of supervisors for an indefinite term to the association of bay area governments metropolitan transportation commission legislation of -- legislative task force. >> thank you. because i have applied for this position, i'm wondering if someone can make a motion to excuse me. >> so moved. >> second. >> i believe that motion to excuse supervisor roundness pass without objection. >> without objection. mr. clark, thank you. supervisor mar, do you have any comments on this item? >> no. >> no. no comments from my colleagues. any members of the public would like to comment on this item? public comment is closed. no public speakers. with that said, supervisor mar,. >> would you like to make a motion to amend the motion to insert supervisor ronen's name as the appointee? >> yeah, i move that we amend the motion and insert supervisor ronen's name as the appointee. >> agree and move forward. >> i also would make a motion that we move supervisor ronen's appointment to the association of bay area government and metropolitan transportation commission, legislative task force with positive recommendation from the full

clerk: item 18 a motion to appoint service hilary ronen the bay area governments and metropolitan transportation commission legislative task force. >> commissioner: can we excuse her for this motion. we have a second seconded by safai. without objection then supervisor ronen is excused. madam clerk, call the roll on item 18. >> clerk: [roll call] . >> clerk: there are 10 ayes. >> commissioner: okay. this motion is approved. madam clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: item 19 is a motion to reappoint allegra for tuneatti for a term ending march 31, 2011. >> commissioner: please call the roll. >> clerk: rog call.>> commissioe roll. >> clerk: rog call.2021. >> commissioner: please call the roll. >> clerk: rog call. [roll call] . there are 11 ayes. >> commissioner: the motion is approved unanimously. madam clerk, it is now 2:32 and let's go to special accommodations. >> clerk: today we have commendations on behalf of you, mr. president, supervisor haney as well. >> great. this week is national public safety dispatchers week in san francisco which honors the great work 9-1-1 dispatchers donation wide. san

reached out to the metropolitan transportation commission about a year ago, and also to the transportation authority, to explore funding the -- or procuring these vehicles at an accelerated schedule. there was a funding gap that existed at that point in time. and whether there was an accelerated schedule or not, we have worked with m.t.a. to fill that funding gap, and also with m.t. c., and we also have a full funding plan for the accelerated schedule because it would have required hoa more cash and possibly financing. with the good news about one of the funding sources, that the litigation on regional measure three funds has been dismissed, and that is part of the funding plan for the vehicles, so you'll see the discussion later in the presentation, that the portion of the funding plan that would have needed to have been financed if arm three was not available in time, is looking positive. in the five-year prioritization program that were adopted by the board last fall, you have approved the funding for the accelerated schedule, so the cash flow needed to advance these vehicles sooner is

review of the facility, fully cooperating with independent review panel formed by the metropolitan transportation commission, and completing a facility-wide life inspection program with c.d. over sights. the reenforcement of the girders are well-under way. and they remain on track to be completed by june 1st. you will see an update this morning from senior construction manager, dennis pershon, with the schedule, the status of the repairs effort, and our plans moving forward to remove the shoring on fremont street and first street. we expect the fremont street shoring to be removed as soon as this month, and the first street shoring to be removed early next month. as you know, we are continuing monitoring the facility, and we have affected thousands of records, inspection reports, and other documentations as part of our facility-wide review. to date we continue to find no other fissures or issues, and we believe the issue is to be localized to the fremont street location. as you know from the presentation last month, we have determined the root cause, and the independent review panel agrees. the testing labo

. >> the metropolitan transportation commission says the joint replacement project on the upper deck should be finished by july. >>> i'm anne mackovec at the live news desk. we're watching a huge fire burning right now. this is in stockton at a lumbar yard. a company called california palettes. this is a live look right now as that fire continues to burnout of control. it is just monster yours and several fire departments on scene as far as tracy and loco. the best thing they can do is spray water from above because there's no firefighters getting near that inferno. this has been burning since 3:00 this morning. it's close to the i-5 and highway 4 connecter there in stockton. according to the website of california palettes, they sale construction materials. mainly palettes and they also do palette recycling and you have wooden palettes in various states from new to those that were being recycled. so this is just enough to fuel that raging fire. it's really amazing what firefighter was dealing with. extreme challenges. the good news, no homes, very close to that area. it is a morin do

. >> the metropolitan transportation commission says the joint replacement project on the upper deckished by july. that should prevent anymore concrete from falling. >>> these out of control sideshows in oakland may see serious punishment. oakland city council member guyo will support a bill aimed at cracking down on those involved. if passed, those could face a 10,000 fine and misdemeanor. this comes two days after oakland police took to the streets to crackdown on side shows. >>> drivers being charged a toll -- it would enforce a pricing and reservation program on the crooked part of lumbar street on hyde streets and the bill accelerates toward a vote on the assembly floor at the state capitol next week. >>reporter: not great news regarding your pg&e bill. it may be going up again and the company says they'll use it -- if approved by the sit cpuc it could go up by $12 on average. that would be effective january of 2020. if an earlier -- the average bill would go up $10 a month bringing the total to $22. >> it's terrible. i wouldn't like that at all. no. they have to think of someth

the mtc, the metropolitan transportation commission will be holding a closed session later this month to discuss the issue. and it's continuing to collect the new tolls holing them in escrow until they have a better understanding of where the litigation is going. at some point in the future, we're fairly confident the funds will be leased. i'll -- released. i'll remind you of the billions of dollars in there. there is $140 million that is designated for muni, for fleet and facilities, as well as other funding categories for which we can compete. so pretty significant part of our capital program is reliant on our m3678. so excited to hear there was success in court. on completely different topic, having to do with tnc access for disabled users, i wanted you to know that within the next week or so, the sfmta will publish a report on the state of tmc companies such as Über and lyft and accessibility for people with disabilities. the report is one in a series of reports produced by the sfmta, the county transportation authority and the sf planning department. you may recall the first one,

metropolitan commission, has been doing its own investigation. they have to approve it as well. that will take time. all the transportation agencies have to be informed. they have to get their act together. that will take a very long time. so again, the list is long. i'll tell you one more thing. that is on our website, abc7 news.com, we have a time line that explains everything from the time it was shut down to today, this afternoon. >> okay. thank you. >> you know the bay area's struggle with homelessness. it has been a focus of abc7's reporting as we work toward building a better bay area. now a report finds the crisis is so massive, it will will will wl overhaul to solve. they say it will take $13 billion to house the homeless residents in the bay area. and at the current rate of housing development, it would take until 2037 to house every homeless person. 28,000 to date. it finds that the bay area is one of the highest levels of unsheltered homeless in the country. 67% are people forced to live out on the streets in tents, cars, or someplace else out in the open. the oakland mayor will he bey schaaf says the seclusio