will be held tonight from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. i encourage the members of the public to look at the website wwwsf transportation to see where the workshops will be held >> if there are no comments from the authority we'll go on to pan am it open relative to my rakes we'll close public comment and move on. >> item 4 the executive director report this is on informational item. >> thank you. good morning everyone my reports are on your deck the two mostly transit reports that's been a busy month the funding is on everyone's

mind also at the state and local level wherewith the picture of the bills coming forward the obama administration and the senate public works committee as the two year transportation bill in place that will expire on september 30th it's great to see this coming up with the extension we need to see a maintenance of the obama administration proposals for the increased level of funding we're not seeing the grow america act by the administrative and the departmentalize and republicans in the house and senate but we're talking about extending the bill for at least the next few years and will continue to monitor the progress with the transportation commission and

with our partners we'll keep you posted. this goal to avert the bankruptcy of the highway trust fund to make sure we plan for our capital needs. at the state level the cap and trade proposal realized imply permanently steinberg that take into consideration talks about an expenditure program and the governor provided a picture with the new proposal from the senate permanently includes direct funding to transit by 25 percent 20 percent for affordable housing and 20 percent for high speed rail so we see the right components in the bill and hope we'll come together to provide stability and certainty for the community going forward

throughout the state. we have been coordinating with the mayor's office and the sfmta and others agencies as well as the sales force agencies known as the self-help coalition we had visits from sacramento this month to discuss our hopes and advocacy around cap and trade other statewide efforts we met with senator leno and others as well as staff from the pro tems office as well as support for our priority likes high speed rail and transit and other needs as affordable housing. we talked about pedestrian safety and vision zero they very much support our efforts they're

an effort to help to explore awkward tucks and legislation in conjunction with sfmta and we talked about clean up legislation we're purring for treasure island mobility management programs. at the local level chair avalos talked about the workshops it's been a good way to start the process there's a lot of good work we need to share citywide and we hope all the open houses continue to attract the public we're getting good suggestions that are equitable and effective way to move forward in terms of investments last time we got proposals from the public i encourage you to come out and it's early and we can bring those ideas into the policy

process. may is also a busy month for vision zero work as we know a few months ago the first vision zero meeting we continue to work on the improvements as well as to participate in the statewide efforts we had staffs and supervisor kim's office to come to sacramento with the city team to pub talk about the pedestrian safety we're setting a high bar we're an ambitious city toe meet the long term goals and the a long time action for the pedestrian safety through the 3 major straechlgz of street it design, improvement and education. in addition we've had a enter agency discussion around brt a

robust conversation we're looking at moved the project into this and sfmta has taken a aggressive progress there's an update in the package of the improvements it's much more than bus rapid transit it will improve performances in the corridor that was a property line a property line avenue improvement from franklin to the polk corridor. so we're excited to see that there's an update to the geary project we hope to bring the environmental project forward in the fall and initiate the environmental process to keep it on track both of the projects are high priorities but geary in

particular the scheduling we're going to need the support of the city's revenue measures in the fall. so all of those improvements are on track but we need the support of the public to make it possible. in terms of our neighborhood planning we work with chinatown and the update happened in distribute 3 we talked about what sfmta and dpw are proposing with the street bond money that's going to improve pedestrian safety along columbus avenue with the neighborhood planning fester a few years ago. the geneva project is moving along we appreciate the community support in connecting 3 cities and multiply operators. the next brt meeting is

june 19th so, please check out our website. feinstein on treasure island we are really ramping up we have 34 streams of work we have the ramp projects and we have the elective efforts to support the mobility agency. also our setting governor board is we're setting that up and vance our city engineering we had a d b r workshop with the sdaenld community trying to promote those connections with great outreach thank you lilly and others for they're great effort to promote the business opportunities with the transportation authority. feinstein open the balboa park

committee that will be coming to the advisory committee and we'll moved with the key strategies we recommended including a reconfiguration of the southbound i 280 off-ramp to fix it conflict point and signal that going forward in addition to looking at a new potential onramp closer at geneva and others possible strategies we want to make sure we're improving pedestrian safety and maintaining the overall strategy. finally at the end our annual fiscal audit with our planning project those are both important effort to make sure we continue

to keep the business agency smooth and accountant >> thank you. >> thank you for your remarks colleagues, any questions or comments. are okay. on to public comment is there any public comment we'll close public comment on to finance committee >> adapt the state legislation commission this is a action item. >> questions or comments. public comment is open we'll close public comment and call a role vote >> supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos absent. commissioner chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar absent. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. this item passes >> great neck item, please and

item 6 adapt the 2014-2015 this is an action item. >> moving on to public comment is there any public comment we'll close public comment and we'll do same house, same call? . oh, we'll have a role call vote >> supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. absent. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. absent. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. this item passes and item pass great >> item 7 approval the 2014-2015 for clean air project this is an action item and no questions or comments open this up for public comment seeing

none, public comment is closed. >> item 7. supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos absent. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar absent. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. this item passes >> very good next item and item 8 appoint angela to the committee this is an action item. >> she's a district 11 resident and doing great work happy to see her up for reappoint move to public comment any member of the public want to comment call roll. >> commissioner dooley's. supervisor breed. supervisor campos absent. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim.

supervisor mar absent. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. this item passes >> the item passes. next and item 9 appoint this lady for the committee >> again another district 11 she's a former youth commissioner and a student at the u s state i appreciate her support. we can go to public comment on this item seeing none, we'll close public comment and have a role call >> item 9. supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos absent. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar absent. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. this item passes

>> great neck item. >> item 10 for the structural report this is an action item. questions or comments public comment >> chum. >> on behalf of the plans and programs committee we were able to incorporate public comments that were taken at the last meeting on the bicycle rental committees on page 9 we have a idiot we were able to communicate with the commenters and they were satisfied i also want to thank you for your leadership on the issue the inner district we have disseminate the work and seen a shape in the policy discussion at the district in addition to

our counterpart areas we've look forward to do those programs and will be following closely as we roll. >> locally i want to thank amber and michael to produce the document on time it's been a pleasure to work with them. >> also thank you for all our work on this for the past most and showing you how we can roll the bike share and make it expand for the government structure inform that to happen i he shouldn't prosecute he shouldn't you're talking, with the bike relocate company we want to make sure we're looking at all stakeholders in our biking industry here in san francisco appreciate our work. on to public comment any member

of the public want to comment seeing none, public comment is closed >> supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. absent. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. absent. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. this item passes >> the item passes. >> item 11 allocate 4 hundred thousand plus and 8 hundred 25 thousand for propping k funds this it is an action item. >> questions or comments okay. seeing none we'll go on to public comment any member of the public comment want to comment we'll seeing none, public comment is closed. >> item 11. >> supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos absent.

supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. absent and supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee this item passes >> great. next item >> item 12 adapt the reorganize plan with the african-american of prop k an action item. >> okay. any questions or comments seeing none, we'll go on to public comment any member of the p.m. public want to comment seeing none, public comment is closed. and we'll do a role call >> item 12. >> supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos absent. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar absent. supervisor tang.

supervisor wiener supervisor yee. this item passes >> item passes. next item and item 13 introduction of new items >> colleagues, any new items supervisor wiener. thank you, mr. speaker, colleagues you may recall several weeks ago at the board of supervisors we passed a resolution asking the office of economic workforce development on late night transportation to come up with a plan and staefrnl long-term and short-term and to improve the dynamic transportation we have major are deficiency in terms of people's ability to get around in the evening and deficiency around cashing service and so forth. we held a hearing at the land use we heard from workers and

partners and laid night advocates we get this twenty-four hour service it should be a key part of it there are any agent challenges as well so that working group is in the process of being formed i'm excited about it. i have spoken with tilly chang about the possibility of the transportation authority staff providing technical support to the working groups in terms of understanding how transportation systems work so i'm requesting the ta staff collaborate with the working group >> we'd, glad to do that. thank you >> thank you. >> okay. great. we'll go on to public comment any member of the public wish to comment seeing none, public

comment is closed >> item 14 public comment. >> now is the time for the members of the public to comment relative to the san francisco transportation authority board and seeing none, public comment is closed. move on >> item 15 adjournment. colleagues, we're adjourned. thank you.

>> cents and cisco's buses and trains serve many writers -- san francisco buses and trains serve many riders. the need to be sure they can get off at their intended stop. the digital voice announcement system, which announces upcoming stops, can help these low vision riders know where they are, but only if set properly. >> it is a wonderful piece of technology, but in practice, it is a little bit more tricky. oftentimes, i find that the automatic announcement system is turned off or turned down so low that i'm unable to hear it, or it is turned up so high that the sound is distorted. >> most of the time, it does not ever seemed to be on.

or is it is, it is a really quiet. occasionally, it is so loud that it is distorted. >> driver, may i have california st., please? >> no problem. >> whenever the announcement system does not work properly and a driver does not call out the stops, and i'm totally lost as to where i am. the announcement system calls out the stops, but to help the customer, i caught the destination, transfer points, and requested stops. and it is the law. >> i use the p a system to make sure everyone on the bus here is my announcements. >> i have had both experiences with the loudness and the to stop for the announcements. you are never going to have it exactly balanced for every trip because your level of noise changes. the announcement system ranges from 1 to 10. 10 would be too loud, a little distorted. eight is a good number.

not too loud, but loud enough for everyone to hear and understand what is going on. >> i think bus drivers might not be aware of the fact that if you let a visually impaired person off at the wrong stop, number one, they may be absolutely unfamiliar with the area they are in. >> the driver overshot the stock that i wanted. i decided to get off and find my way back, but it was very disorienting, not exactly understanding how far i was. number 2, it might be a potentially dangerous situation if they do not know the area and are attempting to make crossings that they are unfamiliar with. >> they let me off somewhere else. i had no idea where i was. i missed the stop, and the bus was gone. then, i look around. i tried to find someone to help me, and i cannot find anybody. i would have no way of knowing where i am at.

>> [inaudible] i asked why he did not stop when i asked. we did not panic. we do not know where we are. we do not know what is going on. i get over there, and right away, i almost got killed. >> #3, it's the person in question is trying to get somewhere, it is going to make them late for whatever they are doing. >> i had to find my way to a corner and ask someone where i was going to and how to get there. i eventually made it to my appointment, which was with social security, but i was very late, and they almost did not see me. >> i was very late former doctor's appointment, and there was concern about whether or not i could be fit in. >> when i get off i stock that

is unfamiliar to me, because i have no sight, i cannot just automatically orient myself off to a new environment. it takes a lot of training, a lot of work. there are a lot of skill sets involved when i am first introduced to a new area. to get off at an unfamiliar bus stop for the first time and to do it unintentionally -- it can be a really disorienting experience. >> i think there is a sense that it is ok, that person is going to find their way, and did they do not know where they are, you are potentially putting them in a seriously dangerous situation. >> i always appreciate when the drivers are proactive in asking questions like, "where do you want to get off?" i appreciate when they help find a seat for me. i also appreciate when everything is working properly as far as the voice announcement

system. they make sure that it is turned on, that it is loud enough for everyone to hear, not turned down so low that it helps no one. >> excuse me, driver, what stocks are we at? can you remind me when we get to venice and broadway? thanks. >> what we're talking about here is full participation and inclusion. i want to be able to lead a full life. the only way that i'm able to get from place to place this by using a fully accessible public transit system like meany -- muni. >> the americans with disabilities act of 1990 is a wide-ranging federal civil- rights law that prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities. title two of the ada addresses

access to public services, including public transportation for persons with disabilities. it requires transit operators to call out stops at transfer points, major intersections, and major destinations, and to announce particular stocks requested by customers with disabilities. stop announcements are especially important for passengers who are blind or have low vision. these individuals cannot travel independently if they are not assured of getting off at their intended destination point. . >> golden gate parks largest

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>> good evening and woman to the wednesday, may 14, 2014, meeting of san francisco board of appeals this preceding officer is board/19. >> joined that i commissioner fung and is commissioner honda and to my left is deputy city attorney ryan he'll provide the legal advice i'm cynthia and we're joined by the department that have cases before the bystander board and we have a representative of the planning board and the