blvd, but there is no money there for light rail which is grandfathered from prop b into prop k years ago. to your homework and look at what is in prop b and prop k and look at what has to be done and what has been done and you have to go before the voters again to authorize the money in prop k to complete the project in the sales tax now before we look 30 years in the future. thank you. >> steve wu from chinatown cdc. i want to thank the ta staff for a great presentation and laying out a great framework for how to achieve equity in discussions about new transportation revenue. i think

it's very important as a board you take a step back and really examine how the revenue being discussed today is being reprogrammed especially with regard to equity. and it's very important to take a look at how new monies will benefit today's everyday transit riders. we haven't seen any analysis of that and i think this lays out a framework of handout you -- how to do that. how new money can benefit transit riders. we look forward to seeing how this framework gets developed and once again, thank the ta staff for producing a great presentation. >> steve, i just wanted to clarify at the last ta board meeting that malcolm was anna pointed member of the task force but you said he was never

a ppointed? >> we don't want to elaborate on that. he was on a communication band and he raised a lot of concerns which he felt were not adequately addressed. he was a member of the task force, he was not able to attend many of the meetings. >> thank you. next speaker? >> good afternoon, bob allen from urban habitat. i want to thank the staff for the thoughtful presentation which gets us to have a better start. i think ultimately the clearest kind of equity metric is are we providing better service or communities that while most on transportation throughout the city an i think i would follow up with maria's dmaents we may want to look beyond the

comments. i'm glad they are looking beyond the best approach. that they exclusive focus on capital vechlts -- investment and they are going to be adequate and we would have concerns again that exclusively capital vechlts would get us to the outcome and final ly with my work at the regional level, we know they have been putting together a panel for the regional funds that they are working with the public to develop those and it's clear they have been talking to the city folks about the task force because we are hearing from the task force that we need to do this for capital reasons. clearly the conversations are happening but we also when we go e to mtv

that localities need to raise their fair share. that's another reason when we look at these funds in capital to directly improve service because there is a little bit of a message. when we get new funds identified and new sources, those should be the sources the do clear transit service improvement and we find out that they are taking this new source of regional funds in a way to access local funds. >> thank you, i just wanted to thank our deputy controller monique who is the cochair of the mayor's task force as well as being here. next speaker. >> good afternoon commissioners, my name is parsons from district two. i realize it has to pass by the voters in order to go through. my request when that

legislation is written, that it's going to be tied to transportation functions. i think it will get passed that way. the other thing i was wondering about free munis whether it could be tied to that program and i don't know what sort of funding is allocated to continue. the pilot program and particularly if vlf has ian impact on other communities would help support them. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker? >> good morning, peter cohen from the housing communications. people wonder why housing is talking about transportation. we have over 25,000 affordable housing units in san francisco that have been built and management by non-property houseers and we know full well that the mg --

majority of those residents are extremely dependent on transportation and the community organizations that serve those folks have very independent work force. they can't remember the people that work in affordable housing also need to get where they need to go. we understand the point of view from but a technical perspective. the ta has done a great job to at least come up with a conceptual level to adequately in and they laid out a very nice game plan for you. a couple things i would point out is the communities of concern is a device full to focus equity. i would point out, remember transit dependent communities are not always low income communities and we need

to think about both of them. and we have entrance the dependent needs across the city, some based on low income and some based on the fact they don't own cars and second i want to make a point about the previous presentation about the vlf is very impressive work. this is on both ends of service and infrastructure is not mutually independent. you have to invest in both and the underlying point here is at the end of the day use of the transportation system is both rolling stock and the service itself. >> thank you, mr. cohen.

>> organizationing low income bus riders and the kind of problem we hear about are over crowding and long waits and nights and weekends it can take an hour-and-a-half in the bayview and it's really ridiculous and impacts folks trying to get to their families and folks at work. we hear a lot of affordability. and the shift one of the subjects that was addressed in one of the reports and we see with that way of increased fares and there is decreased rider ship. that is an issue we hope to be addressed. our low income communities are being displaced. we are in a real crisis and with this opportunity to invest in our transit system we need to prioritize the needs of the folks that are hardest hit and are really dependent on

transit. thank you. >> mr. decost a? >> my name is francisco decost a. i have been involved with transportation issues for over 35 years. today in this great city and county of san francisco, we are disrespecting that population or that segment of the population that most take public transportation. if you are going in our city, unless you are blind we have 38 planes in the air and a lot of congestion. if you go on san bruno avenue, for the last 6 months, there is congestion impacting women, the children. impacting our seniors,

impacting the disabled. when i worked for the national service, the department of interior, i was a program manager for the americans with disabilities act. i know about traffic management. so analysis can be done. a lot of analysis have been done leading to too much analysis it leads to paralysis. so whatever the reports that are forth come, we want to know the timeline. we want to know the goals. and we want to go to the -- seniors and go to the schools and ask them have they been impacted by this deliberation. we have had two representative that represented the people, no more. no more supervisors.

people are pissed off. i'm repeating again, people are pissed off. thank you very much. >> thank you, is there anyone ems -- else who would like to speak. i think you spoke already, sir, thank you. seeing no other speakers, public comments is closed. supervisor avalos did you want to wrap up? >> thank you, as it comes to this, we can file this hearing and we can just ask the ta staff to come back to us as we are seeing the roll out of the recommendation that come tr ca 2030 and for your item, i believe it would be good perhaps to continue with the budget analyst to assess outcomes as well and work together with the ta if it's possible? >> yeah, i really appreciate

miss hyatt's analysis and thanks for the report from the budget office and thank you everyone. this is an informational item that we don't need to take action on. so miss chang can you call the next item. >> the clerk: item no. 8. item 8: recommend approval of the scope of work for the strategic analysis report sarr on local and regional bike sharing organizational models and appropriation of $43,000 in prop k funds, with conditions, for the sar, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedule action* attachment at the september 10, 2013 meeting of the san francisco county transportation authority board, chair avalos requested that we initiate a strategic analysis report sarr to investigate possible governance structures of a regional bike sharing program beyond the current bay area bike share pilot, which opened to the public on august 29, 2013. as part of the scoping process, we have consulted with the san francisco municipal transportation agency sfmtaa and other stakeholders on relevant issues that should be addressed in the sar. the proposed sar is scoped to explore various organizational and governance structures for the regional model, from a true regional program to a local program that conforms to regional implementation standards. the sar will describe how different models would work and outline the advantages, challenges, and risks of each. in addition, the sar will evaluate each model for its ability to advance the local and regional goals for bike sharing, their financial sustainability, and their ability to grow the program quickly, successfully i.e., high usage of the systemm, and equitably. based

on our discussions with sfmta and other stakeholders, we have identified the potential need for additional technical work to complement ongoing research efforts, and therefore are requesting additional funds in the event this work needs to be performed in coordination with sfmta and the bay area air quality management district. assuming board approval of the sar scope in november, we anticipate releasing the draft sar in march 2014 and finalizing the sar for board adoption by may 2014. we estimate a cost of $18,000 for development of the sar and up to $25,000 for optional technical tasks, for a total cost of up to $43,000. we are seeking a recommendation to approve the scope of work for the sar on local and regional bike sharing organizational models and to appropriate $43,000 in prop k funds, with conditions, for the sar, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedule bike sharing organizational models and to appropriate $43,000 in prop k funds, with conditions, for the sar, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedule 12341234 >> we have a verien enthusiastic mr. schwartz. >> good afternoon commissioners. michael schwartz. on page 37 of your passionate. -- packet. i'm going to keep the presentation very short. >> sorry, i know how important this is. >> yes, i realize there has been a lot of presentations done. i recognize the need for that. so the first item is about the background -- bike sharing and i would encourage you to look at the meeting and which has been a great presentation and will give more detail on what i'm covering here. for those who don't know what bike sharing is. it's like car sharing. really the goal is to not only increase cycling but really allow for short trips, as well as that first last mile transit issue to allow people to get to and from whenever they need to go. it's mostly internationally. the one in paris is the most famous recent example in the large

scale and u.s. in chicago and there are i number of cities where it's been quite successful. the current pilot is not only in san francisco but along other cites along the peninsula the bikes will be rolled out. the area air equal management district is the lead of the pilot and it's just getting under way. my colleague is here if anyone has any questions about the numbers with those. i'm going to move on from that. for those of you who haven't been 33 -- through an economic achievement report. supervisor avalos was at the board meeting for the expansion

of the bike share as it moves beyond the initial pilot phase to analyze challenging policy issues. some recent once is looking at the pilot industry and a lot of those have resulted in some of the current efforts that you see in changes within the city as well as state policy legislation with respect to the level of service metric. >> the skroep that is in front of you in your packet is looking at the pros and cons of the informational model. there is two questions in mind whether to have a locally or regional model compared to where the district is the lead right now as well as the organization should it be a public agency, non-profit, there is even for profit

models and we'll look at sustained growth and to be able to expand the system and make sure it's operationally sustainable. the funding can be from non-traditional sources such as funding through sponsorship. the goal to allow the decision makers to be informed about how it should be governed and what san francisco stake is in that structure. the request before you today is $18,000 for the sar for the management category. this really covers transportation authority staff cost to complete the sar and the committee month's schedule and the way it would work is we bring the draft up to this body again with the chair sitting in the role and would be refined through a more regular process

for a final approval. in addition as was noted in the cac report. as part of the scope process we've met with the scope networks and a few things have come up. one thing in particular is to look at the standpoint. we know in the long run whether it's a regional system or controlled, there would be sponsorship funds and it's important to get an understanding of what those assets are worth and it might look at how this might work from a financial sustainability. that would come from the bicycle safety and category and they are optional. the funds are separate from sar and would be approved with sf mta concurrence before the funds are spent and they are

separate from the sar and are from a technical task to support the sar as a means request. with that i will turn it over to questions. thank you for your time. >> i serve on the bay area air quality management district. and i would like to hear you talk about your discussions with the staff and any concerns that are raised with what they are doing and done with their blessings? >> we have reached out to staff and with the stakeholder interviews as the key efforts and the performance on the study is happening and they are in the same process of thinking about the evaluation of the current program and the regional structure that may look at a variety of different stand points and not just san francisco with respect to so

some of the evaluation work done for the regional system an they did not receive any bids on the proposal which is why we are having funds to do their own values study. we know their further conversations with the city and we know they need to move forward in locked steps in coordination. >> mr. schwartz, from avalos point, i know that karen shul neck and others from the district office have been riding it and i see some of the glitches that they are working hard to deal with quickly and but i think it would be really good for them to share more with individual commissioners as well. i'm really glad that you are working with the bay area air quality management district, especially with karen on this. >> thank you.

>> miss chang. >> at the risk of prolonging this. i want to say that the they are in the process and the importance of providing a process ahead of the decision that will come to the sf tc. oov -- thank you. if there are no questions. just

>> would it be difficult to fund only the, any sort of problem. you want to use bicycling as a means to replace munis is not a possible way. >> thank you. we have miss hostage from the boiling -- hodge from the bicycle coalition. >> i want to reiterate our strong desire on the focus of equity to make sure it develops an equitable way and the country have experimented with in terms of opening up bike share with many communities with income levels and backgrounds. >> thank you. next speaker. mr. decosta? >> i would like the experts to

listen to me on this very carefully. first of all, we need an analysis of our own roads. we have too many hills in san francisco. i'm not saying this is a sidebar conversation that is to the public. that's the least you can do. it's interfering with my deliberation. absolutely, so we have this issue of the hills in san francisco. and while we talk about bicycling which i favor, we need to do an analysis of certain routes where the majority of the routes is level. now, i was in bleen not

along ago and they do a really good job there. not only having bicycle hubs, but bicycle lanes over long stances -- distances. just like the gentleman was saying, if you are allowed a bicycle is it just to go around the park or are you going to use it in a very sustain able way. now, i also want an analysis of the foot print. if you are using a bicycle to reduce the carbon foot print and go on building and pollute san francisco, we need to do animals -- analysis about that. we need to go deep into these issues rather than having a sidebar conversations

while someone come here to talk. thank you very much. >> anymore public comment? >> public comment is closed. >> i'm very supportive. it looks like $18,000 for the strategic report and up to $25,000 for the tactical task. i know there was a clear glaring service to the west side. like like to see if there would be a demand and from others that live further out that might not have connectors from different transit sites. that came from people from my community. other comments? colleagues? then with that can we move this forward without objection. thank you. >> miss change, is this any other business. >> the clerk: item 9.

information item. >> public comment? seeing none, public comment is close. >> public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item. >> adjournment. >> thank you. we are adjourned. >> >> [ meeting is adjourned ] >>