progress for the federal approval those were prepared and approved in december of 2011 as i indicated previously we were going to replace 3 bridges and rieftsd 5 we've received the environmental approval in december of 2012 as we went ahead and studied did engineering in particular, the soil analysis we realized it was going to be an expensive project with an inherent risk it would require expensive construction and you see the steep hillside construction frankly when we started to we were the bidding community we found that frankly

not a lot of people want to bid this in terms of meeting the federal requirements we prepared the analysis because that project cost was something we wanted to see if we could lower and minimize the risk of construction and frankly, we've done just that we went to the analysis study that exclude the contractors as well as engineering experts they are recommendation to shift hillcrest road to the north and frankly push the roads into the hillside and build a tiered retaining wall this will approve the retrofitting and tida it will require additional jerry and an environmental analysis

but the good news we over all project cost lore we see it $66 million and we believe that the contracting community will be very anxious more of the contracts to bid the job just the pictures here show what's in right the shifting to the north this is a cross section showing where in essence we're going to build one bridge out of the 3 by shifting the roads into the hillside more retaining walls thirty to 50 feet high at this point. >> this is a breakdown of the cost overall for the project those basically are separate bridges in essence we're taking 8 bridges and working with the state in terms of funding for

each bridge individually and basically at the power point we have the fund and we're working with the future allocations for the major phase money and finally this is a breakdown of the federal funding $58 million plus from the federal 6 point one from prop b with the tida match approximately $3. million plus toy above extended $6.3 million on the engineering services and the environmental work also happy to report we're actually right now meeting the goal and take into account about a 14 percent for the are interim work we do schedule that lies ahead is to go ahead and perform the additional environmental analysis that is what we call

the new va alternative should be completed by march of 2016 and the at the end of 2016 to go ahead and start construction in march of 2017 to the important to needed we'll not start construction on the west side until the east side is done also conflicts reconstruction of the down and off-ramps on the east side of the island those ramps have been closed for a long time some folks may not remember they're there we'll complete by the spring of ri so we'll start in 2015. >> feinstein i've indicated challenges meantime you want to reopen documentation it is important to go ahead and do so and meet all the requirements of ceqa san francisco puc is as busy as

any agency they've been in their lifetime we want to make sure we gave me them early with the waterlines project and starting to evaluate alternative construction delivery methods that we'll see whether or not their feasible and bring to the committees and board in the future we learned add lesson on the ramp project is that the birds don't know what month of year when it's warm they start nest so we envision an early contract on the contract that was a delay because of bird nest issues that concludes my presentation. i'll be happy to answer any questions. >> thank you for you thorough presentation. >> commissioner christensen. >> i was occurs about the

aesthetic and environmental impacts of the two choices we're certainly seeking in the presidio a modern preference for low profile and integrated roadways so up until the parrot of retaining walls i was thinking the preferred approach would have visible and environmental improvements what happens to the sizeable retaining wall. >> the virtual impact analysis will be the key document we've prepare i'll envision there will be aesthetic treatments we'll have to implement has part of the project and caltrain has done similar retaining wall work on the one side of the island

and match the topographic. >> any other questions seeing none and i think tilly chang. >> i want to thank our folks and the entire yerba buena team this project a complex and in addition to managing the top graph and the actual job they've been able to corridor with the other promotions tida and others in the first phase of yerba buena housing and in addition the caltrain is taking down the bay bridge and we are coordinating with eric mentioned the mta and reporting with the touchdown of the bike and pedestrians later this year i

was pleased when a job like this is complicated and even in the middle of the night i want to commend them for a job well done we were on time and budget and continue to be on the budget. >> thank you and seeing no more comments from the commissioners all right. opening it up for public comment this was an informational item and next. >> informational item introduction of new items. >> seeing none we'll proceeded to general public comment any members of the public want to comment seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> item 12 adjournment. >> thank you. this meeting is now adjourned

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nona melkonian and charles kremenak thank you for your service and mr. clerk any announcements. >> no announcements. >> okay. if you could call the roll. >> commissioner avalos supervisor campos supervisor cowen supervisor kim absent supervisor mar we have quorum. >> okay. very good go on to our next item and item number 2 approval of the minutes of the february 10, 2015 an action item. >> okay. colleagues i'm sure you had a chance to review the minutes and no one on the roster to speak open up for public comment public comment is closed and we can have a roll call vote and item 2. >> commissioner avalos supervisor campos supervisor cohen supervisor kim absent

supervisor mar this item passes. >> great this item passes next item, please. >> item 3 state and federal update an action item. >> mr. watts here to present. >> good morning, chair and committee a number of bills to recommend for action i thought i'd start with the 0 opposed bills are on the agenda and go into the support mr. patterson introduced ab 1138 only page 38 of your matrix is the acquisition of the railways upon having a full funding understanding for the entire sect so to put that into terms the initial construction seethe the first is under construction second packages that are going out to bid shortly and another

package the funding four those have not been fully identified this as the effect in essence of bringing the construction to a halt that puts it in jeopardy we recommend an approval. >> can you say what the temperature is open the bill. >> yes. and mr. patterson introduced this is probably the most clever of the bill to bring the high speed rail to a halt but previous efforts in the last session failed as well. >> thank you. >> mr. harper from rojs introduced the city and county from that stalling the systems and any existing go traffic systems will be subject to an,

an intersection basis with new engineering studies to validate the safety of the intersections i don't think it is going to go well, we recommend this in that case. >> thank you. >> they don't have cars in orange county. >> next mr. mr. vallejo recommend the supporting of the measure in essence two things it deals with the transportation finance and with one regard it says any outstanding loans between the general fund and the state transportation programs to be repaid it is accelerated and needs to move money forward and secondary it extends the law on

the books the public-private law section which is the foundational statute that led to the city parkway those are suggesting to move into support and . >> do we expect the governors support. >> the concern is the department of finance accelerating the loans they have not expressed it yet but the confuses they'll recommend it be opposed but i think over time a variety of ways to make the repayments to the projects funding ab 378 on page 7 it is currently an statement we're recommending support it is seeking to enhance the state route 101 corridor and

stakeholder communications are are engaged in trying to come up what the framework of the bill it is a champ within accident next week convert the bill into a construction and the staff and i recommend this support rather than watching the intent mr. mullins with the on or about an 64 on page 7 an interesting bill deals with the stating cap on county by county basis for a special tax formals sales tax instead of the two percent it raises to 3 percent to eliminate the counties to go get a special exception record. >> it could be passed added protective but has to have

voters approval. >> no for uniformity sake it is for the percentage take that cap to 3 percent in the statute. >> and the legislator could pass this and creates another step before voting. >> there's another measure that deals with thresholds. >> mr. mullins on behalf of the ab 5516 requires the dmv to develop a new temporary license plate so in the period between the sale of the vehicle and the appearance of the real plate law enforcement and toll operators will identify and tow the vehicle it failed to pass last year and you know again. >> so this comes with an

appropriations as well. >> that will be a state mandate i didn't look at what the mandate is on this i'm sure there is one gentleman introduced on or about an 65 simply extends the 3 p law definitely a lot of interest amounting to this law and he's really motivated he visited chile this year and looked at the fine facilities that are in place and figured out it is a tool we're going recommending support there are two manufacturer going through the assembly that deals with this matter. >> ab 1287 by mr. chiu allows the extent of the

forward-looking camera so for law enforcement purposes that authors it for parking and the lane intersection of construction as enforceable we recommend support on that measure i alluded to the still amendment on page 168 reduce the threshold to 55 percent for special tax for transportation so that will be broader than the sales tax it is handy to have places for the rental fee laws you continually of a couple years ago that is going to the ballot there's a debate if this is the time to do it i know that private polling is saying the voters are not interested at this point in time but this is a two year cycle we'll see how to

progresses through the process mr. bill introduced sb 24 on page 21 addresses the port they've adapted the excise tax rate for diesel in the coming year and doing so reduced the excise tax and resulted in 7 to $800000 loss that it in revenue his bill tries to address keeping up to the tax law from a couple of years ago to keep the laws in play what's prop 22 and the new excise tax neutral he goes in and extends the period for what they expect the revenues to be to 5 years it has been 3 years we've seen in the past 3 cycles the 3 percent

increase of $0.03 decrease and now a decrease you're seeing the spiking or the voebltd in their estimation and this addresses that volatility that go smooths out over time we recommend support for that finally sb 564 is one of the gentleman's two bills to address safety near schools this will increase the penalties for speed violators for vehicles that are passing the schools a similar bill the governor vetoed it didn't express the support for the finances but the safe routes to school and save 0 routes and other stakeholders are trying to overcome that so those are the ones that are on the agenda that we're

recommending actions on one other bill i'll bring your attention it is going to be the administration's trailer bill it deals with h o v lane it is post on the website it is not in bill form it is similar to not ideal to ab 194 by mr. frazier those two issues will be the frazer bill sports by the coalition i've not seen the language at the time they were ready to introduce it so they're to introduce it as a fall back the trailer bill the administration it proposing authorizes on with an hand caltrain to do the

feinstein and each group will be subject to approval by the state transportation system there are guidelines that will be in place if this bill passes issue surround the trailer process that goes through a process that is much more quickly than the stand alone bill we've arrived and monitoring the hearing basis for when this trailer bill will be developing the strategy to influence influence the budget subcommittee on the trailer bill so i want to bring your attention and i think i'll suggest the staff add if on the agenda for the future may be as an agenda item but for tracking. >> supervisor campos. >> thank you just following up on ab 194 where are we in terms of efforts

to you know protect local interests i'm sure you're working with staff don't you talk about that a little bit. >> sure i think tilly wanted to talk about that. >> thank you, mark and if you for the question supervisor campos we have in conversations with m t c staff in the region of bay area and the original bill of 194 has language that authorizes in consultation we're seeking stronger language have to a meaningful rule in the development of h o v or carpool lanes this means with regard to setting the policy and with regard to the policy of the lanes and the use of funds we want to make sure that san

francisco, california weigh in property as a true partner to the region as we develop the facilities on our part of the network in the east bay and south bay their lanes authorized and developing those with a counterpart agencies we want to make sure our experience improves on that we're to demand tradeoffs and next month we'll come to the board with a initially policy paper for the lane network typed we'll seek our enforcement to engage the conversations with the development of the lanes and if you wish to proceed in that direction we'll carry that forward. >> that will be helpful what's the response of m t c staff.

>> they are committed to developing the future networks in the city and county and the cooperation they've not agreed to the language yet. >> thank you supervisor mar. >> yeah. mr. watts i have a question about the senate bill i'm supportive of the position on sb 564 i i'd like to take this opportunity to ask about the billion dollars one to create the prima facie around schools to give more strength to the schools zone limited to 15 mile-per-hour it is a main reason to be careful because local jurisdiction should have flexibility to deal with this on the highways. >> yeah. i believe that's true in addition, this bill was supported by the county not the

ta they've had an aggressive save route to schools in their east county area and desperately trying to put something into play we've discovered in the introduction of the bill the bill extends the safety school zone 3 hundred to 1320. >> why. >> because it was a recommendation in other states so they adapted that their neglect he flexible and other state laws and laws that are to the school zone recommendation you may be preempting the local control they're going back to the drawing boards a way to accumulate the current laws and

achieve a broader school zone. >> i'm guessing they're talking about the sloan slowing down of transit. >> they've not weighed in but i believe you're correct. >> i wanted to urge a recommendation for the toll for people on page 3 of your handout and on page 9 thoughtful packet to make sure we're supportive of increasing walking and biking in the city we're going to be looking at our support of the policies in our full board the golden gate bridge is a historic terror many of us in san francisco and many around the world come to enjoy it couldn't be restricted and i want to say

that it is expensive enough to live in the city so when people want to exercise they're right it should be as much public access as possible and charging has a negative impact on the walkers on the bridge i want to talk about walk sf and the coalition thank them for being on top of the issues and bill with his work i move we take up support on this recommendation. >> recommendation from staff. >> i understand it - it is a watch position from staff i ask we move if watch to support. >> okay second. >> and on that motion can we take that without objection? >> yes. >> public comment. >> yeah. we have to take public comment. >> oh, roll call vote we'll go

to public comment first but supervisor kim has a question. >> is that on ab 40 although i appreciate and support that measure i want to go back to the traffic endorsement camera i wanted clarity to legislations that you've talked about today, the first is the assemblyman chiu's ab state and federal 87 i'm curious what type of enforcements on parking it is the effort what specifically are we enforcing through the cameras and proposals on this legislation. >> well what kind of parking violations. >> i don't know. >> that's what i was assuming i can't answer that. >> supervisor kim currently we have the authority to enforce double parking but