francisco. >> it's a great way to be able to have fun and give back and walk away with a great feeling. for more opportunities we have volunteering every single day of the week. get in touch with the parks and recreation center so come >> a lot a ton with the community and we say to ourselves, there is this one and this one. we all compartmentalize them, we have our own agenda. our agenda is to create great work. if you are interested in that, you are part of our community. >> hello and welcome to brava theater. >> we are trying to figure out a way to make a space where

theater and presentation of live work is something that you think of the same way that you think of going to the movies. of course, it has been complex in terms of economics, as it is for everyone now. artistically, we have done over 35 projects in four seasons, from producing dance, theater, presenting music, having a full- scale education program, and having more than 50,000 visitors in the building almost every year. a lot of our emerging artists to generate their first projects here, which is great. then we continue to try to support figuring out where those works can go. we have been blessed to have that work produced in new york, going on to the edinburgh festival, the warsaw theater festival. to me, those are great things when you can watch artists who think there is nowhere else that might be interested in you

being a woman of color and telling your story and then getting excited about it. that is our biggest accomplishment. having artists have become better artists. what is. sheri coming back to brava, here you have this establish, amazing writer who has won a clue -- slew of awards. now she gets to director and work. even though she is this amazing, established writer, the truth is, she is being nurtured as a director and is being given some space to direct. >> the play is described as ceremony and -- where ceremony and theater me. in the indigenous tradition, when you turn 52, it is like the completion of an important era. the importance of the ceremony is to say, you are 52.

whenever you have been caring for the first 52 years, it is time to let it go. really, here, they have given me carte blanche to do this. i think it is nice for me, in the sense of coming back 25 years later and seeing personally my own evolution as an artist and thinker. the whole effort to put the chicano or indigenous woman's experience on center stage is, in itself, for euro-american theaters, a radical position. because of the state of theater, it is a hard roll to hold up in institution. it is a hard road. i am looking at where we are 25 years later in the bay area, looking at how hard it is for us to strive to keep our theater is going, etc. i like to think that i'm not

struggling quite as hard, personally, but what i mean by that, the intention, the commitment. particularly, to produce works that would not be produced in other places, and also to really nurture women of color artists. i think that is something that has not shifted for me in those 25 years, and it is good to see that brava remains committed to that kind of work. ♪ >> when people talk about the reflection of the community, we can only go from what we have on our staff. we have a south asian managing director, south african artistic director, latino community out rich person. aside from the staff, the other

people, artists that we work with being a reflection of us, yes, the community is changing, but brava has always tried to be ahead of that trend. when i came in, i tried to make it about the work that shows the eclectic mission district, as well as serving the mission. those are the types of things that i feel build one brava is >> we're here to raise awareness and money and fork for a good accuse. we have this incredible gift probably the widest range of restaurant and count ii destines in any district in the city right here in the mission

intricate why don't we capture that to support the mission youths going to college that's for the food for thought. we didn't have a signature font for our orientation that's a 40-year-old organization. mission graduates have helped me to develop special as an individual they've helped me figure out and provide the tools for me that i need i feel successful in life >> their core above emission and goal is in line with our values. the ferraris yes, we made 48 thousand >> they were on top of that it's a no-brainer for us. >> we're in and fifth year and be able to expand out and

tonight is your ungrammatical truck food for thought. food truck for thought is an opportunity to eat from a variety of different vendor that are supporting the mission graduates by coming and representing at the parks >> we're giving a prude of our to give people the opportunity to get an education. people come back and can you tell me and enjoy our food. all the vendor are xooment a portion of their precedes the money is going back in >> what's the best thing to do in terms of moving the needle for the folks we thought higher education is the tool to move

young people. >> i'm also a college student i go to berkley and 90 percent of our folks are staying in college that's 40 percent hire than the afternoon. >> i'm politically to clemdz and ucla. >> just knowing we're giving back to the community. >> especially the spanish speaking population it hits home. >> people get hungry why not eat and give >> good morning. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the regular meeting of the transportation authority

finance committee. i want to give a moment and recognize our talented folks at sfgovtv. thank you for broadcasting this meeting. could you please call item number one? >> roll call, commissioner chiu. absent. cohen. present. farrell absent. tang, present. commissioner wiener, present. we have quorum. well, let's see. what's next on the agenda. could you please call item number 2? >> next item is consent -- >> let's call 2 and 3 together. >> they comprise consent calendar. these are considered routine. the member of the committee or public objects, they may be

removed and considered separately. can we get a motion if you -- >> yeah, let's get a motion. so moved. motion made by commissioner tang and seconded by mr. wiener. >> cohen. >> yes. >> farrell, absent. tang. >> i. >> wiener. >> i. >> consent calendar passes. >> thank you. just as a point of clarification, there's no need to take public comment on this item? >> not unless a member of the public objected. >> seeing as there was no member of the public objected, this motion passes. could you call item number 4. hello, how are you? >> thank you very much chair and members. on your matrix there's a series

of bills we're cleaning up and recommend we delete from the matrix. i won't go through those. mainly due to the fact that they failed passage for the deadline that passed just a couple weeks ago. there are two bills i want to call to your attention, ab 2237 on page ten of the matrix. that measure is similar to another measure you supported this year already. this one deals with extending the revocation period for hit and run drivers for up to two years and it's consistent with safety efforts that are going on throughout the state, so we're recommended to support position on the measure and it's moving ready through the process. we're jump on board at the trieth time if you choose.

secondly ab 2707 by member chow. this is on page ten of your matrix. it picks up where several bills have sought to approve three bike rack systems on 40 and 45 foot transit buses. this measure focuses only on the 40 foot transit buses and instead of having case by case legislation moving through the legislature, this effort is sponsored by the california transit association. all transit agencies would have the authority to place three bike racks on the front. in essence, because of all overall weight -- i'm sorry, overall length restrictions, when you add the most efficient bike rack to the front the third bike exceeds the overall length requirement by about 6

inches so consequently this authorization is required so we're recommending a support position on that. >> thank you very much. >> just a quick update on cap and trade. cap and trade discussions are taking place in the context of the overall state budget. the budget conference committee met all the way through friday. they were going to meet yesterday, they didn't. we hope they will meet today. it appears good progress is being made at all levels of the the state budget, with two exceptions. one is the overall revenue budget and in addition, cap and trade seems to be the other intense focus. as a reminder the governor proposed and is still holding on to a proposal to spend about 750 in new revenues in 2014,

'15, supplemented by 100 million that he had lent to the general fund last year and is taking back. the vast majority of his would go to high speed rail, with the balance going to other ght reduction strategies. senate had a very strong proposal that was presented a week ago monday to the senate budget committee. it really focuses on the longer term, the post 2014, '15 and anticipates or proposes to have a series of buckets. 25% would be dedicated to transit, 20% to high speed rail and there are other similar pods, for example, 40% to sustainable communities. >> we're listening. >> yeah, i see. >> we're just multitasking. >> you're doing well. sorry. in contrast the assembly's

focused on the budget year and is low to enact until they get a better handle in their view on how much cap and trade revenues will be calculated year to year. they're not interested in having future proportions allocated out to different policy areas so that's been the debate. so the assembly's more in line with the senator. i think what we'll see later today when i get back today or tomorrow, whenever the next conference committee meeting, we'll see a merge, a classic something in between proposal. i think there's a lot of focus on trying to provide transit, whether it's the senate or assembly version. i think we'll see a proposal emerge for the governor's consideration on transit for a

pretty significant basis. the sustainable community funding we've been engaged in with partners from around the state trying to ensure that the lion's share of that money goes to the [inaudible]. i think the next two, three days -- or actually the next two days are going to be milestone dates for cap and trade and the budget and i'm deeply involved in it and we'll keep you abreast. >> thank you. that concludes your presentation. >> yes, it does. >> let's take public comment on this item.

seeing none, public comment is closed.let's take a motion. we have a motion? motion made by commissioner tang, seconded by supervisor wiener. >> on item 4, chiu absent. >> cohen. yes. >> farrell. >> i. >> wiener. >> i. >> i tell passes. item passes. >> action item for item number 5. >> an 18 month contract for [inaudible] for planning and engineering services for the 19th avenue/m ocean view project and authorizing the executive directors to negotiate terms and conditions. this is an action item.

>> good morning. i'm a senior transportation planner. as the clerk mentioned we're seeking your recommendation to award a contract to parsons brinckerhoff. this is to support the next phase of the 19th m ocean view project. you might remember back in march of this year the ta board approved a feasibility study, looking at ways to bring the m ocean view light rail to the west side of 19th avenue and [inaudible] and near park merced. we completed that study and now are transitioning to this next phase. in this next phase of work the leadership role has transferred to sfmta and one of our roles in the project is to serve as the agency procuring the consul tant role to support the work.

we received four proposals. parsons brinckerhoff came out as the one that came out that scored the highest. and we are receiving federal financial assistance to fund a portion of this contract and are adhering to federal regulations pertaining to disadvantaged business enterprises. we established a goal of 13% dbe involvement. reco, who is an asian american own firmed and a woman owned firm that is san francisco based. with that, i'll close my

presentation. i'll note that the project manager from parsons brinckerhoff as well as chs are also in the audience should you have any questions? >> thank you very much. do you have any questions on the presentation. seeing none, let's open up for public comment. any members of the public that would like to comment on item 5. seeing none, public comment closed. let's do a roll call vote. >> on item 5, commissioner chiu. absent. cohen. >> yes. >> farrell. >> i. >> tang. >> i. >> wiener. >> i. this item passes. please call item number 6. >> recommended award of construction contract to the lowest responsible bidder o.c. jones & sons not to exceed [inaudible] authorizing the executive directors and

negotiation contract terms for the construction contract authorizing the executive director to execute all other supporting documents and authorizing an additional constructional element for the folsom off-ramp reconstruction project. >> we have another presentation. >> this item begins on page 52 of your packet. this came to you last fall when we awarded our construction management project. the folsom realignment project is proposed by [inaudible] street scape and open space plan for the transbay redevelopment project. [inaudible] has asked the transportation authority to be the lead agency for designing implementation of the project. [inaudible] providing a traffic

signal and pedestrian crossing of the ramp. then sold for redevelopment. in november of 2013 ocii executed agreements of the construction phase of the project. we executed a construction services contract for the project. we're ready to award the construction contract. on april 11 we issued an invitation to bid for the construction contract. we advertised this contract on several plan rooms, placed advertisements and did a couple of e blasts to the construction community. we held a prebid meeting on april 29. one thing to note, per ocii policy we set a 50% small

business enterprise participation goal for this construction contract. at the time of our bid opening, which is a publicly held reading of all the bids on may 14, we had received five bids, the lowest bid came from o.c. jones & sons with an sbe participation of 38.43%. because the lowest bidder had failed to meet the sbe goal we performed an demonstrated adequate good faith effort and we are deemed to be a responsive bidder. the contract should be awarded to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder and staff review of the bid shows o.c. jones & sons to be the lowest responsive and responsible

bidder. this slide shows the nine sbe sub contractors included with o.c. jones & sons bid. just as a side note that these sbe contractors include four local sub contractors and one minority owned contractor. so staff recommends award of construction contract of o.c. jones & sons not to exceed $1.9 million with a project reserve to be reserved for change orders for an amount of $187,000. represents from o.c. jones & sons and from ocii are here today if you have any questions of them. >> thank you very much. any questions for staff? all right, seeing there are no questions, thank you for your presentation. let's go ahead and take public comment

let's go ahead and do a roll call vote. >> chiu. >> i. >> cohen. >> i. >> farm. farrell. >> i. >> tang. >> i. >> wiener. >> i. >> this item passes. >> item number 7 is a new information item. >> any new items? colleagues? staff? okay. looks like there are no new items. madam clerk so now we'll take public comment at this time. seeing no one is here for public comment, public comment is closed. >> general public comment, item number 8. >> general public comment is open. it is now closed. >> item number 9 is adjournment.

>> this meeting is adjourned. thank you. you. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ in landing a contract with the sfoifk is pretty champ but now with the opened contracting center visitors can get

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this is and other documents that needs to be submitted. to compete is a technical skill that it takes to win a scheduling for a popular to you can win a professional services job or how to put together a quote it's all those technical pieces. looking at the contracting assistance center is our touch point with we get the people to come and see the planning specks and later than about projects earlier is he get training so you're ready to go arrest hello engineering it has all the tools that a contractor small or large can come here. i can't say enough about the center it's a blessing. we do business all over the

country and world and a place like the contractor center to identify the business in san francisco >> the reality is you need training and that's what the center is here to train and make you better qualified to go work with the city and county and to be successful at the end. >> that will give people the competitive edge e edge at receiving contracts with the city. >> we have krafshth services here that help you find out where you need to get the skills forbidding. >> i mean local businesses participation in city projects is a winning factor it helms

help the business their local businesses they're paying savings and a property tax and payroll tax and normally adhere san franciscans so their bowing goods and services in san francisco it really helps the economy of san francisco grow so its not only a benefit to the project but to the city. the contractors center is 5 thomas melon circle in the bayview area open 8:30 to 5 welcom >> i would like to call to order the meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission. today is june 10, 2014. >> roll call.