the task force process i thought that is a good time to give you an update i believe the transportation authority is getting an update on this day and going through the board of supervisors process that's the end of that presentation i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> i do want to acknowledge if i get one more moment we - yeah start of timer now joined at the agency by carolyn we brought over from the metropolitan transportation brought up the work on the long term transportation planning and newcomers things we were doing at the agency over the last year or so and was really the agencies lead and lead point of contact working with the mayor's office and the supervise offices and the transportation authority and planning department, public works and others to get to this point and really her good work get us to the consensus and got us close today to seeing this recommendation from the task force make it to the ballot she recently informed us she's returning to the east bay to work closer to home and working on transportation issues we're sorry to see her go but thanks her for

>> welcome to the finance committee of the san francisco transportation authority, it is june, 14, 2014. and my name is eric mar and i am and the chairman, and our clerk is mr. steve stamos and please do the roll call. >> commissioner campos? >> yes. >> present. >> cohen. >> absent. >> kill. >> absent. >> mar. here. >> yee? >> here. and we have a quorum. >> thank you, i wanted to thank from sfgtv, non-a and jessy for tell vi vicing this today. and would you call the second item? >> item two to four, comprise the consent calendar, these are the retune and the staff is not planning to present on these items or present, and any number may be removed. >> and oit ems 2 to 4, i see no comments. would anyone like to speak on items 2 to 4? >> seeing, none, public comment is closed. could we approve these without objection or a roll call? >> campos? >> aye. >> coen? >> ab accident, kim? abse absent. >> har mar. aye. >> yee. >> aye. >> item five, please? >> 5, state and federal legislative up date. >> you are not mark. >> he got pulled into a meeting with the governor, right before the senate tra

and which is a practice that the transportation authority encourages and so it allows for to reduce the prop k financing cost and allowing for more funds to remain for the projects. the system is expected to be free of -- in march. this coming march. and this is 18 months later on the schedule, and already talked about the problem that they are having with the delays. as far as the disadvantage, businesses and slow business problems, i am happy to report that the public has a goal of 15 percent, however, up to date, 34, and 32 percent of the buildings have been for the small businesses. the remaining challenges of this project the service date is 18 months later than anticipated. which basically has affected the final transfer of operations to the new transportation management center. and that facility has been completed for a while now. and it will come into full operation, only after the radio project is completed. and in order to meet that date, the bus installation has to start in june of this year. mta has schedule a series of testing and tracing because they want to make sure that

the randolph [inaudible] and pedestrian safety project was completed uses funds by the transportation authorityin this case life line transportation thunds and mission bay loop is underway. funds to finish that project very soon. in addition the masonic streetscape improvement open held will be held may 25. it will be on the 25th from 5:30 to 7:30 at the san francisco day school. this is to provide more information and updates on the safety and streetscape features for masonic avenue. glen park saw transit access improvements finally after several years but it was a large program at diamond and [inaudible] so hope pedestrian calming and transit acscess and striping and repaving left pockets and shelters so a lot of work using prop k and federal funds that is available and there to help the glen park community plan recommendation in that area. i know chair wiener is pleased to see that go in. the walk first program saw continental cross walks. sfmta used the prop k sales tax funds to small cross walks on 109 locations. these are locations that constitute 70 percent of the severe and fatal traffi

was pleased on the 14th of this munt to join with staff with los angeles and con trucosta transportation authorityat a state hearing. chair fraser held a importance of state funded research in transportation technology. the research we benefited from has been in the area of traffic safety for vision zero, office of traffic safety and numerous other technologies to help optimize our system so we appreciated chair frasers leadership and to participate in the meeting. here in the region our work with mtca and bay area government we have draft project performance results which we'll bing to plans and programs committee next month. with the release of the data we will be able to sehow our projects compete against other projects then region. we have every reason to believe it will do well for progress but in coordination with a bad and mtc we'll take a look at the land use function as the region has important choices. just untime our bart incentive program is getting ready to launch. you may have seen on the news bart perks we are working together with bart to [inaudible] corroded portionoffs the system

we currently manage a half cent sales tax of the transportation authority. 25 years. we been doing this ensuring a successful record of project delivery as has the city when we bonded for punishers of streets bond as was the transportation bond proposition went off in 2014 and proposition b also in 2014 to keep committee funding levels proportionate publishing growth. in this ideal see somebody just a few of the handful of major projects and initiatives the completion and opening of doyle tried last your central subway is also well underway. on-time and on budget. we've seen the entire replacement of beauty sleep. call the vehicle and hybrid vehicles and the like all happening the first order of light rail vehicles is also being built right now. we are seeing hundreds of miles of street resurfacing and that benefits everyone. motorists, pedestrians, cyclists, as much other as voters because everyone uses the streets we do have a coordination program called followed paving that ensures all the different modes and needs are in considered when we repaid our streets. but i

from the planning department and michael schwartz principal planner with the san francisco transportation authority for the transportation sustainability program i know you've heard newcomers presentations about the sustainability program over the last several years the transportation sustainability program is a multi year effort to focus on the improvement of the transportation as the city grows with a multi agency project and been with the delightful partnership the transportation sustainability asks new development to do it's part as the city grows and we're excited to report - i have a presentation i didn't even check it out i'm sorry. i'm so excited to bring it to thank you (laughter) please excuse me - >> that's the cover slide here we are so two of our 3 components of the tps have already been implemented the first one is the invest component this past november the city adopted the transportation sustainability fee that collects money from new development to invest in transit we're collecting that money from development and in march the planning commission adopted a resolution checking off t

those two in particular one of of them is something we worked on together with the county of transportation authority and the mayor's office and a number of supervisors office that sets aside general fund revenues for transportation and for homeless services about $100 million for transportation and $50 million to homeless services over 25 year period that the transit transportation funds would be dedicated to street resurfacing and affordability and infrastructure needs and also programs like muni forward and regional transit needs and vision zero safer streets and investments so very much in the core of things we're trying to do that with agency i mentioned our budget was assuming i guess we'll come forward and over accommodate it for the level should this chapter be agreement pass but i'm hoping it gets to the ballot it will kind of plug that gap that we assumed in our capital budget you've approved and now before the board of supervisors the other chart amendment we didn't permeate in but makes changes captor changes to the governance and the board currently as you know all 7 members of the board

between the planning department, the san francisco municipal transportation agency and county transportation authority. some of our colleagues that normally would be joining us are on vacation this week but happy to present for them. so, this program as i mentioned, is a multi-year effort with acknowledgment that existing residents and businesses have been doing their part to fund a transportation system where people have multiple options for moving around the city and making sure we need a vision for the city that fits with providing those options. the transportation sustainability program acknowledges that and tries to say what can new development do to pay its fair share to contribute to the impacts it has on the transportation system. there are 3 parts to this program and we came to you last year i think cory was here last year to talk about the first part and that was a transportation sustainability fee that expanded the updated the amounts of the fee that applied to non residential development and expanded to fee to apply to residential development for it first time. this passed the board of spl

>> we're having discussions with the transportation authority and after the presentation on the dtx i will explain the next steps and part of the next steps we're seeking funding to achieve the next steps. i will in my discussions, follow up discussions with the transportation authority i will see if there is a way to get funding so we can have somebody full time help and manage dtx with the tjpa staff. currently the budget is consultants managing part time efforts but i agree with you director reiskin to focus and deliver dtx as quickly as possible we need that and i will bring it up in discussions with the executive director of the transportation authority. >> okay. i will willing to support the budget as is so we can have it in place before the start of the new fiscal year but i would strongly urge that we take the steps so we create the budget space and the funding source to bring on someone to manage this program. >> i would like to point out the total budget amount shouldn't change because the vacant position is fully funded and making sure of that, but -- [laughter] >> mark. >>

those two in particular one of of them is something we worked on together with the county of transportation authority and the mayor's office and a number of supervisors office that sets aside general fund revenues for transportation and for homeless services about $100 million for transportation and $50 million to homeless services over 25 year period that the transit transportation funds would be dedicated to street resurfacing and affordability and infrastructure needs and also programs like muni forward and regional transit needs and vision zero safer streets and investments so very much in the core of things we're trying to do that with agency i mentioned our budget was assuming i guess we'll come forward and over accommodate it for the level should this chapter be agreement pass but i'm hoping it gets to the ballot it will kind of plug that gap that we assumed in our capital budget you've approved and now before the board of supervisors the other chart amendment we didn't permeate in but makes changes captor changes to the governance and the board currently as you know all 7 members of the board

>> welcome to the finance committee of the san francisco transportation authority, it is june, 14, 2014. and my name is eric mar and i am and the chairman, and our clerk is mr. steve stamos and please do the roll call. >> commissioner campos? >> yes. >> present. >> cohen. >> absent. >> kill. >> absent. >> mar. here. >> yee? >> here. and we have a quorum. >> thank you, i wanted to thank from sfgtv, non-a and jessy for tell vi vicing this today. and would you call the second item? >> item two to four, comprise the consent calendar, these are the retune and the staff is not planning to present on these items or present, and any number may be removed. >> and oit ems 2 to 4, i see no comments. would anyone like to speak on items 2 to 4? >> seeing, none, public comment is closed. could we approve these without objection or a roll call? >> campos? >> aye. >> coen? >> ab accident, kim? abse absent. >> har mar. aye. >> yee. >> aye. >> item five, please? >> 5, state and federal legislative up date. >> you are not mark. >> he got pulled into a meeting with the governor, right before the senate tra

so in closing i would like to direct your attention to the april 26 meeting of the full transportation authority board where it was presented and -- well, actually my friend echoed the sentiments of him and in the study and make it possible to connect to the east bay on the other end but the last point i would like to make is that the same board meeting supervisor peskin suggested that the tjpa be terminated and transfer the responsibility to the maintenance of the terminal and different entity -- [inaudible] >> thank you. thank you for what you send us from time to time. very informative. >> [inaudible] >> all right. that concludes members of the public to address you on that item so we can go ahead and move into closed session. >> yes please. >> pursuant to government section section 54956.9 and no members of the public to address you >> the tjpa board of directors meeting is back to session and announce on closed session. >> in anticipation of legal council there is no action to report. >> that concludes your agenda for today. >> yes. >> adjourned through the chair. thank you. >> thank you. >

also a formal member of the transportation authority cac. i was at the small business commission when the mayor's deputy chief of staff did a presentation on this. the question was from one of the -from commissioner riley why so long, why 25 years. basically, he said that's what the number we came up with in negotiation. request from the commissioner was maybe look at a little lower window of opportunity. they first of all set aside create havoc on the budget. we want our set-asides, and the second one is the sales tax. sales tax the obvious is regressive. if it's low income people the worst. so, it has sent and actually i do agree with the cac members. it gets have if you are how to send more you the general obligation budget now looking at a revenue bond. it's as across as a little overly aggressive in the fact the mta is approved incorporated this asset sales that's into the budget even though it hasn't been approved by the voters is a little questionable. so those are my concerns. thank you. >> good morning. i need 11 friends of caltrain

and colleagues, first on behalf of the transportation authority, i want to start our meeting by conveying our deepist condolences to the family and friends of heather miller and cate to v our community members who were hit in two separate crashes last week, investigations are ongoing, but we know that both women are riding legally on streets, identified as the injury has high injury corridors, if you drive on golden state park, and on 30th avenue and the other intersection of 7th and howard both crashes involve, the drivers which are speeding and continues to be the number one cause of severe injuries and traffic, fatalities in our city. i know that the vision, zero committee will meet this thursday, and that all of us are determined to address the deep engineering needs that we have across the city and so, our deepest condolences. and i know that driving cultural change and supporting the significant injuring and enforcement needs, that we have, to achieve safer and complete streets are the central component of our proposed fall revenue measure, for transportation. and we will hear more

the maryland transportation authority police officer shot a driver during a traffic stop. andrea mccarren has the latest on what happened. >> reporter: the good news at this hour, as you can see, traffic is moving once again, after coming toa crawl, for four hours this afternoon. here's what happened. a maryland transportation authority police officer witnessed a car moving at a high rate of speed. pulled that car over. apparently the driver got out, wielding a knife. the police officer ordered him to drop it. when he did not. he fired his gun. but neither the suspect nor the police officer was injured. the suspect then complied. and tonight, a 31-year-old silver spring man is in custody. once again, a traffic stop here on the icc. just before shady grove road. did bring traffic to a crawl for several hours this afternoon. but tonight, a 31-year-old silver spring man is in custody. after allegedly pulling a knife on a police officer who fired at him. reporting live, i'm andrea mccarren. back to you. >> andrea, thanks for that. a yellow alert. and a couple of isolated storm

we worked with sfr visor avalos and wiener and particularly with your transportation authority staff and thankful to tilly and maria for the time they have given us. this isn't the time to dwell on the nuts and bolts but would like to mention a few things. we very much support the transportation authority being the allocation agency for the expenditure plan. i understand this isn't something that is completely decided yet but it is embedded in what is at the board of supervisor jz feel this is pornt because of the continuity and expertise. we are in strong support of a element of the sales tax to support unmet service needs and in particular things identified as part of the transit exwuty strategy. like the evening and night service needs. things like providing additional metro capacity and service. all are many needsthality are not met and we do not center the ability to meet under our present structures. we support the vision zero processes inclusion and developing complete streets. we are also in support of looking at partial funding for affordability programs such as free muni fo

from the planning department and michael schwartz principal planner with the san francisco transportation authority for the transportation sustainability program i know you've heard newcomers presentations about the sustainability program over the last several years the transportation sustainability program is a multi year effort to focus on the improvement of the transportation as the city grows with a multi agency project and been with the delightful partnership the transportation sustainability asks new development to do it's part as the city grows and we're excited to report - i have a presentation i didn't even check it out i'm sorry. i'm so excited to bring it to thank you (laughter) please excuse me - >> that's the cover slide here we are so two of our 3 components of the tps have already been implemented the first one is the invest component this past november the city adopted the transportation sustainability fee that collects money from new development to invest in transit we're collecting that money from development and in march the planning commission adopted a resolution checking off t

the maryland transportation authority says as it may prevent two-way operations on the bridge. mta says drivers should be prepared for possible delays during the afternoon rush hour. and i forget, you can stay on top of severe weather by downloading the free abc 7 stormwatch app. majorping right now, a ms-13 gang takedown in loudoun county, and it is happening in a seemingly quiet neighborhood. investigators from the fbi, atf, and local police are working on it. abc 7 was first on the scene this morning. john leesburg review said several people were taken into custody. john: that is local and federal police involved in this raid investigation, which has been going on for the better part of six hours now. that is the home. appletree drive is closed off here in loudoun county. take a look at the fence. that is missing a couple sections, and that is where some of these agents gained access to the property. still a huge police presence. officers surrounding the home here in the wearing tech to call and holding high-powered rifles. look at some video we captured earlier. this young

. >> the transportation authority is hoping to have three to five automakers test at this site store or online see how they interacted with each other. it serves as a secure place that saves time and fuel on regular roadways. >> right now, it's 447. we want to check in with sal. i'm curious, i know it's about a little more than an hour away. what's our friday traffic jam? >> we were just talking about that. >> any decisions made? >> not yet. >> we're not gonna pressure you. >> no, no,. hey, you have a suggestion pam or alex? >> i'm thinking warrior, something having to do with that? >> right. we have the warriors and the sharks kind of a champion song. >> i know all four of us had me, you, and the people all of us think the same way. everyone is thinking warrior. then ken -- >> what's he think something. >> good morning. >> no doubt. josh dugger let's go out and -- >> let go out and talk act the commute. this is a look at interstate 580. the tracy super commute and still looking pretty good as you drive through but there is a little bit of slow traffic as you get in here on westbound

>> we're having discussions with the transportation authority and after the presentation on the dtx i will explain the next steps and part of the next steps we're seeking funding to achieve the next steps. i will in my discussions, follow up discussions with the transportation authority i will see if there is a way to get funding so we can have somebody full time help and manage dtx with the tjpa staff. currently the budget is consultants managing part time efforts but i agree with you director reiskin to focus and deliver dtx as quickly as possible we need that and i will bring it up in discussions with the executive director of the transportation authority. >> okay. i will willing to support the budget as is so we can have it in place before the start of the new fiscal year but i would strongly urge that we take the steps so we create the budget space and the funding source to bring on someone to manage this program. >> i would like to point out the total budget amount shouldn't change because the vacant position is fully funded and making sure of that, but -- [laughter] >> mark. >>

they said today there is no regional -- higher regional transportation authority then fixing bart. it serves san francisco, alameda and contra costa counties.>>> tesla is attempting to make its electric vehicles more affordable. the new version is called the model s 60 which starts at $66,000. the current model s starts at nearly $90,000. tesla says that when gas savings and incentives are taken into account, the new car will have a cost of about $50,000. it will be able to travel 200 miles per charge. >>> to the weather now as we take a live look at the conditions on the bay bridge. what a beautiful bridge. let's bring in our chief meteorologist. it doesn't look like there is as much fog at the coast as there was yesterday.>> the marine layer is baylow -- is available, but it is weak enough that the fog has lifted and broken up and it has fractured and you get a pattern like this. you are right, frank. you saw the sunset yesterday -- last night and you may see one tonight. it is still cool and moist and it is there, but it does not as compact. the inverse is a couple thousand feet

and colleagues, first on behalf of the transportation authority, i want to start our meeting by conveying our deepist condolences to the family and friends of heather miller and cate to v our community members who were hit in two separate crashes last week, investigations are ongoing, but we know that both women are riding legally on streets, identified as the injury has high injury corridors, if you drive on golden state park, and on 30th avenue and the other intersection of 7th and howard both crashes involve, the drivers which are speeding and continues to be the number one cause of severe injuries and traffic, fatalities in our city. i know that the vision, zero committee will meet this thursday, and that all of us are determined to address the deep engineering needs that we have across the city and so, our deepest condolences. and i know that driving cultural change and supporting the significant injuring and enforcement needs, that we have, to achieve safer and complete streets are the central component of our proposed fall revenue measure, for transportation. and we will hear more

. >> the city of san francisco, transportation authority plans and programs committee meeting for tuesday june 21 will begin shortly. >> >>[gavel] >> i'm commissioner mark farrell. were joined by commissioner's london breed and aron peskin. i'll take a moment to thank those members of sfgov tv covering today's meeting. mr. clerk please call the for some >> item 1 rollcall. >>[roll call vote]. >> we have a quorum >> thank you very much. mr. clerk, called unexciting >> before we do that with a motion by commissioner avalos to excuse commissioner tang. she might be back in a little bit. she's at a conference outside of our building right now. so second by supervisor breed. we can take that without objection. >>[gavel] >> could you read the consent calendar >> neck item is item 2, consent citizens advisory committee report. >> good morning commissioners. there are four items i just want to briefly touch on today. item number six the k [inaudible] questions focus on great highway tree maintenance and second street project. on the great highway project any questions were deferred until this mon

well as his engineering backward he served as the executive director of the alameda county transportation authority he managed a billion dollars transportation improvement program and before many in the private sector worked in various place across the country and came to the mta with a whole lot of great experience i don't know if i told vince this i didn't know vince from his first time i left the government before i jibbed the government his resume i called up michael burns the general manager of the muni and the mta would you vince is politically will be hire him he said i tried to hire him and couldn't get him to come to san jose that's one of the strongest endorsements and vince is about tremendous in the time i had the pleasure to work with him not just the expressive background and resume and criminals credentials but his manner the way the professional very even tempered with all the crazyness sometimes around the agency a steady solid presence with the project control system implemented within his division modernizing and keeping the big projected o projects moving forward and serving the

also a formal member of the transportation authority cac.t the small business commission when the mayor's deputy chief of staff did a presentation on this. the question was from one of the -from commissioner riley why so long, why 25 years. basically, he said that's what the number we came up with in negotiation. request from the commissioner was maybe look at a little lower window of opportunity. they first of all set aside create havoc on the budget. we want our set-asides, and the second one is the sales tax. sales tax the obvious is regressive. if it's low income people the worst. so, it has sent and actually i do agree with the cac members. it gets have if you are how to send more you the general obligation budget now looking at a revenue bond. it's as across as a little overly aggressive in the fact the mta is approved incorporated this asset sales that's into the budget even though it hasn't been approved by the voters is a little questionable. so those are my concerns. thank you. >> good morning. i need 11 friends of caltrain and i w

from the planning department and michael schwartz principal planner with the san francisco transportation authority for the transportation sustainability program i know you've heard newcomers presentations about the sustainability program over the last several years the transportation sustainability program is a multi year effort to focus on the improvement of the transportation as the city grows with a multi agency project and been with the delightful partnership the transportation sustainability asks new development to do it's part as the city grows and we're excited to report - i have a presentation i didn't even check it out i'm sorry. i'm so excited to bring it to thank you (laughter) please excuse me - >> that's the cover slide here we are so two of our 3 components of the tps have already been implemented the first one is the invest component this past november the city adopted the transportation sustainability fee that collects money from new development to invest in transit we're collecting that money from development and in march the planning commission adopted a resolution checking off t

. >>> new at 4:00, a maryland transportation authority police officer fired his weapon during a traffictop. this happened earlier this afternoon just after 1:00. the officer pulled the car over for going too fast on the westbound lanes just past shade dshadey grove. no one was injured but they did take the driver into custody in the right lane and it remains closed with two lanes getting by in the area. >>> it's been 18 hours since it happened but there are still a lot of unanswered questions surrounding a murder in northeast washington. police say someone shot and killed a man around 10:00 last night. his body found near maryland avenue and benning road. police haven't yet victim's name and there's no word on a motive or a suspect. >>> it's a story that shocked neighbors. how the community came together to help solve a mystery. >>> starting the holiday weekend with a bang but there is startling new video to show you why you a. >>> now, first at 4:00, we're getting a look at a picture of the man who shot three people over the weekend. >> he's identified as lawrence rogers and the police

. >> the contra costa transportation authority hopes to have several car companies to test there. >>>ne of the teamings competing in the olympic games will be made up of refugees, for the first time. the international olympic committee will allow refugees to compete. >> they will compete under the olympic flag instead of a country flag. the team will be made of only 5 to 10 members. >>> and andrea boccelli rescheduled a concert to not be in conflict with the san jose sharks. the concert was scheduled for tomorrow but it was moved up to tonight because the big game. tickets to the performance still available. >>> i wonder if he gets to see the stanley cup final. >>> and kick off copa america centennario. the event features 16 nations from north, central and and south america along with the caribbeans. the u.s. will face colombia in santa clara at 7:30 tonight. the tournament is played in 10:00 u.s. sites insaluting the rose bowl in pasadena. coverage starts tonight at 5:00. tomorrow night on fox sports 1. >>> this next one, a real slam dunk of a promotion for a major ride sharing servi

.>> the cost -- contra costa transportation authority hopes to have five automakers test at the side.s a secure place that saves time and fuel on regular roadways. >>> warriors head coach steve kerr is usually composed but a moment last night, he is shattering a dry erase board. take that dry erase board. i don't like you. there were questionable officiating rules. i was surprised when i saw that. he is pretty mad.>> all was good in the end with the warriors. do not mess with the coach. we will have the highlights on top of the next hour. it's pretty intense. >> my daughter was surprised, it was after a good shot. steph curry through his mt. scott -- mouthpiece.>> my wife said kenny just put the mouthpiece and. >> i think it is a woman thing. i tweeted out and said only steph curry could walk around with a towel on his head and a mouthguard hanging out of this now. >> i saw that, but when i see it on video it looks more dramatic.>> he punched it.>> i was talking about -- >> i think he didn't hit it as hard as it looks.>> yes. when you are there it happens and then you see it on the fl

.>> the transportation authority hopes to have three to five automakers tested at the site to see how they interact with each other. it is serving as a secure place that saves time and fuel on the regular roads. >>> a crowd turned out at the golden gate bridge for a walk against gun violence. the golden gate bridge was one of 90 locations nationwide were mothers of gun violence victims came together yesterday. they were dressed in orange to call for more gun control. the group calls itself mom's demand action and says 32,000 people every year killed by guns including children and teenagers. >>> $127 million in settlement money for uber and lyft drivers is in the hands of federal judges. those judges heard arguments in the cases yesterday. if either of the settlements get preliminary approval it would mean thousands of current and former rideshare drivers for the companies would get certain benefits including the right to receive tips and the right to challenge being fired. that is in addition to getting a portion of the settlement money. the drivers would still be considered independe

. >>> maryland transportation authority police say lanes are back open after a serious motorcycle crashhut down traffic last night. one person was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. >>> i'm landon dowdy. uber does an about-face. it will now let users of its x service reserve rides up to 30 days in advance. last year the company said that it had no plans for scheduled rides, but offing them. with your morning business report, i'm landon dowdy. >>> 6:56. here are 4 things to know this morning. the world will pay final respects to muhammad ali today in louisville. former president bill clinton and actor billy crystal will be among those giving eulogies. >>> wildfire in arizona has grown ten times in size. it's now burning more than 5,000 acres near the town of yarnell. firefighters say they have the fire 10% contained. hillary clinton and donald trump bring their campaigns to d.c. today. clinton will speak in northwest washington at noon. donald trump will also be in northwest for a speech and then travel to richmond for a campaign rally. >>> and right now police in prin

city and county of san francisco >> welcome to the finance committee of the san francisco transportation authorityit is june, 14, 2014. and my name is eric mar and i am and the chairman, and our clerk is mr. steve stamos and please do the roll call. >> commissioner campos? >> yes. >> present. >> cohen. >> absent. >> kill. >> absent. >> mar. here. >> yee? >> here. and we have a quorum. >> thank you, i wanted to thank from sfgtv, non-a and jessy for tell vi vicing this today. and would you call the second item? >> item two to four, comprise the consent calendar, these are the retune and the staff is not planning to present on these items or present, and any number may be removed. >> and oit ems 2 to 4, i see no comments. would anyone like to speak on items 2 to 4? >> seeing, none, public comment is closed. could we approve these without objection or a roll call? >> campos? >> aye. >> coen? >> ab accident, kim? abse absent. >> har mar. aye. >> yee. >> aye. >> item five, please? >> 5, state and federal legislative up date. >> you are not mark. >> he got pulled into a meeting with the governor, right b

maryland transportation authorities police say one person was taken to the hospil police are looking into what caused the crash. >>> a brush fire in arizona so bad that fema has already okayed disaster assistance. this was a story we started covering earlier this week. we understand now there have been more than 1300 acres scorched. there have been hundreds of people evacuated from their homes. if you know where phoenix is in arizona, this is about 60 miles northwest of that area. this is the tenderfoot fire as it's being called. and again, fema, new information this morning, has already okayed disaster funding for that area. at the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >>> your time is 5:15. we're following a developing story in nicaragua. a 6.1 magnitude earthquake that may have caused some damage. so far we have not heard whether anyone or anything is hurt, but earthquakes of that size can be dangerous. the quake hit near the we were coast of nicaragua. after shob aftershocks. >>> the last day for anyone claiming to be an heir of prince to get their paperwork in. prince didn't leave the

>> we're having discussions with the transportation authority and after the presentation on the dtx iplain the next steps and part of the next steps we're seeking funding to achieve the next steps. i will in my discussions, follow up discussions with the transportation authority i will see if there is a way to get funding so we can have somebody full time help and manage dtx with the tjpa staff. currently the budget is consultants managing part time efforts but i agree with you director reiskin to focus and deliver dtx as quickly as possible we need that and i will bring it up in discussions with the executive director of the transportation authority. >> okay. i will willing to support the budget as is so we can have it in place before the start of the new fiscal year but i would strongly urge that we take the steps so we create the budget space and the funding source to bring on someone to manage this program. >> i would like to point out the total budget amount shouldn't change because the vacant position is fully funded and making sure of that, but -- [laughter] >> mark. >> but yea

>> we're having discussions with the transportation authority and after the presentation on the dtx i will explain the next steps and part of the next steps we're seeking funding to achieve the next steps. i will in my discussions, follow up discussions with the transportation authority i will see if there is a way to get funding so we can have somebody full time help and manage dtx with the tjpa staff. currently the budget is consultants managing part time efforts but i agree with you director reiskin to focus and deliver dtx as quickly as possible we need that and i will bring it up in discussions with the executive director of the transportation authority. >> okay. i will willing to support the budget as is so we can have it in place before the start of the new fiscal year but i would strongly urge that we take the steps so we create the budget space and the funding source to bring on someone to manage this program. >> i would like to point out the total budget amount shouldn't change because the vacant position is fully funded and making sure of that, but -- [laughter] >> mark. >>

. >> reporter: the director of the contra costa transportation authority is the administrator of gomentum. >> the idea is to have three to five automobile manufacturers because at the end of the day a honda wants to know it can pass a nissan. not only do they have to avoid obstructions, but other vehicles. we're very excited about the opportunity. >> reporter: here a honda predicts and stops before hitting a pedestrian. here it stops and turns without driver commands. here it automatically avoids a standing hazard as it moves along to its destination. almost any scenario is possible here. >> we need a place like this which is secure which we can stage scenarios that are unusual but very important. >> reporter: gomentum is perfectly situated, 40 miles from silicon valley where every major automaker has research facilities, 70 miles from sacramento where the nation's leading auto regulations are written. >> that's why a place like this station is so important because this is where the testing and collaboration and engagement can happen. >> reporter: the ceo of global automakers, a concourse

kevin: well, 12:45 this afternoon, a maryland transportation authority police officer stopped a car that was speeding along the i.c.c. you can see two police officers sweeping the grassy embankment with metal detectors looking for evidence. and just beyond them, you can see where the drive, a 31-year-old silver spring man stopped his black four-door car on the westbound shoulder of the i.c.c. m.t.a. say, police say that is when the driver exited his car, walk toward the officer with a nave in hand. clearly feeling threaten -- with a knife in hand. clearly feeling threatenedened e officer demanded he drop the knife. when he refused the officer grabbed the gun fired one shot. the bullet did not hit the driverer but he quickly and allowing the officer to handcuff him. despite one blocked lane of traffic and the occasional gawker, traffic hasn't been terribly affected by the lively scene. simply because the i.c.c. doesn't handle that much traffic volume. here now is a snippet of while responding officers heard en route to the shooting. >> assault in area of shady grove road. from i.c.c. disp

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authority for pipelines. most other department of transportation modal organizations have that authority enabling them to act quickly when they identify a safety issue that poses damage to the public. we took great care to balance a variety of concerns. it requires phmsa to consult with stake hold source phmsa understands the potential impact on the economy, end users and safety. we also include extensive due process proceed dwhroirns back end so if the agency makes a wrong call, affected parties will redress both administrate ily. they also require administrate i law judge procedures mirror similar requirements in the hazmat authority. s that good bill, built on the work we did in 2011, developed in a bipartisan, bicameral manner. i want to thank mr. capuano, mr. denham, mr. defazio, mr. upton, mr. pallone for their work on this the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts. mr capuano: i'd like to yield two minute toths chairman of the -- the ranking member of the subcommittee on energy and power. mr. rush. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. rush: i want t

are truly moving forward towards reform and transparent but i also want to san francisco transportation authority-not on my watch was exaggerated by me sergeant yolanda williams in response to the texting situation is a way to power those with no voice not just meant to beat up accident beholds with not ones my watch but meant for the public as well it was supposed to be a uniformed campaign that were citizens and police officers pledging to not on my watch unfortunately, the program explicit roll out that way i've already been speaking with the new chief chief chaplain and ask them to let's renegotiate and relaunch this project and the way it was meant to be so we can start to rebuild those trusting relationships that snowed is to be re-established not on my watch must be dlieshlgd by every sense of this great city we can be the examine this program was may not to be a national program starting in the sfoifkdz i'm looking forward those o those to those sins that will take the pledge and take it to heart thank you for that work and is there any additional public comment? >> okay. he hearing publi

must continue to think outside the box when it comes to this measure of the mta and the transportation authority have been pushing on safety throughout the city we have all seen the diagrams if you are hit by a car traveling at 40 mile-per-hour only one out of pen pedestrians will survive but at 20 mile-per-hour 9 out of 10 pedestrians are likely to survive speed is absolutely essential lowering speed is essential inform our city reaching negotiation and speed is ten times the injuries in san francisco and driving under the influence it appears it unsafe 1350ed was an issue at the golden gate park and at fulsome and 7 and follow the direction of standardized like chicago and new york and really exam and hopefully at the sate level have enforcement cameras in i look forward to work with walk sf and with the bike coalition to have a safer city for everyone and i submitted an in memoriam for co-sponsor popular earlier today and like to - in memoriam on june 22nd earthquake was killed by and speeding driver that ran a red light on fulsome this is gross negligence this young woman as view point and l

merchant i'm not sure how many of us at this moments i'm very concerned about the municipal transportation authority not doing the corrects public outreach has nothing to do with with that meeting and not having the rights communication towards the public you'll each will be getting a letter from me thank you >> okay. any the general public comment? seeing none, move on to item 2 commissioners questions or comments commissioners >> okay. no questions or comments okay then move on to item 3 the boards consideration of may 18, 2016, meeting. >> do they have and additions, deletions, or changes if not a motion. >> a motion. >> thank you commissioner swig any public comment on the minutes? seeing none, then have a motion commissioner fung commissioner hyde commissioner honda and commissioner wilson okay peck's that motion carries with a vote of 5 to zero 4a there v appeal numbers those 22 appeals were you filed by the academy of art university protesting the notice of violation by the zoning administrator alleging violations of the planning code as follows the change of us from an office hotel to a post

maintained a good relationship with the neighborhood and those errors we want to san francisco transportation authority and not removing a rental unit and particle my - our friend supports this in a believer and also here, and, secondly, our platoons our plans to set a new height variance for the neighborhood our building has at all to the left and right they've reached the maximum height our house is less than 20 percent no handrails as force the island to briefly review our work to address the neighborhood concerns we began with the meeting in 2013 we learned about planning department will extension and held a preapplication meeting no march 2015 i'm walk you through the original plan from - including a rear arrowhead shape and essentially i mean there is the design of our nightclub buildings shown in power up anticipates closed lightwells they're building were you turned to the property lines, however, ours in yellow don't wrap around the lightwells our design provides lightwells that open freely to the sun i would like to note our neighboring believes have heir rims to the lightwells than our build

>> welcome to the finance committee of the san francisco transportation authority, it is june, 14, 2014. and my name is eric mar and i am and the chairman, and our clerk is mr. steve stamos and please do the roll call. >> commissioner campos? >> yes. >> present. >> cohen. >> absent. >> kill. >> absent. >> mar. here. >> yee? >> here. and we have a quorum. >> thank you, i wanted to thank from sfgtv, non-a and jessy for tell vi vicing this today. and would you call the second item? >> item two to four, comprise the consent calendar, these are the retune and the staff is not planning to present on these items or present, and any number may be removed. >> and oit ems 2 to 4, i see no comments. would anyone like to speak on items 2 to 4? >> seeing, none, public comment is closed. could we approve these without objection or a roll call? >> campos? >> aye. >> coen? >> ab accident, kim? abse absent. >> har mar. aye. >> yee. >> aye. >> item five, please? >> 5, state and federal legislative up date. >> you are not mark. >> he got pulled into a meeting with the governor, right before the senate tra

. >> item 24 is think ordinance amending the transportation code to clarify the existing regulations revised passerby conduct violations, authorize the municipal transportation agency to establish separate fines and approving the ceqa determination. >> supervisor mar. >> thank you, colleagues. i wanted to especially thank you to supervisor campos and along with the youth commission all many young activists in support the decryption for - the court system has placed young people into the court system i think that children shouldn't have to fight in court for those fines and like for adults in 2012 dreaded as an administrative ticket this is aligned with the principles of free muni for youth that supervisor campos and many young activists and people lead years ago so decriminalizing promotes equality in the system it is consistent with the adult fair evasion i'll say this will help us keep young people out the criminal justice system and i urge support. >> thank you supervisor mar seeing no other names on the roster, and before we move on madam clerk colleagues, can we take that same house, same call? without objection the ordinanc

centers they don't exist on the out curiosities of area nbc report said a new study by the transportation authorityfirms commuting in the student is an absolute crawl because the eastern neighborhoods eir did not correctly assess what was going to happen with traffic lastly i don't think i don't think it take into account the goorlg bus to quote supervisor eric mar the horrible impacts of those many shuttles. >> thank you, sir you'll call some more names (calling names). >> hi my name is v with the plazas 16 accreditation and coalition action network we've been living in the mission singles 2011 a worker and consumer that seize with gentrification don't so a neighborhood i live near to the plaza 16 bart station and i personally use the following businesses (calling names) vietnam market on 16th street the burger king located at 16th street street and mission chinese restaurant on 16th street and the walgreens on mission street the only business i don't use is the city club on the 5 businesses will be adapted once you approve the project at 1979 mission and i wanted to - people have talked about the