we know the full funding grant agreement was supported by the fta to the secretary of transportation.rstand it has gone on to the office of management and budget, but as i said, we're in a radio silence. they are really keeping very mum about the process, the way they operate. commissioner avalos: we submitted the application, have not heard back. any communication? >> we heard back that it was approved by the fta, signed off, moved on to the secretary of transportation for his signature. we are receiving indication that the secretary has signed off on it, and it has gone to the office of management and budget. however, we do not have official confirmation that that has happened. commissioner avalos: so september is still an estimate? >> yes, september is still good. the one thing they have told us, we will have the full funding grant agreement here that is the best information we have. commissioner avalos: so it is beyond all of the holocaust that happen in congress and all that? >> correct. commissioner avalos: ok, very good. colleagues, comments or questions? seeing none, we will g

the total cost of the procurement project is approximately $36 million and it will be funded by fta funds leveraged by prop k. we have a few recommendations i wanted to highlight for the committee. there are approximately $50 million in unallocated prop k funds in the mta vehicle category. these funds are available through fiscal year 2013-2014. the mta has three upcoming procurements scheduled for its hybrids and trolleybuses. the fypp amendment would allow the board to schedule a budget for the procurement as well as the funding plan. this particular program was originally entertain to procure the vehicles for the van ness brt project. to to the timing, it may not work for that project, but two of the upcoming three procurements in the next three years will actually accommodate the van ness brt project. that is something we will losthe presenting its september, along with the fleet plan. we would bring a five-year ypp and men and plans for that simultaneously. lastly, as the cac report indicated, we have also added -- requiring a commitment from the hd vehicles in a state of repair incl

. >> for construction implementation, we are looking at fta funds. we believe that we will be competitive for that funding and that is our current plan for construction implementation. the paving funds are already programmed. we would expect them to come from one of our sources. the larger transportation improvement would come from fta fuinds. -- funds. >> are we done with market street until the market street plan starts going in? are we going to continue to do what we can to? i am sure all of us use market street all the time. there has been improvements, the things that stick out in my mind -- they are two signs of the same coin. it is horrible when i get stopped in front of a bus because i cannot pedal fast enough. i like the idea of physically separating the bicycles from transit. those poor buses are going to get stuck behind the bicycles more often. i hate seeing the cyclist bill between the -- go between the buses and the curb. the poor bus driver, i cannot even imagine what that is like. somebody at the bicycle advisory suggested that we do

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we are working daily with the fta to make sure that is moving. we believe we are still on track for early september. another small piece of our funding puzzle is the $61 million high-speed rail connectivity funds. the california transportation commission will be acting on that next week or the week after. i am pleased to note that the staff is recommending full funding by the commission for our share as well as the rest of the region's share. that is a big part of making the northern part of the high-speed rail work. a lot of things moving with central funding. good progress continues. our other big construction is church. we have successfully completed the big shut down, but we do have a number of weekend shutdown starting with the weekend after july 4. one more in july. one or two in august. this will be mostly working from the intersection south towards market streak. -- market street. we should -- we will also be working in the valley as well. there will still be -- we will be managing the bus substitutions and traffic rerouting. we're please

i know we went over this last month, but with the fta grant, when will we have final confirmation? >> we do have notice of a war, it just has not been executed. we're working on the timing and process for all of that. director ortiz: dtx preliminary. at the last sentence you say in addition to the budget excludes costs associated with advanced preliminary engineering should new revenues be found. should that 400 for this project, would it cover that? >> no, the 400 million is funding the train box, but not actually funding in the engineering or continuation for the downtown extension. >> ok. director ortiz: ok. >> any other questions from directors? chair kim: i do appreciate the detailed budget narrative that accompanied the budget itself and very helpful to get an explanation of the planned revenues that have not yet been committed. it seems to be a good balance of what we've been able to put forward in knowing much of the revenue that is coming in is very helpful. a motion to approve? a motion in the second. -- and a second. >> we will go ahead and do a roll call vote on this. [

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