colleagues as you recall we approved an important contract to purchase the next generation of light rail vehicles from seman's to replace the inaccurate light rail fleet it is the top source of unreliability in the muni system we don't have enough of those vehicles muni didn't purchase you enough 20 years ago with the vehicles with various disconnects and their performance is unacceptable it absolutely degrades subway service not enough vehicles in the subway and tremendous overcrowding and the fleet is insufficient to carry the number of passengers rely on it during the rush hour it creates headaches for the folks with the purchase of the light rail from seman's we'll double the number of vehicles those vehicles will be more irresponsible and require less politeness and see a dramatic improvement on all lines, however, we know it will take a number of years to phase those vehicles in although we'll try to accelerate their production and delivery we will be holding hearing to talk about how to bridge the gap to make the absolute most of the inadequate fleet we currently have to make sure that all

number two, just a quick recap, just a 1.4 billion dollar contract, to provide replacement light rail vehicles or lrvs as well as expansion vehicles, and i notice that this has been said before but we can't repeat it enough that it is one of the largest contracts that they have issued and probably the largest procurement in north america and in terms of what we can do with the prop k, is that there is not anything else that we can invest in, that will be more to directly improve the performance for the muni riders and in between the action item today, and items that you have previously approved, when you adopted the prop k, strategic plan, and helping to replace the entire fleet as well as the liv fleet, and over the next at this point will be 15 years, and it is a pretty, and amazing and historic event for us, and this will also be the single large prop k allocation that we have ever made. >> and so what you can see up there is muni and the other partners that did a great job negotiating with a contract and it is a very large contract and it works with the vehicles like many other things and

meaningful for people living on the hill some great transit expansions we're excited about the light rail vehicles you approved the contract in which it was approved by the board of supervisors and the mayor has sense been executed for the next generation of muni light rail vehicles and extremely exciting as i said this is the most significant action this board will take at least for a few years in terms of improving muni service now we're underway we are beginning outreach from riders and operators and from other stakeholders regarding features that are important to them the public input will guide the decisions and we're doing the outreach in a few ways this online way to assess muni forward.org slash new trains or call 311 and take the survey over the phone we're doing in person surveys at train station and going out to make speeches to stakeholders to access online tools and doing surveys in spanish and chinese trying to reach people really two features that were feedback one is feeding and configuration with really the two options being traditional kind of front and back facing feeding or for

six, we noted that it should evaluate the performance of the rehabilitation of the first 41 light rail vehicles under the proposed second amendment and report back to the board of supervisors before exercising three contract options to rehab tait the additional 71 vehicles. they have the sole authority to exercise the options and we do not believe that should stay in the legislation and so our recommendation on the bottom of page six is that we recommend that you amend the first resolution to reduce the contract not-to-exceed amount, from the interested not-to-exceed amount of 14263354, to not-to-exceed amount of 74649614, and the state that the three future contract options will require board of supervisor approval prior to the director of transportation, exercising the two option and we recommend that you approve the proposed resolution as amended. >> thank you. >> colleagues any questions >> okay. >> any objections? >> no objections. >> okay. so we will open it up to public comment, anybody wish to comment oit em one? >> seeing none, closed. could i have a motion to accept mr. rose's amendme

29th finally, i'd like to congratulate the sfmta on their procurement of the next generation light rail vehicle fleet thank you to supervisor breed for the approval for the legislation for the contract and the mayor and colleagues on the board for supporting this $1.2 billion investment as many residents can attest the l l vs are having maintenance issues that negatively impact transit service more than any other investment that helps munis reliability making it more attractive this is wyoming why one of the problematic category is for transit vehicle replacement prop k will provide $4.6 million for the first batch of l r r v beyond that prop k provides one hundred and $30 million for the existing l l r vs thank you for the transportation staff and our consultants and others for your work and assistance to the sfmta for this achievement with that, i'm conclude my remarks colleagues questions or comments seeing none, public comment on the chairs remarks. >> october october 5th center this is a special sunday with the sue most wrestles from 11:00 o'clock october 5th sunday at the center. >> okay.

$131,153,142 in prop k funds, with conditions, for the san francisco municipal transportation agency's light rail vehicle procurement, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedules . >> this is an action item. >> okay, any comments or remarks or questions from the colleagues? >> no. we will go to public comment. and public comment is open, and item number 6, and we will close public comment. and same house same call? >> roll call vote? >> item number 6. >> avalos. >> aye. >> breed. >> aye. >> campos. >> aye. >> chiu. >> aye. >> cohen. >> aye. >> far ril. >> aye. >> kim. >> aye. >> mar. >> aye. >> tang. >> aye. >> weiner. >> aye. >> commissioner yee. >> aye. >> that item passes. >> great, we will go to the next item? >> oh,. >>

$131,153,142 in prop k funds, with conditions, for the san francisco municipal transportation agency's light rail vehicle procurement, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedules . >> this is an action item. >> okay, any comments or remarks or questions from the colleagues? >> no. we will go to public comment. and public comment is open, and item number 6, and we will close public comment. and same house same call? >> roll call vote? >> item number 6. >> avalos. >> aye. >> breed. >> aye. >> campos. >> aye. >> chiu. >> aye. >> cohen. >> aye. >> far ril. >> aye. >> kim. >> aye. >> mar. >> aye. >> tang. >> aye. >> weiner. >> aye. >> commissioner yee. >> aye. >> that item passes. >> great, we will go to the next item? >> oh,. >> i just thank you for just a few minutes to recognize that this is the largest prop k allocation that has been made in the history of the agency for the vehicles and i want to congratulate the sfmta for running a terrific procurement and for the cities and the tax payers and thank you for the voters and residents of san francisco for supporting the reinvestmen

all recommended the the board of supervisors approve the contract to replace and expand our light rail vehicle fleet happy to update you i guess it was last tuesday the board of supervisors unanimously i'd say enthusiastically accept your recommendation and approve the contract we hope to to to be entering a notice to proceed to the contract or by the end of this month it's maybe one of the single biggest thing we'll do as an agency to improve transit service in san francisco and the first car would come in towards the end of 2016 and the first couple of dozen by 2018 and expand beyond it from that point forward and very exciting some good news there and that completes my report. >> thank you. i just continue to be amazed 180 drivers that have 15 plus years driving without an avoidable accident it's really an accomplishment and thank you for noting we'll roll out to the bicyclists i think that will be good. i remember in southern california when i was younger pledging a slower driving speed. do we have anything else. >> the blog is amazing i really appreciate it whoever is behind it and look f

lights. the money is being set aside for state-own roads that handle at least 10,000 vehicles a day. the government will not police a study with a plan to build a light rail line in south jersey. according to a report in the philadelphia enquirer, the federal transit administration said it would not follow through with the study because no agency has said it would build or operate the line. >>> people living near a closed navy base are worried about what's in their drinking water. the navy and the epa met with neighbors last night. they addressed concerns about high levels of pfcs found in well water near the former willow grove naval air station. they have been linked to reproductive problems. they have tested 18 wells and found two that needed to be shut down. the water and sewer authority is now providing water to those homes through alternate lines. >>> a test will determine if students graduate from high school. parents packed a building to learn more about the test. it's designed to evaluate p proficienc proficiency. students must pass all three subjects to graduate. the test will be given through teams a year starting in 2017. >>> up next, corporal

railing because of problems that have recently come to light. the type of rail that they are ,ooking for is the modified manufactured by a company called trinity in dallas, texas, claiming that when a vehicle strikes the railhead and locks up and goes through the car instead of peeling off to the side and this has led to serious injuries and even death. totals presented crash test documentation and the data is on the way, but in the meantime they are beginning the process of removing the rail in question. be done forto safety purposes. especially in this area. it needs to be safe. >> it is not a done deal. trinity says that there really is no reason to remove these rails. here what north -- for both organizations have to say coming up tonight at 5:30. until then, jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. >> thank you. let's talk about the weather. >> yes, let's. could not ask for a better day, especially considering this is the last week in october. >> so enjoy it. the word now is to get ready for things to get scarier as we get closer to halloween. doug hill is here to scare us with that news. >> listen, it is going to get cooler the middle of the week and then colder over the weekend . the concern sinc

light rail stop. this video was posted on social media. it shows the apparent attack. there the vehicle goes. us state department says the baby was an american citizen. several others were wounded. the they say the driver was a palestinian who served time in an israeli prison. >>> a jury has convicted four contractors from blackwater for a mass shooting in baghdad. one of the accused was found guilty of first-degree murder. the rest of voluntary manslaughter. this incident was highly controversial. the prosecutors say the victims were innocent men, women, and children. as we're about to see, survivors there still feel the trauma of that day. >> reporter: his life ended with a bullet to the head. he was not yet 10. this man was studying to become a doctor. his life too tragically ended on that september day. these are some of the faces of the 17 iraqi victims of the shooting rampage in baghdad's square seven years ago. in an incident involving the u.s. security firm, known at the time as blackwater worldwide. the firm said the convoy it was protecting had come under attack in central baghdad s