This year and plus a second position thats dedicated to the Historic Preservation commission so weve added two and another two next year. I agree its not as high as it could be but its a balancing act we see the efficiencies and collaboration and reporting back and forth you might have more information im in support of having this department acquit well staffed. We only hear it when its too late. Back to my comments i would personally be interested to hear in detail about the grants thats a small part of the persuasion but i would be interested to hear about this we never get the details and never hear about why you win awards. Lastly as youre describing the general planning Environment Planning etc. , i would be interested to hear a little bit more of how particularly the first 2 items currently planning and citywide planning collaborate and overlap. Commissioner sugaya. Yes. Lets see under 8 staff positions that are authorized or whatever but noted funded directly and the new 11 posi
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Modernizing our Transportation System to meet the future needs of the bay area is a strong caltrain and that includes electrification, it includes highspeed rail and of course it includes extending caltrain and highspeed rail to the transbay terminal. And, so, were going to hear an update today and well, colleagues, if there are no introductory remarks, well hear from john ram, director of planning. Thank you, supervisors. John ram with the Planning Department. Im very much pleased to be here today. I think this is a hugely important project for the city, has major longterm implications. And i think frankly its a sign of our progress that the planning director is making this a Planning Project not [speaker not understood]. It is a hugely important project how we think about planning these days to link transportation and land use. So, thank you for this opportunity. I just want to start by doing something that we do a lot lately, which is to talk about why its important to do this. Thes
Status of San Franciscos participation in the electrification of caltrain and highspeed rail. As we just heard in our last item, we have some very, very significant challenges around transportation, not just in San Francisco, but in the bay area as a whole. And a key part of improving and modernizing our Transportation System to meet the future needs of the bay area is a strong caltrain and that includes electrification, it includes highspeed rail and of course it includes extending caltrain and highspeed rail to the transbay terminal. And, so, were going to hear an update today and well, colleagues, if there are no introductory remarks, well hear from john ram, director of planning. Thank you, supervisors. John ram with the planning department. Im very much pleased to be here today. I think this is a hugely important project for the city, has major longterm implications. And i think frankly its a sign of our progress that the planning director is making this a Planning Project not [sp
And a key part of improving and modernizing our Transportation System to meet the future needs of the bay area is a strong caltrain and that includes electrification, it includes highspeed rail and of course it includes extending caltrain and highspeed rail to the transbay terminal. And, so, were going to hear an update today and well, colleagues, if there are no introductory remarks, well hear from john ram, director of planning. Thank you, supervisors. John ram with the planning department. Im very much pleased to be here today. I think this is a hugely important project for the city, has major longterm implications. And i think frankly its a sign of our progress that the planning director is making this a Planning Project not [speaker not understood]. It is a hugely important project how we think about planning these days to link transportation and land use. So, thank you for this opportunity. I just want to start by doing something that we do a lot lately, which is to talk about wh