commissioner avalos: good morning and welcome to the plans and programs committee of the

transportation authority. i am john amylose, the chair of the committee. other commissioners will be joining our shortly. commissioner jane kim, christina olague. the clerk of the committee is erica chang. i want to call out on the folks on sfgtv broadcasting. please share with us any announcements. >> there are no announcements. commissioner avalos: item to police. >> item 2. approve the minutes of the june 19, 2012 meeting. this is an action item. commissioner avalos: any questions or comments? public comment. two minutes. seeing none, public comment is closed. do we have a motion to approve? motions

farrell, seconded by commissioner cohen. without objection. next item, item #3. >> item 3. citizens advisory committee report. this is an information item. >> good morning. today's agenda has three items that were viewed last month by the cac. item six, the discussion will focus mostly on the allocation

of the funds of the port, demolition of pier 1 and 2. the cac, that is why the items are being considered prior to the informant of reports being completed. the port explained the timing1!ó with the america's cup. it was also required from the bay conservation and development commission'

the authority staff responded that if in the prop k programs, because it was part of the funds set aside for the downtown terminal expansion program and that the demolition of the pier was considered essential to bring in that project to completion. this motion passed by the cac unanimously and the modification at the staff recommended regarding the desigt

requiring the mta to perform overhauls of the upgrades of critical components. once they reached age of five or six years. the mta did not complete the necessary overhauls. mta staff would have provided the authority with the explanation of why these overalls were not completed. item seven, this motion was passed by the cac and there was concern that the cac be

consistently asked to support the allocation of funds. the full fund grant payment is in place. the authority assured the cac that having the local match was essential to receiving the federal funds. item eight, this item was passed unanimously by the cac. this concludes my report. thank you very much. commissioner avalos: thank you. any question for mr. flanagan? ok, we'll go to public comment. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. that is an information item. we will now move on to item for. >> item 4.

recommend approval of the fiscal year 2012/2013 transportation fund for clean air program of projects. this is an action item. commissioner avalos: this is an item that we have before us last month and we're getting updates. >> we presented on this last month, so i will not go into all the projects. the registration fee is to fund projects that improve air quality by reducing motor vehicle trips. primarily, the measureib,r of e reduced vehicle miles traveled. as noted in a random, at the request of commissioner cohen, we are continuing this item out of concern for the one project we're not recommending funding for which is the bayview community shuttle. this shuttle is -- the grant is

received by the department of public health. the shuttle is a committee held shuttle that operates in the bayview, run by the bay view community foundation. we had in the past the the does from the lifeline transportation program. last year, we found it through the transportation fund for clean air. if the first time you from the shuttle project, you are cut some slack, you get to make some assumptions about ridership and how many vehicle miles traveled will result in improved -- improved air quality. unfortunately, the results came back to show the combination of the ridership and the trips do not meet the cost effectiveness threshold to the transportation fund for clean air, so we're not recommending it for the program. however, we have met with a foundation and this afternoon we have meetings with the municipal tradition agency to fund this

with the remaining lifeline funds. those funds are state transit assisted funds. we are working with all parties to figure out how to do that and also how to relate this to the authority's bayview mobility solution study site. the authority is working with a number of partners and has a very strong link with the department of public health. commissioners are familiar with that in the community, to see if we can build on the expertise to that study to help the shuttle through the lifeline program. commissioner avalos: commissioner cohen. commissioner cohen: to thank you for giving me the opportunity to meet with transportation staff. i thought it was very enlightening about funds, how they're allocated, and how we can help, because of the loss of funds for this particular shuttle help identify other locations for money.

thank you. i am grateful for the time and i'm prepared to vote in favor of the )nro:áoday. commissioner avalos: thank you. since we had a full presentation last committee meeting, we can go on to public comment. i am very supportive of these projects, especially as we are putting a lot of investment into bike projects as well. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? >> good morning. my name is kit hodge, a deputy director of the san francisco bicycle coalition. thank you for your support of this item. especially thank you for commissioner avalos for putting this back on the agenda today. we want to call attention to two specific projects. the short term biking item. perhaps to have the item that we have, where we cannot walk into

many businesses right now because they are so frustrated that they do not havet[ñí÷ theie rack at. many districts brought the city are experiencing this. they want to provide parking for potential customers. we want to make sure the city and the mta has the funding to be able to meet that demand around the city. second, we are excited about the potential for a western access to the golden gate bridge path. folks on the west side of the city right now have to go a long way to get to the bridge. this will be a tremendous opportunity to open of that wonderful facility to people throughout the city. once again, thank you. we are excited about this item. we hope that you vote in favor. thank you. commissioner avalos: thank you. mr. milosevic? -- moscovich? >> thank you,;x@,ñ commissioner, executive director. i

cohen for taking a no-nonsense approach to discussing how to find a solution to problems like the funding for this shuttle in the bayview. i want to put in a word about the importance of paying close attention to the sta, obag, list for which the county is opposed to prioritize. you're supposed to process of prioritizing that list very seriously. it is a function that i believe the board will exercise and must exercise in prioritizing those lists, precisely to address issues that may not be addressed through the normal city process of servicing the most pressing priorities in the neighborhoods. part of that process is very organic to the efforts we have been making over the last

several years to do neighborhood transportation plans and interact withé7 constituencies in your district. to complement what you are already doing, in terms of looking out for the needs of the neighborhoods and when you are hearing from the community organizations, so that you have essentially an escape valve, an extra amount of money in very tight budget times, to deal with those priorities that may not be bubbling up to the normal process -- through the normal processes. i think the shuttle is a good example of that. all of a sudden, you have this thing that exists already. they need to evaluate it, make sure it gets funded appropriately, according to the benefit it produces, but there is a real need, something where your ability to prioritize funds either from sta, stp, obag

process control by the authority board, is an excellent tool to solve problems in any neighborhood. i want to make sure we're all aware of that when we discuss these lists. it is very important to consider that as a major asset for solving small problems. commissioner avalos: thank you. we are going to close public comment.