maria lombardo. there was no cac meeting last month. they will be briefed tomorrow at 6:00 pm. >> thank you very much. is there any member of the public wishing to speak? public comment is closed. item four? >> one number to the citizen's advisory committee. an action item. >> ben siefka of the transportation authority. we have one appointment by way of background. the 11-member citizen's advisory, each member with a two-year term. we have wanted to have this be a priority at the committee. we have one vacancy from district six, a result of the resignation of julianne parsons. and we have an applicant to speak and join the committee. >> we should open this to the applicants for the seat. if you can come forward, you will be able to make a brief statement with up to three minutes. i don't know if it is one or more. but we would begin with mr. flanagan. >> my name is joseph flanagan. i am a member of the department of developmental services. advisory committee, representing san francisco. and also, i am a member of the arc of san francisc

maria lombardo. you got a preview of this back in november. this is a three-part action the primary part is the primary plan for the subway project. for context, december 2011 is when the sfmta will get funding for the project. this is a pretty big deal. it is all 1.7 $5 million project -- $1.75 million. it represents the federal commitment to fully funding the project. it is a really big deal for the project. that is the plan -- let's back up a second. there are many things the mta has to do, to provide in order to have the full funding -- full funding granted. one of those is to show the dollars committed to the project within the guidelines that is scheduled for later this month. they have asked us to take a similar action, which includes three affirmation of the project as well. i will go over a few parts of the funding plan that we had in november. this focuses on the funding plan. we had $100 million of funding. i am sorry. this chart is page 53 and in your memorandum if you want to look. really what happened is the in g-8 would be ready

. >> i just wanted to thank you and lombardo for the great work and the regional approach. there is a coalituion, the county coalition this came out of. what is this alliance? >> these are the counties with sales tax in the county. there is a coalition forming over the years to gather a couple of times a year, coming to a meeting of the minds on a legislative agenda. >> this 2011 legislative agenda, can you talk about how this is different? it seems very similar and flexibility is a key part. >> there is not that much different. increasing revenue and protecting revenue. that has not changed. if this is reaffirmed, there is a level of certainty as far as protection revenue, which wasn't in play at this time last year. however, transportation revenue is always at risk of diversion. and high-speed rail, time is of the essence to get the bonds sold and getting the funds flowing in particular, among other projects. >> we have mr. mark watts. >> glad to be here. we have spoken in the past month about the tax swap. it was capitulated here for your benefit. the budget sub-committe

let me turn this over to maria lombardo for a couple of slides. >> i am the chief deputy. i will give you a quick overview of the funding situation, with these issues and recommendations that we have done. this was a quick and wrote effort, by the staff and the other agencies, and the start of a much bigger effort. this is an attachment on page 32. what we have is a rough number. i have this for the last funding cycle. we have $23 million for these programs, the programs with a compete very well. this brings us about 23 million per year. about 65% or $50 million of the fund are controlled by the authority and we prioritize this, and the commission approves of them. this money has strings attached and in some places where you can use this in the city. i think it is noteworthy that when the proposition was put together for the elections last november, we recognized the pedestrian safety funding. this at about 1 million per year to the pedestrian safety fund. another interesting thing is the pyramid is inverted. and we have the state and federal money. we are in a very good p

outside chicago, autumn geis-lombardo says it's unreal. in the past two weeks she's watched gas jump up 45 cents a gallon, and she nearly fell over when it cost her $64 to fill up. today we went with her as she and her children made all of their trips in one drive spending as little time on the road as possible. >> i was really shocked when it didn't stop till 68.04. >> reporter: outside atlanta when they do go shopping, mark and lisa mcintire told us they buy much more in bulk and they drive to the store slowly to help save on gas. >> you know, you got to drive a little slower sometimes too. >> reporter: really? >> of course. you save. >> reporter: you do this? >> yeah, i do. >> reporter: the average cost of a gallon is now up to 3.52. here's who is getting paid. just 2.35 of that buys the oil and 35 cents goes to refining it. 31 cents pays for distribution and marketing, and 46 cents goes to uncle sam. we were surprised to see how wildly prices change from station to station. in west covina, california, this mobil station was selling gas

. >> reporter: outside chicago, autumn geis-lombardo says it's unreal. when it cost her $64 to fill up. we went with her as she and her children made all of their trips in one drive, spending as little time on the road as possible. >> i was really shocked when it didn't stop till $68.04. >> reporter: outside atlanta when they do go shopping, mark, and lisa mcintire told us they buy much more in bulk and they drive to the store slowly to help save on gas. >> you know, you got to drive a little slow too, sometimes. >> reporter: really? >> of course. you save. >> reporter: you do this? >> yeah, i do. >> reporter: the average cost of a gallon is now up to $3.52. here's who is getting paid. just $2.35 of that buys the oil and 39 cents goes to refining it. 31 cents pays for distribution and marketing, and 46 cents goes to uncle sam. we were surprised to see how wildly prices change from station to station. in west covina, california, this mobil station was selling gas at $4.89 a gallon, but across the street this shell station was nearly a dollar cheaper. >> i