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a joint board made up of mta officials and of local 258 officials. their actions resulted in a group of workers being singled out and left out. therefore, we were each denied a monetary payment of $1,880. it was paid out last december 23, 2011. there was a total of 155 operators who received $1,880 each. they were actively working as transit operators in 1984. some of whom were still working in december of 2011. and some who retired in 2009 through a 2011. this group also received $1,880. this $1,880 that was received by some operators was the result of a 1984 cost of living adjustment that was placed into the trust fund, and has earned interest for the past 28 years. that totals approximately $292,000. as i stated in my opening comments, we were all muni drivers in 1984. this is the key to our agreements. where are our checks? we want our money, too. we are not looking for a handout. we all worked hard for this money. it was in the 250 a mou. why were we left out? i was told by a trusty that it was logistically impossible to locate those still in th

there will also be a parallel decision at the mta board. we will be working with them to have that be the best course of the city. a total expected cost of $125 million. geary corridor has also made progress. they are essentially hoping to present designs in spring 2012, the cost expected to be around $215 million. transbay transit center has made a lot a progress this year, $70 million demolition contract completed, 185 million contract excavation for the but his work. that is under way. above grade construction package is 90% complete. we are essentially all go on the first phase. the second phase, however, we have a shortfall. that will be the focus of commissioner wiener's initiative on high-speed rail for a unified product delivers the downtown extension of electrification and separation along the peninsula. the next slide talks about the initiative that the chair moment -- mentioned a moment ago related to a fast start concept to high-speed rail. we are working with the mayor's office and involved agencies, including the high-speed ra

we've brought this to the mta board in a preliminary fashion and i am bringing to you what i have shared with them as well. on the revenue side, here is what the picture looks like in terms of baseline. the main message here is that if you look at the funding overall, we are about a quarter of general fund, a quarter of general affairs, one-third from parking, and the rest from grants and at other miscellany and we don't expect that to change. we are about 800 million on the revenue side. this is more or less just continuing afford what we have now. changes through indexing -- i have a slide of later that will show that. supervisor elsbernd: what is the formula that produces your general fund allotment? >> we get 80% or and -- a payment of 80% of the parking tax. >> in terms of the projections for the next year, does this include the revenue news that we had with the six-month? >> this includes what we know at this point in time. once the joint report comes out, we expect things to turn a little more favorably. they just had a modest change that would add either 10 or $13 million to this

in fact, when the mta board approved the environmental report, this was the only project that was not approved by the board. we fully expected the project was moving forward, but recently, we were approached by the department of public works with a piece of additional intermission, that due to community opposition, the project would not proceed in its current form. the glitch is these federal funds have a timely use requirement that needs to be met, or we may jeopardize the use of the funds in san francisco, essentially losing them. the bind we are in right now, the department of public works, in partnership with the mta, have come to us with suggestions for three projects for which this money could be reprogrammed. of course, when we are talking about reprogramming money to safeguard it, we are talking about projects that are designed, environmentally cleared, and can absorb the money in some fashion. the project's proposed to receive the money include the cesar job as streetscape project. the second street sfgo signal project and the market/haight district improvement process. essen

i hope we will come back to the mta board of directors to adopt ceqa findings and take appropriate findings -- action. at the bottom of the slide we referenced the process under nepa. that includes the regulation for the coast guard to manage traffic along the bay as well as these permits to use park lands and that process is moving forward. it will take longer to publish their documentary different departments. you'll see that later this spring in may 2012 and hopefully a final findings in june 2012. a quick few points on the economic benefits. the economic study commission prior to signing the host agreement looked at the full range of economic potential impacts to san francisco and the bay area and called out over $1 billion of impact and over 8000 jobs created by the events. these impacts and jobs are spread across a number of sectors as listed here. construction, transportation, and general events. hospitality and that sort of thing. something we have pointed out to people as we talked about these economic impact is they are not coming from a single point. these impacts are from diffus

he is the mta board's present on the couch rain board, so he is connected to this issue in a number ofways, and while initially we were planning to bring this informational items, there has been a lot of discussion within the city family, through these terrific transportation and planning functions in the city. with regard to high-speed rail, there has been a divorce to the opinions taken with regard to high-speed rail throughout the state, and we want to make sure san francisco is very clear and strong in its support, with a few caveats that you and your of, and they are reflected before you, and we are likewise working on a regional level with san jose and others along been -- the caltrain corridor. we are at a very important point. the next part will be submitted soon to the legislature, which will start the clock for them to act, so we wanted to bring this to you, articulating what others have been advocating a very strong support for the high- speed rail because of the critical importance to san francisco and its economy and the region, so very timely that we have this item before

maybe we would go with what the mta board approves at their february meeting. we may want to soften the transition for areas going from no regulations to meters. that was the reason for our decision on capping the rate for the first 12 months. >> we're trying to eliminate circling. people may decide to partita blocks down. it is a very confusing experience -- people may decide to try to partita blocks down. it is a very confusing experience. depending on the hour of the day, your rate could change. when we park, we think it is the same rate now i am hearing we may be charged after 6:00. it is going to be a changing experience. it sounds like they're going to introduce over the city different ways of handling parking in the future. >> we're trying to be consistent across the board so it is not confusing. >> i appreciate we want to make a softer experience. been consistent -- being consistent, i think most people would find that easier. >> if i could respond to the comment about average. i want to reiterate david's point. it hurts to hear criticism. we have done

received a wide variety of feedback, we have presented this item to the planning commission and the mta board. we've been getting feedback around the desire to encourage particular way it used types or incur ridge particular policies by providing a waiver or reduction of feet under this program -- of fee under this program. this would be < allowable maximum parking. we of zoning districts where there are maximal allowing parking. potential fee waiting for affordable housing up to 100% and constraint on the policy discount program is that it cannot exceed $40 million in value over 20 years. if we exceed $40 million in value, we put a wrist to apply the expenditure program, and because that is serving as a way for the project to premeditate impact of it is very important we build and implement the program as it has been identified and modeled. so that still leaves us with a substantial amount of funding to apply discounts. we are of course seeking feedback from the commission today on the correct application of discounts come and whether there is something we missed in this so far. whatever dir

. >> i assume the presentation is on the mta board website or will be? great.although i have avoided being involved in america's cup and intend to continue to avoid being in its planning, i have a brief comment. i sort of agree with mr. winer on this one. to the extent that there is additional muni service added to this event, i very much hope it will not take away from their existing service elsewhere in town. this event is primarily corporate much in the northeast quadrant. the other three quadrants should not suffer less service as the results -- as a result. other lines should not lives service. i hope in the planning and implementation of this, john haley and the operations group will continue to provide service elsewhere in town because this clearly will not be the only event happening. one of the reasons i have not been involved in planning here is there is capable and competent staff from mta and other city departments and planning. thank you. chairman nolan: anyone else here? just the board. this is informational today. >> this item will be coming back

add a result clause that says the "mta board of directors supports the current concept of the fast start project to expedite service increases for san jose, the peninsula, and said francisco." >> thank you. we have a motion and second on the amendment. we will note that the motion is amended and now vote on the motion that as amended. all in favor? all opposed? great, thank you. >> directors, moving on, and 13, presentation and discussion regarding the transportation sustainability program. >> as they are setting up, i will introduce this to say that this program is something that is really important to the future of how we plan for and manage transportation relative to development that happens in this city. this program is taking a look at how we manage, regulate, and mitigate development as it relates to transportation to develop a process that is more transparent, equitable, meaningful, and provides a much better nexus between development and transportation between land use, planning, and transportation. it has been an extraordinary amount of work by collaboration of city departments

mta. next is our fare evasion program. we have 36 inspectors to check for proof of payment systemwide. this was one of the things that i changed when i came on board at mta. i spent quite a bit of time and read the 2009 controller study on our fare evasion program as well as the follow-up study, and really looked at the things they suggested and found that many of them made sense. for a while, we were utilizing inspectors on problematic lines, and i really believe, after discussing it with mr. mason, that we really needed to be everywhere in our system. no matter where you ride transit in our city, you should have the expectation that you could be asked for proof of payment. we made these changes shortly after i took over the fare inspectors, shortly around august or the end of august. now, what is happening is our inspectors are in a different police district every day, and their saturation operations are in a different location every time. i am very pleased with the results of this. i have gotten a lot of community feedback. people that were never asked for their proof of payment are now being asked, and i kind of say the proof is in the pudding

thousands of young people have been working with supervisor campos and the board of the mta to address the needs of low- income youth and access. we are excited about what we can do to really increase resources for public transit around the clock and it needs and it needs for equity for low income families. that is what we are excited to be partnering with you about and we look forward to when this next conversation happens and to catching you before the upcoming budget discussions on march 6. supervisor chu: are there other members of the public who wish to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. i know you are doing a lot to talk about the ongoing issues and actions coming before the board in addition to items at the board of supervisors. in terms of a time line, could you and let us know about that? >> the timeline is march 6. we will have a public hearing on fares, fees, and finds, including all of the items in this presentation. the latter part of the presentation has been number of slides on possible revenue measures. we're not recommending any of them, but we will be holdi

the next steps are the asset mta staff going to their board on the seventh to get board approval for implementation of the project. we will return to the commission in february to seek approval for the port harbor code amendments allowing us to implement the code as described. we are going to -- as illustrated in the staff report, initially legislate parking to be consistent with allport parking with consistent ease of interface. we are suggesting that in some locations we deviate from that, going from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. every day of the week. based on demand or need, we could have a staff level going from 11:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m.. if we receive your approval in february, we will begin in the mission bay area immediately and over the next 12 to eight months. with that, but myself and jay are available for questions. thank you. >> i think we have some public comments. >> good morning. i am a business owner in dog patch. most of the members -- we are members of the dog patch neighborhood association. we had a meeting a few weeks ago. it was standing room only with serious co

as we know on the board of supervisors, parking and traffic is at the mta, we cannot dictate anything really. we can advise, just come in traffic calming is something that is a big deal at times. things that i do not realize or stop does that have time to realize, it is no one -- staff does not realize. it strikes me this is moving away from that are being able to address those concerns. i hope is this is not we're going to stop doing that. my question is, how are we going to continue to address those issues? i do not want to be faced with an instance where there are cars are buzzing down my street, making it almost got run over if that happens every week. i am sorry, there's nothing we can do about it. >> you are correct, there will be a shifting of funds, but there will still be a local program in place. our department is always able to respond to these requests. we will be a front that there will be less funding for local streets and more of a shift to arterial is where we see a lot of collisions happening. we want to be transparent about that, but we will still have a local street

the national school boards association is advocating for we authorizing the mta, which is not going toappen this year. further, they are advocating for, which i think is a good thing, because it is simple enough for members of congress to understand, for an additional $1 billion in funding for idea and title 1. that is also unlikely to happen. but you have to ask a lot of times so that we get to the point where we can say is unacceptable to say no to these things because they're actually quite modest request. however, i do want to say that, in addition to that, a couple of things you should know. the national school board association is creating committees to work on the legislative issues that are according to school board members and you can participate in these committees by going to their conferences and meetings and also on line. they formed a committee on for the issues, world issues, preschool -- urban issues, rural issues, preschool. you can go on their web site and i will -- or you can ask me and i will forward you the information with the background papers. i just want to fin

mta.] the committee unanimously voted approval to the full board. the committee also heard an ordinance introduced by a mayor lee that would introduce the city process for white knight -- lightning's sidewalks. and-- widening sidewalks. the current process is lengthy and involves review by several city agencies, and even action by the board of supervisors. and now that the city has adopted guidance on how to widen sidewalks, it seems appropriate to make it easier to do so. this ordinance would not change or review the process for narrowing sidewalks, only for widening sidewalks that meet city law and are recommended for approval by city agencies. all other changes would go through the current process, and the committee recommended approval of this process for the board. and the india park introduced by supervisor cohen was before the committee. you unanimously approved this last year. it would amend the plan as it extends across third street to allow a multi-use health care service at 53rd street. the legislation would enable a medical clinic up to

following this board's policy action, we will work with bart, caltrain, mta, and dph, with input from the bicycle committee to ensure a steady stream of projects ready to be implemented. we prioritize funds for by product planning and design. among those, the open field bikeways, cesar java's, masonic avenue, and market street. we revisited and approve the five-year prioritization program for the bicycle project, in addition to the one for traffic signals. on the next page, we've also have a record of projects funded using the transportation fund for clean air, which is the funding source that comes from the bay area air quality management district. in 2011, we program over $1 million in funds to pedestrian and commuter benefits, right batching, electric charging stations, and emergency ride home, and other projects and programs that helps to clean the air by giving people alternative to driving. those bonds leveraged four times their weight in other funds. we managed a total investment of almost $6 million out of that $1 million in funds. in addition to the programming for tfca, ther

i sued -- in the mta case we sued ldfb board the naacp because i was working for the naacp defense fund i sued our board members. do not get in our way. and yes i know i sound like i've had it and it does sound overwhelming. i don't know how to spoon feed this. it isn't overwhelming -- we're okay. most of us are still okay. most of us are on our way to owning our homes. and in my neighborhood, people thought there was a gang because it was on a water grate -- there was actually -- get high properly spelled and punctuated and rebel properly spelled and punctuated and the person had pink hearts over the i and my neighbors wanted to know if this was a gang graffiti. i said no, it's a girl graffiti and she's angry because she was probably put on restriction because she wouldn't do her homework. we don't have gangs in our neighborhood. we're safe. but if we don't fight for the safety of the kids in our own backyard, we have child soldiers in l.a. i met a 9-year-old assassin, a 9-year-old assassin because the monsters who corrupted him could send him out to do the killing and they knew he wou