>> supervisor walton: albert incident a -- quintanilla is our clerk. mr. clerk, would you please call the roll? >> clerk: yes. [roll call] >> clerk: we have quorum. >> supervisor walton: thank you so much, and i will be filling

in for our chair until he arrives in a few minutes. so with that said, are there any questions or comments from colleagues for the minutes? seeing none, let's open this up to public comment to -- for the minutes. any comments from public? no public comment. colleagues, can we have a motion so second and a -- to second and approve the minutes from may 21st? do we do a roll call or vote? >> clerk: we do a roll call for the first action item. [roll call] >> clerk: the minutes are approved. >> supervisor walton: thank you, and mr. clerk, would you read the next item. >> clerk: yes. recommending awarding three-year professional services contracts with an option to extend for two additional one-year periods, to nossaman l.l.p., meyers nave riback silver & wilson, and

wendel, rosen, black & dean, l.l.p., in a combined amount not to exceed $150,000 for on-call general legal counsel services. >> supervisor walton: thank you. do we have any comment before considering the item? >> the firms are nossaman, wendel, rosen, black & dean, and meyers nave riback silver & wilson. meyers nave riback silver & wilson have been working with aztc and other entities. our c.a.c. board heard this item. we have a unanimous motion and

will be supporting it with prop c sales tax fund. >> supervisor walton: any other questions or comments? no comments, we will take public comment on this item. seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. can we move this item forward without any objection? item is moved forward without any objection, and with that, mr. clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: update on yerba buena island updates. this is a presentation. >> good morning, eric cordova here to discuss the leadership update, led by tida as well as

caltrans, basically. basically, the concept that you have in front of you shows the three major construction projects that are about to embark here and actually already started. i'm going to start from the top of the screen there that shows the michaela road construction. it is planned to be completed by the spring or summer of next year. there we go. my apologies. the project that the transportation committee has been leading is the off-roading of that off ramp, and the realignment project, taking south gate road there and realigning it. and the other major project

that should start probably the summertime of 2021 is the west side bridges. as you see there in kind of a light orange color, that we anticipate starting in 2021. we're at approximately 60% design. i will get into details now on all of these. right there, what you see is basically an artist's rendering of the final completed in essence construction project that we're about to start hopefully this fall. we're very close in that regard. we're frankly at a point where at a primarily funded effort there. we've been working with the state and to get the federal funds for this. we're at a point where we're

targeting the fall construction advertisement. frankly, we're shooting for september. final processes here will require us to get the final funding allocations here so we can get it out to bid. we're also working with 1 treasure island to establish a local hire program and to get the appropriate program, so in september, when we're starting to advertise this before the board in the fall, we'll be back to present a lot more details. this is a project that's going to take about 16 months, and there's sequencing here that's interesting here. u.s. coast guard has security here where they put us in a

position. this project, deemed the south gate project, will be completed here. and then, we will move on to the next project, which is the west side bridges project. total cost, $83 million, and once again, primarily funded with federal and state funds with contribution from tida. as you heard in the past, we went ahead and are using the construction-general contracting method. we have chosen a contractor to work with us on the final design. we're currently at 60% final design, working with them and the team to establish with what they call in the industry a guaranteed maximum price, so we're working towards going on head and completing all the

final design and starting construction in the 2021 time frame. once again, i do want to add, we will have as part of our job program, local hires. we want to make sure we put in the specs local hires and aspirational goals working with 1 treasure island as needed. we are also studying overall bicycle and connectivity on the island. there was a proposition k9 grak9 -- proposition k9 grant approved.

there's some missing links for overall ped and bike connectivity on the island. let's start on that side, which is pure e-2. that's the caltrans pier that they're actually leaving and repurposing as a pier for the general public. then getting folks up to vista point. vista point is the point that is currently open to bicycles and pedestrians that is part of our y.b.i. ramps project that we completed in the latter part of 2016. we actually opened the vista point in may 2017, so folks can come from the east bay or folks can come from vista point and go across, and what we have there is a real nice setting for folks to basically take a break, use the rest rooms, park their bikes, rest, etc. we have a shuttle established to go ahead and get folks on the weekends to make sure --

because during the weekend is when we have a lot more people on the island. during the week, it's more at this point construction, so that's been a success story in that record. but the key to this is to show you the top points, and the connect data that caltrans has performed some concept development. and then down to the ferry terminal. it's going to start construction later this summer. but the thought process is to really make sure we do the proper planning so that we can facilitate bicycles and pedestrians getting down to the ferry terminal and getting across to san francisco once we start ferry service. we anticipate having some concepts developed later this year. this is an artist's rendering of what was pier e-2 -- what is pier e-2, and if you were to go

out there today, you would see that it's almost completed. caltrans has gonna head and had a contract with cmtc contractor kiewit construction. what you have i just want to note on the right is the torpedo building. >> supervisor walton: quick question. when did the water get so blue? >> that's kudos to abe, one of our graphic artists. we think this'll be a major attraction on the island. caltrans, to their credit is almost complete with this effort. i did want to mention the historic torpedo building. it was constructed in the late 1800s, and as part of our south

gate road efforts, we're going to put on a new roof and seal it up as much as possible. so caltrans is anticipating opening this in the later -- latter part of october 2019, and we'll make sure we get you information and specifics. i mentioned the data and caltrans western space bicycle span. they've been studying the connection from the eastern span dropoff all the way to san francisco. this is a rendering in essence what i would call the northern point standing on the western side of the island at the yerba buena tunnel, looking towards

san francisco. and then finally, i just want to quickly update you all because we are working on all of the issues that were brought to our attention at the end of last year and earlier this year in terms of our affordability program. we're updating our travel demand and financial demand analysis right now, looking at congestion, financial effects, etc. we anticipate completing this work in the latter part of the summer here, probably in that august-september-october time frame, and then go ahead and start some outreach efforts. we've already started outreach with the business community, working with them at the ground level. we anticipate followup what we call cocreation workshops later this summer and additional outreach. and then bigger picture, we're

still targeting and going ahead and launching some ferry service, initial ferry service from the east bay, and paying for that with some of the tolling that we need to install and the affordability program up and running 2021. so that's my presentation. any questions? >> supervisor walton: can you just go back to slide 7, i believe that was. >> yes. >> supervisor walton: that's more like what we see. >> yes, that's right. that's right. >> supervisor walton: supervisor mandelman, do you have any questions or comments? >> supervisor mandelman: i'm very excited about this extremely pricey bike extension. i think that's more than 300 -- >> it's 400. >> supervisor mandelman: more like 400. although tomorrow at budget, i'm voting a $900 million

project to install some can canopies on market street. so given the budget, maybe $400 milli million isn't as much as i think it is. >> supervisor walton: do we have any public comment on this presentation? seeing none, public comment is closed. we are now at the point of the agenda for any general public comment. do we have anyone here in the audience for general public comment. >> clerk: we do have item 5, introduction of new items. >> supervisor walton: i'm sorry. any introduction of new items? sorry. i skipped number 5. sorry. from t.a.? my apologies, and seeing no one here for public comment, any other items? >> clerk: no, there's just adjournment. >> supervisor walton: thank you so much.

this meeting is adjourned.

>> the goal is simple. it's to raise women's voices. >> learn a little bit about what you should be thinking about in the future. >> we had own over 300 -- over 300 people who signed up for the one-on-one counseling today. >> i think in the world of leading, people sometimes discount the ability to lead quietly and effectively.

the assessor's office is a big one. there are 58 counties in the state of california and every single county has one elected assessor in the county. our job is to look at property taxes and make sure that we are fairly taxing every single property in san francisco. one of the big things that we do is as a result of our work, we bring in a lot of revenue, about 2.6 billion worth of revenue to the city. often, people will say, what do you do with that money, and i like to share what we do with property taxes. for every dollar we collect in property taxes, about 68 cents of it goes to support public sstss, our police officers, our fire departments, our streets, our cleaning that happens in the city. but i think what most people don't know is 34 cents of the dollar goes to public

education. so it goes to the state of california and in turn gets allocated back to our local school districts. so this is an incredibly important part of what we do in this office. it's an interesting place to be, i have to say. my colleagues across the state have been wonderful and have been very welcoming and share their knowledge with me. in my day-to-day life, i don't think about that role, being the only asian american assessor in the state, i just focus on being the best i can be, representing my city very well, representing the county of san francisco well. by being the only asian american assessor, i think you have a job to try to lift up and bring as many people on board, as well. i hope by doing the best that you can as an individual, people will start to see that your assessor is your elected leaders, the people that are making important decisions can

look like you, can be like you, can be from your background. i grew up with a family where most of my relatives, my aunties, my uncles, my parents, were immigrants to the united states. when my parents first came here, they came without any relatives or friends in the united states. they had very little money, and they didn't know how to speak english very well. they came to a place that was completely foreign, a place where they had absolutely nobody here to help them, and i can't imagine what that must have been like, how brave it was for them to take that step because they were doing this in order to create an opportunity for their family. so my parents had odd jobs, my dad worked in the kitchens, my mom worked as a seamstress sewing. as we grew up, we eventually had a small business. i very much grew up in a family of immigrants, where we helped to translate. we went to the restaurant every

weekend helping out, rolling egg rolls, eating egg rolls, and doing whatever we need to do to help the family out. it really was an experience growing up that helped me be the person that i am and viewing public service the way that i do. one of the events that really stuck with me when i was growing up was actually the rodney king riots. we lived in southern california at the time, and my parents had a restaurant in inglewood, california. i can remember smelling smoke, seeing ashes where we lived. it was incredibly scary because we didn't know if we were going to lose that restaurant, if it was going to be burned down, if it was going to be damaged, and it was our entire livelihood. and i remember there were a lot of conversations at that time around what it was that government to do to create more opportunities or help people be more successful, and that stuck with me. it stuck with me because i remain believe government has a

role, government has a responsibility to change the outcomes for communities, to create opportunities, to help people go to school, to help people open businesses and be successful. >> make sure to be safe, and of course to have fun. >> and then, i think as you continue to serve in government, you realize that those convictions and the persons that you are really help to inform you, and so long as you go back to your core, and you remember why you're doing what you're doing, you know, i think you can't go wrong. it's funny, because, you know, i never had thought i would do this. i became a supervisor first for the city under very unusual circumstances, and i can remember one day, i'm shopping with friends and really not having a care in the world about politics or running for office or being in a public position, and the next day, i'm sworn in and serving on the board of supervisors. for many of us who are going through our public service, it's very interesting, i think, what people view as a leader.

sometimes people say, well, maybe the person who is most outspoken, the person who yells the loudest or who speaks the loudest is going to be the best leader. and i think how i was raised, i like to listen first, and i like to try to figure outweighs to work with -- out ways to work with people to get things done. i hope that time goes on, you can see that you can have all sorts of different leaders whether at the top of city government or leading organizations or leading teams, that there are really different kinds of leadership styles that we should really foster because it makes us stronger as organizations. >> take advantage of all the wonderful information that you have here, at the vendor booth, at our seminars and also the one-on-one counseling. >> i wouldn't be where i was if i didn't have very strong people who believed in me. and even at times when i didn't believe in my own abilities or my own skills, i had a lot of people who trusted and believed i either had the passion or

skills to accomplish and do what i did. if there was one thing that i can tell young women, girls, who are thinking about and dreaming about the things they want to be, whether it's being a doctor or being in politics, running an organization, being in business, whatever it is, i think it's really to just trust yourself and believe that who you are is enough, that you are enough to make it work and to make things successful.

>> good morning and welcome to the san francisco county transportation authority for today, tuesday, july 9th, 2019 mr. clark, please call the role. [roll call]

we have a quorum. >> thank you. colleagues, a couple of pieces of the house cleaning. one is that commissioner stefani his not with us today, so can we have a motion to excuse her? made by commissioner mandelman, seconded by commissioner brown. we will take that by -- without objection. at 11:00 a.m. we're going to have to recess for a press conference on the steps of this building and we will reconvene when that press conference is done. with that, please call you next item. >> item citizen advisory report. >> good morning. >> good morning commissioners. i am john larson, chair of the citizen's advisory committee and i'm here to report on the june 26th meeting of the,.

beginning with items five and six and the fund exchange, million-dollar fund exchange to effectuate that project, we recommended approval of the fund exchange and inquired about certain aspects of better market street. one continuing concern voiced is the current design of the ventilation grates and bicyclists getting their tires caught in them. project staff noted that the proposed sidewalk level cycle track within the better market street project substantially removes that conflict, all the bicyclists making turns on the roadway still need to be vigilant even with any grade redesign. in response to a question related to techniques being used -- with regard to hidden or unknown utilities, project staff noted that with 70 station constructions for the metro, utilities were identified and moved, but areas behind the

stations may still have abandoned lines. self-reports to the c.a.c. that being mindful of the experience that we are using slots trenching and ground penetrating radar to identify early on what may need to be addressed beneath the surface and avoid the kind of delays that have plagued the van ness project. turning to item seven on your identity, -- agenda, the c.a.c. voted not to approve to -- moved to approve the request because of concern over the percentage that the project cost devoted to construction management. staff noted that after further communication with bart project staff, owing to the station being open during construction, more active construction management was required then it's -- than is usual, and any addition, the cost of the project bid overall had gone up, while the construction management portion had not, so the management percentage of the project overall had gone down. although c.a.c. members did that

increased cost and said it was not the optimum way to bring the percentage down, at least it did not also affected proportionally , so this was the allocation request and this item was recommended for approval by the c.a.c. the c.a.c. also adopted a motion of support for the planned -- the plan they goals and project list. item 11 on your agenda. while there was general enthusiasm for many of the projects and visions laid out in the project list, c.a.c. members reiterated the importance of equity at both local and regional levels and how services to communities of concern are addressed. t.a. staff noted that san francisco had made sure to include equity as one of its plan bay area goals and to be mindful of san francisco's particular equity needs within the larger framework. staff also noted, in response to question on how much path planned goals work reflected in current reality, that the plan evolves and focusing on highways

and developments of outer regions of the bay area to be more attentive to regional transit and building density in currently developed areas. in public comment, the need for the plan to include regional bus solutions to replace commuter shuttles and ways to increase contributions in the private sector to fund these projects to support growth were voiced and acknowledged by the c.a.c. that completes my report. thank you. >> thank you. are there any questions for mr. larson? seeing none, is there any public comment on this item? seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. mr. clerk, please read the next item. >> approve the minutes of the june 25th, 2019 meeting. this is an action item. >> are there any members of the public would like to speak to the minutes? seeing none, public comment is closed. is there a motion to approve the june 25th minutes? made by -- is that a disc -- --

gesticulation, commissioner ronen, or were you making a motion? sorry. is there a motion to approve the june 25th minutes, made by commissioner yee, seconded by commissioner mandelman. on that item, a roll call please [roll call] we have approval. >> thank you. next item, please. >> item four, final approval on first appearance for the federal legislation update. >> i understand the state senate was up late last night. >> yes, it was. i wasn't there for the session. i was birthed. -- i was preparing for it this morning. they were up late.

there are a couple of bills that i want to address and then i will talk about state budget in relation to the state budget, the housing trailer bill. there has been a significant update on that. finally, i have a couple small bills i want to bring to your attention and give you an update on where things stand. first off, staff is recommended in your packet a support on a.b. 277 that deals with the local partnership program that was embedded in s.b. one. there has been a controversy brewing between the state transportation commission who administer the program and a number of local agencies around the state over the approach in the bill, or the approach in the program, and this legislation is intended to rectify what the legislature thought they had enacted. recently it was amended to have an acceptable proportion of 85% for a formula to recipient

counties around the state, 15% for a competitive pot, mainly for small, rural, and those entities that have a developer fee that is uniform throughout the county. that 85-15 split was found to be acceptable by the majority of the county coalition. they testified in support yesterday in the assembly transportation committee to build it and it is moving forward. in addition, -- i meant to mention that the staff has recommended moving from a wash of a support now that the formula is found to be acceptable. secondarily, a.b. 1605 is the bill that deals with the crooked streets reservation program. that bill is in the transportation committee this afternoon. i will be racing staff back to the committee to be there to help make sure that that bill moves. it looks to be in very good shape so we expect that bill to move on.

in addition, with regard to the state budget, overall the transportation budget was very, very boring, both houses simply were adopted with what the governor proposed in the number of different categories. there was very little in conference committee. but it i will just point out that with respect to. >> chairman brinkman: , resources, $2 billion was provided for state and local road maintenance, so that was maintained. caltrain was fully funded, and most significantly, even though it is not a huge amount of money , he was $85 million, was devoted to project initiation documents for the coming years. it is the first step in getting a project off of a long lead time planning list into motion and will potentially be deliverable in the next five to

six years. the housing component was dealt with in a side bill, a.b. 110, or 101, i'm sorry. it largely provides general fund resources for housing and homelessness. it provides funding for incentives for cities and counties to develop pro housing policies, and interestingly enough, as you may recall dating back to the last session and continues this session, there had been a desire to some members of the legislature and later by governor newsom to try to tie. >> chairman brinkman: -- to tie s.b. one. the final bill allows an increasingly regular -- rigourous series of penalties to be imposed and sought by the attorney general and cities that are not compliant with the housing element.

and the ultimate penalty would be the ability, if they not able to pay the penalties, that the state would have the authority to intercept these funds. however, it would not apply to any state and local funds for which there is constitutional protections such as s.b.1. that is off the table for now. finally, two bills to update you on. a.b. 1487, which is mr. chu's housing finance bill for the bay area. it is a watch in your table. it was recently amended to exclude from the list of eligible taxes the sales tax option for funding the program. that is out of the bill at this point in time. i think that is how the bill will move forward. they have set the authorization for a november 2020 election date, so what ever combination

of taxes are agreed upon by the group that they all have the authority to go forward to the ballot. finally, a.b. 1142, which is a bill that would add t.n.c. trip data to sustainable community strategy elements of the various counties in this the state, we still are pressing for, in coordination with m.t.c. and m.t.a., to have the author include local agencies as recipients of the data so we can synthesize how that would influence our sustainable community strategy. with that, i bring my presentation to a close and i'm happy to answer questions if i can. >> thank you. thank you for your work. are there any questions or comments from commissioners? is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. go race to sacramento.

is there a motion to move our support for senate bill 277? motion made by commissioner mandelman, and seconded. do we have a different house? were you here -- same house, same call. the resolution is adopted. mr. clerk, please read items five and six together. >> item five is major capital project update, better market street, information item. item six, approval find exchange of a proximally $3.3 million in one bay area grant fund from the elementary safe routes to school project with an equivalent amount of prop k. funds from the better market street project, and allocated a proximally 3.8 million in prop k. funds including the exchange funds with conditions to the project. this is an action item. >> the beginning of a banner day for district three. miss smith, the floor is yours. >> good morning. april smith, transportation planner at the transportation authority here to present this item today.

for background, the project was approved by the board with $3.41 million bay area grant from the metropolitan transportation commission. also, during the 2019 prop k. five your prioritization program update, the board program 436,000 and local match to the funds which will be funding the construction phase. federal funds federal funds come with requirements including strict fund requirements established by m.p.c., with the intent of encouraging kindly project delivery and avoiding federal funds, a loss of federal funds to the region. we are proposing an exchange of 3.366 million in funds from the project with an equivalent amount of prop k. funds from the better market street project, which i will describe in the next few slides. the project is at 95% design and

public works will be ready to advertise the construction project in september. the project has seen a 12 month delay due to a prolonged process in obtaining the right-of-way certification from caltrain which is a requirement for federal highways. public works missed the obligation deadline for the funds, which put the funds at risk of being lost to the project. the benefits of the fund exchange would be that it would federalize the project, avoiding federal -- further delays, and would enable the project to complete design and meet the construction schedules. as you will hear in the next presentation, the better market street project is in the environmental phase with his final certification anticipated in december. the federal build grant triggered this from caltrain to the federal transit administration.

adding these funds which are administered by the federal highway administration to the project would enable public works to obtain caltrans. [indiscernible] public works is requesting a concurrent allocation of $3.8 million which includes the $3.366 million in prop k. exchange funds and 436 million from the prop k. funds program to the local match. the recommended allocation is conditional upon the board and commission approvals. we anticipate that the commission will consider the item in september. the project will improve thinking and taking transit to school. it will be open for use in december of 2020. christina will give an update on the better market street project

>> thank you. any questions for mr. smith relative to the fund exchange? if not -- commissioner yee? >> just a quick question around the project. >> go ahead. >> so construction looks like it will take place in 2019, october of this year. >> yes, i will bring marcia forward, the project manager up to answer these questions. >> hello. i'm with the san francisco public works. we're hoping to break ground in september. we are allowing a year and a half or construction and so it should be open in december of 2020.

>> okay. my question is, because this is heavily used by students around the neighborhood to go to school and around that corridor, what kind of precautions, i guess or extra traffic monitors -- what is your plans to deal with more confusion and for the kids to get across the streets safely? >> it is primarily traffic calming. we have a bulb out at the intersections, and essentially that shortages -- shortens the traffic crossings for people. we are also looking at -- we have m.t.a. on board and we look at the intersection as a whole to make sure that as we create the bulb out remove the pedestrian signals and, you know

, other, you know, items that work for the entire intersection. >> i think what commissioner yee is asking, is what steps are you taking during construction to ensure ingress and egress in the safest manner. is it with traffic monitors, are there going to be crossing guards to take kids across the street? >> what we do is we work with m.t.a. and we have a complete traffic routing package. what that package does is it works with the entire project and it figures lane closures, how to do everything. it also could have policeman on the corners and, you know, whatever is needed to always provide access. the whole goal would be to always provide access and safety for pedestrians. >> can you be a little bit more direct? are they going to be additional

monitors out there making sure that kids are crossing safely during construction? >> what i can do for more information is give you the traffic routing package that would literally lift all the items. what we are looking at and what we would be doing. >> i would be happy to see that. i live around the corner. >> okay. , good. >> thank you. >> okay. >> all right. how about an update on better market street? >> good morning, commissioners. and i will speak first. >> thank you. i am the deputy director for policy and programming with the transportation authority. i'm happy to provide that information on the traffic mitigation and ensuring safe crossings for the children or accessing school, especially because of construction will be underway during the school year. i also did want to highlight that we cannot start spending the prop k. funds on this

project until m.t.c. approves the fund exchange. that is slated for the commission in september. it might not be until october that the project -- i was under the understanding it was going out for bid, but if it is going to actually be breaking brought -- breaking ground with construction prep work in october we will also get you a more refined schedule on what that looks like based on the commission approval date. >> thank you. better market. >> good morning, commissioners. i'm with san francisco public works and the better market state project manager. i just have a few slides to give you a quick update on the project. a quick reminder of what the cross-section looks like. our project schedule, currently we are in environmental clearance. we are on the calendar for the planning commission on october 10th for a final certification of our environmental impact report. following that, we will have our

project approval by the director of public works, as well as the m.t.a. board. our schedule is to have clearance by the end of this year in december of 2019, and as april mentioned, the fund swap for the project will help us keep this schedule for clearance which is key because immediately following the clearance, we will implement some early improvements along market street , namely the turn restrictions that restrict private vehicles from using market between stuart and van ness, as well as the munimobile only lanes extending them, and making them munimobile only. our key date is advertising our first phase of construction in march of 2020. that is between fifth and eightt street. one of the things that we have

done since the last quarterly update to the commission is we hosted two open houses at the act costume shop on market street. we had over 200 people sign in and we think well over 200 people attended. we first off announced the phase one a. project, the construction project. we solicited or requested input from the public on our urban design features and we also presented a design alternative on market street between hayes and goss which creates even more improvements around centred on market and van ness but extending from hades all the way to goss. i mentioned the early ample mentation elements of the project. the turn restrictions as well as the munimobile only lanes. all of the red arrows on the slide represent new private vehicle term restrictions. that is above and beyond which was implement it four or five years ago.

another key aspect of the project that we are in is the bikeway separation. we are testing different materials, different geometries of delineator his two alternatives to truncated domes which will separate the sidewalk level bikeway from the pedestrian area. it must be detectable by foot for those who are blind or low vision. it must be -- our intent is not to have people cross the separation material but in the event that you -- that we do, we have to make sure the people in mobility devices can make it over seyfried safely.

we are wrapping up that study this week. we will be having site visits an open houses to collect all of the necessary input and we are hoping it will be updated if the fund swap is approved. this also does not show the san francisco public utilities commission contribution to the project. we are working with them right now to determine their share of the project and we will add that into our next update as well.

we have talked about these before and our other potential funding sources, both federal and state, as well as regional and local funding sources that we are looking to to fund the full implementation of better market street between stuart and octavia. thank you. >> thank you. commissioner fewer? >> thank you very much. my question just is about this funding and where is the second phase in line with the funding for better market street? because i think we made a commitment to the second phase way before we made a commitment to better market street. so is this interfering with any of the funding that could be geared -- projected towards a second phase of the gary b.r.t.? why are we starting two huge projects that funding one of

them that was actually voted on even before i came into office? >> thank you. commissioner fewer, that is a great question. both projects are of high priority to the city. for geary street, we do have $30 million in prop k. in this current five-year plan, and after m.t.a. completes the design phase, the so-called conceptual engineering phase, we would be putting more money on that as well a seeking entry into the federal transit administration program for small starts. by agreement with m.t.a. in the region, the idea is to seek f.d.a. core capacity, a different pot of somewhat related f.d.a. funds for better market street. they are both priorities. this project, the initial phase of which that we are talking about right now is for the first three blocks of the entire corridor. it is slightly a bit ahead as far as the design effort and the

smaller projects, but the gary pieces on the heels and i think it is very important that we take your direction to m.t.a. to ensure that design phase completes timely and we can seek the federal funds for phase two. >> okay. so my question is, basically, that we are funding these two huge, big transportation projects within san francisco, and the bart was actually voted on by this committee before we approve the better market street so my question is, i don't understand why we are not concentrating our funds into one huge transportation project that we are going to be having. looks as though it is advancing way farther than even the second phase of the gary b.r.t. >> the first phase is under construction. so the first phase is better market street and this first three block state -- segment. and the second phase, which is

another 300 million-dollar portion of the project, is on its way to seeking the federal funds. i would say that it is slightly ahead in that respect in that the first phase is under construction in the second phase is on its way to seeking the federal fund, but you are right. they are moving in tandem, the e.i.r. is being cleared for better market, where is unk gary , we approved and adopted it several years ago. there's a longer and more complicated design effort for the 2-mile stretch of the outer phase two segment in the richmond, where as this three block segment is just a very small portion of the entire better market street corridor, which will take many years and probably just go on for several years, even beyond second phases of gary. >> i heard in the presentation that you are seeking federal funds for better market street. you are telling me that you are seeking funds for the bart second phase and then also better market street. i think my concern is just that

we are starting these projects where we really don't have the funding, and i know that market street will have much more attention put on it because it is the center of our downtown area. however, i don't want the bart project to be put on a back burner and actually, i mean, when we're talking about queueing up, being behind the queue of better market street. better market street is something we just recently approved. the second phase of the b.r.t. was approved when i wasn't even on this board yet, so i just think that when we're talking about queueing it in priority, i don't want us to forget our commitment to the west side. >> indeed. thank you for the direction. thank you. >> duly noted. commissioner haney? >> thank you, chair peskin. can you go to the first slide where it showed the timeline? >> yes. it is up.