And again, its at the early stages but i did see the announcement and would very much like that to be included in future updates. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any members of the public who would like to comment on this item . Chair, there is no Public Comment. Ok, Public Comment is closed and there is no action to be taken and so we can move on to the next item. Item 6, allocate 11,230,724 in sale tax funds and 1,043,89, 1,043,898 and double a Registration Fee fund with conditions. This is an action item. Miss leport. Good morning. Chair, are you able to see my slides . Yes, we are. Super. So the first of the three requests presented today is for the annual funding that the sale tax Program Provides to the paraprogram and weve been supporting this Program Since 2004 and there are a suite of services that mta offers as part of the Paratransit Program, most of which are still operating, of course, with declining ridership or lower ridership to the tune of 70 to 80 overall. Over the last quarter of fiscal year 1920, th 1920, include thei Incentive Program for Taxi Services to have wheelchairs, as well as other services, including the essential trip card program that was for launched to provide services to folks to seniors and disabled, as well as the shoparound shuttle, with access to Grocery Stores with assistance. The temporary suspended programs include the a inning go shuttle which provides access to cultural events and folks with common destinations. There are services that would provide for covidrelated activities to be offered by the Paratransit Program and Service Levels with increase, even if ride every shiridership is downd additional drivers is vehicles to operate the Service Levels that are required at this point. And so, we are expecting to see some costs go up, propk funds about 30 of the program overall. The next funding reques requestm the sfmta and this is for green paint and safehit post replace. Threplacement. This is foyou can call 311 oro the sf311. Org website to log a location where you would like improvements made and they are based at least for the protected bikeway network, theyre prioritized where that network currently exists and, also, for quickbuild locations are going in, as well, so that theres a safety measure that are in state of good repairs as other improvements are put into place. The last of the three requestions is for the prop double a vehicle Registration Fee fund for just over a Million Dollars for the new poles, the new bus stop signs and also for the munibranded solar powered lighting at the top of these signs. These would be improvements done on a routebyroute basis. The lines would be im going to pull up a revised map. Thithere are a map of locations that has been distributed and mta includes a couple of additional lines and they were distributed earlier or late last week and they reflect some requests that we have heard from board members, as well as additional input from the transit Operations Group at mta and so this these ar these are t would improve this funding. Overall, there are 89 lines currently in this sftas service portfolio. However, with each route taking a month to implement the new signage ad, it will take several years and mta is prioritizing the active lines that are currently operating in service right now in order to receive these upgrades, as well as prioritizing other muni equity lines. And with that, i can answer my questions or we have several project managers that are here, as well, who are able to answer questions. Thank you. Are there any questions from members . Commissioner yee . This is about the paratransit and as you mentioned, they have to worry about distancing and there would be fewer passengers per trip, i guess. And at least if the past, my understanding of how it gets reimbursed is per passenger. And so, have there been any adjustments in regards to the reimbursement for passengers loading up like they used to . I would like to ask Jonathan Chang who is the Program Manager to respond to your question. I do know that while jonathan is coming online or another sfmta staff member could address the question, there are costs that are associated with the negotiated Paratransit Service contract that are ridebased. So, we are likely to see cost savings for the program because ridership was lower and so how that would impact the 2021 contract is that if ridership is low, there will be cost savings and that is true. Prop k is a portion of the funding plan and so, the savings born by prop k would be a reflection of the proportional share of the total funding plan and so with 35 of the funding plan, the savings would be reflected into prop k. But lets see here, just taking time while sfmta staff is experiencing difficulties yes, if ridership is significantly lower, there will be cost savings associated with that. So im sorry, my question wasnt about cost savings. My question, really my understanding of how the Companies Get reimbursed for their services per ridership per person. Because i went through this several years ago to increase the reimbursements for the west side because of the distances people have to go and so if they were able to have, lets say, six passengers in the group, once upon a time, they could have two, then it makes sense that we should otherwise they will go out of business, right . Youre basically only theyre getting only a third of the money at this point. And so, the question is, are we going to adjust the payment for services per passenger if thats the case because this will cost them more to actually move one passenger from one place to another than reduce the costs . Well follow up and get back to you before the next board meeting, if thats ago, supervisor yee. Yes. Im just throwing out the question and i want to make sure they take that into consideration. Commissioner preston. Thank you, chair. I just wanted to thank the team for their flexibility and the dialogue around specifically around the signage Enhancement Program and appreciate you taking our input and we were very pleased to see them including the equity lines that they include the 22 philmore and 38 gary which were important to our office and i just wanted to convey our thanks. Thank you, commissioner preston. Are there any other members who have questions or comments on item 6 . Seeing none, is there any Public Comment on this item . There is Public Comment. Operator you have one question remaining. First speaker, please. Speaker hi. I just wanted to say, im kind of concerned about the muni signage thats going on on generally the more frequent routes where theres already insufficient signage. Maybe reallocating that signage so it would go to routes like 36, that they dont have very good signage for most of the routes. Thank you. Are there any other additional comments . There is no additional comment. Public comment is closed. Is there a motion for item number 6 . Moved, fewer. Is there a second . Second, yee. Seconded by commissioner yee. On that motion, a role call, please. role call . The item passes on its first reading. Next item. Item 7, adopt the geneva san jose study final report into planning and this is an action item. Mr. Dwight, good morning. One moment to pum u pull up a s. Still no . No. Dustin, would you like anna to share for you. . There we go. My apologies. Good morning, chair and commissioners. This is dustin white. Im pleased to be here to present the report for district 11, san jose study sponsored by commissioner safais office. Just to or intelligent everybody quickly. This is known to many as the balboa park station. Its a very busy intermodal hub, one of the busiest bart stations outside of downtown San Francisco. This study was an opportunity for the mta to coordinate with several ongoing projects located directly at this intersection, notably the proposed Housing Development at the upper yard located right here, as well as barts ongoing modernization efforts and barts plans to create a new plaza, closing off a portion of this roadway here and then lastly, the ongoing efforts by the recreation and Parks Department to renovate the geneva powerhouse for community uses, located here and they are, as i understand, weret to finish construction on the first phase of that project. And a big focus of this study was looking at the mline stop expose tryinstopsand trying to t accessibility of those stops. The photos on this slide, the first two photos show the first inbound stop and its not up to modern standards. The boarding island is not long enough to accommodate a twocar train, requires passengers to walk through the middle of the street, connect to a crosswalk and the Pedestrian Access route to get to that boarding island. The accessible wheelchair lift located on this boarding island is a very dated mechanical lift system, which is prone to breakdowns in th. In the opposite direction, theres the outbreak stop where passengers are let off in the middle of the street and intend to cross midblock as they walk toward the balboa park station and this is seeking a solution to this, what we consider pretty acceptable transit situation. Ill just briefly highlight the big picture recommendations that the study is making and this slide north is to the right, so the art station is located here and this big blue area is the proposed upperyard Housing Development giving you an idea of what bart is proposing with its plaza project. And what the mta is recommendi g as solution to the mline is the construction of some very large transit boldouts in orange and that would include accessible boarding ramps. And this would enable the mline to both pick up and drop off passengers directly on to the sidewalk and it would prevent the ability of vehicular traffic to pass trains if theyre picking up and dropping off passengers. It would improve the accessibility of the stops and it would also enable the creation of sort of a new transit gateway, so to speak by taking advantage of the project area. And we think it would greatly enhance the safety and also reliability of the train because right now trains coming northbound making their final stop, if they have the person who requires the assistance of an accessible boarding platform, would have to travel an additional two blocks north to senica avenue, which is a great inconvenience to the passenger, of course, but it also has real negative impacts on muni reliability because it takes selfminutes for the traiseveras to make that manoeuvr and go back into service. The next step is to investigate the hydraulic structural feasibility of the proposed platforms. There are some Pedestrian Safety recommendations also coming out of the study at the san jose geneva intersection. In particular, theres one involving separating right turn movements from pedestrian crossings. And weve only just begun really investigating what this will cost, but a high level preliminary estimate is fairly high, roughly 10 million and were hopeful that threw the engineering feasibility, that cause potentially comes down and we do have about 1. 7 million programmed in prop k over the next two years to move this work forward and, obviously, that wont get us all the way through construction. A funding plan is something that will be required. And with that, im happy to answer any questions. Commissioner safai, any questions or comments . I was going to make a few comments. First up, let me say thank you to the sfmta and the Transportation Authority and public works and others and Community Members as balanc balk plan was started. This goes back 12 years. So essentially, what dustin was saying, designed to neatly coordinate and bring many of the different projects together in that area and it is a pretty dangerous intersection. When we move the from that disae will be have to be changes. I think with the improvement on the plaza and we got that final funding, about a 9 million upgrade and so, that will make this more attractive to everyone involved. Theres a lot of engagement of Community Members with bart and partners and all of the different groups that have been involved in this transportation upgrade. Sfmtas Advisory Committee and we had a couple of Public Forums and popups and i want to recognise and appreciate the work that has been done on that. Weve put in a significant number of speed humps and well do that with the second round. This intersection is the compliments of many different modes of transportation and many different bus lines and many different light rails, utilized by a tremendous number of students and workers and i think its the busiest bart station outside of San Franciscos downtown core. And you feel it. If youre there in the morning, you see the cars, the children, you see students and everybody coming together on multiple lines. Thank you to everybody for their hard work. Commissioner fewer. Thank you, chair. I just have one question. Where might the funding for this project come from as thi . And im wondering what are some of the Funding Sources . Mr. White . Ill have to defer to my colleagues with the Transportation Authority on that question. Ive not really been engaged in that funding discussion to date. Miss chang. I dont know, anna, did you want to pop in on this one . I think commissioner fewer, this is a hardwoo good question. Many questions could be brought to this project and its a matter of looking at it in the overall priorities. Theres a fair argument that this is a state of repair and this is what all operators get based on ridership and theres bond money that the current bond, as well as future bonds. And prop k is another source. Theres a lot of funds programmed and they are laid off already as we undergo the Strategic Plan process, the update for that might be an opportunity to reconsider where this falls within the Overall Agency priority. I will say that as a 10 million price tag, its something thats very conservative and based on just a conceptual layout. Weve engaged with dpw to bring some real numbers to that, to help us really have a better understanding of what the need will be. Ill just chime in. This is anna. There will probably be a medley of different fundin fundsmedleye and another source providing a match for phase funding so that design can be completed expect project can position itself well for competitive construction phase grants. Theres prop aa vehicle, Registration Fee safety funds, looking at reauthorization and figuring out the Sales Tax Program and where the priorities will fall and then affordable housing, sustainable communities, which is a grant that the upper Yard Development and bart plaza was successful in obtaining and those are ongoing Funding Sources, as far as availability in the future. Thank you. Thank you, commissioner. Are there any members of the public who would like to testify on this item . There is no Public Comment. Commissioner safai, would you like to make a motion to adopt the study . So move. Is there a second for that motion . Second. Seconded by commissioner mandelman and on that motion, a role call, please. role call . The item passes on its first reading. Thank you, next item, please. Angela, youre on mute. My apologies. Item 8, approve the fiscal year 20202021 Transportation Fund for cleanair program of projects. This is an action item. Mr. Pickford. There is a surcharge on Motor Vehicles and this will improve air quality. 60 of the funds are managed by the air district for regional district programs and 40 by the city of San Francisco. We had 812,000 available this year and we received six applications requesting about 1. 7 million. All tfca projects must be a type defined by the air district and must meet a corresponding cost threshold. Policies do not include guidance and our local criteria approved in february instructing us to look at project type, emissions reduced expect readiness of the project, especially as most projects are to be completed in too years and zero emissions are the First Priority and this is a list of the other local expenditure criteria. Of the requests we received, we are recommending fully funding two requests and partially funding two requests to use the full amount of funds available. And first up, sf environments and purchase ride home program. This encourages commuter commuts provides a taxi ride home in case of an emergency and the idea is that people wont drive to work just in case. And so, even if theres a flat bike tire, they know they can get home to take care of a sick kid. Next up, shortterm bike parking to install about 1200 bike racks around San Francisco at locations that are requested and that are identified proactively by project managers. Our recommendation is to partially fund this project due to the suspended funds and because this is scalable and supplemented with sources such as prop k. Next is a battery electric shuttle. This was in the park that connects to various destinations including muni stops and it would replace one of the gas shuttles with a battery electric bus and we are re