department at mta, i'm here to talk to you about our local traffic calming revision. traffic calming is really critical to the mission of mta, both in terms of safety, we know the speeds vehicles are going really impacts the degree and severity of collisions take place and also whether or not those collisions take place and also an important factor in livability. we know streets that are calmer in terms of vehicle traffic are more likely to have pedestrians and bicycles using them for their travel. which we know is important to the board. for the revision process, two of the main things we're looking into are balancing priorities between the different tracks and different types of traffic calming in the city and making sure that the way we prioritize and select projects meet the stated goals of the city and the sfmta and we're also looking into the process efficiency and making sure our delivery makes the best use of our limited resources. as has been mentioned, we currently have 3 tracks, the arterial and commercial, local and residential streets and schools. the loc

the enforcement office is for mta. the training and administrative officers and in addition, we would probably have a simulators that would help our new operators learn how to train on vehicles without actually being in the vehicles, but it would be a mockup of the front of the vehicle, so they could learn how to drive. the parking area exceeds 1030 parking spaces including parking both in the build ing and outside of the building. we would

the enforcement office is for mta. the training and administrative officers and in addition, we would probably have a simulators that would help our new operators learn how to train on vehicles without actually being in the vehicles, but it would be a mockup of the front of the vehicle, so they could learn how to drive. the parking area exceeds 1030 parking spaces including parking both in the build ing and outside of the building. we would utilize three driveway encroachments and one existing driveway encroachment. that would generate approximately 1546 daily trips. the previous use, u.s. post office was estimated to have generated 1245 daily trips. therefore other than on wednesdays, the total daily trips generated is 40% less than the previous use of the u.s. post office. >> thank you. >> that is good on traffic? okay. the operations again would be auto return and as i said they would be operating 24/7, but approximately 25 vehicles wore towed there on a daily basis and they have a 24-hour hotline that neighbors can

the mta's operations are very extensive. the mta was able to come back and share with the committee its final real estate and facility analysis. they were currently finishing up a draft and were able to share that information with us and plans to present a fuller conversation around that facility planning need and the results of analysis and consolidation recommendations in the future. so that is something that is coming before us. i do think that the mta shared with us what their long-term plans were for space. there was some questions about the mta not being proactive about purchasing the facility. where site is a few years ago ago a believe a year or two years ago, they went on the market and purchased that facility for $21 million. they did this however through a quick closing transaction. they paid i believe with cash and had a land swap deal associated with in order to close that deal. probably wasn't a deal that the city could have competed with very quickly because of our extensive public process and approval process

i did just want to ask a quick question from the mta with regards to the tow fees. you break down what the tow fees come to and i just had a question because i know tow fees are generally very expensive, we see the contractor's towing fee of 200 dollars, the towing fee of 64 dollars a day and the administrative tow fee, the mta's administrative tow fee, can you explain the difference or what the administrative tow fee is, does that help you to recover lease expenses and if that's the case, then is the contractor storage fee sort of a duplicative item? >> we're governed by prop 218 in terms of the fees we can charge, we're more or less at 100% fee recovery, there's no duplication, there's the processing on our side that would be in the administrative fees and there's the contractor's cost and that's what we're recovering. >> and then just i guess a question about whether or not the mta has determined that there's any way to reduce the administrative tow fee, are there ways to find efficiencies in that area to control it, can we get a better rate than 210? >> it's pos

i'm kirsten mcgeary, senior management real estate, mta. so it's been a long process for us to find this site. we have looked at a number of properties for many years. we've been asked, why this site? we've looked at sites owned by goodmans. for instance, 12 to 13 acres in the southeast industrial area. it would take an eminent domain process. there's 20 or more small businesses in that property. the property for the land would be about $40 to $45 million, in addition to build a building the same size, 250,000 square feet would be another $20 to $30 million. we would be in the $60 to $65 million range. we have looked at sites for hazardous materials, south of the facility is owned by pg&e called the marantz and another site by jenon, that needs a lot of remediation. we have looked at port properties with state trusts on them. it's been a long process. this property we have negotiated for 14 months with prologis. it was a tough set of negotiations. this side has been through a lot of due diligence. the price of $21 million versus going out a

>> [speaker not understood] with the mta. we worked with offices and city administrator offices city car share to select the spaces, city car share can speak to the specific events that they marketed the various [speaker not understood] for that. >> i'm sorry, you work with mta? >> yes. >> and you said you worked with which company? >> city car share and the city administrator's office. -- to select the spaces. >> okay. >> and your office as well. >> right. thank you for that. so, it was all done in english, is what you're telling me? >> i'm sorry? >> it was all done in english? >> no, i can't speak to that one way or the other. >> that's my question. if someone can speak to that. >> [speaker not understood] for city car share. >> [speaker not understood]. >> sure. we actually did over 12 different outreaches in the various neighborhoods, particularly in the neighborhoods that had no existing car sharing before. to answer your specific question, we did do an outreach piece in spanish. we did not do one in chinese. we planned

the broker contact the mta or the mta did the work -- >> we were looking and, like i say, brokers contact me every day. brokers contacted me before it was sold and after it was sold. >> what was your initial -- who was the brokerage who contacted you? >> james swarz regarding after it was sold. >> the broker works for the mta or a private -- >> their commission is paid through the seller. >> okay. and just wondering if the broker had contacted other groups to purchase as well, including prologis. >> i had done a deal with prologis, a dbi deal in south san francisco. in fact, when we were looking at so many different sites, to answer your question directly, the only person i called was sfmta because i felt a loyalty. i had worked with them before. i knew the process. supervisors campos' comment, yes, you have an intrinsic issue with responding to the marketplace. it is not just sfmta. it is the city and county. i think you are all away of that. i have been working with the city and county 20 years. you can't compete in a marketplace that is hot. you have people with money that want to clos

it is not that mta would prefer to use the 9% to 10% interest money. we would prefer not to but gives us an opportunity to get operating fund ready, which includes other mta uses. we have spoken to prologis, as i said. it's been 14 months of negotiations and approvals. so they are here if you would like to hear them speak. >> yeah, maybe we can hear from them. >> hello, my name is dan letter. i'm with prologis. >> yes, sir. so i guess, you know, i understand that, you know, any company wants to make as much money they can out of every deal that they are working on. but you are talking about, you know, doing business with the city and county that doesn't have unlimited resources. we don't have a lot of money and we have had to make many cuts over the years. this is a property that as i understand you bought for $21 million. the deal, as it is, you're set to make $70 million over the 20-year lease. are you open to renegotiating some of the terms that we have discussed? >> i will answer your question, then i would like to expand a little, if you don't min

it is not a unique mta issue.port about, real estate services, the san francisco unified school district about how they are utilizing the property. this is a large issue regarding our real estate assets. that is a larger question. i don't think this committee over this topic will be able to answer that question. that is a bigger issue i think the city needs to take a look at. i want to make that comment. a lot of this was geared about our assets. i think we deserve a larger and more thorough conversation in the future. when we talk about why it is we couldn't purchase the facility, why is it that we lost out. i know the city was in the process of doing it, trying to acquire that, from my understanding. the simple matter is we are a public agency that moves slower than some of the other entities. we have less to trade with. for example, property and other things. for these inherent reason and multiple boards, we are slower and less nimble to respond to certain deals that come up in the marketplace that happen very

so i know mta did want to buy this property. it wasn't for sale at the time and some sort -- i think it was a reit, came in and cut a check for cash and mta couldn't have done that. they would have had to finance it anyway. and if you are selling property and you can sell it to someone for cash, that is often as a seller the better and more desirable way to go. so i think that mta did the best that they could do here. i think this is a good location for this facility. and although again i wish the rent were lower, i have not seen anything indicating to me that mta, if we reject this lease is going to go out and find anything better or certainly significantly better than this lease. >> supervisor chu? >> thank you. i want to thank supervisor wiener for emphasizing that point. but the other piece i did want to make sure that was talked about, supervisor campos mentioned a comparison between the $21 million purchase price compared to $70 million plus in rents that we would pay. indicating that this is several fold in what with we w

the mta is here. >> thank you very much. the mta. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm nelson how from the mta. this project is to rehabilitate 80 buses. the main purpose is provide reliable buses and extend lives of these buses in order for us to be able to face the procurement of the buses and reduce average age of buses and make them more reliable for service. >> and the dollar value is included in your budget? >> it is -- yes, ma'am. it is $19.1 million. >> okay. why don't we go to the budget analyst report. >> madam chair and members of committee, the capital project budget is $20,690,000, that includes the proposed 19.1 million agreement, as well as a million and 600 thousand for related sfmta costs. the agreement expenditures, as you can see in the resolution, are limited to $12 million pending certification by controler of 4.1 million in state bond proceeds. we recommend you approve this resolution. >> thank you. if there are no questions from the committee i would like to open this for public comment. any members of the public who wish to speak on item 7? s

certainly we plan to coordinate that with other mta policy initiatives. the director mentioned this is something we can author in combination with other policies. >> so, oftentimes department heads may feel like they're under attack when we call for a hearing. and i just want to put my cards on the table. i met with each and every one of the department heads that are present today. it is not my intention to penalize. i'm generally interested in this -- in the subject matter representing southeastern part of san francisco that had trouble getting taxis. * genuinely there have been challenges that we are working through with mta and bus lines. so, as you can see, i'm advocating because i need everyone, all of san francisco to be concerned. although car sharing, the businesses may know their particular market, i believe nobody knows san francisco better than you and i [speaker not understood] every single day. [speaker not understood] we have an intimate knowledge of what's happening. i'm really here to publicly affirm my support. i like rifkin and possibly

we have it listed as a bike project with input from the mta and the community. the treatment of the bike facility, covering market, sorry, second street between market and king. i will flag as the executive director mentioned. applications for 1 bay area grant funds are due at the end of the month. d.p.w. will submit this for obag funding. another one i want to mention because it's starting to kick off is prop k funded several years ago, an annallocation. that grant was received and done really before the m.t.a. and city realized they needed a complete streets bond. i believe a couple weeks ago, the m.t.a. kicked off community comprehensive planning and walking tours and all sorts of efforts to try to coordinate pedestrian count downs from union to market street. keep an eye out for further input on that. another one of the bicycle projects included in prop k allocation is the long awaited market and valencia street gap projects which deals with accommodating a left turn. i won't go into the details, but the good news is construction should start this month. a c

we're happy to provide you with this on behalf of the mta. thank you very much. >> well i'm the guy who left the bag on the bus. as the letter from the obama was for a painting that mrs. obama gave to mr. obama as a gift. i'm an artist and that's how i happened to have the thank you letter from them both. it was real nice that they both actually signed it. my new favorite driver, you know, we also have to thank)r÷ e honest citizen that gave her the bag and turned it in. we don't know who that is but thank you very much, whoever that was. kimberly, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> appreciate it. >> do you want to do the presentation? no? okay. >> i'm glad that he clarified that it was president obama, not the president of 258. >> thank you, ms. robinson. >> i wasn't expecting all this. i was just doing my job. but this means a lot to me. thank you for honoring me with this award hereasu$Ñ. >> take a moment to introduce your family members who are here. >> this is my sister, and my s son. >> thank you. and congratulations on behalf of all of us. thank you.

i'm kirsten mcgeary, senior management real estate, mta. so it's been a long process for us to find this site. we have looked at a number of properties for many years. we've been asked, why this site? we've looked at sites owned by goodmans. for instance, 12 to 13 acres in the southeast industrial area. it would ta

jonathan rivers with the mta. so, we've been working with the authority for a couple months on a full funding plan for masonic. it is a very significant project here in the city of san francisco and it's one of our major complete street projects where we want to come in and try to do everything. there is a component, the resurfacing component that is being funded through the proposition b bond. the $18 million project, though, is those additive complete streets streetscape improvements. we have funded the environmental phase and that's moving forward, just recently completed the mta board improved legislation associated with the project last tuesday. so, now comes the hard part. we have tried through numerous different programs to try to fund the detail design phase which is the next step of the project to continue to move us forward. i think in the next couple of months, the one bay area program specifically is our best opportunity to fund this project. we are going to continue to try to move to fund the next pha