be ending and this is not a unique situation. we're at the second development wave and we will see a few likely independent spaces lose their bases after this. we have still institutional spaces that surround us. a lot of our independent community will be displaced and it would be ideal to see if there is a city policy or acknowledgement within this location that would help to represent this historically. i do not know what the solutions are but rep changes going on in the neighborhood. most of the concerns i did see printed seemed to emanate from another group i was. another group. i did not see the concerns that were expressed today. most of the concerns that were represented around increasing the residential capacity in many cases go against what the plan

stated as its original goals. mitigate to the fullest extent possible neighborhood impact resulting from impact and stabilize the neighborhood against proposals and developments, maintain and encourage the existing community and cultural diversity. hopefully those will be the principles that the plan rests on rather than demand for the highest density possible within those areas. i will submit something in writing to the commission that will outline this and i appreciate your time today. thank you for hearing this. president fong: thank you. >> thank you, commissioners. i am chair of the western soma task force but i am speaking today as an individual. i would like to address some of the transportation analysis in the eir. transportation planners, we experience a considerable amount

of pushed back from the transportation planners and consultants over the course of developing this eir. they tend to have this mentality of living in a bubble where the area that is being studied is a blank slate and they get to move housing and streets and transportation elements around. whereas the western soma plan is based upon what is there on the ground. just to give you an idea. residential is primarily north of harrison street. service and light industrial, business is south of harrison street. we recommended the designation of this -- the streets such as howard and fulsome in the midst of the residential area as community servings streets and those of the paris and as regional serving streets. -- harrison as regional serving

streets. there is the distribution of truss routes south of harrison street. they say it does not require a mitigation plan as recommended in the plan but truck routes are not included in the existing controls and would not be recommended in the higher growth alternative. no matter which alternative you ultimately adopt, please move the traffic away from our homes and our families and our recreational facilities by supporting the designation of truck routes as recommended in the western soma plan. thank you. president fong: thank you. is there additional public comment on this item? seeing none, the public comment portion is closed. commissioners, questions, comments? commissioner antonini: as a summary of what i have heard

and the issues that were presented today where it seems as though the public who spoke today felt there are things that need to be addressed in the comments and responses. just to summarize, impact between entertainment and housing issues that can be properly and complete at -- analyzed and the failure to completely analyze the cultural and historic role that i live played in the area and lgbt was brought up by a couple of different people. and the adequacy of the listing of the entertainment venues is a complete -- is a complete or not complete. also the fact that whether or not there report analyzes buffer zones around the 11th street entertainment area or other entertainment areas. i cannot say for sure whether it is in there or not but i will read more carefully to see if it is analyzed. and then limited live

performance issue, the distinction from on limited live performance was pointed out. -- unlimited live performance was pointed out. and demographic analysis was as fresh as it could be and took into account the 2010 census and air quality impact and transportation impacts with the thought being that we had to make sure that one of the alternatives involved, funneling traffic into areas that were away from residential enclaves as much as possible and then doing analysis on that. and began -- that might be in there but i am not exactly sure. there are certain subtleties in the comments but i appreciate the comments. they're good ones and we will see the answers and comments and response. i will study this at greater length before the next hearing. commissioner wu: 4 today, i have

-- for today, i have two comments. if the census numbers are not available, possibly there is the american community survey that gives us a sense of the change over time in demographics. i have a process question about what they follow on is. this is an area community plan. what is the environmental process when the project within the plan area come in the future? commissioner sugaya: i will write something before the deadline. i would like to -- i know that the letter will be responded to. i would like to have staff pay particular attention to the very last paragraph.

>> if that concludes public comment as well as commissioner comment, the public hearing is concluded. we would mention that written comments will be accepted at the planning department until 5:00 p.m. on august 6, 2012. that concludes the public comment on this item. thank you. you are now at the general public comment. the public may address you on items of interest to the public it is falls within the subject matter and jurisdiction of this commission. president fong: public comment. >> i really like our government system in san francisco. i have been doing some research since i talked to you and i have

to make a correction. in allowing the conversion of convents, monasteries, and other similar religious facilities, the word that is too broad turns out to be the word facility. so, i am not sure i can find it fast enough. just trust me, it is a very broad word. until this supervisors meeting, -- the supervisors' meeting, -- the intent of allowing the conversion of convents, monasteries, and other religious order facilities was to allow the conversion of religious housing and i am going to try to make that the -- how those words

reflected in the proposed ordinance. thank you very much for listening to me. president fong: thank you. is there additional public comment? seeing none, the meeting is adjourned. >> i tried to think about this room as the dream room, where we dream and bring some of those dreams to life. i feel very blessed that i have been able to spend the last 31 years of my life doing it my

way, thinking about things better interesting to me, and then pursuing them. there are a lot of different artists that come here to work, mostly doing aerial work. kindred spirits, so to speak. there is a circus company that i have been fortunate enough to work with the last couple of years. i use elements of dance and choreography and combine that with theater techniques. a lot of the work is content- based, has a strong narrative. the dancers have more of a theatrical feel. i think we are best known for our specific work. in the last 15 years, spending a lot of time focusing on issues that affect us and are related

to the african-american experience, here in the united states. i had heard of marcus shelby and had been in join his work but never had the opportunity to meet him. we were brought together by the equal justice society specifically for this project. we were charged with beginning work. marquez and i spent a lot of time addressing our own position on the death penalty, our experiences with people who had been incarcerated, family members, friends of friends. pulling our information. beyond that, we did our own research. to create a picture that resonated with humanity. it is the shape of a house.

in this context, it is also small and acts like a cell. i thought that was an interesting play on how these people make these adjustments, half to create home. what is home for these people? the home is their cell. people talk a lot about noise -- very noisy in prisons. that is interesting to me. looking at the communication level, the rise of frustration of being caged, wondering, where does redemption fit into the equation here? [singing]

i think both of us really believe the death penalty is wrong, and is flawed for many reasons. the list is as long as my arm -- about several others. we feel this is important for both of us, personally, to participate in the debate of this issue in a way that we can help people frame it for a conversation.

supervisor campos: the morning, everyone. welcome to the transportation authority meeting of july 24, 2012. i'm the chair the authority. the clerk of the authority is erica cheng. we would like to thank the sfgtv staff for covering the meeting today. if you could take roll-call. >> [roll-call] >> we have a quorum. >> if you could please call item no. 2. >> is there any member of the

public who would like to speak on item number two? can we take roll-call? >> [a roll-call] the item passes. supervisor campos: please call item no. 3. >> the shares report. this is an information item. supervisor campos: as many of you are aware, last week, our governor, jerry brown was in town for the bill that green

light the high-speed rail program. for those of you who have been following this matter, it was a very close vote and in the end, the different parties were able to reach a compromise that brought enough consensus to have enough votes to pass this very important piece of legislation. i was unable to be at the signing ceremony but i want to thank the executive director for representing the authority and i want to recognize commissioner jane kim who was at the event. present were not only the governor but the high-speed authority chairman who were clear about their commitment to bring high-speed rail to the trans bay transit center. i know that commissioner wiener and i have been working to make sure that happens. i also want to note that we have another piece of good news

yesterday. we had the deputy administrator for the federal transit administration who was in town to deliver good news for the municipal transportation agency. we are receiving to grants in san francisco -- one for $15 million for the replacement of 40 diesel buses with new hybrid electric load floor buses which is a very important step in the renovation of our fleet which is aging. another grant was also pretty significant -- $6 million to fund the service which is part of the rapid network and -- which is intended to improve service to many neighborhoods in the city. i know that in my neighborhood, that will be tremendously impacted by this investment. we want to thank all of the

members of the family and our gratitude goes to the transit administration for recognizing the significance of these projects in san francisco. that concludes my report. i would like to ask any commissioner who has a question or any member of the public would like to speak on this item to please come forward. i see a couple. you could please come up. you each have 03 minutes. >> good that afternoon. my name is mr. dillon and i have lived in this city for many years. i have enjoyed the streets of san francisco. what is most enjoyable about the streets of san francisco is being able to drive on them and to get from point a to point b

without being in a traffic jam or having to deal with critical mass or having to deal with construction projects. i have noticed an increasing amounts of traffic ingestion, areas where construction is going on in traffic is not being managed around those sites. i met one lady who was on her way to the hospital. she was trying to negotiate around a project and and at driving into the project. damaging her car. my point to the transportation authority is i don't think you are really doing your job. you need to think about the public residents and tourists in this city.

that's your biggest priority. to have all of these construction jobs going on at the same time has really reduced the quality of life in san francisco. secondly, we used to have a very nice system of traffic coming -- traffic calming done by local people who went into the city and drove their carriages. that was our traditional model. carriage horses are also solar powered. they eat grass that is powered by the sun and that propels them in their travel. i don't see any money in any of your budget or even in the $4

dmv tax increase that goes into any of that. which to me is pretty shocking because who are we in san francisco? what type of community are we? historically, we are a carriage driving community. here we are since 2000, like we don't exist. yet you are spending all of this money -- [tone] supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker please. >> i listened to the director's report and i want to address two issues. the first issue is governor jerry brown signing this bill. you did not witness the signing of this bill on tv because you

mentioned some persons who were present but they were not. i can talk to you about that offline. the situation we have today, board of supervisors, commissioners, and you from the san francisco transportation authority, is that our state is broke. three in spite of our state being broke, no money for education, no money for health, nominee for safety, some folks because they have the power and jerry brown should know better, by a very close margin, millions of dollars have been allocated for the high-speed rail.

jerry brown said at one time when they decided to have the bart, the bay area rapid transit, some neighboring counties were against it. maybe they were against it and that is their concern. but we can make no comparison whatsoever in these dire economic times comparing the high-speed rail to the bart system. i just want to get that out there clear for those people who should learn to represent and be leaders. in the second issue is the moneys allocated to muni. every time we allocate moneys to muni, we have no accountability

and no responsibility. if they get this grant, that is fine, but we need muni to be accountable. [tone] we have a gentleman who used to be with muni and hopefully he will do the right thing. but again, to the high-speed rail, it's going back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth and we really do not know the standard of that construction and how that will, around. thank you very much. supervisor campos: thank you very much. is there any other member of the public to would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. could you please call item no. 4?

>> the executive director's report. >> good morning. my report is on your desks and i have a few things i would like to highlight. we have already heard from the chairman on a high-speed rail bill signing and the visit of the deputy administrators, so i will skip over those. let me simply highlight in the interest of time i promised at the finance committee, a road map to the new federal highway transportation act which you can read at your leisure. if using a seven-page memo is long, think about a 650 page bill. this is a manageable about.

in the interest of time, i will not address that at all today and i will bring a short power point presentation to each of the committees at the next meeting so that you have a guided tour. there are some wrinkles in this bill that surprised me and some of the other observers that this process because i have been predicting there would not be a bill until after the election. there were some compromises that were necessary to get the bill passed and not all of them are to benefit san francisco. i will address them at the next pair of committee meetings in more detail. in the environmental impact report alternatives for the plan bay area were approved last thursday by the metropolitan commission and the association of bay area governments.

these are key to the analysis that would be done and we are generally supportive of the free market. it's never exactly ideal, but we will remain deeply engaged in the process. the final eir will be certified in may of 2013, so we have a little time still and we will remain very involved. i want to highlight 19th avenue transit steady which got some initial work underway already. this is a study that will explore moving the ocean view library line to the west side so that it can be more user friendly and more integrated into the land use fronting that

area. this is a fantastic opportunity that has come out of the planning proposal and it gives us an opportunity to focus on the west side of the city in a very significant way. i am hopeful this will be an important effort and expect meetings with the community to start in the fall. we are organizing the outreach and technical work now. the study that has been underway for a long time is now reaching its final stages and i wanted to report that we have been coordinating with the city and community's effort to restart the program of developing this site --