Transcripts For SFGTV Transportation Authority Full Board 32216 20160323

Supervisor farrell has asked to be excused in adivision supervisor kim is ill and unable to attend so can i have a motion to excuse commissioner farrell and commissioner kim . Motion by commissioner cohen, seconded by commissioner compose and do wree need roll call on that or take that without objection. Take without objection. Item number 2 chairs report. This is a information item. Colleagues we have two pieces of good news to share. First i like to congratulate cal trans and Transportation Authority with public and private sector partners for winning the california transportation award. We had the opening of the new presidio parkway replacing the doil drive with a safe, modern and beautiful facility. I like to applaud the organization for their work and thank for the recognition as we finalize dlinchy of the innovative project. Speaking of invasion, i would like to thank u. S. Transportation anthony foxx for making San Francisco eligible to compete in the smart city challenge program. This is a way to show how Vehicle Technology can [inaudible] through partner shipwise the federal government. Tim [inaudible] of sfmta is here and will give a overview the proposal. Im hearing about San Franciscos ideas and how the Transportation Authority and the office can support the effort. We are still at early stages there is Great Potential to incorporate new mobility to make the streets safeer and promote cycling [inaudible] with the bay area population expect to add 2 Million People by 2040 we are working on transit expansion plans but we must make it easier for people to live without a car or drive the car less. We cant have another million cars in the bay air roads. Technology can help get us to our goal more quickly. On a less positive note, unfortunately with barts troubles over the past weeks we have seen the consequences of what happens when we wait too long to address the basic transportation infrastructure needs. Bart is 45 years old and truly showing its age. At the same time it faces record demand and continued excollation in ridership. The recent electrical problems that are completely decimating barts fleet are just the most extreme example of a system that is becoming less reliable and frankly coming apart at the seams. We absolutely must fix the system, modernize and expand the capacity. In november we will see a capital infrasfruckture model on the bal it will be a dejaster if the bonds fails. We need to make sure we as a city are doing our part along with alameda and con trucosta counties for barbts vehicle replacement and acquisition program. What is happening with bart is also a cautionary note for us in San Francisco as we make policy decisions that determine whether we are going to invest in muni or not and we need to make sure we are continually getting ahead of the curve when it comes to infrastructure needs of our system. So, colleagues thank you for that and well proceed to Public Comment. Any Public Comment on item number 2 . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed and this is a information item. Well move to item number 3. Item 3, executive director reports. This is a information item. Thank you chair wiener. Good morning commissioners. [inaudible] happy to reportthank you for highlighting the good news chair wiener. In keep wg the theme of research and invasion i was pleased on the 14th of this munt to join with staff with los angeles and con trucosta Transportation Authority at a state hearing. Chair fraser held a importance of state funded research in transportation technology. The research we benefited from has been in the ea arof 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 well 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 well 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, the transbay [inaudible] embarcadero and mun gumry stations and the idea is sign up for the program and earn points through the clipper card for shifting travel outside of the peak period to ease the congestion problems on bart and extend [inaudible] this doesnt take place medium and long term Capital Planning but a important way we can partner with the community and public to extend the life and the capacity of our system. You can find more nrgz at sf [inaudible] bart travel incenseive. In terms of the local work the Treasure Island Management Team put together 3 grant applications so hopefully we will be successful working with ticd the [inaudible] Community Development and [inaudible] we submitted a state cap and trade grant for Affordable Housing and. We submitted a federal tiger grant for a hybrid vessel we hope toacquire for the Ferry Service and applied for federal inclusive planning impact grant. I highlight these because it is terrific to see there are no programs forwarded at the federal and state level that understand and underscore our strategy of nob nab in order to demonstrate new ways of conducting and achieving sustainability development. At the neighborhood level throughout the neighborhood transportation improvement program, we work closely with your offices and staff and a number of districts, district 11 we are working with commissioner avalos team on the park Station Community work at san jose and [inaudible] on district 8 on elk street and district 6 to look at [inaudible] in district 9 we have been able to kick off the alameda interchange Improvement Project with commissioner campos and his staff this is in effort to improve the safety, pedestrian bike safety near Farmers Market [inaudible] more nrgz on those outreach meetings about the concepts beginning to emerge, visit sfcta. Org alameda change. The crooked street is shared with Community Members in the area of the crooked street. Options are a full range of visitor access and circulation and physical treatments to deminsh the high level of vehicle and pedestrian visitors and avoiding the spill over effects to ajaistant streets. One of the findings we made is there as many visitors here as in the key locations in the city but the lack of management cupsty, so unlike the Golden Gate Bridge and other places with a organization we think that is something that will be helpful to sustain the benefits of the short term programs that are tried. Well come to the plans and programs exhibit no. 3 was committee and folks can join outreach meetings later march. [inaudible] there is also a final meeting to announce the rail yard alternative and boulevard studthy Planning Department has been hosting and hold the Second Community meeting wednesday march 30 at 6 p. M. At the same location at the first which is potrero neighborhood [inaudible] at 955 [inaudible] come find out more about plans underway to address the alignments options for the downtown extension of cal train in conjunction with land use and free way vision planning. Project delivery yerba buena appears to be on time. We have been able toreplace the bridge work and [inaudible] place seismic joints and concrete barriers. We anticipate being able to share that with you all and have a Ribbon Cutting in the summer time so my thanks go to eric [inaudible] for managing the project for us. And we are also at the same time coordinating with the bay bridge authorities as well as cal trans on touch down and integration of the bike and pedestrian path, the west path on to the islands later this summer. As far as bicycleing improvements we are happy to report the prop k funding embarcadero and [inaudible] signage up are so thank you for sfmta for putting in signage to help [inaudible] away from king street and on to less stressful streets and paths. The page streets improvement and congratulate mta on thampt the muni procurement is continuing pace. There are 444 motor coaches and 60 trolleys on order. Mta received 101 motor coaches and 38 trolley coaches and many are oon revenue. The prop k funds are put to very good use and bond fund are not eligible for vehicles so that under scores the measure chair wiener described in his remarks for helping bart, muni and cal train meet the vehicle needs. New Traffic Signals are also being installed through prop k funding at that webster and o farrell street location to support vision zero and many other places acrauz the city including intersection of [inaudible] thank you sfmta for get thg improvements out with our prop k fund. With that, happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Thank you very much mrs. Chang. Any question or comments . Seeing none, is there any Public Comment on item number 3 . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. This is a information item. Item number 4. Item 4, approve the minutes of february 23, 2016 meeting. Any questions or comments or chairchgs with respect to the february minutes . Seeing none, is there any Public Comment on item 4 . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Can we take a roll call vote onite 784 avalos, aye. Breed, aye. Campos, absent. Commissioner cohen, aye. Commissioner mar, absent. Commissioner peskin, aye. Commissioner tang, aye. Commissioner weener, aye. Commissioner yee, aye. The minutes are approve item number 5 item fiver, approve theadopt position on state legislation, this is a action item any questions or comments on item 5 . Seeing none, any Public Comment on item 5 . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. The house is changed so can you call the roll on item 5. Commissioner avalos, aye. Commissioner breed, aye. Compose, aye. Commissioner cohen, aye. Commissioner mar, absent. Commissioner peskin, aye. Commissioner tang, aye. Commissioner wiener, aye. Commissioner yee, aye. The item is approved. Item 6. Item 6, approve the improving west side transit access stuteejic analysis report. Any question or comments on item 6. . Seeing none, any Public Comment . Seeing none Public Comment is closed. Colleagues can we take item 6 same house same call . Without objection that will be the order. Item 7. Item 7, appoint john larsson is to system advisory committee. Any question or comments . Seeing none. Public comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Same house same call . Without objection that will be the order. Item 8. Approve the twnt 16 prop aa call for projects programming recommendations. Toteology 2,192,934 for four projects and stuteejic plan. Commissioner peskin. Thank you chair wiener, colleagues. As you all probably heard the friday before last there was a fatality at broad way and 4th street the 4th fatality in as many years and condolances to mr. Laws widow and children. Unfortunately these streetscape improvements are aftermr. Laws passing but pleased we have found the last Million Dollars for a 8 Million Dollar project to do Pedestrian Safety and streetscape improve. Along broad way between columbus avenue around gene Parker Elementary School which is a place a lot of kids go but a dangerous intersection. I request we approve this portion of item number 8 specifically on attachment 1, the third item, subject the too the condition before dpw puts this project out to bid that a little bit further consalitation with the community relative to the streetscape design be addressed. I discussed that with staff so would like to add that condition and then approve the item. That is a motion . Yes, sir. Is there a second . Second by commissioner breed. Okay, any other comments or questions, colleagues . Yes. Through the chair, commissioner peskin where believe the contract has been advertised so if quee can condition it on prior to award of a contract. I will accept that change to my motion so prior to award. Okay, commissioner breed that is a second . Revised motion is made and seconded. Seeing no other comment, any Public Comment on item 8 . Seeing none Public Comment is closed. Commissioner peskin made a motion to amend, can we take that motion without objection . Without objection the amendment is adopted. Take item 8 same house same call . Without objection that is the order. Item 9 allocate 10,975,410 in prop k funds and 794,980 in prom aa funds with conditions with 6 requests to subject to attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedules any questions or comments . Seeing none, any Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed and can we take item 9 same house same call . Without objection that will be theordser. Item 10 item 10, update on u. S. Department of transportation smart city challenge grants. This is information item. Okay, i believe the mta will present on this mrs. Chang . Yes. [inaudible] Tim Papandreou should be here shortly. This is the last item on the agenda so i dont think i can give the entire presentation but ill give it a try. This is a excited development and want to take a minute to brief you and the public about the good news. The u. S. Department of transportation named San Francisco one of 7 fine finalist cities to compete for a 50 Million Dollar prize the purpose of the program is highlight the Innovative Ways Technology can help urban areas meet the transportation challenges for mobility, safety standpoint prom emissions and Community Based planning. So, it is very wonderful we are finalist and dont have the prize yet but expect to continue in the direction even if we dont receive the big prize. It is something we have been working on in many respects and underscoors efforts under way such as vision zero and [inaudible] and bike and car sharing and other services coordinating. In the city. The project is only eligible for medium size cities under 850,000 people and we just snuck in. The idea would be to demonstrate strategies, demonstrate committed leadership sw capacity to sustain the strategy beyond the grant period over the next 3 year jz integrate our project with existing data requirements and making sure those will beope toon the public beyond the grant period. The smart city challenge is expected to improve safety, enhanceability and Climate Change and there is a 10 Million Dollar portion the prize offered by volcon which a non profit in the seattle area focused on emissions reduction. The smart city vision element you will see are many, about a dozen and they begin with technology elementsism underscooring the [inaudible] and automated vehicles, connected vehicles, intelligence transportation, the idea your vehicle can talk to road side infruc structure such as signals and they can guide you to avoid a incident ahead or to be able to more quickly get to your destination. In the second band innovative approach to transportation include the analytic and logistics part which is behind the scenes but a way to optimize conditions on streets for road users. Finally we have Communication Technology and land use components as well as Community Engagement and equity components of the program. There is a couple steps process that we have already proceeded to the 7 finalist city stage and in the proposal where well receive 100 thousand to development the local proposal. The date for that is in may and expect to hear Award Winners announced in june. Here is tim and ill let him take a breath and take over and well work with the u. S. Department of transportation and private sector partners many Public Sector partners at state, local and regional level jz the city will receive the prize and if wree not suck saysful receive thg grand prize we expect to continue our efforts forward. Here you go, tim. Good morning everyone. Tim with the mta. Thank you for setting that up. So, we applied for the city grant under some specific criteria to try to get through the initant of how it can move out to have the most sustainable and equitable Transportation System. [inaudible] resulted in what we call a binary policy system that is incompetable with cities gruth not just in San Francisco but many cities around the country. That system has resulted in people who are choosing to are required to use a [inaudible] in the city are [inaudible] 80 percent empty, there are 4 empty seats that utilized and most of the times the car is stationary so need a place to park and most the cars are privately owned so it is creating a economic burden on people to get around the city with private transportation. Because of the design the city and Transportation System we have enormous peaks in the morning and evening which creates a large demand on the transit supply but for the rest of the day it isnt very utilized. It is efficiency issue as well. The mean time we had a plethora of new services that have popped up, referred to as shared mobility or some call it [inaudible] economy system. They started early on with car sharing bike sharing came on board but had a lot of companies that are based in silicone valley provide their own transportation for employees. We have what some refer to as a [inaudible] and then recently we had the electric scooters and new quad vehicles. None created more controversy for the city than what we refer to as Transportation Network companies, uber and lifts and the shuttle which is a service to move around the city. What we learned is these options are growing rapidly because they are [inaudible] we are trying to figure oit the best way to manage the services while if they are not going away we want to figure a way to work with them and incorporate into our Transportation System the best we can. Now, that is what is happening in the city up to now, as we look to the near future we are working very closely with some the Car Companies that are starting to test [inaudible] vehicles. Recently we had a few Companies Testing in San Francisco and one of the Car Companies had a collision earlier that got acquired by general motors. There is a lot of change happening in this space but barely scached the surface and want to guide the process rather than chase it or be led by it. One of the things we pushed for in the grants and hope to work with the usdot and california government is we dont want to see the path from conventionally owned private cars to [inaudible] we want to see private cars to shared a automated cars because we think that is the best use of our street space and the best opportunity we have to meet those multiple city objectives. Our goal was in the statement is we will work with the companies to guide them into trying to meet local city goals through a shared connected platform. With smart city proposal is simply a focus on working with companies and services and not on their own, working through the community. We felt it was important to state to the dot that we dont believe we can arbitrarily choose a neighborhood but want to work with the community to figure oit what they are interested in and how they would like us to move forward in this approach. We will focus on the data driven elements of this and expand and integrate the shared Mobility Services with Public Transit and incorporate shared and connected vehicles when they are ready to be brought to market. [inaudible] work Better Together and provide more access to mobility without the car ownership and also save customers time and money. A big focus of the grant is customer focus and figure out the opportunity we can improve the Customer Experience in the Transportation System. From all the research we have done we know Vehicle Technology can meet multiple city goals if guided effectively. They can reduce traffic fatality, reach the [inaudible] and reduce [cough]. We think we combine the suvss together and should be able to see something that is trans formational and [inaudible] shift more priority for things we care about which is walking transit and cycling but also if we can save up the demand for needed to use the parking garages we can potentially transform them and create Affordable Housing is that is a huge opportunity to reclaim some of our public Space Dedicated for private car use over to something that is more aminable to social equity which is Affordable Housing. The grant focused on 3 areas, one is create a city policy framework [inaudible] a lot of the companies are brand new and they are literally all over the place in terms of their ability to meet our city goals and objectives. Work on developing the [inaudible] and then guide the development of the automated technology. We have 6 keep principles we would like to push forward on as a screening criteria before we qualify the companies from now on and that is looking at the safety both in the vehicle and Traffic Safety approach to the operation making sure they focus on affordability, accessibility, available across the city and make sure they work with each other so they are [inaudible] and leading to the [inaudible] these customer focus objectives will help improve the things people have been telling us that are important. For example, being able to see all the different transport services in one app. [inaudible] and pay in one app. Those things will create a simplified approach in knowing the services are available and also utilize around the city. We are going to work with the companies to create a governance structure how we manage our data and tie that to the open data portal we have with sf open data and create city dashbords and metrics how we can see the efficacy of the work. Lastly, which is important, is how do we test all this new technology on our streets . We will develop a Community Design framework to prioritize the different [inaudible] on the streets and then integrate the technology into the municipal fleets and land use policy because the potential for connected and automated [inaudible] will have a big impact on parking and that will allow us to reassess some of our parking policies we have in land use. Now, before we do any of this we need to develop metrix and a process to make the changes so again, data driven is critical. Lets walk through some of the concepts we have come forward on. We have the idea of [inaudible] platform where we filter providers through the 6 goal areas. One area we focus more on is understanding our customer needs, so learning more about what the residents, workers, visitors and commercial Delivery Services need to move around the city. Work with providers to qualify them so they can be considered part the Transportation System and work with our Technology Partner tooz integrate all the technology makeing getting from a to b [inaudible] what pilots we can do to apply the technologies on to our streets whether [inaudible] station squz so on. If we can move forward with this approach we can see that based on the research this is a hi ypothesis of the analsis, we should see collision, congestion, emissions and street demand go down over time and also affordability and liability going up over time. There is a phase to the roithd right that we should repurpose streets and parking for more aminities we consider important in the city. We have diagrams [inaudible] currently in phase 1 where we are today, a lot of cars on the streets [inaudible] taxi and transit, but mostly a congested experience for everybody. Recently we had the increase in the different tnc services which are creating more capacity for on demand trips but still not a real change in the Transportation System. We believe that if we expand the sharing economy in the Transportation System to have more car and bike sharing and the different carpooling services that is when we will see travel demands in the city and should be able to repurpsh spots for [inaudible] and things we care about in the city as well. When we get to shared and connected system where the vehicles are connected and communicating they can move much closer to each other and aware of the traffic conditions and safety issues that is when well see positive reductions in meeting the vision zero goals and reducing emissions and so forth. [inaudible] we can start repurposing the street space to open space and things we care about as a city. Ultimately the vision is that in the automated version there will be less space needed to move people around and more Space Dedicated for things we care about and that is basically our vision that we are moving forward on with this grant. The second piece of this is to create a Community Challenge to ask the neighborhoods how we can start piloting in the area. One neighborhood is selected, we may select more neighborhoods but it will start one first and figure ways to we can provide Technical Services to the applicants and improve the [inaudible] services and new ideas into that neighborhood. The city team that is moving forward with the grant is a Core Policy Team between my team and the Mayors Office, uc berkeley and the consultant we are starting with and the Technical Support team consists of many different groups inside the mta and City Partners with department of technology, the sfcta, metropolitan transportation commission, [inaudible] and California Strategic Growth Council and have a externt support team with Different Technology providers and well work with Community Engagement organization to help with the Community Challenge. Our key steps in closing is that we are initiating the project team to get this final phase of the grant delivered. We develop the Community Challenge with Community Partner tooz create the engagement, website portal, [inaudible] and review panel and developing the qualified Technology Partners because we are ininidated and want to be able to screen them to help they add value [inaudible] as part of a requirement we have to do a 3 minute video slaining the vision and concept. I want to mention the smart city grant should we receive it will accelerate the program where most of the stuff is already under way so this will give a big boost. That is my conclusion, happy to answer any questions. Thank you papandreou. Colleagues any question or comments . Seeing none well move to Public Comment then. Thank you. Any Public Comment on item number 10 . This time should start when i arrive at the podium so could you reset the button please to 2 minutes . Thank you. So, one supervisor asked a question of the grantsthere is no guarantee theyll get a grant, but then we ask a couple of questions. Number 1, the southeast sector, 30,000 units are [inaudible] right now if you evaluate the Transportation System in the southeast sector it gets a f minus. Now, if you travel from the southeast sector to the north, every day you supervisors should go and check the freeways. The congestion is so umbearable people are fighting on the freeways and soon well have shooting on the freeways. It is very nice to hear plans as if we are living on another planet. As far as i know we are living on the planet earth and we need to be realistic. The first thing is san franciscans need to be respected so the public Transportation System should cater to san franciscans. We recently had a report on the newer buses that maybe the performance isnt so good even though some talk that they would be good so we need to reevaluate the new buses and find out if you spend millions and millions of dollars if you are doing san franciscans right by spending taxpayers money. I appreciate it very much just giving us 2 minutes on the very very convoluted topic. Thank you very much. Thank you. Any additional Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Okay, this is a information item. Item number 11. Item 11, introduction of new items, colleagues any introductions . Any Public Comment on item 11 . Seeing none Public Comment is closed. This is also a information item. Item 12, any general Public Comment . Good morning commissioners. When the truth of one is in charge [inaudible] and destiny of origin [inaudible] travel a thousand miles in [inaudible] knowing of true destiny then [inaudible] human way of life in circumstances should make up proportions to have a way of [inaudible] holy destiny [inaudible] loyalty, parental love, dignity [inaudible] having the wisdom and courage [inaudible] ones existence of true self [inaudible] is ones true heart [inaudible] thank you so much. Next speaker. Supervisors, so i like to address quality of life issues. And i know the supervisorssome of the supervisors who work in our districts trying to do the right thing. We need to address transportation in a different way. Often we put the emphasis on consultants and as i look to the right here, i see a lot of change of faces. A lot of change of faces. I do not see a diversity. We need a diversity and we dont see it here. We are going to visit you all at your office and not a couple people but maybe 2, 300 people just like we did the other day. When we went to two supervisors they were missing in action and than were [inaudible] relevant pertinent questions they couldnt answer, so you know, im here to put the San Francisco county Transportation Authority on notice and i can do that because i represent the first people of the area to mark malone and you all havent been paying to that. A lot of your eir ceqa and so forth you came here 2 or 300 years ago and took things over you can do as you please. We really dont need to be building so much. We dont need congestion. Thank you very much. Any additional general Public Comment . Seeing none Public Comment is closed. Item number 13. Item 13, adjournment. Colleagues we are adjourned. [meeting adjourned] [gavel] my name is mark farrell im chairing this committee. Im joined by katie tang norman yee jane kim and i welcome supervisor avalos to the meeting as of yet we have 6 people here. Currently so does constitute a special meeting of the entire board of supervisors. What effect window while as well as jesse larson from sfgtv and we have any announcements yes. Besides all cell phones and electronic devices. Complete speaker cards and documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items i could update will appear on the march or a 2nd board of supervisors agenda must otherwise stated the tango all item number one please item no one ordinance probably appropriating 5 million from the general fund of which 2. 5 million will be used in the recreation and parks apartment focusing on improvements on the geneva car barn at 2. 5 million will be used in the department of Public Health for Facility Improvements this item is sponsored by supervisor avalos. Thank you for sharing this item this week. We heard it last week and at that point i had continued it so we can have further discussion with the Mayors Office in my office about to move forward. The big question is, looking at her budget at the close of the budget season that will be having our discussion about what will be owed to me in the budget. To me, it was important that we set this as a priority before we get to the budget process. So, today i would like to be a portion of the supplemental forward. The portion about the geneva car barn. This is been a multidecade issue for people in district 11. Our district is totally united around the geneva car barn to actually have the facility that will have available for the public and for the arts. We currently do not have any venues for real in this part of San Francisco and the community has been building to create such a facility. You can look at whats happening all of San Francisco where we see a lot of development that improves neighborhoods and benigno facilities to new beverage at that moment has passed over district 11. So, where we are seeing a lot of these developed from development in the south of market and along the Market Street corridor, those fees tend to help rein in general fund dollars to the neighborhoods as well for facilities we dont see that happening in district 11. Really its a matter of having a way to set some equity in how we develop different parts of San Francisco. We just saw recently the phenomenon of super bowl city and super bowl happening in San Francisco where the city had committed 5 9 to at least 5 million to hold the super bowl celebration in San Francisco. We know that actually thats operation benefited certain people over others. There were people here today for another item will be talking about how they were impacted negatively by the super bowl. At the same time, we saw that hotels were full and total revenues were up in hotels were making money and people who work in hotels were receiving some benefits. Thats tends to be the way cities, the city works. The wealthier people are doing better and the lower income people are not quite getting there boats raised when we are seeing economic boom in San Francisco. I just saw today someone had written that wealth ravages cities just as poverty ravages cities. I think San Francisco can be an example of that. Really, today is about how we can actually level the Playing Field for parts of San Francisco that have not been doing so well during the economic boom and to make sure city resources generated with her economic boom can do more than struggle down. Need to grade the plumbing for to get to neighborhoods and thats what this supplemental is about. Some pipes and plumbing. For that to happen. So, a couple people who are here to speak on behalf of the project the Geneva Office building project. Amy cohen and nicole from the parks and recreation. They been meeting a couple years now very consistently with Beth Rubenstein in my office to see a we can move this project forward and theyve actually worked real wonders to get things as project moving. We have an environmental dungeon with a lot of documents created that support this project going forward. That we need more than anything is making the commitment from the city to move this forward. So. I like to invite any cohen to talk about her work on this project and what this project means to people in district 11 and what her contribution of the office of Academic Workforce development is been for the car barn. Thank you supervisor. Nicole is going to be doing the overall presentation. I would just speak on behalf of the office of economic and Workforce Development in the best in neighborhoods program. Weve had a longstanding relationship and a great deal of work in the excelsior all my ocean avenue neighborhoods and those numbers of stakeholders that whole area who care about this project for a long time. Over a year ago we had engaged some smart folks in thinking about a number of really difficult buildings around town some of which are run by the city. We were looking for new ideas and a new perspective on how you might solve some these buildings that were just taking a really long time. So, where team came up with is an ideal broaching the subject of taking the Geneva Office building and the powerhouse and splitting it into a phase project. So we started talking with supervisor avalos and stakeholders and introduce this idea of a phased approach. Together, we ended up going to the budget buses last year and with parks and recreation and the immunity folks we were able to get some additional funding to move forward project that had all but maybe not stopped but had gone very slow. Because we thought this idea of a phased approach was much more feasible and manageable. So, since that time weve been participating on a team led by parks and recreation to try and figure out how to we figure out with just the powerhouse building one using different terminology. Im sorry. The goal is better explaining the powerhouse good the smaller building. We have also engaged some consultants to help with assessing what are the opportunities and needs of just a building, how might other financing resources and Funding Resources be identified. So, weve been part of a process since last summer. Try to out with this project for. I think thats all that i will say and ill let nicole come in and am happy to answer questions. Thank you. Just to say i appreciate the work of yourself and your office to help move this project forward. Nicole averell and the metro q any diagrams or anything. No, you dont. Okay. I apologize. Im nicole april project director with a Recreation Parks Department should thanks for hearing this today. As you know the building was saved from demolition in 1999. In large part thanks to the efforts of the friends of the Geneva Office building and powerhouse. I like to note the and weaver is here and was instrumental in saving the building. The parks and recreation has been involved in this project since 2004 when it took over the building from the mta. The vision for the building at the time was to grade a Community Art space that serve the underserved youth in district 11 is was all Community Members by providing a variety of arts programs. It is the only district without a district theater or gallery space and recreational parks of him and determine a great need there for this. Since then, over the last decade or more, we work closely with the district 11 Supervisors Office to activate the building could we stabilize the building. In partnership with the mta and caltrans report with the friends of geneva, and powerhouse to deliver programming to youth in the district. We worked on designs just spectacular and i can pull them up shortly if you would like supervisor avalos. For the building. These designs have received the approval of the Historic Preservation commission, the approval of our civic Design Review committee, and theyve also received a conditional use and variance approvals from the planning commission. As supervisor avalos noted is also accountable exception from ceqa so are well on our way. In fact to make this point were done with 50 construction documentation for the powerhouse big amy talked about how we decided to save the program which was our first phase of the program and we done with these designs at the end of april. Will be ready to bring them to the Building Permits in may and will hopefully receive our approvals by the end of the summer and be ready to put it out for bid in september. Which means, we could break ground as early as december 2016. That is all to say, if we close our funding gap was approximately 2. 5 million. Weve got sources of funds potential sources of funds from the parks and Recreation Opportunity Fund Historic Preservation tax credits, and allocation from the last years budget and this is the money thats necessary to bring this project to fruition. We believe that activating the powerhouse to start would be a proof of concept not only will provide desperately needed amenity in this area, which of the community the Funding Community in particular that this is exactly what district 11 needs. It will also approve the recommendation and about our Station Transit Oriented Development plan amount which was recommended approved by the board of supervisors in 2009 that this is key to the revitalization of this section of the district as well as the district as a whole. Im so pleased to be here working as part of this coalition with the office of economic and Workforce Development District Supervisor avaloss office and the San Francisco Arts Commission to bring this project to reality and were so close. So, i do hope you consider this. Thank you. Again thank you for all your work on this project as well. Its been at least 8 years, i believe or 7 years even working on it. So i appreciate you keeping it going. I think all the work thats happened prior to today is really about getting up to this moment and how we can actually make the ultimate league to provide the funding to complete phase 1. I hope we can do that today. Thank you. I dont have anything else for my presentation. If we could go to Public Comment b dick when we opened up for Public Comment good one speaker card. If theres other individuals i would to speak in Public Comment klees do so. Love 2 min. Each. Good afternoon. My name is Richard Rossman and i want to talk about, i have to disagree with mr. Rosens report. I think we should start putting the money in the nonprofit see we are putting money in to help with the asbestos may be the nonprofit will be with to come up with funding 12 this project, but i think this is important. The City Landmarks Commission is set today to hopefully afford it, for this as a city landmark to the board of supervisors and also, i found out that the Art Commission is setting aside some money in their capital budgets to restore these murals. So, i think if we start funding this building a little at a time it will come instead of just holding the money on reserve and nothing is happening. So, i urge the release and approval so we can start the funding of onondaga. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Supervisor my name is david cooper did i serve as the president of the terrace improvement association. With regard to the gop, i like to point out this facility will serve district 11 exclusively. Geneva and san jose is a major transit hub on the south side of town. It would serve the constituents of district 7 among 8, 9, 10, and 11 immediately. It isnt just for district 11. Its for the use involved in the arts on that side of town. As for 35 and 45 onondaga, i appreciate supervisors avalos his efforts to draw attention to the validity of restoring both the murals. Thank you Richard Rossman, and the buildings themselves and return him to Public Service as we are returning the gop to Public Service. So, thank you for considering this item. I like to say im in support of both sides of it and thank you to parks and recreation and the Workforce Development team for also drawing attention to this. The validity of this. Thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is to well kill the president of the Outer Mission merchants and residents association. Its very difficult to choose, like choosing your favorite child. You want to save the gop or save 3545 on data. You want to save both. What have some pride in our neighborhood and these Historic Buildings with historic murals and gop is such a entrance into our neighborhood and as david said, its good to be an art center for all the children in the neighborhood including those in district 7, 9, and 10. So we do urge you to go pick for this week and say both buildings today. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. Im outim the treasure of the friends of the Office Building in carpark we caught car born. I urge you to approve the supplemental request. This project has been 17 years in the making and is building is a key part of San Franciscos history. It was the streetcar headquarters for decades. Was built by a famous architect. Its just critical for revitalizing the neighborhood. I went to appeal to your sense of history and your sense of getting this done because it is so close. We can have this approach this phased approach is a great process. Its going to make it happen. Please thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, supervisors. Dan weaver with the friends of Geneva Office building and powerhouse. Today, i would like to be really happy that the city is here justifying with us in front of you about the importance of this project. I would just like to point out again, that this is the first project in the city for oewds beginnings of an asset activation project that could do great things for many neighborhood in San Francisco. Something that has never been tried before. But i think this is an appropriate thing for the city to engage in. And the geneva, is happy to be the project most ready for this and i urge you, again, to support the project in the supplemental budget. Thank you. Are there any other members of the public who wish to comment on item 1 . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] thank you. I want to thank everyone for coming out for Public Comment and appreciate your presence here. Coming twice. Some of you. In a week. That is pretty big for folks in district 11. We are 5 miles from San Francisco we have fewer people coming to Public Comment. Appreciate your coming out. Also received a number of letters as well as part of the project. From different neighborhood associations like the new Mission Terrace improving association. I will submit that into the record. It really shows the unity that district 11 residents have for the geneva car born the phase 1 powerhouse project. So, i do believe we have a diagram or sometimes what were looking at for phase 1. It would be to be great to be able to show. Sure. There we go. So, youll see this image shows the interior. Its got the potential to be truly spectacular space. 3000 ft. 2 with 35 foot high ceilings. It has this much light in it and all the windows are boarded up. So its really good to be a spectacular space which is another image of a couple of the storage elements, the doors and the mezzanine, which will be restored and running. This is an image of what the building will look like when its complete and you can see how it lights up the corner and brings life and vitality to this area. This is a crosssection of the building. Most importantly, this is an image of what the inside of the powerhouse can be. It can be a after school art programs, dance programs, performance programs, it can be a space for Community Movie night. It can be were Tai Chi Classes or yoga classes for seniors in the morning. It can be a space for Early Childhood development classes. It can be a space for where adults can learn arts related jobs goes in the evening. Its flexible. Its inspired it can be used also for events by Community Members on the weekends and in the evenings. So, its a very very exciting opportunity to bring something to this district. Great. Thank you for sharing. We appreciate you showing those drawings. Also across the street we have 100 Affordable Housing that is going up at the corner of san jose and geneva avenue. That will be moving forward this year as well with an rfqs of this whole area is getting a makeover. If we can do these projects together that would be fabulous to see. Would make a huge difference in tying together the standards of district 11. With that, ive addressed the committee to move forward on this project. What i like to see is if we can with this legislation, is to duplicate the file and have each file to bewent to be adopted to the office phase 1 and the other to be about the onondaga site. I want to continue the onondaga site until the call of the chair but move forward with a duplicate file that just about the Office Building to the full board and am willing to do that however the committee would like to do it. Whether with approval or without. Thank you. Supervisor kim i just want to thank members of the community for coming out this week and this week. I know on this important set of facilities that are publicly owned and supervisors avalos is disappeared i want to move forward this item with positive recommendation. To the full board with the amendment is addicted by supervisor avalos. Motion by supervisor kim. Supervisor tang of course, i also do want to echo this incredibly great project. Im actually really excited about seeing it come to i now the at some point soon. I want to thank supervisor avalos and of course Community Members. I know his staff has worked with us for so long. I do have hesitations about supporting this item today not because i do not support the project. I want to be very clear i do, but i do not like it in the form of a supplemental. As ive said on many other issues before us as well, when it come before us in this form. Before i became a supervisor, stopping my predecessor predecessor on the committee ive seen funding for the geneva car born. Weve always supported it our office could all continue to do to is a member of the Budget Committee as well but again in the form of a supplemental is something that i do not feel appropriate at this time. Again, i have not seen from art even our mayors Budget Office in unwillingness to fund this particular proposal. I would say that there have been many arguments made about lack of attention to certain districts. I can make that same argument for the outer sunset did in fact, i would agree with you thank you. I spent years tried to secure just a little bit of funding to get a bathroom built at a playground where children are literally going to be in the bushes because there isnt a restroom nearby and were close by. I spent years just try to get money for it and several fiscal budget cycles. I could very easily come forth with a one dollar supplemental today and that funded enough of that but im not good im going through the budget process. So, again this is not to knock the project at i think its wonderful. But process wise i like to see it being celebrated in the context of all other budget request. Supervisor yee we have continued this item for a week and, i like to ask supervisor avalos, what happened to the discussion that was supposed to take place . Was there any discussion in terms of a pathway to seeing the funding . Willie e sound weather were going to decide use the supplemental would have it in the mayors budget. I could get any guarantee was going to be in the mayors budget so i actually did meet with district 11 residence at the district 11 council on saturday and a i told him this is where we are at. It was unanimous. That we move forward with a supplemental based on where people were in the neighborhood. It was really about how we can make sure these projects go forward since theres no guarantee that we actually move it through the supplemental process instead. One of the reasons i support this was i was hoping it would be a thorough discussion and to see old way to get this funded care you are saying that seeing that right now. I want to support this supplemental. This project as everybody has heard, has been in the works for many many years. Ive gone there to visit it and i know the potential there. As mentioned, even though its in district 11, importers district 7 and many of our residents in district 7 will benefit from it also. It is something that its really true that theres many different projects to come up to the board of supervisors that have supported that isnt in our district and it seems to be a very rare time when we can actually support something thats sort of on our side of town and i am hoping that my colleagues on the Budget Committee will see the need of this project. So i will be supporting it. Supervisor kim im sorry that was a mistake okay. But is that my comments here first by one of thank everyone for coming out and supervisor avalos, i love this project. I doubt there to the geneva car barn that he is an amazing project. I look forward to hopefully turning that into a reality i however do feel the same way a supervisor tang around doing this is a supplemental during the budget process. Will be happy to support during that period time. So, that being said, dropping a deuce board a motion saying this forward with no recommendation to the full board of supervisors. If there is a intend to revise that ugly happy to do that. Otherwise we can take a roll call vote. My colleagues be 6 supervisor wiener as i stated last week or 2 weeks ago whenever it was before us before, sport this project. If the project we should be funding. I think its obviously a legitimate topic of conversation whether we do this be a supplemental or try to do it as part of the regular budget process but clearly its a project that deserves support. Since there is it seems like everyone is in favor of sending this out of committee and to the full board of supervisors, seeing as theres a split about with a recommendation or with no recommendation in deference to the chair i think we should send this out with no recommendation and get into the full board. Just clarify a notebook that were without recognition . Without recommendation. Supervisor kim i will amend my motion to a motion to forward to the full board without recommendation and it seems that we may still need a roll call on this as well. Is that correct . Ptech is there a 2nd we can take a rococo. I just want to say thank you for supporting the project. To me what it comes down to sporting the project is actually voting in favor of its oil be can actually have a positive vote at the full board because so, we have among with a motion by supervisor kim. Moved and seconded. Canaveral cocoa supervisor tang aye. Also into the full board. Supervisor yee aye, kim aye, wiener aye, farrell [inaudible] 5 guide the motion passes [gavel] item 2 and 3 together please item number 2 was manning the miss rate of code to establish a San Francisco super bowl l impact fund to be used to provide Financial Support to Small Business specifically impacted by super bowl related events. Item number 3 or looks appropriate in 100,000 from the general reserve fund to fund the super bowl l impact fund in fiscal year 20152016 bt. Colleagues, this item was sponsored by supervisor peskin and kim and so will turn it over to him. Supervisor peskin thank you. It is a pleasure to be here speaking on these 2 items. As we all know, starting in late january through the middle of february, the city and county of San Francisco hosted the super bowl l event in a number of areas of the city. One of them along the boundaries of district 3 and district 6, along Market Street where super bowl city spent about a week setting up. 9 days the venue was opened in another week or so afterwards being taken down for a total of 22 days. It remains to be seen what the total cost to the city and what expenses the city incurred at last count they were at 5. 3 million and climbing in it remains to be seen what additional revenues the city garnered in association with those events. We very much look forward to getting that information from the Controllers Office in the weeks and months ahead. Meanwhile, for those individuals who suffered negative Financial Impact in the immediate Area Supervisor kim and myself introduced on february 9 these 2 measures that are before you today, colleagues, too great a super bowl l impact fund and to appropriate 100,000 from the citys general fund reserve to that phone. The creation of the fund would allow additional contributions to the fund bday from private parties like the nfl or the Host Committee were charitable individuals were bday from revenues that the controller identifies in excess of expenses on the event that we can also put into the fund. As a former supervisor and current supervisor, i know that there are many individuals who make their living by selling street art under the street Artist Program that is under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Arts Commission. As a matter fact, in that area there are 116 spaces at Justin Herman plaza at the base of Market Street by the embarcadero where individuals pursuant to an annual fee that they pay to the Arts Commission, are allowed without valid existing permit to sell their arts to passersby. In addition there are any other number of individuals, Small Business folks, some of them of food cart vendors, some of them shoeshine folks who have made their Small Business living therefore in some cases, decades. Many of those individuals were temporarily displaced for some 22 days. I am proposing today and ive handed you all colleagues, a slight amendment a subsection subsection d to her item number 2 the ordinance amending the ministry of code to establish the super bowl l impact fund, but pursuant to this ordinance and the amendment am proposing that we offer a modicum of support to those individuals that had valid existing permits , who are negatively economically impacted during the 22 day duration. If weve heard many stories i think youve read them in the press. I have heard them and it totally could ive heard of in person. We have colleagues and i will distribute a letter from the merchants of the Ferry Building who have claims of Economic Hardship during that 22 days, and we may or may not choose as a body to address those issues in the weeks ahead depending on how much revenue over expenses we have seen from the Controllers Office but what im asking you for today is a modicum of compensation for individuals, most of them artists who i think are our moral responsibility to take care of. Several weeks ago i bumped into one of them who turns out to be a neighbor and him looking at her right now, who, by the way, produces phenomenal arts, and who lives on a fixed income in a rent controlled units in north beach and it is an inextricable part of the fabric of that community where i happen to live. That individual was not able to sell her wares over the course of those 22 days. At real Financial Hardship to her. Im talking about paying the rent because when youre on a fixed income be if Social Security were disability, and that handful of dollars from selling your art is the difference between paying the rent or not paying the rent for my think we have a moral obligation to those individuals and colleagues, this is very different than the restaurants that stop drop off in revenue in the immediate impacted zone. This is different than the port tenants we may choose to address in the future. I think that this body, the 11 of us and our mayor are in essence, the landlords for these individuals we displaced because they have a permit or license for the city issued to them. Yes, the city was within its rights pursuant to those permits to displace these people, but i think that we are within our rights and it is our moral obligation to give them a modicum of compensation could we already have early indication from the convention and Visitors Bureau that revenue over expenses associated with the super bowl, while perhaps its not the rosy projections that the nfl and Host Committee projected, are those expenses would be less than the revenues. So, i believe that even this 100,000 i am calling for with supervisors begin today to appropriate from the general fund will ultimately we will find the common sated by the Additional Hotel and sales tax revenue that the city mage get. We have a list of speaker cards. I would like towill wait for Public Comment but i would like to offer to supervisor kim a amendment as to the administration of the Grant Program, which reads as follows this would be a new subsection that are d which reads, those street artist license through the Arts Commission back and demonstrate a loss of income related to the reduction of spaces resulting from covered event shall be eligible for a grant award equivalent to their income loss, not to exceed 600 per street artist. Not a lot of money. Not a lot of money is not in the amendment. Food trucks, restaurants, and other individuals and businesses permitted or license to the department of Public Works Bureau street use and mapping shall be eligible for grants equivalent in value to permit fees for the period of time under the approved permits during which the permits he was not able to make use of the permitted benefit. Such plans shall not exceed 600 per grantee. Utility waited permits or licensees are not eligible for such grants. I want to thank the controller am i the last paragraph reads the Controllers Office shall develop and administer the grant application, calculation, award, and disbursement process in consultation with the department of public works and Arts Commission. The controller shall proportionately reduce grant awards authorized above to the extent that total tabulated words exceed the available balance in the fund. I would also like to strike the last sentence of subsection c which states, rules governing the Grant Program must be adopted prior to any disbursement from the fund because that is now dealt with in subsection b could mr. Chairman and with that we do have representatives here if yall should like to hear from them from the Arts Commission and from the dept. Of pub. Works and from thei think this is a suffix grantor. Back in with my initial comments beaten supervisor kim i just want to add my comments in support as well. Proviso peskin has covered the process behind establishing this fund and also why we are doing this and how we limited to the street artist that were specifically lost doing their during super bowl l. The supervisor peskin mentioned, we know their businesses throughout the city particularly in the districts we both represent throughout Fishermans Wharf away down to south beach whose businesses were impacted due to the traffic and fear of traffic ring these 10 days, and there were surveys done. I know in the district i represent what businesses did lose an incredible amount of business. However, is very hard to talk awake those numbers, but we know specifically how the super bowl did impact these businesses that were displaced during these 22 days for those to be est. In that exact same location and so im happy to cosponsor this fund to make us as best as we can hold these really smallbusiness owners which we depend upon this type of income the pedestrian traffic that occurs at embarcadero and support them as we engage and host these citywide events. San francisco. So just here to express my support as well supervisor wiener so, i guess i have a question through the chairman. I developed the question is to supervisor kim or peskin. Youre the 2 authors to one or both of you. When i first saw this legislation i read it was unclear to me what criteria would be. It seemed to of 2 categories in it. One for vendors were physically displaced and then one for more product category of businesses that have a loss of some sort. It was unclear to me how that would be determined and you would get priority, how people would show their loss, especially if theyre not visibly displaced. So, ive seen this amendment, it does seem now to i guess my question is, do we exactlywhat is the universe of merchants who are eligible for reimbursement for compensation from this fund . The total universe . Just for complete clarity. So, both of to the 100,000 that is the subject of item number 3 in conjunction with the amendment to item number 2, the total universe would be the individuals who occupy the 116 street Artist Spaces and then other folks who, in the zone, have valid existing dpw permits of which there are approximately, i believe, 42 not to exceed 100,000 as we read in the last paragraph of subsection d of claims exceed 100,000 there would be a proportional reduction for all claimants whose claims have been validated by the controller in conjunction with the Arts Commission or department of public works depending on which permit the tech thank you. Again, these correct me if im wrong, in the board packet, if you look at the i am pulling it up right now the legislation creating the fund, it says use of funds. One is business merchants or individuals who pay the city a license, etc. And subsequently displaced as a result of the event. Obviously, the Street Vendors were physically displaced. 2, other businesses and merchants were personally impacted by super super bowl related events. But the much broader category. Does your amendment that youre proposing today eliminate that 2nd broader category . As i referenced earlier, by the way, i misspoke. Im dyslexic and missed a digit. There are a total of a potential universe of 247 dpw permit holders totaling a maximum if they all had valid and verifiable claims of 112,000. I want to correct that for the record. Relative to the rest of supervisor wieners question, should there bei believe there are many parties outside of the universe that we are discussing relative to street artists and dpw licenses or permits that may be able to demonstrate adverse negative Economic Impact as a result of super bowl l. Should there bei think we been clear about this from the beginning and i was good about this and my o c