Transcripts For SFGTV Transportation Authority Full Board 22817 20170301

Item one roll call breed present cohen present, farrell absent, fewer here, kim present, peskin present, ronen present, safai present, sheehy present, tang absent, j yeast present. We have a quorum thank you mr. Clerk please read the next item item 2 chairmans report information item good morning colleagues want to open up this month report with some good news. I have the honor of joining my colleagues from districts nine, 10 and 11 commissioners ronen ronen and safai that sums up the importance of Community Funding the Transportation Authority as we finally cut the ribbon last month on the onemile stretch of pedestrian and bicycle goods on mans out that the committee has been working on for some seven years. The first of its kind in San Francisco and was a true interagency collaborative effort led by park and recreation with the support of the ta San Francisco mta and public words and Strong Community participation by the mclaren parks collaborative walk sf, and the San Francisco bicycle coalition. The 6. 8 million vision 0 city and st. Skating project reconfigured to fastmoving lanes to protected by ken pedestrian pathway sidewalk extensions and was last in the series of improvements to the recreational open space in the mclaren park. The key eight provided a percent of the funds would prop kc tax vehicle Registration Fees and federal grant funds. I want to give a special acknowledgment to the former chair of the spotty former district 11 Supervisor John Avalos worked tirelessly with the Community Commissioners cohen and cobbel was to realize this project at the mans oh project truly shows that we can successfully move both Infrastructure Projects when theres a robust and engaged Community Planning process coupled with smart local investments not looking for to help fund similar projects in all our districts. My staff will be following up with each and every one of you in the coming days to identify projects in your districts and your priorities and i very much would like to sit down with each of you to ensure the ta is responsive developer city of infrastructure and programming needs in every district. Speaking of the power of community organizing, i want to briefly recognize the addition of a full pedestrian scramble signal at the dangerous intersection of kearney and clay in chinatown where sadly, in 2015 a senior resident [inaudible] was killed. After broadbased coalition of stakeholders spent years identifying the need for pedestrian scramble signals in the dense hyper traffic neighborhood of chinatown, sf mta agreed to the full installation and we celebrate the turning the light on last week i especially want to thank tom acquire an entire Engineering Team at sf mta for the quick work to implement this vision zero implement. I would also like to announce the makeup of the Vision Zero Committee while later on in the agenda we will talk about merging the plans and programs and finance committees into a committee of the whole in essence. I want to keep the Vision Zero Committee, pointing commissioner norman yee two chairman of the committee with that given his strong record of vision zero advocacy and policy were. Commissioner safai has agreed to serve as vice chairman and i have agreed to serve as the third member of the body which will continue to meet on an ad hoc basis. I know we will be hearing commissioner yee resolution on automated Speed Enforcement at the next ta meeting im excited to see our local body push our state legislature do more to save lives locally. In my second term in office back in 2007 i was the lead sponsor for what became proposition a increase funding for the sfmta eighth parking receipts and enforcement. I continue to believe that transportation is one of the most important public assets that local government can sustain and invest in and its time to renew our conversations around sustainable progressive revenue. I spoke a little bit about this at our last meeting but excited to be cochairing the citys Transportation Task force 2045 which begin meeting next month. Thank you to pres. Breed by hsu partner for helping get this conversation started and to the Community Stakeholders party stepped up to offer feedback on what has worked in the past and what has not worked. This is a conversation that is been kicking around for years this time around we will get it done right. This will not be owned by any one individual and in fact will be inclusive transparent and collaborative effort with a singular focus to identify a winning sustainable aggressive Revenue Source that will fund longterm streets and transit Infrastructure Operations and upgrades. We are going to be in it to win it this time around and im delighted to see so much energy already around this prostitute of the twocar out sometime at upcoming meetings to keep you all apprised of our progress welcome your thoughts and input it speaking of funding news, maybe you saw them mclaren ross these couple weeks ago detailing that United States transportation sec. Alain child decided to hold funds for caltrain electrification. At least into the administration can develop and send its goal the school year 18 budget to the congress. I know that this is been frustrating is and i ask that caltrain, and present electrification project update at our next ta meeting. Will continue to our departure for the region and state to advance electrification so that we have cleaner quieter faster and more frequent Caltrain Service and eventually bring caltrain and highspeed rail into the heart of San Francisco. I know that you all share my commitment to making a strategic longterm investments in ensuring the spotty also fulfills its fiduciary response ability to our residents with strong fiscal oversight. Yesterday as you are think also in todays paper caltrain announced its intent to extend its electrification contracts for four months using this project budget contingency in an effort to keep the project alive. We will receive a full status update from staff at the next meeting. And that translate joint Powers Authority next phase of design work we downtown extension project ive asked for information on both projects budgets and oversight and i welcome every commissioners input as to what you would like to see in these presentations. In addition will be hearing from the Planning Department on the railyard alternatives and i to 80 boulevard Feasibility Study which is examining alternative ways to tunnel the dts below 60th st. In mission bay. I have asked for presentationive asked for presentation evokes on the evaluation of primark and criteria for choosing a locally preferred alignment. I know some of you already been on a walking tour but by planning staff am looking forward to attending the same this friday. If youve not done so i hope you will. This is a decision, colleagues, that is going to last for the next 100 years so we need to get it right. Finally i want to thank the members of this body the strong discussion around engagement at our last full Commission Meeting get your feedback was very helpful and before you today you have revisions to our administrative code and rules of order which reflect, i believe, the desire of this body to be more collaborative and engage on the full range of issues that impact our districts as well citywide and the region and beyond so thank you colleagues and if there are no questions mr. Clark if you could please call the next item commissioner yee has a comment spews any Public Comment on the chairmans report . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] next item be please sorry commissioner yee i do not see you. Its been so long i been up since ive been up here. I just want to make a slight correction to the statement you just made chairman peskin. The legislation to support ase is going to be heard in the Land Use Committee on march 13, not that he eight thank you for that correction commissioner. Did you call the item, steve . Item three executive directors report information on the thank you so much commissioners. Im pleased to present this month report and i much want to thank chairman peskin for leadership on the 24th five Revenue Committee thats really great news and i know that myself and other city transportation and other regional reservation directors are excited to get to work on that effort with your guidance to the federal level of course the chair mentioned that caltrain electrification project and look forward to staff presentation next month could just want to note we do continue to coordinate with our counterparts in the community and Business Leaders across the region to advocate for the full Funding Grant agreement. This is something well be adding capacity get elected addition project is adding a 25 capacity to the train through various means as well as enabling 2 billion project to generate about 9600 jobs across the United States. So its got a huge Economic Impact could we are hoping that multiple bay area delegations in march and april will persuade our federal leaders. On the us dot smart cities challenge front, this is the initiative the obama demonstration began last year to bring the dance transportation innovative Transportation Technologies to our manager nation efforts that we been collaborating with the transportation for America Initiative is a coalition of smart cities recipients across the United States of shared experience and also meeting with city of mr. Naomi calleys office to look at how we can apply somewhere sunny summer days the Fleet Management program. Under safe streets act, you will see the updates that chairman commissioner yee just a gentle Land Use Committee on march 14. I wont go into that but we are able to brief you out with the sfmta evokes as well. On this legislation. Regional measure three, this is the bridge proposed bridge toll for bay area stateowned bridges get mtc metropolitan Transportation Commission of course is working on this funding measure anticipated for 20,018. It will require state authority. The idea is to raise thresholds potentially to seek voter approval for total increase of one dollar to three dollars at the three dollar would raise about five though dollars over 25 your period. So along with other jurisdictions and counties walls of the pickup the conversation at our next Months Committee or excuse me next month meeting to brief you on on the measure and return in the next few months with an update on proposed priorities. Meanwhile, the state legislature and gov. Brown are actively trying to put together a funding package for state Transportation Needs get some women summing to one and Senate Bill One lead bite cheers frasier and out are an active coordination mode get ctr. , weiner has also called for increased funding for transit is part of that funding package discussion. Gov. Brown has set a goal of completing this work by april so we understand that is a priority of the legislature and the return to regional measure three thereafter but we will continue to coordinate both efforts locally and regionally. With our state of vacation. In terms of turning to local issues, the Transportation Sustainability program also had a great milestone. Thank you all as the board of supervisors for adopting the final component of this program. The tdm ordinance demand management ordinance. This is the Pioneering Program and legislation allows developers to flexibly reduce their vehicle impact using a menu of options ranging from onsite car share and bike share and shuttle as well as parking reductions. So once in place, the tdm Program Effectiveness will be monitored enforced and evaluated by the Planning Department, the sfmta he and our agency for more information folks can visit sf planning. Org and read more about this really Pioneering Program. So thank you very much. We were pleased to provide a late an update on a latenight Transit Service recommendations to the plans and Programs Committee and here again we identified some technical recommendations on how we can improve latenight Transit Service for muni ac transit and transit riders. These are Important Services that improve reliability and key services for the latenight Early Morning patrons and we want to be able to do some outreach so i want to let folks know they can find more information nightlightnightlife sf. Org and were also having to come to your neighborhood meetings and any other groups to provide an update on that work. Turning to the lombard cricket street. This enabled Transportation Improvement Program study the we released a draft report this month under the leadership of commissioner farrell said he requested the study about a year ago a year and a half ago and we looked at all the wide range of options to up address and manage the congestion usability and safety concerns around the street. You may have seen this covered. We also the report on our website at sfcta got word she cricket street and will be bringing an update to the board next month for an approval action on that work. Continuing on our longrange countywide transportation citywide Transportation Planning effort called connect sf encompasses a multiagency effort with pta mta Planning Department and office of economic and workforce development. This is looking at a vision for transportation that will then inform her countywide plan update where we have this passion about Investment Priorities for the five years. Im encouraged this is happening around the same time in parallel with the revenue and expand your task force that the chair mentioned for 2045 local transportation measure. Overly this will be something that we can bring an update in parallel with the other updates the chair has requested on the revenue measure task force. Moving on to other projects, i want to highlight the two projects are nearing completion and districts 10 and six. The potrero hill Pedestrian Safety and transit stop Improvement Project is nearing completion in district 10 there will be a Community Event in march 11 so thank you to commissioner cohen for your leadership on that. This of Planning Department led effort and collaboration with mta and Community Partners Bridge Housing Park Alliance and rebuild potrero to improve intersections along the marked walking scores and key transit stops your the siteshousing sites in potrero hill. In district 6 we have the south park traffic calming project that commissioner kim had requested delivered by again rec and Park Department with prop k funds and all bunch of other agencies to improve measures to influence safety and traffic and pedestrian improvements. So the project team on that project will do a ribboncutting ceremony on march 7th ave. , south park from 122 pm for more information is available on both projects sfcta. Orgenter. In addition i should mention actually tomorrow we will be celebrating it ribboncutting for the van ness the rt program. This is a project thats quite a long time in the making and theres a long history to it but actually, in the scheme of things were very pleased with the letter very strong transit reliability and travel time improvements through the project using Cost Effective west bus transportation strategies and we will be discussing that tomorrow morning. I think at the civic center across from city hall and so we invite the public to join that event tomorrow morning as well. I believe 9 30 am. On the turning to the chest addition fund for clean air, final update here is that the Transportation Authority on your agenda today we looking at criteria for prioritizing about 750,000 of clean air vehicle Registration Fee funds. This is the four dollars collected by the air district. We administer about 40 of that fun could that the seven or 50,000 a year that these are for projects that are proven to reduce car emissions or vehicle trips and vehicle emissions and so these are things like shuttles and bike racks bicycle projects alternate fuel tax taxi so be doing some outreach to let folks know about this opportunity and please, expect the call for projects by early march with applications due on april 28 to our agency. If folks can contact our planner, Mike Pickford with any questions and visit our website as well. With that i will end with a final update on the dde front. We will bei was pleased last week to join caltrans director malcolm dockerys was highspeed rail director jeff morales at the California Black Chamber of commerce for their annual policy lunch we were very grateful to the chamber of commerce black chamber of commerce for highlighting transportation infrastructure in particularly the intersection, the importance of transportation investment for economic and workforce development. We had a robust conversation. We really appreciate your support for the funding package discussions happening in sacramento and we look forward to returning back to continue collaborate with them on jobs for the community. Toward that end, on march 20 monday, march 20 were preparing to the Transportation Authority db lbe business opportunity. Its a networking event from 10noon at opposite 1455 market st. On the 22nd floor get db and lbe firms and consultants and contractors and subs are invited to come learn about upcoming opportunities. Get to know one another and following the presentation we will have plenty of time for networking and other ways of joining up to pursue these opportunities. So thank you very much and without im happy to answer any questions. Commissioners, breed thank you. So i have a question specifically about lombard street and you said it would be action coming before us at the next meeting. Could you elaborate old little bit more because i know the was a study done good are you already based on that study going to be making recommendations for us to approve . Well, thank you for the questionwould that somehow reach in the last few months. We havent done as much citywide outreach but we are are in the process of doing that now. The idea would be to bring an informationaction update to the next meeting could i believe your march 14 meeting. If the board is so inclined, we could also put that for approval later in the month. Were we could canoed slightly ashen because thats what im not understanding sorry this was a planning study intended to look at ways to address the congestion we see on lombard street planning said that was because my supervisor farrell about a year and a half ago it no. I do understand that. When im trying to understand is what are youwhat would you ask us visited weekly as a relates to an action you would expect us to take we it would be up to approve the planning study to approve the recreations of the planning study. Okay. Can you specifically tell us what those are . Sure. Well we can subtly set up individual briefings to go into more depth but essentially as i mentioned this a recommendation to improve the pedestrian circulation. The loading and offloading of passengers visit the street and also to use the reservation and Pricing System commands the vehicular traffic the significance 18,000 or so visitors who come by car each day to the site. I just want to make it clear, i know this study just came out. I know theres been talk about this in the news and i have some real concerns about charging the fact of the matter is, i have ladies my the San Francisco is a tourist we have twin peaks weve a lot of places in San Francisco that visitors come to see and at the end of the day, i think its important that we are not expected to approve an action before we are ready especially since this is study that just came out. I think that theres more discussion and morality to the needs to take place so that people are aware of what the impacts are and what that means and why we would even consider approving a plan unless we have a clear understanding of how this is particularly going to help with the situation, but i just am really concerned that theres an expectation of approval of a plan that will change something so significantly as to consider charging people for going down the street. So i just want to make you aware that this required some serious discussion and not in immediate action. Because one study i understand will deftly have up referral [inaudible] on the studies of its recreations and i to pleasure we bring it back to the body for approval. Okay. Thanks. Is there any Public Comment on the executive directors report . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] mr. Kirk please next item item 4 approve the minutes of the gender 24th 2000 and immediate action item views is a motion approving the minute they by commissioner yee. Second . Made by commissioner ronen on that item able call please of the comically the was any Public Comment on item number four bits of the janet 24th 27 meaning seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] on the item roll call please item 4 breed aye cohen aye farrell aye fewer aye kim aye ronen aye safai aye sheehy aye yee aye the minutes are approved. Next item please item number five adopted proposers on state legislation action on the was any Public Comment on item number five . These come forward. This item was previously heard at the finance committee. Whose eileen bogen district for resident and former cpa cac member. I would urge the board to sever sp35 as was 80342. Theres a number of issues with sp35 related to removal of local barriers to housing creation. As for 80342 i testified at the cpa finance Committee Regarding a community proposed amendment which would add automatic Code Enforcement members on mta transit to ticket moving violations could such as california the ago code 21756. Cdc 21756 is unsafe passing of a transit vehicle. The community was and sacramento several weeks ago and met with Assembly Member to and staff regarding this proposed amendment. Ab 342 would be first heard at the transportation committee. I spoke with the Committee Consultant victoria al perez, who just got the ab 42 assignment today. I am urging the cpa board and board of supervisors to support ab 342 as currently drafted as well as the community proposed amendment. I am also urging that the cpa identified this as a legislative priority with it sacramento lobbyists. Ms. Watts and hartman. Thank you thank you misspoken. Are there any other members of the public to testify on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] for the record, for those watching and four colleagues, the item before us as to ab 342 and sb 345, in both of those instances, staffs recommendation is that those are both new proposals and we should watch them so as this evolves we can take ms. Bogens suggestions, but is very early. Commissioner kim thank you chairman hasz. I do want to express my support for ab 342 good i do look forward to the discussion here at the commission on our support for this but this is something that our Vision Zero Committee has been talking about for years and weve been trying to get one of our San Francisco delegation members to sponsor legislation for Speed Enforcement cameras. We know based on what weve seen in other cities around the world, that automated Speed Enforcement is absolutely the most important tool in reducing speeds and therefore achieving vision zero in any major city. More than many of the other efforts that we have put into place. So i do think that this state bill is incredibly important here in San Francisco if we want to achieve vision zero. But i understand that members of the committee would like more time to consider the legislation as it moves forward since its and its early draft but i do want to express my early support for this bill. If i may say for the record as you hurting my initial comments, i was acknowledging commissioner yee, who i think whether it moves through the Land Use Committee and the board of supervisors or this party, i suspect we will all get to a position of support for ab 342 in the weeks ahead. Commissioner yee so i just want to add to commissioner kims comments. Basically, we want the committee to hear it a little more time to understand it fully so hopefully will get behind it and having having having a Committee Meeting in menus on this issue would probably give an opportunity to listen to different people that are supportive of this. Including mayor lee, who was at the press conference to come out and say San Francisco needs this. So colleagues, if theres no objection, can we take this item same house, same call . The position is adopted [gavel] mr. Stennis easily the next item item six, approval eligible list for oncall project management overnight and general Engineering Services for a threeyear period with an option not to exceedwithin a option to extend the two additional oneyear periods not to exceed 6 million authorized the executive director negotiating terms and on the touro contract terms and conditions good this is an action item any the public on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] any comments from commissioners . Seeing none, we will take this same house, same call. The list is adopted [gavel] next item please item number seven authorizing barn up to 46 million total amount not to exceed 149 revolving Credit Agreement with stacy public Lending Corporation could this is an action item. Given the weight and magnitude of this item even though it was heard in committee i thought maybe we should get a briefing from staff or edification of all of the commissioners and then go to Public Comment. Chairman peskin with cynthia fong Deputy Director for finance and administration. Good morning sentiment fong Deputy Director of finance administration. What you have before you is in approval to draw down additional 46 million mark current 140 Million Dollar Credit Agreement. Revolving Credit Agreement is a basically a commercial loan with the bank that the bank is state street bank. This has been a tool that weve used over the past few years replace our commercial Paper Program that was originally initiated in fiscal year [inaudible] this is to draw down additional funds for new projects in the projects we have listed to be utilized for the Revolver Fund them a drawdown would be for motorcoach procurement, regular placement, central control, medication center, trolley control i can trolley coach the german and light rail vehicle procurements. This would be an additional 46 million that we would be point down from theon current 140 million credit revolver agreement become have with state street bank. Thank you ms. Funk at any questions from commissioners . Seeing none, i have one speaker card. Ms. Bogen. Eileen broke in district for resident and former cpa cac member. I am urging the board to continue this item. I believe the additional time is needed for the cta to consult with the office of Public Finance to revise and possibly develop a conference of financing plan in light of the significant changes at the federal level which will potentially have an impact on cta transcript there are also significant changes at the state level as Transportation Funding is allocated through to repair damage from winter storms. Thank you thank you. Are there any other members of the public would like to testify on this item number seven . Ms. Sacks. Good morning commission. My name is jackie sacks. Im a current member of the Citizens Advisory Committee. Ive heard this item before and this item is come before set the cac and i havei have approved it could i have let it go forward. I approved it then and want you to approve it now. Because i think this is very important for the Transportation Authority. Thank you very much thank you ms. Sacks. Ms. Fong, would you like to respond to the member of the public who brought up uncertain future federal funding realities albeit all of our repayment scheme for this is locally funded but the floor is yours. Yes, please. These projects are locally funded on behalf of the top gate tax revenue already accounted for. The thank you. Colleagues, any questions . Seeing none, can we take this same house, same call . [gavel] the item is passed. Mr. Clark leaves, be the next item item 8 allocate 4 million in prop k funds and 2 million in prop eight funds with conditions for five requests subject to the attached disc or your cash flow distribution schedule. This is an action item. Thank you mr. Samos. Ive a couple of things or questions and then a potential amendment. The question is with regard to the amendment to the Strategic Plan as it relates to the brandon street paving renovation project. Can staff tell the board why the Strategic Plan needs to be amended good morning commissioners. Debbie director for programming. The funds have been obligated for previous the completed projects so that are currently assigned to a project. With the proper aa program we have two Strategic Plan fiveyear program of projects. So any programming action is actually to amend Strategic Plan for the proper aa program. Thank you then the second is something i brought up with you offline. That is, the recital and then eventually to resolve with regard to a future commitment to allocate three and 25 thousand dollars in the respectively apposite because i dont think that this body can actually precommit itself to a future action. So do you have any suggested language where we might agree that it is our intent to commit but we are not committing because indeed, cant really do that . Again, yes, we have come up with some language to recognize the intention of the district supervisors and in this case for this project to utilize future favorite transportation and Proven Program Capital Funds for the constructionfuture construction phase of the project or so we would suggest amending the resolution. This is the third resolve clause of the resolution. That the Transportation Authority hereby committhereby allocates 4 Million Dollars in prop k funds and 2. 5 million proper aa funds with conditions and expresses its intent to a future allocation of 320,000 in prop k funds for the bayshore boulevard Cesar Chavez Potrero intersection improvements to Capital Project as summarized in attachment three. We would amended language throughout. This to other places at the top of page 2 and that whereas command two, whereas is down we would need similar language. Are there any members of the public would like to testify on item number eight . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] commissioner kim is a motion to make the amendment adjusted by staff made by commissioner cohen second by commissioner yee. Colleagues can we take those amendment without objection [gavel] on the item as amended same house, same call . The action is approved. [gavel] b was this just a most next item item 9 adopt the fiscal year 201518 Transportation Fund for clean your local expenditure criteria that this is an action item. Any Public Comment on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] on the item, same house, same call. The action is adopted [gavel] next item please item number 10 about the oneday area grant program. This is an action item any Public Comment on item number 10 . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] on the measure, same house, same call. [gavel] b was the action is adopted. Mr. Samos please call items 11 and 12 together item 11 approve the revise administered go and item 12 approve the revised rules of order. These are action items be so as i previously mentioned so as i presume agendas and attempt to have all meet clans and programs and finance committee together. It will not be any additional meetings for any of us but we will all get to see and hear from the public on all of these items at the same time. Twice a month. There a similar to the system that we have at the board of supervisors. Public comment would be taken at the first meeting in essence a committee of a whole and then subsequently we would take the action two weeks later with a full ta although there is, if you read the rules of order in the admin code, changes provisions when necessary for it to come directly to action with one of meeting. If necessary. I dont know if youve read these items, but i do have oneactually, to suggest a change to one India Ministry the code, you will see in section 3a is what i think is an outdated never used provision for members of this body to have an alternate was another local elected official. It has never been used and i would respectfully suggest that we delete section 3ralph of which is on page 2 of 13. I think it is not necessary and frankly this is part of our duties. We can alternative the board of supervisors and hours likely suggest that we delete that. Then in the city rules of order, this is just a very small comment will 1. 9, occasionally the committee will occupied by other committees so perhaps we should Say Committee room shall mean room 263 or room 250. With that, commissioner breed thank you chairman peskin did i have couple of questions from clarity specifically with this particular change, with this would mean is that our schedule that is online for the year will actually change it is that correct . That is correct. We would seek to minimize the change by using one of the rules on the calendar for probes and programs are financed i also noticed that was a meeting during the time where we are basically not having a Board Meeting. It was a full ta meeting my think for march. So is this going to impactwill there still be meetings held one weeks where there isnt a board of supervisors meeting . Which traditionally we have not had happened . Spews we would very much like to avoid that because it is on the schedule for march and i am assuming that schedule will change. We will go ahead and make sure we minimize that try to avoid that. Okay. Also with changing these meetings and making them full ta meetings with full presentation, the timing will be a lot longer than what were traditionally [inaudible] so what is going to happen as it relates to the chamber, to the board of supervisors meeting if we go over the time that it would take to get ready and prepare for the larger Board Meeting . I would respectfully suggest that we start them at 10 am rather than at 11 am and i think that would create enough time for us to accommodate this on a monthly basis. So the other concern is often times on tuesdays especially because there are Board Meetings and because many of us introduce legislation, it is prime time for press conferences and other things that we try to accommodate on that particular date in order to highlight legislation or anything important where are introducing. This could potentiallythere could potentially become conflicts in that regard to want to make mention of that, and, i guess, the last question i have was around Public Comment. You said that for example, in the case of Public Comments, whether we are meeting as a full ta were we are meeting as a committee, we take Public Comment for everything. So what you are proposing with this particular change is that we do one Public Comment session for the entire agenda and we receive presentations on those particular items. I mean, could you explain a little bit more how that could potentially work . Yes. Rule 3. 26 which is on page 9 of 14 of the red line to the rules of order, says any member of the public is entitled to comment on any matter on the agenda before it is acted on by the board and then theres new language that is been inserted that says, unless a matter has been previously been considered by committee or the board and was not substantially changed since it was heard as determined by the board. So in other words, very much like the Committee System that we have at the board of supervisors. You can testify at the committee but once its received public testimony when it comes to the full board, that opportunity was satisfied at committee. So please heard this at the first meeting of the month and was available to Public Comment and then was acted on at the second meeting of the month, there would be no Public Comment at the second meeting unless we made substantial revisions. Okay. So there will be times where there will be a need to take Public Comment for a specific matter and other times where there wont be . Presumably at the second meeting there would not be. Okay. So that particular item . Correct. Speed also what happens with appointments . Because the other thing we do with our appointing people to different committees and sometimes we may have a long list of people to listen to during that process. That also adds to the time. Is it possible to look at a committee specifically for appointments . So i would say, this is an experiment to see if we can get the entire body were engaged and if we pioneer it into it for a while and determined that there needs to be some number of adjustments relative to time, i would be happy to accommodate those. Generally, the finance Committee Meetings have been very short trip plans and programs, has been longer. I think if we meet at 10 ami mean in the 10 years ive been on and off the ta, i cant remember a plans and programs of meeting ever going more than an hour and a half, two hours even with that kind of testimony when theres an open seat and the reality is, one of usif it is our cac appointee and were not on the plans and Programs Committee we often dont attend anyway. This weight we wouldve onestop shopping were all 11 of us would be here. Okay. Yes, this is a tough one but i had an unintended kind of pushing it. Maybe we can compromise at 10 30 am depending on the agenda. But thank you for answering my questions. Thank you commissioner breed commissioner yee so just a clarification, is the intent that new items, people would be able to do Public Comments on the new items and then in the next meeting date we but works on it . Not like the beginning of the month the just new items and the second meeting we still might have new items right . That is correct. Theres a default provision in the instruments that are before you that actually in case of something that is time sensitive could actually be dont with in one meeting with Public Comments. Then the other thing i want to point out it seems like even though weve had the Committee Meetings and have Public Comment on certain items, when we come to the board here, people still seem to be able to to Public Comment anyways. So i dont really understand the difference. As the rule 3. 26 is written if the board wants to allow additional people look at this second meeting on revolving cycle, we have that ability. Okay. So basically we been allowing it could. Without asking if we would allow for this meeting. I would defer to counsel but i think we probably did not have to allow it at our full Commission Meetings. That testimony in committee would have sufficed but ill defer to counsel. Stan taylor for counsel, yes, that is correct. If the items has been heard in committee under the old structure in the first meeting under the new structure unless its Material Change is not legally required under the brown act to hear Public Comment again. He was just one point we didnt allow it all this time. Are there any members of the public who would like to testify on items 11 or 12 . Ms. Broken followed by his fax. I been broken here to support these items as a consolidated meeting schedule is helpful for members of the public for not odd city hall on a daily basis could i would also like to support the deletion of section 3. 8 could i dont believe the alternates should be able to act on behalf of the board. Thank you thank you ms. Broken. Ms. Sachs. As a member of the Citizens Advisory Committee i was just wondering how this is going to affect the items that are brought before us . I mean, you meet the day before we have you are having your meetings on the second and fourth tuesday of the month is that correct . That is correct. Okay. We have items coming before us at the Citizens Advisory Committee. Will those be for the next months meeting or how will thathow will that go with the flow with cac . It would work exactly the way it works now. Staff would you like to expand that . Theres no change. Items that come to the board in the preceding end of the month would come to the cac for that fourth wednesday cac meeting and only after going to those cac meetings with the items come to the board. Then as far as appointments and all that that is [inaudible] that can come before the entire board . Correctly that is correct. Any other members of the public there would like to testify on these items . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] colleagues can we havewould anyone like to make a motion to delete section threea of the ministry of code made by commissioner breed. Is there a second for that . Made by commissioner fewer good colleagues can we take that without objection and direct staff to the letter or b to a and see to be. The house has changed. Commissioner tang has joined us on that amendment eight roll call please on the amendment breed aye cohen aye, farrell aye fewer aye, kim aye peskin aye ronen aye, safai aye come sheehy aye chang tang tang aye trainees aye the amendment is approved the was then only have a little clarifying amendment to the definitions and rule 1. 9 to add , or room 250 both city hall in the rules of order if thats acceptable to staff . Is a motion to that effect . Yes commissioner breed is it necessary to limit ourselves to a specific room . I was oddly trying to broaden injured eyes got a little nervous that the definition that staff had proposed a Committee Room shall mean 126 a which of the john l tyler Committee Room. I was actually try to add this room as well but if you im open to whatever but i dont want to put limits our ability to use any room that we deem necessary for the purposes of doing this meeting we are of the same mind. Staff, would you like to share something thats even broader than what ive suggested . Sure. Room 263, 250 were any other as says it made by the board. As otherwise noticed. Motion made to adopt those words uttered by executive director chang. Motion by commissioner breed second by commissioner yee. Now the house has changed less commissioner kim steps back in. Commissioner safai. Just a point of clarification on the amendment you are proposing. I do not hear this for this particular motions. Did we determine we were going to bite hard stop on days that this is on the same day as our Board Meeting everyone to be doing this twice a month . So is there a potential to this control into right when our Board Meeting starts at 2 pm . So it would be my profound suggestion that should that ever happen, we would recess our meeting and continue it to the next regular scheduled meeting. So the reality is, we all understand that our an hour or two before age board of supervisors meeting is crammed with also some things. So as long as im your chairman, if we had an extraordinarily lengthy meeting regardless of whether it starts at 10 am or 10 30 am we would recess the meeting to a future date if we were running up against our time to prepare for the Board Meeting. Okay. So you dont believe we would need a hard stop the language . I think we should probably leave that option to us because of where debating some important weighty issue and we want to go an extra halfhour i think we probably dont want to limit ourselves and say we have to adjourn by at times certain but i will most definitely respect our time constraints given that this happens on those jampacked tuesdays as todays one of those days. If we needed to in the future we could amend absolutely. Okay. Im fine spirits take you commissioner safai. On the motion made by commissioner breed, as stated by executive director chang, as two rule of order rule 1. 9, same house, same call good that motion is adopted [gavel] on items 11 and 12 as amended colleagues, can we take that experiment same house, same call . Those items are adopted [gavel] commissioner breed i understand you dont want to start at 10 am. Esther stables these read item 13 item 13 introduction of new items. Information item. Other item introductions of new items colleagues . Seeing none, is there any Public Comment on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] now we will go to general Public Comment. Mr. Mason, thank you for waiting patiently. The floor is yours. Thank you their much edward mason. I like you as a Congestion Management Agency of a can provide the february 2017 observational reports that ive made from the private commuter bus system. I had 19 observation periods that were either from a halfhour to about an hour. Were 74 submitted complaints and planned violations could 17 of those were from nami delays blocking the street or boarding were street boarding. 14 were from no california plates. 28 were for no mta issue decals five were for missing a decals even though there was a decal on the bus. The were not four of them should eight for staging and not actively boarding. To access the engine idling. 12 for congestion and the honda line of buses and traffic lanes and one for a stall within the oil tomb at castro and 14th st. In the congestion management there was also one minor accident with a newer that congested 24th and church for well over 15 min. You had buses backed up for two blocks. I would like to show some photos. That is representative of some days that we have. Blocking of muni. Passengers boarding industry. This is a vehicle without license plates without california license plates or a decal. Buses attempting to move about it buses operating [inaudible off mic]. Also broken down and operating in a school zone. Double parked. Thank you very much thank you esther mason for bringing those issues to our attention on a regular basis and i hope the mta is listening and working with you through their commuter shuttle staff. Thank you for your work at mr. Yep. Good morning. In j. Loyal leader with good [inaudible] first perfect self nature having perfect selfcontrol [inaudible] one should have itself of service and satisfaction of objectives thoughts and actions to interact with any mistakes or bias. The virtues of loyalty and divine justice. One can define a principle of humanity and equality for the people without any missing points. [inaudible] spread the word of true principle with thoughts and discussion. Promote the wellbeing for people and would always speed supervise personal interest for public good. With compassion and love of mercy [inaudible] live happily decimate [inaudible] leaders enjoy peaceful [inaudible] thank you thank you. Any other members of the public here for general public, squeak ms. Sachs. Yes, excuse me earlier you were talking about the other 95the other 95 policy about having extended the latenight services. I been involved in that workshop since september of last year and one thing that i brought up in front of cac i think you should all do is you should look at the schedules. Go back to 2002, the nearly schedules of 2002 erie that was when everything was running smoothly and then all of a sudden december 5, 2009 everything got cut. People thinksome people at mta thought people dont go out after midnight but everybody has to go to sleep this sort of thing. They totally ignored the fact, i told him time and time againabout the senior disabled community and the peoples at working at hotels and restaurants that to get to and from work and the people that are working gray bar that have to get to and from work and i think all of you should look into 2002 schedules to see what was done then and then like the old saying if it aint broke, dont fix it. I think what they did with the [inaudible] they did just the opposite. I think thatalso as far as you have to also remember that the one project that is a fiveyear ppp. One project that is not funded at all is a geary light rail. He geary prt is supposed to be light rail ready. You have to think about that because the geary light rail was one that was improper b. It was [inaudible] prop k but i hope that together. Thank you very much thank you ms. Sacks. Any other matters the public here for general public, squeak seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] the Transportation Authority commission is adjourned. [gavel] [adjournment] good afternoon id like to call the tuesday, february 28, 2017, of the Public Utilities commission to order secretary call the roll conditioner commissioner caen and commissioner vietor are expected momentarily a couple of announcements we have a pretty full agenda today having items to get to in closed session it is my intention to call the closed session at 4 oclock and if we need to finish up the agenda well do that, and, secondly, for those for those of you who dont know harry lanes mother pass on last friday and present with his family as he should be and wanted to start with the meeting with a brief moment of silence obviously our thoughts with harlan kelly and his family commissioners you have the minutes before you do you have my additions, deletions, or changes or comments any Public Comment on the minutes seeing none, motion . There is a motion that has been seconded. All in favor, say i. Opposed . That motion carries next item is general Public Comment this is a chance for people to talk about things under our jurisdiction but not on the agenda i have two cards dave warner. Welcome thank you thank you. Ill jump right in an honor to be speaking im dave a palo alto resident for two million plus years and lived in San Francisco im here to ask you to start the process for creating a water be introverts reduction goal 85 percent of our water is enforced i want to mention 3 jurisdictions the first i had trouble mentioning this i dont know if youve read the Los Angeles Department of water and power the plan if you read that i was astonished los angeles will reduce waters imports from 80 to 50 percent by two million 40 with the conservatism Second District ill move one county south so Orange County their recycling one hundred million goggles growing to one and thirty million gallons i think the one and thirty million gallons a day is relocating annual use two million percent and all the more remarkable a given Orange County is convert a showstopper santa monica plans to eliminate water introverts by 20203 years from now theyre on track to do that the average rainfall is 013 inches a year half of the average rainfall so those guys are going a cobra los angeles and Orange County and are not we pleased that is great so if you look at our 2015 urban water plan we dont have an import reduction goal goal and stormwater plays in the benefits of the reducing ill ignore the environmental benefits for now but think what that means if we count on two million percent of the water coming from recycling by my thuj nail math we can eliminate a year worth of reservoirs of water reservoirs we have a huge reduction so ill quit and ask to say if you guys will work on the water import reduction in 2020 urban Management Plan we can have it in place thanks mr. Da costa. Commissioners on behalf of of all the citizens of San Francisco and more importantly the bayview Hunters Point id like to offer my condolences to our general manager harlan kelly and his family having said that, i would like to bring to your attention that the constituents of San Francisco are somewhat concerned that recycled water is going to be introduced into our drinking system and i know that some people look at recycle water in the way they should but let me remind everyone that the hetch hetchy water of the confluence is considered scald water pristine water and we in our ignorance should have used recycled water a lesson ago to flush toilets we continue to use hetch hetchy water to flush our toilets but what i want to say is that what i want to say is that we talked about cycled water in San Francisco were not paying attention to the contamination of the water shed like to talk about krooirgd water but not talk about how contaminated is that in Golden Gate Park or Hunters Point be it on Treasure Island and many of times radioactive impersonates marketrate change and the soils have moved from place to place to commissioners i know that people come up with all those models of youre going recycled water when recycled water is given to us mixed with Drinking Water and more chemicals are added to treat it then our children are our infants and young adults are impacted and many a time you want to know that in the short time you learn about it in the long term commissioners we this city and San Francisco are San Francisco does not have a toxicologist on board we need to use the intoxication cost to give us feedback but also have to use samples from the water so the public can get realtime results on the backside thank you very much. Thank you mr. Carl theres been some coverages lastly about what the impact it will be to the water supply by the ground water and i know that a great deal of work has gone into understanding did chemistry of that water and a what the constituents are and what the impacts likely will be and probably it be it valuable to have something that basically restates that that make available for the public that what the chemistry and the constituents and the frequency is what the back and forth chemistry of the water supply to have a firm factual basis yes, we can make the sheet available i want to be clear were using it on the west side of the San Francisco by daily city and San Francisco and san bruno for decades and were blending it into our supply at the Sunset Reservoir we have actually, the chemical nature the reality how the water we do have in the reservoir and also it is not just pure prosecuted to the full extent of the law hetch hetchy but the Crystal Springs and over in the east bay and our soil system a mixer of all 3 waters from that perspective that gets it together. Part of what i was responding to the sense maybe weve not figured i think we have we need to share with the folks what the information is thank you any other Public Comment. Moving on to communications madam secretary an update. Yes. On the correspondence log i wanted to note the addition of some formal emails he received on the is a to those names have been at to a sheet and provided did to the commissioner and copies to the public of all the names of individuals that submitted that letter. Thank you and on that the communications any comments and questions for the commission any Public Comment . Seeing none, moving on to other Commission Business commissioners . Seeing none, any Public Comment on the lack of commissioners business laughter pr next item a report Citizens Advisory Committee is ms. Argon here. Youre hiding in the back. Good afternoon, commissioners pleased to provide the quarreling report for the San Francisco public works the quarreling report provides the evaluation and the survey and the special the cac look forward to have the general manager harlan kelly at the next meeting at the end of the fiscal year for the prior setting the cac recent survey preparedness on the resiliency study in 2015 we very much welcome to talk about the priorities during the inaugural cac leadership held in july of 2016 cac leadership reaffirmed that as the administrative code and the deserved income for 20162017 the progress on the outcomes were used for framework for the cac survey respondents are 14 members and two million staff of the cac including the presenters and support staff and communication staff and executive leadership to fill the cacs mission to provide recommendations to the San Francisco public works to include long term financial finance and the surveys result is 88 percent of puc staff believes the cac adds benefits to the prodigal progress and the second outcome that the cac is representative the shareholders the cac members are recorded they are represents 77 key organizations weve learned the facts to the city and in regards to the jeff sheehy and education primary language and disability and present status the third desired outcome for the cac to be supported to philosophical our motion universal agreement we are you support by other cac leadership and staff and officers as well as sfpuc leadership and commissioners order to philosophical the capacity of the members have identified topics thanking theyll take the lead on to organ or organ are for the communication and appointing officials and constructive dialogue we look forward to using this empowerment to achieve those goals since the last chair report the commission in september of 2016 the cac welcomes the supporting members to the group and pleased to fill the vacancies for representatives for the constituency and the puc Capital Improvement plan in our district 9 seat marilyns from the Mission Economic Development Agency and district 10 seat founder of the social group for the board of supervisors president from the ecology and for the mayors statewide seat ms. Mark farrell the cac thanks the long term members for the contributions for the cac kelly from be district 7 and to mark harlan from sfusd for the seat im currently working with jeff sheehy and the Mayors Office to produce the vacant seats and introduce a couple of my cac members here for the first time our secretary and chair please get up okay. And owen that served as the Small Business seat we gave you a copy of the survey and timed to go over a couple of items we wanted to talk about the cac members on how they feel about the cac member as as far as prepared and empowered 79 percent of the cac members feel empowered to hold people account and 14 person newly and 7 disagree one of the quotes of the members when i first came to the cac i didnt feel like im in my comfort zone but the cac people feel welcome and immediately have a place staff also gave feedback and they 76 percent of staff believes that cac members are fully prepared on the issues ive seen the capacity of the cac for the cac priorities while at the same time having given an empowered way to the community and with that, thank you, again ill take any questions about the survey or anything such seen let me know. Thank you very much and welcome to the members. We look forward to having you at the meeting and enjoy seeing the commissioners. I have a remark or mr. Mcdisposal. I understand youre one of the founders my granddaughter goes there laughter and amy and youre welcome to come up for Public Comment if you like. Okay. If there is any doubt we were a small town laughter thank you revenue Bond Oversight Committee report. Im sorry Public Comment. Oh, Public Comment. Okay. Thank you seeing none, well move on and my name is kevin chair the revenue Bond Oversight Committee as you may know prop p created the old Site Committee and weve presented as a committee 11 annual reports this is our lastly an annual report to the commission some of the highlights of the work this year to go into depth and talk about Calaveras Dam one the most intensely reviewed it relates to have firsthand knowledge of dam and will be able to report back in the next few coming years about status of that project cac with the project we also started as you may know that project program for a number of us wastewater projects throughout relocates the city has just begun work and so our review of the Capital Spending and management report will start this coming year but we thank the coordination of staff for making that possible we also started reviewing mountain tunnel as a keyboard interest to the commission as well as the city about status of repair rehabilitation of thatville resource had our first update last month we anticipate that project being staffed to what is needed to be able to have the Capital Resource we will be able to report as well as expanding the management to the commission this year been one of transition for the revenue Bond Oversight Committee theres been about 60 or 70 entrepreneurial work were for the first time fully staffed from that stand point as we gave me in more intensify investigation well be able to report back under the coming year we thank this opportunity for the annual report. Thank you thank you very much and for you and both the Citizens Advisory Committee we have a huge shop that weve undertaken weve come to the conclusion on and the System Program is still ahead of us huge public works project a limit to the time and attention the 5 members of the knick commission can commission pend on items we depend upon the work of our two committees and the efforts our people put in to make sure that all the bases are covered that our operations are fully transparent and that they meet the highest standard i appreciate your participation for the Citizens Advisory Committee thank you, commissioners thank you any Public Comment mr. Da costa. Commissioners as chair rightly stated you commissioners can do only so much but you can also delegate to get factual reports when i made a statement and in the 3 minutes i would require half an hour to explain the changes and all the other things that are going on at it Southern California its from which the water is captured you cant do it in 3 minutes but on the two reports or the report that was just presented to you, we the public especially it comes to rate increases need to get a line items how they were generated to put on the side so this is accountability and transparency now we all know that we can talk about mountain tunnel in a very general way i dont want to go into the details but we know that recently before the board of supervisors and going to be spending 21 million over a period of years and they is no guarantee that everything will go well, if it didnt then well be spending oath 651 million to build Something Else we have to be up front we have supple and astute citizens following the midtown the same with calaveras and covington tunnel today when we go before the board of supervisors theyll talk about the 30 million grant for the lower cherry conduit i think that is called technically called let me get my glasses maybe the first time ill using my glasses at city hall yeah 300 million for the lower cherry aqueduct we have the commission projects and so we talk about a lot of projects but we need the public to get some factual information factual information how things are done i call the imperial data i collected the data going back years from the 17 and if you do have it i can produce it thank you very much. Thank you any other Public Comment . Thank you seeing none, weve move on to the report of general manager first up will the drought update 345ig9d into the flood update in but future mr. Richie steve richie assistant general manager for water. And he, he building this will be the last drought update that i will give if you want to update it call it Something Else but shades will show were not suffering from a drought at this time heres the reservoir the charts shows our toll system is 91 percent full the reason not 100 percent there is plenty of San Francisco that will be melting our water picture is good as ive produced calaveras is higher than it should be were working hard to get the water down there above the restrictions so were working hard on moving water out of the reservoir our cumulative perspiration chart the blue dash line is 1983 the wettest year the red line represents 2017 above that and for the last two months almost so were looking at a lot of precipitation that has come down as the next slide shows a good chunk of that is snow now this will probably looks different during the dry years we had used a different scale we didnt have to show big years theyre so low but to be in 1983 the purple line we expanded double the size of scale on the graph and yet the red line for 2017 to the left of purple line that means given were ahead of 1983 but with the snowpack to put on numbers the up country either precipitation as far is 53 plus inches more than one hundred and 50 percent of yearlong perspiration had a lot of water in the up countrys as well as in the bay area were running a measly 25 percent of average for the year so they got a catch up to do we dont need to were trying to get water out of calaveras like i said and last but not least our total delivery slides from the chart the green line is tracking right on top of the blue line so 2017 is oil and certainly well below the reduction i think the black dash line is the voluntary reduction line is going away as w