restaurants, so, again, this ordinance was not designed as a food safety item. it was designed as an environmental policy, and the city feels very confident that we will prevail on that matter, and as i mentioned at the outset, this could be removed in one way or another. the state legislature actually has advanced a statewide ban on plastic bags. just last week, they passed a key committee in the senate. it goes to one more committee, senate appropriations. ab 1998. if that is successful, there will be a statewide ban starting next year, and this will essentially require that the entire state have a model that is similar, so this should give you an idea of the amount of

cities behind this, the number of municipalities, a lot of the large manufacturers, and grocers association. they feel this is different than a city by city by city resolution, so this is kind of like where ab1998 is. it will hopefully be on the governor's desk sometime in august. that is the legal case. a quick preview. i am happy to answer any questions and take any recommendations that you may have on how we can continue our outreach campaign. it really is a continuing ongoing discussion. we are not done. we also have the restaurants to focus on, so we are certainly open to additional comments and suggestions. president adams: any additional

comments? commissioner dooley? commissioner diooley -- dooley: i hear almost all of the time at the big stores them explaining this to their customers, and it is great to see them teaching them what is coming up next, so it is working, your outreach. >> thank you. the president of -- president riley? -- president adams: commissioner riley? commissioner riley: what type of attendance did you have to >> the feedback we got from, folks, again, general surprised about what products are available.

i'd think most were surprised at the alternative check out that they can use. i think they did not do a formal sit-down presentation. we have a lot of merchants that would bring in a lot of their bags and say, "would these qualify?" i think they really felt comfortable having a better understanding when they brought their own bags that they are currently using to see if they would qualify or not. two, we answered a lot of questions about grocery. plastic bags that they currently used to wrap food in or other food products, if they would be counted or not counted, so we addressed a lot of these on the mental issues kind of one-on-one rather than in a large setting, and that was successful for us. the fee that we have been getting is very positive. one of the recommendations is

that we have been holding these events in the early mornings, and there is to think about doing another round in the evening. that is something we are also looking at as we continue to move forward so we can capture the early morning folks who are free. >> i think that would be good to have someone so that everybody can attend. thank you. president adams: commissioner ortiz? commissioner ortiz: what is their cost per unit? >> we now have plastic bags, a single use, plastic bags are in between one and two cents. it is really difficult to try to compete at that level, but if you also talk to merchants, they are noticing, because the amount

of products that customer is buying, they are double or triple bagging. it could be 6 cents now what they are looking at, and they are looking at alternatives. now, they actually have a revenue stream to pay for that. the fact that there is a 10 cent charge. again, that stays with the business. before, it was basically a cost of doing business. either with the product or out of the product in terms with the revenue that you brought in, so i think anecdotally, i think a lot of merchants were surprised at some of the costs. besides from being lower, this was certainly on the combustible plastic side. the kind of had a good sense on what the paper cost is as well. we have these options. >> -- commissioner ortiz: is a

multi language? >> yes. there was an initial batch of language, and then we are also making additional material available on our website. commissioner ortiz: there are litigation costs to the city. have they share that as public record? >> the city of los angeles recently enacted legislation similar to ours, i would say about two months ago. the only cities, counties that are currently being sued by the save the plastic bag coalition is santa cruz, san francisco,

san luis obispo, and san diego county. i've been pisa the only active cases i know of at the moment. frankly, i think some cities have settled, because they do not have the resources to litigate. we are somewhat more confident in our design of the legislation. we think we will be successful. commissioner ortiz: i want to thank you for your outreach, but i went on your website, and they were all tuesday morning, so if you can change that. a lot of the ones that i deal with, evening is the best, so if you could change that which your outreach, that would really help out, but the rest is fine. these are tuesday mornings.

make it a thursday evening or a wednesday evening. that would really, really help out. >> we have heard that. i think it is great to acknowledge that. commissioner ortiz: thank you. president adams: public comment. do we have any public comment on item 7? seeing none, public comment is closed. any other commissioner comments? great. thank you, and thank you for your outreach. >> thank you very much. and i brought you some bags that you can use on your own. you can take them with you. commissioner: thank you. commissioner: i need some bags.

clerk: item number eight, the municipal transit authority with richard ventura, my understanding is that he is not able to make it today and that this item will be continued possibly to the next meeting. i think for the record, we should call public comment on it before moving on, but, again, it will be continued until the next meeting. president adams: a, do we have public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed on item number rate. and let's continue that to the next meeting, chris.

clerk: ok, item number 9, an updated report. an update on the legislative matters, and making announcements regarding activities. >> commissioners, i wanted to first provide you with a budget update. so the budget committee ratified the budget, and it is now before the board of supervisors, and i think it will be on the board of supervisors meeting tomorrow, but just to confirm, the two budget requests, increase requests that we specifically asked for are in there, which is increasing our ability to televise the twice monthly commission meetings, and then increase for 15,000 to conduct more comprehensive surveys. the mayor's budget did get approval for two positions for

the job squad, and the funding needed for the program. it does look like the jobs kwan will now go to the neighborhood program and help facilitate the outreach and the work that needs to happen in the neighborhood. and then an additional $3 million over the next two years was allocated for the small- business loan program, not specifically the revolving loan program but the small-business loan program, and i think some of the discussions have been had. when the commission heard the request for the revolving loan fund, there was the need to press to a loan fund for our growing businesses and not just our startup businesses. now there is another $1 million

allocated for 2012 and 2013 and $2 million allocated for 2013, again, we are going with two budget cycles. that was there. and then in the adding that process, the $4 million that is being projected to reduce the business tax by the small business payroll exemption, there was an allocation through the adding that process to cover the loss of revenue from that payroll expense. and then i just made a particular note that control didn't it an additional control person allocated to deal with the new dog walking regulation and permitting requirements. so we are getting close to finalizing a joint position with

the america's cup event authority and the chamber to work on the business engagements. i am hoping that by our next meeting, we will have something very concrete to be able to communicate to you in regards to that. and as i mentioned, the two groups received proposals will be heard at the board of supervisors. a first hearing at the budget and finance -- excuse me. on the 12th. we are having a budget and finance on a thursday? clerk: a special meeting. >> a special meeting. and then the business tax regulations as the payroll extents, as i mentioned it. we did get an add-back to cover

the lack of revenue coming in from the payroll tax exclusion, so it will now be up for a final vote at the board of supervisors at tomorrow's meeting. supervisor chu's neighborhood, the neighborhood, the districts, this was scheduled for land use, and then right now, just a quick follow-up with the merkel -- the food that supervisor 'wiener introduce, we are working on some ideas on the formula retail trucks and the notification. the notification to the ground floor businesses. if you are mobile food, and if you want to have a permit, you

have to notify every single business. that was an unintended consequence that was not intended. we are working on legislatively adding this to this deprivation -- to the legislation that supervisor wiener introduced, so i introduced that. this will be before the commission. this was scheduled for planning on the 19th, and then the administrative code, establishing a wage, there are 3 business seeds. available on the task force. they have officially not filled the seeds. could you please provide an update with the clerk? >> they will be try to do this

before the legislative hearing, but they have not figured out whether they could meet that time frame. they will be accepting applications. >> do you know of any businesses that would be participating? it would be good to know. it would be good to have some businesses. they are primarily involved in businesses where this is more towards minimum-wage. it would be good to be on the task force. you receive the presentation from guillermo, and i just wanted to provide you with a list of the next outreach.

the next outreach meeting is that they are doing, the second -- the 17th and 24, in case you want to attend. they are there for you. the ada hearing has now been changed until july 23. be prepared that this might change, because it starts -- it is being heard at the land use committee meeting which is monday, and that starts at 1:00, and our commission meeting starts at 2:00. the bill, as i mentioned, bill this was amended, and there was the notification prior to filing a claim. that is the only change to it.

and then this city did its first economic strategy report and produce it in 2007. every five years, the city needs to update it, so our chief economist has been working on that. he and his team. so a draft presentation is going to be held, and for small businesses, on july 19, so we are inviting business organizations that look at the macro, who are involved in businesses at the macro level at the city. i will forward you the invitation, but we welcome you to attend this, and we will also be scheduling a presentation, but if you do want to attend the meeting, we greatly encourage

you to do so, and here the presentation, and just let chris know if you plan to attend, so if there are any issues, if we have to agendize it as an informal gathering, then we can do so. i mention the online business. at the july 23 meeting, i would like to have jane did you an on- line presentation about what this will look like. we are still in the quality assurance testing, so we do not know if we will have this completed. there may be some glitches. it will at least give you an idea about what is being developed, and and case management wise, we were up 1%

from 2011, 2012, and we were up 1% over the last year, going with the fiscal year. so that concludes our report. president adams: so you're going to be making an offer this week on this new position? >> yes. president adams: thank you. that is not agendize, so we cannot talk about it. ok, next item. clerk: item 10, the policy committee report. president adams: on the legislation we heard on the permit, and we did follow up, so

that was good. next item. clerk: the reports. president adams: i have nothing else to report. clerk: the vice president's report. commission reports. president adams: commissioner dooley: -- dooley? commissioner dooley: i was

talking one-on-one with him about some of the problems we're still having around ada, the problems, and he was very sympathetic and interested and suggested that we contact senator dianne feinstein's office at the federal level on that, and i attended this last saturday a fantastic opening of a new farmers market, which was really great to say. it was kind of a funky old alley, turned into a vibrant and exciting place, so i wish him a lot of luck, and i was happy to be there. that is it for me. clerk: any other commissioners? seeing none, next item. public comment. president adams: item 14, public

comment. do we have any public comment on any of the items that were not agendize to today? seeing none, next item. public comment is closed. clerk: new business. president adams: any new business? seeing none, next item. clerk: adjournment. the meeting is adjourned at 6:53 p.m. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

>> good morning, and welcome to the regular transbay joint powers authority board of directors meeting. let me call thcall the rollel, p lease. director ortiz is in traffic and maybe a little late. madam chair, you do have a quorum. chair kim: we move on to the

director -- executive directors of report, item 5. >> today we will present the quarterly financial report, the quarterly project labor agreement, and the construction of date. i will be brief in my report. i did want to state we are continuing to make good progress if you walked by the dry bite or, by the construction site you will see a lot of progress and hear a lot about that. most recently, we expect may tend to come in on that project. to begin, i would like the cfo to come up and give a presentation on the quarterly financial reports. >> good morning, directors. i will be brief. is thougthese are the quarterly financial reports, starting with

the budget to actual report to the third quarter of the fiscal year, which shows we are within budget on both the capital and operations side. the context of his report also showing procurement activities are proceeding as planned. this shows dbe and spe percentages. we have paid 34 million over the last three quarters for this fiscal year. the investment report shows the interest earnings from equity investment, the city treasurer's hold investments and shows investments in u.s. treasury notes, and the report shows inception to date expenditures and revenues. we had auditors and for the interim field work just a couple of weeks ago, and they noted no exceptions or findings. we were pleased with that, and i

am happy to answer any questions. >> any questions from board members? >> we to provide quarterly updates with various projects. >> good morning, directors. we did have the second meeting of the pla last month, and the unions were present. the building trades council as well as the contractor and construction managers. in terms of labor, we have had no disruptions or work stoppages. all of our labor needs are being met. we have not had any shortages in labor. as you heard previously, we have