in the fall we are to seek action from the transportation authority board, that's my board and the sf mta board to endorse an alternative. between now and then there is an opportunity for public comment and continue all dialogue. we intend to finish the process winter of 2014. that wraps up my presentation at this point. i'm happy to take questions. >> thank you very much. well have questions from the council. derek? >> first i just wanted to make sure that everyone is aware that website that they can go to. >> it's www.geary.org. >> if people don't have a computer and they want to get this information, where can they get it from? >> we have a fact sheet that we printed and i have brought some copies today. we have them at our offices at 1455 market street 22nd floor. people are free to come up and get some copies of the fact sheet. if they would like a presentation for their community group. we are happy to give a presentation. i will give my phone number. 415-522-4804. my e-mail at chester er dot

. >>> the transportation authority board could allocate more than $13 million to the project from pop profession k approved in 2003. board members are expect today vote on the proposal tomorrow. >>> nine california public school students are suing the state to abolish its laws on teacher tenire and seniority. >>> students at uc berkley protesting the high cost of college textbooks. student groups plan to hold a day of action today. textbook costs have risen three times faster than inflation. the college board estimates students will spend $1200 on textbooks and other supplies that year. >>> coming up, it's the opposite of a gun buy-back. the controversial give-away in georgia that has many upset. >>> the proposal many dog owners are expected to speak out against this week. >>> we're looking at a commute that's off to a decent start at interstate 880. we'll look at where traffic may start to slow first this morning. >>> fog has come back reducing visibility from santa rosa to san jose. i'm sure you have heard the r word this week, will it make it here? >>> good morning, a shocking arre

this in the summer of 2014, and in the fall, we would like to bring in an item to the transportation authority board to select and endorse this alternative and then include it in the final environmental document at the end of 2014. so this is not the last opportunity to comment on this alternative but this is the first opportunity that we would like to take to share with the public. with that i will conclude and i just note that we are having some out reach just had a meeting and last week we had a meeting at the library and the 5:30 to 7:30 and continuing to make the presentations to the other stake holder groups and we also have a meet thating we are planning in the japan town area for 2014 that we will >>> it's a light rail. the public utilities commission stated that the only way to relive the congestion is a light rail. it went no where. we have to do the homework and the engineers did the final analysis on the geary light rail transit system. people want light rail. they don't want bus rail. >> thank you. this is informational item. colleagues. all this recommended staff have agreed that we de

the san francisco examiner reports the transportation authority board could allocate more than $13 millionthe project. the money would come from proposition k. that's a half cent sales tax approved by voters in 2003. the board members are due to vote on that proposal tomorrow. >>> an unusual flush landed a poker player in jail in new jersey. police say christian latardi flushed fake poker chips down a toilet. it happened during the winter poken open in atlantic city. the flush was discovered after the pipes at the casino clogged forcing officials to cancel the tournament. the áf he was arrested and charged. >>> a bay area teacher accused of serving pot during a pot luck dinner. coming up a live report on what's happening at the teacher's elementary school early this morning. >> the the way the currents work in that area you get sucked down and held down for a long time. >>> a weekend tragedy at santa cruz. the dangerous conditions that caused the death of a mountain view man. >>> and so far so good. what -- when it comes to serious crashes. but the fog will be an issue. steve and i will be

the san francisco examiner reports the transportation authority board could allocate more than $13 millionject. the money would come from proposition k, a half-cent sales tax approved by voters in 2003. board members are scheduled to vote on the proposal tomorrow. >>> new this morning, a report in the san francisco chronicle says the same chinese company that made faulty bolts for the eastern span of the bay bridge, also made 250,000 bad bolts for the retrofit of the carquinez bridge. the chronicle says the information on the carquinez bridge was in a recent report critical of caltrans for covering up problems with the construction of the eastern span. according to that report, the 250,000 bolts for the retrofit of the carquinez bridge in 1999 were made to the wrong size and had to be rejected and then remade. >>> widening a roadway known for one of the worse traffic backups in the bay area may take longer than expected. a $1.2 billion project to widen the novato narrows has been underway since 2001. but the project is 209 million short of funding for work on paving a third lane. >> we're

commissioner yee was part of that as well, and many of the other participants from the board of supervisors transportation authority and were waiting in on the hearing about how they can play a large role to be sure that we are doing everything that we can to prevent the fatality and crashes occurring in the future. i also appreciated mayor lee's action on prioritizing funding for pedestrian safety and to help to boost our response, how we can identify an additional ten million dollars in prop k funding to make available for the immediate projects on the ground, i want to thank weiner for supporting this goal and working with me to guide the ta and the various agencies in this effort. and the start of the year also saw a new approach to the management of employer shuttles by the sfmta and i would like to acknowledge the work on this issue and our own staff, 2008, analysis report on the subject, requested by the then commissioner duftxwr, that laid the groundwork for this pilot and i believe that one dollar per stop per day is to low, considering the impacts of the new impact on the economy on the infrastructure and

welcome to the january 21st, 2014 meeting of the san francisco municipal transportation agency board of directors and parking authority commission. please read the roll. >> director brinkman? >> present. >> brinkman present. director heinicke is anticipated. director nolan? present. [speaker not understood]. rubke? rib keefe present. director lee will not be here today, but you do have a quorum. >> thank you. >> item 3, announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. [speaker not understood] any person responsible for one going off may be asked to leave the room. please be advised cell phones that are set on vibrate do cause microphone interference so the board respectfully requests that they be pe

board of supervisors. we've been working on this idea with the private sector for the last couple of years after the good work done by the transportation authority have a proposal final list we'll bring to the board on january 21st. we've been keeping them updated we went to our policy and governs committee to prov

welcome to the january 21st, 2014 meeting of the san francisco municipal transportation agency board of directors and parking authority commission. please read the roll. >> director brinkman? >> present. >> brinkman present. director heinicke is anticipated. director nolan? present. [speaker not understood]. rubke? rib keefe present. director lee will not be here today, but you do have a quorum. >> thank you. >> item 3, announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. [speaker not understood] any person responsible for one going off may be asked to leave the room. please be advised cell phones that are set on vibrate do cause microphone interference so the board respectfully requests that they be placed in the off position. item 4, approval of minutes for january 7, 2014 regular meeting. >> is there a motion? >> motion to approve. >> is there a eked >> second. >> any furs discussion? all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> ayes have it, so ordered. thank you. >> item 5, please be advised there will be no closed session today. item 6, introduction of new or unfinished business by board members. would

and back in july of 2008, this committee and the board approved and the agreement between tita and the transportation authority for the project management oversight for the engineer and environmental society, and the project and as you may remember, back in july of 2013, i brought to you the 5th amendment and this is where we were seeking an increased amount on the loan from 10 million to 11 million due to additional funding that we received and we were bringing this back to you before because of a recent request made by tita, and the current mla states that the balance of approximately 10.4 million right now is to be structured and four equal payments from december 21st, 2013, to december 31st, december, and the first payment game dao on december first, but due to a delay of transfer to the land and they have asked to come before the committee to seek a restructure in the loan agreement. i have today, mr. robert beck from tita here to discuss with you and present to you the reasons for the delay in the project. thank you. >> thank you, chair, cohen and commissioners as you are aware, the disposition of the de

board of supervisors. we've been working on this idea with the private sector for the last couple of years after the good work done by the transportation authority in 2011. we have a proposal final list we'll bring to the board on january 21st. we've been keeping them updated we went to our policy and governs committee to provide opportunity for any public comment? and ultimately that will be the board of supervisors that will adapt this to make sure we're vance the transit first policy. i'll note that while muni is by far the largest transit provider our ridership is equal to all agencies combined. if you look at the collective ridership their equality to a big part of bringing transit to the bay area in a way that compliments what the bay agency it doing. it will be the feet of the board of supervisors i'm pleased to bring up tom nolan >> i have a good feeling about the vote on the 21st president norwegian. we want to shift the modes of transportation in san francisco to get more and more people on bikes and walking and this is an important step forward. we're pleased to be part of this and working with those fine companies and continuing to w

the officary member of the board of supervisors >> of member of the board of supervisors >> of member of the transportation authority >> and member of the transportation authority >> of the city and county of san francisco >> of the city and county of san francisco >> congratulations. >> thank you. (applause) >> thank you, judge lee. congratulations, supervisor tang. this is one of the very few moments in our city's government when the three branches of government come together. i want to thank our presiding judge and welcome the mayor of san francisco ix, the head of our executive branch mayor lee. like to ask if he would like to say a few words. >> thank you, president chiu. first of all, supervisor tang, congratulations. congratulations. i know i join president chiu and all your colleagues and judge lee in congratulating you along with all the members of our elected family and members of the public. i know this means a lot, and i will say it before you go and celebrate at the tavern. [laughter] >> i will say to you that as i've always felt, being an elected official and doing public service is important. it is al

board action is a culmination of several years of work. it grows out of a study that the sfcta, the county transportation authority conducted from 2009 to 2011 at the request of their board. and their strategic analysis report as it's called made recommendations to mta that we start dealing with the shuttles in a more consistent way and engaging the shuttle operators. so, we took that recommendation seriously and that has been the initiative behind this work. we have spent the last few years working with federal providers, first gathering data to understand what the operations are. we've done field data collection, surveys of their riders, [speaker not understood], understand the impacts. i'll give you an overview of that today, with you i know i shared that with you in your policy and governance committee in the past as well. as part of this work, i'm assisting in the streets division and we in sustainable streets have worked with enforcement, transit services, operation, with our finance finance. so, this is really a lot of cross agency work today. so, a little bit of background about the commuter shuttle sector. there are two distinct mar