Strategies in terms of delivering projects faster . I talked about the coordination with dpw and last time we came here we talked about theres a monthly principals meeting between mta and public works staff were literally going line by line that list of 24 projects and troubleshooting where they are and identifying whether its its its its its a contractual issue or permit issue and all the things that can trip up a project and its not just for the 24 projects but were learning some blessings on how to avoid those mistakes in the future and thats a window in how the staff is working through the challenges in a proactive way rather than simply accepting a a delay is something thats unavoidable. Supervisor yee has a followup question to that. I think i might have asked this question prior to you coming, so there are other projects that are related to our vision zero and specifically through district 7s participating budging process and last year we were able to get funding for nine projec
Mutually agreed upon by this committee and the citys Vision Zero Task force so yes, those projects were not invented in the spring of 2014 many of them were projects that had been under consideration may be stalled in design and others were things that we did develop and accelerate. What i think they all have in common is they are being delivered a lot faster than they would have had we not had that commitment. And coordination with the mta and better communication and coordination is one strategy what are the other strategies in terms of delivering projects faster . I talked about the coordination with dpw and last time we came here we talked about theres a monthly principals meeting between mta and public works staff were literally going line by line that list of 24 projects and troubleshooting where they are and identifying whether its its its its its a contractual issue or permit issue and all the things that can trip up a project and its not just for the 24 projects but were learn
Coordination with dpw and last time we came here we talked about theres a monthly principals meeting between mta and public works staff were literally going line by line that list of 24 projects and troubleshooting where they are and identifying whether its its its its its a contractual issue or permit issue and all the things that can trip up a project and its not just for the 24 projects but were learning some blessings on how to avoid those mistakes in the future and thats a window in how the staff is working through the challenges in a proactive way rather than simply accepting a a delay is something thats unavoidable. Supervisor yee has a followup question to that. I think i might have asked this question prior to you coming, so there are other projects that are related to our vision zero and specifically through district 7s participating budging process and last year we were able to get funding for nine projects all Small Projects and requested that these projects be added to the
That all of our agencies can be doing together to make sure that were providing the best Transportation System possible for our students and having said that at this time before we may have other presenters speak i want to be sensitive to the time. We have many members of the public to speak and i would like to open Public Comment at this time and leave time for more discussion and questions after that. Thank you. So at this time opening up for Public Comment if you would like to speak please line up and approach the microphone. Yes and while folks are lining up commissioner mendoza wanted to make some additional points. Thank you. I just wanted to thank the director of facilities and david golden and nick director of sustainability who are here today and both acknowledged that we need Better Communications with mta so as the Board Members direct them to find the appropriate point person so you have a connection at the School District but i wanted to thank them for being here. Thank yo
All of the information and i know you didnt have a lot of time to do that so i appreciate the work. This is really a first step. We want to ensure that the dialogue and collaboration continues because i think there is a lot of work that all of our agencies can be doing together to make sure that were providing the best Transportation System possible for our students and having said that at this time before we may have other presenters speak i want to be sensitive to the time. We have many members of the public to speak and i would like to open Public Comment at this time and leave time for more discussion and questions after that. Thank you. So at this time opening up for Public Comment if you would like to speak please line up and approach the microphone. Yes and while folks are lining up commissioner mendoza wanted to make some additional points. Thank you. I just wanted to thank the director of facilities and david golden and nick director of sustainability who are here today and bo