this meeting am come to order. good morning and welcome to monday april third, 2023 of rowels of the san francisco board of prierzs i'm supervisor dorsey chair i'm joined by vice chair walton and committee member safai. on behalf of my colleagues i will express our gratitude to our clerk victor young and the team at sfgovtv for broadcasting today's meeting. mr. clerk do you have announcements. >> board and committees are convocabularying hybrid meetings

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listening device. we'll take comment from those in person first then we go to our public comment phone lineful you may submit in writing e mail them to myself at victor. young sfgov.org. if you mitt it e mill tell be forwarded to the proirzs and included part of the file. >> you may send written comment to office in city hall 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place, room 244, san francisco, california 94102. that completes my initial comments. where thank you. would you call item one. >> yes. item 1 is hear to consider ash pointing member ending february

21-ending 2029 to ethics. commissioner bush is joining remote low. >> we were trying to contact him. it does not appear he is line at this time. we have i representative with the ethic's commission who is working with mr. bush to assist him to get on line >> why don't we try to address that and come back. is it okay to call item 2. >> yes. >> item 2 motion approving the major's nomination for appointment of timothy reyff to the treasure island board of director ending february 26, 2026. why thank you. mr. reyff is here. >> good morning. >> chair dorsey and the board. theme thee reyff i'm with carpenter's local 22 the mayor nominated mow to the position.

i feel i bring construction experience to this. it is a development. i got interested in this position when i had gone on a meeting on the i land about 4 years. i have been interesting in the development of treasure island but i had gone on a meeting on the island and there were a lot of residents who are at this meets bringing up occurrence of power going out for long periods of time. you know various utilities, stuff like this. and -- i felt for the people because if you will live out there, you need to be addressed and a lot of the people are lower income individuals. some have challenged medical needs. i wanted thought to moiz it terrible the people are out here and get isolated. if we build 8,000 houses on this

island. first we gotta think of the people that are out there, buzz they definitely deserve a piece of a slice of that pie so to peek. and you have attended a few meeting with development remote. a lot of it that i have been you know involved with on those meetings is the construction related stuff. there is also a few issues out there that will be coming up you know as the development you know -- goes on in the future. i think that is all i got. >> thank you, mr. reyff i appreciate your comment this is is i district i represent and close to my heart. i appreciate when you said, too, about this is one of the things i'm aware of is that residents of treasure island are san franciscans who are aware they are experiencing being a san

franciscans is different t the service they don't get. i know you know most of my time in this building pent working for dennis herrera now in charge of the puc he hears from me complaining the i lanltd of o'ahu is better connected to the main land than treasure i lan. i appreciate your background with the carp terse there is development coming and the city should keep in minds. 10% of marina allocation goals are treasure island. i think it is important and managil advocate per this is a san francisco neighborhood temperature is an island but it is is not treated as an island should be treated like a neighborhood and a part of the success this we need to have or else if there is a big process for failing on marina goals and the housing element the success is important to the city.

i appreciate your wellingness to do this. i think your back grounds will be important there. this is an island where there is a lot of training for construction trades and building trade and mark for identification my the most moving community meetings i have been to in district 6 here has been on treasure island. the people who are from the reent ear recovery community. but training for careers that are going to enable them to serve family and reshape our city. i think -- you bring a lot and i appreciate your willingness to serve. clothes are there questions or comments? >> you said it very well. thank you. >> okay. thanks. mr. reyff. let's mr. clerk open up for public comment. >> yes, members of public had

wish to speak and joining in person should line up to speak. for those remote call 415-655-0001. access code: 2486 823 8957 ##. once connected you mode to press star 3 to enter the speaker line. for those in the queue continue it wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted then comment. can we have the first speaker? >> good morning i'm james talityis i'm carpenter local 22 and a field rep. i have known tim for 20 years. one time he worked under me now we work side by side. tim is very go getter. anything you give him he just dive in it 100% and get its done. noion that is too mall or big

for tim. thank you. good morning, supervisors i'm sean mcgarry with local 22 in san francisco. today i will spoke in favor of appointment of timothy reyff stot treasure island board of directors. i have known tim for 20 years and i can say he hard working. up to any task no matter how difficult. he is result driven. but always takes in account the interests of all. tim reyff is diligent with everything he does i ask for your approval in the appointment of timothy rief to the treasure island development authority board. and on behalf of the carpenter family i thank you for your time this morning. bid you a good day and to your

point local hire, and the interests of not just treasure i land but the city as a whole there is a phenomenonal opportunity here to bring people up that have been former low under. under utilized to a points. the island does have phenomenonal and 8,000 plus homes. that could expand. but i see no reason yet people on the island should not benefit and the carpenter stands with your district. to make sure that happens. thank you. no further speakers in the room. see if we are remote? there are none on the line

>> thank you, public comment on item 2 is closed. >> i would like to make a motion to strike reject from lines 3 and 15 of the motion leaving approved and send it to the board with positive recommendation. >> mr. clerk. roll call. >> yes. on the motion, vice chair walton. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> chair dorsey. >> aye. iot motion passes without objection. >> thank you. on a unanimous vote item 2 goes to the full board with a positive recommendation. call the next item. >> all right. yes. item low a motion approving rejecting the major's nomination for reappointment of steve heminger to the transportation agency board of directors term ending march 1 of 2027. >> thank you. mr. heminger i appreciate you

joining us the floor is yours. >> thank you. mr. chairman and members. it is i pleasure it join you again. about 3 years after i was first appointed to the mta in spring of 2019, our first job was to find a now director of transportation. and as soon as we did this a few months later the pandemic macked us between the eyes. and you know that phenomenon affected all city government agency wide and were no exception at muni necessity is the mother of invention. we were forced impsunrise on a grand scale to try to meet the pandemic head o. i mention 3 examples that a few years ago we did not have the jargon but we

do now. one is slow streets. a second is the shared spaces program. and a third is the red carpet lanes that give muni a faster roadway through town. you will of those are permanent features of the transportation landscape and we were able to test them during the pandemic i said we were forced to test them. so this we could mote the moment. and although we are exiting the pandemic i think we will be dealing with this consequences for a time to come. we are still at 2 thirds of our prepandemic roadwayership. we want to get every one of the folks become. we are not quite there. we would like to run or full service level but we need to figure out i way to pay for that. i think you are well aware that the u.s. government provided

muni over a billion dollars of emergency aid that really kept doors open and buss and trains rung. the trouble is we have basically exhaustd that money our next budget year. we are going to have to figure out i way to get muni right in terms of its budget of i want to mention anotherning they would very much appreciate your attention to, and this is our vision zero target. the year for meeting that target is next year and it was set 10 years ago and i regret to say that left year was the worse years ever. in terms of traffic fatalities. we have to do better on that program. and our board is exploring a number of ideas and believe me, the board is very engage in the this question. and during the pandemic our

roads were turned into race ways. because there was less traffic and people thought. that the heck i will drive faster. and we gotta get folks out of that habit. mr. chairman and members may be it is against my better gentlemen i'm here to ask you for 4 more blers i reappointment to the mt aboard. >> thank you, mr. heminger. i appreciate your wellingness to serve. you bring extraordinary professional expertise and have youed the conversation we had that was touched on things from e bikes and bike share and fares and vision zero in district 6 where i represent. this is i represent a neighborhood that has a disprosecute portionate loss of life because of a lot of traffic violence that goes on.

i appreciate it and vice chair walton. >> thank you director heminger. i have a question in terms of as we look at the fiscal cliff that our transportation agencies are faith. in a region and the country. what are your thoughts about the government prosecute voiding resources for our transportation, do you think it is rolistic? do you think there are others ones and opportunity that exist outside of the federal government stepping up in a big way haare your thoughts on that. why supervisor, you know i think the short answer from my experience is that you know the will billion dollars we received in pritting assistance in the capitol money. was a huge exception to the rule the role the government plays. which is it provide money to us

but almost entirely capitol funds. the time the debate out to be given on local yours if they want to spends more of the capital money on operations they should be allowed to. i believe the budget proposes that idea. iot trouble as you all know is that it is a tandem out to eating the seed corn. if you are going to be can bolizing your capital budget to run your operating system, at some point the lines will get too far afield of each other. i donning t is worth having the flexibility but i think giveses that is i think putting the obligation on that yous we don't get this this spill roll. where the start spending capital

money on operation and then we spend more the next year and the more the next year. and as you know muni has a deferred maintenance program. as language as your arm. so, we are really i think pretty much the best answer is it is on us. and i think we will need to raise revenue locally. how they have been generous with capital funds for all municipality in transportation

agencies. every agency across the country is suffering from ridership less then and there prepandemic level this is is different had we are used to the government in my opinion will have to step up and do more for capital and operations because our agents need big boosts until we get become to prepandemic levels and ridership, thank you. >> thank you. now supervisor safai. >> thank you, chair. thank you steve for putting your name forward again will commissioner. i think the mta commission is the most difficult commissions to serve on because no matter when you do there is criticism from all angles. and i think that the bar is set

so highway this there is never really any true appreciation for the service this is provided or decisions made. they are difficult decision. one of my questions similar to what prierz walton asked about the fiscal cliff. it seems at some point there will be difficult decisions that will have to be made. wanted hear you talk about how you will prop that as a commissioner and how the agency should do that. one of the biggest criticisms you hear about the mta is their community out sxreech how they include or involve community in the decisionmaking. want to give you an town to talk about this. >> yea. i do think that on a regular basis our budget is the accomplice where all of those interests in to compete. where we have to adjudicate that

competition. among various needs in our budget. i do think first of all that for i riof sunshine, may be. in terms of the fiscal cliff it affects agencies that relied on

their ridership and the fare ref now from ridership. bart was covering 70 plus % of their operating costs through their fare box. caltrain was higher. and those 2 agencies unfortunately are prebl in the worse shape of any to deal with it buzz they still don't have the ridership back the 2 agencies are down in the 20's. muni not only has 60% or so of ridership back but we also have a more diversified funding arrangement in terms of operating costs. we get money in the general fund and from the parking programs in san francisco. and we also get revenue from the fare box but never been 70 or 80%. you know on a good day i wish it were but it is not that high and the silver lining is that we don't need to rely on one piece of ref now. we got a good balanced portfolio that will not get us out of our hole. i can pledge to you that we will make sure we holdup our end on community engagement in our budget. but you noted the out set of your res, well is no magic solution that will make everybody happy. we still are hor of passengers.

short of ref now and having i hard time hiring bus drivers. if you don't have i driver you don't have i bus. i hope that is responsive to your question. i would be help to work with you as we move through the budget process. i know you will have a difficult budget to deal with yourself. we are not an exception. why i have one follow up question. i'm glad you highlighted the bus driver situation. one, you talked to the phenotype line staff and the people went agency the biggest criticisms you hear the agency is top heavy. there is a lot of managers from, let of different departments this over lap and it is in the clear in terms of organizational structure. dpkt low how that is divided up. has your commissioner board done an internal audit of prilgzs of

mount in terms how it structured? and -- i can only speak to my tenure on the mt aboard and it would be, no. in this case, but there may have been attempts. i know the budget analyst has looked at muni a couple of time in my memory. may be you are right, men that is subject to revisit. >> i think that because there is a conversation out there percolating that says your budget be down you are 60-70 percent ridership, short falls. difficult decision. i hear lines this might have to be eliminated and then the other side is this you don't have enough bus drivers. and then you have managers in position and different areas doing things that are not clear to capital, which feeds into

service and so on. i think as i commissionering in charge of a director of this billion dollars entity, it might be helpful to consider that. thank you, we will. >> thank you. >> good p. thank you, to my clothes for excellent questions. thank you mr. heminger i appreciate, i did, one thing i was going to explore making sure that you know this is a contentious issue when it come to transportation. i know that sometimes doing the work of community out roach and engagement with folks is an important thing itch appreciate, i'm sorry i want to add. because it is something i hear often. there is i certain constituency we saw last week that is still

not feeling comfortable to get back on to muni that has to do with safety of the over all environment. you saw 15 years old that was stabbed on the ride coming approximate china town. there was issues of violence and other things. there are people that are concerned. i want today give you an opportunity to speak about that because i think that feeds to people feeling comfortable coming become to roadway. >> i agree with you, and this is upper most in our minds. i think we talk a bit about t. my burden president here about that question at our last meeting. so if people don't think it is safe there is no amount of talking can you do to get them on the bus. we gotta do better there. general low, mount sethe safer places to be. but the fact is that the incidents we do have tends to be

fair low river they stick out. and i think per the public they are memorable. we don't want them tom have that memory. >> thank you. and thank you for fielding my questions i think we could not speak in advance thank you for your service. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> and thank you. thank you mr. heminger soing no further questions from clothes. mr. clerk open up to public comment. why members of the public had wish to speak lineup at this time. for those remote call 415-655-0001, access code: 2486 823 8957 ##. press star 3 to enter the line. for those in the queue wait until you have been unmuted that will be your queue to begin

comments. nobody in chambers. we have 3 -- oh. please approach. no, we in person is first. >> good morning members of rules i'm amanda eakon chair of the mta board i want to say a few word in support of my colleague. steve brings decades of experience rung a transportation agent for the bay area taxling the projects like the bay bridge that project finance and wing with jurisdictions bruin this role if you watched our hearings and the way he lean in on the central subway financing and finishing that project bringing that oversight to make sure we got it right. he is i champion for vision zero and safer streets. in our community purke staff hard to reach goals as well as a

champion for equal public transportation for all. i wanted endorse the reappointment of my colleague steve heminger and thank you for your attention. why thank you. why move on to our phone line. first caller, please. eileen with sunset park side education and action committee. speaking on my own behalf. speaking on 3 and 4. asking the question would the reointment of 2 members of the mt aboard represent the status quo the mta's important customer is itself. the mta director makes derogatory comments about the city such as san francisco is more conservative as moscow or mta plans out of someone's college text book rather than

related to the irrelevant world or select group of special interests as an outside influence on mt. mta despite an enterprise department received a budget set, side in bonds. implements seemingly failed policies and projects such as eltear very well the upper great highway. jfk drive, slow streets and projects that have negative impacts on first responders i urge you to form lit an mta package for the ballot which would address the failures of prop e remove check and balances placing the mta and board under the kroeflt mayor. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please.

>> good morning, proirz this is jodi i'm an executive director of [inaudible]. my apologies for the background noise i'm walk to my office and appreciate the ability for remote comment i'm endoergs the reappointment of steve heminger to the sfmta board. i found mr. heminger to be thoughtful in questions. he also has pointed out experience in transportation [inaudible] during the financial challenges faced by agency. i really appreciate chair heminger's work on vision zero. [inaudible] and chair eaken asked the top 2 priors. he did mention [inaudible]. this year. very much in line of the values

of the priorities of the board. [inaudible]. last month [inaudible] grit to work with with the add have kaes groups. upon and i would think that he is wonderful addition to the board. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. great. david pilpel can you hear mow? >> yes, >> great. thank you. so i know steve heminger. we got a long history going

become to mtc and the board and supervisor cop and the parking and traffic commission. anyway. i know him well and i passport his reappointment, he asked thoughtful questions does in the always agree with staff and is skeptical. we continue to have our agreements and disagreements but we do so revolve low. he knows this topic, transportation. muni, the streets, et cetera and does a good job. again i support his reappointment. i note that the form 700 in the packet for the public is 3 years old. and in the future i think it would be better to have the current form 700 available to the public. thank you. >> thank you. see figure there are additional callers. yes. next speaker, please.

>> good morning i'm [inaudible] i serve on the sfmta board of directorings i'm here to speak in spchlt steve heminger. it has been so wonder to feel heart comments speak to the vast expertise he holdses and position of board of director of mta. he asked thoughtful questions does in the always agree with staff and it wonder and will refreshing to see that someone with his level of experience hen able to support us in navigating the challenging times the agency faced. and in meeting vision zero goals. his passion for the work is seen every day. and i learned so much serving along side him. i'm here to fully support his reappointment. and looking forward to working with him if y'all approve today.

thank you. and hopefully i will see you tomorrow. steve. do the hard work. >> thank you. that was our last phone caller for public comment. why thank you, mr. clerk. public upon comment is now closed. >> and i would lo toik make a motion to sprooik strike reyekt from 3 and 15 leaving approved. and then sends this to the full board with positive recommendation. >> mr. clerk. roll call? >> yes, on this motion vice chair walton. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> chair dorsey. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> great. mr. young on a unanimous vote item 3 goes with a positive recommendation. >> call the next item. >> yes.

next on the agenda is item 4. motion approving rejecting the mayor's nomation for reappointment of amanda eaken to the municipal transportation agency board of directors term ending march 1 of 27. >> thank you, mr. clerk. miss eaken welcome. why good morning chair dorsey, vice chair walton and supervisor safai. thank you for your service to san francisco. for your partner help and attention. i want to start by sharing on a personal level how meaningful the last 4 and a half years my service on this board has been. we navigated keeping a public transit system running through a pandemic. emergency redesign of the transit system almost over night with eye to getting essential wars to destinations. and this this board pushed for

and won recognition for the heroic prirt hos showed up daily when he we were all terrify they'd showed up to work to keep the city moving. these people are hero in our city and to be able to be part of an agency comprised of the workers is a huge honor and privilege. i had a chance to attends the safe operator awards dinner something to do again in person in a couple of years and watch the operators come to the stage to be recognized for 15 years. 25 years. 35 years and up to 48 years of safe service to our city that many years with no incident is huge low inpyring and makes me feel proud of the work we are doing and humbled to be a mall part of this agency. i enjoyed connect with community members. this is to your question, supervisor safai, i had i chance

to connect with you supervisor walton i to being i bike roadway with you your colleague percy and district 10 to look at of the safe bicycle connections and appreciate the chance to hear from community member in that regard. to your question supervisor safai, i try very hard in this role to listen to the feedback we get from community members. to balance the requests against our agent and the city's commitments, goal and have yous and try hard it finds the most inclusive being equal and cocreative path forward. we have to make many difficult decision in this work. in terms of my qualification and redness to step in the role. i have been privilegeed serve vice chair since 2020. i was honored elected as chair this year. in january. and i bring over 2 decades of experience work negligent

transportation sector professionally. i wanted note for you i don't think it is on the résumé i have been named by uc berkeley othering and belonging snout one of 9 transportation equity leaders and residents across california. to work with colleagues in central valley and southern california to advise the board on equal engage am strategies that has been a dedicated time to deepen my work on social equity. i want to flag 3 priorityis would like to put my energy into if i received your support going forward. i heard you talk about the fiscal cliff. this is i major challenge. fiscal year 25 we have a 130 million dollars projected deficit this rises to 214 million dollars in fiscal 26. i attended a lobby day in sacramento with director tumlin

and staff to speak to legislators how we can address this cliff this has to be a top prior to continue to meet the mobility needs of the traveling public in san francisco. second low, i want to talk about safety. you know we had 37 fatalities on streets. our goal is that it has to be zero and the commitment is by end of 24 this . is a very steep challenge. we have stove and i and the board pushed staff hard to do everything we can. one thick we want done is the high injury network. ure than is the 13% of streets most of the fatalities and injuries occur. we have committed to make street improve ams to every mile of that high injury net w by end of 2024. we are creating a vision introvert o committee to keep staff on task. i attended a lobby day in

sacramento to push for safer speed enforce them is key to make streets safe. >> lastly that is a prior and more on a personal note, is we had a panel with community members at the workshop on february 7th. we intentionally hosted a panel to hear from community members about the topic of trust in government. what do we do that creates trust in government. what do we do to under mine trust in government and how do we get in our own way sometimes. one thing that stuck with mow from that panel was something the executive director of bayview ymca contributed. she said that we in government need a sense of culture of caring. i love third degree. it is in the a financial metric or on time arrival but dot members feel their gentleman cares about them. i think we should keep reminding

ourselves of this daily te. i try to bring this sense of culture of care nothing our work. and i want thez who take their time out to comment to the agency to give us ideas. whether or not we agree with all or implementment want them to feel respected, heard and cared for. we are all part of this community all voices matter and we want to be that inclusive revolve agency. i wanted to humbly request support for my reappointment. i would love tom continue to serve the city i care so much about and happy to answer questions you have today. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you very much am, i wanted to upon say how much i appreciated the opportunity to meet with you and that -- third point you made about trust in government is one that resonated with me. and i think learning low because

i spent 6 months in a focus group in an election listen to votes and san franciscans and one thing i was getting loud and clear is -- people want upon to believe in their government. and i think when we have to be mindsful of this. i thought the culture the metric of care and with the community leader said i'm -- i'm glad it resonates with you because it does with me, too. this is something i feel i need to be mindsful of. we have no greater obligation than doing everything we can to preserve the legitimacy of government. even when people disagree for people to know they are seen and heard and participating in a process. so that was impressive to me that speaks to the leadership we need in this moment i appreciate

your willing to serve in a leadership role. we have a question here from vice chair walton. >> thank you so much director eaken for being willing to serve. i have a concern because there have been times where i have relayed occurrence of xount to the mt aboard of directors via community, via letter or roached out. and either did not get a response or lack luster response or had to follow up with the mta burden it get a response to an inquiry. i'm wondering how do we make surety mt aboard is more responsive to issues and concerns. particularly issues brought by this body? >> this topic of community engagement how are we cocreating the policy decisions of the

board with communities. how are we leaning in the idea of shifting and sharing power with community was a topic on that community trust panel i referred to on february 7th. one of the ideas i had manage out of that panel is of course. we have a citizen's advisory council to the sfmta board that is intentionally comprised of a member each from each of the districts around the city. i met with chair michael chen to talk about the relationship what is the right relationship with that citizen dhouns is meant to represent the city. and the sfmta board of directors. how we do things now they present to the board a resolution. witness an among or so that is about all of the engagement. that body meets regular low and deliberate on issues we are meant to vote on. i think we have room for

improvement in terms how that council is representing. the different voice of districts and how this come to the board of directors. we have not solve today but i am working with the chair and the voice chair and council to understand how we can better hear from communities. i worn if the representative from district 10 on the council is a small part of the solution how we have a live and active line of communication. >> i agree that the citizen committee is an important way of communicating back and forth. i guess directly how do we get quick are response from the board occurrence are expressed through the chair and to the chair. i don't know. i'm asking about thing in your

control special how you will better community when issues are were brought to your attention? >> yea >> one of the things i'm working with. with victoria and leadership of mta to figure out the right relationship of the chair of the board. and the sfaf what are the ways the chair step in and times that make sense for staff to be in leadership. we want to be responsive to all of our constituents and i will be happy to have a side bar with you after regarding what we get you, set an expectation in response time. is it 24 hour, 2 hours. what that is, make sure everybody know and i can help to reenforce that.

i am repoe the equal i had commissioner to commissioner heminger. regarding there is a conversation fiscal cliff and conversation about how will proceed as an agency in terms of making difficult decisions and yet there is also an on going narrative and criticism this the agency is top heavy. so are you supportive of an audit of your agency and determining how spending is done and where you can look for a direction that motive not be about looking at kuth service orrousing service to the public in the future? if this crisis come upon us. i have a couple of responses. thank you for the question.

one is you know we are about 1200 staff short of the team we need do. we need to have in accomplice to do our work. we discuss third degree and met sprier safai we did look at a hiring pause during the pandemic there was uncertainty about our fiscal future. we did not want to be in i situation when we staffed and up because of shortages had to engage in layoffs. we near a situation we don't upon have the staff we need. and what i will share with you is that -- everyone is over worked. everyone is tired. people are not taking a vacation they have. i went out and visited with folks at the paint shop and sign shop and had i heard from the manager list is this the people have not taken a verification. buzz there is so much demand to get the improvements out. making sure streets are safe they are working become to back

daily. they are in the taking vacation they have this . is i great concern for direct tumlin and the board. and vice chair boarden and i discussed. staff moral and whether staff feel the culture of feeling does staff feel we are staffed up for success or they are doing equal of 2-3 jobs because we don't have full staff to deliver on goals this it is i great concern. so this suspect one point i want to make. second is around the fiscal cliff piece. one of the opportunity i think coming in at the bide sxen harris administration created for us is they are, luing us to fleck the infrastructure dollars this come in to california through this new law. they are, luing us to fleck the funding coming in to transit if we want to. the state has, let to say and we

have flexed 10% of the dollars coming in the state. but can we with -- world leading climate special equity goals think about, lining dlrdz with the goals that could help. i want to say i'm firm low in favor of identifying the durable ref now source we need to staff up. if we need to look at prierz or director heminger said, at whether this top heavy narrative you spoke to is in fact creating a circumstance where we are sort of over staffed. i would be happy to look at that. my anecdotal briefings from staff that we notoriety opposite situation we are in a place all staff are working well over the

hours per week they compensated to. and i want to have the full team we neated to thrive and succeed. >> i would say the 2 are not exclusive can you have a top heavy organization and have a need for more bus driver and front line staff. you might be staffed up in the wrong scombrars that's why an audit could be helpful. but thank you for your response. >> thank you, chair >> thank you supervisor safai >> no further questions or comments from clothes, mr. clerk, open up to public comment. >> thank you. >> thank you all. >> members of the public who wish to speak and joining person lineup at this time. for those remote call 415-655-0001, access code: 2486 823 8957 ##. once connected press star 3 toern the speaker line.

for those in the queue continue to wait until the city indicates you have been unmou exclude begin your comments. >> good morning. thank you for the opportunity to speak i was going to wait for general public comment the topic of safety came up i'm here to talk b. i took on this task of upon finding out what was happen nothing san francisco with accident and over dose. and over the weekend i went for a walk and bush and vaness on the building the mayor decided to deploy l roadway long range device. if it is on top of the is on 24 hours a day. which would be outside the scope of the deploy am by rules. i'm asking the mayor to resign and the board of supervisors take on a special meeting. sir. i want to on general public

comment the board of supervisors tomorrow you are welcome to. upon it it is safety because it is causing the accidents in muni. it covers everything. and will it needs to be taken down immediately. >> in public comment. at the committee level the board rowels are this is specific to the appointment >> thank you. >> see you tomorrow. thanks. >> online public comment. >> first caller, please? >> good morning supervisors i'm micheal chen. i am the chair of the mta citizen's advisory council. and speaking to the prierz's who are seated, i'm excited. happy to work with the district representative connor skully

grit to work with and the district 6 represent is being seat third degree month. and after a language time in district 10 [inaudible] i'm excited to looking forward to work with whoever supervisor walton appoints to replace that appointment. also i have been happy to work with folks on the cac. so spaeking i'm here to support reappointment of directors eaken and heminger. [inaudible]. hello. >> um -- we can hear you. okay. of upon the support the reappointments of director eastbounding sxen director

heminger who already just passed. director eaken has been a stead hundred during challenging times for the agency and i reenforce what director eaken said working on community trust and input and engagement. director eaken had a pan i was invited but could not make i was out of town and but we had multiple conversations when i spoke at the board meetings and patriot low about how to improve community input and trust, how to set people's expectations correct low about when and how input and feedback are used so people are not broken and trust is in the broken. i when i come to the cac and forwarded the feelings of the councilmembers about reports i have seen the board engage more

and encouraged by the board to give more panama river at this time reports now than. i think this is due to due to a better working relationship that we are now working on. >> speaker time e lapsed. thank you very much. we are allocating to minutes per peek and a pol yoiz if we have to cut anybody off. next speaker, please. >> good morning i'm stefani again. here to peek in support reappointment of my colleague amandza eaken. she brings perspective to the role this helps our bodies the key works of equity and he access and accessible and safe for riders. i wish major [inaudible]

families. and meeting vision zero goals. we are upon behind. having that focus is incredible. she is committed to pregnant ways for decisionmaking. [inaudible] she made it her mission to restore public trust. held meetings with groups and is a huge under take. machine in i decisionmaking position carry responsibility of this is needed. again i am supportive of my clothe and her reappointment and grill that a lot of the dwhaes have come from our supervisors today encourage public comment and hearing from folks. thank you. >> next caller. >> good morning. this is jodi the executive

director of walk san francisco and reminds we other city's only pedestrian organization and leader of the 40 bus member groupful as well as families first safe streets i'm calling to support reappointment of amanda eaken sfmta board. and she definitely has her eye on this prize. at the board retreat in february asked all members what their top priorities are and happy to hear 5 oust 6 said vision zero. she will work with the agency and members to put the policy in accomplice and [inaudible] what can and should be done to roach that goal. i don't know if show talked

about this t. commendsable last week director eaken went to >> samantha: to pass ab645. thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors. this is [inaudible] i was heartened to hear mr. heminger passport doing the audit that supervisor safai [inaudible] disapointing hearing ms. eaken suggest med it is not necessary. i have friends who work at mta they are concerned about possible low management. i encourage you to "budget or

analyst conduct a management audit t. is in the best interests of the fiscal healing of mta and urge you to call for i board hearing on management at mta. thank you. good morning i'm support being the reappointment chair eaken. i missed my time to support heminger. eaken is dopely involved and knowledgeable the >> latoya: and the issues. she asks deep and probing questions whether you agree with every vote does in the merit show is enengaged, passionate

about transportation and vision zero and deserves to continue appointment and lead the board. thank you very much. next speaker, please. upon i'm a d1 resident for wuk sf spoke nothing personal low. to support reappointment of chair eastbounding sxen i'm sorry i missed the chance to support heminger he is deserving, too. but chair eaken w on vision zero has been awesome. impressed with her i support. thank you. thank you. next speaker, please. david pilpel i submit you hear me. i take a different poison vow on

this one i appreciate the conversation about how we deal with different points of rowel and respect each other in dealing with differences. in conterritory if director heminger and cajina who called in i have not felt heard or respected by director eaken. she has a different point of vow from mine, which is fine but i have not always felt heard or respected. i think well is, lot of work the agency needs to do on building and rebuilding trust and that includes at least some of the board members. also here the form 700 in the packet is from last year and not the most recent. there is no committee packet for this item either. i don't know how this happened. those are my comments.

thank you for listening. where thank you. next speaker, please. that was our last caller. thank you. public comment is closed. >> so i would like to make a motion to instructor:reject from lines 3 and 15 of the motion leaving approved and sends this to the full burden with positive recommendation. mr. clerk i roll call y. on that motion, rice chair walton. why aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> chair dorsey. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> thank you.

on a unanimous vote item 4 passes. mr. clerk call the next item >> next is item 5. motion approving rejecting mir avenue nomination for hoiment appointment of ed harrington to the port commission ending may 1 of 24. >> mr. harrington is here with us. mr. harrington, floor is yours >> thank you very much and good morning. i'm ed harrington thank you for ticking the time to consider my reappointment to the port. for the referred i was the controller for sudden front for years. head of general management the puc retired 10 years ago and dog a few things w with nonprofits taught at university of san francisco. i was the treasurer for green peace for 7 years and treasurer of spur. i am a board of children's fund

nothing dc an out growth of w with funding the next generation. where we work with advocates to raise ways of doing sustainable revenue strolls for services for children and yuth and lastly i have done w with earth economic and add sunrisor to water now alliance. focusing on how to finance green infrastructure for water and wastewater. my background is a mix of government finance and environmental issues. which i think is a good place to come from the port. you know, the port has i variety of issues in the northern water front and the wararea that is the tourism and group of things happening since can i haved and revitalize that your in the mid and southern parts of the port we have a variety of thing in development will add to

affordable housing and job creation in the city. and the big thing happening is climate change and the water side through sea level rise and the city side through storm water and flooding issues. i'm happy to hear comments or answer questions you may have of me. jost great. thank you very much. mr. harrington i'm a fan i came to the building tw dkdzs ago when you were city controller reputation proceeds and you i just appreciate something someone of your caliber willing to do this. and especially to serve on a commission that is so person to the district i represent. and one theme that has in up in other appointments i think is the importance of just of out roach and hearing people and democratic press and this thing. i know from experience that the per and, let of the things we

need to do for resiliency includes the development. there is expense it guess here and i report people who will not you believe happy there will are things people feel vows are blocked and the per they loved will not look the same. and it will be complicated. we are a democracy we can get through this. but tell be important to have haculture of care and i know you get that but i love to invite to you speak a bit to as a port commissioner your commitment to making sour that communities are heard and that everybody has an opportunity to we in on the future of the port. >> sure. supervisor, clear that is important in any commission. i had a number of friends on the other side of the port commission on those issues in the pedestrian. i'm, wear there is more then and

there one side had is going on. i feel a need for the port to be financial low solvent and some of that development come from this need but i'm obviously always aware of how the impacts a lot of people and how we have to balance that i'm theme do that on the port commission. >> supervisor safai. >> mr. harrington, good to see you >> good morning >> thank you for your willingness to continue to serve statutory is important for an entity like the port and others you have served on. is this has experience and the ability to look how the pieces in together. prebl more so than the puc now. the port needs your service. we are at a transition point there have been opportunity along the way where people have come to try it negotiate. negotiating agreements or

development agreement this is may or may not have seen the light of day. we have one now the wharf proposed. we will wait and see how it goes but seems to have a phenomenonal vision for revitalizing most important parts of san francisco. that has grown stale and fall had disreper se and the economics have in terms of the economic environment diminished. we want to give you an town to talk about the need for a vision for the port and the future of the port. and how the looking at public/private partnerships play an irrelevant in sustaining this jewel we have. it is the most competitive advantages as a city. >> yes, you mentioned the puc. than i have a 2 billion dollars budget. and things the port's budget is

within 20 million it is so important and it is irrelevant a very small organization and financial low and with staff. when we work with others to make it w is important. not this it is in the in other places but more for the port. had you look at the wharf, i had a mixed reaction if the wharf, somebody who grew up in san francisco what fist on out there. it is i driver for our economy and tourism and travel we need to make that place a vital ribrandt part of san francisco. it has been up and down over the yers with covid it has been hit hard. hit in san francisco, and whatever it takes to build this become up is something i'm interested in doing and life to hear your thoughts in terms of this development green light.

you think that the vision that has been laid out is forward thinking. the idea of ewe iegz the place of the active -- industry and having that look at, having the way in which that can be integrated become to the reasons why people go in terms of a fish market. and having a type of entertainment venue and hotel. ferries all the things are -- the elements are there. they need an infusion of capital and -- partner help with the city. i think to mow it seems to be a phenomenonal vision i'm looking forward to the port engaging on this and seeing that go forward and the same thing on pier 32. we have an opportunity there and it is a pot of the city that had multiple proposals in forward. over the years and i don't know

why. but they never got autopsy the ground. hopefully this time tell be i go there with the christmas tree. honest low. you thank you is the one of the largest most have you been pieces of land and it it is sitting there. as a christmas tree lot. which i love and go there and support it it could be so much more. and again if we think about reimagining the downtown and reimagining where we are in a city after covid, what is one of san francisco's most competitive advantages and usable assets that is the water front. the ability to see water and activate and interact with water and ocean. long with all of the other amenities. this is your charge and you

talked about your world experience with green peace and finance and internal nonprofit and gentleman tell take all those skills it needs someone a visionary and someone that will really usher in a new era for our port. someone with experience and grit staff in the port and great leadership. the director of port has been engage exclude gone around the world and looking for opportunity for victim this . is a hem grown san francisco committed to this is know opportunity and we have others that are there. so, combachl i think it is a great town and q.ed you will serve look forward to supporting you. >> thank you. it is a great staff. i'm glad you mentioned the

fisher folks at the wharf we think about the restaurants and hotels. with crab and salmon season they need a lot of help. the extent we work on that i will be happy to do that. >> thank you supervisor safai. mr. harrington, i'm grateful for your wellingness to serve a city you served with distinction for men years, we are luck tow have your service. i'm delighted to supporting your nomination to the port commission. seeing no questions or comments. thank you, open up to public comment. why yes, members who wish to peek on this item and joining person line up to speak mou. for those listening remote call 415-655-0001, access code: 2486 823 8957 ##. once connected press star 3 to

enter the line. for those in the queue wait until you have been un muted that will be your queue to begin your comments. no persons in the room for public comment. >> daved pilpel i know ed harrington and support him. he would serve the city well anywhere and luck tow have him volunteer to serve again. his brief résumé oshg mitts his service on the public utility commission fromlet 2020 to early 2022. his absence the left year plus has been notable. once again, in the packet it is an old form 700 and the motion is not guilty in the legislative

packet today t. is a separate item. i am certain this ed will work well with the other commissioners. port staff and others in the city family. and since this is the only item as committee report i would recommend that you sends this out of committee with recommendation as a committee report to fill this seat on the port commission as soon as possible with the fantastic ed harrington. thank you. >> that was our last call are for this merit >> thank you. mr. clerk. public comment is now closed. >> so i move to strike reject from portions of the motion, leaving aprudent personed. and then sends this to the full

board as a committee report. mr. clerk a roll call on that megz. on this motion voice chair walton. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> chair dorsey. why aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> thank you item 5 goes to the full board as a committee report. congratulations. >> call the next item y. item 6 is motion amending the rules of order creating a rowel 1.3.3 in person and remote comment and amending 4.22 public ment to provide for remote comment opportunity boy the public who wish to men remote. >> thank you, mr. clerk. item 6 is a motion amending our board of supervisors rule of order. this is a housekeeping step this makes good on a move the full board already decided last month

allows unelemented remote comments in program terse unless there are questions or comments from public comment i know a lot has been said already mr. clerk open up to public comment. >> yes, members of the public had wish to speak and are in person lineup to speak. for those remote call 415-655-0001, access code: 2486 823 8957 ##. press star 3 to enter the speaker line. there is no one in the room. can we have the first remote public commenter.

>> good morning this is patrick shaw. at the out fit of this, hearings and public comment either supervisor mandelman or yourself noted this the mayor's wanted to standardize the approach across all policy bodies i support amendment to introduce i think a great. the board should use its authoritied or [inaudible] to further standardsize remote public comment by e eliminating this [inaudible] three tiered direction if the city add administrator's office regarding time limits and creating 3 tiers one for people attending the

meeting creates a second for remote callers who have requested an accommendation and had it rekosovo their status of having a disability. and then a third -- category for other remote callers. that can be time limited to 20 minutes. or whatever the policy body decides for time limitful the healing commission adopted that 3 tier requiring that people self identify as being disabled in order to get accommendation. for an unlimited amount of time to speak. i think the board shared work

with the city administrator to get that changed. >> my apologies we allocate 2 minutes per speaker. next speaker, please. >> once again david pilpel left time today i support this motion to amend the rules of order. thank you very much for guests us to this point. i note patrick shoe's letter in the file we don't always agree we men in agreement on this issue which will require further work and not necessary low an amendment to the boardy rowels but separate legislation or action by the city administrator or others on this legislation, i believe there is one typo here on page 2 of the legislation. line 10. in the middle for purposes of

this rowels 1.3.3 i believe this should be amended it say rowel in the sing lawyer for purposes of this rule 1.3.3. et cetera . with this amendment, i would encourage to you recommend this motion to the full board. thanks for listening. that completes remote comment. >> thank you mr. clerk. public comment is closed. >> and in light of that i want to thank mr. pilpel i would like to make a motion to amend the motion to correct the proper references singular.

okay. and on that -- can we have a roll call on this motion. >> on the motion to amend, vice chair walton. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye y. chair dorsey. >> aye. >> the motion is approved without -- and make a separate motion to sends to the full board as amended with positive recommendation. jot motion to amend adopt exclude now the motion to recommend -- as amended. >> vice chair walton. why aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye y. chair dorsey. >> aye. iot motion passes without objection. >> thank you, mr. clerk item 6 goes to the full board with positive recommendation. and let's circle become to with item 1 did we have success with

connecting commissioner bush. we have been but not been able i'm waiting for an update to see if anyone heard from mr. bush. >> we are not received an update to connect mr. bush to the meetingil make a motion to continue to the call of the chair. >> a roll call on that motion? yes. can we take public comment on this. why sure. >> open this up to public comment. why on the motion to continue to the call of the chair item 1. members wishing to peek on this item, there is nobody in the chamber. for those remote call 415-655-0001, access code: 2486 823 8957 ## then press star 3. for thez instead queue continue

to wait until the system indicated you have been unmuted and this is time it comment. can we have the first caller, please. >> daved pilpel. sorry to disappointment with a brief comment i know larry bush approximate passport his reappointment to ethics commission he knows ethic up down and side ways i wish him good health not sure why he was unable 2 weeks ago and today to attends. i believe under the 60 day hold overrule his if he were expired on yesterday. on the second. if this is continued again to the call the chair there will be continue to be a vacancy on the commission until that appointment or reappointment is

completed. i believe that larry has been one of 2 members on the director search committee i guess will be unable to meet until this is resolved. so i hope that the sooner the better. if it needs to have a special meeting at rowels and you are able to then that would be great, too. the senior the better i look forward to having him attend approximate hopeful low reappointd and confirmed. thanks. why next speaker, please. >> this is patrick shaw. i did support nomination of reappointment of mr. bush to ethics. this is one reason that there needs to be remote participation by policy body members.

and upon i would urge you to continue this to the call of the chair. in order to eventual low reappointment mr. bunch thank you. >> thank you. just check thanksgiving was the last commenter on the phone line >> thank you, public commentom this is closed. so i would like it make a motion to continue this item to the call of the chair. why yes. on this motion vice chair walton. >> aye >> supervisor safai. >> aye. >> chair dorsey. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> thank you >> young. item 1 continued to the call of the chair. >> mr. clerk do we have further business wrchlt that completes our agenda

>> we are adjourned. .... ... ... >> i think a lot of times we get in adult lives we are afraid to follow our passions and think life can't be that easy. but i truly do believe i followed my heart this time in my journal in city government i did not know that is where my

passion lied. i kept following it and ltd. to great opportunity to serve the city. [music] >> i'm katy tang the executive director of the office of small business. >> small business contributes to san francisco's economy. they provide the bulk of employment in the city and employing a million people in san francisco. and roughly 90% of the businesses are defined as small businesses. so, they contribute to the economy but also just the quality of life. small businesses are more then and there a place of transaction it is a community center. a play where people gather. know each other and form

memories about the city. >> at the office of mall business i run a team this helps report all mall businesses in san francisco whether they are looking to stfrt a new business or expand or perhaps they are feeling with issues. our office is here as a point of information for anyone with a business that has 100 or nower employees. >> i was growing up i had many ideas of when i wanted to do. i wanted to being an olympic swimmer. and i wanted to men be an architect, you name it i had many ideas for what i wanted do when i grew up. and i never anticipated entering in politics. this opportunity came along wh started working for former supervisor carmen chu and she

became the district 4 sunset district supervisor. that was my firstent row in politics and government in a different level. and so when i was finishing up my time working for legislative aid i thought, i will go off and do something else. may be explore opportunity outside of city government what was then approached by this opportunity to also serve as a district 4 supervisor. if not the traditional route that many people think of when you enter in politics. a lot know that is manage than i want to do and run for office. that was not part of my culture and upbringing with manage my parents were wondering why i wanted to go in that role this legislation and important because so many women when have it return to work after having a child feel embarrassed or don't feel comfortable asking their supervisor for will any

lactation accommodations. i saw it as an opportunity you could use the position where you have tools creating legislation and pass laws and where people listen to to you help the community and pass cause catharsis important to the city and individuals. my family immigrated to the united states from taiwan. and they came here in pronl probably late 20's almost 30. and so, they came also in the knowing english limp barely read or write but had to quickly understand english to i can't haveigate services and find a job in america. i grew up in the san francisco sunset district i spent most of my childed hoo up until i went off to college. so when i started working in city government, i think i had mixed reactions about my involvement working government

because for some of our parents generation, there is i bit of distrust in government. i think there are questions about why i was entering in this field of work. i think you know when i went in city government i thought about my parents like so many other who is have to navigate city services and resources english first language and help the individuals both navigate, intercept that is on an application approximate signage. it is fulfilling to mow to help people like my parent and feel like government is there to support them and not to harm them. my parents are happy that i retired early from politics and being a district 4 supervisor i could have continued on for a couple more years approximate decided to leave early. i think that over all they were able to see some of my work

appear in the chinese newspaper. through that they were able to see i was able to help communities in a tangible way. >> the member of the board of supervisors. >> transportation authority. for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations. >> i think about one importance when i was worn in as district 4 supervisor. years ago, and someone actually came up to me during the swear nothing ceremony and said, wow, i'm traveling here from canada, and i just i could not believe i saw an asian female worn in in this role a leadership role this meant so much that someone would say that and felt they were inspired by the scene. so -- i hope that as more people see people that look like them and more women coming in positions of leadership than i feel they can doing the same. person this inpyred me is carmen

chu who is our city add administrator but also was district 4 supervisor when i worked with her as a legislative aid. at this point, i too, was skeptical of going in politics. i saw someone who had herself never seen herself in politics. got thrown into it and put her heart and soul and dedication to serve people. and it gave me the confidence to pursue that same job and i honestly would not have either chosen or accepted or considered serving on the board of supervisors were not for carmen. >> if you want to make your business accessible. >> in my role in city government where i have seen the most challenge is people who don't know you and you are here to serve and help them that they classify you as our city government and here to hurt you.

so, people will talk to you and -- and just you know treat you disrespectfully. and sometimes i noticed that they might do more to me as a female compared to my male colleagues. but you know i try to be empathetic. one of the most significant barriers to female empowerment we feel like we have to be 100% meeting all of the qualifications before we think that we are qualified to do a job. if we look at a job description or an opportunity to come your way well is self doubt about whether you can fulfill the obligations of that role. i think that the confidence is huge and sometimes i think we make up for it by trying to gain more experience. more and more and more in whatever we can put under our belts we'll feel better. that may not be the case.

we might be qualified with when we have already accomplished. i started rock climbing indoors a couple years ago as an activity to try to spends time with my husband and also to try something new and i finds that rock climbing there are so many parallels to life. you know when i'm on the wall i'm concentrating and trying to make it to the next piece without falling. there are daying you think i'm not making progress. you come back and wow, i hit another level. and so i feel like in our daily lives and w we think we are not making enough of i change in the city. and sometimes we have to take out time to reflect every day as long as you try and give it your all and you look back you will have made a significant contribution there is no limit

to where you go in terms of rock climbing. i want to reminds myself of that in terms of daily life. >> follow what it is you are interested in, what makes you feel excited about wake up every day. you never know and be open to all the possibilities and opportunity. [music] >> good morning welcome to the march 21 meeting of san francisco transportation authority i'm rafael mandelman

serve as chair. our vice chair is commissioner melgar. i would like to thank jason of sfgovtv and our clerk today is elijia seaneders. please, call the roll. >> yes. commissioner chan. >> absent. >> commissioner dorsey. >> present. commissioner engardio. >> present. >> chair mandelman. >> present. >> vice chair melgar. >> present. >> commissioner peskin. >> present. >> commissioner preston. >> present. >> commissioner safai. >> absent. >> commissioner stefani. >> present. >> commissioner walton. >> we have quorum. thank you. i believability you have a public comment announcement. for members interested in participating we welcome you in person in the chamber.

room 250 in city hall or watch channel 26 or 99 or stream it live at sfgov.org, for those wish to make comment remote. dial 415-655-0001, access code: 2483 847 5803 ##. you will upon listen in real time had comment is called press star 3 to speak. don't press it again or you will be removed. when your line is unmuted the operator will advise you will be be allowed 2 minutes to speak. calls are taken in order they are received. speak slowly, clearly approximate turn down televisions or radios. public comment first from the public in attendance in the chamber and after on the phone line. and i like to announce we have been joined by commissioner

chan. why thank you. thank you. as chairil invoke 326 from rules of order to limit total comment per item to 30 minutes for today's meeting. each speaker will w have 2 minutes to speak unless i otherwise indicate at the start of that item. mr. clerk call item 2. >> item 2 chair's report an information item. >> all right. thank you mr. clerk and colleagues, have updates on the things you all are doings. last week commissioner peskin the sfmta and community members celebrated the quick build bike laneos bat row and sampson streets there were will smiles because the new bike lanes were anticipated and looked great and pleased the transportation authority provided 800 thousand

dollars of funding from prop d tax and neighborhood program funds for the first set of protected bike lane in district 3 at the request of commissioner peskin it is between market and embarcadero congratulations to everyone involved. our state clean air resource board incentive program is starting to take place. provides discount for e bike purchases for low income residents this is is an interest of vice chair melgar and commissioner ronen for mtc for us. thank you. i'm also happy to see that the affordability suck cylinderies will let our executive director share the details during her update. i'm sure board members

transportation and agencies collaborate to get the word out to san francisco and encourage engagement of local bike shops and accessing rbi centives. and i want to share my preegz to the federal partners a visit by a delegation of united states d. transportation and national highway traffic safety administration to discuss san francisco's experience and input on driverless vehicle. this week visit is relevant we better than a potential bill this seeks to set a framework for the industry. looking forward to guide this important sector to realize the potential with appropriate roles for federal, state and local and guide rails to manage each expansion station to success. and with that,il conclude my remarks. and open them up to public comment. if there is anyone here who would like to speak on item 2,

come forward otherwise see if we have remote comment on item 2. item 2, chairs remarks we do have a public commenter. hello, your 2 minutes begins now. >> thank you. good morning. chair mandelman, my pronouns are she and her. lots of good things. i'm looking forward to seeing and use thanksgiving new bike path in downtown stan san francisco. i have ridden in the e bikes in that section of sudden fran upon often coming from china town and financial district headed to the transbay terminal and trinesit. - for the use of bayview. the tax will pay for that.

because sometimes i use electric tmc i know my money is going to help with this. >> i feel the work the autonomous vehicles and like to see a federal standard. because people like myself and many ordinarily the nation travel through jurisdictions in the course of a single trip. and so having a federal standards will help to ensure this we have a seemless form of autonomous transportation. something this people general low don't think about from the use their own automobile or rent an automobile says this is very good work and good we are helping people to get e bikes there are places that own e bikes and hopefully the people own their e bikes we can do

something about the problem with bicycle theftment i want more bikes on the roads and less cars. thank you >> thank you, caller >> chair there are no further commenters. >> public comment on item 2 is closed. >> call item 3. >> executive director's report an information item. >> tilly chang. >> good morning the national level the transit fiscal cliff issue you heard at the last board meeting last month. president biden's budget for fiscal thwart includes language to allow large are transit systems to use exists form well funds for operations. these are used by transit system for upgrades. however that flexibility is being proposed by the administration. we than diverting capitol funds is really not sustainable solution t. is twhoon can erode

system safety and reliability. the opposite of when we like to see to have and when we need to attracted riders back. we advocate here in the bay area for mule transit support including another letter lead by mtc to the state legislators and return to the board to share updates on that effort. >> regard being the president's budget capitol programs request is for 145 billion for transportation programs to continue currently levels of funding from the infrastructure investment and job's act. infrastructure bill of left year. the slight increase from fiscal 23 and the higher level of investment which is welcomed. i will join an mtc delegation for bay area priorities including the downtown rail extension and capitol projects in the bay area. look forward to reporting on that next month.

regarding the draft bill national framework the autonomous vehicle bill shared last week by it s america via politico, this was a draft unattributed bill at a high level the bill preempts state law the related design and performance of autonomous vehicles bans practices and designates upon advanced driing systems and exemption for automated vehicles for public transportation service. introduction will be delayed we believe due to this leaked version. we will track this working with our cyst every agency on this sfmta and the city attorney's office to keep you updated and develop a potential city

position. turning to the state level, carbis developing a program incentives of a thousand dollars per household for electric bike for eligible households the incentive available those making 3% of the poverty level cargo or adaptive e bike the max incentive up to 2 thousand dollars per household this ask welcomed. we don't when the applicationless could be open tkdz be next month. first come first serve and will work to help spread the word to all eligible residents. those interested in this we can track through the carbwebsite and reporting as well as coordinating with sf environment. we are excited for potential of e bikes to replace car trips and access to neighborhoods with limited transit service and

especially dwlars have steep hills. we then and there program is also important for equal access to the new e bikes. turning to yerba buena and multiuse path ways wait with anticipation the results of funding applications for 2 grant requests from construction phase of the multiuse paths. this was mtc's also on mtc's agenda this mont recommending approval of 3 million dollars one bay area grant. design phase for yerba buena multiuse path that is appreciated. you all had recommended this project for our one bay area grant program and mtc did place it on tier one list. we thank them. i believe on their board agenda meeting tomorrow for approval and allow you to initiate design

work this summer in participation of a construction grant we hope to receive from the state later this year. at local level regarding the cal trance plan happening grant process pleaseed support adaptation planning for embarcadero roadway with the port of san francisco. and our agency, thank our deputy director rachael for planning and submitting the bayview truck safety and routing study for sustainable community planning grant. the study does look at routing for avoiding conflicts can heavy truck traffic on third street and residential and commercial neighborhood in the surrounding area. this is a recommittal we tried last year and got favorable feedback we'll try again this year and keep you posted. >> meanwhile in district one we

are about to initiate first round of out reach for the neighborhood district one mobility study and transportation study at the request of commissioner chan and the community to identify high priority challenging and improve liability for transit and state for all pedestriand and road use and shift trips to transit walking and biking and promote other options. in the first rounds will begin next month. including pop ups at the clement farmer's market and richmond food pantry and meals with russian-american community service. a long time partner with that community. so, please, for those interested they can find out more from our website and sign up for notices to receive future updates.

turning to another neighborhood area protect with potrero yard modernization project an out reach meet thanksgiving weekends this is the modernization project will deliver a new facility for muni bus fleet and 500 units of affordable and workforce housing. on march 7, the neighborhood working group for that project met to receive updates on work under way through the project's current development phase and input on street scape and building design. the past welcome sfmta hosted a public open house in the community to share progress and gather input on that as well. for more information you can provide input at sfmta.com/potreroyard. >> thing our finance team for receiving a delegation from indonesia this month.

it was their public prosecute curement agency. thank you to lilly and we wanted to appreciate the indzniesian trade delegation coming to learn more how we promote transparent and efficient procurement as wellsa we talked about integrating best value determinations and life cycle costs to procurement processes. thank you for liand he our team for hosting the groupful i like to wish you all and your staff an enjoyable spring recess next week. thank you. >> thank you madam executive director. see if there is public comment on your report. thank you board of supervisors. for hearing my comment.

and thank you for director chang who is very professional. introduced herself it me at the first timma board meeting after the meet nothing 2016. and mentioned the fiscal klimt you are aware that transit was in a death spiral before the pandemic. and now we have a fiscal cliff where [inaudible] projected 600 million dollars short fall in funding for muni. now you must be aware that muni service for treasure island will cost upwards of 12 million dollars and 6 million dollars a year short fall baseod. i don't know when your latest numbers are i have 2006 numbers i will double them. and development disposition and

development of agreement the dba hard deal for the developers cap transit costs at 30 million dollars plus 1.8 million for bus. if they reach the 50% mode chair goal of 50% transit they avoid another 5 million from the developers. this is ridiculous. the developers don't pay for transit they pay for transit in every other major prokt. i identified half a billion dollars potential winds fall prefer for selling over priced parking spaces. 6,000 parking spaces on treasure island and the prefer in the dda it is time board of supervisors insist on renegotiating this dda. >> thank you. your time is up.

>> chair going to the first caller >> welcome caller, your 2 minutes begins now. >> good morning chair mandelman and commissioners. [inaudible] san jose. i'm kwornding who the share if it would be possible to pull the executive report on the website. this concludes my remarks. thank you. >> thank you, caller. welcome, caller you should 2 minutes begins now. >> chair mandelman [inaudible] she and her. very good report. i did get to meet the executive director several years ago at a party at the lakeside office. very appreciative. i'm supportive of the e bike

help. i would like to see us be able to target the e bike purchasers toward the lower end of the income spectrum employment to get as many of the bikes in the homes of people who will need them the most and cargo e bikes are essential. because you can carry things to the store and to and from the store. i think what it is like to sloth groceries home on bus. we are on something very good with this. i don't know if 3 huh human % poverty level is like to see us move the push chass down below 200% to really help those of the simplest means. i'm intrigue body this leaked bill i will have to read t. i hope the [inaudible] i hope that

something productive can come out television because we have a divided congress right now. and over all t it is a good report. i look forward to seeing us put these into action. thank you. >> thank you, caller. chair there are no approximate further comment. >> public comment on item 3 is closed. and -- mr. clerk could you call item 4 >> item 4 approve the minutes of march 142023 meeting this satisfaction. >> so moved. >> thank you. commissioner peskin is there a second? >> seconded by safai. and we will open this up to public comment. looks like we don't have any in the chambers do we have remote comment on item for you? >> checking for remote comment on item 4. i see no public comment.

>> so that was no public comment, right? no public comment. why opinion comment on item 4 is closed. call the roll. >> commissioner chan. >> aye. >> commissioner dorsey. >> aye. commissioner engardio. >> aye. >> chair mandelman. >> aye. >> vice chair melgar. >> aye >> commissioner peskin. >> aye. >> commissioner preston. >> aye. >> commissioner ronen. >> aye. >> commissioner safai. >> aye. >> commissioner stefani. >> aye >> commissioner walton. >> aye. there are 11 aye's and minutes are approved. >> call consent 5-8. >> 5-8. staff is in the planning present but available for questions. why a motion to approve consent moved by preston. seconded by walton. and i think we can take that same house same call without objection. consent agenda is passed. >> mr. clerk, call item 9. >> bay area express lane update an informational item. >> >> good morning, commissioners rachael hyatt deputy for planning we have a number of presenters they are remote. from all places around the bay area. are here to provide you context and status reportos various express lane projects in the bay area and to our neighboring counties. i will give an over vow of the history of express lanes in the bay area. our present everybodies will talk about the regional network, development and operation about cal trans perspective and roles about our neighboring counties

opened express lane segment and close with a status report on the sfcta on this topic. the pricing tool kit has many elements and the goal is an objective of pricing range from managing demands for limited resource and many are familiar with the common way of doing this for park space metering. processing is used for roadway space through express lanes. it is like using peek hour utility pricing. another objective for pricing, limit the externalities associated with the use of a resource employees low emission zones are a form of doing this through pricing. pricing just as a by product of implementation generates revenue that is used to pay for the

program. covering the costs or to pay for other things that are complimentary to what ever the pricing program is such as more transit. express lanes a subset of managed lanes that include high occupancy vehicle lanes. dedicated to transit or high upon occupancy vehicles. transit only lanes we have many in the form of red carpet lanes. express lanes are recommended by the u.s. highway administration. yea? could you share the slide presentation. >> oh , dear. we didn't see any of those.

yea. i know -- i was supposed to press a button i did not press. sorry. >> well. there was a tool box here. and so -- i was conveying that the u.s. dot d. transportation recommends using express lane when is well is extra capacity to optimize the capacity of a high occupancy vehicle lyon lane allowing a single vehicle to pay a fee to use that lane. while setting that fee such that the speed of the lane is 45 miles per hour or higher. has a good performance. san francisco has studied express lanes and in 2018 the board adopted the freeway quarter management study that set out goals for san francisco's ability to benefit from express lanes the making

fortunate use of limited roadway space that goal of efficient performance as emissions and green house gases generated by freeway traffic. also to promote a greater amount of choice and ecquity to provide more transit and priority and contribute to a bigger regional network that is something we'll bring more on today. express listens started in the late 2010's in the bay area. but in the 2000's the bay area had an extensive network of hov lanes. not in san francisco we have that little express lane or that on ramp on ethic's street in

soma to the bay bridge this is -- other than that san francisco has been has not been a part of the managed lane network. enemy 2004ab2032 pass and this state legislation formed the joint pur's authority with alameda and santa clara to implement express laneos 580 and 680. the first express lane project in the bay area. then in 2011, the california transportation combhigz granted mta the authority to implement a region wide network and mtc has been implementing thel guardualet other direction of travel on 680 as an example. valley transportation authority vta began their express lane

network first on state route 237. then beginning the west bay express lanes on 101 and 85. and then in 2015ab bill 194 passes provides the authority to ctc so they could designate regional transportation agencies to have the authority to operate express lanes rather than through state by state legislation they can do this. san mateo has formed a joint powerhouse authority under pursuant to that. and use -- that jta to launch their express lanes that continue up 101 connect to santa clara and a speaker will talk

about their segment that opened. where we are now is you know the other north bay counties have formed ape joint power's authority to reflas and manage state route 37. not an express lane because in an express lane. approximate the key is that than i exist along side a general purpose lane drivers choose when they want the general purpose or express lane as 37ville a high occupancy vehicle lane and a toll lane for nonhov a bit different. actc is also studying working with cal trans in the process to implements xrez lanes on 580. san francisco is, san francisco is the one bay area count that he is not part of a jpa or part of a has toll authority or

manages lanes on our manage lanes on our freeway network. so, clearly, there are many different agencies throughout the bay area that each have the responsibility and authority for implementing part. this network. so the way that this is all cord nay today is seemless from the traveller perspective is true memorandum of understanding signed by all of the agencies with jurisdiction over express lanes. or who we are part of it. for there are a few reasons one role that san francisco does now have as of this year is a role on the bay area infrastructure financing authority policy committee. so it was left year as the bay area infrastructure financing authority the regional operator

of express lanes game with mta. the board level. with mtc now will have 2 committees and san francisco serve as an adviceary committee. there are remains -- that advisory, the mou for coordination and cooperation and communication. the actual authorities for policy decisions rests with the individual at regional entities or [inaudible] where that authority has been designated by ctc or state legislation to implement as shown on the screen. cal-trans has some responsibilities. something that all of our sister counties also have a roll in. i want to hands off to our first speaker who is with mtc lisa

kline the direct of field operations for after over view of the express lane strategic flan set out the network of express and managed lanes has been adopt in the plan bay area. lisa, please, there she is, great. >> good morning. thank you to chair mandelman and the authority members and staff for inviting a group of us to chat about thes express lanes work i'm lisa sideline director of field operations at mtc/baf a [spelling?] and the express lane program is in my shop. the network is key of the long range transportation plan for over a dvenlgd over that time, the lands scapes changed as rachael showed the network has

grown. in 2020, mtc worked the county transportation agencies and the various express lane operators to try to get on the same page where we're going in the future. and we developed a regional lane strategic plan approved in 2021. and provided input to the current transportation plan in 2015. i will cover this strategic plan in a brood level you will hear more from the next speakers. this express lane strategic plan lays out 6 goals i think a lot of community with the goals that the authority has.

and cost effective. i'm using public funds responsibly. >> this slide shoes the network included in plan bay area 2050 the express lane network. 750 lane miles and a third of that the blue bar, a third exists today or upon under

construction. the shape of the network changed a bit over the last decade or so. significantly, with plan area 2050 the first time network includes sections that would be constructed by converting the general purpose lanes to tolls express lanes. we long included hov conversion building on the network in the bay area this is a new step. responding directly to the need to reduce green house gas emissions more on this in a moment. the strategic plan covered

ground. the areas as a region we need to continue and focus on. making progress that work is in progress. the plan does in the get in a lot of detail. today i will highlight 3 areas for you and the subsequent speakers will cover them in more detail. next slide. plan bay area under score the need to pay attention to equity. when we adopted the plan there was work getting under way. in terms of planning for pilot projects. and analysis that was getting started. so we didn't irrelevant want to jump to the conclusion. i think what we have now is the pilots are about to launch or in

operation and what will be key going forward is doing the evaluation, sharing the information and irrelevant noting how we can address equity in the programs broadly. second area of focus as i pointed out is huwe can build this network. while minimizing any increase or vehicle miles travel exclude green house gas emissions. wee one piece is making express lanes an express bus work that will be part of the planning work that guess in the next planned update. that work is getting under way but we have gaps in the express lane network the challenger is how do we close those gaps complete the network and

achieving green house gas goals relying less on building new lanes. we understood that state/federal law did not allow conversion of lanes to hot lane and there are changing thinking on this. i think some speakers will talk about. and next slide. third area. rachael gave a good introduction, consistent operating policy. as she mentioned the bay area has several express lane operators and inspect authority to set toll rates and rowels. that could create a challenge for customers. we have at staff level working hard for years to be consistent and you see from the green box we achieved good consistency but it is not easy. to be honest. so the last 2 years we have been

formal iegz scaffolding the mou and it also significantly includes the creation of the regional toll policy committee so we can get the policy makers a part of that consistency discussion in a more organizationed fashion. that concludes my presentation. thank you. have all of the presenters complete their short presentations and then invite feedback and questions. the next presenter is also from mtc. and this is some things we're interested in staff wise equity has been front and center and what the questions we are asking in planning we are doing think

burglar express plains and managed listen in san francisco. them is an mtc project to pilot and equity fordable program for express lanes. pierce? >> sure. good morning i'm pierce gould with mtc. i am here to talk about a new equity pilot called express lane start. for a long time the express lane industry operated since people are not required use them this perspective is change to recognize the choice and limited for people who cannot afford the toll. express lane operators are looking at toll discounts and credits and other options to help low income drivers and bay area is leading the way t. is excessive to live here especially for low income households which a large share of budget on transportation. we than public transsit not a

viable option for some trips and want to expand mobility and access to opportunity for low income households that need to dry. we will test a discount on the 880 express lanes which are shown here on the map in the pink oval. we leveraged the systems rule and contractors for the clip are start transit fare discount program to deliver the pilot fortunately and a lens to delivering by engaging custody ins design and sxeflgdz priority iegz out reach strategies to reach low income spanish and chinese and black audiences. i'm excited we completed testing and red to launch this to the public in april and expect it to run for 18 months. >> eligible customers apply by computer. mobile phone or on paper and

must be verified eligible includes providing proof of identity. a bay area mailing address and proof of income at or below 200% of the poverty level 29 thousand dollars for a single person or 60 thousand dollars for a family of 4. in addition, applicant must have a faster ash count to use the express lanes and raft discount. application process is similar to clip are start. meant to be as simple as possible. when a customer applies the eligibility will review the application. if the application is complete and meets requirements they will be approved. if this customer has an existing accounts fast track will apply the toll discount plan to the account at the time of approval. if than i don'ts have an account they will be given an approval code they can use when opening

one. so that fast track knows to apply the discount plan to their account. >> once enrolled in the pilot drivers receive 50% off the posted toll and clean air vehicles in the discount receive 75 percent off the posted toll and 3 person car poorlies aulgsz discounted no matter the ineconomist ash counts. since this is a pilot the discount is for tripos 880 not other express lanes. and we. to improve access for low income customers provide a good experience and how it affects them and the lanes so we have created an evaluation plan to measure the goals. evaluation will be base on the first 12 months of pilot and share with staff who are existing pilot group.

i will wrap up, thank you for the opportunity to share an update on our pilot. >> and i will add, we think commissioner ronen for your role on the mtc and providing the guidance to shape the policy of the pilot. so our next speaker is cal trans for headquarters role and activity in roadway pricing andrew, the deputy director for roadway pricing at cal-trans headquarters. >> thank you, rachael. good morning. thank you for having me here today. i joined cal-trans a few months ago as the assistant deputy director for roadway pricing which was a new role and i'm excited be a part of president state dot whichments california to have a world class transportation system.

twhoon is safer, sustainable and equal and supports economic practice perity for everyone in the state. we see managed lane s and roadway pricing vital and critical to achieving that world class simples my job is to help translate broader state goals, laws and policies around managed lanes and roadway process to strategies, actions, projects and programs. in partnership with regional and local agents and recommend changes when needed to help facilitate achievement of goals through those types of projects. moving to one of those policy goals and state policies, the climate action plan for transportation infrastructure. so the execute ever order in 1919 in 2019 directed cal stato lever edge state transportation

spendses to meet the climate goals the transportation sector accounts for more than 50% of the state's green house gas e missions. it is vital we throughs to achieve our climate goals. adopt in the 2021, the framework for alining the investments we make in transportation infrastructure with our climate and equity goals. there are 10 guiding principles. 8 strategies and 34 actions create a vision and plan. with regards to manage link and roadway pricing the focus is on the g hd reduction and congestion, the existing congestion and limited transportation option in our state mean we have the highest commute times and travel by automobile. which is the most carbon form of transportation when it is i

single occupancy vehicle. in addition. newsome challenged us torous that through strategies encourage you to shift from cars to other modes of transportation. upon one of the actions in that to help work toward achieving the goals the roadway pricing working group intended help provide state leadership and support for local, regional or state effort in roadway pricing. a foreverum to identify, discuss and provide recommendations for equal roadway pricing implementation path ways and policies or change in policies or law. that help manage and reduce the and coordinate messaging state wide. >> the work group activities include meeting quarterly to

discuss efforts. policy issues, state and federal opportunity and barriers to implement pricing projects. and other related topics. and membership includes state, regional and local agencies and cbo's and ngo's engaged in transportation. taxling the mitigation required under sb7 female and the use of toll revenues for funding. next year we will develop an acceptable gis inventory of planned and construction project and want to start to consider joint letters to state and federal legislators changes recommending changes and policy or law and public low accessible materials to improve policy implementation. an example overnight last year lisa eludeed was clarifying

state and federal luthat allow for conversion of general purpose lane or high occupancy vehicle or hov lanes. and any way the working group is an example of the increasing inenghaj am in roadway pricing and how much we value partnerships. all view pricing a critical strategy to meet broader goals. and carbhas been clear in the scoping plan we will not meet our climate goals without implementing equal roadway pricing strategies. it is something you need to think any. and cal trans we are working on funding to aline our investments in pricing projects to meet the goals. working on revising updates policy and procedures to more efficiently expand equitable process to tackle congest union. we want to be better partners i

will close with a question and open this that we want to hear from partners such as yourself how we can better funds and support the work you are doing to help achieve that world class transportation system. thank you very much. >> and our lasted speaker is sean who is with the san mateo gpa executive council. jury room good morning i'm sean i'm the executive director of c tag and u.s. 101 san mateo jpa. with me is peter skinir the executive officer of san mateo transportation authority. we are pleaseed give this update on the 101 express project. the express listen project is multiagency and multiyear project withical trans, c tag

and the sfmta to reduce congestion and encourage car pooling and transit use. created 22 miles of express lane in each direction in san mateo from the santa clara county board everybody to i380 in the north. we opened in 2 stafrjs first in february of 22 and this was p.m. 8 miles from the santa clara line to whippel avenue and then we opened the remains 14 miles between whippel and i380. commenced tolling on it beginning early in march of this year. next slide. a bit of information we are collecting data on the new commenced tolling but average data for each of the 5 zones we are seeing a daily average toll per zone of 75 cent in thes

southbound direction and a doctor in 8 cent in northbound direction. equity and express lanes hands in hands in san mateo county inclusion of equity program was cents roll to the formation of the jpa and decision to pursue the express lanes. critical for our board and leadership we have an equity program in place. the express lane jpa approved the equity program december of 2021 and then prosecute void benefit in march of 2022. the benefits consist of 2 benefits we offer the first is a clip are card with preloaded with a value of 100 dollars. this is offered as annual benefit and we have a fast track full tag transponder with a value of 100 dollars. a one time benefit.

through our distribution channel we work with samaritan house the core nonprofits in san mateo to distribute the benefits to the other 7 county wide core agencies. and through that intake process, they encourage enrollment in the clip are start program. >> program eligibility is residencent of san mateo age 18 or old are. individual income 60% of the county ami which is 78 thousand for an individual. and eligible to receive 1 benefit provided through the core services agency network. to date, we have provided 1500 benefits through the county throughout the county with about 80% the clip are card option which was self selected by the applicant. and that concludes our presentation and we are available to cancer 've answer questions >> i will close with a status

report on san francisco efforts for which equity sefront and center. they have picked up following the board's adoption of the 2018 freeway corridor management study recommended 4101 and 280 connecting to downtown in the north and to the san mateo express lanes at the county line and express lane with a high occupancy vehicle 3 plus requirement. and the comp am limitary strategies the equity program our case involves exemptions in discounts and the transit priority and transit service. we advanced that plus other options and the hov option. and into the cal-trans process. for further development with san mateo and other agencies. in 2019, cal-trans approved

their scoping you know project development documents the first step in the cal trans press and environmental work started formerly with the board resolution in 2020. appropriating prop k to support that. at this time the board asked we limit the w to the hov only lane alternative this is our focus and -- we are not including the express lane alternative per that direction. we are beginning with what is called project one the northbound i280 off ramp. we want to be able to coordinate that project with a freeway rerab effort. cal trans is planning. we do know despite the pandemic a project on the freeway system needed. so for our freeway network you have seen the head lines that speeds on the freeway network and in the bridge approaches are

at our below the speeds prepandemic. the demand is there and ability to efficient low move folks including through transit and in an equal way on our freeway network is a need that concludes the collective presentations and thank you for any guidance and further questions. >> thank you, mrs. hi iat and all the presenters, commissioner peskin. >> thank you choir mandelman. and thank you to our staff and the staff from mtc and san mateo for a very comprehensive hen awhile and we congestion has come roaring back.

i think it is time for this body to have a frank and candid conversation about whether or not we want to revisit our resolution number 16 of 2020 and catch up with our sister counties around the bay and move beyond hov in san francisco county and start moving forward express lane. i think the time has come. i continuing is time for a frank conversation about that and wanted to kick this off. but appreciate a very detailed, comprehensive conversation and presentation today. and note that as it related equity, which i think was an initial primary concern of this body that it is really being address in the a meaningful way

as we see in the east bay 880 study. i thank you is something we can use and build off of and adopt here in san francisco county. and i thank you was the source of the occurrence 3 years ago as to why this body was not anxious to adopt whole hog at this time. thank you. >> thank you. commissioner peskin vice chair melgar. >> thank you, chair mandelman and thank you supervisor peskin i'm treed have that conversation. i think that you know we want to incent rise when we want to see in terms of behavior and right you in we have our municipal and he bart in a facing a fiscal cliff and -- car driving back to where it was prepandemic even though ridership in municipal and he bart lagged far.

it is krez it me that you can come up from san mateo for free but you have to pay for bart. and that's the system that we set up. and so i am ready to have this conversation we are behind. not just other counties in the bay area but the east coast. so i -- will support what the staff is doing what i would ask is that we pay attention to the operational details. because you know i think this for something like this to work it has to be easy. we will get lots of push back from the public. has to be easily explainable. i would encourage us not to have a complicated system to try to as much as possible leverage when we have in clipper. come other regional frameworks. so that we can be seemless.

if somebody is coming from san mateo or going back it is in the multiple have to switch card its get a discount or to pay. i do thank you is time for you to do this now. thank you. >> thank you. vice chair melgar. i will associate myself with the remarks of my 2 colleagues. if there are others who want to weigh in on this? this would be a great time or staff, can talk to folk and we can open this up to public comment. anyone here would like to come up and speak on item 9, please, do. >> good morning. still morning. and thank you supervisors and board for hearing my comment and

thank you for your service to the city. i'm a 27 year resident of the city. lived north of the opinion handle and walk every where and had to because muni was so bad. i'm glad to hear about equity addressing the issues. but first i want to comment on the whole approach of it is irrelevant an upon neoliberal and market prop to distribution of action to natural monopoly resources roads, highways and bridges. it resulted in equity issues. and one of the issue system the fast track its itself. point you to spur. study, bridging the gap

addressing the impacts of bridge tolls and on fines on bay area drivers november of 21. has a dispropotion at adverse impact on low income. it does not work for them. great to hear the stopgap approaches to try to fix this but it is a lot harder to do than you think to try to you knowledge qualify people baseod income and get the system to work i appreciate supervisor megovern's comment getting the details right. and good luck for this. thank you. >> thank you. see if we have remote public comment on item 9. >> i will go to the first call. hello caller your 2 minutes

begins now. >> thank you [inaudible] [inaudible] she, her. talk about express lanes in a few meetings. and common law make the express lane achieved there -- [inaudible] managing congestion. and we don't want the express lane to be sold to the highest bidder. i'm seeing the equity we are doing here. my experience with express lanes is limited in just using them when riding inner city buses on interstate 10 in los angeles. and seeing the signs with the price message i have no idea how much a 40 foot. city bus pays i'm sure it is i bit more. but this statute part of

managing congestion. and hopefully the equity part will help to encourage people of modest needs to car pol and get upon even greater benefit am so more people will use the express lanes. and looks like express lanes are met low common in the west. i did in the see them growing up on the east coast am traditional toll highs were the norm. but i want to see how we can add more population to this. and to be able to ensure we keep the highways flowing and the same time encouraging people to find other ways and drive by themselves. thank you. >> thank you. caller. hello caller, your 2 minutes begins now. >> thank you. edworried mason. when i observe the presentations

it this express lanes just satisfy and grows the culture of convenience to avoid any regional transits. regional transit and express buses were proposed over and documented a decade ago and nothing ever happened that. this will induce more travel and feeding the culture of convenience and contributing to pollution. [inaudible] palo alto to san from the 398 bus from redwood city used to be 7 days a week now 2 trips in the morning and 2 in the evening. we are just continuing endorsing the automobile use. and what about enforcement? are you going to have a highway patrol or how will you enforce the system?

to do that. vta went ahead and hired the highway patrol to endorse the enforcement tod lane. from mepedace to mountain vow. how are you going to handle that. this program of saying, we have to speed people's travel feedos culture of convenience and efforts to try to endorse encourage female use transit. goes away and you are contribute to the fiscal classify this. thank you. thank you. call are. no more public comment. public comment is closed. >> thank you i wanted thank the board for to all of our guests dp deputy director for that

presentations and the feedback. from the board with your persh mission we can go back and take a look how we might be able to adjust our current study to address the express lane options. but want to thank everybody for the conversation and for the guidance. >> and may be i would encourage you to seek additional feedback you got 3 of us. commissioner safai. >> thank you for the presentation i appreciate the information today. i can tell you over the last year having experienced the express lanes and travel all over the bay area for my son's baseball tournaments and stuff they actually are effective. when you see high concentrations at strange times. you can't predict when traffic

is going to produce on the weekends or other times. and i than they are opened more on the weekends. i think it is important to have those conversation it is hard to predict. my big reservations have been in san francisco we are a bit different in terms of the way our freeways run through the city. and there is a lot more immediate neighborhood traffic that uses the freeways to get to different parts of the city and jobs. i think this is the thing i want to been more. i appreciate when supervisor melgar said and it is a good point, appreciate that where the traffic has returned and it is obvious but the ridership on public transportation az has not. we should encourage people to get out of cars as much as

public and resume public transportation. from cal trains to the will golden gate transit to like all of them are nowhere near ridership they were before. some that is return to work policy. some of that has to do with ease of travel. because you know i was [inaudible] 5 o'clock yesterday traveling cross town there was no traffic on the freeway. it was empty. but this morning congested. i think that there are ways we can do is this. i think we need to look at 101 everyone wants to push it to 280 the truth is that is where the majority of congestion is, when people are coming in the city the majorities of the traffic coming in the city is prepare coming to mission bay on 280 and a lot of neighborhood traffic

that travels back and fourth from my district to the bayview and 6 and so manyasm that's what i would like to think about. i understands that there are space constranltos 101 that would have the most impact for the region and something we should take a serious consideration for. thank you. >> thank you. commissioner walton. thank you chair mandelman and thank you for the presentations. and definitely good to hear when is happening across the bay area. if we look at express lanes across the bay area and the country, what we finds is -- they don't exist in the most concentrated areas. they exist in areas where there are wider lanes or more lanes. to supervisor safai's point t is different when you come into the city and we are very small city

and a very small county. our surrounding yours that have express lanes have wider lanes and some case more lanes. and they have traffic but not urban. where they are existing. and frankly, we are pret much the only urban area in the bay area with the exception of san jose compared to population. but when we took the trip to london to study congestion processing and sweden, we noticed that over a certain time period it work in the london at first. what happened people adopted to the toll and then did not change traffic after awhile. in sweden it was different because it still work and this it is also related to the infrastructure that is in accomplice in terms of their

bike lanes and other forms of transportation so -- if we are going on have a serious conversation it is an issue for me to do everything we circumstance one, to make sure that we are not penalizing people for just having low incomes and a lot of times that happened when we have express lanes. i wanted to go on roeshd about all the things that exist differently then and there they do in san francisco which makes it more realistic. thank you commissioner walton. all right. looks like you got more feedback and so conversation will continue. and mr. clerk call the next item. >> next item 10 introduction of new items informational >> any new items? don't see anymore mr. clerk, call our next item.

>> item 11 public comment. >> is there anyone here would when like to make general public comment? come on up. >> hello again. jeff kline. thank you for hearing my comment. i wanted follow up on the last issue and mention that the congestion is due to a failure of regional plan and zoning in the bay area. and that has not been spoken about. and i also. to mention ridership on bart and muni there is a per spepgz among the public they are not safe to ride. a problem with crime and maintenance and cleanliness. i wanted to get back to my previous comment about muni funding, the general fund being used to fund transportation for

the treasure island project. to be clear, the tdm program and all the tolls and fees are that, none of it goes to muni. all the funding from the general fund. and -- the fiscal impact analysis for the project was optimistic about the taxes and the fees and sales tax and hotel taxes and property taxes that would come out of the project. if that money does not showum there will be a huge hole that will have to be filled by the general fund. now the city itself is facing a short fall a budget short fall. and i don'ts think you will be able to go back to the taxpayers. you have a real estate problem where taxable properties values will crash. because in the financial district this is half empty. people go bankrupt an issue of where the money come from which i like to suggest that you go

back and renegotiate the disposition and development agreement with tida and ticd the developers include 11ar the biggest home builder in the united states and get them to the pay for transit. thank you. why it is in the written in stone you can renegotiate. >> all right. see if we have remote comments under item 11. >> item 11 public comment? hello caller your 2 minutes begins now. >> great. are you taking public comment for agenda item number 6. i have been stuck at work. we are not. we are taking. go ahead, gent. >> we are take happening general public comment for item 11. i will call back later. thank you. >> okay. checking for additional public

comment on item 11. there is no more comment. >> all right. public comment on item 11 is closed. mr. clerk. call our next item. >> holdup one second employment to clarify we are taking public comment on item 11 that is general public comment not 7. to clarify for the gentlemen who called in. say it all again. what are you suggesting we do. i believe the we told the gentlemen we were taking comment on item 7 but we are taking on item 11 which is general public comment to the extent he wanted to comment on something not item 7 he should have an opportunity to do so. >> i'm sorry i was not clear i did say 11. >> and then the gentlemen hung

up. >> okay. he is back on now. would you like me to take him? yes. we will reopen item 11. >> okay this . is general public comment for item 11. hi. caller this is item 11 general public comment you have 2 minutes and may begin now. >> great. thank you. so sorry chair come commissioners i'm dave alexander work with the richmond family and calling to push back on the ask for district one the [inaudible] at 38th and geary. we want to see public monies invested in slow streets and pedestrian infrastructure on geary and fulton. this will be a bandaid.

after [inaudible] and we got push knack from the fire department about infrastructure there. you know highly recommend monies and funding to reinvested in slow streets and pedestrian infrastructure. a [inaudible] is a far cry from infrastructure. we need to narrow the lanes out there it is a freeway. on the outer reaches of geary. reconsider this request and thank you for taking my call. >> thank you caller. there is no additional public comment. >> all right. public comment on item 11 is closed. mr. clerk call 12. >> adjournment. >> we are adjourned.

>> all right. what an exciting building. where all my department people? supervisor, welcome. >> okay. how are you? >> first of all,