equivalent of -- p sac san -- went on a

tour of the san francisco neighborhood read by dr. marty mcentire. following our tour i am happy to announce that most

of the crosswalk have been newly painted continental style and curb ramps have been installed around the campus. the chief of public safety and the master plan manager presented to -- unfortunately usf is delaying the plan for moving forward and in my opinion has demonstrated a clear disregard for public safety and public health: sf mta submitted plans six months ago and hasn't received the plans or comments for final review. until they receive the plans from usf they're unable to provide plans-- yet the usf

website doesn't mention pedestrian safety once. in contrast we-- and in addition the sf mta has done a wonderful job. in addition our committee -- i recently joined the sf transportation committee and focuses on financial constrained scenarios for the plan and evaluated the methodologyand our goal is ensure traffic calming and pedestrian safety is properly addressed as part of san francisco overall

transportation plan. unfortunately they don't have a dedicated representative to send to the meetings. following this meeting i will be step across the hall to the rules committee where we are appointing three new members to our committee. some members have resigned and during this past year and mr. rothman which you mentioned and we are recruiting new members as half of the seats are vacant. we recruited other possible appointees. i reached out to the best friend of the victim which you saw today and she will join as the student representative. you heard from john winston and friends of monterey boulevard and will be joining us also. supervisor wiener's office will present his legislative package on april 9 and in addition we plan on riding along with the sfpd on

sting operations in the near future. april 9 we plan on requesting that the sfpd do the sting operations more often and expand to new locations. seeking to be engaged in these efforts they have engaged them scprt departments to involve our committee and the public during the commencement of projects until after the fact. unfortunately we are rarely notified about pedestrian safety issues. for example i haven't seen any reply about the mayor's task force which is already met and i find out things only through the news once they are reported. there is obviously a clear lack of communication and coordination between the departments. moving forward we promise to speak for those without a voice and those that have been killed or hurt and like you heard earlier the

three people hit by cars in our great city. we take seriously now the privilege of representing san francisco citizens and their best interest and we promise to advance in a new direction with unrelenting resolve to effect meaningful change in the result of th consequences. thank you. >> thank you mr. marks. anyone from the public that would like to speak? please come forward. if there is someone else please come forward now. >> i appreciate the statement from the chair of pedestrian safety advisory committee swrark marks. i particularly appreciate his constructive analysis of the pedestrian strategy. this document does not comprise any specific points about accessible pedestrian

signals for people with disabilities. it omits that and it also omits a critical analysis how we're coordinating safety programs with bicyclists and pedestrians. there's been several forums that have happened in the last six months. we are -- let us keep in heart and mind and soul it was a year ago this week a woman of a bicyclist collision at 17th market and castro passed away at sf general hospital so let's coordinate the actions and communications of all the agencies with p sac and the conclusion of safety rules and enforcement for the vulnerable seniors and pedestrians with disabilities. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> yes. i am bridgette turnin

and with balboa terrace and i am saddened about all the deaths. there is an intersection on monterey boulevard and holloway where we lost a friend. he was hit by a motorists and he was in the crosswalk with his father so after that i have been very active in safety within my community. i myself with two other people from my neighborhood [inaudible] had requested 16 stop signs at intersections. we have supervisor ma who is not in my district helped us implementing 12 of the intersections with stop signs. there is an intersection at aptoas and darion that i have been trying to get a speed hump. i got a stop sign at that one

intersection but it's a block down from the middle school. i had sf mta come out and [inaudible] banks said it didn't need a speed hump but it's at a grade so you're going downhill. it's a blind spot so you're turning from darion on to aptoas and make the left you're blinded and the principal was at the intersection and try to help kids crossing two and from and we have a stop sign but we call it darion dl. opolis and there are cars that have accidents there but the police don't come to an accident unless someone is actually hurt so the statistics you heard earlier we don't have funds for police officers so that number inaccurate. thank

you. >> thank you. anyone else who would like to speak? seeing none public comment is closed can we continue this item to the call of the chair with no objection and thank you to everyone for coming out today. there evans is there any more business before us? >> that concludes the disblbs okay. meeting adjourned. thank you.

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while attending san francisco state university as an accountinging major, anthony's friend jokingly suggested he make cookies to make ends make. with no formal culinary training he opened his own bakery and is now the no. 1 producer of gourmet cookies in the biarea and thank you for joining us on quick bites. how do you feel? >> i feel great. >> so i want to get to the bottom of some very burning questions. why cookies? >> it was a recommendation from a friend. hard to believe that's how it all started. >> why not pies and cakes? what do you have against pies and cakes, anthony. >> i have nothing against pies and cakes. however, that was the recommendation. >> you were on the road to be

an account apblt. >> actually, an engineer. >> even better. and it led to making cookies. >> in delicious ways. >> delicious ways. >> this is where the magic goes down and we're going to be getting to the truth behind cookies and cream. >> this is what is behind cookies and cream. >> where were you when the idea came to your mind. >> i was in my apartment eating ice cream, cookies and cream ice cream. how much fun,

cookies and cream cookies. their cookies and cream is not even -- it took a lot of time, a lot of fun. >> a lot of butter. >> a lot, a lot, a lot. but it was one of those things. all right, now behold. you know what that is? >> what is that? >> cookies and cream. >> oh, they are beautiful. >> yes, so we got to get --. >> all right, all right. we treat the cookies like wine tasting. i don't ever want anybody to bite into a cookie and not get what they want to get. we're training staff because they can look at the cookie and tell if it's wrong.

>> oh, here we go. >> you smell it and then you taste it, clean the plat palate with the milk. >> i could be a professional painter because i know how to do this. >> i can tell that it's a really nice shell, that nice crunch. >> but inside. >> oh, my god. so you are going to -- cheat a little bit. i had to give you a heads up on that. >> what's happening tomorrow? these cookies, there's a lot of love in these cookies. i don't know how else to say it. it really just makes me so happy. man, you bake a mean cookie, anthony. >> i know. people really know if they are getting something made with love.

>> aww >> you know, you can't fool people. they know if you are taking shortcuts here and there. they can eat something and tell the care that went into it. they get what they expect. >> uh-huh. >> system development and things like that. >> sounds so technical. >> i'm an engineer. >> that's right, that's right. cookies are so good, drove all other thoughts out of my head. thank you for taking time out it talk to us about what you do and the love with which you do it. we appreciate your time here on quick bites. i hope you've enjoyed our delicious tale of defendant 93 and dessert. as for me, my search is over. those reviews

did not lie. in fact, i'm thinking of one of my very own. some things you just have it experience for yourself. to learn more about anthony's cookies, visit him on the web at anthoniescookies.com. if you want to watch some of our other episodes at sfquickbites/tumbler.com. see the meeting will now come to order. welcome to the regular meeting of the transportation authority finances committee. i'm chair of this committee. to my left is tang and chiu and to my right is commissioner wiener and

and the clerk of the committee is erica chang as well as jessie lars son for broadcasting this meeting. madam clerk please call item 2. >> an action item. >> thank you. are there any members of the public that would like to speak on the item, if so please come forward. seeing there is no one interested on speaking on public comment. is there a motion to approve item 2? thank you. this we go. $2? thank you. this we go. madam clerk please read item 3. i'm

here to report on how things are going with the legislature. i have a couple things that i want to alert you to the edition of the matrix and i want to cover those first. also it's appropriate to take stock on what's happened to the legislation. i will quickly cover that. first the changes to the matrix on page 4 we've added ab 41 from san mateo, a new taxing authority to fund opportunities, authorizes sales tax to be voted upon within that mpo region. we are recommending a watch and we'll know better how it looks like it's going to go. this bill has bounced from natural resources to rules committee to local government. so it's been a

bouncing bauchl -- ball. it's on a matrix and we'll be watching it and if it comes back stronger at a later day. we recommending deletion ab 680 had been a spot measure and amended recently to apply a state route which has no applicability to san francisco bay area for your policy so we are recommending taking it off the matrix. a recent amended measure is being recommend today add ab 738 on page 7 of the matrix. it tends to provide a liability shield for employees of agencies that are developing bike plans. it sounds like a much needed simplification. we need to take

a look at the bill at more depth to see how it fares in its first committee and finally as a watch position we are recommending the addition of sb 792 by senator son ya. this provides a new region natural plan by the joint counsel it in the san francisco region trying to drive consolidation of planning functions amongst m t c. for your information, mtc has recommended a watch at this point and prefer to work with the author. this is several years running and he's tried to force more collaboration between the entities in this region. that bill is set for hearing next week and we are recommending a watch. that's it for the additions and changes to the matrix. to give you an

update on the carl moir program has some funding for your high speed rail program and there are 2 measures that are identical that is to extend the fees of the carl moir program as well as other fuel filter programs. the first measure ab 8, it passed out of the public transportation committee last night. it's companions or look alike sb 11, did pass last week and it set for a hearing this afternoon. it's been a tough push in the senate. there is a lot of concerns raised by the senate analysis but i think it will pass today based on the vote count that we've been putting together. several bills to note. a b 164 adds

performance bonds for local private partnership. you will impose that because it will increase the cost unnecessarily. it has not been set yet and it is a referred to the assembly local government committee. they are sort of running out of time for action this year but we'll be monitoring that in case it does get set. mr. blooming field on page four of your matrix extends hov access for green and white sticker plug in hybrids and electric vehicles to 2025. that's viewed as an over reach and as well by doing so, it allows or extends the ability of these same vehicles to have toll free access and certain quarters in the state. that bill is set for hearing

next week. i'm not sure how that's going to fair, but we are working on that ab 749 by mr. guerrero is on page 7. in the p 3 framework that the doil drive project went through, it had to go through public service venture entity that belongs to the transportation secretary and this bill does a lot of things to modernize the p 3 loft, it also provides pie yack this new entity with more members and the ability to kill a project rather than waiting for transportation commission. that was the basis for opposing it. they have run into troubles in our opposition and are not accepting amendments yet so we'll see how they fair next

week. we have a limit high rail bonds to those already been sold basically killing off the high rail project. that bill passed last night in assembly transportation committee. i think it may have gotten one courtesy vote and another measure that you took opposed poings on page 8 of the matrix. this will take the map 1 authority that was approved last summer to allow delegation to be extend today -- to cal trans for transit projects. it seems like a misfit to have cal trans doing local agency transit project, meet the clearance. therefore you opposed. when i checked with the office yesterday, they indicated they will put the bill over until next year. they just run into too much

opposition. one area of interest where the three measures where you took a support position that reduced the threshold, these will be constitutional amendments and go straight to the ballot. sca 11, the first 2 deal with transportation and includes sales taxes, the 3rd one only applies to special taxes which allows special tax for transportation to be included but it's a broader net in terms of it's authority to do a threshold. all of those are scheduled to be heard with several other measures to deal with other policy areas for senate government and finances committee on may 5th. i had a conversation with the protem's office and we may see these bills move to keep them alive and in position from a deadline perspective, but he does not

expect any of these voter threshold bills to be adopted year and anticipates if any due it will be in 2014. that's my report. >> are there any questions, colleagues? any member of the public who would like to speak on thismatter? all right. seeing there is no one from the public and seeing there is none from colleagues, we close this. are there any questions? all right. we have a motion? thank you very much. motion made by commissioner chiu without objection. madam clerk please read item no. 4. >> reading no. 4. an action

item. >> very much. good morning commissioners. this item is to recommend a planning services a board to parsons in terms of the treasure island mobility study. this st you had is per our agreement with the treasure island authority. we have an agreement with tita to support the treasure island transportation plan. the treasure island of transportation plan includes a very innovative program for making transportation sustainable as the island develops and focused on parking pricing and congestion and to mitigate any impact on the bridge and provides a program for transit and other management techniques to help

improve non-automobility to the island. this time what is needed is planning work to complete the preimplementation, activities in support of the pricing program. so analyzing alternative pricing amounts, relationship between parking pricing and the toll between different transit service levels are needed to support the pricing program and the initial system's design on the technology side for how the pricing program would be compatible with that and with sf park and etc vment there is a planning dimension and design engineering dimension to the contract. the contract is funded by a grant that we run from mtc,