area. in summary, the appellate hasn't submitted substantial evident that support the conclusion there are unusual circumstances that justify removing the project from a class 1 categorical exemption. further more, the appellate hasn't presented stelsh evident there is a reasonable possibility of significant environmental impact due to unusual circumstances. the categorical exemption determination compalestines with the requirement oof sequa and the project is appropriately exemp from environmental review therefore i urge you to auphold the exemption and deny the epeal. >> thank you very mump. at this time we will hear from the project sponsor. you will have up to 10 minutes. >> good afternoon jody knight from [inaudible] on

behalf of project sponsor. the staff did a great job giving the basics of the project. as you heard the project involves a small addition to a modest single family home about 407 square foot addition and [inaudible] and then slope stabilization which you heard about. 26 hawjs and 358 volayee share a slope despite the fact that both properties have responsibility for slope, 26 hawjs has taken it upon themselves to fix the slope, pay all the cost squz undertake all the slope work and they are ready to move ahead with that. they are prevented from doing that by mrs. mars opposition to the project including the sequa appeal. in addition to doing the work between 26 hawjs and 35 aket voilateao the owner

oz of 26 hawjs will pay for the [inaudible] the owner of 30 hawjs who is supportive 2406 project and anxious for that slope work to move head is here today if you have any questions for her she is happy >> student address those. 26 hawjs is trying to fix all 4 slopes and thrai are ready to move ahead and do that as soon as this appeal is conclude. thrai directed by dbi to pum the permit for the slope work which they did u but they can't move ahead with that until after the sequa appeal hearing. thaw put together a team that includes geotechnical engineer [inaudible] geologist [inaudible] who are expercent in their field. brent harass is a specialty contractor who is a expercent in these project. mr.

[inaudible] is here today if you have any questions about the slope work. we also have the architect here if you have any questions. as you heard and as you know, dbi will thoroughly [inaudible] slope proposal submitted and make sure it is appropriate for the work in addition we already have a expercent team assembled that works with the sit a to make assure the best solution is proposed kw implemented, but they can't do that untell we get through this hearing therefore i ask for your support of the project. >> thank you very mump. at this time i would like to open up to public comment for those in opposition of the appeal. are there member thofz public who would like taspeak in opposition inseeing none public comment is closed. now i will allow up to 3 minutes for a

rebutal from the appellate. mam, would you like to-ma'am? would you like to provide a rebutal? >> my attorney steven wit is here and will speak on that >> you have up to 3 minutes >> good afternoon madam president and members and supervisors. [inaudible] shift responsibility off your shoulders. sequa is the law, slope protection act is a additional law. sequa requires if there are is a environmental hazard there is a process to go through. i have spoken to all the people. mr.hension, mr. duffy, mr. reardon and what they say is that they want private parties to solve this. i'm here to tell you, i submitted an agreement 2

months ago. i was batted back and forth between 2 law firms. still, no signed agreement. we are here ready, willing, able to solve the problem, to give access to 358 volayo to do the work. by the way, mr. wals told me in speaking to mr. gillpin that mr. gillpin thanked him for coming into the project because the project orig was meant to save money, time, expedite the process. that does not protect the people on the slope in that area. not just mar but the people below here. i know the planning commission would like to say that well, you

know we'll let dbi take care of it. no, the law says you is to look at it and the law says you have clear and convincing evidence, that there is a serious serious serious problem. if you want to ignore that and [inaudible] to privilege and wealth. there is also [inaudible] i'm here to tell you that this is a dangerous situation. read the letters from mr. wallace and clark and [inaudible] they make it very clear t is a serious serious problem. all we want is to have the folks here deal in good faith, provide consultantss. i was wait frg a consultant to come 2 munts

agoy and never showed up. a lot of misinformation here folks. a lot of misinformation and it makes me upset and i hope the city, the city gimpt does what is supposed to do under sequa and doesn't defer responsibility to protect not only mrs. mar, but all the people below. that is your duty. thank you >> thank you very much. okay, at this time colleagues this item is held and now closed and in the hand of the board of supervisors. so, supervisor christensen >> so, the one thing that i think we lugree on is that the stability of the cliffs in telegraph hill is critical. not only to the project sponsors property, not only to the project aopponent and also a number of residence that surround it. we have a history of cliff failures aroupds

telegraph hill, not only is the rock there somewhat fragile but had quaury faces on the east side of the hell. i was sitting here making a list of the failures that occurred just in the last tent to 20 years. in the 1990's the city had to pull a 20 unit apartment building off the side of the hill after the land eroded. in 2007 there is a rock slide on broad way. in 2010 friends of my had to do a similar stabilization project at great expense 2 blocks away on month gum rea street. the city is spending millions of dollars to stabilize cliffs in lum bard and pioneer park so we can agree this is a serious condition and it doesn't just effect the 2 properties represented here today or the 3 properties, but a number of residences below and adjacent to the project in question. i think it is very very serious and

that we need to stop arguing and figure how to fix this because it does impact so many people. the project sponsors engineers have come up with a solution to stabilize the slope in a way that is respected, in a way that is accessible. it is similar to the other stabilization project on munt gum rewhich i'm familiar with. dwr think in the case of sequa review, if we are looking at the venues at the body that should review this project, what i heard from mrs. mar has to do with the naich orthf project itself, the configuration and design is hard and approvaled at the planning department. in term thofz stabilization method the department of building inspection will review that thoroughly and evaluate that plan before permits are issued so feel that is better dealt with in that body.

given the legal constraints of sequa i cannot find adequate justification to support the appeal so i'm moving we afirm the determination by the planning beapartment that the project at 26 hawjs is cat gorely exempt from environmental review, that weapprove item 23 and table item 24 and 25. >> supervisor christensen made a motion to approve 23 and table 24 and 25. second by supervisor farrell. madam clerk can you please call the roll >> supervisor farrell aye. mar, aye. tang, aye. wiener, aye. yee, aye. avalos, aye. breed, aye. compose aye. christensen

aye. cohen. >> the categorical exemption is finally afirmed. this bringstuse the ends of the agenda. madam clerk are there items before us today? jarkss that conclude the business for today. colleagues thank you. we are adjourned. >> okay, good morning and

a call to order the meeting of san francisco county transportation authority. scott wiener the chair of the authority. i want to thank sfgtv for brad casting the meeting [inaudible] mr. clerk can you call the roll >> roll call. commissioner avalos, present. breed, present. compose, present. christensen, present. cohen, present. farrell, absent. kim, absent. mar, present. tang, present. wiener, present. yee, present. we have a quarm >> item 2 >> approve the minutes of april 28 meeting >> are there comments questions or change tooz

hoominutes? seeing none is there public comment on item 2? public comment is closed and do we need a roll call on item 2 >> yes >> item 2 avalos, aye. breed,ier. compose, aye. christensen, aye. cohen, aye. farrell, absent, kim, ansent. mar, aye. tang, aye wiener aye. yee, aye. the item passes >> okay,ite nl number 3 >> chairs report, this is a information item >> colleagues this month we had money transportation events and mile stones. last week mayor lee and a number of members of the authority participated with record number thofz public in the

21 annual bike the work day which is funded with prop k sales tax dollars. [inaudible] showed bikes accounted for 76 percent of all inbound traffic on market street between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m. many culleges joined mayor lee and san francisco bike coalition at city hall and their own executive director [inaudible] saent photo showing [inaudible] this week as well the central subway project celebrated a mile stone. the contractor for 1.4 mile twin tunnels for the pauject completed work. the final element of the contract including 5 crass passagess and head walk [inaudible] and construction pit. the photo's looked great. at a total cost of

251 million there work was completed on schedule and within budget. work on the stations continues with revenue service anticipated for december of 2018. congratulations to mta and entire project team. i would also like to take a few moments to recognize the [inaudible] authority staff who will be retiring next month after 16 years to the service to the agency. as you all know lee is deputy director for capital projects and during thiz tenure made many many sig contributions to the agency and city of san francisco and the region and improving transportation for everyone. i bow i speak for everyone at the ta and for many people at other city agencies when i say lee will be very very missed once he retires, but i know he won't

go far. under lees leadership the transportation authority went under many firsts [inaudible] he led the vamue for money study or business case for [inaudible] doil droiv [inaudible] the first and only p 3 on the state high way system in cl and to the yurba brena island and folsom ramps project lee led the efforts to become a builder of capital projeblths, a process that involves technical no how and vision and level headedness to deal with the obstuicals and meet execitations. lee is the rare individual that possesses [inaudible] congrat ylshzs on your many achievements within the agency. we are very grateful for your service and wish you the very best in your

retirement and i don't know-why don't you add a few words and if any other colleagues would like to make comment you welcome >> thank you, that was well said and want to add a few comment working with lee for a decade. during that time lee has show unwavering dedication to his job. lee contributed to so many project that will have a lasting impact on the city but before i describe the achievement yz have to underscore how lucky we were to have him on our team. slee air force officer and flown commercial jets and owned his own business. for 16 years he dhees serve the transportation authority and the city of san francisco out of desire to serve the public. his work sthon blended concept of high

speed rail was a key contribution to breaking through to achieve regional consensus on that project and reduce the over all cost of the system in the long run. it is also indick tiv thof type oof creative thinking and grounding [inaudible] political feasible that is a hal mark of lees work. on doys drive lee showed patient purser veerns and skill. he did this in part by lead thg planning phase as chair wiener indicated and finishish ulthe second half of the project in 2 weeks time on schedule qu on budget. lee's work on doil drive represents the future of big infrastructure projects in the state and across the nation. it is considered one of the namsh models of project dplirfby they ratrying to groumpt on yurba

brena island lee set up [inaudible] this is the first serving as a agency for construction project. lee helped stay on budget and on time for that project as well. the projeblth lides to on and off ramps and supports cal trans ramp work on the other side of the island as well as treasure island [inaudible] so far that project is uneventful, a good thing in the construction world. lee also contributed to the folsom street [inaudible] complete in july. there are other sides to lee as well, she mentor and resource to the staff and aensh and across otheragys and he is the reason we attracted great capital staff. he models nob nub and exercising techinal judgment in wise ways. lee is universely reect spected and sought after in the field.

for so many reasons lee we'll miss you. thank you for all you have done for the transportation authority and all you have done for the city. with that i think we have a special resolution for you or certificate >> for formalities, if you can call item 9 as well >> item 9 recognize lee saga deputy director for out standing service from 1999 to 2015 >> thanks igist wanted to [inaudible] we have gotten to know each other over the last few years in the presidio project. my biggest memory is riding together at 5 a.m. on that monday when it opened up, the first path and hopefully we'll do it

together in a few weeks early in the morning. you have been one of those people i have gotten to know in city government that is salt of the earth and amazing professional at what you do and also great to work with. you had a ton orphsuccess with the presidio parkway project and if t hasn't been easy. i know what an amazing person you are to work with ask thank you for all your service and getting to know you and your rich history [inaudible] i want to say thank you on behalf of all of us and district 2 and presidio parkway >> thank you. commissioner compose >> thank you mr. chairman. i won't belabor the point other than to say i'm grateful this agency had lee for so many years. i guess maybe it takes a jet pilot to

navigate the county transportation authority in san francisco and all the challengesthality come with that especially when can it come tooz capital project. i appreciate the responsiveness and thuryness and professionalism. thank you for your service and god speed with your next endeavors >> thank you very much. is there public comment on items 3 or 9? >> commissioner avalos, >> i also wanted to say thank you and congratulations on your great service. just as chair last year last couple years i was able to see how much you were valued by the transportation authority and what mark you left on san francisco as well and that is something that will never go away and think the presidio parkway and what is being done there is remarkable and that is a big

part oaf your achievement brought to the city and to the region so congratulations and i wish you all the best and hopefully we get to see more of you as well >> thank you. seeing no ort names, is there public comment on item 3 or 9? seeing none public comment is closed. we do have a certificate of accommodation for lee and perhaps can do a photo for any members who would like to join in. come on up. okay, will you call

item number 4? >> item 4 executive directors report, this is a information item >> mrs. chang >> good morning chair wiener [inaudible] last week i was prevologed to join the city trip dc with san francisco chamber of commerce to adhaveicate for transportation policy on a transporpation bill. the news from washington is brighter than 2 weeks ago. senator boxer said her committee will be marking up a bill with chair [inaudible] in june and that hopefully will set up a 2 month cycle and perhaps avoid another 6

month extension as some in congress have talked about to get to the long term bill that allows all of us to have a certainty to rely on transportation. 24 governor announced the may revice oof the budget and incancluded an significant increase in cap and trade revenues. this was reviceed from 1 billion to 2.2 billion and typically 60 percent of that money is for transportation so he bumped that up to 73 percent including 100 million dollars for transit operations, 265 million for capital improvement and 200 million for affordable housing and additional funding for high speed rail, about 500 million dollars. this is a increase over last year and continue to advocate for san

franciscos priorities as the funds are allocated. high speed rail authority and cal train have worked on compatibility analysis which will be present today the [inaudible] on may 20. we'll be there in support of that work shop and also invited the staff member tooz present to the citizens advisory committee at the end of may. the really important topic and we have been unified and pressing for compatible solution so we can make the most and optimize at the local and state levels for the critical corridor for the region. plan bay area held the san francisco open house kick off and very much appreciate commissioner mar for attending the event thmpt open house was designed to introduce the public to the planning process and connection to the san

francisco transportation plan and now have a process for updating the lists of projects which is due at the end of sept. these will reflect previous priorities [inaudible] we will be working with aejss staff to update the list jz select new ones to include in the plan and member thofz public i r welcome to submit [inaudible] we will also present on plan bay area 2040 with mtc and others at the junes plans and programs committee. vision zero held a budget meeting last month and want to recognize the great work of sfmta and agencies that participated in that to give a preview of proposition a and b. they are putting that funding to work and we'll continue with the vision

zero hearings this month scheduled for may 21 at 3 p.m. here in city ahall. a topic of that proseentation is education and outreach [inaudible] supervisor yee [inaudible] on school transportation we ubnob naincluding the san francisco unified school district to shine a light on the need for scol transportationt. we find that transit is accounting for half of middle and high school trips and a quarter of elementary and the hope is we can better understand those needs and how to address them in particularly hearing from parents. parents make a challengingition kwhere wl it is for affordability reasons

or travel times transit is working for some, but not all and hope throw supporting commissioner tang we will be more responsive and address public and private school student needs. on the geary rapid transit project. -there is a commitment at the highsh level to seeing the project through. we were pleased in the senate finance committee we did see funding support for van ness brt [inaudible] 150 million for central subway project. geary is right on the heels of van ness and following the environmental work and in anticipation mta plans to bring in prop k sales tax request fwra the near [inaudible] improvements and full [inaudible] in