van ness avenue bus rapid transit project and authorization for the executive director to negotiate the contract terms and conditions. this is an action item. >> good morning, senior planner manager, manager of the van ness brt current phase, environmental analysis, product development. that is what%, 30% engineering. van ness bus rapid transit is a signature project within the prop k expenditure plan, part of the transportation authority to recommend a strategy for rapid transit expansion in san francisco from our 2004 countywide 2000 -- transportation plan. it is a regional small starts priority in a highly rated sfta -- fta project. the project is currently in the environmental analysis, product development phase. we have made a significant amount of progress on this phase. we have completed all the technical studies in support of the anbar the document and are running the administration draft. completed 12% engineering. right now, we are on the verge of circulating the public draft of the eir, eis, identifying a preferred alternative, and initiating 35% engineering on that provocative. the request before you is to amend our contract with parsons transportation group for their portion to getting to the fi

the van ness brt is the signature project in the prop k expenditure plan. it had been identified in the countywide transportation plan of 2004 as part of our strategy for expanding rapid transit in san francisco. it is a highly rated fta small starts project. we have been rated high for cost effectiveness. it is also a regional party for the small start program. we are part of mt a's vision for rapid transit as expressed through their transit affected this project. it is an exciting project for the muni system. where we are right now is the environmental analysis and product development phase. 12%, 30% engineering. we have made a lot of progress. we have completed all the technical studies for the environmental analysis. we have completed 12% project engineering. this is what we are calling phase one in this request. we are moving on to stage two. stage two comprises additional environmental work and the initiation of 30% project development. i will go a little bit more into the scope of this effort in a moment. there is a third phase. the third phase is so

our project is a large project that will affect and will be affected both by the van ness brt and egg geary st. brt. we will make contributions to those projects via our employees use of the transit system and our contributions to the project, as part of our entitlement process. i think i can bring the honorable experience to this committee, not only because i work for them, but because of my long standing residents, outstanding as a resident of san francisco, as a person who is very much interested in land use issues. thank you. commissioner campos: thank you. albert martin star. i'm sorry -- good morning. >> my name is cia selby. thank you for allowing me to come up here to apply for the gcac position. i am a member of a rapid transit subcommittee which is part of the riders -- transit riders union. in addition, i am a business owner. i own a business on the market and mason and turk. i have kids who go to rosa parks. so i frequently take the 38 back and forth, at least on that stretch. considering i am also the president of the lower hate merchants association -- haight merchants a

very similar to the van ness project, geary brt is identified in the countywide transportation plan and is one of the key routes identified in the transit affected this project of mt a. as we move forward, the feasibility study was adopted in 2007 to begin the eir eis. one thing i should note that is different about geary, the prop k line which specifies it must be rail-ready. we are doing more on the design work to make sure that if the decision is made to enhance rail, the physical dimensions are incorporated so we can minimize potential impact. one of the first items i should know in terms of new scope, we identified three alternative contract amendments. the contract identified only two build alternatives. similar to van ness, we are looking at three build alternatives in addition to the baseline. we have many different technical studies under way for the project. as part of the study, one thing we have identified are a couple of new areas of work that need to be focused on, moving forward. part of the design drawings, they pay focus to that, and a majority of the pending studies ar

, with conditions, for environmental analysis and preliminary engineering for the van ness avenue bus rapid transit (brtubject to the attached cash flow distribution schedule, and amend the brt/transit preferential streets/muni metro network 5-year prioritization program, with a commitment to appropriate $574,000 in fiscal year 2010/11 prop k funds to complete this phase of work. supervisor campos: public comments on this particular item? supervisor mirkarimi: -- public comments on this particular item? >> k is extraordinary ♪ supervisor mirkarimi: seeing a more public comments, public comment is closed. without objection, motion proceeds. next item. >> item number 11. appropriate $1,647,515 in prop k funds, with conditions, for environmental analysis for the geary bus rapid transit (brt) project, subject to the attached cash flow distribution schedule, and amend the brt/transit preferential streets/muni metro network 5-year prioritization program. supervisor mirkarimi: discussion? public comment? take your time. >> like i told you before, the bus rapid transit project on van ness and the one on geary h

van ness, there are two services, up 47, 49. they're both locals. with the geary, we have the third a limited which would become brt service. then we have express' services at the golden gate as well. one thing we need to incorporate is making sure those services can be accommodated within the brt segment of the busway by incorporating a passing option. we need to do more analysis of that as well as part of this next phase. commissioner maxwell: when you mention filling in, you mean actually putting in dirt and building it up so that -- a >> exactly. restoring the normal street pattern. -- >> exactly. restoring the normal street pattern. at masonic, there are two options we are about a wedding as well. we are not changing the features, however, we need to incorporate more analysis of particularly bicycle facilities in the area, which is something that came out of our analysis in the past couple of years, and also, coordination on some of the new developments, figuring out how to mitigate the potential impacts. the bicycle planning from the masonic to presidio is one of the key areas we identified as part of our analysis ove