okay. good afternoon. >> supervisors and thanks for having us here to talk about the important topic of how we deliver the street projects for vision zero it is good to see so many of you out last thursday at walk to work and how important to make that city as save as possible for the citizens supervisor yee said it is a right not a privilege and i think it is great work for today's discussion i'm going to turn it over to you've been following our progress vision zero is about geothat right to save streets by end death by 2024 we're focusing our efforts on the e education, enforcement, and engineering so we finding on the project delivery side this is the part that says he know what we want

to do a program of improvement can we have the fund support how do we get those this the street the first topic i want to talk about what the information the importance of coordinating to make sure our projects are done as effectively has possible this is a conflict city it the complex so having the projects funded is enough i suggest we deliver the engineering it requires good coordination it is true on van ness and polk street i think that polk street a good example where we pubically have a group by cooperation in reaching coincidence and public

acceptance for the measures we're going forward with on polk street we did a good job of making sure that the public works repaving the puc's sewer replacement project and the traffic bicycle and pedestrian are being managed and will be delivered and coordinated as a single package we'll ripping up polk street we will have a safer street that meets all the goals in the 21st century polk street will be a construction project when the capital construction starts next month we're not witting to deliver short time safety that we know we need on polk street if you've been out on the street in the last couple of streets we've painted bike

and bulb outs this is the challenge we'll talk about a few moments ago what it means to coordinate it what it looks like from within mta and the other agencies so mta we're trying to manage a number of high priority programs vision zero with the high coordinator map and the build out of the bicycle plans all the programs in fact, the same streets it is important that when we touch a street we making all the improvements that we have programmed to meet all our priorities for that street before we go down the path to engineering and design we're requesting all the project

managers communicate with one another he'd the scope of their projects not just the specific priorities they're there to implement liquor the bicycle planners are not just checking their project but all the transportation priorities are reflected in their scope in the project is on the high network matt haney if it's a project targeted for action by vision zero regardless of whether the project is initially funded through our vision zero funding resources we have a required coordination process to make sure when that projecting progress all the pedestrian and traffic safety scope has a safety into the project that is beyond 2014 project. >> can i interrupt sort of

following up on what you mentioned in terms of internal process can you be more specific how your insuring we don't have those details and bottle necks you and i have talked talked about those project like the diamond project that has dragged on and i know you're doing a lot of work to address the process issues we appreciate but can you talk about specifically how the mta really going to be improving the process. >> sure yeah. i think there is probably two areas that are important here number one getting the scope right the first time and that's the best use of time up front to the stakeholder and the mta and our

partners like public works and puc are at the table we're noted pleading with incomplete design so have to go back to square one so we need to get the scope and design right at the table and as the project evolves through the design and the implementation process we have a special schedule with w with public works we meet bicycle with public works at the staffing level to do a deep dive and trouble shot all the vision zero projects that's the first 24 projects on track and have a management level with the public works and caltrain quarterly we meet with to get we're actually are we following a critical

path. >> in terms of who is actually physically delivering the projects i know for a long time it was pretty common for mta to do the design and approval and handicap it off to dph to deliver i know for example work and diamond mta decided to deliver that and not involve mta at all and the agency relented and allowed them to help to deliver part of the projects you you know and i'll as i've mentioned to you the castro street project is dramatically bigger and complicated and more difficult project was delivered more quickly than the diamond project just curious what the agency intentions are in terms

of 6 who is physically going to be delivering the projects. >> our intention we'll deliver the vision zero projects through a mixed of public works when you think about vision zero and muni moving forward with the plan our on street capital program is growing it is much bigger than a couple of years ago we want to deliver that. >> i've seen examples the mta has done a good job of delivering some of the projects not exactly vision zero but pedestrian projects in a more efficient manner so there are more positive examples you, you see in terms of internally with mta for those projects are mta they'll deliver them do you see improvements happening in terms of how the

agency goes about doing that. >> maybe this is a good time to talk about how we're investing in the people there is a culture change and raises expectation we do that better and faster to reach the vision zero goal so over the loose 6 week we've trained 60 mta staff or project managers in a immense two day management courses alongside the colleagues of sfmta to bring everyone's management skills up and prepare for the roll apples to apples and call c pa the capital project control systems it is great it the san francisco municipal transportation agency and mta is trained together so the agencies are speaking the same languages and many the miss steps might potentially occur in the programming phase are

13450g9d out by that common understanding of what a project scope may look like the other exciting thing we've announced last week we're going to be bringing out a high-level director that reports circle to me to reengineer and streamline the process across the division this will result in streamline processes and shortened timelines and help me and my colleagues to reach the goal delivering more and better and faster regardless of the delivery the ultimate construction which construction arm public works or capital program or a mix of the two the improved management and training and the capital program controls and systems that will be pit in place and the single

affordability are really going to help streamline this process. >> that sound like it is positive. >> a couple other things i'll mention briefing we've launched the wwwvision zero sf dooming that is the dashboard of a front projects their status you can look at them on a map and you'll get the scheduled timelines and we've also getting great support from the partners at public works through this system that is a map based platform for coordinating the contractors and city agencies non-city agencies b.a. co-can't go and see the projects schedule and gives those folks an opportunity to coordinate better with us it's a great tool among other things the agencies that is great to

engage caltrain we meet quarterly to make sure that the design and construction permits are important in the city so we're moving as quickly as possible so i think the i guess what i sort of want to leave with you on the product deliver this is a work in progress not preventing we have this down pat but there were problems in the past and we are struggling with some issues but the way to tangling tackle this get better processes in place and staff up by hiring staff who can be accountable but really understand the role of the project. >> i have a question about soft

costs is that something that the agency tracks in terms of the portions of the project in terms of soft costs. >> soft costs what do you mean. >> the costs that are to the physical costs implementing the projects i know we've heard about some of the projects some of the soft costs are as much as a third of the project budget you know there is some soft costs we can't build a project without the planning and preparation but mean we have less money for the physical work i'm wondering how the mta tracks that and how it compares with other cities and so on and so forth and we track that in a variety of ways related to the source of funding to build the project so at our previous

hearings we use a variety of funding prop k and prop a and prop a money and each has a different reporting requirement so we're tracking the costs for design and public outreach and i don't have you don't i can't say 21 or whatever the construction costs soft costs but again as we migrate to the capital platform we'll be in a much better position to track those not on a project basis but the whole program to actually look at the patterns and find ways to define efficiency in wus across the whole program project to track like i said that's a work in process. >> do you see improvements in

terms of reducing the soft costs. >> i don't know even what the by an is. >> thank you very much. >> i believe commenting may have a question. >> that's correct supervisor kim. >> good to see you here i know that i ask you those hard questions all the time about how we can make project delivery most as quickly as possible those are impacting our pedestrians and cyclists today one of the examples i ask you to talk about earlier was you know how fulsome bicycle lane was heightened so quicken after the deaths of a couple of folks and how the howard bike lane was supposed to be a part of vision zero project took almost another year and a half by the way, i'm happy the paint is in place and

happy to see is it i was hoping you can talk about - not to focus on howard street you came back and talked about the wiring the overlaid wiring for muni that provides another level of challenge and project deliver but the question for me when i see projects come into place without seem like it has a process other projects the example of the fulsome bicycle lanes and second being the scramble signal on stockton how do i get that done mates focus on when the mta delivers it is two months or less often a response to a fatality hallway u how can you help us in preventing that more frequently. >> a couple of important things to our questions number one we

did fulsome street as a pilot so there's a difference between a pilot program generally, we go to our mta board for approval of the traffic and parking changes we don't you know go full effort for a pilot we try not to take a huge number of projecting projects to a pilot because it is important we respect the second process and the public outreach process and finally the pedestrian scramble process is not required a detailed review of moving the traffic on fulsome rather on howard street would so i don't want to blame the environmental process for slow

budget delivery but it's an important hurdle we need to move through and it didn't apply to every project the traffic lights are a good example. >> correct me if i am wrong i wasn't as involved in stockton street but some reluctance to put a traffic signal it was put in play on pacific my understanding there's been requests to put it on sacramento and it went in quickly after the death of the pedestrian i don't want to sound like liking i'm accusing sfmta but it feels like it didn't work in the department it takes a fatality to get the

projects in faster and layperson said to me if a person was killed on howard it would happy sooner how can we insure we are moving quickly on outline streets and not wait for a fatality. >> the answer to move faster on the projects and everything i mentioned earlier about putting better processes in place and have the staff crossing over different agencies to be focused on better and improved delivery rather than to focus on the constraint that perhaps put on ourselves and face the mta over the years the answer i would give is that i want to get to a point we're moving much faster

in the design and design legislation processes. >> this is my last question i apologize. i didn't get all the questions you know this came up recently with the bryant the employing appeal that the supervisors brought up last tuesday and ultimately 9 residents wanted signal listed crosswalks because it is a freeway intrarn and it is recipe for injury or fatality i know there is resistance because the crosswalk was to support this building on sfmta partly opportunity so the project sponsor agreed to my for them but they agreed to pay for the signal listed crosswalk that took a little bit of pressure but the response from the sfmta was that normally it takes a minimum of 18 months to design it but the project sponsor is

going to pay for the design and pay for other cost of installation it will take 12 months i wonder why the building is a ton of residents are concerned they've taken away the proposition appeal why does it take 12 months if someone else's is it paying for it and how can we get those projects done faster. >> i don't have the specific details on fulsome we can get back to you on that the signal contracts which are a big part of the vision zero delivery in is something we can take a hard look at. >> that will be great. thank you very much. >> thank you okay looks like we have no further comments or questions thank you

for your presentation why not go to public comment on item number 5. >> before you speak sir, i want to remind you, your public comment is limited to items discussed on item 57 please if there is any members of the public that wants to speak on item 5 please come forward. >> hello supervisors i know on june 1st, the quality for the "x" supervisor supervisor yee i was here designating gavin newsom and city hall in a public meeting sitting there awaiting i guess people you know so i the reason

the chapter to secure people importance in public position disney so in chinese the charter writings from translation from english to chinese so secure people position and disney for the lives in the future thank you. >> okay. any other member of the public that wants to comment on item 5 a hearing on vision 0 and street safety there okay seeing none, public comment is closed thank you very much supervisor wiener. >> what shall we do. >> thank you, madam chair and thank you to the sfmta for its preservation i want to commit the alleging agency we have a lot of things around street delivery it is an ongoing

challenge for many years i believe that the mta is making positive strides in moving us toward better and faster project delivery there are two major categories theres two big projects like sfmta the process is going on for way too long and the environmental clearance and a lot of community process that is important but sometimes, we don't do a good job in the beginning and ending of the process but the smaller projects they are not particularly complicated projects and often not controversial projects but projects that save lives it's important we move forward quickly with them i see progress being made i want to acknowledge that and look forward to continuing to have this public communication with the agency

and moving forward and with that madam chair, i ask we continue this to the call of the chair. >> thank you very much seeing that is seconded by supervisor kim and i move we send it to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> to the call of the chair. >> sorry to the call of the chair supervisor wiener wants okay. >> okay filed to the call of the chair. >> okay. thank you. >> not foiled. >> continued to the call of the chair. >> madam clerk let's dba go back to item 4 supervisor campos is here he's the sponsor for today is item. >> the ordinance for the million dollar calculations for the tenants. >> thank you supervisor campos. >> thank you, madam chair and thank you to the land use commission and my colleagues for hearing this item i am sure in

october of last year u.s. district just steven mirror stated any ordinance passed by this board a super majority respectfully i believe that judge mirror was wrong nefariously what we have before us is the introduction of a revised ordinance to address the concerns that have been raise by gentleman broir you have copies of the amended ordinance and if based by the board of supervisors this amended ordinance would still be subject to just broirz state we're submitting this the package of that ordinance will comparisons of strengthen the city attorney's appeal before the ninth circuit that is the assistance for tenants under the

ellis act to give the evict tenants a fighting chance to live in san francisco the current relocation assistance amazement's are simply too low and what it means when when your evicted it essentially leads to those tenants once eviction happens being forced out of the city before us the ordinance as amended makes the following changes one it caps the relocation assistance at $50,000 which before there was no cap and second it requires tenants to use the relocation assistance payment under replacement housing and moving costs or other costs to mitigate did negative impact on the tenants when faced with eviction and finally it specifics the method the controller uses to estimate the costs this is something the

prior ordinance didn't do i want to make additional substituting the actual date of 2015 for the effective date on page 6 specifically the controller will use real facts for the calendar year instead of the most currency posting on page 8 reducing the accurate term quote tenants of the unit as of the date their landlord files the notice of intent to withdraw the rental unit unquote instead of tenants in a unit specifically the time within which relocation payments are made with the declaration and the prior amendment as silent within a reasonable period of time and that bay is on pages 10

through 11 and on page 11 lines through 23 that makes specifications the tenants will be paid the greener greater of the payment through section 37.9 a b.a. where it formally says is it incorrectly identified the tenants with the relocation payment on page 11 and page 12 respectfully ask for your support of amendments to the changes to take a look at the courts ruling and enhance our standing with the appeal before 9th circuit. >> thank you very much let's take public comment is there any public comment on item 4 if so

come up two minutes to speak seeing none, public is closed is there a motion on this item supervisor campos. >> madam chair i'd like to if the committee can make a motion to amend along the lines i've outlined and once amended to move it forward. >> commissioner lee has something to say. >> i'll move the amendment. >> okay. all right. so motion has been made by supervisor campos and seconded by supervisor wiener. >> i'll make the motion supervisor campos is not a member of the committee. >> supervisor campos is not a member of the committee so supervisor wiener makes a motion and supervisor kim seconded that motion this amendment excuse me. pass unanimously thank you very much thank you supervisor campos for joining us. >> and madam chair if you can