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>> all right. good morning, everyone. welcome to expand our tuesday, june 16, tuesday, june 16, 2015 transportation authority plans & programs committee i'm supervisor tang the chair of the committee we have sxhieshgsz to my right and supervisor yee and supervisor farrell we have our clerk steve and jim smith and charles kremenak from sfgovtv. >> roll call. >> sxhed absent. >> sxhieshgs supervisor farrell supervisor tang supervisor yee we have quorum. >> thank you and if we can call item 2. >> the advisory committee

report. >> good morning, commissioners item 4 on our agenda today while the cca recommended $12.4 million for the 60 foot hybrid coaches there's $33.4 million in the request before you that was not before us it passed the board of supervisors and the mta board one of the things by peter was that the request we actually got to expand vote on was before us through a waiver of the prop k strategy plan policy i want to expand make sure that the ta policy is on matter large dollars amounts in all cases that was not brought before us the $33.4 million for the

procurement of 40 foot buses and hybrid buses also, this is a large item you have to expand waive through street trees was part of that item and again brought up by cca members and the public was the lack of city policy to expand maintain trees up to date a two or three year period and get going to the property owners i hope the board of supervisors can work towards getting addressed and finally one hundred thousand dollars district 9 around the a medicine island looking at public safety and bicycle safety through the area and one i personally brought to expand supervisor campos a year or ago as a member of the neighborhood association

excited about getting improvements to expand help with the bruno heights neighborhood and all people in the bay area neighborhood on item 5 the potrero hill neighborhood transportation go remember jackie sacking thought to bring back the bus services that will take care of the transportation issues and during public comment we heard some similar from the potrero boosters but another areas that need to be served around the 53 buses it was approved unanimously and look forward to the improvements. >> thank you very much economy questions or comments from commissioning colleagues you thank you for the issue of street trees i'm grateful the ta is providing fund absolutely that are other colleagues on the board of supervisors who are working hard to expand make sure

we have a citywide maintenance policies not only putting in trees but how we can keep them alive over time absolutely point taken and in terms of the $33 million i was the sponsor of that item but i hope that maybe when we get to expand item 4 whether an mta staff to expand talk about why that didn't go through. >> any public comment only item 2? >> yes. regarding the potrero hill that was brought in front of the cca last month i was to mention their stable housing in that area whatever is done in

that area they have a take into consideration the paratransit advancing and the cabs and buses that go through you shouldn't try to expand mess up the neighborhood mess up the area for the senior and disabled people that live in that neighborhood there are children in the neighborhood and children in the projects in the public housing so also take into consideration before you bring this forward thank you. >> thank you very much is there anyone from the public that wishes to speak on item 2 all right. seeing none, public comment is closed and let's move on to item 3. >> item 3 approval of the minutes for the may 2015 this is an action item. >> motions and roll call vote. >> take public comment. >> oh, public comment seeing no

members of the public public comment is closed. and r0er789 vote. >> mr. reid as public school sxhieshgs. >> supervisor farrell supervisor tang supervisor yee. >> the minutes are approved. >> great, thank you item 4 please. recommend the allocation of $74 million plus with the prop k to the cash distribution schedule an action item. >> the first presenter. >> thank you commission that is a gigantic move for them and number wise as many of the performance are trying to get numbers in place before july 1st, i think there is a high-level presentation i'm happy to expand stop at any time

we have staff to expand answer questions at any time. >> of the $74 million the first 3 projects that account for 90 percent of the dollars looked like the first the presidio parkway supervisor farrell is familiar with a $20 million prop c prop k that is due to the concession on completion of the project the second part of the 0 project what a public-private project and one of the sector point of view we've not had to expand maintain the subsidy i'll say that the traffic switch and opening of the new facility is established for july 9th it will be closed for several days until

jill 13. >> the other two projects that may be make up the bulk of it the racks they're both replacements felt motor coach fleet with the hybrid vehicles it was awarded to new flier of america prop k appointed a replacement vehicle about $12 million to expand leverage 26 replacement vehicles this is part of base contract that was awarded and the second part it $33 million for phase one that has 84 replacement and examination vehicles as chris noted in both cases the contract and amendment have been noted and it will be held off later on mta staff can addresses your

questions an administrative oversight i'll go through the rest a lot more quickly 5 traffic related requests contracted 62 brand new traffic signals you'll notice 7 traffic signals on the fixture of the lower left the beacon is at san francisco middle school construction and action it a is a commitment inform allocate the traffic signal flow money this traffic signal conduit is a highlight we have several things to expand take advantage of the opportunity like the mta is putting in conduit for future traffic signals this one is a little bit

different you you maybe family if you're trying to cross the railroad if you're hanging out this is the first of the face to expand replace the equipment with a wireless system that is more reliable 19 avenue has a lot going on this is the third allocation the third phase of signal improvements with caltrain slitting the costs 50/50 and putting on large signal heads to expand improve public safety this is the design of the final set of signals as you see on this the pictures that the city is designing those will be done

as part of the 19 avenue combined project that is looking at new bus stops locates and signals getting down before caltrain through here traffic the local traffic calming program is the one where the residents can submit a petition requesting that traffic calming improvements be put in for the benefit of those watching this is a huge success story every year the deadline by august 1st residents may submit a petition request for traffic calming by january mta will evolve the requests and lightwell elite them know if in their been

approved for a speed bump which will be implemented in july of 2016. >> the public safety improvement project that is a huge corridor for vision zero it is the environmental clearance of the project that includes the raised crosswalks we've got a $2 million process and the schedules will be worked out as the phase it implemented. >> the next are super fast the maintenance activities requests the first is the bicycle facilities for people this is replacing the code and changing preliminary new paint over boxes i want to recognize mta and

public works they deliberating are trying to put in more durable materials and lower maintenance costs the report we have public works annual request for sidewalk repair around street trees and signs for tree planting and maintenance this is for planting and maintenance of the city owned street trees. >> i think the last one i'll talk about the commitment to expand allocate this is the last bit of design for the bart to expand redesign the fire safety doors in the trans tube if something happens it will be replaced on the east bay side as well as with that the last 3 projects will be covered by my

colleague for the neighborhood transportation allocations. >> good morning liz i'm a senior transportation planner with the transportation authority and wearing the hat of the construction project on ocean avenue the last time this was before you a year ago whisper finishing the led feasibility studies to take the light rail underground into the park merced building that began as part of park merced agreement at this point we've been preceding with the next steps prep caltrain study report that is required for projects like only 19 avenue we've made success and submitting our document to expand caltrain we

have to do additional engineering the particulars are in the explore to expand this item i'll leave it at that given the lengthy number of requests before you what i do want to say that we're going to be in the next round in the fall and come back and provide more informational item on the project at this point this request for a $200,000 the majority of that will go to expand our consultant team that was selected for the work and last week's finance committee approved a recommendation to expand increase the contract so that that will be at the board meeting. >> a quick question can you very high-level paying lay out the timeline on this this interesting project for supervisor yee and i we're curious about knowing what the

next steps are. >> absolutely our goal to expand complete the caltrain p.s. r and get a snatch something in the fall or winter of this year working this weekend planning for the procurement of the new team of consultants for the next phase the environmental review we're working towards timeframe that is laid out in park merced that says the city needs to expand know whether it wants to expand go with the alignment proposed or move to the new alignment in july 2018 that's the one we're working towards and beyond that the schedule a speculative we don't have all the funding for this project by vaps that strategy currently. >> thank you supervisor yee has a question. >> no question probably an predicament time to expand thank

the staff for males or females this project forward and working with the community done a stellar job this whole project started 2, 3, 4 discussion things have changed quite a bit i think that that will come of overseeing to expand move forward a very positive outcome >> great, thank you. >> good morning, everyone. collin planner with the transportation authority i'll be talking briefly about two allocation requests the first both of them for the transportation improvement program the first is for the annual ongoing so for the sponsor the transportation authority and the san francisco municipal transportation agency scoping and that's to be split

between the two agencies so for a hundred and $50,000 and the next month we'll have the project coming forward with a request for the hill and coming forward this month is for the alameda exchange that is located near 101 and where the 280 cross and a shore boulevard and laguna avenue creating a ramp at the surface we're requesting planning fund from the district 9 did transportation authority will lead the study with the support of sfmta all those boulevards are important with the safety and access is critical it creates a barrier including bay area and