street about 10 years ago. the environment is huge. it is stronger than willpower. surrounding yourself with artists, being in a culture where artists are driving, and where a huge amount of them is a healthy environment. >> you are making it safer. push, push. that is better. when i start thinking, i see it actually -- sometimes, i do not see it but when i do, it is usually from the inside out. it is like watching something being spawned. you go in, and you begin to work excavate play with the dancers, and then things began

to emerge. you may have a plan that this is what i want to create. here are the ideas i want to play with, but then you go into the room and there maybe some fertile ideas that are becoming manifest that are more interesting than the idea you had initially set out to plan. so there has to be this openness for spontaneity. also, a sense that regardless of the deadline, that you have tons of time so the you can keep your creativity alive and not cut it off and just go into old habits. it is a lot like listening. really listening to watch what is going to emerge. i like this thing where you put your foot on his back. let's keep it. were your mind is is how you build your life. if you put it in steel or in failure it works. that works.

it is a commitment. for most artists, it is a vacation and a life that they have committed themselves to. there is this notion that artists continue to do their work because of some kind of the external financial support. if that was taken away, artists would still do their art. it is not like there is a prerequisite for these things to happen or i will not do it. how could that be? it is the relationship that you have committed to. it is the vocation. no matter how difficult it gets, you are going to need to produce your art. whether it is a large scale or very small scale. the need to create is going to happen and you are going to have to fulfill it because that is your life.

>> hi today we have a special edition of building san francisco, stay safe, what we are going to be talking about san francisco's earth quakes, what you can do before an earthquake in your home, to be ready and after an earthquake to make sure that you are comfortable staying at home, while the city recovers. ♪ >> the next episode of stay safe, we have alicia johnson from san francisco's department of emergency management. hi, alicia thanks to coming >> it is a pleasure to be here with you. >> i wonder if you could tell us what you think people can do to get ready for what we know

is a coming earthquake in san francisco. >> well, one of the most things that people can do is to make sure that you have a plan to communicate with people who live both in and out of state. having an out of state contact, to call, text or post on your social network is really important and being able to know how you are going to communicate with your friends, and family who live near you, where you might meet them if your home is uninhab hitable. >> how long do you think that it will be before things are restored to normal in san francisco. >> it depends on the severity of the earthquake, we say to provide for 72 hours tha, is three days, and it helps to know that you might be without services for up to a week or more, depending on how heavy the shaking is and how many after shocks we have. >> what kind of neighborhood and community involvement might you want to have before an earthquake to make sure that you are going to able to have

the support that you need. >> it is important to have a good relationship with your neighbors and your community. go to those community events, shop at local businesses, have a reciprocal relationship with them so that you know how to take care of yourself and who you can rely on and who can take care of you. it is important to have a battery-operated radio in your home so that you can keep track of what is happening in the community around and how you can communicate with other people. >> one of the things that seems important is to have access to your important documents. >> yes, it is important to have copies of those and also stored them remotely. so a title to a home, a passport, a driver's license, any type of medical records that you need need, back those up or put them on a remote drive or store them on the cloud, the same is true with any vital information on your computer. back that up and have that on a cloud in case your hard drive does not work any more.

>> in your home you should be prepared as well. >> absolutely. >> let's take a look at the kinds of things that you might want to have in your home. >> we have no water, what are we going to do about water? >> it is important for have extra water in your house, you want to have bottled water or a five gallon container of water able to use on a regular basis, both for bathing and cooking as well as for drinking. >> we have this big container and also in people's homes they have a hot water heater. >> absolutely, if you clean your hot water heater out regularly you can use that for showering drinking and bathing as well >> what other things do people need to have aren't their home. >> it is important to have extra every day items buy a couple extra cans of can food that you can eat without any preparation. >> here is a giant can of green giant canned corn. and this a manual can opener

your electric can opener will not be working not only to have one but to know where to find it in your kitchen. >> yes. >> so in addition to canned goods, we are going to have fresh food and you have to preserve that and i know that we have an ice chest. >> having an ice chest on hand is really important because your refrigerator will not be working right away. it is important to have somebody else that can store cold foods so something that you might be able to take with you if you have to leave your home. >> and here, this is my very own personal emergency supply box for my house. >> i hope that you have an alternative one at home. >> oh, i forgot. >> and in this is really important, you should have flashlights that have batteries, fresh batteries or hand crank flashlight. >> i have them right here. >> good. excellent. that is great. additionally, you are going to want to have candles a whistle,

possibly a compass as well. markers if you want to label things if you need to, to people that you are safe in your home or that you have left your home. >> i am okay and i will meet you at... >> exactly. exactly. water proof matches are a great thing to have as well. >> we have matches here. and my spare glasses. >> and your spare glasses. >> if you have medication, you should keep it with you or have access to it. if it needs to be refrigerated make sure that it is in your ice box. >> inside, just to point out for you, we have spare batteries. >> very important. >> we have a little first aid kit. >> and lots of different kinds of batteries. and another spare flashlight. >> so, alicia what else can we do to prepare our homes for an earthquake so we don't have damage? >> one of the most important things that you can do is to secure your valuable and breakable items. make sure that your tv is strapped down to your entertainment cabinet or wall so it does not move.

also important is to make sure that your book case is secure to the wall so that it does not fall over and your valuable and breakables do not break on the ground. becoming prepared is not that difficult. taking care of your home, making sure that you have a few extra every-day items on hand helps to make the difference. >> that contributes dramatically to the way that the city as a whole can recover. >> absolutely. >> if you are able to control your own environment and house and recovery and your neighbors are doing the same the city as a whole will be a more resilient city. >> we are all proud of living in san francisco and being prepared helps us stay here. >> so, thank you so much for joining us today, alicia, i appreciate it. >> absolutely, it is my pleasure. >> and thank you for joining us on another edition of building

>> good morning. welcome to our go transportation authority plans & programs committee of february 10, 2015, my name is is katie tang i'm the new chairperson looking forward to working with the sfmta staff and want to welcome julie christensen our new vice chair and supervisor yee as well as and hopefully by the other colleagues soon our clerk is steve we want to thank sfgovtv jessie larson and marcus book store. >> supervisor breed supervisor breed absent. >> commissioner christensen supervisor farrell absent supervisor tang

supervisor yee we have quorum. >> thank you if we can please call item 2. >> citizens advisors report this is an information item. >> thank you i'd like to call up our cac chair. >> i'm the new chair of the cac so good to be here i want to give a brief update on item 6 forced the lifeline program and item 8 the reprogramming of the grant fund on our agenda all items passed with no one opposed and a little bit more specific on item 6 they wanted to mob that the lgbt prop fund were for the community of concern and jackie saks wanted to be sure that we'll precede and both concerns were addressed by staff and item 7 the cac involved the rectangular rapid

flashing beacons and how the location were alcohol and sfmta staff was forthcoming on the other item there was only positive comments on the fund swap i wanted to mention an item not on our agenda it got a lot of debate and public comment it was in regard to the private shuttle program that sfmta is bringing up the concerns are in our packet but if there's anything you want me to explain or go into detail i'll be happen to do that. >> colleagues questions or comments for mr. stacey. >> thank you, very much. for your presentation we're screened by supervisor breed and is there

anyone from the public who wishes to speak seeing none, public comment is closed now if we can move to our consent calendar. >> item three and four compromise those and if a member objects any items can be screwdriver separately. >> colleagues any public comments seeing none oh first public comment on the consent calendar seeing none, public comment is closed. and now roll call vote on the consent agenda. >> on items two and three. >> supervisor breed arrest commissioner christensen supervisor farrell absent supervisor tang supervisor yee consent calendar passes. >> thank you consent calendar passes and now if we can move on to item 5 and recommended appoint to the geary corridor ssi this is an action item.

>> liam like to call up the transportation planner to speak on this item first. >> thank you collin it begins on page 55 in the packet and the appointment of a member to our geary corridor bus rapid transit citizens advisory committee i'm sure you're aware of the transportation authority is meeting the brt project currently in the planning and environmental phase with a dictated cac that provides companions on the ongoing basis and the outreach in the community along the corridor they meet quarterly and has 13 members there is a set of seats designated forego neighborhoods along the corridor and some designated at large one vacant right now unfortunately one the previous members of the cac had to move out of san francisco so they resigned her seat on the

cac so that seat is for a representative of richmond district and intre r we have done recruitment in january as well as in the last vacant in november and all the applications if richmond we've received during the round have been panthd in the enclosure and there's attachment to the memo that has a summary memo with the candidates and this is a separate will recommendation but we'll present that for your information we've encouraged the candidates to tend the meeting not required but i'm aware of several who are present here today and interested if speaking to that effective so in our recommendation to appoint one to the geary seat. >> thank you, very much. at this point we'll call up any of

the applicants that are here for the cac if you can please line up and come to the podium and give us a few minutes of presentation why you want to be a member of the cac. >> good morning. i'm mr. kingsley a san franciscan 90 year resident of the richmond lawyer by training a life longs muni i didn't rider i'm interested in seeing it built and participating in the assistance of moving forward and the city right now i'm sure you're aware of has more people living in this than my time before and the option in the richmond district are sub par we need something better to move people i know the city i'm aware of the comploekt and the underpass and parks on endearing

boulevard in the richmond district are concerns when i need to go to the bank or the post office or the hardware store i could be a productive individual i have a full-time mediation practice and the skills i'll use on the committee i'll listen to the parties to make sure the parties voices are heard and the parties together can work forward work you know co-helpfully in working out something that the practical and desirable and achieveable so i'll appreciate your consideration for my candidacy. >> is there anyone from the public who wishes to speak seeing none. >> good morning. i'm ms. miller thank you for taking a

few moms and being a member of the bart advisory committee i've been a resident of the richmond district for 2 analyses years during that time i've noticed especially during the peak community hours the busses are crowded and congested and uncomfortable to ride so i'm applying for this position to venting to make the geary corridor better and to make the community across the geary line more affordable and sustainable and more liveable i have experience i work at stanford university in the environmental institute but recently worked at the department of environment i've learned will the sustainable transportation issues and reaching to the community and bring any experience with the sustainability and reaching out

to the exists community to help recommend the recommendations to that and additionally i'm a member of the strict one the transportation team that is an informal team that gets together once a month and talks about the transportation effecting the community during that time i've learned from pedestrian a experts and people with stainless i understand their issues are important to make sure that transportation is important for all thank you for linking to my interests i look forward to working with you'll the members of the cac to help support this better. >> thank you very much colleagues any questions seeing none, if we can move on to the next applicant please. >> hi, i'm kate lazarus born

and raised on 5th avenue my husband and i u my husband and i have a house on the boulevard i'm a lawyer i've been practicing the last couple of years in van ness in san francisco i will will strongly the richmond needs better transit options particularly to get downtown i've been run to work it's not that much slower i'm not that fast a runner i take the bus particularly in the evening you can't get an express back to the richmond it's not a fast opposite we're the only people that don't have a good underground connection in our neighborhood i think i can help. >> at this time any questions or comments seeing none, any other applicants for the geary brt cac

seeing none all right. let's open this up to public comment any members of the public wish to comment okay seeing none, public comment is closed all right. colleagues do we have any recommendations i mean supervisor yee >> thank you chair katie tang it seems like i'm other than the rules committee you have again multiple candidates that are very qualified to be part of this cac by the way a katie used to run from chinatown to the castro area where in the morning on the we understand when i was a kid to get to my grocery store and

generally i beat transportation again, i think people will qualify but the people that strikes me who angela has been known ton on the transportation committee a furious and that probably is the element that sets her apart from the other two candidates to you would be happy to recommend angela miller. >> thank you very much any other recommendations or comments from colleagues. >> commissioner christensen. >> i want to thank the explained has someone that worked in a volunteer capacity it takes a lot to make the offer of the official assistance and

come down here is appreciate i trust you'll all 3 work on the issue regardless i mostly thank you. appreciate. >> so it seemed like at this point so i just wanted to make some comments first about the 3 applicants actually for applicants thank you for coming today and again, after what go supervisor yee said all will be qualified each brings unique qualifications to the table you know living yours living there and wanting it better for the daily commute is occupying near and dear to my heart so at this point, i really again, i would have been able to support all the candidates i do understand

that there is a nomination for ms. miller i'll be happy to support that and happy to support any of the candidates here so - all right. sure so this is seconded by commissioner christensen for page mayoral do we need a roll call vote or take that workman's compensation >> we'll take that without objection. angela page miller will be the new candidate for the cac congratulations. >> all right colleagues and mr. clerk call up the next item. >> item 6 recommended programs up to $5 million plus and cycle for the lifetime funds for the agency projects occurrence with the lp t prop b appropriates

submitted by the bay area rapid transit and with the bus transport muni i didn't prioritization this is an action. >> thank you. we have amber for the policy programming here. >> good morning this is agenda item 6 on our packet for the lifetime it is administered by the transportation commission to support the improvements for low income residents particle those who come out of a transportation planning progress this cycle is the fourth cycle of the programming and its it the agency we're charged with programming $5.1 million bart and sfmta are also charged with administrative review their own transportation funding $6.1 million for mta and $4.6 million for bart this is the summary of the remedies that

came out of our committee we are recommending two projects to receive and two not to receive funding the elevation panel used a number of criteria to elevate all the projects they looked at which ones the community identified and the formation plan and the feasibility of the plan and the cost effectiveness and what kind of outreach that happened and also a whole the renditions for the geography diversity so the first project we're recommending for funding is $300,000 in the potrero hill area this is coming out of the potrero hill transportation plan that the transportation authority is looking at right now and as well as the coercion of the sfmta this would fund the design through the pavement to parks project that is being administered by the parks and planning and it is quick and

easy to implement and will be complete by the end of this year the second project expanding the project for the remaining lifeline funding that approves the service for the 1018 and 44 and supports the additional services maintenance and supervision in the existing corridors so that is effective citywide it will increase the realtime travel and this is coming out of the late night transportation study that is as well as the sfmta stream and the treasure island management survey that sfmta will continue the service so not recommended for funding the first two scored lower than the two as the

admissibility management project that addresses the needs of seniors and folks with disabilities this is definitely the peaceable document this was a filed project and they scored lower in talking with us they've asked for additional funding so we're moving forward and the second project we're not recommending the funding project around the bike and pedestrian and transit surfaced this project had a less strong connection to the lower community so the panel didn't feel it was correct to move forward and it also it is just design funding so there's an implementation question as well to the transit providers is a program that is for the congestion we have to concur with they are recommendations and the sfmta is having their

$6.2 million into the transit project this goes through several communities of concern and funded until 2018 and the action item amendment to the prop k prioritization program addresses to the b f t to the geary bus rapid transit effective reducing the sfmta bart's project is a way that is a signage project and fit initiatives people exclude restrooms and showers and portable places outside of the facilities i'm happy to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you. i do have one question going back to the mobility management work being done for seniors and people with

disabilities it can move forward with the fund if you can shed light on the timeline with the most individuals who are 65 and older it is something important to look at. >> i'm going to turn it over to jonathan from sfmta. >> good morning, commissioners jonathan with the sfmta the state and federal is proposed the lifetime grant will most likely public utilities maintained we will be using money left over this was a funding issue and second a grant pending with the cac that willfully fund the project the project will be the schedule we'll use in this program. >> what's that looking like. >> it's our accessibility group i assume we'll start sometime in the