as you know colleagues after a vetting process we appointed tilly cheng to her executive director position. and i look forward to discussing later on our agenda. 2013 also was a big year for local and regional transportation planning with the adoption of plan bay area the first regional plan to respond to statewide policy and investment policies that tie trapgs transportation to housing goals. last month brought conclusion of the mayor's task force report and much needed revenues for transportation and we'll continue to discuss and shape as we move into the new year and on today's agenda is the adoption of the san francisco transportation plan or sftp and it's our city's strategic transportation blue print that sets our investment priorities for policy discussion for years to come i want to thank staff and our sftpc and the public in this complex and important work. i also want to recognize great staff work on innovative tools such as my street sf.com easy tools to find out where transportation projects are happening and weigh in on priorities. to congestion management and neighborhood acc

and move onto the next item. >> this is an information item, the directors report. >> good morning tillyheng executive director. my report is on your desk. it's only been a few short weeks but we've got a full report for you today at the federal level we noticed that the house of representatives passed a 2 year budget agreement which reduces the likely hood of another shut down which is always good news and shows highway programs however will not be subject to can you cuts. it is positive. at the state level cap and trade discussions continue. the legal hurdles have been cleared or 2 of them have been cleared and there also appears to be an expected state budget surplus so renewed energy and see if the governor might be will to repay some of the cap and trade funds so we'll continue to work with the san francisco city family and folks around the state on that effort. here region ly the cap and trade discussions will be happening tomorrow at mtc continuing on the framework that was introduced last month that we discussed in my last report talks about a very significant investment in the 3

and >> regarding this -- i've been on the cac since 97 i worked with the executive director, tilly cheng on one five year and i think you should look and see what's been done in the past under the five year and prioritize the projects that have not been done before you move forward with anything else. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> next speaker please. >> good morning my name is kate hodge. i want to commend the staff for the tremendously hard work with this plan. based on a five year plan the strategy developed by the mta an excellent strategy but it's been turned into a 25 year plan this is a strange development and i wonder how our city is going to live up to its promise. right now what you are asking for -- so we're asking that the mta and other agencies involved with this plan development articulate how this is going to be able to reach the promised goal by 2020 thank you. >> thank you very much. any other member of the public would like to comment? okay. we'll close public comment. >> and colleagues commissioner wiener. >> i'd like to respond to ms. hodge's comment. >> absol

i want to thank tilly cheng for her work over the past several months in putting together her performance goals. that review while not made public was a document that was used and made discussions in putting together the performance goals of the executive director among other parts that were contributing to the performance goals. and developing these goals and making sure that the departments and input and community input had been put forward. of course she's done a lot of work internal ly with the organization in helping to put together these performance goals and i want to give her the opportunity to present these to us here today and we'll give her a moment to come forward. >> thank you chair avalos i'm pleased to present the performance goals for my position over the coming year and as you can imagine these goals reflect our aspirations and intentions for the whole organization we had very thoughtful discussions among the team, management team and entire staff division by division meetings and i certainly did continue to work with a number of you and met with my counter parts over the

transportation tom nolan is here as well as his assumes a fact not in evidence i want to thank them and tillythank the bay area council jim has been a great contribute to us here in the bay area as we should tell our transportation issues in the city. it's better to start up the conversation with the corporations that are employees and resident are going to figure it out better and working with the commuter shuttle companies as well as the companies that are hiring our residents. it's a great opportunity to talk about this because guess what our transportation needs are great and we reflected that i think in a serious document we recently rolled the transportation documented that ed reiskin 2rikd so much to envisioning our needs. today, we're talking about a challenge something that is a recent phenomena but been in the eyes of the folks it's the commuter shuttle that have been taking our resident and others to their jobs and be it a silicon valley company or medical compass or university the shuttles are here and they've been helpful in that but for them possibly we could see 45 thousand add

appointed her and she should continue because they are all doing an excellent job i've worked with tilly before, the five year ppp and they are all doing an excellent job and i think ms. cheng should go forward and continue to be the executive director without any problem whatsoever thank you very much. >> thank you very much any other member of the public who would like to comment please come forward and seeing none we'll close public comment. >> i'd like to thank our executive director for coming forward with her performance goals and i want to encourage you colleagues to make sure that you work with her to make sure that we're all living up to those goals she has really reached out to make sure. okay. so if we can have a roll call vote. >> item 11. >> avalos aye. >> breed aye. >> campos aye. >> chiu aye. >> cohen aye. >> kim absent. >> tang aye. >> wiener aye. >> yee aye. >> item passes. >> great. next item please. >> item 12 this is an information item. >> colleagues any comments or questions and seeing none we'll go to public comment. >> and seeing no one from the public come forwar

as you know colleagues after a vetting process we appointed tilly cheng to her executive director position. and i look forward to discussing later on our agenda. 2013 also was a big year for local and regional transportation planning with the adoption of plan bay area the first regional plan to respond to statewide policy and investment policies that tie trapgs transportation to housing goals. last month brought conclusion of the mayor's task force report and much needed revenues for transportation and we'll continue to discuss and shape as we move into the new year and on today's agenda is the adoption of the san francisco transportation plan or sftp and it's our city's strategic transportation blue print

chilly out here take a leap year high temperatures on monday before i get into actually be called tilly is over here i don't wanna mention a notice on the jet stream was going up here towards the west los angeles high of twenty five concluded that now. on the other side of the jet stream comfy chairs minus twenty four for the high in chicago with a ten minus twenty four. this does not take into account the wind chill. then we take a look at your three day forecast and well it does not look like this can be improving in all here's a three day forecast a close bismarck minus twenty six minneapolis. only in super twelve minus thirty someone in his twenties here through the rest of your work week however thanks to people in bangladesh have gone to the polls but it wasn't without incident a low concept in a room in bangkok is following this story. in a set all action has been held in bangladesh despite a boycott by the main opposition party and widespread findings that jonesing for sunday's election is still underway on monday opposition parties' say the election has noted in tennessee and t

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tillie 1000 lgbt couples got married after a federal judge struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage late last month. the supreme court halted the marriages on monday ending utah's appeal of the judge's ruling. on wednesday, utah governor bob herbert told state agencies tuesday not to recognize any same-sex marriages that took place in the two beaks when same-sex marriages were allowed. the case could end up before the supreme court. the death toll from records shattering cold across the united states has risen to at least 21. several of the victims are homeless people who froze to death. frigid temperatures are beginning to ease after the blast of arctic air envelops swaths of the midwest. northeast, even the deep south. you can go to democracynow.org to look at the connection between the deep chill and climate change. a political controversy surrounding new jersey governor chris christie has grown into a scandal after it emerged atop a deliberate leak order traffic delays to exact political revenge. newly released documents show chris christie's deputy chief of staff, bridget anne

tillie 1000 lgbt couples have gotten married since a federal judge struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage last month. monday's decision puts those unions in limbo. the case could end up before the supreme court. we will have more after the headlines. a federal judge has struck down chicago's ban on handguns sales. the 2010 measure banned gun shops within the city and barred gunowners from leaving home with their weapons. u.s. district judge edmund chang ruled the ordinance went too far. the number of murders in chicago has dropped to the lowest level and have a sentry, but chicago still leads the country in homicides with more than 400 committed last year. the senate has confirmed janet yellen as the next chair of the federal reserve, replacing ben bernanke. senators voted 56 to 26 to confirm yellen, with 11 republicans joining democrats in her favor. she is the first woman to head the central bank in its 100-year history. abandoned her plan to run for the republican senate nomination in wyoming, citing serious health issues in her family. a recent poll showed incumbent had a 52

north carolina, greg brannan has been a thorn in the side of the republican front-runner tom tillis.assidy has been pushed to the right by tea party favorite, rob manus. and as we said before, there are plenty of times where incumbents are facing the tea party challengers. it includes pat roberts of kansas, lamar alexander in tennessee, lindsey graham in south carolina, and john cornyn in texas. but the senators and their allies don't intend to take the challenges lightly, and as evidenced by this super-pac ad that blasts steve stockman. >> lies. shady deals. ethical failings. it's everything that's wrong with washington, and it's congressman steve stockman's troubling record. >> joining me now is brian walsh, former spokesman of the national republican senatorial committee. brian, sal, how are you doing? sal, i'll start with you. i think you might contend that my setup there buys into the premise that says the tea party has been a problem for republicans regaining the senate. why is that -- why do you not believe that's the case? >> well, i think you just look at the facts, you know

we should expect that a combination of what we do for early education and what we do later on aunt tilliethose long-term effects. point wasur second about the states. directly to local communities. it has lots of flexibility at the local level. in addition, a variety of states, both democratic governors and republican inernors, have invested state prekindergarten programs, which typically focus on four- year-olds only. to provide the educational experience part. not so much the parent involvement and dental and all that. states were increasing their spending, but the problem is that date budgets are very susceptible to bad times, like those we have been going through. those programs are stuck. one of the investments that was in the budget agreement is exactly for that. it is to get state investment moving again through helping states start up rogue rams or -- programs or improve quality. host: our next call comes from here in washington dc. money is on the line. is on the line. caller: the headstart program has been amazing in the district of columbia. i have a 17-year-old who is one of t