>> good morning and welcome to the san francisco transportation authority. monthly meeting i'm scott wiener the vice chair of the transportation authority i'll be chairing today's meeting because our chair supervisor avalos was unable to be here our clerk is erica chang >> thank you to jessie larson and jennifer lowe. madam clerk call roll >> supervisor avalos absent. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. absent. supervisor chiu. supervisor cohen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar absent. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. we have quorum. thank you. item number 2 >> item 2 approval of the meeting of the june 24th. >> can you have is a motion to approve the june 24th meeting minutes and can we same house, same call? - you want to we'll take a roll call. >> on item - public comment. >> public comment on the minutes seeing none, public comment is closed. if you have public comment please come forward you don't need to raise your hand >> man has only the sole purpose even if existence no matter what is the position in life all pe

september 23, 2014, welcome to the san francisco transportation authority i'm supervisor avalos the chair of the authority and today's clerk is erica chang and the brocasting is brought to us by jonathan and jessie larson thank you for your work madam clerk call roll. >> supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos absent supervisor ch supervisor cohen supervisor farrell absent supervisor kim absent supervisor mar supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee we have quorum. >> thank you madam clerk next item. >> item 2 approval the july 22nd, 2014, item. >> colleagues, any questions seeing none, on our minutes from the transportation authority meeting and seeing none, we'll close public comment. >> good morning the commission function bart from all of the el sincerity to the center seeing inside therain i was business the passengers this whole years of 3 hundred and 65 days talking about the goeveng area to the passengers you know this is my way of making friendship to the passengers and i think that also on to san francisco see i think the seat wise everything is a new change

is to begin our work on the engineering side in support of the finding efforts if the transportation authority satisfied with the work performed by the consultants for phase one, we may choose to move forward with the same team for phase two, and when funding is available. authorization of future phases, of work, will be subjected to the transportation authority, board approval. >> thank you. >> i have a quick question for you. >> could you explain to us about the financial impacts? >> so, the funding that we have from the hswa, and the grant that we have from mtc, plus the money that we get from tida basilly fund the work program that we have set forward in our fiscal year, for 14/15 and next month, we will be coming in for an appropriation of 150,000 to complete the work program for the year, including the planning, governor ens and engineering work. >> is that appropriation or even... it is pending in the program, thank you. >> we have got someone else. and thank you. >> speak a little more in detail. >> thank you. >> we presented the plans and programs committee in october. >> okay. >> tha

saw the bill passed i express our appreciation in leading this initiative so you as the transportation authority board are the commissions of the new treasure island mobility agency and this roll will be bringing you a plan to put together the guns with the policies and procedures and thank you to supervisor kim we're excited about the treasure island project on cap & trade the comments we provided for the california environmental protection agency stressed did revisiting the business critical definition that will help to distribute the revenue for affordable housing using the cap & trade funds we're ascertained because the formulas are unfavorable to urban areas and don't help with the voosht in the southern california so we cooperated with the governor's office including our metropolitan transportation to advocate for a fair and appropriate standard for the distribution of disadvantaged community funds for example, under the proposed metrics bayview hunters point is included even though it's a vulnerable community with respect to social and environmental efforts weight keep i posted the under

. >> thank you i did want to say when the transportation authority organized a meeting to look at the transportation in mexico i know there's expertise between the to on implementing it right and amy from the transportation was in town a former person from new york brt we're seeking as much advise on boarding the vehicles so that the van ness and hopefully part of the rapt transit is done right thank you to the to pooh-pooh please call the next item. >> item 7 allocation of $2 million plus in prop k funds with conditions in prescription in prop k fund with conditions for 8 requests subject to the cash distribution schedule this is an action item. >> we have the deputy director. >> i'll go ahead and get started this presented before you say the transit on the geary this lefrnlz new starts that are on the project for detail design and produce construction drawings that what about put out for bid with completion in june the next of the projects is the connection our road contracting and workforce development with $89,000 we have an existing provision to address the concerns because of th

and the bicycle safety and we'll be reporting back to the plans and programs community the transportation authority is conducting a research the trained supervisors will go door-to-door on the i would like to reach people and surveyors will be available at the treasure island food upon try in the building and all who complete a survey will win a cash card we encourage the folks to weigh in on their needs as part of the treasure island go mobility management plan rachel is our transportation person and the caltrain vehicle outreach meeting that is happening on september 29th ismportant one i want to encourage the members of the public and our offices to please help us spread the word caltrain is facing an effort to replace the vehicles with electronic vehicles and the transportation authority is alongside the san mateo and santa clara state through the cap & trade and high speed rail program and the outreach meeting will be on monday, september 29th in the mount view city offices on castro street contact our office contact lee sagging on the other hand, and we'll be collecting comments those vehicle

meet the demand in other ways and maybe david can come up. >> david the deputy director transportation authority so the san francisco freeway management study look at san francisco's way of dealing with the increases in jobless and housing forecasted until 2040 with the transportation plan the study is looking at ways to increase the efficiency of the freeway you network as a corridor looking at material and and a and moving people and vehicles it is striping and looking at the repurposing of general lanes into express lanes and we're requesting a provision of 3 hundred thousand of prop k dpundz i funds to match the fund for the study the study will be completed in winter or spring of 2017 and v. we'll by looking at the mode all piece how it performs with transit and audibles. >> can you explain the link 0. >> so there's different ways of controlling access to the different industry for audible it's a occupancy controlled infrastructure you'll need a certain nobel prize number of people in the vehicles to use the lanes the express lanes which you'll be adding controls to pricing so individuals t

as chair of the transportation authority i want to thank you all for being her and want to thank you for your efforts so far in bringing up in project to fruition we have a ways to go but i'm happy to know we're on target. the construction of the westbound ramp simplified this the yerba buena island development. 17 years ago the u.s. navy closed it's basis and since then we've worked to approve 0 responsible and thought fulfill plan that will meet the needs of this area as a city as a whole. the future plan we at the board of supervisors approved hours for 20 thousand residents and new and upgraded roads including ferry terminal and extend bus services. this will expand the number of resident who will go live here. there's a planned transportation hub that is 15 percent walk and getting around and spending time here about will be different like with bused and ferries and so on. we're proud that the treasure island will be for the city and beyond a great benefit. with our many partners claiming the treasure island authority and the 0 deprivation and the workforce development have come

i'm tilly chang with the transportation authority we work for the 11 members of the board of supervisors to administer the half hour penny call prop k we want to extend our congratulations to director reiskin and his team and acknowledge mayor lee's leadership and supervisor tang's in improving the pedestrian safety and transportation authority san francisco has spoken loud and clear are maintaining safety is our priority with the help of our partners across the city family i want to congratulate the community and neighborhood for about advocating for those improvements at yorba but along the crossroad is a high injury corridor we really need to focus in terms of the xevenlgs be not only for the enforcement the traffic signals but also to be supported by enforcement and countdowns and other feevenz we provide to be part of the effort and thank to the community for you're planning support today as well as in the fall thank you. >> (clapping) >> director chang mentioned the community and neighborhoods it's at&t the voices of the people of san francisco that make sure they can get around th

the transportation authority at it'd district attorney have partnered collaboratively to work together and i'm delighted to welcome ms. linda richardson i worked with president richard son in her capacity of the community land use and transportation commission i've known her on a number of economic issues and projects citywide. please welcome me - join me in welcoming the president of the activist district attorney >> thank you for your gracious introduction. i'm glad to be here today and i'm looking in the room and i can see many folks for the last 25 years i've that had the privilege of working only numerous projects in san francisco. but before i start it's great to know that the former staff and entities that were involved in the admission i also want to take at about opportunity to welcome michael i sees others down through people we count on when we need to get things done and thank you paul for putting this together. anytime you've done anything it will get done well. as the president of the treasure island as the childcare i think last year something happened when supervisor av

cindy and kim who you who supported the astronomical vehicles to the car flooethd fleet the transportation authority helped with the fleet policy several years ago we received a very climate initiative from m t c and caltrain for this initiative project and this promotion adaptation of clean technology finally cindy fong our intrepid deputy for the administration has launched our enterprise system this is a major management system financial and computer systems that allow us to have streamlined access to processes and accounts that will allow us to do business with our partners and partners thank you very much to cynthia and many members of the team that implemented that prong in a quick and efficient manner thank you for your generation al improvements in our efficiency finally, i would like to close with a thank you to elizabeth she's our analysis person that will be heading to the seattle area to join her partner as we start a new life elizabeth has served us for the past replacement when i was appointed to the executive director she was filling in for me over the last 6 years your attractions ha

plans & programs committee of the san francisco transportation authority plans & programs committee and let's see before i start, i should thank sfgovtv charles and jennifer lowe foretell vision zero. >> roll call. >> supervisor breed absent sxhemz absent supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor yee we have quorum. >> can we have the first or second item. >> item 2 the citizens advisory committee this is an informational item. >> we have mr. bryan larkin from the cac. >> good morning policeman's and members we is your item 6, 7, 8 and 9 we passed some of them unanimously some of them not the first item 6 was a transit prefer rental he item we had a think a oppose and one was me i was confused why we needed an item dedicated to the dr it so if you have questions the same type i had they can clarify them. >> number 7 was a prop k request. >> mr. larkin what item. >> your number of your item 7, 8 prop k items we had public comment from restraining order i can't think he astonished us the bayer caltrain it would difficult to make a truly enter mod ail station i'll pass that on his behal

tilly chang to supervisor kim through the chair it's incredibly important working with the transportation authority and our caltrain transbay joint powers authority board our partner with the state and federal agency supporting those promotions to make sure we're in the alignment to have the coordination the one technical initial is one to make sure we're in compatibility issue it's been raised by the working group and the region ail body i believe the agencies are meeting i have a meeting next week is a a t c and other members of the joint powers no right i suggest we organize and hearing i believe it called for one at the tjpa and we might want to hear the transportation authority. >> it is an important issue that the board, you know, fully understands the technical issues it seems like a kind of booelg rfp going out they needed to electrify their trains it is going to be difficult to get the trains approved down the road it is a lot of issues everyone has a lot of feeling about but it's important in terms of our leadership to get a full understanding of all the steps that would impact the abilit

all master agreement and fund transfer agreement and corporation and any things before the transportation authority including a pales in comparison planning grant to support the freeway initiative study and the yerba buena improvement this is an action item. >> seeing no comment from the board we'll open this up for public comment. >> actually, i may know in san francisco there is a place out on corner street with the agency i go there ever morning all the time on that commercial lane a little further up a thank you pay cultural center it's a nice place for me and other commissioners to attend san francisco mission parkway for the chinese people you know to take courses like a gentlemen room a nice place and that placed closing monday but on tuesday and wednesday and thursday and friday open from 9 to 5. >> thank you for the plug is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> tome 6 supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos absent supervisor chiu supervisor cohen supervisor farrell absent supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor y

transportation authority's rendering of the final product. the folsom street ramp runs parallel to the fremont street ramp, complete with a crosswalk and traffic signals. >> i think that will be so much better. sometimes people are darting across the street and getting out in kind of dangerous places, so a crosswalk will be helpful. >> new developments going in across the street here, this is going to be into the development here. everybody is going to benefit from the revitalization of the area. >> reporter: the old ramp is set to be off limits for six months while crews work on the project that will include widening the street to two lanes in each direction, bike lanes, and sidewalks. for day one, commuters didn't seem to mind the closure very much, if at all. >> it wasn't too bad, it was consistent with all the other days that we commute. >> i was worried about it, thought it would take longer to get home or work, but no. >> bay bridge was light. >> reporter: others aren't as optimistic and are already planning for potential problems. >> i

. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good morning and welcome to the san francisco transportation authority.r the vice chair of the transportation authority i'll be chairing today's meeting because our chair supervisor avalos was unable to be here our clerk is erica chang >> thank you to jessie larson and jennifer lowe. madam clerk call roll >> supervisor avalos absent. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. absent. supervisor chiu. superv

there you go done >> good morning and welcome to the san francisco transportation authority. monthly meeting i'm scott wiener the vice chair of the transportation authority i'll be chairing today's meeting because our chair supervisor avalos was unable to be here our clerk is erica chang >> thank you

programs and a lot of the 20 percent is from our sales tax administered by the county of transportation authority so as you're thinking about riding those vehicles thank the folks standing behind us for the fund we have a lot of people in san francisco today who rely on those vehicles everyday to get them to school and work and wherever and a lot more people in san francisco that want to rid the revokes but can't because they're too crowded or not reliable enough to make a chris's choice for them but a lot more people coming to san francisco and we need to accommodate them on transit to keep the city clean and beautiful board of supervisors who represents today's riders and tomorrows rider are really the ones that understand along with the mayor the importance the investment that's woody allen why we couldn't do this without them legally they're required to approve the contract but we need their support in the transit system and have a great comment in leading that represents district 5 in the center of the city and most of the rail lines touch her district they have a lot of riders on the system

. >> good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco transportation authority plans & programs committee today is tuesday, july 15, 2014, and i'm our vice chair. roll call >> item one roll call. >> supervisor breed. supervisor campos absent. supervisor kim. supervisor mar absent supervisor yee. we w we have quorum >> thank you i'd like to recognize our cleaning clerk erica chang and thank you to the sfgovtv and recognition jessie larson and others please a call item 2. >> the advisory committee report this is an informational item. >> thank you. do we have a member of the cac to present today. good morning >> good morning. i'm the vice chair of the cac if districts 10 and our advisory committee meeting we took up up those two items but want to go item this deals with the allocation of prop k funds and $2 million in prop w a funds mostly the clarifies on aspects of the downtown extension project including bryan requests for the scheduling and we had specifics on how the caltrain would be configured with the transbay center was not limited to and this item passed unanimously with support f

. >> reporter: a spokesman for the city's transportation authority explains when it is finished in march, the folsom exit will run right next to the fremont exit, and in the meantime, there are alternatives. the harrison exit ramp on the left side of the freeway will remain open. and the fremont ramp will only be closed a few hours at a time late at night. >> we've been talking to specific businesses as well as the media. >> reporter: as you heard, the transportation authority hopes it's not going to be too bad. drivers we talked to didn't have much hope. >> oh, i mean, that's -- kind of annoying. but i can work with it. i'll just change my route. it's not the end of the world. >> reporter: not the end of the world. but it is going to be the end of an easier commute on this ramp, anyway. tomorrow we'll get our first look at its impact. they're saying that the fremont ramp will be open by commute time tomorrow morning. >>> attention, shoppers. we're learning more about the merger between albertson's and safe way. albertson's says no major changes are planned, pleasanton will still play a

which became the country's 1st regional transportation authority. legislation that allowed [inaudible] orange district to conclude does include very transit systems. several of us are also on that particular board could his work continues to make an impact on bay area transportation and will for the long into the future. senator for ram has a lifelong interest in politics and law. he graduated near the top of his class at usf school of law and served as a deputy attorney general before running for public office. he retired in 2004 and traveled extensively and enjoyed spending time with family and friends. senator for ram is survived by his friend of his wife of 56 years his 2 sons and 2 daughters and 4 grandchildren assessment >> thank you supervisor you. resident should >> thank you colleagues of a couple of items today. 1st i want to start with the difficult memorial. i want to recognize the passing of [inaudible] lee a loving mother and grandmother. previously taught music and language in china. had been a resident of chinatown for 20 years. as ma