commissioner mar: thank ou mtc/abag meeting. the positive things are really great, and i and whether you enologist them, but could i ask u about the impact of the ecision to prioritize north bay and east bay for the new small starts funding and how that will impact the van ness brt or geary brt

many of us were at the mtc/abag meeting. the positive things are really great, and i and whether you enologist them, but could i ask you about the impact of the decision to prioritize north bay and east bay for the new small starts funding and how that will impact the van ness brt or geary brt project? >> that i think the dust is still settle in on this, but for the benefit of the public, for those who may not have been watching, there are $660 million in the regional transportation plan that was set aside for yet to be determined new or small start projects in the region. in the past, it has been important to get the seal of approval from the mtc, to say this is a regional party. it helps our delegation in washington. traditionally, this was a focus on the major rail extension. when the game changer is here, we have this new pot of money called small starts. we have projects like van ness brt and geary moving forward. it is a major disappointment for geary. the van ness has been named as a cart -- party for small start fund

abag has a number of regional plans in terms unpreparedness that they are mandated to include and adopt that are available on their website, and we can provide more information on those. in terms of working together, the collection of jurisdictions within the region, that does happen for some of our emergency management agencies, but i think we're trying to strengthen that. one of the things, if we get out of here in time, we will be attending the task force this afternoon that spur has been organizing to bring in abag and others to talk about how we can advance a forward in use issues that might be more pressing in terms of recovery and resiliency moving forward. i think it is something we need to do a lot more work on, and we will try to provide information as that effort continues. commissioner moore: i hope you will also raise the general question as to whether or not the 10 to 15 year times are appropriate. there are emergencies and nobody would have ever expected, for example, the moving of a tsunami debris from japan onto our shores. this is just one example. these are uncharted