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] much. clapping. well good morning and thank you all for being here im ed reiskin the director of transportation and cant tell you how existed and speak on behalf of everybody here to be at this milestone after many years somewhat our decades ever planning to break ground on a transformative project for one of the citys anyhow unique and special streets i there is a way this works folks without whom we
Lbe subcontracting goals. As needed contracts fell 2 below but we expect that to increase as the different scopes of work come online. This slide compares the awards and paymentses over the six months of the past three fiscal years. We awarded six contracts in the first half of each of the last three fiscal years. This time weve gone down a bit with 41 going to lbe firms but we did well in the last two fiscal years and were exceeding the mayors citywide aspirational lbe participation goal of 40 . In terms of local hire these are Construction Projects that are over a Million Dollars. Theyre subject to the local hire ordinance which is implemented by the office of economic and workforce development. Since the inception of the ordinance back in 2011 there have been 15 contracts at the port that have fallen under the ordinance and its requirements. They have all met the ordinance requirements. Currently we have one contract that falls under the threshold and that is the pier 31 roof repair
The delays and increase the ridership and improve the safety and increase the transit reliability on behalf of caltrans we thank you for inviting us to be here to celebrate 24 event this project when completed will make van ness more important to these who will use it more efficient and sustainable Transit System moving more people and helping to improve the quality of life of the residents for this great city id like to recognize and thank all the agencies staff that working hard on this project to deliver this and especially id like to thank my staff another caltrans can i see all caltrans people stand up please and be recognized. clapping. as ed said youll all the agencies working hard to solve the problems and the issues that were raised to us and the development of the project congratulations to the city and let this project get started thank you thank you so from federal so state to local that the partnership is expensive one throughout the many Government Agencies as mentioned b
Thank you everyone. Mdm. Clerk, do you have any communications . Ive known to report mdm. Pres. Colleagues any changes to the february 2017 Board Meeting minutes . See no changes, is her motion to approve those minutes . Will by supervisor used second bite supervisor safai. Can we take that without objection without objection those Meeting Minutes will be passed after Public Comment [gavel] mdm. Clerk next item item at 2 pm is the mayors appearance in this chamber. Hon. Mayor edwin lee, the be no questions omitted from supervisors the mayor may address for up to 5 min. The thank you mr. Mayer for being here today. Since the were no questions were semitic would like to make any remarks . Supervisors thank you for inviting me here and to the public, thank you for being here this afternoon. Would like to followup on the state of the city speech by discussing how we Work Together in our city. On thursday, the president signed a blueprint for his proposed 2018 budget. If the president gets
Were on time and on budget so with little disruption there will be disruption weve been doing a lot of outreach with the community to best manage and might mitigate one of the unique aspects of this project as you heard most of us feel like van ness is a San Francisco city street that is our street and while that themselves that way technically this is the state highway so the street didnt belong to us this street belongs to the state of california so were very grateful to have as we do with the federal government a great partner in the State Government maneuvered in the leadership of the district 4 director of caltrans who with his staff we work closely at the levels of detail to make sure that design will work for the state highway so i want to thank him and his staff for the great work and please join me in welcoming for caltra caltrans. Thank you, ed good morning mayor and supervisors and distinguished guests and agencies and staff and members of the public it is a pleasure to be h