i'm a member of the citizens advisory committee for the transportation authority. regarding one item the executive director brought up, the item about 19th avenue, this item was brought before our committee a couple of months ago. i voiced concerns there and i will share those concerns with you. first of all, as far as relocating into the middle of 19th avenue, i -- it seems ludicrous because as it is, when you have to take the 28 bus line going northbound, you have to cross 19th avenue and there is a light there. if they want to realign it into the street, and of doing that, build a bus bridge over the 19th avenue so that people with walkers and canes and wheelchair's can go over 19th avenue safely. realigning to the center will just cause more traffic and problems. thank you very much. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker please. >> i would like to address the report we just heard. i noticed the report basically talks about fact we are getting all of this revenue from all of these different areas and supposedly we are seeing an increase in the quality of our

authorizing the executive director to negotiate the agreement terms and conditions. >> we are seeking the authority to execute an agreement with the treasure island development authority to implement the treasure island transportation plan. the 2008 california state assembly bill 981 authorized the board of supervisors to designate an agency to act as the transportation management agency for treasure in and -- treasure island and to be responsible for implementing the very innovative transportation plan for the island, which centers on using fees generated on the island to deliver the multi modal transportation system to and from the island. in 2008 of last year, the tida board and authority board recommended that the board of supervisors designate the transportation authority as the treasure island mobility transportation agency. in december last year, the board executed an agreement to carry out pre-implementation activities, leading up to the designation of an agency as the tima as well as fund raising and other pre-implementation activities. this agreement would extend or renew our agreement for fiscal year 2012-2013, including the scope of work that would initiate the conceptual design and preliminary engineer

no. 5 quest for >> authorize the executive director to execute a memorandum of agreement with the treasure island development authority to implement the treasure island transportation program and authorize the terms and conditions. supervisor campos: this is an item that came before the finance committee. any comments or questions or presentations from staff? why don't we open it up to public comment? is there any member of the public would like to speak on item number five? seeing none, public comment is closed. we can take a roll call on item five. >> [roll-call] the item passes. >> the item is approved. could we please call item no. 6? >> approve the fiscal year 2012-2013 transportation fund for the clean air program of projects and authorize the executive director to execute a contract to the bay area quality management district. supervisor campos: this is an item that came before the committee which is chaired by commissioner avalos. why don't we open it up to public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. can we take this same house, same call. the item passes item number seven. >> allocate $1.3 million in proposition k funds and amend the relevance b

my point to the transportation authority is i don't think you are really doing your job. you need to think about the public residents and tourists in this city. that's your biggest priority. to have all of these construction jobs going on at the same time has really reduced the quality of life in san francisco. secondly, we used to have a very nice system of traffic coming -- traffic calming done by local people who went into the city and drove their carriages. that was our traditional model. carriage horses are also solar powered. they eat grass that is powered by the sun and that propels them in their travel. i don't see any money in any of your budget or even in the $4 dmv tax increase that goes into any of that. which to me is pretty shocking because who are we in san francisco? what type of community are we? historically, we are a carriage driving community. here we are since 2000, like we don't exist. yet you are spending all of this money -- [tone] supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker please. >> i listened to the director's report and i want to address two iss

no. 5 quest for >> authorize the executive director to execute a memorandum of agreement with the treasure island development authority to implement the treasure island transportation program and authorize the terms and conditions. supervisor campos: this is an item that came before the finance committee. any comments or questions or presentations from staff? why don't we open it up to public comment? is there any member of the public would like to speak on item number five? seeing none, public comment is closed. we can take a roll call on item five. >> [roll-call] five. >> [roll-call]

welcome to the transportation authority meeting of july 24, 2012. i'm the chair the authority. the clerk of the authority is erica cheng. we would like to thank the sfgtv staff for covering the meeting today. if you could take roll-call. >> [roll-call] >> we have a quorum. >> if you could please call item no. 2. >> is there any member of the public who would like to speak on item number two? can we take roll-call? >> [a roll-call] the item passes. supervisor campos: please call item no. 3. >> the shares report. this is an information item. supervisor campos: as many of you are aware, last week, our governor, jerry brown was in town for the bill that green light the high-speed rail program. for those of you who have been following this matter, it was a very close vote and in the end, the different parties were able to reach a compromise that brought enough consensus to have enough votes to pass this very important piece of legislation. i was unable to be at the signing ceremony but i want to thank the executive director for representing the authority and i want to recognize comm

my name is david campos, and in the chair of the transportation authority committee. i want to thank sfgtv for there service. madam clerk, could you call the roll? >> [roll call] we have a quorum. commissioner campos: thank you. if you could call item two. >> this is an action item. commissioner campos: at this point, i would like to open up for public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. can we take that without objection? madam clerk, can you please call item three? colleagues, i have a very brief report today. i would like to begin by welcoming back our executive director. glad to see you are recovering, and we certainly have missed having you here, but we are appreciative of the facts that you are first and foremost taking care of yourself. we wish you the best of luck. i also want to take the opportunity to thank the amazing work of your staff, including the deputies, all of these senior staff for the transportation authority who have risen -- who have represented you very well. i want to thank them. in terms of my report today, i would think the most s

. >> the transportation authority issued a memo to m of >> i asked the transportation authority, because we did not seem to be getting accurate information to provide a quick analysis of how we can mitigate traffic issues, and we received this memo on the 11th of july, and i asked to forward it to my colleagues. i am happy to forward it to you. >> it is possible i did not see it. >> i just want to clarify a point that was made as to the disruption of care, so i am wondering whether or not you took into account, because it has to do with the timing of the retrofit, if you took into account extensions are usually provided, and i am wondering how that changes your analysis around that point. >> to answer that question, it does the rail extensions to the seismic compliance regulations, but the project would still like to go ahead in a timely manner, and there is a lot of work that would be required in terms of doing a detailed redesign in coming up with a construction management plan, so the fact there are these extensions, that does make it feasible this alternative could be implemented in

. >> in response the transportation authority is testing a new policy. >> the bridge will shuts down after three gust -- will shut down after three gusts. >> transportation officials stress every storm is different but triple a believes that's why more flexibility is key to making decisions on bridge closures and keeping the thousands who use the bay bridge safe. >> in this case, this storm we knew what it was so there was just no reason not to be flexible on policy there and say you know, we better close the best of my knowledge before that hits. >> reporter: now that temporary wind gust policy is being evaluated. it's expected to become permanent. the transportation authority says safety is their priority. kai, back to you. >> thank you. triple a is pushing for another safety measure, barriers to separate two way traffic lanes. >>> still ahead. >> black bears roring back in maryland -- roaring back in maryland. that story as witness news continues. >> a $40 million project will be underway. what it is coming up next. >> demanding answers. a mun community outraged after a deadly poli

the fiscal report kind of gives you an idea of what the san francisco transportation county authority is doing. i used to, at one time, attend all of the metropolitan transportation commission meetings, where moneys are allocated to san francisco. this is what i have to say. we have the money. that does not mean that because we have the money, that we do not have to do -- judicially spend it correctly. so, the small-business commission did not approve or was not in favor of what is going to be done. i know that some of you are not paying attention, but that is fine. you can multitask yourselves. but the point is, we should not be spending money on the gary corridor without some do deliberations. we saw that when money was spent on the market street. small businesses were compensated. when money was spent on church street, 85% of businesses, we lost 85% of the businesses. we do not know what will happen on van ness. we know that the central subway businesses are hurting. thank you. supervisor wiener: is there any additional public comment? seeing no one, public comment is closed. this

. >> reporter: the transportation authority does not take closing the bay bridge lightly. but after the horrific appearance, they are testing some changes to their policy. aaa believes changes are sorely needed. the storm that ripped through maryland left a massive amount of destruction. those trapped on the bridge never thought they would live through it. wind toppled an 18 wheeler. >> it's dark, you're sitting in a car, you're looking over the guard rain and you see 10-foot white caps and you go there's no place to go. >> reporter: ron anderson wrote a strong word of opinion printed on the baltimore sun saying the policy didn't account for the fast changes because of this storm and should have. >> here is an instance that was crying for an exception to the rule and the fact that you ended up with scores of motorists trapped and scared for their lives thinking that it was over for them. >> reporter: in response the transportation authority is testing a new policy that takes into account gusts of wind. the bridge will shut down after three gusts of 55 miles per hour during

. >> you might also point out that in the audiences someone from the transportation authority and the mayor's office that worked on this project with you. >> would you like to speak? >> i want to spend a couple of minutes reinforcing the support of this project. where have been working collaborative the with the mayor's office. it has been three years coming, it is one of the few sources the mta has to support capital related projects. as a development of the city, the tension in providing the services grows. the mta board supports the policy credits, the policy credit for using given the impact regardless of development tie. of all the policy credits, the parking restriction credit was the one that resonated with them the most due to the impact of the parking in the legislation system. i want to thank alicia for the amount of work she has done. i believe she wants to make a couple of comments. >> i am the director of transportation policy, have to reiterate, these ordnances were introduced by the mayor and co- sponsored with supervisors wiener and olague. we appreciate this opportuni

commissioner avalos: good morning and welcome to the plans and programs committee of the transportation authority. i am john amylose, the chair of the committee. other commissioners will be joining our shortly. commissioner jane kim, christina olague. the clerk of the committee is erica chang. i want to call out on the folks on sfgtv broadcasting. please share with us any announcements. >> there are no announcements. commissioner avalos: item to police. >> item 2. approve the minutes of the june 19, 2012 meeting. this is an action item. commissioner avalos: any questions or comments? public comment. two minutes. seeing none, public comment is closed. do we have a motion to approve? motions farrell, seconded by commissioner cohen. without objection. next item, item #3. >> item 3. citizens advisory committee report. this is an information item. >> good morning. today's agenda has three items that were viewed last month by the cac. item six, the discussion will focus mostly on the allocation of the funds of the port, demolition of pier 1 and 2. the cac, that is why the items are being considered pri

i am not only member of the citizens advisory committee for the transportation authority, but i have been a member of the citizen buys every group for the third street project since its inception and i am all in favor of this project. i voted for this item when it was presented to us at the last cac meeting. i would strongly approve it today. i would urge all of you to approve it. thank you. commissioner avalos: thank you for your comments. any other member of the public that would like to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, this item is before us. can we have a motion? we will take that without objection to moving forward with recommendations. let's go on to item 8. >> item 8. recommend allocation of $210,000 in prop k funds, with conditions, to the san francisco municipal transportation agency for design of the franklin street signal upgrades - conduit project, subject to the ar cash flow distribution schedule. this is an action item. >> good morning, mr. chairman, committee members. the request before you today is for an allocation of $210,000 in prop k fund

welcome to the transportation authority meeting of july 24, 2012. i'm the chair the authority. the clerk of the authority is erica cheng. we would like to thank the sfgtv staff for covering the meeting today. if you could take roll-call. >> [roll-call] >> we have a quorum. >> if you could please call

the board of supervisors. we do not want to have too long a county transportation authority meeting. those are my items for today. at this point, i would like to open it up to public comment, any member of the public who like to speak on the chair's report. yes? >> sometime ago, i read on the county website that we would have some comments of the chair noted so you really know what is happening at the transgendered bay -- transbay and so on and so forth. the information and materials are given here and you come to the meeting come up the committee meetings, they do not go into the funds. we want something to the point, because once we get an idea of what is really happening, some of us, we have meetings linked to demographics, meaning for example, seniors in san francisco. we can discuss with them what is really happening. they will have input. they will come to the subcommittee meetings. they will come here, and they will speak. a lot of them have no clue why the millions and millions of dollars that are expended on his projects, and as chair, you can tell us just briefly -- even if

i want to thank the transportation authority for there work -- their work on the alternative for van ness was rapid transit. i think it is an elegant solution to what appears to be a corrupt -- conundrum. commissioner campos: thank you. i do think this shows the creativity we have in the city and county of san francisco, oftentimes being able to think outside the box of. we have a number of speaker cards. i will call them out. [reading names] and any other member of the public would like to speak on this item, please come forward. >> hello. my name is michelle brant's. i am also concerned that i get the feeling you're not really listening to the people in the public. what i have to say is not just my opinion. i know these things have been communicated to mark farrell and two others on this commission. although your own study refers to what you call the nobel the alternative -- bo build alter native, for some reason, and i was on the citizens' advisory committee, this has not been studied to the same degree. the only explanation i was given was this is not funded to the same degree. i

that i do support cpmc and the new hospital to be built. g'&Ñthe second question is i an the transportation authority and this is what the paratransit's and other agencies that help the disabled get the transportation. i would like to make a recommendation a at -- recommendation for the wheel chairs so they can transport their patients to dialysis and other facilities so that the people do keep their appointments and do not have to miss their requirements. chair mar:i did not call your name. next speaker. nk>> hello.r. my name is ryan. i am an organizer in the tenderloin. the eir, and they are assigned to the analysis about what the projected impact will be on the environment of our society. it is hard to know the numbers they are producing when they are using numbers from 2001 about their employees riding the bus. and the numbers came out about the possibil's. it really brings into question the integrity of the numbers they are producing, and it is questionable how they came about to be. 60% of public transit ridership, whatn:+dñ is going to happen whe statements campus is closed? we do when the st.