rtp is a gatekeeper. in order to be audible to compete for state or federal funds, to get a decision such as and eir, your decision is to be consistent. our focus would working with product sponsors is to make sure in this rtp to any project that meets state or federal funding or needs a federal decision before the next update is in this rtp. at least your prick phases. i should clarify. in terms of san francisco, establishing our long-range priorities happened to the transportation countywide process. we have spoken about that before. in october, we last came to this committee talking about a call for product of the issue for artificially high targets. it was a $6 billion target that we put together. that is in your packet, page 116. this slide summarizes it. in a nutshell, this is one of those administrative functions. any project need to be in the rtp in the next five years, we wanted to make sure it was there. so far, we have been successful in that. if you look at the project list in your packet, pag

there is a new context with this rtp as a result of a state law that was passed. senate bill 355, that requires the transportation process to be linked with a land use and housing process, in order to achieve goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and planning adequate housing for the region. the process has been going on for over a year already. key milestones related to transportation, the first one was a year ago, when mtc ask for project ideas from the nine counties. we hosted that process here in san francisco. the second process that is now wrapping up is an assessment evaluating each of those projects against our goals for the planning project. we now have the results, and that will be used, along with other considerations, to decide the preferred in business strategy. moving towards the preferred investment strategy is what you want to touch on today briefly. the project performance assessment is something that mtc conducts for all of the projects that are seeking discretionary funding through the regional transportation plan. there are two components to

into the region over the next 25 years, including 13 neighborhood meetings and public outreach for the rtp culture projects, block grant advocacy for fair and balanced funding formulas at the regional level, on which we cover it with both commissioners campos and weener -- wiener, coordination of all involved agencies with participation from board members. i want to thank several of you for consistently attending those meetings and providing policy guidance. there is a major initiative that got under way in 2011, the state of the san disco transportation plan. this is a 30-year look at the future mobility of the city. -- san francisco transportation plan. we received over 400 responses from agencies and citizens from around the city. we created a primer to show what it would take to meet our goals. the project characterization and development of alternatives is underway and update is expected in summer 2012. we also got the congestion management program approved for 2011. that was an action you took in december, which is key to maintaining eligibility to receive state and federal funds. a

two big reasons i agreed to do this project was i think it's important to give the courage that the rtp with military right now. i remember reading a book was at the air force academy of gazers never and getting encouraged from the pics i hope by putting up these stories other people pick up and the servicemembers who are serving or think about serving realize there's so many of us out there that are gay and it's okay. and second of all to change the mind. when it gave this book to someone at my base, is the person that was very against the repeal of don't ask, don't tell, a day later he came back to me, and this man is over 50 and he was crying. use like i really had no idea that the kind of the people went through under don't ask, don't tell. it was kind of two goals in doing this project. it was a huge success. >> i'm staff sergeant jonathan mills. based in washington, d.c. i do satellite communication for the air force. my first experience with don't ask, don't tell came during my divorce. i grew up in a very conservative religious household, and through a variety of circumstances w