plus, the brt are well under way and have reached significant milestones and this is a kutos to this chair and board in particular in april, saved one of the mark way opened to service, the authority board authorized us to sign the high-speed rail mou which helped to unravel the political juggernaut that was tying up the funding and one of the things that that did was all puns intended was energize the project and now has a real fubding plan and redepress is under way. in may, we got to the first time the transbay terminal projects to the downtown extension part was named of two new priorities for federal new starts funding in the regional transportation plan. in june, in the executive director's plan, they reached financial close which is a testament not only to the work by slogart and weiss not giving up on that and weiner and campos helping to seal the plan. and cal tram and we have done so successfully in june, the boards approved the locally preferred alternative for the rapid transit project and we are hoping for the project this spring, in october we had the full funding agreement and almost a billion dollars to that fund and project. and last of the signature projects that

with the mtc, the san francisco county transportation authority, the mta, together with the board of supervisors and especially this body, if we focus on our youth and hug them as much as we can to meet their transportation needs. * help them and one of the ways we can do that is by having a lively discussion as to how our monies are spent and have a broader view. we seem to be more focused on the operations and the machines rather than the living and the human beings who are [speaker not understood]. thank you very much. >> thank you. is there any other member of the public who would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. madam clerk, if you can please doll item number 4? >> executive director's report, this is an information item. >> now we will curran it over to our executive director. mr. moskovich, i want to thank you and your staff as we near the end of the calendar year for all the work that has been done this calendar year. >> thank you, mr. chairman. my report was a couple of additional handouts as well. i'm only going to focus on five of the item

and the investments that we hold are in compliance with the government code and the authority board approved investment policy and the amount that we have in the bank provides sufficient liquidty to meet the requirements over the next six months. with that i am more than happy to answer any questions related to the internal report >> any questions or comments? >> seeing none, is there any member of the public that wishes to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> this is an information item and so we do not need to take any action. >> thank you. >> item number five. >> introduction of new items, this is an information item. >> are there any introductions? >> seeing none, is there any member of the public who wish to comment on item five. seeing none, public comment is six. >> item six. >> public comment. >> is there any member of the public that wishes to comment on any item in the jurisdiction of this committee? seeing none, item 7, public comment is closed. >> item seven. >> adjournment. >> we are adjourned. >> . >> we are running a womens' volleyball program here at richmond re

the sponsor request the authority board extension. finally i'll note that funds from project do not allocate in the year in which they are programmed. with that, i'm happy to take any questions. i know we have a number of project sponsors here. >> thank you for your presentation. if there are no comments or questions from the panel, we'll go on to public comment. anyone from the public like to comment please come forward. seeing none, we will close public comment. okay, thank you for your presentation. colleague can we have a motion to approve this item with conditions? motion from commissioner kim and seconded by commissioner farrell. next item. >> i'm back, chad transportation authority item number seven. really quick powerpoint. shorter than quick. >> no, i mean speak slowly. >> i need you to slow it down. >> i item begins on page 71 of the memo. the allocation request, begin on page 78 if you're interested. three projects, 9th street i mentioned include six blocks of paving work and it includes construction of approximately 45 pell

very importantly under the one-bay grant process in january, most likely the authority board will be asked to allocate the funds for further project development. one of the main tasks is for the agency to go out and get buy-in on the concept define and refine that. >> thank you. >> the house has changed so if we could have a roll call on this item. >> commissioner avalos aye. >> campos. >> aye. >> chiu. >> aye. >> chu. >> aye. >> cohen >> aye. >> elsbernd. >> aye. >> ferrill e >> aye. >> kim. aye. >> olague. aye. >> and commissioner weiner? >>ite aye. >> the item passes if you could call the next item. >>al locate, $3 stx 390 stx 887 in proposition aa funds with conditions to the department of public works two requests and $1 stx 683,000 in proposition aafunds with the conditions to fung municipal transportation agency for one request, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedules. and any member of the public that like to for him forward. seeing no member of the public could we take the same house and call? >> the same house and call. >> item 12. >> approve the

the year by dedicating our board meeting in the memory of mike nevin, who recently left us. mike was one of our founding board members way back when we created the transbay joint powers authoritynd was very supportive over the years. he served as our first chairperson and was there with us in the initial years of moving the project forward. mike was a member of the caltrain board of directors and also a former san mateo county supervisor, mayor of daly city and san francisco police inspector and not only served on our board, but numerous other regional transportation boards and we'll always be appreciative to mike for all of his work in the area of transportation, as well as his commitment for those in need. we extend our sympathies to mike and his family. i would also like to thank director reiskin, because a few board meetings ago director reiskin suspected that suggested that we look into that and found it's viable and could save us money and we modeled after the department of public works and caltrans regulations, allowing for savings during the bid submission and bidders will be encouraged to submit their value engineering proposals that will decrease the bid price, const

the 420, you're not asking for additional authorization. it looks like actually the cascade of events is that the board actually has already approved the 950 million dollars in appropriations. prop e authorization gives you 821 of that 915 and the balance is really other revenues that makeup the difference between the 821 and 915, correct? >> that's right. there's no additional authorization. what we're actually bringing forward to you now are the transaction details. so, this body has already authorized the bond sale. what we're telling you now are the condifficulttionvs of the sale and the an dissipated interest that we'll get. * conditions >> the 420 of that 821? >> that's right. >> thank you. one other thing before we go to the budget analyst report. you mentioned it which i'm glad you did. really sort of an indication about where the puc is heading with regard to the sewer system improvement program. we just finished or are close to finishing hopefully with two large projects kind of underway. so, i think great with the [speaker not understood] program. >> that's right. >> we're pretty much getting to a point where we're well underway

we got the best one, and i would have wanted in the first place and so i have no hesitation in recommending the board of directors to authorize this contract for a two-year period just in case we get into many questions, which sometimes happens in environmental work. >> thank you, any questions from board members? >> yes? >> director harper? >> i probably showing my ignorance here lack of not being here for a while. but there is a lot of construction work, i understand that. but i can't think of a significant environmental impact saying, yeah they better check for this or that. has anybody run through an initial study of what they are looking at? >> yes, we have done initial work through the transportation group. the additional construction work which makes noise and so on, and i don't think that it is huge, and it is underground most of it. but, the extension from beal street to main street effects a property that was never in the original environmental documents. to have it take to build station under. fortunately, we are in that building, that is where our office is and we have already met with the owners. but, there is al

authorities have number of advisory committee. the plans and programs committee recommends and authority board appoints advisory committee meeting. on page 14 of your packet, you can see a list of folks submitted applications to be on the citizen's advisory committee. on page 13 you can see list of current members. you must be a san francisco resident and if you at least once before the committee. we currently have three vacancies. we understand, there are candidates in the audience who are interested in speaking to their interest and qualifications. >> thank you. i know we've had a couple candidates come forward who are looking to be appointed for the district nine seat. i like to allow those folks if they're here to come again. let's go with other candidates who would like to be appointed from other districts first. i believe mr. goldman is here. if if i other members or candidates like to speak if you want to line up on this side before you call the district nine folks. >> thank you. briefly, i applied a few boards before. my name is aaron goldsmith. i applied for a few things before. this is a board where my position as commun

and whether -- agree or disagree with it but in 1999 the voters gave the policy authority over these kinds of issues to the mta board of directors and took that authority away from the board of supervisors. so i'm

and whether -- agree or disagree with it but in 1999 the voters gave the policy authority over these kinds of issues to the mta board of directors and took that authority away from the board of supervisors. so i'm hearing, both in the written submissions and also in what you're saying today, rernss references to what's good or bad engineering, what's a better route or a worse route, references to disability access, to fire safety. those are all very legitimate and important policy considerations to weigh and coming up with any plan. but how should we think about this distinction between what is the right policy decision, which is not within our power, versus whether this project was categorically exempt or not from ceqa. because i think it's really important for us, regardless of what anyone's personal opinions are, to keep that distinction. >> yeah. well, let me cut to the chase with that and say that this lays the foundation for looking at the environmental -- potential environmental impacts of the proposed plan. and this alternative has a way of accomplishing the same result of moving cyclists through the panhand

project that may be plopsed the proposed structure do not enhance the neighborhood's character the board has the reasonability and the authority to promote the architectural vitality of san francisco and failure do sonthis occasion will perpetuate immediate i don't care credittity of san francisco actech tour celebrated by speculator and is come placement city boards thank you for the opportunity to address this issue. >>> thank you. >> mr. sanchez before mr. sanchez speaks i wanted to ask the board members if he wanted thissed to serve the companies the photographs that were submitted. >>> plans are attached. >> to mr. commissioner commissioner lazarus can take them and mr. sanchez you have provided those to the other parties. >> instructor: i don't have many comments but the board will understand their powered and they have the ability to turn the planning commission and you understand that you have the ability to over turn the zoning administrator and i learned that on several occasions and i did review the revised plans and i shared some of the surprise that the neighbors had as well because there was a summary that i rece

this is a program that you have complete control over as the governing board of the authority have an opportunity to shape it. >> we will work over the next four months that we receive to see if we can address a lot of the issues that were brought up. is it specific to how -- >> that's what we will be doing over the next four months. >> we will continue to work together to incorporate the recommendation >> we're not assigning any funds. two projects dropping out. >> i'll clarify. it includes everything you shown us today. obviously we can't fund all of that because this amount is so greater than the amount that we have that you're talking about our input today as we move forward to come up with a finalized budget. >> absolutely. >> thank you. >> thanks for asking the questions commissioner cohen and clarifying. not to jump the gun on decision-making that we have to make. i like to see that we have this list of ten projects now that we don't reshuffle the deck moving forward. these projects are closed initial cut for this round. can still be clearly in the running for obag funding and

ium( ;h will remind folks that the housingjp'e authority was actually established by this board of supervisors8. it is actually the oldest housing authority in the state of california, and the 17th largest in the countries. and it is clear from talking to legal counsel, that we have oversight responsibilitiess!ja= and the ability to understand how they are performing, in their responsibilities. again the focus is not on the individuals or personalities, but simply what is happening to address the needs of the residents. and so with that in mind, i just want to note that with the support of supervisor olague i will be, in the next few days, introducing a motion requesting that the board's budget and legislative analyst simply conduct a review, a performance review of how the authority, how the agency is performing its duties. i think it's something that we can all benefit from from past performance, audits and reviews we have learned a lot about various agencies, muni being an example. and i think that to the extent that good things are happening, it's1q@÷ an opportunity for us to highlight and

that there is a lack of funding and so the reason that i approached this board today, is to try to put out a general call, not only to the transportation authority but to the board of supervisors in general that this is a health issue for employees of the city and county of san francisco. and it is an issue for us as union representatives to hear the complaints from our members that they have nowhere to go. we have had media coverage on this, we have spoken on it several times and we are trying to get some movement because it is an emergency situation for our people. and we just don't want our members, or the employees of san francisco, or this railway, to be continued to be treated as second or third class citizens without the ability to have clean, functioning facilitis that they can use while they serve the city and county of san francisco. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please? >> good afternoon, board, members. chairman, eric williams, president for the transport workers union. >> about two years, the media, put it in the papers, about the rest room issue, for the operators. and they were made it was made a joke even by some members of the