>> good morning welcome to rules of the board of supervisors for today-month-old, january 30, 2023. i am for this last meeting the chair of the committee aaron peskin joined to my right by vice chair supervisor mandelman. and to my left by committee member supervisor connie chan.

our clerk is mr. victor young and it has been a pleasure working with you colleagues and clerk young the last couple of years as chair of ruleless. thank you for your service and your work. our -- same goes for deputy city attorney ann pierson. >> clerk, do you have announcements. >> yes it is board and committees hybrid meetings. while providing remote access via phone. the board recognizes equal access is essential and take public comment first will be taken on each item. those in person allowed to speak first then those waiting on the phone. watching 26, 28, 78 or 99 and sfgov.org the call in number is streaming. the number is 415-554-0001 then

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goodlett place room 244, san francisco, california 94102. >> thank you. mr. young. our deputy city attorney is reviewing the latest version of the military equipment policy why don't we call items 3-6 together out of order. >> item 3, motion appointing engardio to the golden gate highway and transportation district board of directors. item 4 is a motion apointing engardio term ending december first of 23 as alternate to the california state association of counties. item 5 is a motion appointing hilary ronen termening june 30 of 23 to the bay area government executive board. item 6 is a motion appointing

supervisor preston term ending february 4, 2026 to the local agency formation commission. item 7 is motion appointing connie chan as an alternate to the san francisco local agency formation commission. i did not call for 7 this is okay, mr. young. is there public comment on any of these appointments of members of the board of supervisors tonies various bodies of california state association of counties the bay area government. lafco, the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district. anybody in chambers who would like to comment. is there remote comment on items 3-7. >> members of the public who are on the phone line, listening remote call 415-554-0001, access code: 2481 9318934 ##.

forthose in the queue wait until the system indicated have been unmuted that may begin your comments we have one caller. >> first speaker. please. >> david pilpel 2 comments on item 3. not clear to me why this would be a committee report the next meeting of the bridge district board is not until end of february i did not seat urgency for this to go as a committee report for tomorrow and in the sure if supervisor chan can participate in item 7. other then and there that i have no objection to the proposed appointments and -- possible low reappointments. thanks. >> public comment is closed.

why i did not originally call it we will not vote on it where supervisor chan present. with that i will make a couple of housekeeping amendments. on item 3 -- we need to conform the in title with language within the motion. and so i will move to amend as line 9. the date 2023 to 2025. on that motion a roll call, please? >> yes. on that motion. supervisor chan? >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> and then item 5.

i will make a motion to remove the word in the long title at line 3 as an alternate. replace with the letter, a, a member and line 9 to turn seat 3 into seat 2 and strike the word, alternate. so this it is clear that supervisor ronen is being appointed seat 2 not an alternate seat but permanent seat. i'm informs that is in the a substantive change a roll call, please. >> on that motion. supervisor chan? >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. the motion passes without objection. okay. and then i want to thank the

clerk of the board of supervisors for putting out the survey of supervisors to serve on the outside board and commissions. and for the individual members who have aplied filling a number of long-term vacancies i want to thank supervisor engardio for stepping up to joiz supervisor mandelman in a number of outside bodies abag and the association of counties as well as supervisor ronen. approximate with those amendments can we take items 3-6 together. and sends them with recommendation as committee reports? as amended in the cases 3 and 5 on that multifaceted motion mr. clerk a roll call, please.

>> one moment. if you don't mind i have been getting i -- sorry my apologies. there were indications that supervisor ronen was going to step down in favor of supervisor melgar. >> i have not heard a word of that and i have no e mails to that affect and i know nothing of it. i had my staff meet thanksgiving morning i'm up-to-date on my e mails as of 9:58 in morning. and this it is news to me. and if they would like to do that they can make that suggestion at the full board tomorrow and we can be send it become if this is the case. >> yes. why my apologies i was trying to -- not heard a word until this moment and the show is going on. >> okay. >> i believe item 3 will be upon recommend as amended committee

report. item 4, will be recommend as a committee report. item 5 will be recommend as a report and item 6 will be recommended as committee report. on those motions, supervisor chan. >> aye. >> my apol joes i vote while there is -- discussion going on. one minute. we will recess for 2 >> we'll reconvene rules for today january 30, 2023. and let me start by rescinding my motion that we were just

about to vote on. and -- i would like to offer an amendment to item 5 already amended once. to replace rumor was true, mr. young, supervisor hillary ronen with supervisor melgar for seat number 2 to the association of bay area governments. why don't and then i once we vote on i will do this the same motion i would like to make that motion and continue item 5 to the next meeting of the rowels committee alcohol be chaired by supervisor dorsey. on that motion to substitute supervisor melgar for supervisor ronen for the appointment to abag item 5 a roll call, please.

>> and this is also vote for the others. why only an amendment to item 5 and congress that item to this committee >> item 5, to amend and continue to the next meeting of rowels committee, on that motion supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> now i will make a motion to sends item 3 as amended as i committee report, item 4 as a committee report. item 6 as a committee report with recommendation for tomorrow's board of supervisor's meeting. on that motion a roll call, please. >> yes, on that motion, supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye.

>> the motion passes without objection. >> and while item 7 has been called we'll go to that later on this morning's agenda. mr. clerk this should be quick. lieutenant and council from the sheriff's department. could you read item 2. >> yes, item 2 an ordinance amending the administrative code a city policy against seek sez iingination letters from importance seeking or being considered for appointment or reappointment to city boards and commissions and other city bodies. >> thank you, mr. young. this ordinance is sponsored chiefly by supervisor preston and cosponsored by a number of other supervisors including myself. and with that supervisor preston the floor is yours. >> thank you so much, chair

peskin and vice chair mandelman and supervisor chan for hear thanksgiving today. thank you chair peskin for your cosponsorship of this. approximate we don't have a formal presentation on the item but i have remarks. colleagues, i introduced this ordinance in response to last year's revelation that the mayor was requesting undated resignation letters from a number of appointed commissioners as her discretion. max carter blew the whistle on this practice approximate thanks to him the letters collected by mayor's office were deemed unenforceable. when this came to light, i believe that the practice was a problem. on various levels including some later highlighted by the city attorney's office and the public memo issued in this matter. first, requiring a commissioner to sign an undate letter that can be filed any time.

places appointed commissioners at risk of undue it influence by appointing authority. regardless what the mayor and representatives have said regarding their plans to use these letters there is in reason we should leave the decision whether to use undated resignation letter to the whims of an appointing authority. for the police mission and others this contradicted the city charter. which states specific low that the board of supervisors must approve00 autoremoval of any police commissioners even police commissioners appointed by the mayor. and this is not spelled out in the city attorney's memo. i found the practice a problem because it underminds the purposes of many of our commissions. commissioners and other

appointees should feel empowered provide meaningful oversight and guidance to our departments. otherwise, what is point? so, in order to address the issues the legislation before you will set forth as city policy that an appointing authority may not ask or require a person's seeking appointment to a mission or other city body to prepare or submit a letter of residence ignition prior to our as a condition of their appointment. it clarifies the decision whether to resign from a committee or city body rests with the appointee even if the authority asks resignation. my hopes the ordinance will help avoid situations like what we saw unfold last september. and prevent this from coming up in the future x. that tell top about appointing authority

requesting undated residence ignition letters from their commissioners in an attempt to exert control over them. as i wrap up on this, i would be remiss not to recognize that the circumstances giving raise to this legislation or related the extremely personal changes that were being occurred to ban pretext stops the police commission passed a few weeks ago this come left week as you all know the memphis police department released vo of police officers beating a black man to death after a pretext stop it is important we ban pretext stops here in san francisco and the police mission come commissioner cart or to enact the policy banning pretext stop in san francisco in spite of the political pressure he was facing

exetch foils why it is crucial to make sure commissioners use independent judgment as they w with community with stake hold and city diameters and elected officials to credit nuance but transformational policies. with that, happy to answer questions our city attorney is also here if there are legal quos temperature i thank deputy city attorney an pierson for their work in putting this together. thank my cosponsors president peskin and also supervisors walton and ronen and also. to rescue noise and thank my legislative aid for her work on that. thank you. >> thank you supervisor preston, supervisor mandelman. >> thank you chair peskin. it sometimeless the case on this

body have a dprn view and will not support the ordinance today. i question whether it is necessary. in that -- the letters that were requested appear to have been ineffective and appear to have been a protection that the -- several mayoral administrations have sought in error about whether the letters many anything at all. my take away is different from some off body i'm not oshg felonieded the mayor's office and this area and others have sought some way of ensure a mechanism to remove more easy low remove appointees not doing that the executive wanted those

appointees doing on commissions where the mayor may have a narrow majority. i think -- there are commissions and commissions there are commissions this have you quasi ajudeicate function and policy and hiring and firing functions and i think my feeling about what the mayor's authority to try to pull out one of her appointise dependses on what the different functions of the commission are. the police department case and police commission case, public safety now is i think if not the issue of the concern it san franciscans. they look to the mayor to set policy and run hear police department in a way that

advances criminal yesterday reform and keeps francescas save. because of the way our charter works she no longer apores to be alined with the majority of the commission over seeing a department that in some version of a chart is above. >> that is challenging and i think when i think about the problem with san francisco i'm not seeing excess of executive mirrial authority i see a government disuneified. run through a number of commissions that you know that

seem to independent. it took chair peskin a lot of work and effort to rairn in one commission that probably ought to be most low independent. it is not setting policy. general low should be insulated from us unless until they are doing things that are insane. so i thought this was an interesting issue a complicated one and was in the deeply oshg fenldzed by what the mayor's office was trying to do even though it was ineffectivism don't feel the mead to vote and will not be today. >> thank you for sharing that

view, supervisor mandelman. and it is a thorny concept within i'm not speaking pacific he about resignations in the larger context of the diffuse gentlemanal structures we have with an executive and legislative branch and devolved 4 and authority to a number of commissions. having said that, and this come from my view and experience with a breadth of different commissions in the city and outside the city. the notion of the exercise particular low in quasi judicial bodies. of independence is pair mount. i was chagrinned a number of years ago as a member of the california state coastal commission. when i found out that one of my colleagues having trouble in vast political pressure over what was to my mind and a major of commissioner's mind a fair and just application of the california coastal act as related a project. this individual confided in me that the reason this commissioner was having trouble come least low agreed ha -- i was right on the issue. was because she had signed such a residence ignition letter i found to be profound low

troubling. she ultmitt low did cast her vote for the right thing and was not fired or undated residence ignition letter was in the used against her. it was high prosecute file project on california's coast. which -- you know was going to i think harm the interest of californians and i have seen the same thing on san francisco's planning commission which is when lead to the passage of prop d in 2003 when then mayor brown would tell his commissioners how to vote on items. and the public manage in for fair impartial hearings on the application of the law, were getting screwed and lead to a distrust in san francisco's gentleman and that is why we created the charter provisions

the voters voted for in the face of a wave of money that allowed those commissioners to actually vote their conscious pursuant to the law. and i would say that -- the trust and confident in the planning commission has increased great low since those days. for all of those reasons, and i understand supervisor mandelman's larger concerns about the role of the executive that people vote for, i am a proud cosponsor of item 2. and i will not belabor it why don't we open public comment on this, oops sorry, victor. supervisor preston you want to say something. >> okay. why don't we open up public ment on item 2 and get back to ab481. >> yes. members of the public had wish

to speak and join nothing person line up to speak at this time. for those remote call 415-554-0001, access code: 2481 9318934 ##. >> we have one person for public meant at this time. >> please, come forward >> good morning member of the board of prierzs thank you so much for the time for public comment on this. i'm michael a district 9 resident. a mont okay launchedage anticaucus and proud of this mission. everything you said president peskin thank you very much. for your comments this is the reason i'm here to support item

twom and passage. but thank you all for the time to listen to me. have a good morning >> thank you. >> are there remote speakers for this item? >> we have 4 persons not guilty line for remote public comment. >> first caller? thank you, good morning why the organization seek preempive resignations and bodies credits limitations on the individuals ability to make decisions. people seeking appointment or reappointment should not being forced give the authority collateral like a resignation all right to be ash pointed. city commission and boards meant top have oversight duties and take input. the individuals have residence ignition letters can prevent

inspect decisionmaking based on data and public concern and lead to bend to the will of authorities or face extreme pressure that under mines the function of commissions and city bodies to fulfill duty and responsibilities. porcommissioner burton former chair called it, horse shit. the pressure residence ignition can condition strain commissioners and, pointes from meeting with members of the public. we witnessed this play out with mayoral appointise for the police commission through the mayor's unsuccessful attempt its derail the review process. leverage in this influence. [inaudible] attempt to deriwhat commissioner carter was lookinga the and the other appointise refuse to meet with community

members and [inaudible] from very misleading statements about the dgo and derail and under mine that process. the city structure can trust they are making decisions based on evidence and feedback and pressure and threats. we ask yes on this ordinance. thank you. >> this is chad i strategyly support this ordinance. undated residence ignition letter system contrary to accountability. our commissioners approximate board members are to be autonomous and to intercept and over see city guidelines that nobody else should be interfearing w. pass this ordinance this is basic ethics

of government of thank you so much. >> next speaker, please. >> good morning i'm brent turner i'm speaking on [inaudible] the behalf of the [inaudible] lgbt lgbt anticorruption caucus express full support with sproirz preston regard thanksgiving matter the events rerolled the past few months forcing predated residence ignition letters on appointees is another case of corrupting forces, controlling the san francisco county government. the equation of the overly clever mayor and clever city attorney and now all powerful board president work nothing tandem to circumvent the charter and public interests left the public exaceerated we theed the

political players use the resignation letters part of the [inaudible] to control appointees. to note the severity nancy pelosi's chief of staff [inaudible] from the power and intimidation of the current mir there were 20 victims as well as the publics. woe real noted [inaudible] and stacking of this commission by supervisor peskin working with mir breed. the public [inaudible] and [inaudible] we are better than this. we can do better than this. the public rejects the sentiment others have done this dirty deed therefore it is acceptable. thank you >> thank you. next speaker, please.

>> hey this . is chris i want to call in put my 2 cents appointed to a city commission. this ordinance is absolutely necessary. it is i basic matter. ethic in how our city works the point of, pointing people to commissions they have expertise or sfrns that is useful not for them to be proxy of the elected official who appointed them. there should be independence there. and i think the [inaudible] brought up it is like in addition to the mayor appointing police commissioner and the chief and to have this and have the commissioners with the threat of resignation any moment. this is not a billions in the government. i think the ordinance is necessary. and would like to [inaudible]. thank you very much. >> thank you. why can we have the next caller?

>> good morning allen calling and i'm calling to support the comments of my supervisor, supervisor mandelman. to hear supervisor preston talk about how this will help guard undue influence on commissions seems absurd to the public. we just watch third degree board 5 months before [inaudible] her appointment was expired watched this board shove her through and so, we think that undue influence this is i bad thing we need to avoid it but you need to look inworried not out ward when you are trying to correct this. that's my comments. thank you, supervisors. >> thank you. can we have the next caller?

hi i'm edward i live and work in san francisco the last 10 years and organize and tech worker coalition sad to hear the board believes this is positive mechanician for appointmenting commissions and. and not the mayor's department and responsible for everyone time the p d killed someone. responding where the victim and person attacking the victim escalate the situation. be clear sfpd is in the a model of reform the not foolish to say they don't appear antipolice those antipolice violence and create public safety for all. this ordinance is absolutely necessary and i support it.

thank you. can we have our caller. great. david pilpel you thank you is a good approach in law this discipline not cover busied created by resolution. there men a few bodies that advise the board that were created by resolution i don't think we are doing that anymore. nor does it cover passive meeting bodies in the sunshine. i would suggest that you consider dub indicating the file. and amend it in the future. were make it explicit. defined in this legislation that are appointed by the board of supervisors arbitrate of submit resignation letters to the clerk of the board. so it is clear.

this that is where the residence ignition letters should be directed and final low, i would encourage to you ask the city attorney to rescueicize this with 1.57 the online data base of piments to bodies. it is important to keep that data base updated so any resignation letter should be prompt low trig are an update to that data base so this vacancy can be known. along with the maddy act and other vac analysisy posting and timing requirements. so. there is a small but important area of law related appointments resignations and vickanceies for various bodies not just boards and commissions but add sunrise row body and wanted to suggest all of that be harmonized.

thank you very much for listening. >> thank you. that was our last remote caller. public comment is closed and final comments supervisor preston. >> thank you chair peskin i want to thank everyone who called in. i will say that i thought we had really come together to in agreement of the under lying practice here was a problem. i think upon even the mayor's office representatives when they came before the gao committee on these practices vowed not to condition them. the city attorney's memo i referenced earlier made clear. and so i will say i'm disappointed hear any defense of this practice. i think this is the kind of back room approaches and potential

manipulation of commissioners that stands in the way of change and leads people to lose faith in government. i do want to note that you know this is today the first time i'm hearing at my office heard concerns from any colleagues about this ordinance. again i thought this was something we come together and decided it would be good to be moving forward with clarity and make sure this does not happen again. on the issue -- around the mayor's power. i want to issue clear and don't anyone to wuk away thinking the mayor lacks the power to remove a commissioner. you know the mayor has the power to remove someone she ash pointses she has to follow the chart exert go through the process. that is set fourth and follow the law.

that dependses on the commission and appointment hat rules are. when we don't get to do is circumvent the rowels whether the board president or the mayor or whatever the a pointing authorities you don't ignore the rowels. require an undated resignation letter this sits on your desk you can file when a commissioner does something you don't, prove of. the other thing is this ordinance does not bar an appointing authority from ask for a resignation. to the extent that the mayor or whoever the authority is displeased with the conduct of an appointed commissioner, they are fro and it is in the ordinance, they are still fro to ask for a resignation. when they can't do is require an undated residence ignition letter to hold on and hang over the head of commissioners who are supposed to be engaged in

inspect in exercise of their judgment. so. i will just close by saying that -- if people believe there is a problem with the removal procedures something that needs to be addressed. you than is a conversation we can have bring forward a principle. we can't have a situation where apointing authority the mayor this mayor or future mayor board of president, future board presidents come up with these type of ways to circumvent the system of removing lay outside in the charter. i urge support, thank you very much. >> thank you. and with that -- why don't we have a roll call on a motion to send item 2 to the full board with a positive recommendation mr. young call the roll. >> yes. on that motion. supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman.

>> no. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes with supervisor mandelman dissenting in committee. could you read item 1. yes. an ordinance amending the if an apology needs of law enforcement equipment the sheriff's consistent with the crip tear naacp why in state law and the use of equipment policy. >> the sheriff's department not for that little procedural hiccup before the meeting started i would have taken you in the order that were on the agenda as item 1. thank you for your patience. moreover and important low thank you to sheriff and his staff. and counsel for hai think has been a really model process

around our implementation of bill 481. which this committee well knows was quite electy and difficult. in the case of the previous ab481 policy. that the police department brought that -- ended up with initial headlines and not only a half a dozen different hearing in this committee but appearances at the board of supervisors that has not marked the case with the sheriff's department -- that with little w on mine and my staff's part. ir thank and acknowledge my staff for his work on this. was a model in so farz the sheriff's department work directly and clantive with the american friends's service committee and did so and

listened and there was a back and forth. which resulted in the updated equipment will list policies that are before us this morning that were amended as early as 5:50 a.m. today. and while i will not speak on behalf ofien fer tu, i'm in receipt of e mills from her i think share the sentiment that ronnie singh at the sheriff's office andllow lute coons have listened and adjusted accordingly. having said that, i don't think that there is totalune millenniumity but close and i will repeat the words that weutters relating to the police department's military equipment policies. which is this this it is the baseline first time out. these policies will come become

to this board of supervisors as required under law. each year, so there are opportunity to do that. and now i will drill down in irrelevant when i think is the only remaining issue having to do with a half dozen unused submachine guns. that the heckler submachine guns the mp5 policy in the possession of the department. i think they have not been used and not operable. the sheriff's office can put in their word fist they desire that come next year i the make a slight amendment the end of calendar year. i want to line up as i said and the sheriff was fine with the police department and sheriff's department policies they come to

this committee in the bull board at the same time and not over i period of time. that if you will come forward with additional training should you unmoth ball that weaponry. with that, colleagues, i have circulated a few amendments that i spoke to to the actual ordinance itself. one was -- to just bring the recitals on page 2 up-to-date. because a lot of things happened since this was first introduced. those strike outs on page 2 from lines 5 to 15. and then there the insertion of the fact on december 13th, the board of supervisors adopted the police department's equipment

policy. and then based on that date, and our desire to lineup the reporting, rather than it being a year from when the board approves this policy. next week or there were, that they the report be at the board of supervisors every year by december 13th. and then we also public low discussed in the sheriff was supportive of the notion that the public public meeting held that amendment is on page 4. all of those are not substantive and for the purpose should this committee see fit, of sends thanksgiving to the full board, mr. clerk, it would include the

policy that was submitted this morning has one deletion as it relates to chemical launchers and otherwise is the same as what has been on the department's website. and is i part of our committee package. with that, it is my pleasure to again thank and publicly acknowledge the sheriff's department for their collaborative work. may you be a model to the police department next year. and with this, lieutenant or councillor singh or if you want to say anything. the floor is yours. thank you, sheriff. >> i want to say thank you on behalf of the sheriff's office for this rules committee patience. its collaboration.

the sheriff is present today but is upstairs viewing by teams and available if there are other questions. but i think the presentation left week and the on going commitment by our office of to engage with all the supervisors as well as you, chair, peskin and the public; highlights our sense of responsibility. in this area. of the work that we do and i think that it is very important to -- continue that collaboration and we do invite suggestions next year when we -- blow off the dust of equipment we intends to potential low reinstate and open to comments from the board but the full board and the public. >> thank you. are there members of public had would like to speak to item 1 and thank you for your patience, my apol joe this is was in the called at the beginning of our agenda as schedules.

first speaker. >> if i make my announcement. members who wish to speak and join nothing person lineup now. if call nothing dial 415-554-0001 and access code: 2481 9318934 ##. >> request we have our in person speaker? >> thank you. good morning i'm arthur. i live in san francisco. district 9. i'm a mfbt san francisco friend's meeting otherwise known the quakers. serveos peace and social concerns committee. we believe noni have 11 confranation of injustices and peaceful reconciliation are

superior to the use of force. law enforcement and the military also apply noni have 11 means before use of force and firearms. only if other means remain ineffective or without promise of achieving the result. we have more in common then and there differences. i'm here to support with you and work with you. thank you to the rowels mittee and the sheriff's department for your collaboration with advocates on this policy and commitment to improvement in transparency. as a quaker committed to nonviolence and human rights i'm concerned how weapons authorized for the use in san francisco jails and how use in such condition fined space. i'm interested in hearing what increased risk of injury there men for people in san francisco jails or a risk of unnecessary force on innocent bystanders may

be detained there. interested in information on deployment and uses in the annual report location and deploy am and [inaudible]. i add haveicate per inclusion of private ratify action which means people in san francisco are affected by violations and the policies can file a civil lawsuit. decommissioning or putting real controlless on the deployment of automatic assault weapons pistols and the submachine gun and prohibition on aiming chemical agents launchers at people of >> work on this issue. where thank you. >> time is up. >> thank you. german to remote public meant wrchlt can we have the first caller. >> upon good morning. this is regina a resident of district 2.

can you hear me? >> yes. >> thank you. i'm pleased to be able to support this ordinance. with all of the work that members of the rules committee. the american friend's service committee. the police department and the sheriffy department staff. i have in the seen today's early 550 a.m. draft but the description provided by supervisor peskin reassures me that and the sheriff's department listened very well to the community. about the needs the ordinance. i sent an e mail with resource that could be useful in the years coming. from other approximate belonging institute. which is the part of hov institute at uc beshg low

berkeley on policing issues relevant to the ab481. and am main purpose. i recommend hato staff. my supervisor stefani staff already roached out to me and thanked mow for this restowers. it appear to be relevant and useful. i want upon to thank the sheriff's department for provide nothing their presentation pictures of objects of the rifles and the equipment that will be helpful for the be public. i want to recommend reading the letters i sent contain further comments about the annual report process. and transparency and the need for the public involvement and that. and -- i was pleased hear about the amendments and re, linement or the 2 reports will be

>> thank you your time elapsed. >> can we get our next caller, please. >> can you hear me >> yes. >> i'm with the american friends service committee. extraordinary engage of the sheriff's office with our organization. and the development of the proposed military equipment policy. all components required for law enforcement agency principle for considering boy a body.

>> these were very little restriction on the diployment of the submachine gun this is is a real concern to us. the department states the machine guns the primary for swat in the 80s and phased out. the weapons are being maintained and no one is authorizeed deploy. we propose to be commission the machine gun the department can in become to the board if it wishes to phase the weapon become in. short of the commissioning we propose one not deploy in the crowds. deployment respond it obstruct the light or series body low your and that variables considered prior to deploying the mp5 deter its deployment including the presence of elderly, children individuals

with mental and physical disabilitieds. medically comprehend myselves and non-english speaking persons. and finally we have not seen that removeod chemical agent launch and ensure that the launchers are in the aimed directly. >> time elapsed. >> thank you very much. this was our last remote public call in. public comment is closed the i note the comment.s left peeshg approximate one of policy changes relative to the launchers was adopted in part at least by the sheriff's department this morning. and the submachine gun issue i spoke to earlier, and with that i will like to make ail motion to adopt the amendments that i

discussed proposal and distributed to you nonsubstantive according to the city attorney in nature. and can be voted on today and sent at this time full board on that motion a roll call, please. >> on that motion, supervisor chan. why aye >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. i would like to make a motion to send the item as amended to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> on that motion supervisor chan. why aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> motion passes without objection. >> thank you colleagues, thank you again to sheriff and his staff. mr. clerk please read item. you read item 7. so -- i will make a motion to excuse supervisor chan for the

rest of this meeting. >> on the motion to excuse supervisor chan. supervisor chan. excused. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion to excuse supervisor chan is approved. without objection. i will pick a motion to sends item 7 with recommendation to the full board as a mittee report for hearing tomorrow, january 31st on that motion? >> you like to confirm we have no callers on the line for item 7. >> we took public comment already. why yes. i wanted to double -check to be sure. >> item 7, supervisor chan. excused. vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> thank you, colleagues it hen

a pleasure serving with you and we are adjourned and the next rules will be chaired by supervisor dorsey.

january 24 meeting of the county transportation authority board. i'm rafael mandelman i serve as chair. melgar is our vice chair. i want to thank michael with sfgovtv our clerk is elijia saunders. will you call the roll y. commissioner chan. why present. why commissioner dorsey. >> present. why commissioner engardio. why present. why commissioner machine man.

why present. why commissioner melgar. >> present. where commissioner peskin. >> commissioner peskin in >> present. why commissioner preston. >> present. commissioner ronen. >> present. >> commissioner safai. >> present. >> commissioner stefani. >> present. >> commissioner walton. >> present. >> we have a quorum >> thank you. i believe you have a public comment announcement >> for the public interested in participates in the meeting we welcome your attendance in person and the which i am ber room 215 in city hall or cable channel 26 or 99 or stream it live on sfgovtv. for those wish to comment remotely dial 415-554-0001, acess code: 2483 810 3364 ##

when your 2 machines are up we go to the next caller. speak slowly, clearly and turn down vol um televisions or radios around you public comment first from the public in the chamber and then remote. >> thank you. >> as chair i invoke from rules of order to limit public comment to 30 machines i will give each commenter 2 minutes unless i indicate otherwise. for this item. with this, mr. clerk. call our next item y. chirp's

report an informational item. why colleagues the new year surrounds way with a string of burglar events if the central subway t third full opening where i attended and spoke with our vice chair peskin and our new vice chair melgar. to yesterday's golden gate event with nancy pel lose competence department of transportation secretary with mayor breed and several board members including steph no safai and melgar. thank our federal delegation and the biden administration for their decades of support for central subway and for the 2022 appropriation package included 400 million dollars for the golden gate bridge seismic retrofit project and 42 million dollars in grant funds for

caltrain electrification from the federal transit administration. we want to thank our senators feinstein for championing the yerba buena bridge grant the tw.2 million and federal highway administration funds to complete that funding plan. these projects are important for safe access, reliability and e mission's reductions on regional transportation system. with the historic rain and storm damage, i want to rescue noise and thank president biden and the govern for emergency declarations that will help our city rebuild and repair infrastructure from floods. a changing climate mean more severe storms and importance adaptation plan and investment as we look to the future. i hope the transportation authority can clan rit with sister agencies to strengthen effort in this your. also, we saw the governor's

proposals to trim state transit transportation capitol funding program its lower budget submit. i thank senator wiener for advocating for state maintain transit investment and find solutions to address our transoperation fiscal cliffs at mounty, bart and cal train. thank you to metro transportation commission and our rep to that body commissioner ronen for making bridge funding for bay transit agencies a transit priority. our agents recover ridership and ref mou. thank you for working with the state legislative delegation find a path forward. i did prosecute void an update on the annual meeting back in february feld in anaheim,

california i should provide an update to this body since the t. a. helped funds that the theme was advancing change. meetings focused on what can be done to support county governments e merging from the pandemic and facing challenges including the sluggish transit system cross the state and country. wildfire challenges. mental health and homeless challenges the implementation of care court ands host of other issues i attended the general session where membership voted on a new executive committee state and federal legislative and communication priorities. the conference i attended workshops and met with counterparts in other counties to discuss the state of transportation in their communities and other priors. i will say that folk hos participated in the state wide bodies are surprised to find san francisco participating. i think it is important this we

make ourselves there although california is a very blue state we have many, many, many red counties it is important for our san francisco and l.a.'s and other urban can coastal communities to show up for organizations are i'm glad i was there and thank the ta. and i or others and i and others should attends future c sac gatherings. and i will leave the leaving california cities for someone else. i want to thank also and recognize executive director trees mc mullen retiring through her work on behalf of the bay area as well as service to our nation as acting add administrator under the obama administration. we thank you, director mc mullen and wish you the best in an

earned retirement. with that, i will conclude my remarks i don't see my colleagues interested in questions or commenting i appreciate. and -- we should open this to public comment if there is anyone in the chamber when feels compelled to comment on my chair support come forward. i don't see anyone. see if we have remote comment on the chair's report. why checking for remote comment on item 2. special dlm is no public comment. >> all right. public comment is close period we can move on. mr. clerk call item 3. >> item 3 approve the minutes of january 10, 23 meeting. this is an action item y. don't see comments. take public comment on the minutes. if anyone in the chamber has comment in forward. do we have remote comment on item 3?

there will is in public comment. >> is there a motion to approve the minutes item 3? why moved boy melgar. a second? by dorsey. mr. clerk the roll. >> commissioner chan. >> aye. >> american dorsey. >> aye. >> commissioner engardio. >> aye. why commissioner machine man. >> aye. why commissioner melgar. >> aye. >> commissioner peskin. >> aye. >> commissioner preston. >> aye. >> commissioner ronen. >> aye. >> commissioner safai. >> aye. >> commissioner stefani. >> aye. why commissioner walton. >> aye >> there are lefrn aye's it is approved. >> thank you. call consent agenda items 4-6. staff is not plan to present on these but available for questions. >> thank you. is there a motion to approve the

consent agenda? moved by preston. a second by ronen. mr. clerk call the roll. why commission charge. >> aye. >> commissioner dorsey. >> aye >> commissioner engardio. >> aye >> commissioner machine man. >> aye. >> commissioner melgar. >> aye. >> commissioner peskin. >> aye. >> commissioner preston. >> aye. >> commissioner ronen. >> aye. why commissioner safai. >> aye. >> commissioner stefani. >> aye. >> commissioner walon. >> aye. >> there are 11 aye's consent is approved. >> thank you. call item 7. >> item upon 7 final pattern allocate 190 in prospect k with conditions to the san francisco municipal transportation agency for slow and skyline improvements this it is an action item >> commissioner melgar. you wants to hear the

presentation. you was not aware you were doing another presentation y. go through it quick if you like. >> sure. >> okay we have the one request this morning which was continued from the december sixth meeting a remindser this grant was done from design for the significant untilization of the skyline intersection. 1.2 million dollars earmarked for construction. and since the december meeting transportation authority and sfmta staff met with commissioner melgar and engardio to provide details. sfmta staff explained factors to recommend the proposed design rather then and there a full redesign. cal trans guidance and future traffic. funding availability and time constraints to get it going before the great highway exception closure for the

organization beach adaptation project. we have a graphic of the locations of signal. we have sfmta staff on the line as well. >> thank you. commissioner melgar p. >> the way you said it was different then and there what mta said to me. >> which is what why i asked for a continuance to this. i thought i was okay and the way that you just articulate today makes me nervous again. if you could put this slide back up. this we know what we are talking b. this intersection you see is a hot mess. it is very wide. on the left corner bottom left of is the parking lot. the excess park lot for the zoo which is empty 95% of the time. then during christmas there is -- christmas tree lot or

whatever. and -- so for the last 2 years i have been working with mta, there were 2 designs one to put a traffic circle in the middle and one to straight 10 out and do a t intersection. this intersection will be really stressed witness we close the great highway south of the zoo. because traffic from 280 will get redirected to get off on 19th avenue make a left and around the lake. and so and go so -- this is going to be stressed. with cars turning rit to go on sunset to get up to district 1. and so -- had i was worried side that we will put up light and call it a day. and so after i met with tom mc guire and the staff they assured mow that was not the case. we were not abandoning the t

intersection design which was approved boy cal tran but an interim step you know because with a closure of the great highway will happen this coming year we need that to protect the coast. that's what i understood. in you were presentation you said this was going to be it. that's not hi had understood. >> i have no information on future -- designs for this your. you did in the money to put you on the spot. this is was why. really important it me and that's why i had asked to be held. men we can hear from the mt ah that is the assurance i got we were not abandoning when we have the fund to do reconfiguring would buy us a bunch of allow you to regain a bunch land top do something else. may be affordable housing.

it it is a wide intersection that needs reconfiguring. >> let's hear from mta? or mr. homes, bring mta. you have a concerned vice chair. upon vice chair melgar is correct in conversations with her. regarding the solution, it was clear as to the urgency of the [inaudible] over the the intersection, [inaudible] correctly characterize third degree area will be stressed. the south is closed. we get a preview of that already because just a couple weeks ago that new roadway was closed doo to erosion.

she is correct this was the best solution we could do in the time that we have to mitigate the upon occurrence. it is not the end of us look at this intersection and making improvements. certainly we have a couple of quick builds this will be be connecting. this are on the way. and it is not the ends as you put t. i think we are trying to characterize here is the urgency of doing improve ams here in time before the roadway is closed south of slope. >> all right. >> vice chair melgar is reassured. i guess, though, it would be noise to have an alignment with our ta staff understanding of the path forward and hamta is

telling our supervisor melgar and vice chair melgar. i don't know if t. a. if -- yes. >> chair mandelman and vice chair melgar, yes. we are in alignment. i had a similar meeting with tom mc guire. >> all right. commissioner engardio. >> when i was presented with the situation it was explained we needed it up as soon as possible to mitigate the december closing this was not the ends of the story thank you, commissioner melgar for raising this issue. >> members of the t. a. will look forward to hearing more about the work done at that intersection. thank you, mr. pickford and open this up to public comment if there is anyone who would like

to come forward? don't see anyoneful is there remote ment on item 7. checking for remote comment on item 7 -- caller, your 2 minutes begins now. this is maggie valentine i'm calling as a concerned citizen [inaudible] on skyline and [inaudible] i support this intersection improvement because i had so many almost near death experience crossing the street there. and it is for years i feel like not much has been done. i'm hopeful to see something to make a change happen there. and there is a lot of family go there and elder low who use the

crosswalk as well. [inaudible]. >> thank you, caller. thereupon is no approximate more public comment. >> public ment is closed. vice chair melgar. why chair mandelman i would like to make a request for staff to continue to work with the mta. and the puc. and it just to make sure that as we progress and looking at the designs and further steps agenda everbeyond this step we are all in alignment. thank you. >> nodding from t. a. staff. is there a motion to approve item 7? >> moved by melgar. a second? >> by dorsey. call the roll. >> commissioner chan. >> aye. >> commissioner dorsey. >> aye. why commissioner engardio. why aye. why commissioner mandelman. >> aye. >> commissioner melgar. >> aye. >> commissioner peskin.

>> aye. >> commissioner preston. >> aye. >> commissioner ronen. >> aye. >> commissioner safai. >> aye. >> commissioner test neil. >> aye. why commissioner walton. >> aye. well are are 11 ayes. call item 8 >> final approval on first appearance adopt 22 annual report an action item >> executive director chang. >> good morning. my pleasure to present our highlights from 2022. the annual report. as you recall we have several irrelevants. >> are you supposed to show the slide. these are various roles funding. agency which is learning low a planning and coordination and also has funding and the project delivery roles we have as well.

snapshot from the planning side starts with long range county wide transportation plan thank you for approving this and this is a companion as to all of the products of the connect sf long range planning program with sfmta and planning this included streets and freeway strategy it go with the transit strategy delivered earlier in the year. going become to april we held hearing and presented our jfk access study. this we had i busy year at the california puc providing comment on a number of issues relating to motional regulated by puc and continues. and foible low we supported link 21 which is transbay rail planning lead by bart and capitol corridor. going forward, we continue to

focus implementation of the plan 2050. as well as completing school access study that was then requested by the commissioner mar and has city interest and i number of planning studies from broorth hood way to the bayview study and geary 19th subway study by vice chair melgar. the next slide is a shot of the neighborhood program which it is very much a product of your leadership and staff coordination. thank you for your support left year on the left are planning studies. and the prior year and many of which will come for approval this year. the right other capitol projects that are in various stages of design and construction. major project delivery highlights includes the once here and many others. it was a very exciting year we saw decades long and long-term

projects come to fruition from the vaness brt to the central subway tunnel had 2 top openings with the presidio trust and cal tranls the first electric train set in the bay area. bart for powell street station modernization a set of improvements there and many other grafit activityy last year. fund and programming lead lie our deputy for policy and programming and her team allocated 56 million dollars in prospect k. really it is including other funding coordinated around the prospect ks we do the leveraging whether other funds sources we manage. prop aor d the congestion the tax. it amounts to a bit of funded administration. we got 800 million dollars in open prop circumstance guarantee

and monitor the sales tax rising as the city recovers to bring the benefits to the public. last year we had the wonderful will result of prop l passing i want it thank vice chair mandelman for your leadership approximate many others on the board. of the whole board and the community certainly the plan committee that worked hard and dillien low and staff supported by many others at the t. a. 72% was broad based we are happy to see there was support and we are grateful to voters for this and continue now this year to implement the prop l plan and hear an item later this morning about the early activities from michelle. the funding in 2022 were many. there was not only the approval

of the prop well program but directed millions of other funds we managed shown on the left side including funds for bart elevator attendance. this is important to folk and it made a difference to the users of the bart stations downtown. and 20 million in prop a avoter approved vehicle registration funds. as well as 53 million dollars of 1 bay area grant program this is a huge postfunds we hope will be then flow to projects the next 4 years thank you for the approval of those. as well as the support for west side bridges. moving to 2023, you will see that the focus is on the big projects such as bart and muni core capacity projects. these are fleet expansion and train control systems caltrain and electrification and dun town extension of cal trin now known

as the perral. thank you to the chair who serves on the trans bay upon joint powerhouse authority it over see that project i will in become in a moment. left year we held hearings here at the transportation authority. on the economic recovery activities of sfmta, muni and bart. we held capitol projects items on caltrain electrification and brt. and better market street. vision zero met several times we held hearingos that and will do so this year. other topics i'm aware of interest on the board to discuss include the transis operations and funding fiscal cliff. not only in san francisco but

happening state wide. and in the region. accelerated discussion happening because of the again, funding, the traffic and the congestion and climate issues that topic can address. so we do propose to bring that this year and tnc and am vehicle continuing regulation. and the irrelevant this we play locally part of the state and federal process to develop a useful framework. thank you you to you the board and supervisor peskin for the legislation that it was adopted at the board of supervisors which was the first autonomous vehicle statement from the board. capitol projects the focus will be on the major mile stone expected for the downtown extension. headed to a mobile home in the sumtory apply for major federal

funds through fta new starts program. we continue to help offer support in roleos mtc and bay area quality management district and the bart and caltrain golden gate bridge district for those serving on this body. thank you. why turning to to the project deliver. we have been long time coordinator and supporters and partners the sponsor sfmta for their major project and bart and caltrain. this year i think we will be spending i bit of time cell brit and doing opening and ground breakos yerba buena. department carl homes has been working with tida and city partners opening the south gate road project. red to go. and open to the public soon. as well as break ground on west side bridges project the 115 million dollars infrastructure project connecting travelers

from the bay bridge down to treasure island. [speaking fast] the core capacity programs light rail vehicle delivery under way at mta the potrero yard rebodies we heard about in december and other projects lead boy public works and caltrain. >> downtown extension is our most important major capitol project folk ulgsed this year as well as the largest project single project in the prop l plan. we have been supporting the multiagency team and partnership and expect to bring another update as well as funding requests from tjpa next month. we have been coordinating with high speed rail and hope that will be brought forward in the coming months as we need to

continue to strengthen funding for this project which did come out with a new project cost sxf delivery strategy. look forward to this and ator board next month. >> turning to the muni fleet program. this statute status you see so men of the now vehicles cross the types of new vehicle float are delivered including with the support from this agency previous i think the lrv was the largest allocation from the prop circumstance program. a few years ago 131 million dollars. last year the money for purchase of paratransitit vehicles and other hi bred shuttles. active transportation and vision zero last year. thank you for holding hearingos vision zero to keep the focus how to improve the delivery of protected bike ways and active

transportation facilities. we moved 13 million for those types of projects including embarcadero and many quick builds on the high injury network now has a now mapful thank you to public health and mta for developing this. and we have fasill uts at evans avenue and other places around the city high your network. 1300 bike racks. thank you to commissioners vice chair melgar and commissioner walton for sitting on air district which it is around important partner for delivery of projects for e biking. and then we seen pedestrian safety projects the buchanan maland sickle al men competence balboa plaza is a prior for commissioners safai and melgar.

the delivery of traffic safety and system management projects. street constructions and major street redesigns all overwhelm mission geneva. taylor. howard and curb ramp signals around town of thank you to you and staff for leadership to keep the focus on the small and important neighborhood level improvements this are going to help save lives. >> on traffic congestion mitigation the prom d program this front we put those toward the quick build projects to boft the capacity we are help to see nel rising. this is again 3 penalty 25% de feo on roadway hill trip in san francisco. and our agency programs and allocates the traffic safety portion the sfmta takes half of funds for municipal and he improvements. tell be important to continue to

monitor and actively piment in the rule making process at the puc and dmv as we see acceleration of permitting of commercial passenger service including [inaudible] we commented on yesterday together with city per ins at titail. again happy to bring more updates to you all as the process continue this is year. on the prop aa vehicle registration fee. these are 5 million dollars of funds knowualy you all fund you will see we completed lighting projects in western edition or some of those western edition pedestrian lighting project and oakdale lighting that was great to see. it is a need city twhoid is a funds source available. and the 29 sunset improve am projects phase one that is the

western north/south lake of sunset the [inaudible] the transportation funds for clone air. air district funds 4 dollars per vehicle gone to bicycle parking and emergency roadway home and to alternative fuel taxicab incentives and early express service at bart and emergency ride home. electric challengering we are funding but has been challenges to even accessing the electricity. that we need for chargers. we will machine torthis. audit and financing continued. we got another clean audits and win fifth year of excellence award from the organizations.

and aaa rating this was great the sales tax bondses which are done administer with sfmta on the receiving end of the bond revenues. we continue it machine torthe needs to draw down the revolver to keep up with those reimbursements the over all agency, our racial equity continued making sure public out roach is at a high level and ensuring contracting upon opportunity are promoted. and in the region and on the hiring side we updated job descriptions to renew qualifications. workforce excellenceful thank mar raand cynthia are if the smooth reopening of the agency and transition of staff and

board process through the past year and going forward we come become in person more. we conducted saul row surveys and hired key staff. we are pleased we have a full team to continue to implement prop l and other w we are doing. i appreciate this we did receive honors and recognitions the agency will i thank them and appreciate them. we were named agency of the year from american council of engineering and got the equity champion aworried it is nice thank you to the near cal conference of minority transportation officials for this. and i was named person of theier from the california transportation fundsation none of that happens with moiz a11 i want to hand it to staff without whom we would not do this great w and you and your staff deserve thanks and grad tude. thank you very much to our

sponsors and the consultants who help us do the work he were at the t. a. i'm happy as well the community add sunrise we mittee they dot work monthly and we do appreciate all of their support and advice throughout the year. thank you. thank you for actual of your work this left i don't remember and to your team. i wanted say thank you for your humility and competence. you are so inspiring in terms of leadership and also just sort of the like you are lifting very heavy. i'm grateful that you are there. thank you to staff for being a pleasure to work with. and all of your kudos and

achievements professional low are well earned. thank you. why thank you very much. proernlt this. >> thank you. >> let's open this item to public comment. if there is anyone who would like to come forward and talk about item 8. and if not see if we have remote comment on item 8. i'm [inaudible] she and her. autonomous vehicles don't

discrim nit. and i am intrigued and encouraged about downtown extension. [inaudible] we have a similar project in new york city called grand central madison opening tomorrow. it is 8 track under ground terminal. check it out that could be a temptlet of what ours looks like hope we get this open a lot of good things i'm seeing we can do with prospect l. muni work. and i heard cents roll subway i did roadway there over the weekend. it was engiable the elvirts cope up with those i have a fear of escalators you in. trying to work on. i like the fact we have an aspirational program here.

electric vehicle charging is important. i think best in the to drive car in san francisco. people should they should be electric and places for people to charge there are so many who live in apartments and [inaudible]. and lots of bikes [inaudible]. are thank you, caller. caller, your 2 minutes begins now. good morning. this is bari toronto. excellent presentation. by director chan. i'm -- want to concerned about the mention. mention of a taxi. and now that you have machine

freprop l great to increase for the taxi drivers who have a huge commitment in the program. so they buy new vehicles. that you buy the big mans provide actual machiney for buying for supporting the purchase of new veterans they are getting olds or they manageal issues become greater and more expensive. they put them out of service they are the spare vans available at the cab companies. what you do is -- provide subsidies so well is a spare vehicle at the cab company that where they operate. so i appreciate the supervisor director chan who takes taxis and helps support them more with the funding visible through her agency. thank you very much for your time. also autonomous vehicleers a

problem you need a program penalty program for blocking traffic. it is a major program. in the everything is upon reported. thank you. >> thank you, caller. >> there is no more public comment. why public comment on item 8 is closed. is there a motion to approve item 8? >> moved by walton. a second? seconded by dorse. and mr. clerk? commissioner chan. >> aye. >> commissioner dorsey. >> aye. >> commissioner engardio. why aye. why commissioner mandelman. >> aye. >> commissioner melgar. >> aye >> commissioner peskin. >> air. >> commissioner preston. >> aye. why commissioner ronen >> aye. >> commissioner safai. >> aye. why commissioner steph no. >> aye. why commissioner walton. >> aye.

>> there are lefrn aye's, motion is, proved. item 9 community based transportation plan update an informational item. >> thank you. and i believe we have jay pan her employs i'm going to pull up my slides. transportation authority release the community based transportation plan. in 2020. the plan was per commissioner peskin's request referred by the improvement project lead by rec and park department. the plan is for the transportation circumstantial ligz long the park andan

likewise the new park design and also prioritize the transportation solutions to improve pedestrian safety and modernize ad a facilities the perimeter of the park working with the choina town community. the improve am project lead by rec and park department is actually complete park renovation project which is currently under the detail design and [inaudible] review. rec and park [inaudible] plan its open construction in winter of 23-24 and start construction in 24-26. based on the recommended transportation solutions, and the prioritized by the china town community. transportation authority wing

close low with rec and park department top impelementation of the transportation solutions for of the park. especially to for safety and access improvements for people wing on the park this shows the garagent row and exist improvements on kearney. design is proposed by mta and incorporateed rec and park department. so, on the garagent row and areas there will be curb extensions to shorten pedestrian krszing distance with one vehiclent row lane and exit lane. also there will be a dedicated left turn lane on kearney street for meritists entering and existing the garage. there will be now landscape and signage in the your to provide

walking space for pedestrians on the sidewalk and also guidance for motorists entering the garage. the plan the design has been reviewd and supported boy port smith plaza parking corporation board. rec and park they are going to install all new ad a compliant

curb run and sidewalk along the perimeter of the p and also [inaudible] will be applied to the existing curb r.s actually nondirect crosswalks for people who have vision impairments. reshg and park will conduct a street upgrade work and repaving work water [inaudible]. including the transportation improvements for pedestrian safety and access to the park. i mentioned previously. a new crosswalk will be built at clay and water intersection to provide better connection for the new building on the northwest corner of intersection to the p. pedestrian lights will be installed on walter in the park and also the [inaudible] in the park at entrance and exit yours. shown here the small [inaudible] the pedestrian lights along water [inaudible] the small [inaudible] are the [inaudible] in the park and also the [inaudible] the existing street lights around the park. >> i mentioned the transportation improvement on water [inaudible] will be per low -- [inaudible] the project -- improvements will be

founded by the state [inaudible] and the cost be over 1 million dollars and the improvements will be partly funded by 1 million from teams fong and other transportation improvements by others with scour boy rec and park department. with this i can answer questions and we have mr. [inaudible] project manager, beverly and deputy director of policy and public affairs from rec and park for questions available. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> commissioner peskin. i have finished my presentation.

thank you. why thank you. >> commissioner peskin. thank you chair mandelman and the t. a. staff for this under take and thank you to the t, staff for the report this was done years ago this lead to the kearney street pedestrian safety improvements at the sfmta has now implemented in large part significant untils at jackson and at clay and -- at the pacific -- which have been quite effective -- and this builds upon that. i wanted to also acknowledge the members of the china town community who have -- been working with ta staff and rec and p and my office and gently reminds other interested parties from north beach that this is

china town's show and -- while efforts may be well meaning that the supervisor is going to follow the lead of the china town community and china town trip relating to improvements. i want to join t. a staff in thanking our assembly member does in the represent this district for his successful efforts providing more money above and beyond had the voters provided in bond financing for this and this is a complicated project. this is -- a garage on top of one of san francisco's original 3 parks. as people are aware and as this board and most members previously voted t. is connected boy a concrete bridge. to the -- once was -- holiday in

now hilton cross the street approximate this bridge is going to -- be removed which will turn utility to the park. and i wanted use this opportunity because i have been trying to conduct meetings between the various agencies ranging from dpw to rec and park to the mta ask mr. leafy, i know that -- we have been waiting for [inaudible] cost break downs from rec approximate p and i understand this it is over a million dollars but i wanted to use this opportunity to find out where rec and park is on the cost estimates? >> mr. levy. >> good morning. supervisors i'm noah levy project manager with rec and park department. will regarding the cost mates

for the walt or improve ams, we have done estimates all inclusive for those improvements this jalyn mentioned the raised crosswalk. new walks and planting. new asphalt and paving the slew of improve ams estimated those to be 1 million dollars >> that is -- that with order of manage tude is helpful and mr. levelef who i we have you here. i got covid the second time in 2 months. as relating to the bridge, i saw in online publication halooked

like reasonedering how the park side of kearney street but the private side of kearney on the investors hilton property would look like i had not seen those do you know where than i came from? those were exhibits in the draft eir deteriorate in the january of 22. this is in the the final plans we are working with the hilton to figure out haare the final plans there likely will be a work width planning department

for final permit approval for what -- the other improve ams with bridge removal. so -- those are a bit out dated but from the 2022eir. thank you it has been a long time since i looked at the final environmental impact report. i will state for the record no city funds or public upon monies from the bond or member ting can or will be spent on private property i want today state this for the record. i endeavour with rpd and dp w and the city attorney to resolve the bridge removal matter i'm optimistic will be resolved to everyone's satisfaction or lack therefore soon. and thank you mr. levy for your

w on this matter. and i have in further questions other then and there to mention to exit say this with kindness to staff that is i was going through the power point online yesterday. the only orientation of the plans in different pictures or some -- iterations kearney strept is on the right and some at the top on some the bottom. it would be helpful for the vower if they were all in the same direction. >> thank you for tolerating me. thank you. commissioner peskin. are there further comments from board members? >> seeing none open this item to public comment. anyone had would like to talk you to about item 9, seeing no one. see if there is remote comment

on item 9. hi, caller your 2 minutes begins now >> i'm maggie dawn. wanted to show support for the transportation improvement that has been in the works from the [inaudible] 2018 and i then and there was done separate low but this is an important upon lead to implement improvements. there is a lot of foot traffic. in this historic ports smith square. so i wanted call and show support and we hope to see this happen. thank you. >> thank you, caller.

hi. caller your 2 minutes begins now. >> hi. i'm amy i'm a senior planner at choina town wellness center speaking on behalf for better park and recreation. thank you for the presentation you gave you to being my speaking points. i wanted dmaul to support the transportation safety improvements [inaudible] will the [inaudible] [cannot understand speaker] the vision the result of decade's worth of community engagement and new studies, plan and design the park improvements sprit low from transportation but obviously it is related in the thought of the general [inaudible] of the area. the walt are improvement include the crosswalk and pedestrian lighting provide greater

accessibility and safety. and for all [inaudible]. support of the community based transportation plan and thank you for your work and look forward to continuing our work with rec and park >> thank you. caller. there is no more public comment. >> public comment on item 9 is closed. thanks again were for your w on this. thank you commissioner peskin for your work as well and -- let's call our next item >> 10. prop l implementation prop an informational item. >> michelle. >> good morning chair and americans i'm michelle here to talk about our approach to the

impelement of prop l. and i want to echo the remarks to everyone thank you to everyone who supported probable l it passed with 72% of the vote and extends the existing helpful cent sales tax and establishes a new plan alcohol be effective as of april first. now we have to roll up sleeves and begin transition to implementing the new measure. of. prospect well directs 2.6 billion dollars over 30 years to transportation improve punishments city ouied and neighborhood scale. there are 5 major categories in the plan you see here like transit, maintenance and streets and freeways. and within the categories are programs. there are 28 total programs cross the 5 categories.

the plan includes details about the kindses of projects this are eligible for funding. and identifies the eligible project experiences like the sfmta, bart, public ws and transportation authority. it does in the establish the individual projects. a lot of the programs in prospect l are more to prospect k there are now programs as well. so i'm not going to read the slide. it gives you a sense of the 28 programs. i will flip through a few that illustrate the investment types eligible. first set of prospects are major transit projects design today make system ouied improvements to ease crowding and improve reliability. the funds suggest critical to trek approximate leverage state and federal funding for projects.

transit upon mince and enhance ams like prop k. the learningest per of the prospect suspicion. bart and mount and he ferries are eli didn't believe for reper se and up grid and funds enhancements. transit operation bunkham prop l dedicates more paratransitis than k did. streets and freeway this is it is a big category with broad eligibility will continue it invest in street safety for all road users. the upon types of projects eligible are bike safety. and signs. the plan and reconnect

communities where freeways cut through. foiblely we have transportation system development and management program which has a handful of programs within it that will be given by transportation authority. this includes the successful nishgd transportation program we heard an example of. and credit a new equity priority transportation program and new development oriented transportation program. in this way prospect well bumps up funding for nishgd and community planning seek to set up pipe lines of projects for implementation with prop well funding leveraging other funds. for each of the 28 prospects the plan tells us the projects we funds expect which can receive the funding but does in the list the protects to be funded. how much money is visible for

each program over 30 combroers allows you to advance funds to support timely delivery of a project benefits to the community. in short the expenditure plan sets up the book ends for the sales tax program and includes >> reporter:s huwe administer the program we will talk about 2 requirements the strategic plan and 5 year prioritization program. these are tools the board is required adopt before we are able to bring you allocations for prop well. >> what is the strategy plan the main tool uses for daily implementation. provides transparency how we administer the sales tax programs. and it service as a key financial planning to the for the measure. and there are 3 compossibly in thes plan. the inch if is establishes the

policies for the administration of the measure. established the sales tax ref now forecast for the 30 years and look at revenue forecast included in the proposition and may make revisions to this forecast based on the best available data. and finally includes expenditures including the cost to administer the program. but funding for projects. including debt this may be required to advance project deliver. faster than pay as you go with support. >> who i the strategic plan sets the picture. the 5 ip p's focus on the projects that will be funded the next 5 years of the program this . is just a by the sized picture of increment of the 30 year program known no one can know what a specific project will be for in the future the 5 ip p's updated every 5 year over

the course of the measure. enables transparency about how the projects are funded. gives the board and public town top provide input early. and had the board adopts them it creates programming commitments for specific projects. the multiyear project lists credit a steady pipeline of projects enables sponsors to plan ahead and facilitates ability to secure matching funds. when the individual projects are red it advance, they come become to the board for allocation of funds. the 5 ip p include more than a lives projects to be funded they also include information about the press used to select those projects. and includes brief scope, schedule, budget, cost and

funding plans. and also includes performance measure this is can be used to inform future [inaudible]. >> i mentioned important per of the documents is guidance on how to select projects use prioritization criteria come are here they are required by the plan to be used for every one of the 28 programs. we used most of these before for prop k. i wanted highlight the plan committee provided feed become on the last 2. reflect the importance of community support and equity considerations to the public. the committee. and can also add additional criptoryia it each program. motorbike different for different programs for the safer and complete streets we motive want to consider whether a project is on the high injury network. i'm going to pull together the

prior slides. it is an process. so first we establish the strategy baseline determines how much funds is available for each program by year this is setting the sales tax budget for each of the 28 programs. we oyst projects. for the next 5 years. collect information from the board and cac and public engage export use the criteria to identify those projects. then we analyze the financial information. so how much sales paks tax funds requested. and when are they requested for. and to make sure it is fits within the program budgets.

this is request from experiences to advance funds to accelerate project deliver. we put this in our strategic plan financial model. that will help estimate financing can have thes. and prosecute void this information become at this time project sponsors to see and see if there is more money visible for programs or if had we are where the program is within the fwhj is step 3 and the board can adopt the final strategic plan [inaudible]. so speaking of advancing funds we have 2 major projects we know already are going to request significant advancement of funds due to near term mile stones. first the caltrain downtown rail

extension seek 3.3 billion dollars from the transit administration and need to dem strit they have secured matching funds and need to demonstrate that by august of this year. so the tjpa needs to know how much sales tax funding is rib and when we convert the year of dollars because the expenditure plan is [inaudible]. that's the first the bart core capacity program. than i have an option on their vehicle condition transact that will need to be executed in july in order to avoid a gap in the production line. bart is working with mtc and cannot upon are costa and us to help funds had option. so the board can, prove the acceleration of the funds for the projects but also attach conditions to the funds. so n. past board has approved

conditions like upon full funding groement or adding oversight requirements. last but in the least i have a few on out reach approach. our goal to ensure we have inclusive planning for all of the work. won't want to provide an opportunity for folks to weigh in on the project priors themselves and also on the policies to guide the administration of the program. and our i will mention our committee made it clear it is important to the success of the plan that we have an inclusive process. here are a few tools i will not read out that we plan to use to support the planning process. few of them we would tloik have i targeted equity rounds table and provide an opportunity for the plan add sunrise we committee members to come together in an optional meeting

and broader efforts such as virtual town hall and surveys. we are target action in john for the strategic plan. we acknowledge we may to extend past then. prop l effective april first the board can only approve prop circumstance allocations through the end of march before the board can approve prop l allocations we need the, proved plan. there will have to be a puz in sales tax allocations until the documents are approved. but the first prospect l allocations can be made with the approval of the strategic plan. we have given the experience head's up beg your pardon this likely freeze to facilitate transition to prospect well this . is a tight schedule but want to minimize that because in allocations to the except we k. we know possible some of the 5

ip p for some of the 28 programs mitake more time to develop and so this schedule allows for it to pill in fall where we can amend the strategic plan to reflect final 5 ip p's. if a program has an approved 5 ip p the board can allocate funds from the program even others are not done yet. you will see a lot of us over the next month. we will bring this presentation it our ca c tomorrow. next month we will bring an information item on the plan base line and guidance before we seek approval in march. and then we are targeting that june approval to begin the process of approving five in the strategic plan. you can get more information about the plan at our website and condition tact us at prop l. and that concludes my presentation if you have

questions. >> vice chair melgar. >> thank you for the presentationing that is grit i like you have ambitiously accelerated plans. i was wondering if the prospect circumstance funds are all spoken for our sales tax ref now is higher than we had. but i wrndz am wondering if that is the case? >> thank you. thank you for the question, commissioner melgar. the we have a lot of prospect k requests nawe will be presenting to the board next month. in particular for the neighborhood program to ensure that the neighborhood based funds suggest allocated and this program will reset i year early under prospect well.

we are w to get the funds allocated. there are certain category this is have funds remaining. there are category this is have funds this are already fully allocate exclude there are some category this is by end of merchandise will be fully allocated. it varies. thank you. and seeing no further comments or questions to this open to public comments anyone in the chamber? . do we have remote comment on item 10? 2 machines begins you in. thank you will chair machine man show and her. [inaudible]ing its a good plan [inaudible]. paratransitit is essential.

make sure we do this. i don't questions of law foil for paratransitit but i have been some who do i want that equity per is taken care of. i think there should be a transit and shared transportation protocol. everything is snuff should buy or should use decarbonization such as electricity and hydrogen. in the construction of projects emphasize that. such as construction equipment. that does not use diesel.

recycling. hydrogen and electricity. i do want to see the downtown extension finished this would be a big help. because i see greater connectivity especially the transbay buses. and the bart is essential. i ride better a bit and i'm in the getting on the cars often i want to make sure they keep coming. so, equity and ensuring in the probable well everything we do keep in mind the diversity of the community. people like myself whom have disabilities and are differentment to make surety dollars are spent to benefit the most people and i'm one had [inaudible]. your time is lapsed. thank you. >> thank you, caller. there is no more public comment. >> okay. public comment on item 10 is

closed. thank you. and we will look forward to following the prop l impelevenation activities this year. mr. clerk. upon call item 11. >> item 11 introduction of new items an information item. >> i don't see anyone popping up on the roster. so. call item 12. >> public comment which we received one has been posted to the website. >> are there members in the chamber headline like to address the board on a matter of general interest in see if we have remote general public comment. >> checking for remote public comment. caller, your 2 minutes begins now. good morning, [inaudible] san jose thank you for the opportunity. i would like to touch on the

letter in your packet not intended discourage the outstanding progress director chang and the team made moving the dtx forward in any way. the issue at stake is a project that designed by tjpa specific low the cost, impacts on soma and muni. and the [inaudible] am as designed the transit center would in the be able to accommodate 2 high speed rails let alone a future extension. that is the bad news. the good new system this the change from 3 electronic its 2 is a game changer. we have people who know how to deliver a 1 and a half mile, 2 track tunnel on time and on budget for 238 million dollars.

and in closing. my recommendation is to revise the government's model approved by the board left we're. keep the accountable for the project and the transfer is responsibility for delivery to a per inship from consisting of the -- study and muni and dpw. thank you. >> thank you, caller. >> hi. your 2 minutes begins now. >> thank you. . i appreciate your approximate [inaudible] speak general low. good meeting today. i come with a broad based perspective. i ask this you uphold the tradition of hearing the public. of remember in a reason meeting i heard about limited comments

to 30 minutes. i, sure you had i spoke i'm not trying to keep you from your lunch or watching your next favorite episodes of strolling on television. but the same limit comment then this means we pick and chose. i might be shoved to the side because i'm different of i ask you hear the voices of all who choose to engage with you on the issues of sudden fran transportation. am i enjoy san francisco transportation. i really liked my short roadway on the central subway over the weekends. i would like to do that more and you have helped make that happen and the work with clipper and i have met several of your staff members. who have been very welcoming to me. and to share excuse me a baked

something. how things make san francisco a transportation better. >> i don't think that i know i never met any of you men. i hope to be back in the room son and you see what i electric like as a person who is different. and even though i'm not like you i impress with any agency to be willing to accept and include those who are different from you. i ask you in the have favorite constituency advocate for san francisco transportation that welcomes everyone. >> thank you, caller. hi, caller your 2 minutes begins now. >> good morning i'm eric i'm with [inaudible] district and the lifetime residence devenlt mission. discussing the kregz of

transportation plan that is rotted in [inaudible] equity for the mission district. similar to portola transportation plan, bay vow and visitation valley. we have a fee project piecemealed in the mission. . and creating confusion and creating safety issues. plan make streets safer and inclusive of all we look forward to working with everybody. thank you. >> thank you. the prop well funding you include the pair transit coordinating cubs through the sfmta.

of the ma is being presented. so appreciate you taking the time to roach out to the paratransit counsel i believe than i have a meeting tomorrow morning. thank you very much. and have a great day. >> thank you, caller. hi. caller your 2 minutes begins now. >> i'm maref a mission resident last night at a meeting about the new project mtaments to do putting lanes down the middle of valence why. we had suffer through the red lane and other whims this mta inflicted on the mission. i wish this we had a comprehensive transportation plan that is similar to had they

have now in the bay vow and choina town. we need to stop piecemealing and experimenting on the mission and have something this is truly comprehensive and something tht neighborhoodments. thank you very much. why thank you. caller. there is no more public comment. why all right. public comment on item 12 is closed. mr. clerk call the next item y. adjournment. >> we are adjourned.

>> who doesn't love cable cars? charging emissions and we're free which we're proud of you know, it's not much free left in the world anymore so we managed to do that through donations and through our gift shops. you got a real look and real appreciation of what early transit systems are like. this was the transit of the day from about 1875 to about 1893 or later, you know. cable car museum is free, come on in. take a day. come down. rediscover the city. you can spend as time you want and you don't have to make reservations and it's important to be free because we want them to develop a love for cable cars so they do continue to support whether they live here or other places and people come in and say, yes, i have passed by and heard of this and never come in and they

always enjoy themselves. people love cable cars and there's none left in the world so if you want to ride a cable car, you've got to come to san francisco. that what makes the city. without the cable cars, you lose part of that, you know, because people who come here and they love it and they love the history ask they can ride a cable car that has been running since 1888 or 1889. wow! that's something. can't do that with other historical museums. rarely, have i run into anybody from outside who didn't come in and didn't feel better from knowing something about the city. it's a true experience you'll remember. i hope they walk away with a greater appreciation for the history, with the mechanics with people are fascinated by the winding machine and i hope the appreciation, which is a part of our mission and these young kids will appreciate cable cars and the ones who live here and other places, they can make sure there will always be cable cars in san

francisco because once they are gone, they are gone. it's the heartbeat of san francisco that founded the cable and the slot and without the cable cars, yeah, we would lose something in san francisco. we would lose part of its heart and soul. it wouldn't be san francisco without cable cars. [bell ringing] shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services within our neighborhoods, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> my name is ray behr. i am the owner of chief plus. it's a destination specialty

foods store, and it's also a corner grocery store, as well. we call it cheese plus because there's a lot of additions in addition to cheese here. from fresh flowers, to wine, past a, chocolate, our dining area and espresso bar. you can have a casual meeting if you want to. it's a real community gathering place. what makes little polk unique, i think, first of all, it's a great pedestrian street. there's people out and about all day, meeting this neighbor and coming out and supporting the businesses. the businesses here are almost all exclusively independent owned small businesses. it harkens back to supporting local. polk street doesn't look like anywhere u.s.a. it has its own businesses and personality. we have clothing stores to

gallerys, to personal service stores, where you can get your hsus repaired, luggage repaired. there's a music studio across the street. it's raily a diverse and unique offering on this really great street. i think san franciscans should shop local as much as they can because they can discover things that they may not be familiar with. again, the marketplace is changing, and, you know, you look at a screen, and you click a mouse, and you order something, and it shows up, but to have a tangible experience, to be able to come in to taste things, to see things, to smell things, all those things, it's very important that you do so.

>> good evening this meeting will come to order welcome to the january 30 regular meeting of lands use and transportation committee of the san francisco board of supervisors i'm prierz melgar chair. joined by vice chair dean preston and president aaron peskin. the clerk is erica major and i would like to acknowledge matthew at sfgovtv for staffing the meeting. >> the board of supervisors and committeeers convening hybrid meetings allowing in person attendance and public comment and public men via telephone. equal public access is e