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night that our flag was still there. and welcome to the san francisco transportation authority mom meeting i'm supervisor wiener the chair and mr. clerk. >> roll call commissioner avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim absent supervisor mar. >> supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee we have quorum. >> okay. thank you very much we will now go do the chair's report colleagues i have several update for the regional and local levels you may have seen after the months of reporting congress failed to pass the transportation authority budget

we'll have a mutilate services authorization next month as sooeps to the short time measures the house and senate passes the reformation and overall the house bill is better than the senate that is less transit funding for the bay area our staff at the transportation authority and the mtc are both working to avoid any reduction agency those bills are reconciled the congressional leaders want this before the 2016 expiration and more fun and games in washington, d.c. through the detriment of transportation and other critical needs interestingly an amendment during the house floor debate

will provide extra $40 billion by locking down the capital reserves this is in conference and maybe possible to fund for 5 years rather than the of years that is a plat funding level i want to applaud the 40 major organizations including the american transit association the u.s. chamber of commerce and labors and trade used that are recommending the higher level of funding of it means pga a shorter 5 year bill and keeps up with inflation and as noted in the industry groups quote holding the transportation at or blow the power levels will not create the york congestion in the transportation and the we

urge the congress and president obama to get that passed the mtc this month has the best way to coordinate the sustainable strategy in the bay area we agreed to look at a full mtc abag merger this will bring our region into a similar structure of other metropolitan organizations across california but requires a careful thinking how we in san francisco are recommended in the framework and i've made clear i will not be supporting any 3450erger that jeopardizes or undermines the need of our large city in the bay area that process is ongoing we need to have some sort of inclusion by june of next year and at a local level i'm struck

by the progress our transportation agrees are making in planning and project delivery both small and large last week, a meeting for the environmental review that process has taken far too long we are nearing the end the construction of van ness pedestrian underpass sfmta opened the section for cycle on market street and caltrans will counts is the bay bridge peer and next week the groundbreaking avenue one of the anticipated one by the way, o bag it is important to see those agency work in addition design lastly commissioner sugaya attended to conferences for the past couple of weeks the submit in los angeles and in the last week of

october and the national larger conference in nashville in october mr. mar wants to make remarks i'll invite him. >> thanks to commissioner lee and the staff for extending the brt final environmental impact report this is important to allow people to give more time for comments i went to not only two different cities but 4 unanimously historic gathering or gathering it is occurring in theville sustainability in coping 21 in paris in a couple of weeks and the climate march in oakland the four events policy linked is an amazing organization began in city of oakland that expanded around the country supervisor campos attended and the policy

equality submit for the pro transportation city hall and mayors around the country's was an amazing gathering in los angeles and a government alliance and race and equality i attended a portion of the gathering with the officials from seattle and oakland and other place of equality office and late a conference in nashville, tennessee which i've been attending on and off over the years i want to say i used the time for relationship building and cased studies from different cities had a great opportunity at the local process and the local submit that i'll have to say commissioner avalos as a leader the alliance state and federal brought in a mayor

from minnesota from we wisconsin and she's bringing great ideas to minneapolis including a light rail that goes to st. paul and others major groups i'm learning from a down to earth elizabeth and other city council members a highlight of the trips i also wanted to say that two besides commissioner avalos other leaders of local process from seattle and from brooklyn new york and many others are leading the economic justice and jobs work citywide and local process is a great place to build those relationships in the cased studies i also wanted to say that policy link angela blackwell organization i had no

idea 3 thousand people if government sector from university researchers to grassroots activists in the community of color and it was 3 thousand people in la lots of intersections he wanted to key part of transportation equality caucus how people don't just seek transportation isolated or justice isolated it is enter tweend the grassroots if the bottom-up was excellent in looking at an equality less than not only transportation but many other policies and development without displacement policies the cost had the black lives matter around the country it is inspiring and it was important i also began to see san francisco

oakland santa fe and san raphael as a major section as other cities and metropolitan adrenalin talked about their work we're the fifth go largest metropolitan adrenalin the $8 million or soon to be 9 million people is the fifth bringing behind la and chicago and new york i didn't realize what how we work and many others as we on to local city level and regional equality and transportation policy sitting with supervisor campos and supervisor wiener on the mtc abag is eye openly but others was helpful i also wanted to say too that i take the time to bike

sharing and it was a pleasure to ride only a few stations i know that nashville has a longer way to go thirty city council members it is hard to make policy in that city the new mayor of nashville the reps republicans and converts killed a major transportation harming their ability to link up the sgathd city of nashville it is 25 percent african-american or more than that they're almost invisible in the country music and tv and hollywood it is seeing how the transportation policies address the equality that the lack of equality that exists in nashville i want to see if there is anything egg to

add like the bike sharing the transportation caucus getting together with people work only anti displacement or transportation in the context of anti displacement make those gathered so valuable and helps me to do my work here with a better race and class and gender and neighborhood equality plans as well that in the work thank you, supervisor wiener. >> thank you very much supervisor mar and i can't remember, if the they could sfgov for the broadcasting of the hearing next the item report oh, public comment on the chair's report item 2 any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed we'll move to item 3 the executive director report. >> thanks chair wiener and

schd happy to report for this past months progress the federal bill as supervisor wiener mentioned i want to make sure that the folks understanding of that understand this is an authorized bill for the proimthd funding hope the 5 or of year bill comes to fruition only a 3 year funded bill we will keep track of that good news locally the parcel f site that the transbay tjpa has been overseeing did become finalized with an offer being expelled for the crescent height with a second site with two parcels combined into a project that project is 35 percent of

affordable housing component and the funds that the tjpa adopted it is one hundred $65 million allows the interim budget for the work for the project and avoid financing costs that will be helpful with that said, the overall cost coming in at a higher level with the cost review for the confidence level of 70 percent by the time we finish the project we'll have enough cushion in case unforeseen circumstances but with the additional budget from the f and additional work we'll before doing with the city we'll close the gap above and beyond there will be a one and $35 million gap we'll address that by the end of the year thank you supervisor mar sea others for mentioning the geary

brt we had a good turn out one hundred and 20 people taking public comment with the environmental document and it's been extended the period from responses from the community and happy to note that folks have a couple of weeks until november 30th to provide the comments and by e-mail or in writing i'll be happy to to take that we were pleased to see the response of doing outreach we'll have great view finding on geary people see and visualization of how the potential future brt project that 4 thousand people have taken the time for the devices 17 thousand to view the images of the improvements and we've received a strong response from folks that take a small

survey they believe that the project is going to be a benefit to the community they support the proposed amendment with that, i'll highlight a few more outreaches tonight in fact, in district 2 the lombard transportation improvement project has a third outreach at marina middle school at 6:00 p.m. folks are invited to conduct with the tjpa to make progress on that design resurfacing of lombard and the utility work we continue it work closely with sfmta and schairz office in district one and schools district 7 and other districts around town turning to the western edition community basis transportation plan that is a robust process and sfmta the identification of safety and security and street

improvement projects that the outreach has identity priority for the community we hope that will be exceptional designs for the update and committee and sfmta in the next month and prop double a the voter program that allows the $10 vehicle register fee to be applied to safety and resurfacing that will be a project that will be released from before thanksgiving to needed projects around the town and the principle of this program that fund should go to prelims so projects that are designed and ready for conduct 15, 16 timeframe go to our website sf ct a slash prop a to

the transportation authority and the board approval 2, 3, 4 february. >> keying off supervisor mar's report on the conference in boston we met with uc berkley and my team and a whole host of public and private organizations to talk about the equality and assess of shared mobility those are the so-called go transportation network companies that are entering the markets with the urban city's and smaller cities around the nation at the conference he was pleased to represent the transportation authority and uc berkley research center and the council will be joinly manufactured the compliment impacts of tmc for the transportation network companies are contributing to

the million dollars in the mission or they're providing alternatives in supporting the transit for example, in a new way to enhance the facility thank you to the facility and our agency the tenant/landlord is providing $25,000 to complete the equality analysis and hope to have this result in a year time for the planning here in san francisco as well as contribute to that informed discussion elsewhere the self-help counties are meeting e meeting the 20 couldn't ♪ california to fund the transportation improvements through dedicated funds a number of counties are collaborating to look at the option and lord to reporting back on our progress in a few months time to move

towards a plan for this year for the bart line that is making its way to the bart district beyond that i wanted to highlight the good the good work happening around town at sfmta, and caltrans we're seeing tremendous project delivery and voter approved funds and the results from the past funding approvals by the public and look forward to this next week many of you all can celebrate the federally funded project moving forward and others the e r trailerer elementary school another fund that was completed that concludes my remarks >> thank you very much. >> ms. jane commissioners

questions or comments regarding the director's report any comment on item 3 none public comment is closed. >> item 4. >> item 4 approval of the minutes for the october 7, 2015. >> colleagues, any questions or comments or changes regarding the minutes seeing none, we'll move to public comment any public comment on item number 4? seeing none, public comment is closed and can you please call the roll >> commissioner avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee

supervisor kim. >> there are 11 eyes the minutes are approved. >> okay item number 5. >> item 5 authorizing the executive director to exceeding execute all supplemental agreements and property and any amendments through to through the to and the california department of transportation for the travel smart program and the timing free ramp improvement study and the programming and monitoring program an action item. >> colleagues, any questions or comments regarding this item seeing none, any public comment on item? seeing none, public comment is closed colleagues, can we take that same house, same call? without objection that is the order item of >> item 6 the audit report for the fiscal year june 2015.

>> colleagues, any comments or questions regarding item 6 seeing none, any public comment on item 6 seeing none, public comment is closed and colleagues, can we take that same house, same call? we'll take that without objection. that will be the order item no. 7. >> item 7 alternate 200 and 673 under prop c funds and others funds for the cash flow distribution an action item. >> colleagues, any questions or comments regarding item 7 seeing none, any public comment on item 7 seeing none, public comment is closed and colleagues, can we take that same house, same call? we'll take that without objection. that will be the order item number 8. >> item 8 adopt a new program for the clarification and reclarify two positions an action item. >> colleagues, any questions

or comments seeing none, is there any public comment on item 8 seeing none, public comment is closed and colleagues, can we take that same house, same call? we'll take that without objection. that will be the order item 9. >> item 9 adopt the salary for the job clarifications an action item. >> colleagues any questions or comments seeing none, any public comment on item number 9 seeing none, public comment is closed and colleagues, can we take that same house, same call? we'll take that without objection. that will be the order item 10. >> item 10 introduction of new items. >> colleagues, any introduction of new items seeing none, any public comment on item 10 seeing none, public comment is closed and this is an information item item 11. >> public comment. >> any public comment? ? seeing none, public comment is closed item 12 >> a adjournment. >> we're adjourned.

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>> finance committee november 3, 2015,

>> >> >>supervisor john avalos: good morning today is november 3, 2015. election day. welcome to the finance committee of the transportation authority. my name is john avalos, the chair of the committee. joined to my right by commissioner jane kim and left malia cohen. our clerk is steve stamos. the meeting is broadcast by steve smith and jennifer lowe. thank you for your service and broadcasting. are there any announcements? city clerk: no announcements. >> roll call. city clerk: commissioner avalos, present, commissioner campos, absent, commissioner cohen, present, commissioner kim, present, commissioner mar, mar absent. we have a quorum.

>>supervisor john avalos: if you can call our consent calendar. >> these items are considered routine. staff of prepared to present if desired and maybe removed. >>supervisor john avalos: colleagues, any comments on our consent calendar. hearing none. any member of the public would like to comment. seeing none come forward, we have a motion to move these items forward. >> second. >> motion from commissioner kim, second by commissioner cohen and we'll take that with a roll call vote. city clerk: commissioner avalos, aye, commissioner campos, absent, commissioner cohen, yes, commissioner kim, aye, mar absent. the consent calendar is approved. >> great. we'll go on to item no. 5. >> item 5 recommending and

accepting the audit report. this is an action item . >>supervisor john avalos: we have a presentation. >> good morning from finance administration. what i have before you today is the results from the fiscal year 14-15 annual fiscal audit. we have had a challenging time. we have procured new auditors and indicated how well we did with implementation. i have before you here available to walk you through the report and answer any questions and afterwards i will come back an answer any questions you may have. >> my name is amad, i'm the partner in charge of the audit. what you have here is the financial report of sfcta. we as your

department auditors are to issue the financial statements because you receive funding you are required to undergo an audit for ab 133 which requires your auditor to oh pine on the compliance requirements with respect to further grants. we issue opinion on these financial statements and as part of issuing these opinions on the fair presentation of the financial statements, we audit these balances are reported to you on the financial statement. we confirm to external sources and we make sure these numbers are reported to the financial statements are fairly stated. i'm pleased to know that we have issued the clean opinion on the financial statements. as part of the audit we also look at your internal controls in the manner you process receipts and contracting. and at the back of the audit you are going to see an opinion with

the compliance of the federal laws and regulations and they relate to the project which is funded by cal trans by highway planning and construction. i'm also pleased to let you know that under no exception with respect to the compliance with weaknesses with respect to the internal control. we are your new auditors this year and it's a new transition for us and sfcts staff. this year is the year of implementation gas 68 which requires recognition of pension liability on the financial statements. the liability is measured as your proportionate share with calpers because sfcts participates with calpers on the pension liabilities. you are going to see quite a bit of some revisions. the numbers are not that significant when it comes to the

pension liabilities. although cta is and the payroll expenses and the number of total expenses they have is not as significant as you would see in the city or the county. the impact was not very significant in a financial statement. it's a reporting requirement , not a funding requirement. these amounts are paid through the annual contributions that sf cta provides through calpers. again, this is a transition year. i do want to thank the finance department for making this a smooth transition. we were able to complete the financial statements on time. i believe the financial statements are sent to the city and county of san francisco who uses these financial statements as a component within the financial statement. they report on these financial statements. i want to thank sfcts staff. we have no difficulties in the performance of the audit, although it's a transition year we were able to complete it

with no exceptions. with that, i will be happy to take any questions. >>supervisor john avalos: thank you for your work with the audit. there is no questions now. i appreciate how the audit came out and no deficiencies and sound financing. so appreciate that, thank you. >> thank you. >> i would just like to mention this item went before cac october 28th and there was a motion for adoption of this report. in terms of the budgets fiscal impacts there were no cost for fiscal year 14-15. that's good to hear , with that. i'm here to answer any questions. i would like to thank the finance staff for their quickness on the audit. lily yu and my staff who spent many hours putting this together. one of the key reasons we were able to

finish so quickly was because of the new enter price this committee approved for us. we appreciate that as well. lastly , i would like to thank our new auditors. it was a new year. we had to get to know each other and it was a great audit and came out quickly and super clean audit. with that, i would like to recommend to approve this audit. >>supervisor john avalos: okay. very good. thank you. we'll open this item up for public comment. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. the motion to approve? >> so move. >> motion from commissioner campos and second by commissioner cohen. enthusiastically seconded by commissioner cohen. [ laughter ] we'll have a roll call vote. city clerk: commissioner avalos, aye, campos, aye, cohen aye,

commissioner kim, aye, commissioner mar, aye, the item passes. >>supervisor john avalos: very good. let's go on to our next item. item 6, introduction of new items. informational item. >>supervisor john avalos: colleagues introduction of new item, none. next public comment. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> item 7. public comment. >>supervisor john avalos: is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. we'll go to the last item. item 8. adjournment. >> happy election day. we are adjourned. >> >> >>

>> feel like it really is a community. they are not the same thing, but it really does feel like there's that kind of a five. everybody is there to enjoy a literary reading. >> the best lit in san francisco. friendly, free, and you might get fed. ♪ [applause] >> this san francisco ryther created the radar reading series in 2003. she was inspired when she first moved to this city in the early 1990's and discover the wild west atmosphere of open mi it's ic in the mission. >> although there were these

open mics every night of the week, they were super macho. people writing poems about being jerks. beatty their chest onstage. >> she was energized by the scene and proved up with other girls who wanted their voices to be heard. touring the country and sharing gen-x 7 as a. her mainstream reputation grew with her novel. theses san francisco public library took notice and asked her if she would begin carrying a monthly reading series based on her community. >> a lot of the raiders that i work with our like underground writers. they're just coming at publishing and at being a writer

from this underground way. coming in to the library is awesome. very good for the library to show this writing community that they are welcome. at first, people were like, you want me to read at the library, really? things like that. >> as a documentary, there are interviews -- [inaudible] >> radar readings are focused on clear culture. strayed all others might write about gay authors. gay authors might write about universal experiences. the host creates a welcoming environment for everybody. there is no cultural barrier to entry. >> the demographic of people who come will match the demographic of the reader. it is very simple. if we want more people of color,

you book more people of color. you want more women, your book more women. kind of like that. it gets mixed up a little bit. in general, we kind of have a core group of people who come every month. their ages and very. we definitely have some folks who are straight. >> the loyal audience has allowed michelle to take more chances with the monthly lineup. established authors bring in an older audience. younker authors bring in their friends from the community who might be bringing in an older author. >> raider has provided a stage for more than 400 writers.

it ranges from fiction to academics stories to academic stories this service the underground of queer fell, history, or culture. >> and there are so many different literary circles in san francisco. i have been programming this reading series for nine years. and i still have a huge list on my computer of people i need to carry into this. >> the supportive audience has allowed michele to try new experiment this year, the radar book club. a deep explorationer of a single work. after the talk, she bounces on stage to jump-start the q&a. less charlie rose and more carson daly. >> san francisco is consistently ranked as one of the most literate cities in the united states. multiple reading events are happening every night of the

year, competing against a big names like city arts and lectures. radar was voted the winner of these san francisco contest. after two decades of working for free, michelle is able to make radar her full-time job. >> i am a right to myself, but i feel like my work in this world is eagerly to bring writers together and to produce literary events. if i was only doing my own work, i would not be happy. it is, like throwing a party or a dinner party. i can match that person with that person. it is really fun for me. it is nerve wracking during the actual readings. i hope everyone is good. i hope the audience likes them. i hope everybody shows up. but everything works out. at the end of the reading, everyone is happy. ♪

[ gavel ] all right. good morning. welcome to our november 3, 2015, plans and programs meeting of the ta. happy election day. i hope everyone got out and voted. i'm katie tang, chair of the committee and we have to my right commissioner london breed and norman yee and i would like to thank jim and jennifer lowe from sf govtv. >>clerk, please call the roll. >> commissioner farrell,

commissioner breed, commissioner yee, commissioner tang. we have a quorum. >> item 2. citizen advisory committee item. >> good morning, commissioners, short today which is nice for all of us. item no. 4 was the only allocation request we took up and it was mostly centered and signals and specifics which weren't really addressed because it's not part of the allocation request. but some of the things we were thinking of were pedestrian signaling and cross streets and bike network and we were told the primary focus of the request was for the signal lights but mta would look as to whether or not these

items would be able to follow. and regarding the equity project and specifics primarily how they plan to engage riders from cultural backgrounds and padilla expanded the details quite well and we are quite happy with the resulting discussion we had with that. a couple of things in our new business that i want to bring to your attention. one was the mission bra -- bay project held up in court and the rail yard fees ability study. i just want to mention that was brought up in the public comment and that planning is going to be coming to the ta's in january or february to discuss that with us. that's the update. >> thank you for your report. i know it's short. in light of the holidays we had to have another program

meet today. thank you very much. any questions or comments? no? okay. this is an information item. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. i also want to know -- note that we have commissioner farrell with us and we should have a motion to excuse commissioner christensen today. a motion and moved. commissioner christensen is excused. item 3. >> approve the minutes of the october 20, 2015. an action item. >> all right. seeing no questions or comments. item 3. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. can we take a roll call vote on that. >> commissioner breed? aye, commissioner farrell, aye, commissioner tang, aye, commissioner yee,

aye, the minutes are approved. >>supervisor katy tang: item 3 is adopted. item 4. recommend allocating $272,868 in prop k funds and $300,000 in prop aa funds with conditions subject to the attached fiscal year karen flow distribution schedule. >> good morning. we have $230,000 in other funds. i'm jumping to the next project which the mta project design funds to replace the current infrastructure which has passed it's useful life. 15 of the 9 along the corridor are on the high injury network and five of those included on the

pedestrian vision zero network. a complete listing is included in the request in the agenda packet. the project is coordinated with public works as gough street paving project which will be completed early 2016. that paving project will complete the installation for the conduit for the signals that will be with these funds. the project will up great the existing structure and installing pedestrian safety measures along the corridor. the design is expected to be completed october 2016 and the construction of the signals early 2018. the next project is the balance boa area transportation management study. requested by the planning department. so building on several recent public participation and analysis, this project will incorporate

coordination projects and supervisor yee's office. with the measures and plans and developments for this area the area recommendations analysis will serve as short and long-term transportation planning in the area and ultimately identify measures to minimize transportation demand impacts of current and future developments. the project in these outcomes can result in a model of institution base for transportation and efforts as well. the project levies for $37,000 in project area planning funds for metropolitan planning commission and will be completed this summer. >>supervisor katy tang: i think commissioner yee has a question or comment? >>supervisor norman yee: i will just wait for his presentation to finish. >> sorry. >> the last project is ensuring the transit service equity to

engage in the project from sf mta. they are requesting funds as a match that would allow mta to do a few things to form with some based organizations and engagement methods and collaborations and gain insights on the public engagement process to help sf mta and muni serve as a more equitable system and found more muni for engaging. sf mta current data base tools are not necessarily appropriate for assessing the needs and concerns in the communities and don't translate to the experience of being a muni rider. the objectives in the screen identified challenges impacting selective neighborhoods and implementing strategies to help social related and environmental issues. this project will be completed in mid-2017.

with that, we have representatives from the project sponsors from these projects and happy to take questions. >>supervisor katy tang: thank you, commissioner yee? >>supervisor norman yee: i want to thank the study for the balboa park station. it's due time. there has been discussion from the city or the mayor's office to look at the balboa reservoir as a potential site for housing development and during those community meetings, the biggest concern that people had was about not only future traffic issues that the development might cause, it's already grid locked as it is. so we thought it would just take the opportunity to not wait for the final conceptualization of the reservoir plan in regards to housing to get

started in terms of studying the traffic issues because i think there is probably things we can find solutions for current issues. so i'm hoping everybody will be supportive of this. tang tang -- >>supervisor katy tang: thank you, any other questions or comments? i think these are all great especially with the coupling of the b rt coming online and the improvements to gough street will be important. with that we can open up to public comment. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> colleagues can i have a motion and second on that. all right. motion by commissioner farrell and commissioner yee. without objection item 4 is adopted and we'll move on to item 5. >> item 5.

overview of the san francisco long range transportation planning program. information item. >>supervisor katy tang: thank you. we have multiple staff here available. >> yes, i'm with the transportation authority and joined from the planning department which represents this project from the collaborative effort. we want to call this to your attention because this is going under way and you are going to hear from us over the next couple of years. there has been a lot of planning and funding efforts throughout the city dating back a number of years, we talked about the four corridors plan and the subway master plan initiative by our board chair wiener. bullet in addition all the transit agencies have their own strategic plans and capital plans. we have our own general plan and transportation development and all of our efforts to think about the longer term in san francisco. and here at the transportation authority we have a

transportation plan which pulls all the different plans together. the first plan in 2003 outlines our sales tax expenditures and identifies the priority network which later became the rapid network and now moving forward. and in 2013, we adopted our most recent countywide plan and a number of key representations working around the city and region including significant investment in muni as well as regional transit and really identifies that we are in need of transit expansion planning in addition to maintenance on streets and roads and non-motorized transit and networks and identify projects and tdm as well as freeways and mandating freeways in a new idea in that plan and our new revenue sources which is something that has come to pass in the last couple of years. since the plan was adopted, there have been a number of new

initiatives that we know we are going to be driving some of our planning work. the obvious in the room is there has been a tremendous amount of growth with employment as well as visitors and what that has results is crowding and congestion. this is across all modes from regional transit to local transit and we have biking and walking which is great and we need to make sure that they are safe and comfortable out there. in addition there is all of these new transportation option that we are getting started along the way but the scale and number of them have increased with things like bike sharing and scooter sharing and in addition to cart sharing. we are not seeing them on the streets yet but the autonomous vehicles and the landscaping is shifting and we need the know what the local policies are and how we want to shape those. in addition we have seen great product

mrems -- implementation and it's construction and central subway and fleet is turning over, bike projects. this is very good unprecedented level of construction and around the city. that means we are getting near the end of the ideas that we have to implement and talking about what is the next set of projects beyond that are taking the next number of projects. the other one is change in revenue sources. we have passed props a and b last fall and the transportation sustainability study this afternoon and recent statewide cap and trade funds and changes at the federal level and lack of changes with this grid lock unable to get a break through from our traditional sources with respect to federal funding. also going on right now are a number of studies really things --

thinking about the future when it comes to transit capacity. so bart, sf mta are all leading different ideas for how they want to expand this capacity to meet the demand growth of the network and how this fits together. that's where our study comes in. it's the long range transportation planning program an it is a number of different aspects all knitted together. the very first piece being a vision that help us look into the longer term to where we want to be going with the land use transportation and a couple of modal studies that look into somethings that are signature significant -- as well as our freeways and how we best manage traffic as it comes through the city and especially projects

including how much capacity we can provide. we can begin our transportation san francisco plan looking at the time horizon in time with the regional transportation plan and finally an update to the transportation plan of the general element which has now been updated in the last 20 years. i'm going through it very quickly what they entail. the very first piece we are going to call a vision. in the 50 years pull out some of the funding constraints. if we had our way, what would san francisco look like and how we want people to get around. we'll use the time to set the goals objectives by the value networks to evaluate all the projects and ideas that come through. we'll also be doing an existing conditions and needs assessments to inform those moves. the other piece is that we'll be looking at land use in addition to transportation and we'll run