach that consists of an investment element and an incentive element. on the investment side, we would basically provide money to invest in improvements in the major transit corridors. speed improvements is a big one. what we have found is just over 50% of the transit trips are on

major transit corridors that are traveling of speeds of about 9 miles per hour. there is a significant opportunity to make some low- cost investments that could really improve the service for the passenger and also help the financial framework. we have a pilot initiative for this where we have set aside $30 million. we have done the project and we are looking at investment in the larger agencies. we're looking at having an incentive program which would basically reward agencies for increased ridership and productivity. on the institutional side, we did look at what changes might be available to improve either

the financial position or just the surface for the passenger and we have some recommendations, mostly in the areas of some opportunities for functional consolidation in the region. maybe most of you are aware that we have 27 transit operators in the region, seven of them are the large operators that carry well over 90% of the writer ship. we have other agencies in the region. some of the functional consolidation opportunities we think are in the areas of capital planning and resource sharing. there are some models that we could take advantage of to implement that. also looking at formalizing joint procurement of equipment and vehicles. a lot of this has happened in formally but there is the opportunity to increase it. we also think in the area of service planning, there is an opportunity for functional

consolidation. right now, each has their own short-range plans it plan. -- short range transit plan. we want to look at the fair policies for all of the agencies together, the capital plans. he thinks there is an opportunity there. as well in the area of scheduling, often the schedule changes at the agency's occur at different times. there are agencies -- opportunities to get to the agencies on the schedule. this is good for the passengers as well as better-the software so we can make sure that we have seamless trips through the region. i mentioned the small operators, there are some very specific opportunities to strengthen coordination. one that no mention is that they're not using the fare card and before it is ruled out on to the small operators, we're

asking that they standardize their policies as we roll this out on to those smaller operators. lastly, within the institutional, there are some consolidations that are under way or may make sense to consider in the future the two that are under way. one is the ferry system, with the exception of golden gate which is being consolidated and then there is also a merger of the two agencies in solano county. we would look to complete those and apply for the lessons learned from some institutional consolidation, especially as they may be inappropriate in the northern counties. another area to look at is a vertical integration of transportation agencies. then you have the valley transportation authority is the sales tax agency as well as the transit operator and that really does provide a lot of

opportunity to make sure that your roadway investments are planned co peaceably and comprehensively to gather as well as to look at pricing strategies. in conclusion, we think that the area that we have spent the most time and is really the performance for a mark on the financial measure which has gotten the most discussion at our steering committee. i think that the transit general managers basically are proposing is that they just stay at a 0% cost increase and they would like to ask that the performance from our only be tied to new revenue not existing revenue, that is seeks difference in terms of the staff recommendations and the general manager's position. there is general agreement on

the service recommendations in terms of the investment approach and then with the institutional recommendations. that concludes my overview. >> thank you. colleagues, any other questions. we want to thank you for the work that is being done for this and we wanted to have an opportunity for the entire board to hear of these efforts so we appreciate the information. why don't we open it up to public comment? is there any member of the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. this is an informational item so we thank you for being here and we thank commissioner wiener for raising this issue. please call item number 12. >> allocate 124,000 conditions to the school transportation agency for two projects in the preparation of 74,000, and develop the five year-

privatization program. >> this came before the program's committee. are there any questions on this item? are there any members of the public that would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed and the house has changed, if we can have a roll call? >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> approved the bay shore intermodal stationed. >> are there any comments on this item? colleagues, same house, call? the item passes.

can you call item 14? >> approval of the western south of market neighborhood transportation plan final report. >> any questions? any member of the public -- >> thank you. just a question to the staff, what is the relationship between this and the broader western proposed plan that is moving forward in the process now? i say that because there are some of us that have significant concerns about that plan and i just want to say that i fully understand what the ramifications of this item are. >> let me let planning answer that question. this is a transportation plan and it is a subset of the larger western plan which is a larger land use plan so what this study did was look at specific capital projects in terms of alleyway improvements and then a sheriff

street design and this advance to the design to community outreach and established the analysis that will be cleared as part of the larger land use planned environmental report. this work is strictly transportation-related and it has designed an average and cost assessment for the next page of work. once it undergoes a full environmental review and approval, these will be ready for implementation. does that answer your question? >> the transportation -- >> i understand that, i have reviewed everything but it was not clear to me. what i don't want to do is that i am not prepared to support that plan, they're a lot of issues with it in various respects and soak i am trying to figure out of supporting this in any way puts --

>> i imagine that these benefit existing residence and existing needs said they're not specifically tied to future growth. >> if i can speak to that because i understand some of the numerous concerns about the overall plan is moving forward and completing the environmental impact review. this specific piece was just on crosswalks and alleyway improvements and traffic coming within the western plant. this was a server that was done with many of the residents, including members of the western task force on the priority areas for where traffic coming should take place. there were three alleyways that were prioritized in the survey. part of the survey also included public artwork which will showcase the filipino and lgbt social cultural district which was a key portion of the plan that is only for those three alleyways and this does not

approve funding for these sites, is just that these were the three priority alleyways and crosswalks that they would like to see. >> if, for example, but broader western plan would fail and not be enacted, would these improvements still occur? >> yes, these initiatives that are part of the plan before you today would have to probably undergo environmental review and the level clearance that may be necessary which is probably fairly low, what i would at is that this is a fairly important network which is part of a family of plants that the authority has done over the years, neighborhood plans, neighborhood based plans. and this of this it looks to the future but are mostly about

recognizing the current reality of those neighborhoods, the need for pedestrians safety, the need to understand the changes that the neighborhood has undergone and the fact that this is a residential neighborhood with diversity and it they need the improvements that make life and the pedestrian activity safer and reliable. they do not necessarily -- these are? is that have to have to happen in that area whether there is a large outcome for the western selma. this is not really about forcing any aspects of the outcome. these are reasonable issues called out by the community.

>> by supporting this today, the board is not going to be, this is not about going to support of the plan. >> these are specific to the community today. >> thank you. >> i would not support this if i thought this was a controversial piece of the plan and some do involve wonder community discussions. but this is specifically around traffic coming for three alleyways. these are priority pedestrian safety issues for the district any way and we would like to see this move forward regardless of a plan. if i can say one more thing, i want to appreciate chester who is here today. i think they did an outstanding

job of out reach to the community and coming back with a plan that reflects what the committee would like to see in terms of the dead trees safety in that area. >> one other clarification, the out reach in terms of determining the priority, that is going to the transportation plan. that was more broad than the task force which is not representative. >> why don't we open it up to public comment. is any member of the public that would like to speak on this item? colleagues, can we take this same house, call? the item passes. madam clerk, please call the next item. >> item 15, concur with the cycle 3 lifeline transportation program priorities as submitted by the alameda-contra costa

transportation district. >> are there any items on item 15? are there any members of the public that would like to speak on item 15? can we take this same house, called? the item passes. can you please call item 16? >> update on the authority projects in districts 1 and 11. this is an informational item. >> as i indicated earlier, at each meeting we will have a brief presentation on some of the projects that are happening throughout the city and we're beginning today with districts 1 and district 11. if we can now turn it over to the chief deputy. >> good afternoon. i will take this here.

this will be co presented. we will try to keep this very brief. i know that you have had a taste of an incredible amount of information. this is a highlight to make both you and the public aware of some of the things going on in the various districts. this is serving a dual purpose, which is to fly to those projects. what you have are corrected tables that are showing the active projects in the districts 1 and district 11. for this exercise, we have divided the world into two parts. one is a proposition k and the other one is everything else and that is because we opposite want these projects to be delivered on time and we have the

flexibility to extend the scope and schedules and change as we need to. the other side of the world, which includes everything from the transportation fund for clean air, the block grants, the majority of those funds come with some sort of requirement turned to we wanted to make sure. very briefly, we are digging into the presentation and i wanted to thank the staff for putting a tremendous effort on this. also, all the sponsors were here and we primarily have people on the municipal agency and the department of public works or answering questions. this is a very brief snapshot. we tried to pull the high level information that is available. if you have district one table, this is on top. we have included information such as the sponsor, the name, the resolution number, to give you a sense of how old this is.

most relevant, this is the current phase of work that is under way and being funded. expected completion date is the expected completion date for that phase. the main difference is that instead expected completion date, what you have is the next upcoming deadline. for the benefit of the commissioners who are presenting, there is an asterisk after the project name. this has been updated. so, i will present briefly in district 1 and then on district 11 and we will start with the authority efforts in district 1. >> i am pleased to present a summary of our district won a 40 activities. these relate to the development of the jury -- geary brt.

we have been working on this with a host of other agencies including the planning department, the public works department, and the transit department. we have made progress on environmental analysis. most specifically have been focused on the transportation work. we have the slides, i am not sure -- the transportation work has focused on engineering reviews of complex intersections. there has been a desire on the part of the community to look at options, so we have evaluated those options. the we have looked at several complex configurations and options to ensure good transit performance as well as traffic operations and bicycle facility development through the area the

ordination of the better streets market is ongoing. the larger part of the delay is in that portion of the route near market street. the design concepts have been analyzed in-depth and we are developing those outreach for spring. our partnership project is a small reference here because this project is a citywide effort but we're working with groups of employers and the notable sets are the medical institutions. we have mentioned this in the district 1 summary as well. the idea is to help the employers there collaborate in ways to reduce trip making by car and increase the opportunities available. at this point we will turn it over to the other stories that to present the project nearing completion.

>> we saw this on both districts, we start on an upbeat note. there are a few quick highlights. we have projects that will be completed. we're familiar with the jfk dr and parking. the pictures are a little confusing. all that remains to be done is to put in the striping work. secondly, another project that has locations across the city as acceptable to pedestrian signals and of this is four locations in district 1 that are all completed. the few projects that just started or are about to start and wanted to make you and the public aware, there is a whole group of implementation related projects and some of these were approved in december. the should start to see

progress. in this district and in district 11, there are some site- specific information and we intend to pick the exact locations in the winter of 20- 13. some of the high priority locations show up here. there is one plan under way that is going on regardless of the traffic-calling revision. then there is the high profile area which is the masonic avenue streetscape improvements. there was reason signal work approved on this. some signal work on this. they will have this by the end of the year. i made two tables and we chose to highlight this -- basically there are two color codes. there is a significant risk of

delay, on using the grant funds, and things are happening and we are a bit concerned and keeping an eye on this. with the projects and the delivery concerns, it goes on the prop k. list. some of the delays or issues of getting force a cow or ahead of the grants. the feds are very interesting in jobs right now. with the required public interest findings -- findings. even if the project is competitively bid out. we will be working with the metropolitan transportation commission in a way to speed this process up. this is a little bit nebulous but due to the lack of the

federal transportation bill -- there is a risk that funds can be lost if this is not moving soon. we would like to make that not happen. this other project -- the facility maintenance has places throughout the city -- and so forth. the reason for the delay and the reason this is 0% complete is because they were working on other priorities and some of the locations have been done. they were asking the mass transit authority. scope this, with a grant. >> will we have a way to determine when the timing of this will be? >> covering the next light -- the staff to come up with something. >> thank you. >> this exercise -- this is

extremely valuable. this is the first time we have had all of this information in one place. these are two other issues with concerns -- with the sales tax project and you can see the location here, and the project that has locations in district 11. this is where the staff is working on other priorities and there is a six-month delay. the approved schedule was june 20 -- 2012. the mass transit authority would come in for the funding. and lastly, there are programs that are federally funded -- the federally-funded projects, because the deadline is getting close and the paperwork -- i think that this project will be fine. we will stop there.

>> maybe we can hear from the mass transit authority on similar issues that were identified around staffing? >> hello, commissioners. speaking on behalf of the bicycle maintenance allocation, basically we received the funding for this project in conjunction with the bicycle plan. we have been busy employing these projects, with about six projects in a very short amount of time. and we can actually get back to that allocation. >> if i may, is this an issue of not having enough people. you are working very hard. you are doing everything you can to move these projects quickly. would it be faster with more people? >> it would be great to have more resources.

i don't know if we can maintain having two or three or more people. trying to get back to the maintenance now that the bicycle project has settled down. >> thank you. >> i understand the mass transit authority is looking for three new painters, and the authority is also asked for an additional truck to help the striking. >> after that -- we go to district 11. >> there is a long list of activities and their partnering with other agencies to go to the balboa park station area. this is really to the east side connections project, and it is very anticipated in terms of connecting this to the other connecting this to the other side, following the west si