>> chair: all set?

all right. good morning, and welcome to the september 21st meeting of the treasure island mobility management agency committee. brittany milton is our clerk. madam clerk, would you please call the roll. >> clerk: yes. [roll call taken] >> clerk: we have quorum. >> chair: great. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: i do. i'd like to make an announcement about public comment. public comment will be available for each item and this agenda via telephone by calling 415-655-0001, access code 1466154990, and then pound and pound again. once you join, you'll be able to listen to the meeting as a participant. do not press star three again or you will be

removed from the queue. the calls will be taken in the order in which they are received. speak slowly and clearly and turn down the volume of televisions or radios around you. that concludes my announcements. >> chair: thank you. please call the next item. >> clerk: item 2, the minutes of the june 15th, 2021, meeting, and this is an action item. >> chair: any questions or comments on the minutes? i don't see any, any members of the public who wish to speak? >> clerk: there are no callers. >> chair: public comment is now closed. i make a motion to approve the minutes. can we have a second? >> second, mandelman. >> chair: commissioner

mandelman with a second. roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on approval of minutes: [roll call taken] >> clerk: we have three ayes. the minutes are approved. >> chair: great. madam clerk, can you please call item 3. >> clerk: item 3: recommend approval of full affordability of program and workers recommendation. this is an action item. chair, before we get started, i would like to repeat the announcements to allow callers time to call in. >> chair: sure. >> clerk: to make public comment on an item, dial 415-655-0001, and enter access code 1466514110. dial *3 to be added to the

queue. do not touch *3 again or you'll be removed from the queue. that concludes my public announcement. >> chair: thank you. did you already call item 3? >> clerk: i did. >> chair: acting deputy director for planning, rachel hyatt, welcome. >> good morning, commissioners. rachel hyatt. today we are bringing to you a proposal for existing business and worker toll subsidy. this is the second component of the affordability program. the first proponent was adopted in 2019, and that was the exemption to the toll for current residents. and this affordability package -- these two policies will support the adoption of the space toll policy in the coming months, and that will be documented in an update to the treasure island

transportation implementation plan in december, in time for the first new housing units to be sold, as they're actually being sold now. so back in november of 2020, we presented two initial options for worker affordability support to the committee. and these would be for critical housing and food services, as we described it then, and we also described the next step as outreach to the businesses and workers to help refine and understand their preferences. so we conducted outreach over several events this spring and participated in events that were hosted by others, and just this last week we held a virtual event to share what we heard and then present the draft recommendations. we further -- there are other ways that we spread the word. and for the events that

were hosted, we had over 30 workers who attended, representing both for-profit businesses and the non-profit organizations. so we heard some additional considerations beyond employee commutes that helped shape what we're bringing to you today. so those considerations included not just the cost for employees, but also delivery costs, barriers perceived by costumers and other travelers, such as clients or trainees for the non-profits located on the island. there were also other general areas of feedback for us regarding communication and presentation of allocated transit service plans, funding options, and other economic or financial

evaluations. we will be bringing all discussion of those bigger-picture items to you in october in our informational update. and we also had creative ideas. this was a neat one from a restaurant who suggested that we partner for a promotion for costumers, so that would entail using the timma-provided subsidy to validate a customer's toll for their first visit, but then give them an incentive and promote taking the ferry next time to help transition people into the new transit services. among the non-profits, there was a wide variety of preferences that we heard, sort of across and within the non-profit organizations. the message we heard from non-profits was to have a choice among cash or tolls, account value,

depending on the type of traveler, where the needs would be different. and we heard other creative ideas, such as this one, which fast tracked today doesn't offer a way to pay tolls through a mobile app. that is something that other toll agencies in, like, europe and a couple in the u.s. offer, but a neat idea for the future. so the proposed action is response to all of the feedback. and what we've tried to do is take the best features of both options, the cash option and the toll tag value, and present a program that offers both. and allows for choice.■ç so this would be available to the following eligible parties: so it would be the non-profits on the island, all of the non-profits.

so we've expanded this eligibility from last fall to include any non-profit operating on the island, and that includes all of the one treasure island member organizations. and then the resident-serving food service and distribution businesses. so based on the information from tita, we estimated that is approximately 15 organizations. the coast guard, which is a special case, which offers operations on the island, and they're federally exempt, so they're a special case. so the way this program would work for folks is that timma would provide a periodic, flexible, cash toll subsidy to each eligible employer. and the amount of the subsidy would be based on the number of employees, but it would be more than just what would be needed to cover employee commutes.

and that additional flexible balance would be available for other types of things we heard through outreach. employers would be responsible for distributing the subsidy to employees and other travelers, and we would request that employers give priority for their low income employees. but after that priority, the remaining balance would be available to compensate vendors, deliveries, and other types of needs that we heard. so employers would be able to, after their discretion, use the subsidy to provide fast-track account value. and timma would provide the technical assistance to set up those toll tags, equip employers with those, and provide any technical support needed to have those accounts through the bay area toll authority, and provide something like a new

employee kit, so employers could help understand what their options are. we would need to execute an agreement with each eligible employer, you know, with terms to ensure we comply with audits, etc. and then, lastly, we propose that we collaborate with these program participants to evaluate and adjust the program after 12 months to improve efficiencies. and like the exemption to the toll for current residents, we would also want to evaluate, and as as needed, revise the policy and looking at its effectiveness during the development project. so this table shows the estimated annual subsidy per employer. and it is important to note that this is an estimate. so the final amount of the subsidy will depend on the

base toll rates that are adopted later this year. but those figures assume the $5 peak period tolls at the 2011 that tita proposed. that is the assumption behind this calculation. so the flexible balance part is based on feedback we heard from participants in the outreach events, and their sort of feedback about how many deliveries and trainees, etc., that they have. so for the timma program, this subsidy, together with the toll exemption for the current residents, it creates an additional program funding need, and so we will address that in the program's financial plans and the future base toll policy that we will bring as an information item in october, expected.

so this worker program is expected to be a funding need for timma, about $3.6 million over a five-year period. that depends on the toll rate level that is adopted, but it assumes the 2011 proposed peak level of $5. in october, we'll bring these base toll policy recommendations to the committee as an information item, with targeting approval in december. and that will include an updated financial analysis and a funding plan for the first 10 years of operation. this is the anticipated schedule that i just described. the timma board, in 2016, actually adopted toll policy for direction and for h.o.v. treatment. so the base policy that we'll bring forward will

include the remaining aspects that have not yet been decided. so the toll rate or level, the hours of operation, and especially, importantly, the last part of the affordability program, which is additional exemptions and discounts for future low-income travelers. so this is the calendar we expect, with a potential december adoption. i thank you very much, and welcome any questions or feedback. >> chair: thank you. i appreciate it. i don't see any questions from my colleagues. what was the feedback that you received from businesses? i know that there was some concern about this model from some of the businesses. although, i think it seems

like you've addressed it by ensuring that the subsidy that is given, or the amount of funds that are provided, can cover both their total number of employees and potentially be used for some of those other purposes. so if you, like, compromise or the direction that we've ended up here, i know there is a whole conversation about whether each of their employees was going to get a pass, and all these kinds of things. but i realize that there are a broader set of needs even beyond the commuting of their employees, and it is possible that some of their employees, we hope, will be in the position in the future to take other types of transportation, and so that would give them more flexibility to use the funds they received for other things. and they shouldn't be punished for that. what is the feedback then overall? would you say that this is

now -- it kind of now has a lot of consensus, or there are still a lot of concerns from certain types of businesses or organizations? >> yeah. we did definitely hear that there are needs beyond employee commutes and expenses, that those non-profits and for-profit businesses would face beyond employee commutes. we talked about levels about options. what is the magnitude of that cost? and it definitely varied a lot from -- based on employer to employer, business to business. so what we sought to do here to accommodate that -- and let me put this chart back up. here we go. this chart is revised,

these values -- oh, boy -- in a few different ways to respond to that. so the employee commute column is the -- it's calculated to compensate all employees of any income level. not just low-income employees. so we're not sort of restricting which employees would be able to receive a subsidy. the amount that we are proposing to provide is all employees at the organization. and then the flexible balance is for either non-employee use. so we heard trainees. we heard deliveries. even costumers. other service providers, like the food pantry delivery truck. and so that's what this

flexible balance is meant to provide. and as far as a consensus, i think that would be difficult to do because the breadth of preferences that we heard was pretty wide. a lot of different, you know, preferences both within organizations and across organizations. and so these are the key things we heard from non-profits about the affordability support and our proposals. and so to respond to these, we are offering this sort of hybrid model that has cash as its basis, but also allows for and we offer the technical support to equip

organizations with toll tags for their workers. and, also, we increased this flexible balance part above the initial levels we were proposing. the restaurants -- the feedback -- i get it wasn't just restaurants. it was other food distribution services that we heard from. there was more of a consensus among those as far as the form of the benefit. i think there still some folks that are concerned about whether there will be enough transit service -- about the whole program as a whole, beyond just the specific subsidy, but the program as a whole. will the transit service be there to be an

alternative? you know, is the program, as a whole, funded in the best way that it should be? the timing. so there are feedback that we have heard that are more about the bigger program as a whole, not just this specific worker proposed subsidy. >> chair: great. thank you. i appreciate that. that is helpful to hear that. and i'm sure i'll have more opportunity to chat with folks on the island about this as well. colleagues, any questions or comments on this? can we open this up for public comment, please? >> clerk: absolutely. we are now taking public comment for item 3.

okay, there appears to be no public comment. >> chair: all right. public comment is now closed. i appreciate your work on this and all of the outreach and work to get this right. and i'm sure there will be more conversations. i know that there is analysis and review and all of that built into this proposal, which i think is important because we want to see how it is working and improve it once it does start and it does happen. and i know that all of this is also contingent on us building out a really strong system of public transportation, the ferries, the buses. we want to make sure that people have a lot of options to get on and off the island, whether they're visiting these wonderful businesses or working at them or working as a non-profit. so we want to make sure there is a lot of

accessibility to the island. and if you haven't been to the island yet to visit one of these amazing businesses, i recommend it. they need our support. so with that, i want to make a motion to approve item 3. if we can have a second, please. >> ronen, second. >> chair: seconded by ronen. can we have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on item 3: [roll call taken] >> clerk: we have three

ayes. the motion passes. >> chair: great. this will be approved. thank you. madam clerk, can you please call item 4. >> clerk: item 4: introduction of new items. this is an information item. >> chair: great. are there any new items? i don't see any. do we have to call public comment on this? >> clerk: no, not if there are no new items introduced. >> chair: will you please call the next item. >> clerk: item 5: public comment. >> chair: are there any members of the public who want to speak? >> clerk: yes. we have a hand raised. hello, caller, your two minutes begins now. >> caller: hello, my name is bartley sanders.

and i was wondering if we could, based on the information of the toll overall, if there is any federal requirement for an environment justice review to be done? and if there is a requirement for one to be done, is there a place that i can go to find that report about the impacts of introducing a toll on a currently predominantly low-income area. you know we have currently exempted the current residents that live here, but i'm still trying to get an answer on if there is a report that exist that investigates the impact and the toll on a low-income community. and that's all i have today. >> clerk: thank you, caller.

>> chair: okay. public comment is now closed. madam clerk, are there any other items -- can you please call the next item? >> clerk: of course. item 6: is adjournment. >> chair: great. thank you so much. and thank you, fellow commissioners. i appreciate your time and your service. this meeting is adjourned. thank you. >> thank you so much. >> clerk: thank you. it.

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connecticut and had a moment of silence here. it's really great to see the silence that we experienced then and we've experienced over the years in this playground is now filled with these voices. >> 321, okay. [ applause ] >> the park was kind of bleak. it was scary and over grown. we started to help maclaren park when we found there wasn't any money in the bond for this park maclaren. we spent time for funding. it was expensive to raise money for this and there were a lot of delays. a lot of it was just the mural, the sprinklers and we didn't have any grass. it was that bad. we worked on sprinkler heads and grass and we fixed everything. we

worked hard collecting everything. we had about 400 group members. every a little bit helped and now the park is busy all week. there is people with kids using the park and using strollers and now it's safer by utilizing it. >> maclaren park being the largest second park one of the best kept secrets. what's exciting about this activation in particular is that it's the first of many. it's also representation of our city coming together but not only on the bureaucratic side of things. but also our neighbors, neighbors helped this happen. we are thrilled that today we are seeing the fruition of all that work in this city's open space. >> when we got involved with this park there was a broken

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>> i started working for the city in 2005. at the time, my kids were pretty young but i think had started school. i was offered a temporarily position as an analyst to work on some of the programs that were funded through homeland security. i ultimately spent almost five years at the health department coordinating emergency programs. it was something that i really enjoyed and turned out i was pretty good at. thinking about glass ceiling, some of that is really related to being a mother and self-supposed in some ways that i did not feel that i could allow myself to pursue responsibility; that i accepted treading water in my career when my kids were young. and as they got older, i felt

more comfortable, i suppose, moving forward. in my career, i have been asked to step forward. i wish that i had earlier stepped forward myself, and i feel really strongly, like i am 100% the right person for this job. i cannot imagine a harder time to be in this role. i'm humbled and privileged but also very confident. so here at moscone center, this is the covid command center, or the c.c.c. here is what we calledun -- call unified command. this is where we have physically been since march, and then, in july, we developed this unified structure. so it's the department of emergency management, the department of public health, and our human services hughesing partners, so primarily the department of homelessness and supportive

housing and human services agency. so it's sort of a three-headed command in which we are coordinating and operating everything related to covid response. and now, of course, in this final phase, it's mass vaccination. the first year was before the pandemic was extremely busy. the fires, obviously, that both we were able to provide mutual support but also the impact of air quality. we had, in 2018, the worst air quality ten or 11 days here in the city. i'm sure you all remember it, and then, finally, the day the sun didn't come out in san francisco, which was in october. the orange skies, it felt apocalyptic, super scary for people. you know, all of those things,

people depend on government to say what's happening. are we safe? what do i do? and that's a lot of what department of emergency management's role is. public service is truly that. it is such an incredible and effective way that we can make change for the most vulnerable. i spend a lot of my day in problem solving mode, so there's a lot of conversations with people making connections, identifying gaps in resources or whatever it might be, and trying to adjust that. the pace of the pandemic has been nonstop for 11 months. it is unrelenting, long days, more than what we're used to, most of us. honestly, i'm not sure how we're getting through it. this is beyond what any of us ever expected to experience in

our lifetime. what we discover is how strong we are, and really, the depth of our resilience, and i say that for every single city employee that has been working around the clock for the last 11 months, and i also speak about myself. every day, i have to sort of have that moment of, like, okay, i'm really tired, i'm weary, but we've got to keep going. it is, i would say, the biggest challenge that i have had personally and professionally to be the best mom that i can be but also the best public certify chant in whatever role i'm in. i just wish that i, as my younger self, could have had someone tell me you can give it and to give a little more nudge. so indirectly, people have helped me because they have

seen something in me that i did not see in myself. there's clear data that women have lost their jobs and their income because they had to take care of their safety nets. all of those things that we depend on, schools and daycare and sharing, you know, being together with other kids isn't available. i've often thought oh, if my kids were younger, i couldn't do this job, but that's unacceptable. a person that's younger than me that has three children, we want them in leadership positions, so it shouldn't be limiting. women need to assume that they're more capable than they think they are. men will go for a job whether they're qualified or not. we tend to want to be 110% qualified before we tend to step forward. i think we need to be a little more brave, a little more

exploratory in stepping up for positions. the other thing is, when given an opportunity, really think twice before you put in front of you the reasons why you should not take that leadership position. we all need to step up so that we can show the person behind us that it's doable and so that we have the power to make the changes for other women that is going to make the possibility for their paths easier than ours. other women see me in it, and i hope that they see me, and they understand, like, if i can do it, they can do it because the higher you get, the more leadership you have, and power. the more power and leadership we have that we can put out

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finding them and they get from being in the city to being in the airport. >> so first, we actually find a table and once we know what we want a sit-down we go to the neighborhoods in san francisco and other people seminary of the retail let us know about the rain water and are excited to have the local operators in the airport. >> we have to go going through the conceive selective process and they award a lease to the restaurant. >> they are planning on extending. >> we that you could out the china and the length evens and the travel serve and fourth your

minds and it's all good. >> how long for a vendor to move through the process. >> i would say it could take 80 up to a year from the time we go out to bid until they actually open a restaurant. >> i don't know what we signed up for but the airport is happy to have us here. and, you know, even taking out the track simple things there's a learning curve >> with once we're here they are helpful. >> it's an award-winning program. >> we're prude of your awards we have won 11 awards the latest for the best overall food address beverage program and . >> like the oscars (laughter). >> the professional world. >> tell me about the future

food. >> all the sb national leases are xooirz and we're hoping to bring newer concepts out in san francisco and what your passengers want. >> well, i look forward to the future (laughter)

>> this is a huge catalyst for change. >> it will be over 530,000 gross square feet plus two levels of basement. >> now the departments are across so many locations it is hard for them to work together and collaborate and hard for the

customers to figure out the different locations and hours of operation. >> one of the main drivers is a one stopper mitt center for -- permit center. >> special events. we are a one stop shop for those three things. >> this has many different uses throughout if years. >> in 1940s it was coca-cola and the flagship as part of the construction project we are retaining the clock tower. the permit center is little working closely with the digital services team on how can we modernize and move away from the paper we use right now to move to a more digital world. >> the digital services team was created in 2017. it is 2.5 years. our job is to make it possible to get things done with the city online. >> one of the reasons permitting

is so difficult in this city and county is really about the scale. we have 58 different department in the city and 18 of them involve permitting. >> we are expecting the residents to understand how the departments are structured to navigate through the permitting processes. it is difficult and we have heard that from many people we interviewed. our goal is you don't have to know the department. you are dealing with the city. >> now if you are trying to get construction or special events permit you might go to 13 locations to get the permit. here we are taking 13 locations into one floor of one location which is a huge improvement for the customer and staff trying to work together to make it easy to comply with the rules. >> there are more than 300 permitting processes in the city. there is a huge to do list that we are possessing digital.

the first project is allowing people to apply online for the a.d.u. it is an accessory dwelling unit, away for people to add extra living space to their home, to convert a garage or add something to the back of the house. it is a very complicated permit. you have to speak to different departments to get it approved. we are trying to consolidate to one easy to due process. some of the next ones are windows and roofing. those are high volume permits. they are simple to issue. another one is restaurant permitting. while the overall volume is lower it is long and complicated business process. people struggle to open restaurants because the permitting process is hard to navigate. >> the city is going to roll out a digital curing system one that is being tested.

>> when people arrive they canshay what they are here to. it helps them workout which cue they neat to be in. if they rant to run anker rapid she can do that. we say you are next in line make sure you are back ready for your appointment. >> we want it all-in-one location across the many departments involved. it is clear where customers go to play. >> on june 5, 2019 the ceremony was held to celebrate the placement of the last beam on top of the structures. six months later construction is complete. >> we will be moving next summer. >> the flu building -- the new building will be building. it was designed with light in mind. employees will appreciate these amenities. >> solar panels on the roof, electric vehicle chargers in the

basement levels, benefiting from gray watery use and secured bicycle parking for 300 bicycles. when you are on the higher floors of the building you might catch the tip of the golden gate bridge on a clear day and good view of soma. >> it is so exciting for the team. it is a fiscal manifestation what we are trying to do. it is allowing the different departments to come together to issue permits to the residents. we hope people can digitally come to one website for permits. we are trying to make it digital so when they come into the center they have a high-quality interaction with experts to

guide then rather than filling in forms. they will have good conversations with our staff.

>> chair: all set? our staff. all right. good morning, and welcome to the september 21st meeting of the treasure island mobility management agency committee. brittany milton is our clerk. madam clerk, would you please call the roll. >> clerk: yes. [roll call taken] >> clerk: we have quorum. >> chair: great. madam clerk, do you have

any announcements? >> clerk: i do. i'd like to make an announcement about public comment. public comment will be available for each item and this agenda via telephone by calling 415-655-0001, access code 1466154990, and then pound and pound again. once you join, you'll be able to listen to the meeting as a participant. do not press star three again or you will be removed from the queue. the calls will be taken in the order in which they are received. speak slowly and clearly and turn down the volume of televisions or radios around you. that concludes my announcements. >> chair: thank you. please call the next item. >> clerk: item 2, the minutes of the june 15th, 2021,

meeting, and this is an action item. >> chair: any questions or comments on the minutes? i don't see any, any members of the public who wish to speak? >> clerk: there are no callers. >> chair: public comment is now closed. i make a motion to approve the minutes. can we have a second? >> second, mandelman. >> chair: commissioner mandelman with a second. roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on approval of minutes: [roll call taken] >> clerk: we have three ayes. the minutes are approved. >> chair: great. madam clerk, can you please call item 3. >> clerk: item 3: recommend approval of full affordability of program and workers recommendation. this is an action item. chair, before we get

started, i would like to repeat the announcements to allow callers time to call in. >> chair: sure. >> clerk: to make public comment on an item, dial 415-655-0001, and enter access code 1466514110. dial *3 to be added to the queue. do not touch *3 again or you'll be removed from the queue. that concludes my public announcement. >> chair: thank you. did you already call item 3? >> clerk: i did. >> chair: acting deputy director for planning, rachel hyatt, welcome. >> good morning, commissioners. rachel hyatt. today we are bringing to you a proposal for existing business and worker toll subsidy. this is the second

component of the affordability program. the first proponent was adopted in 2019, and that was the exemption to the toll for current residents. and this affordability package -- these two policies will support the adoption of the space toll policy in the coming months, and that will be documented in an update to the treasure island transportation implementation plan in december, in time for the first new housing units to be sold, as they're actually being sold now. so back in november of 2020, we presented two initial options for worker affordability support to the committee. and these would be for critical housing and food services, as we described it then, and we also described the next step as outreach to the businesses

and workers to help refine and understand their preferences. so we conducted outreach over several events this spring and participated in events that were hosted by others, and just this last week we held a virtual event to share what we heard and then present the draft recommendations. we further -- there are other ways that we spread the word. and for the events that were hosted, we had over 30 workers who attended, representing both for-profit businesses and the non-profit organizations. so we heard some additional considerations beyond employee commutes that helped shape what we're bringing to you today. so those considerations included not just the cost for employees, but also delivery costs, barriers

perceived by costumers and other travelers, such as clients or trainees for the non-profits located on the island. there were also other general areas of feedback for us regarding communication and presentation of allocated transit service plans, funding options, and other economic or financial evaluations. we will be bringing all discussion of those bigger-picture items to you in october in our informational update. and we also had creative ideas. this was a neat one from a restaurant who suggested that we partner for a promotion for costumers, so that would entail using the timma-provided subsidy to validate a customer's toll for their first visit, but then give them

an incentive and promote taking the ferry next time to help transition people into the new transit services. among the non-profits, there was a wide variety of preferences that we heard, sort of across and within the non-profit organizations. the message we heard from non-profits was to have a choice among cash or tolls, account value, depending on the type of traveler, where the needs would be different. and we heard other creative ideas, such as this one, which fast tracked today doesn't offer a way to pay tolls through a mobile app. that is something that other toll agencies in, like, europe and a couple in the u.s. offer, but a neat idea for the future. so the proposed action is response to all of the feedback. and what we've tried to do is take the best features

of both options, the cash option and the toll tag value, and present a program that offers both. and allows for choice.■ç so this would be available to the following eligible parties: so it would be the non-profits on the island, all of the non-profits. so we've expanded this eligibility from last fall to include any non-profit operating on the island, and that includes all of the one treasure island member organizations. and then the resident-serving food service and distribution businesses. so based on the information from tita, we estimated that is approximately 15 organizations. the coast guard, which is a special case, which offers operations on the island, and they're

federally exempt, so they're a special case. so the way this program would work for folks is that timma would provide a periodic, flexible, cash toll subsidy to each eligible employer. and the amount of the subsidy would be based on the number of employees, but it would be more than just what would be needed to cover employee commutes. and that additional flexible balance would be available for other types of things we heard through outreach. employers would be responsible for distributing the subsidy to employees and other travelers, and we would request that employers give priority for their low income employees. but after that priority, the remaining balance would be available to compensate vendors, deliveries, and other types of needs that we heard. so employers would be able

to, after their discretion, use the subsidy to provide fast-track account value. and timma would provide the technical assistance to set up those toll tags, equip employers with those, and provide any technical support needed to have those accounts through the bay area toll authority, and provide something like a new employee kit, so employers could help understand what their options are. we would need to execute an agreement with each eligible employer, you know, with terms to ensure we comply with audits, etc. and then, lastly, we propose that we collaborate with these program participants to evaluate and adjust the program after 12 months to improve efficiencies. and like the exemption to

the toll for current residents, we would also want to evaluate, and as as needed, revise the policy and looking at its effectiveness during the development project. so this table shows the estimated annual subsidy per employer. and it is important to note that this is an estimate. so the final amount of the subsidy will depend on the base toll rates that are adopted later this year. but those figures assume the $5 peak period tolls at the 2011 that tita proposed. that is the assumption behind this calculation. so the flexible balance part is based on feedback we heard from participants in the outreach events, and their sort of feedback about how many deliveries and trainees, etc., that

they have. so for the timma program, this subsidy, together with the toll exemption for the current residents, it creates an additional program funding need, and so we will address that in the program's financial plans and the future base toll policy that we will bring as an information item in october, expected. so this worker program is expected to be a funding need for timma, about $3.6 million over a five-year period. that depends on the toll rate level that is adopted, but it assumes the 2011 proposed peak level of $5. in october, we'll bring these base toll policy recommendations to the committee as an information item, with targeting approval in

december. and that will include an updated financial analysis and a funding plan for the first 10 years of operation. this is the anticipated schedule that i just described. the timma board, in 2016, actually adopted toll policy for direction and for h.o.v. treatment. so the base policy that we'll bring forward will include the remaining aspects that have not yet been decided. so the toll rate or level, the hours of operation, and especially, importantly, the last part of the affordability program, which is additional exemptions and discounts for future low-income travelers. so this is the calendar we expect, with a potential december adoption. i thank you very much, and

welcome any questions or feedback. >> chair: thank you. i appreciate it. i don't see any questions from my colleagues. what was the feedback that you received from businesses? i know that there was some concern about this model from some of the businesses. although, i think it seems like you've addressed it by ensuring that the subsidy that is given, or the amount of funds that are provided, can cover both their total number of employees and potentially be used for some of those other purposes. so if you, like, compromise or the direction that we've ended up here, i know there is a whole conversation about whether each of their employees was going to get a pass, and all these kinds of things. but i realize that there

are a broader set of needs even beyond the commuting of their employees, and it is possible that some of their employees, we hope, will be in the position in the future to take other types of transportation, and so that would give them more flexibility to use the funds they received for other things. and they shouldn't be punished for that. what is the feedback then overall? would you say that this is now -- it kind of now has a lot of consensus, or there are still a lot of concerns from certain types of businesses or organizations? >> yeah. we did definitely hear that there are needs beyond employee commutes and expenses, that those non-profits and for-profit businesses would face beyond employee commutes. we talked about levels about options. what is the magnitude of that cost?

and it definitely varied a lot from -- based on employer to employer, business to business. so what we sought to do here to accommodate that -- and let me put this chart back up. here we go. this chart is revised, these values -- oh, boy -- in a few different ways to respond to that. so the employee commute column is the -- it's calculated to compensate all employees of any income level. not just low-income employees. so we're not sort of restricting which employees would be able to receive a subsidy.

the amount that we are proposing to provide is all employees at the organization. and then the flexible balance is for either non-employee use. so we heard trainees. we heard deliveries. even costumers. other service providers, like the food pantry delivery truck. and so that's what this flexible balance is meant to provide. and as far as a consensus, i think that would be difficult to do because the breadth of preferences that we heard was pretty wide. a lot of different, you know, preferences both within organizations and across organizations. and so these are the key things we heard from

non-profits about the affordability support and our proposals. and so to respond to these, we are offering this sort of hybrid model that has cash as its basis, but also allows for and we offer the technical support to equip organizations with toll tags for their workers. and, also, we increased this flexible balance part above the initial levels we were proposing. the restaurants -- the feedback -- i get it wasn't just restaurants. it was other food distribution services that we heard from. there was more of a consensus among those as far as the form of the benefit.

i think there still some folks that are concerned about whether there will be enough transit service -- about the whole program as a whole, beyond just the specific subsidy, but the program as a whole. will the transit service be there to be an alternative? you know, is the program, as a whole, funded in the best way that it should be? the timing. so there are feedback that we have heard that are more about the bigger program as a whole, not just this specific worker proposed subsidy. >> chair: great. thank you. i appreciate that. that is helpful to hear

that. and i'm sure i'll have more opportunity to chat with folks on the island about this as well. colleagues, any questions or comments on this? can we open this up for public comment, please? >> clerk: absolutely. we are now taking public comment for item 3. okay, there appears to be no public comment. >> chair: all right. public comment is now closed. i appreciate your work on this and all of the outreach and work to get this right. and i'm sure there will be more conversations. i know that there is analysis and review and all of that built into this proposal, which i think is important because we want to see how it is

working and improve it once it does start and it does happen. and i know that all of this is also contingent on us building out a really strong system of public transportation, the ferries, the buses. we want to make sure that people have a lot of options to get on and off the island, whether they're visiting these wonderful businesses or working at them or working as a non-profit. so we want to make sure there is a lot of accessibility to the island. and if you haven't been to the island yet to visit one of these amazing businesses, i recommend it. they need our support. so with that, i want to make a motion to approve item 3. if we can have a second, please. >> ronen, second. >> chair: seconded by ronen. can we have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on item 3: [roll call taken]

>> clerk: we have three ayes. the motion passes. >> chair: great. this will be approved. thank you. madam clerk, can you please call item 4. >> clerk: item 4: introduction of new items. this is an information item. >> chair: great. are there any new items? i don't see any. do we have to call public comment on this? >> clerk: no, not if there are no new items

introduced. >> chair: will you please call the next item. >> clerk: item 5: public comment. >> chair: are there any members of the public who want to speak? >> clerk: yes. we have a hand raised. hello, caller, your two minutes begins now. >> caller: hello, my name is bartley sanders. and i was wondering if we could, based on the information of the toll overall, if there is any federal requirement for an environment justice review to be done? and if there is a requirement for one to be done, is there a place that i can go to find that report about the impacts of introducing a toll on a currently predominantly

low-income area. you know we have currently exempted the current residents that live here, but i'm still trying to get an answer on if there is a report that exist that investigates the impact and the toll on a low-income community. and that's all i have today. >> clerk: thank you, caller. >> chair: okay. public comment is now closed. madam clerk, are there any other items -- can you please call the next item? >> clerk: of course. item 6: is adjournment. >> chair: great. thank you so much. and thank you, fellow commissioners. i appreciate your time and your service. this meeting is adjourned. thank you. >> thank you so much. >> clerk: thank you.

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