Announcer sfgov tv. San francisco government television. In over a month. Our clerk is angela tsao. If you could please call the roll. Clerk chair peskin, may i make an announcement how to Public Comment during this meeting. Chair peskin absolutely. Clerk Public Comment will be available for each item on this agenda via telephone by calling 888 2045987. And when prompted, entering access code 2858465. As seen on the screen. Then follow the system prompts. Youll be able to listen to the meeting as a participant. When you wish to speak on an item, dial 10 to be added to the queue to speak. Each caller will be allowed two minutes to speak. When your two minutes are up, we will move on to the next caller. Calls will be taken in the order of which they are received. Best practices are to speak slowly, clearly, and turn the down your television. Please allow for audio visual delays and 30second lag time during the course of the meeting. Item 1. Chair peskin go ahead and call the roll. Clerk commissioner. Supervisorfewer . Supervisor fewer present. Clerk commissioner haney . Hay supervisor haney present. Reporter commissioner mandelman . Man absent. Commissioner mar . Mar absent. Commissioner peskin. Chair peskin present. Reporter commissioner preston . Supervisor preston present. Reporter commissioner ronen . Supervisor ronen present. Reporter commissioner safai . Supervisor safai present. Clerk commissioner stefani . Supervisor stefani present. Clerk commissioner walton . Supervisor walton present. Clerk commissioner yee . Ie absent. We have quorum. Chair peskin because we are a subdivision of the state of california, the next item, which madam clerk will read, is noticed pursuant to state law and the governors executive order. Madam clerk, can you please read item number two. Clerk acknowledge and adopt meet notice and meeting conduct requirements pursuant to the governors executive order n2920. This is an action item. Chair peskin okay. Councillor, anything that you would like to add on this item . Thank you, chair peskin. Im tmy name is jill javy, council for the Transportation Authority. On march 18th, 2020, the government issued executive order n2920, authorizing policy bodies, such as the Transportation Authority, to meet by teleconference without having a physical Meeting Place for members of the public. Provided that the public may observe or listen and offer a Public Comment in the telephoneically or from other means. The orders requiring people to stay safe at home, the Transportation Authority requests that the commissioners acknowledge and adopt the remote meeting procedures, permitted by the governors executive order, to permit the Transportation Authority to adhere to these important Public Health safety measures. And not hold an inperson meeting or provide physical locations for members of the public to congregate during this Public Health emergency. Thank you. Chair peskin thank you, ms. Javy. Any Public Comment on any number 2 . Clerk there is no Public Comment at this time. Chair peskin okay. Well close Public Comment. Is there a motion to adopt, as described by our attorney, motion by supervisor safai supervisor safe. Chair peskin is there a second for that motion. Is that supervisor walton . Supervisor walton correct. Chair peskin seconded by the one and only on supervisor walton. Madam clerk, roll call, please. [roll call]. Commissionermar . Absent. Commissioner peskin . Chair peskin aye. Clerk commissioner safai . Supervisor safai aye. Clerk commissioner walton . Supervisor walton aye. Clerk commissioner yee . Yee absent. We have approval of item 2. Chair peskin thank you. Ill move on to the chairs report. Colleagues and members of the public, it is good to convene with you, albeit virtually, as the t. A. Again is back in session, as i mentioned earlier. Our last meeting was on march the 10th. And then we had to suspend. We are now meeting again and well continue to do so through this entire episode. And although we temporarily halted our meetings, staff and i have been responding to the daytoday business of the authority and continue to partner with our respective agencies. Were also monitoring Revenue Streams and coordinating closely with the city to assess short and medium term financial impacts. And obviously while we expect our sales tax and other funds to be significantly affected, going forward, im pleased to report that the t. A. s Strong Financial position ensures that we can continue to meet, sponsors cash flow needs for a multitude of needs across the city. The most immediate needs, due to the pandemic, have been no surprise for our transit systems and the riders who depend on them. I particularly want to thank the sfmta director of transportation jeff tomlin and transit director Julie Kirschbaum for the Rapid Response to the challenging conditions of the past month. And having the wherewithal to take tough decisions to restructure service to maintain as much access as possible for the public, while protecting operators and their health and safety. Transit operators, maintenance workers and other frontline staff here and across the region are working very, very hard to maintain access for essential workers. And others trying to get to workings get food, get to doctors and medical establishments across the city. And i really want to express our collective thanks to all of them here today. Id also like to thank and acknowledge Speaker Pelosi and our entire federal bay area delegation for their advocacy and leadership on behalf of transit procedures and their reminders. As we all know, on march 27th, the federal coronavirus aid relief and Economic Security act, commonly known as cares phase three, was approved, providing 25 billion for transit agencies to help respond to the impacts of the pandemic. The bay area will receive 1. 3 billion to be distributed by the m. T. C. , to the regions transit operators. And thank you to director chang and her staff for working with our transit partners and to m. T. C. Commissioner ronen to help shape the process, in a way that prioritizes the most transitdependent riders in the region. I know we will also continue to work with the city and the region to provide input on the next step of legislative initiatives to help further give relief to local governments and transportation agencies, including potential capital stomach lus funds at both the federal and state levels. In closing, i would really like to acknowledge that the needs here in the transportation sector, as with other sectors, far exceed the services. Ive asked staff to work with all of your offices and our Partner Agencies to see how we can find Additional Resources and creative ways to respond to the most pressing challenges. Staff will also be reviewing past funding and program actions, as i have asked them with sponsoring agencies to ensure and reevaluate that we are prioritizing things correctly at this time. Thank you, colleagues for your time today. And for your support going forward. And with that are there any members of the public who would like to comment on the chairs report . Clerk there are no public callers at this time. Safai is now exiting. Chair well, that must have been a great speech. Can we go to the executive directors report . Dr. Chang. Thank you, chair peskin. Can folks hear me . Okay, thank you so much, chair peskin, and to all Board Members for your leadership and caring for our city in these unprecedented times. I would like to thank you chair for being available throughout the period to advise me and guide us as we transition to the Virtual Operations of the agency over the last several weeks. Since midmarch, as chair mentioned, weve been operating as a virtual office, sheltering in place and complying with all of these all of the Public Health orders, suspending our outreach and really minimizing the Board Operations until today. So were happy to convene with you all. During this time we have continued to work to support Infrastructure Project delivery, funding as the chair mentioned, and longrange infrastructure plans. We do want to be prepared, for example, for potential Federal Capital funding bills and the like. And well continue to work with our partners to ensure that we are we are ready. We are hosting Transportation AuthorityBoard Meetings at this time. And other essential public meetings. Our Citizens Advisory Committee meetings should resume in may and well consult with chair yee and haney to discuss reviewing our vision zero and Treasure Island meetings as well. In the meantime, we advise the public to please visit our cast at www. Sfmta. Org events to view our meetings and for the latest updates. Since chair mentioned the federal update, i just want to move to the regional update briefly. Since the fall of last year, as you know, theres been a regional effort to discuss the potential regional funding measure, commonly known as the Coalition Proposal led by spurberry, council and Silicon Valley leadership group. They were working with senator bells office on potentially preparing that for november 2020. And in this timeframe, they have suspended that effort. Senator bell may still be working on the bill to authorize a future ballot initiative. But no measure will be heading to the November Ballot at this time. Nonetheless, significant needs do remain for other regional measures. Housing advocates i believe are seeking regional potential regional measure for the november 2020 ballot and well continue to track that work. And finally there had been also authorization for caltrain to put a regional revenue measure and all of the partners to put that on the November Ballot as well. Earlier this month, the transboard of directors gave support for that, just to keep that possibility in place. But other agencies have deferred consideration of this item to at least may, pending further regional discussion. Moving to delivery, i just wanted to mention a couple of updates, some positive updates. Projects are continuing to be delivered. In fact, this is a good time to undertake some of the essential safety and Construction Maintenance projects around the city and the region. Caltran paved holloway to john n daly boulevard. The city implements the liability projects on 19th avenue, further up towards lincoln and even further up towards it park presidio. The state will repave those segments, again after the city completes the combined safety and other work in 2020 and 2022. Another update is caltrans of the bridge deck replacement project. We greatly the district 4 and director tony tavares for accelerating this project by over two months, to take advantage of the decreased traffic, amid our shelterinplace order. The project was slated to begin on july 5th, but will now come in on april 25th, with the goal of replacing the northbound and southbound excuse me, the goal of replacing the deck, the concrete bridge deck by early may. This entails diversion of both northbound and southbound traffic. Please stay tuned for updates on that. You may come to our website or caltran for details on the construction and detour plans. Finally, sfmta has completed replacement of its charlie bus fleet. An entire transit fleet in quarter three. We had been providing funding all the way through the last several years. This includes the electric trolley coaches, as well as the final electric motor coaches from new flyer. And, of course, today we have an item as well that is consent for the l. R. V. , the muni l. R. V. For the replacement fee. With that, i conclude my report. Thank you. Chair peskin thank you. Are there any questions for our executive director . I dont see any names on the roster. Is there any Public Comment on the executive directors report . Clerk there is no Public Comment. Chair peskin okay. Then Public Comment is closed. Thank you, madam executive director. Madam clerk, could you please read the consents agenda. Clerk item number 514 comprise the Consent Agenda. Item 614 were approved at the march 10th Board Meeting and are now being considered for final approval. The remaining items are considered routine. That does not plan to present on the items, but are prepared to present, if desired. If a member objects, any of the consent items may be removed and considered separately. And just a reminder, that Public Comment can be made by telephone by calling 888 2045987, entering access code 2858465. As seen on the screen, then follow the system prompts. If you wish to provide comment on a particular item, please dial 10 as soon as you hear the item called. When it is your turn to speak, you will hear an announcement that your line is unmuted and the operator will stay welcome caller, your two minutes begin now. Thats your cue to start talking. Chair peskin thank you, madam clerk. And before i ask for a motion, i would like to note that commissioner mandelman has been able to get on. Commissioner yee and commissioner mar, thus far, have not. So i would like to make a motion to excuse commissioners im sorry . Excuse me, chair. I think my name is on the roster for the Consent Agenda. Chair peskin im not at that yet. I see your name on the roster at 1026. Before we do the concept agenda, i would like to make a motion to excuse commissioners mar and yee from voting on the Consent Agenda, is there a second for that motion . Second. Commissioner preston. Chair can we have a roll call on that motion . Clerk yes. Commissioner fewer . Supervisor fewer aye. Clerk commissioner haney . Supervisor haney ay. Clerk commissioner mandelman . Supervisor mandelman aye. Clerk commissioner peskin . Chair peskin aye. Reporter commissioner preston . Supervisor preston aye. Clerk commissioner ronen . Supervisor ronen aye. Clerk commissioner safai . Satisfy aye. Clerk commissioner walton . Supervisor walton aye. Clerk commission we have approval. Chair peskin thank you, madam clerk. Before i call on commissioner fewer, any Public Comment on the minutes of march 10th, which is item number 5 on the Consent Agenda . Clerk there are no comments. Chair peskin Public Comment is closed. Commissioner fewer . Supervisor fewer i want to an item on the Consent Agenda. Chair peskin okay. Which item would you like to sever. Item no. 9. Chair peskin do we have a motion to balance 58 and 1014 . So moved. Supervisor walton. Chair peskin a second for the motion . Second, mandelman. Chair on that item, a roll call, please. Clerk i am seeing that we need to redo a Public Comment on item 9. This is jill javy. You may go ahead and make a roll call vote on the Consent Agenda, which is items 58 and 1014. Chair peskin on that item made and seconded, a roll call, please. Clerk commissioner fewer . Supervisor fewer aye. Clerk commissioner haney . Supervisor haney aye. Clerk commissioner mandelman . Supervisor mandelman ay. Reporter commissioner clerk commissioner walton . Supervisor walton aye. Clerk there is approval on the remainder of the consent calendar. Chair peskin can you please read item number 9. Clerk allocate 60,732,027 in prop k sales tax fund, with conditions for the laelj vehicle procurement. This is an action item. Chair peskin commissioner fewer, would you like a roll call on this item . Supervisor fewer yes, sir. Chair peskin okay. A motion, first of all, for item number 9. Supervisor mandelman will move it. Chair peskin made by mandelman, seconded by . Supervisor stefani self will second. Chair peskin seconded by commissioner stefani on that item. A roll call, please. Clerk chair, we need Public Comment on item 9. Chair peskin we do . Clerk thats what im hearing from the legal counsel, sir. Chair peskin counselor, please explain. Counselor, javy, the floor was yours. This was subject to Public Comment at the last meeting. But i will obviously we will defer to your guidance. I dont see why this needs Public Comment . Chair peskin, i recommend we go ahead and take Public Comment, because we severed it from the Consent Agenda. Chair peskin okay. Ill argue with you with this offline. With that any Public Comment on item number 9 . Clerk there is no Public Comment at this time. Chair peskin Public Comment is closed. And there is a motion. Roll call please. Clerk commissioner fewer . Supervisor fewer no. Clerk commissioner haney . Supervisor haney aye. Clerk commissioner mandelman . Supervisor mandelman aye. Clerk commissioner peskin . Chair peskin aye. Clerk commissioner preston . Supervisor preston aye. Cl