commissioner mirkarimi: good morning and welcome to the transportation authority. i am the commission in the chair. i would like to thank sfgtv for their excellent an ongoing work. >> commissioner david chu. commissioner dufty. commissioner maxwell absent. >> thank you. please read item two. >> approval of minutes. >> public comment? public comment is closed. without objection, so moved. please read items 3 and 4. item three, chairs report. item four, directors' report. >> vercommissioner mirkarimi: very good. my comments are a breeze. there's never a dull moment in transportation. especially here in san francisco. the main focus of activity this month was the sustainable communities process, which is being led by the metropolitan transportation commission. this is essentially the local implementation of the legislative mandate. it is very important to demonstrate that local jurisdictions working in concert with regional agencies can turn that into real actions on the ground. there are many dimensions to this challenge, such as land use policy, transportation, and o

i'm tehe deputy for planning with the transportation authority. i just wanted to add to the excellent presentation and acknowledge him as our main counterpart. thank you for agendizing this item. it is a wonderful opportunity to present the work we have been doing together cooperatively on an exciting project that will be pioneering efforts nationwide. they are the corner stones -- the cornerstones of the muni/tep network. in recognition of the importance and the excitement and enthusiasm around these projects, a few years ago, we did strike this mou to cooperatively deliver these projects. mta would assume responsibility for constructing the project, and together, we have been going to advocate for funding. the region has been so excited. the federal government has been so excited to support us, so that is really fantastic news. in both phases today, there has been strong partnership. i want to acknowledge the coordination with mr. haley's section, and together, i think we will be working through the issues that timothy manchin that remain -- the

the california transportation division to make sure it is approved and timely manner. i will skip this item because the chair has recovered it. you should not be surprised to see some of the authority planners in your neighborhoods talking about the san francisco transportation plan. this is a 30-year look at transportation that it gets done every 30 years. we are in the middle of analysis in raising analysis around the neighborhoods on the importance of having this road map that will bury much navigate the sustainable community's strategy to we've had many meetings, including the district 11 council, and we have a very long roster of other community divisions we will be in touch with. of course, we are delighted to take your suggestions for organizations we should be connected with in your district. finally, we want to rejoice in the fact that the bay area clinton program has awarded a total of $14 million for various projects that provide opportunities for innovative pilots in the area of regional like sharibike sharing, san frao city car share, and most notably, an electric vehicle battery swap program that mta will be doing. they are all exciting projects. the one that the auth

the authority. >> mrs. fong, could you explain about the $110 liability under the end reserve? >> sure. on page 11 we have a balance of unreserved fund balance of $109.8 million. for our organization, the transportation authority fund sponsors many of the capital projects with caltrans -- i'm sorry caltrain, with bart, with city departments such as m.t.a., b.p.w. -- d.p.w., and tjpa. all they are passioned through these sponsors, but the assets for building these projects are not an asset we book on the authority's books. instead what we have is $150 million commercial paper we issued back in 2004 to fund all these projects. as a result of that where we don't have the option to record these assets on our books, all these assets are recorded on the respondents' backs and leads to a negative number of $108 million. in c0r ands with the budget approved in june, we intend to -- in accordance with the budget approved in june, we will have a positive enough. supervisor mar: let's open up this up for public comment. seeing none, poub comment is closed. colleagues, can we move this forward without objection? >> this is an informational item. >> mrs. cheng, could we have the next report. >> a report on the re

earlier this year, colleagues, that we recommended and then we pursued an audit of the municipal transportation authority. with the guidance of commissioner campos, we initiated a two phase process of the mta transportatiotransporta. the first was by our own budget analyst and focused on compliance with state and federal regulation in identifying areas where there could be potential savings to the operating budget. that effort did identify some welcome opportunities, i think it would be fair to characterize those as marginal in terms of how much they could help with the structural deficit in our long-term concerns. when the phase was completed, we discussed the next steps. i proposed to move with a second phase, funded with proposition k dollars. there are opportunities to ensure through the capital program that the mta investment projects that result in better service for the people who take transit -- so we procured a second audit process with a firm, cgr. the auditors are here today. it's still very early in the process. we are not expecting findings. a number of board members, commissioners, have bee

i want to thank the transportation authority staff. they have been helpful. i also want to thank the commissioners. i think everybody has been supportive of making sure this project moves forward. with that, i will close. i am happy to answer questions. supervisor campos: any questions? if i may, -- before i do that -- commissioner carmen chu? supervisor chu: just a question about the timing. you talked about the fact that we created a group of individuals to come together to talk about how to close the gap for the $137 million, look at the $180 million, in terms of the timing. given that this is a long-term project that will happen over many, many years, is there a particular time frame under which we would have to come up with the $137 million? >> we have to identify that by february 2011 when we submit the ffga. we have to be able to show -- it cannot be a projection or estimate, at that point. it has to be with the fda considers a committed source of funding. -- fta considers a committed source of funding. supervisor chu: given that we are coming up on tha

this is a proposal being considered by the transportation authority. ou were driving into san francisco on one of the many highways that head into the san francisco area during certain hours, basic the commute hours, you would pay $3 each way with a $6 cap. it would work like a fastrack idea. it's expected to bring in $06 million to $80 million -- $60 million to $80 million. if you think about the cost to drivers, that's where we're getting the strong reaction from this morning. it's not surprising that people we talked to don't like the idea. >> back east they had the inner bridge tolls, you know, 30 cents $1 whatever. i don't agree with it. i mean it's just another way to make revenue. but us working people can't afford this. >> how could you? it's-- it's ridiculous. it's ridiculous. who came up with this, anyway? >> reporter: well, the thought is being considered by the san francisco transportation authority. if this were to become a reality, there are several more steps it would have to go through. the transportation authority would first have to st

welcome to a special meeting of the transportation authority plans and programs committee. madam car, please call item two. >> update on the financial plan for the san francisco municipal transportation agency's central subway project. this is an information item. commissioner chu: this was an item that we heard last week and we asked for an update. >> this is an item that was continued from last week. i am continued -- happy to say that we have worked with sfmta staff over the past week. i am about to introduce the central manager for the central subway project to show you a presentation that shows you our attempt to close the funding gap as well as an overall context and where regard to the road map of getting the full funding grant agreement from the transportation administration. >> good morning, supervisors, my name is john, the central subway program manager. i'm also joined by mr. carter wrote hand, the director of construction. they have reviewed this briefing that i'm about to give you. before i start the presentation, i want to provide you with a bit of context in

we have been working closely with the transportation authority. we would specifically like to call out the deputy director of planning and the project manager for the two projects, co-project manager with our staff as well. i'm going to give you a quick overview of the regional funding authority, how we got to these projects, and i will go into some detail of the projects we are working on right now. just a quick background, in the late 1980's, there was a study that identified third street, tehe chinatown extension of rail, and geary and van ness avenue is for corridor projects. in 2002, there was a muni division for rapid transit, which identified these specific corridors. just recently, the 2008 tep identified geary, geneva, honeyway adn p -- and potrero as the highest priorities. prop b identified the highest priorities. in 2003, prop k identified geary and van ness as candidates for funding. in 2006, there was a regional transportation expansion policy, which identified van ness as a high candidate. at the end of 2008 -- the end of 2007/early

commissioner mirkarimi: good morning and welcome to the transportation authority. am the commission in the chair. i would like to thank sfgtv for their excellent an ongoing work. >> commissioner david chu. commissioner dufty. commissioner maxwell absent. >> thank you. please read item two. >> approval of

been submitted to the fda, and the agency's chief financial officer will be presenting to the transportation authority plans and programs tomorrow morning with a presentation of that draft plan, outlining the $137 million and program the amount, -- unprogrammed amount, and she will be presenting a plan resulting in a fully funded project. supervisor mar: in the paper this morning, you made a comment about two state transportation bond measures you are looking at that might fill that gap? >> yes, it is very promising. there is two transportation initiatives that the central subway could benefit from. one of them specifically with the proposition 1a, the high- speed rail initiative. central subway is a direct link to high-speed rail, and proposition 1a set aside funding from the high-speed rail initiative to support local transit agencies to provide into connectivity to high-speed rail, and central subway will definitely provide direct connectivity to high-speed rail, so that is one of many possible sources that the chief financial officer will be presenting to the plans and programs. supervisor chiu: f

supervisor campos: good morning and welcome to the tuesday october 19, 2010 meeting of the transportation authority plans and programs committee. my name is david campos, the chair of the committee. to my right is carmen chu. present our david chiu, commissioner john avalos should be here shortly. bevan dufty is in route. covering the meeting for sfgtv are derek fernandez. do we have any announcements? >> no. >> please call item 2. >> approve the minutes of the september 21, 2010 meeting. this is an action item. supervisor campos: is there any member of the public debt would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. second by david chiu. without objection. item three. >> citizens advisory committee report. this is an information item. >> good morning, members of the commission. i am the chair of the citizens advisory committee. we only have one item on our agenda which is also on your agenda, your item 5, allocation of prop k funds for traffic calming, traffic signals, and amending the five-year plan. there were a few questions from cac members, particularly about traffic c

i want to acknowledge doug johnson, the transportation authority under the direction of jose luis. and caltrans, jimmy pan may and hinge cunge. and then the better streets plans guru. and al hearst and lauren worked on it. we worked closely with the h.t.a. on these projects. i see amy here from the office of economic development. a lot of different folks worked together to -- to make these projects happen i want to make sure to acknowledge them. one that i haven't yet mentioned, though it has been referenced, has to do with public art. public works is -- is you know, typically a profession of civil engineers and hard tough stuff, pipes and asphalt and concrete. we realize that in order to -- to really make the -- these projects attractive and inviting, that public art can really be an important element to do that, to compliment the great work our architects do. i want to ask joe maddon from the arts commission to come up and say a few words about the beautiful public art that you may have noticed. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> good morning. good afternoon. it is a pleasure