and with sitting on the labor council comes union solidarity. it's not union solidarity here in the city with the maritimes only and the union trades, and the construction workers or the plumbers, it's union solidarity together, and we feel if that gets rubber stamped and approved tonight, that this will go to the labor council and be a huge contention. so we hope that you'll hold this over until we have further information with, again, the supplemental wage determination, and with what they want to do with the park cruise. thank you. >> thank you. vincent hoymickman. >> hi. my name is vincent hickman, and i'm a member of spur, the san francisco panning and urban

research association. and i cannot -- i cannot comment on a lot of the information that -- that you've heard about wages and that whole issue. so i am actually -- i'm commenting specifically on things that we support. while spur and npc have not taken a position on this project, we believe this project supports a lot of the goals that we have for the port and for the waterfront and for the city and for our national parks. one, it preserves historic structures. it provides increased revenue for the port or continued revenue. it creates great public space on a heavily travelled promenade that will have 1.6,

1.8 million visitors, and at least 1.5 million general visitors. it's creating the traffic along the embarcadero and waterfront that we want to see along this waterfront. it's more people experiencing the national parks, which is a big goal of npca's, and provides a much better park experience. the current facility is kind of a substandard facility from a parks perspective, and this new one will not only create a better experience but hopefully also generate more revenue for the park service that they can use to maintain and update their if a ill ises. this project, we also feel, will help activate the waterfront with a maritime use and make the port properties around it even more valuable so that you can enhance those and get other people to come in, and make investments there. and then, in terms of its

impact on the city that it will also enhance the economy of san francisco by -- by further enhancing this great tourist resource that we have. so those are the reasons that we support this project. our understanding and my understanding on the other issues is -- is not as in depth as i think what you're going to hear from a lot of other people. so thank you. we urge you to approve this project to keep it from being delayed perhaps up to a year, it sounds like, if it's not approved shortly, so thank you. >> thank you. kathrin tritt. >>. >> good evening, commissioners. thank you. my name is kathrin torre. i'm a fourth generation san franciscan, and i've served as

the executiontive director for the national parks conserveancy. it turns out that i have a special relationships to the islands here in san francisco bay. i also serve on the board of the angel island immigration foundation and served as its first executive director, a project that i've been involved with for more than 20 years. although i speak here, my role as a san franciscan and my role with the conserveancy. you also know that pier 31 1/2 serves as a spot that allows visitors to experience angel island and alcatraz on the same day. as a community member, i've seen very powerfully the firsthand power of alcatraz and the stories, and the impact it

has on the community from the conserveancy programs. our art in the parks program used national and local artists to illuminate the deeper and darker stories of alcatraz, including native american rights and modern america rights of justice and incarceration, but our art in the parks program is just one way that we are committed to making alcatraz relevant and of service to our local community. the conserveancy has a vast network of community partners in san francisco including over 94 schools and 120 community based organizations. we also sponsor community access programs which makes visits affordable to thousands of community members every year, so alcatraz is more than a tourist destination. it's also an outdoor classroom for our youth, a place to

explore contemporary issues on immigration. so ien current encourage you t the embarkation agreements that will lead to the revitalization of this area. it's a gateway for us to continue to explore these stories and continue to be of service to the citizens and community of san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. mark buell. >> thank you, commissioners. it's nice to be here again. my name is mark buell, and for 14 years, i've served on the board of the golden gate national park conserveancy, 12 of those years as the chair of the board. i watched over those years as the conserveancy raised in those particular years over $300 million for the national park. i think they're up well past

400 now, and some of the projects you'd be familiar with are crissy field and some of the improvements you're familiar with, the warming spot at crissy field, the golden gate bridge visitor center is a collaboration with the bridge district, and there's seven book stores around the bay area, and all this material is presented by the conserveancy. i mention it because they take great pride in how they edit what they sell and make sure it's of the highest quality. they make sure what they build is the highest quality. the lands-end visitors center got an architectural award for the building that stands there. so coming down to the harbor to make an improvement for this embarkation, i believe, will be yet another great jewel for the

port. i really believe that, and from that reason, i would urge you to approve this. now, i recognize that this is a long-standing issue with labor in san francisco that the material government has standards that preclude the park service from issuing a contract with a labor agreement by virtue of the federal rules, and so the challenge, it seems to me, for you, is to say, as openly and honestly is how do you get to the highest prevailing wage that can be incorporated in the contract so that you achieve to the agree you can, given federal rules, the best deal because you're getting such a wonderful deal in this collaboration between the conserveancy and the national park. so with that, i thank you for your attention and your yeoman's work staying so late to do the people's job. thank you. >> thank you. is there any other public

comment? [ inaudible ] >> you're welcome. okay. commissioner adams? >> first -- first of all, i appreciate everyone that has spoken on this issue, and i -- i think eventually, it will happen. for now, i would like to hold this issue over for 30 days, and i'll tell you why. i would like -- assistant from the park service said they got the proper wage determination from the department of labor. we need to see that. that's legitimate. it needs to be seen by the port, lane, and mike. you know, the ibu -- excuse me, please, please, please, please. don't be rude, please. and then, that needs to be disseminated to the commission here. tom made a legitimate point

about bay cruises. he made a legitimate point. he goes that red and white, blue and gold, everybody deserves a fair opportunity. mark is right about the park service when he said that you can't tell them who to hire, but they go out to bid. but i think everybody wants a fair bid, so i say we hold this over, colleagues, for 30 days. we get the information. elaine forbes, our director, has said she's going to look at all this, make a recommend ax, work wiax, -- recommendation, and come back, and we can get there. i appreciate everybody's work, but this is legitimate. when she said she just got it today, we need to look at the information, make sure it's right, and i'd appreciate, colleagues, if you'd support me and we just hold it over for 30 days, if we can get all the information. i don't know how long it takes to get something back from the department of labor, but

director forbes said she is going to check on that, and i would hope the ibu and others that you get the correct information so the department of labor, we can have all that information so we can have a discussion, but things need to be done right. tom, i appreciate it. i wish blue and gold had have been here. i wish patrick would have spoke, because the commission, we need to hear everybody, and we want to be fair. that's one thing about this commission. we want to be fair, we want it to be done right, so that's what i have to say, colleagues. >> thank you. commissioner woo ho? >> i would concur withholding it ovwithholding -- with holding it over. we've worked long and hard. from my standpoint, it's very disappointing to find us today we have this issue. i understand from terms of all the public that has come up to

speak, so i think we need to fie find out the information and figure out what is the way to solve the puzzle in trying to get to something that is more mouse welly acceptable to everybody involved. i think the other piece, which was a surprise for me today, having followed this topic for -- i don't know, it's been a long time -- was the bay cruises. that was not something i remember from previous presentations, so either i have a bad memory. that was a little bit of a surprise, but i think that's not the key topic here, because at some point, we do have an open market, and people can do various things here. i think the bigger issue is to get the information. i don't think that i -- i know we worked so hard in trying to work with the conserveancy and the design of the visitor's center, and it sounded great. i know we've worked hard with the park service. we've done lots of hard work and collaboration, i'm just

disappointed that we're not able to find ourselves able to cross the finish line, because i do they we all in our heart of hearts wants the project to go. we do want it to be a fair process, so whoever wants to bid on the ferry concession, there's equal opportunity for everybody. at this point, i don't think my conscience would allow me to sort of go ahead and trust that this is going to work out because we've had a couple of other hiccups looping the way on this project. this is not the first one, and it just seems like we can't get it to the finish line, and i agree with commissioner adams that we've got to get the answers to these questions before we finalize it, but we do want to get this done. >> commissioner adams? >> i'll share this with the public, and so you know. the reason i didn't second it was because today, we all got a letter about maybe a potential lawsuit that was sent to the superintendent at the park

service, and so i don't know what's going to happen with that, but a letter was sent. it goes all the way back from 12 years ago, talking about all the allegations about what the park service has done. president boston marathrandon to 12 years ago. we had the same issue happen then, and maybe she can talk about that, and they had to sue then to get everything. there was a letter, and i'm sure she can get up and say she got that letter today. i don't know if you know about that, but that's why i'm kind of gun shy, the port, i've got to think about where the port ease at and everything, so i would like to take five, let the executive director, staff, and the commissions deal with it, come back in 30 days, but you weren't aware of this possible lawsuit that could be hanging over the national park service that was sent out, and

we all received a letter today from an attorney. so i just wanted to tell you that. you need to know everything. it's not to put anything down, but i believe in pans parency. thank you. >> commission >> -- transparency. >> commissioner katz has recused herself, but i think this is a great project. we've come a long way, and it's taken a little bit, but we're here. if we can get this prevailing wage issue out -- i'm glad that we were here to discuss it today, and that everyone was able to be here and express their feelings, and it's something we have to think about and know if it's included or not. we have to be fair. so i'm not sure we need to hold it over 30 days, but we need to hold it over until the staff can come back with the document

either authorizing the locate of prevailing wage the prevail understand what we're doing here. >> i would actually recommend march 27th. i don't know how staff feels, but i feel like we need some more time to digest what we've seen before and to do due diligence, than to try to strife for a staff report on friday. i think march 27th which happens to be 30-days from today is the prefer calendar. >> i do not object. >> okay. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. >> item 14, new business. is there any new business? >> i have two items that i jotted down. just let me go through my two, and then, please, we're going to update on clinco park on new progress, and we're going to

bring each subcommittee back on a new report. is there any new business. >> i just wanted to request that we adjourn our meeting in memory of sharon hewlitt who was a force of nature, a grandmother to so many activists, changed a generation of lives, both by her mentorship of those who are out there doing good works, and by those whose lives she changed, and then also for joanie levy, another community activist, who's left a memory of san francisco. >> and let's adjourn in memory of the 17 young kids who were killed down in florida. >> is that a motion? >> so move zbld is thed. >> is there a second? >> second. >> all in favor, say aye? >> all right. the meeting is adjourned.

>> good morning, everyone and thank you for coming my name is rosy form treasurer of the united states and the form of empowerment 2020. >> yeah. >> empowerment 2020 is an initiative to durnl encourage a million women we 2020 to go in leaders positions it is request quality day and the one hundred year of the 19 amendment that give woman the right to vote joining me on stage a margo the

ceo of ma tell. >> (clapping.) >> 74 percent have been girls in middle school express interest in office only girls are expressing an interest in computer science 50 percent less graduating are for girls than thirty years ago i've spent 8 years of the treasurer of the united states to have a portrait on the photo in our public engagement process there were one hundred of women overlooked in the history of our country many tops will be discussed and empowerment 2020 conference everything there empowering young women and girls to be the future leader to encourage women to get into stem education and getting into nasa and google and making sure that they are part of tech economy.

>> the second part of empowerment 2020 is women money and power to put women in so and so positions for the corporate fleet and elected office the third part of empowerment 2020 are the conferences their action oriented women have flatlined at 20 percent on that percentage one and 20 percent women a in congress that is stagnated if we get up to thirty percent fabulous 80 percent would be amazing that conversation is equality will be something we're used to as pair the culture i'd like to that that will be done in 2020 but if >> supervisor peskin: good morning welcome to the

transportation authority meeting for today february 27th. mr. clerk, if you could call the role. >> clerk: (calling roll) we have quorum. >> supervisor peskin: we have a motion to excuse commissioner safai made by commissioner breed and seconded by commissioner stephanie. we'll take that without objectjectiobjec objection. i'm going to talk about two issues we have been discussing

here at the ta with increasing frequency, transportation network companies and driverless vehicles which have significant overlap. at the january meeting, we had a presentation of our tnc regulatory landscape study that staff outlined the regulatory arrangements. one of the findings of the report, the regulatory fees, tnc like uber and lyft pay to the commissions was a subject of an action proposing the rate on the state agenda a week later. uber and lyft wanted fees reduced even though there was no data to justify the decrease. the san francisco tna and i wrote opposition letters why we believe it is another give-away

to companies unwilling to work with local governments. despite the ta, los angeles's department of transportation, all giving strong testimony at the february puc meeting, the state puc acted to lower them from 0.33 to 0.25%. while we managed to prevent them from reducing them lower to the original staff recommendation 0.2%, we remain disappointed and determined to pursue the right sizing of fees and enforcement given the congestion and public safety conflicts we see on the streets. if the cupc is unable to perform the regulatory sector, we urge them to give it to locals like san francisco who will. the message is clear, let us manage our public streets for

the public good. in a related development, i was pleased to see the city attorney's announcement that lyft has agreed to allow transportation experts such as transportation authority staff to look at the data under the agreed to protective order rules. it's long overdue. i hope uber will join soon as well. for far too long our constituents have dealt with congested streets, cyclist issues, double parking and muni stops. coupled with lack of adequate background checks and reporting by tnc's, discriminatory pick up practices, the regulatory system has clearly failed the public. i'm hopeful the data can at least scale back the number of vehicles on city streets. as for driverless cars, you all saw the california department of

motor vehicles announced the final regulations they have developed for driverless vehicles. the dmv will give permits for testing and deployment in april. subject to permit conditions, including the requirement to coordinate with locals on law enforcement interaction plans. while this technology could lead to less cars overtime, the future impacts are uncertain. the permit process appears to be dominated by self-certification procedures, as a result and based on the past, we are concerned that local coordination and input be taken seriously and not just be a check the box exercise. we must also ensure that the dmv and california highway patrol are equip with the necessary resources to play their effective role and hold them accountable. i'm glad we're setting up

meetings with first responders to get ahead of the operational issues that will inevitably arise. questions must be answered quickly, like how do you pull over an autonomous vehicle. who will be given access to the black box in the event of crash. how do you report collisions and who is accountable. additional emerging technology will pop up, including the latest, private stationless motor rised scooters. i'm prepared to introduce division one to create a permit requirement as we have for stationless bicycles. for any company aiming to place these in the public right of way. and to create conditions for that permit to minimize potential harm to the public. we have heard other cities where the scooters have dropped. in santa monica it has had hundreds of criminal stops.

they have raised over $$15 million and expanded to los angeles and san diego. it is important for us to get ahead of this so they're not blocking our downtown sidewalks and so we can be sure they come with a plan to distribute them in communities of need. i look forward to further discussions about how to anticipate the emerging technologies going forward. in january the bay area toll authority voted to place regional measure three, the traffic relief plan on the ballot for 99 days from today. this proposal to increase the tolls on the seven various state owned bridges except for the golden gate bridge by different fees. the revenues would be used to fund transportation projects and

programs that aleave congestion in the bridge corridors as detailed in senate bill 595, consistent with requirements, the board of supervisors, our board of supervisors passed the resolution to put it on the ballot here in san francisco. all the other bay area counties are expected to take similar actions by the end of the week. including 4.45 billion for transportation capital across the region, including san francisco priorities, half a billion for new bart cars, 325 million for downtown extension, muni vehicles and facilities and includes 60 million per year to help support regional bus and transit operations. finally colleagues, in an effort to truly get at the widening gap in our transportation task force, i will be introducing a tnc tax at the board of supervisors this afternoon to

finally ensure that a sector that had profound impact on our public streets starts paying their fair share. other sectors contribute to the general operating budget of the city and need for revenue to manage local issues has never been greater. it is an exercise in equity and i'm looking forward to gain your support. that concludes the chair's remarks. >> clerk: public comment? >> supervisor peskin: seeing none, public comment is closed. next item please. >> clerk: executive director report, information item. >> good morning commissioners. my report is before you and pleased to follow the chair's excellent remark, thank you for placing it on the ballot here in san francisco. we're excited to see if the voters agree that these are critical transportation projects to help prepare us for the future. staying at the state level for a moment, the dmv work that the

chair mentioned, we will continue to work under the group with their own enforcement groups as well as pd and fire and california highway patrol and members of industry i believe who we need at the table to cooperate in developing the law enforcement interaction plans. turning to another funding topic. senate bill one, i wanted to report that january was a busy month for a number of the agencies around bay area, seeking sb-1 funds, this is a set of programs that was passed -- by the funding package last year that includes congestion relief and local partnership program and other funds. we put forward mission bay ferry landing, jefferson street and better market street projects. the largest of the pots is the transit and inner city rail program. we saw $10.9 billion in need as

expressed through applications for the pot. we're going to continue to advocate for the vehicles and extension funds for downtown to meet current and future needs. we want to thank at the state level, david shoe, he introduced a spot bill for us earlier in february in the 101, to seek administration for the potential lanes should the body decide to pursue in the future. this is for the totalling authority, similar to what was included in sb-595 for it to be extended. no decision has been made but the bill helps us to be a part of that policy conversation, should those two other counties continue to make progress on the

managed lanes in san mataeo and other aspects in this corridor. and i wanted to talk about the regional agencies kick off of the futures planning effort at m.p.c. you'll see later on the agenda, our own connect sf update that corresponds with the regional effort. every four years our agencies try to look forward into the future and take land use and technology and other types of demographic type forecasts and create a long range plan to help us navigate all the known and unknown trends. this could include manmade disasters, economic booms and busts and even things such as political volatility around

revenues and funds for transportation. i look forward to the presentation later today and your feedback on the work. this month they are beginning outreach on their efforts, futures project, an 18 month series of events looking at the trends and trying to prepare the region to navigate them as well as using that as a platform to identify projects and investment priorities. we'll continue to work with them and together with the four agencies you'll hear about later. the outreach is robust, conducted in english, spanish and chinese. there will be pop-ups, state holder feedback will be possible through multiple means, including text surveys and a like. we'll keep you updated as it unfolds. turning to local, the lifeline call for projects is now out. i want to thank staff for getting this out. this is the source for low

income residence and addresses gaps and barriers through equity, analysis and other needs assessments. for this cycle we'll prioritize projects that support communities of concern. since this is one of the few funding sources we can use for the purpose. transit operators are the only recipients and applications are due march 23rd. for more information go to sfcta.org or contact april smith the project manager. we have other outreach, including design outreach workshops. this fast evolving era with technology and policy moving at rapid pace, it's important to stay connected and keep the dialogue up. i they we have made clear what our hopes and expectations are and that's a good way to engage

with industry partners and other agencies grappling with the complexity of new technologies and hopefully the benefits they bring to our city. the muni equity strategy is underway. you have seen that through notifications through your offices and online and other outreach that mta has been doing. this is the final phase of the 2018 service equity strategy. this began in 2013 actually under a prior county-wide plan and mta's own strategic plan, focusing on eight equity neighborhoods and making sure we close gaps and improve conditions for those most dependant on public transportation. mta has administered general surveys and received quite a few responses and will recommend to their board and plan to come to our board as well to brief you all and the public through our board. please stand by...

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the cash flow needed, for the larger projects. over the next two months, we'll reach out to your offices to schedule briefings with you and your staff about this fro ses and how you would like to weigh in on the use of these sales tax funds over the next five years, we look forward to that work as well. turning to project delivery, thank the deputy for capital project and his team, peer review of the technical questions related to the cal train extension projects, question of two versus three tracks for that portion that leads up to the station itself as requested by chair peskin. so we have convened a host of a strong panel of experts, as well as stakeholders from multiple agencies, cal train itself, high speed rail, planning department and other land owners in the area to try and sort through

multiple reports that had analyzed these questions and so good news is, we plan to bring a report back to you in march that reflects the consensus that we are hearing, i don't want to preempt that big news but we are making really great progress and consensus emerging, so we look forward to bringing that in march. thank the participants for their efforts input and contributions to the collaborative process. finally, thank our finance and admin team, for the workshop. this is our disadvantaged business enterprise and our local business enterprise outreach workshop to ensure all of our contracting is as inclusive as possible. on february 22nd, hosted a workshop with approximately 60, 70 attendees and brought together the prime consultants as well as the subcontractors to learn how they may connect with one another and what's coming up

at the transportation authority and the treasure island management agency work program. and appreciate san francisco public works, m.t.a., m.t.c., and cal trans as well. so great feedback and we look forward to doing these on a regular basis. thank you very much. >> chairman peskin: any questions, commissioner kim. >> supervisor kim: when you talked about the lifeline program and the application opening, could you tell the commission some of the priorities for sfcta for the grant funding for the lifeline? >> thank you very much, commissioner kim. reflecting on what i'm aware of, not as aware of all the needs. i know the sfmta in particular has an interest in closing some equity gaps from the equity strategy that they are conducting right now. they want to close late night

service gaps as well, some of the owl network around town. in the past they have used the funds to do work in those types of corridors that serve, for example, the overnight market and s.f.o. to city corridor. let me let anna maybe add to that. >> thank you. to your question, commissioner tang. this has been a very erratic -- >> commissioner tang is not here. >> i'm sorry, commissioners kim. i was thinking i need to type an email to commissioner tang. >> this has been a relatively erratic funding source, this is the smallest pot of funds we have had available to program to projects, and one of the very few funding sources we can program to operating projects. so, we have prioritized funding projects that provide access to and in communities of concern

and she highlighted some of the platforms that we expect projects to spring from. so -- that's -- >> mainly around filling gap services in certain neighborhoods that are prioritized as he can with it at this neighborhoods, is that what i'm hearing? >> we are not sure -- prior equity strategy identified some gaps, so i would assume they are in the top priority. we are not privy to all their analysis. >> i was asking for -- i know the applications have not gone in yet, wondering what we are prioritizing as the lifeline funds. >> sponsors are the only ones eligible, so we do expect to receive most of them from sfmta. >> and not part of your report, but very interested in the regional discount pass that m.t.c. is studying and curious what they are pushing or

advocating for with our regional partners. i think it's an incredible opportunity for us to provide our low income transit riders a pass that would work regionally through multiple operators and provide more smooth transition. we know that many low income riders depend on multiple operators to get to work, so i would like to hear the work and what we are advocating for on behalf of the city in that program. >> we'll be happy to bring that back to you, thank you for your leadership at m.t.c. on that question. as we know here in san francisco, muni m.t.a. has a very good discount program, and coming in to create the means-based fare program. so that is being worked out. happy to report back next month. >> right, thank you. >> chairman peskin: any members of the public who would like to offer public comment on the executive director's report? seeing none, public comment is

closed. could you please read the consent agenda. >> items 4-8, consent agenda, 5-8 approved at the board meeting and considered for final approval. remaining items are considered routine. staff is not planning to present on the items but prepared to present if desired. if a member objects, any of the consent items may be removed and considered separately. >> thank you. any public comment on item number four, the february 13, 2018, minutes, seeing none. public comment is closed. move to move the consent agenda, a roll call, please. [roll call vote taken]

we have final approval. >> chairman peskin: next item please. >> clerk: nine, update on the quint street-jerrold road project, information item. >> mr. cordoba. or miss tang. >> hello, just by way of introduction of this item through the chair, just wanted to provide some background to the board. some of you may recall this project, some may not. the quint jerrold connector road is a larger effort to bring a replacement cal train station to the bayview. following the closure of paul avenue, one of the lower ridership cal train stations closed in the early 2000s. the community came together and had a series of meetings for

alternative station and landed near oakdale and third, the oakdale cal train station site. it was not clear that we could build a project there, that it would fit, that the ridership would work out, but in the sales tax plan, we were able to initiate feasibility studies that did confirm a conforming cal train station would here, and the need for access to be preserved and maintained into the south bay with the job opportunities down the peninsula. so, we endeavored to develop this station area concept with the community, with cal train and local agencies, and the bridges in the vicinity of the site needed to be replaced, 100 years old, quint bridge and jerrold bridge needed to be

replaced, and what design we would choose to maintain not only the safety of the bridge area but potential for the future station. i wanted to provide that backdrop at the time in 2012, we decided this body decided to use 20 million out of the available $25 million that cal train had for a berm, berm design was going to be affordable as well as wide enough to accommodate a future potential platform for the station, however, the tradeoff was it would close access on quint street. in recognition of the impact of that, we identified a potential mitigation to create connector road, a detour road to connect motorists around this area through the jerrold underpass and preserved the circulation in the area. now, at the time we knew there were risks to that work because this quint connector road parcel was owned by the u.p.r.r. railway, and it's a difficult endeav

endeavor to do, working with the railway, and we did work hard on the plans. now the point many years later the sale of that parcel has actually been made to a private entity and eric cordoba will pick the story up from there. >> good morning, commissioners. we have been leading and coordinating the efforts with the real estate division to try to obtain and purchase the land in question. let's talk about the road itself. two-lane connector, very simple, lighting, landscaping and sidewalk that we are planning to ultimately construct. a little more history here. we did pursue and the city planning department prepared a mitigated negative declaration in august of 2015. there were engineering and right-of-way funds allocated in september of 2015 to the tune of over $2 million. conceptual design completed in

fall of 2016 and as executive director chang indicated, negotiations with u.p. railway over three plus years of trying to negotiate to purchase the land, unbe known to us, and to the real estate division, they basically sold it to a private entity 1880 jerrold avenue, manager partner by the name of trans metro, who the city knows and has a good working relationship, that was done in the summer 2017. also in that regard, they actually very quickly set up a concrete plant which is in violation d.b.i. issued a notice in that regard, so that's been stopped. and since then, though, a lot of activity in terms of discussion with the private report owner. and they have indicated in essence a willingness to allow us to start the environmental testing we need to as required per the environmental document, so we are pursuing that right now.

we are going ahead and working with our consultants to go ahead and come up with the planning and get them out there to perform the appropriate archaeological testing, as well as hazardous materials testing. survey crews out there, spot checks on utilities, due diligence for the engineering work we need to go ahead and this will inform the appraisal. ordered an appraisal. so moving positively in that regard. so, even though the bad news is u.p. railroad sold it but ultimately we have an entity we are working with a little more collaboratively in that regard. so, what lies ahead in terms of future abbing -- activities, come up with an appraisal, that will inform the overall cost in the summer of this year and hopefully negotiate a land purchase by the fall. we anticipate having to come back here in that regard to go

ahead and give you an update once we have an appraise al. as part of that, that will also -- the costs have gone up, it's been a few years, i think the challenge here is pursue the funding and plan later this year and come back with implementation plan. so that completes my update on the project. >> chairman peskin: thank you, and thank you for the briefing you and other staff gave me earlier. is there any questions or comments from commissioners? are there any members of the public who would like to testify on this informational item? please come forward. >> good morning, commissioners. chris wadling, district ten representative of the c.a.c.

i have been involved in this project since it began and our community when miss chang came out to speak to us. and this is really the reason why i asked to join the c.a.c. while i'm encouraged by the comments, i will take it i'll believe it when i see it approach to this. we were told despite built as a transportation company, trans metro is more a company that is described as having a lot of real estate holdings that also has a couple of shuttle busses. so, this is a company that the city knows and i hope we can figure out a way to get the land back from them without too much extra money. the land was cost a little over a million dollars, and the road

roughly 5 million, that was in the budget, it's looking like it's going to be maybe 3 to 4 times that now, the numbers we were given at the last c.a.c. meeting. also asked mr. cordoba to work with the p.u.c. and the c.a.c. for upcoming land use and projects to impact all parts of the bayview. roads closed for the next ten years off and on and access to, and within and out of our community is severely impacted by all these projects and we don't have a lot of major roots, so bay shore and 3rd street are the only ways to get out of the bayview and getting around some places is becoming quite difficult. so, i appreciate you taking the time to listen to this, and look forward to further on this. thank you. >> chairman peskin: and your chairperson has his eyes on this matter.

is there any other member of the public who would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed and we will file that item. next item, please. >> clerk: update on the connect sf vision document, this is an information. >> chairman peskin: miss mickel. commissioner tang's favorite subject. >> good morning, chair peskin and commissioners, linda mecel, i'm joined with doug johnson from the planning department also involved in the multi-agency effort. put this into presentation mode, excuse me. ok. so connect sf is a multi-agency

partnership to build effective and equitable sustainable transportation system for san francisco's future. and the purpose is to align our agencies through a ground up process to identify our long-term transportation projects and policies. the program has three-phases, the first of which is a 50-year vision. that is creating goals and objectives that will guide phases 2 and 3 of the process. phase 2 is about the projects and policies, we need to achieve the vision, and phase 3 is about the policy and action oriented documents to codify the projects and policies. update to the county-wide transportation plan and update to the element of the general plan. the project includes three streams of outreach. yellow is the public, the green

is the futures task force and the blue is the connect sf multi-agency staff, and we are in the first big bubble there, the long range vision and we will work through the three streams through 2021 when we finish up our, the transportation element update and the county-wide transportation plan. so, we -- since 2016, we have conducted a lot of outreach on this project. we have gone out and had 125 focus group participants, over 5300 survey respondents, and went to over 60 organizations to speak directly with them, and we definitely want to know if there is any other people that we should be talking to, so please let us know. the issues that are guiding this process, we are calling the drivers of change. these include both givens, as

well as uncertainties and those are things that we are not sure what trajectory those issues will take. we are leveraging the work of our inner agency working groups that are looking at topics like emerging mobility, climate change resiliency and tilly mentioned earlier, future trends or drivers of change. this visioning process involved exploring different plausible futures and the inherent tradeoffs between those different futures. and this slide shows the overwhelming support for the building bridges scenario. it was identified by both the public, the futures task force, as well as the focus groups. so our vision includes five goal areas. those are equity, economic

vitality, environmental sustainability, safety and liveability, and a fifth goal added as a result result of engagement called accountability and engagement. and i will ask you to refer to the fact sheet online at connectsf.org for more information. but i will say the three main points, high growth focus on equity, and strong civic engagement and government alignment. so what's next? we are already starting our phase 2 which involves looking at our transportation needs, figuring out what our needs will be to reach the vision, and then we will look at transit corridor

study and streets and freeway study we will figure out the projects and policies needed to get to the vision. and then later we will go into phase 3, which includes again our policy and action-oriented documents, the san francisco county-wide transportation plan, otherwise known as sftp2050, and transportation element update. with that, i'm happy to take any questions. >> chairman peskin: any questions from commissioners? seeing none, i have one speaker card from mr. ted olson. please come forward. >> my name is ted olson, third generation san franciscan, and sit on the task force of

connectsf, and chairman of the transbay joint powers authority for the transit center. so, i'm very interested in this proposal. i would say a couple of things to all of you that number one, it's consistent with and coordinated with vision 0. so that i think is extremely important. number two, we need to continually, even though this is planned for 50 years, we need to continue to look at it and that's in part of the plan, certainly at least every five years, we need to have an extension of cal high speed rail across the bay to stockton. also planning another tube for bart. senator feinstein has talked of another bridge across the bay. so, all of these things will have to play into the plan

because the plan is considering this as a regional asset and a regional center. beyond that, of course, we have things like sea level rise and other things. so, it is a very forward-looking plan, and it includes additional focus as years go on. thank you. >> chairman peskin: thank you for your testimony mr. olson and your engagement. any other members of the public who would like to testify on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you for that update. are there any introduction of new items, colleagues? seeing none, is there any general public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. and we are adjourned.