. >> good morning welcome to the finance county transportation authority i'm commissioner avalos the president of the committee and supervisor kim and supervisor cowen and joined by supervisor campos and supervisor mar our clerk is steve

mr. clerk your announcements. >> no announcements. >> okay. let's go on to to our first item. >> number one roll call arrest commissioner avalos supervisor campos absent supervisor cohen supervisor kim supervisor mar absent we have quorum. >> very good let go on to item 2. >> item 2 approval of the minutes of the june 9th meeting an action item. >> colleagues, any changes at all 0 our minutes no comments open up for public comment members of the public on our minutes. >> yes. yes. yes. >> people's politics not system politics a system politics it could be really immediately replied by a machine the political science of humanity

inside and out meaning and loyalty and matt haney of matters. >> thank you. >> okay seeing public comment is end we'll close public comment and colleagues a motion to approve the minutes. >> second. >> sect by supervisor kim with a roll call vote. >> on item 2. >> commissioner avalos supervisor campos supervisor cohen supervisor kim supervisor mar absent that motion passes. >> very good item number 3 please. item 3 federal and state action item. >> good morning mark sends his regrets a busy time in sacramento and many things to do so hopefully, i'll cover the bills in the ethics matrix a just want on a special session

the governor declared a session for transportation and infrastructure to data number of informational background hearings basically outlines the need for transportation and infrastructure for the solutions for new revenues that could be pursued so, however, most of the funding and discussions have been around the need for highways and roads not so much transit a push from the vehicles local government to bring that into conversation there's been a modest number of bills introduced in the special session i'll go over in a second first of all we're proposing two new recommendations for the legislation from the first is the ab 744 which would relates to eliminating the minimum

parking requirements around the in fill areas around the stations and the planning department is supporting this and the section regular bill is ab 902 basically currently for minors a dwefks program they receive a ticket for a vehicle code things like bikes infractions they county's encourage get education rather than a ticket and the proposal to extend that to everyone for diversion for bikes running stop signs the first is a b x one one that mandates the loans in prior years of transportation fund to general fund the second is ab x one, two is expansion of the authorization for the building

in the regular session and finally constitutional amendment x one one protects for transportation revenues if they have passed in the current session we're recommending a new cigarette time senate package of transportation revenue increases revenue bill 16 and similar x bs one one by senator bell the increase in the new gas tax and a vehicle fee along with other packages this would be a 5 year program again mostly for local highways we are also reading the spot bills in the extraordinary bills session and waiting to get controls hopefully more details. >> what is the probability revenue for sb 16412 r x one

one. >> the estimate is one billion dollars two to $3 billion a year ramping up over the 5 years we're working to support the second amendment for the massive needs for the streets and road but also trends has significant repair needs and hopefully making that permanent not to come back and mark wants to gnaw we'll move forward this summer for the first time. >> thank you. >> we're optimistic and finally recommending two bills sb x one 2 that redirected the cap & trade funds as important to keep it if transit sb puc has the light rail vehicles we're hoping to seek the funding for the sfmta. >> where is it proposed from.

>> excuse me. and who is proposing. >> senator hearing officer. >> from. >> i don't know where thank you. >> north bay. >> we think and finally we're recommending a positions on sb x one we've seen a lot of those bills basically kill the high speed rail by pretending bonds and at the federal level we've been operating under a number of continuing resolution the federal transportation bill we've seen more likely so see them towards the end of the year the senate has introduced a long term 6 year reauthorization bill called redeveloping the vision for the economy or drive as the means it is focused on highways and roads with some new restrictions on percentage of

funding for transit good news it does increase the funding for transportation and increases the flexibility that the local jurisdictions have to address its own concerns there is a recent development they're proposing to eliminate the tiger program that is a competitive funding for san francisco and the region and it will be sad to see that program go away with that i'll be happy to answer any questions. >> thank you. >> good morning tilly chang bart has announced recently the general manager they'll propose to their vote to take a bond to the bay area we're tracking that the bay council did a poll of the arts alameda and contra-costa alameda to see how voters feel about a bond measure

to primarily be for maintenance needs but to address operational and other sort future expansion it is our opportunity to weigh in our staff work with these with the mayor's office and bart itself to better understand what the options are important composing that program now there is a decision to move forward at least a proposal from the general manager in proposing that to her board. >> thank you. >> we'll check in for your guidance on that. >> supervisor kim. >> thank you. i just had a question on that if there's a 3 county bond measure inch not seen 0 one in my time a 2/3rd's plus one vote. >> i'm not sure if we 2/3rd's yeah, i'm told twittered the first thing and cross the 3 counties. >> the county below and santa fe san francisco was super high the average of the 3 and also

how many county wasn't participate in that bond. >> i think by agreement san mateo will not and santa clara has contributed on a different basis so the 3 county for this bond as i understand. >> i understand on a more curious question in general how many counties can participate in a bond measure like that. >> the bart is formed as the 3 sdriblthsd could be as many as the bart district but maybe another regional measure for the bridge tolls all the county in the area. >> and we're trying to get to a press conference downstairs so if we can do a quick response. >> we need the state legislation like the gas tax they'll put it up on the smaller

sunset. >> i'll ask enjoy realize were on a time issue. >> thank you very much we can open up for public comment any member of the public seeing none, public comment is closed. >> this will be same house, same call? colleagues. >> yes. >> that motion passes. >> next item, please. >> item 4 recommended an award of a two year contract to the services in the amount of 4 hundred thousands for the san francisco freeway corridor management study for the executive director to negotiate the contract terms and conditions this is an action item. >> good morning with the transportation authority they've seeking the cms for manage the increase of the liability on the freeway corridors in san

francisco from phase one and two of the cms study are from the caltrain grandparent and appropriated for cal grant this subject is the phase two and the transportation authority board approved the cms phase the report set the foundation for the took analysis in phase two by developing an evaluation frame goals moving more people and increasing the triple liability and increasing the neighborhoods adjacent to the freeway corridors this contract was waterway for a procurement process on may 8th for a request for the scope is in our packet the preproposal conference was held and 4 proposals by the dew date met the dba goal and the sfmta and

caltrain interviewed the banks on june 3rd and unanimously recommended the firm the team has been experience in planning in the region in east bay and south bay and the objectives and the limits of the environment in san francisco and the development and screening of a analysis of like scenarios the a team that is here today will address the additional questions the c h s team and the solutions this is an action stem we're seeking to award this contract i'm available to answer any questions. >> supervisor kim. >> i have a particular interest this is ann has an interest in the downtown area i'm interested in some of the difference management concepts and curious it in the background and work

i'm not sure how many containments have been working i'm not familiar beyond la what other adjudicators have taken on the program and maybe there isn't a lot of persistence. >> a lot in the persistence in the la area and the alameda couldn't and currently seeking a plan for the entire region but the point to be aware of many of the efforts so for in the region either new h o v or a conversion in san francisco it is a bit of a challenge in that the constraint maybe to alternatives that don't necessarily relate to the capacity. >> supervisor kim we can

absolutely have another meeting the state of california has been sort of a forer of the state we've seen a lot more implementation of those things and there is substantial experience in south bay as mentioned and east bay and lomdz has in place a grade of 5 corridors 101 is currently under study in san mateo and wanted to continue to look at san francisco the conversion and potential others management studies for 101 and 280. >> their exercise. >> they have exercise locally and mta form m t c staff around the other h o v. >> thank you for your presentation and we'll open up for public comment any member of the public want to

comment none we'll close public comment and colleagues, same house, same call? it passes next item, please. >> item 5 introduction of new items this is an informational item. >> colleagues, any new items for introduction seeing none, we'll go to public comment on this item public comment is now open no increments we'll close public comment. >> item 6 public comment. >> general public comment is open and seeing none e seeing no member of the public we'll close public comment and before we adjourn i'd like to thank sophisticating staff jim and others mr. clerk. >> item 78 adjournment. >> colleagues, we're adjourned

>> when you cast your vote in san francisco, you may do it through city hall or vote by mail. ever wonder when to cast your vote? how is your vote counted. let's follow your ballot from the moment it's

officially certified by the department of elections. >> first we'll look at what happens to your vote at a polling place. when you cast your vote, your ballot is fed into a voting systems machine. it reads your ballot and the data is stored inside on the memory cart cartridge. it provides san francisco with voting machines. high speed ballot scanners and software used to cast votes. when the memory is pulled from the memory. the cartridge is stored in a bag and sealed then a san francisco parking officer takes official custody of the cartridge to deliver it to city hall. the custody of the actual completed ballot is transferred to the sheriff who takes it on

election night. on election night. pier 48 is a hub of activity. sheriff's bringing ballots lineup outside waiting to deliver inside the pier. it's a long night for these election employees. staff unpack and sort all the ballot bags and account for all the rosters for those dropped off at polling places. the inside ballots are counted by a machine and there is still more to do with these ballots. we'll

get back to them a little later. meanwhile at city hall, the department of elections sets up a one night only uploading center. staff and city employees ready to handle delivery and processing. >> on election night we set up the loading center here at city hall so we can process the votes as quickly and accurately as possible. first the election bag is placed on the reader to record it. next the cartridges and transfer papers are checked by our staff. then the cartridges with the

votes for each precinct are fed into readers which are fed in the dominion software. these are results directly to the department computer for tabulating. >> back at the polling place you might have cast your vote using the edge screen which is a screen touch system sch which allows others with disabilities to fill out an official blot. it's attached to the edge machine. >> i also need the edge printer. at the end of election day, a deputy sheriff takes custody of the sealed container from edge machine. >> you only have one edge printer, right?

>> yes. >> these deputies transfer the container a lot with the ballots to the warehouse on pier 48. the department of election staff opens the sealed container from every edge machine and reviews it's printed record. >> here at the department warehouse, teams of two people remove the record from each edge printer and check and double check to confirm whether or not those were cast. if votes are recorded on an edge printer, a team of two people remake the vote onto a blank paper ballot from that precinct. then a different two people confirm the votes and correct any errors. all the edge printer records are are -- archived. they transport to

city hall and then fed to the machine for counting. that way all the votes cast on the machine are included in the election. voters are encouraged to vote at their assigned polling place. people who cast their vote at a voting place other than their polling place are called provisional voters. they are taken to city hall for verification by staff. verification is to check to see if the voter is registered in san francisco. if the voter is registered in san francisco, their votes are counted for the correct contest they are into. more than 60% of san francisco voters cast their votes by

mail. ballots cast by city hall are also by ballot. they are processed at the distribution center at the largest mail processing facility in san francisco. >> so, it's quite a large operation. about 1500 employees throughout 3 shifts. it runs 24/7. 365 days a year and today we have all the ballots for the city of san francisco and today they will be processed for delivery. today we have a truck that has already come in. we are expecting about 218,000 ballots to come on 15 trucks. so far we have received three of the trucks and you can see there is a lot of mail here. right now we are getting raid

to run the mail on digital bar code order. first we put it in carrier route sequence and walk sequence so it's real efficiency for the ballots for our constituents. >> voters registration are dropped off at the polling boxes and it's transferred to a deputy sheriff who transfers them to pier 48. at the pier, ballots are collected. the number returned is noted and quickly transported by two deputy sheriff's and two department employees to city hall for processing. before any counting of any vote by mail ballot can happen, the voters signatures must be verified. first the unopen vote by mail ballot uses a scanner that picks up the bar code signature and the bar code

identifies the voter and precinct and that is sent electronically to the voter for verification. >> we have the signature on the voter registration file t voters name, precinct and signature is entered into the election information management system. staff reviews the voter information and signature on file and visually compares the signature. then we challenge the validity of the ballot. if the ballot is accepted, the voter is noted they have been accepted in the election. then it's send back electronically to the scanner. the envelopes are run through the scanner again to sort out any unverified ballots. on the second scanner pass, the

ballots are also sorted by precinct. it makes extra effort to correct the system so the ballots can be verified and their votes count. although accepted vote by mail ballot envelopes, used to be open by hand, they are now open by an extraction machine. >> it helps open the envelope on two sides and these on the machine you can pick up the ballot. it's probably twice as fast as a manual process. >> the ballots are then scanned by a dominion 400 c high speed

scanner for each ballot card. at the same time employees check the dominion tally sheet and compare it to the printer. the scanner sometimes can't read a ballot due to damage or light marking by a voter. these are transferred by hand by a 2-person team. these new ballots are returned to the scanner and the votes are added to the final tabulating. you can -- confirm your ballot was received and confirm your vote was counted at sf elections.org. >> at the end of each day which transfers the data from the scanners onto this laptop and we tabulate the votes.

>> on the server these votes are combined with the votes already transmitted with the cartridges. >> once the data is loaded on this laptop, the server tabulates the votes and we generate a report and post it on our website. >> along with the report, it also includes a precinct by precinct breakdown and posted by mail and a neighborhood turnout report. >> we are very proud of our data tool. it includes a lot of information about voter information with the voter district and party. we will continue improving. >> you would think that's the end of the story, but there is still more work out of pier 48 that needs to be done. california election code requires the manual tally of

ballots in the precinct which is chosen by an elected official. for the 1% manual tally, the ballots selected are counted by hand at the department warehouse. basically teams of four election match the ballots to the tally. there is a team for each ballot. two people tally the vote that is called and the two people confirm the votes and finally they are compared and compared to the electronic vote. >> this 1% manual tally is the last step for declaring the final results of the election. so from your home or neighborhood polling place, to city hall, by memory cartridge, high speed scanner or even