>> on the first vote for the $400,000? supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor farrell: no. >> the item passes. [roll-call] the item passes. supervisor cohen: i just wanted to say thank you for supporting this lifeline process.

it's an unbelievable resources that connects the southeastern neighborhood to the inner parts of the city from downtown to chinatown. it's absolutely critical. thank you on that. supervisor avalos: it also connects part of my neighborhood -- ballpark to rapid transit as well. madame clerk, if you could call item no. 3. >> the citizens' advisory report. this is an information item. supervisor avalos: mr. flanagan? are you representing the citizens advisory committee? he please come forward?

>> today's agenda has three items that were viewed last month. adam 5 recommended programs of cycle 3 lifeline transportation program and jobs access reserve -- reverse commute findings to the mta costs continual bus service restore project. the cac -- the discussion centered on how the free use

pilot program fit into zepa lpt priorities, to which the mta responded that it would include funding for the free muni for use pilot program. [unintelligible] this item was passed unanimously by that cac, on the study similar to what other cities have done regarding parking pricing to suggestion.

the authority responded that the park program was unique because of its sample size. the annual call for project -- these items focused on free maintenance while the cac is planning and many have expressed concerns about the transfer costs to residents. the major concern was that there was not a system of due process

for residents who may not have the economic captivity for are suffering from economic hardships like maintaining trees or residents who are not capable of covering it. dpw stated they do not have the evaluation system of due process they did state that there were hardship of valuation for sidewalk repair and home maintenance.

they asked if there was a process issues and why there wasn't due process maintenance. dpw said it was not clear as to why there was one system and not another. that concludes my report. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. any comments from the supervisors? seeing none, we will go on to public comment. >> one issue he read was free passes for the youth.

your deliberation, you must understand you are just catering to those youth who would we termed indigent, very poor. in other statement -- in other places, all youth get free passes other is a discrimination that you must understand and point out to the people at home. all youth below 18 should ride for free, not just that indigent youth. and he was talking about the trees and the way he was reading things was not very clear. i stated before that the city right now, we have about 33,000 trees that the city right now is trying to phase out, not

maintaining the trees, encouraging the owners to maintain the trees. we need some explanation from the transportation authority in their deliberations in how this has come about. [tone] and what should be done in the future. we need a more astute discussion and solution from the citizens' advisory committee rather than just reading something which means nothing. so when we come over here, the people who read the statement for give the presentation, we need something that states something to the fact and some solutions. [tone] supervisor avalos: we will close the public comment.

that was an information item. madame clerk, -- let's go on to item no. 6 before going with item no. 5. >> recommend the appointment of three members citizen to the advisory committee. this is an action item. supervisor avalos: i believe the representatives applying for districts 4 and district's five -- is the commissioners would like to continue those items. if we have people like to speak for applying for those positions, we will hear their comments. >> good morning, mr. scherer and committee members. by way of background, the authority has an 11 member citizens' advisory committee. each member serves 82-year term. the plans and programs recommends and the authority

appoints citizen advisory committee members. neither staff are -- on page seven, you can see who has submitted applications to be on the citizens advisor committee. you can see some information on the numbers. to qualify for appointment commie have to be a san francisco resident and need to appear once before the committee to speak to our interests and qualifications. we currently have three vacancies on the committee. this has resulted from it resignation of rosie was from district 11 and the term expiration's of chris jones from district 5 and conrad woo from district 4. i can either take questions or invite applicants. supervisor avalos: i know there is one from district 11 who is here.

>> good morning. i have been a resident of district 11, the excelsior district for over 25 years. i currently sir as co-chair of the community police advisory board and i am on the steering committee of the excelsior action group which is tasked with revitalizing the commercial corridor from geneva to silver. i'm a member of the excelsior district improvement association and i have been very involved in public safety and lighting in the excelsior district.

i have recently retired from the state of california where a was an administrative law judge. i continue to work for the state public utilities commission. i feel like i am well qualified to review and read legislation, to think about priorities for my district and how to bring all of these various policy issues together. [tone] i'm also very interested in building a consensus. i'm a trained mediator and have volunteered with community boards. i'm happy to take any questions and i'm really looking forward to this opportunity. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. you could talk about what kinds of improvements you like to see in terms of transit, pedestrian

work in our district and what you feel you could contribute in terms of moving an agenda for word -- moving our agenda forward. >> our district is very populated. working class, people rely on public transportation, particularly safe public transportation. i think access to safe transportation, more efficient transportation options is really important and i would like to work on the committee to help make those priorities a reality. i know the policy and funding decisions are made by this commission. i also think efficient transportation will help with business attraction, which is something really important in

district 11. there needs to be easily accessible, rapid transit. we're seeing changes with balboa park and cleanup of the bar area, -- cleanup of the bart area, a cleanup of the mission area will help the area. supervisor avalos: you have been doing a lot of work and lots of places in the district and you feel you are able to balance this new level of work with all of the other things you are doing in district 11? >> i think so. i hope so. supervisor avalos: thank you very much for being here. any other candidates applying for the cac? supervisor kim: i want to check

if you want to move one of our applicants for word -- one of our applicants for word -- forward. supervisor avalos: before making a motion, i wanted to have public comment. we will open it up for public comment. >> i think this process should be done in a better way and let me explain why. we have reached a stage now with what's happening on van ness, millions of dollars. we need people have experience

in engineering and traffic management. and transportation is used. the candid it says she is a judge. that helps the rest of the members to adjudicate. the performance of the over the last 10 years has been pathetic. at one stage, we had very astute candidates, but the san francisco transportation authority deliberately sought smart candidates did not enter the cac. but now in the dire straits that you are, nobody wants to come. some of the candidates -- we have no good representation in district 10. we have a woman there who hardly attends the meetings and doesn't

perform at all. [tone] what i am saying let's not have a dog and pony show. we have hundreds of millions of dollars expended by the san francisco transportation authority. we need to give thecac members some training and orientation so those moneys are spent correctly so that when they come here, we have a proper presentation so everybody can understand what is happening at the meetings and you need to be daft not to hear what i'm saying. thank you very much. supervisor avalos: thank you. we will close public comment. colleagues, on this item, i would like to move her ford as a recommendation to the full body. i know there has been input from

district 5 commissioners and district for pressures to continue the items and they're reaching up to more candidates. we could continue this item on those positions. that is my motion, that we continue this item to the next committee. we will take that without objection. congratulations. and thank you very much for being here today. could you please call item no. 5? >> recommending $1,200,942 in cycle three lifeline transportation program jobs access reverse commute funds to the san francisco been sensible transportation agencies

continuation of the bus service restoration project. >> it good morning -- a good morning. the memo starts on page 51 of your packet. this action pertains to job access and reverse commute friends to improve access to jobs and job-related activities to low-income residents. we issued the project in february and received four applications as shown in attachment three on page 57 of your packet. the first three projects have been withdrawn, leaving the empty bus services project as

the only project we considered to recommended we are recommending programming all of the available funds for this project. let me address the project and how we are working with sponsors to me the needs as proposed. the first two projects has proposed -- [unintelligible] we will be working with the foundation as well as other community partners to work with mobility and options being led by the authority to better address and the needs and find solutions. the third application, the chinatown community development center, are on the future subway station in chinatown does not

meet the requirement to have sufficient linkage and was not leading to implementation so that's why it was withdrawn. however, we are actively working with the development center, the planning department and the mta to address a future transportation plan. the mta proposes the restored service level as funded by the previous [unintelligible] for low-income communities in the city has shown in attachment for starting on page 58 of your package. the rounds are the same as the previous round and to restore

the service level. we convened the evaluation panel [unintelligible] the panel members confirmed the intent to try to report on the lifeline project. the previous fund it meets its objective and attracting customer service and continues to attract that writer ship for evaluation purposes. i would be happy to answer any questions. supervisor avalos: colleagues,

any comments or questions? we will move on to public comment. >> as was presented by the person trying to help those two really need some help in transportation and the bay view area, one of the buses that was left out is the 23rd that goes all the way to this issue. it has a lot of people who work and students who are poor. another bus left out is the nine

san bruno and the express bus. we are talking about thousands of dollars but in some areas, about $400,000. those are the type of moneys. this discussion has been going on for the last four or five years. four years ago, some shuttle buses were used for three months and then abruptly stopped. it's a presentation that was given but in all these presentations, and order to have some solution for go to a better

place, they have to be time lines and benchmarks. [tone] i'm going to go back to the community and ask if they know what's happening with the bayview hundred points foundation. i'm going to make it a point to talk to him as to what is happening but the people at the grassroots have to really know what is happening and you who represent the district should make an attempt to bring this information to everybody. [tone] supervisor avalos: thank you. any other member of the public like to comment? see no other members of the public, public comment is closed. motion from commissioner kim. we will take that without objection. >> item 7, recommend that the

center lane bus rapid transit with right side boarding, a single median and the limits of left turns as the locally preferred alternative for the van ness avenue art project. this is an action item. >> before i introduce the planner who is presenting the item, i want to acknowledge the tremendous partnership that leadership of our board and partners at the mta who worked with us to come to this point to be able to present to you the staff recommendation of this representation. i would like to know -- that would like to note that this is an action item and we would like to defer the item until the full board last week. some of which are on the desk.

anyone who would be interested in the action taken last week, it was a 6-3 vote. for us to be -- to brief the supervisors, and members of the committee, we would offer that as an option if you would so choose. >> your recommendation is to take no action but move to the full action -- >> that would allow us time to fully briefed the supervisors and any other committee members would like a briefing on these late breaking items as well as the actions from theca cac last

week. we are prepared to do an information and we could defer to the full board. supervisor avalos: i'm going to make a motion to continue this item in committee. this has major impact in this effort to and i know it has been years in the making. i get that absolutely. my issue here is i have not been briefed on these latest items over the last month or two. i know there has been a change chosen at this point in time and to ask for a vote today before one of the supervisors that there -- i don't know if president chiu has had a briefing. that's absolutely inappropriate and i'm, saying right now i'm upset about the fact they have not reached out to my office and there is no coordination here or

a meeting hasn't happened. this is a responsibility of mine and its a project that has been worked on for so long, the fact we're going to ask for a vote today without even -- i know it's getting moved to next week but i'm not prepared to say next week i'm going to be ready either. last night, which is too late, i get a lot of comments and i have no basis to even talk to them about my opinions are on this project. that ought -- i don't think that's going to change in one week's time. i would make a motion to continue this. i know commissioner avalos has a different opinion but it's appropriate and i think necessary for the supervisors and commissioners to get affected by this in their districts to be fully briefed on this before we ask a vote on any of this, even if it might be any of this, even if it might be non-bindin