Starting off low and moving in the right direction its might have and consistent we should continue that and get even better by focusing our Maintenance Programs on things like doors and steps and propulsion that represents the majority of details again, we cant get the new cars here soon enough but we have almost two years the public is excited they realize the potential for the cars on our outreach process to ask for input on 3 factors most importantly the comparison configuration got own 9 thousand responses we met lookeron the design well have that done by the end of the year some of the key Systems Integration issues well work through them and we want to move forward and make sure we stay on schedule to have the first car coming in december of 2016 and really in terms of transformation was it maples not just new, new is sometimes not better in this case its spectacularly better standpoint we even though up the procurement we looked at with 2 hundred and 60 cars long Term Contract and Great Communications from the signage to the announcement standpoint by most importantly from a performance level you see the current l l r v what the proposed siemens theyre a whole new generations and whole new way of doing business and great maintenance practice and great savings for the maintenance and reduced the time of details and maintenance because of the location of the components and the modules vs. The old ones were excited we feel that well really help us meet the needs of the future and really begin the process to make us what we believe will be the premier of the light rail system in the u. S. With that, i thank yourself time and happy to answer questions. Great. Thank you very much so you know we clearly have a path in terms of the new vehicles that are arriving i know that the agency is doing more and more to try to keep those vehicles in shape and keep a higher percentage of them in operation to increase our reliability and again, we have seen results sometimes the result are up and down i know earlier in the year there was accident and now more vehicles s are coming in so i guess the question is how this all sounds good but how can we avoid slipping obviously only so much control over accidents you train the operators to drive correctly but with the best driving theres going to be accidents and mechanic problems and given the small margin of error then we have with the l l r vs how can you maximize the chances of not slipping back again and also in the context of growing ridership like bart and caltrain and b c a is growing its ridership our population is growing where people want to ride transit so in two or three years from now more people trying to get on the trains than now and before the siemens arrive you cant expand the vehicles how should we be thinking about that. A couple of things on the vehicle side how to keep the car count up and reliability we focus on first of all, on the reliability side euphoric number one you dont look at our maintenance prevented active maintenance it is mileage based and the number of miles going up as ridership goimz goes up there will be expected to be more service in the next couple of years its important that the inspections be done on time and correctly and thoroughly so it gets really to good supervision or first level supervision that the investments we make and the benefits on over halls are driven at the components such doors and computation that are failing the most where the trucks where the brake we need to focus those forevers the schedules are very important we need to do more work on the schedules because were do have to schedule to what we have in the capacity and having a full compliment of operators who are putting service on the streets give us more flexibility in that regard but the scheduling and the detailed recovery strategy, if you will, it becomes very important and better supervision financially ill say the other thing were looking at and have the pilot going on which is critical to follow the city processes sometime and the acquisition of parts can be a long process especially, when you have vehicles like ours where many of the parts are no longer made and have to be mustards or purchased from say a supplier thats not close to San Francisco weve undertake a Pilot Program for better planning and focus our inventory that helps those kinds of things but most importantly from our standpoint the management and the supervision and the instant attention to keeping the service out there and making sure that we do our inspections and organ our workforce so we get work done in an efficient manner. Okay. I guess another question is when the first wave of siemens l l vs arrive in 2016 i believe and 2016. 24 or 28. 24 starting in december 2016 to 2018 and the t line the central subway in 2018. 2019. So those vehicles will be dedicated to the central subway or no, we dont do that with our real cars we operate the system because all of the lines go through the subway theyll be by the times, if you will, theres be substantial mileage so on any line in the system. At one point we were told the first wave would be the central subway but thats not the case as you no, it isnt the central subway will pay for a small autumn but not speculated to the subway. So once the central subway opens the t lines like the other lines will be siemens. Yes. Will they be able to link together or vehicles that are multiple car. They can mechanically couple so as opposed to training lining if its a two car train youll see the Power Systems and lighting through the two cars siemens will not be able to do that but if say awe probate were to break down and siemens were coming up they have the ability to come up to tow or push so in that sense youll not see a mixed fleet. So in 2015 we see the first one that are roll call into service. Yes. Early 2017 and well have 3 cars on the property so theoretically a 3 car train. Okay supervisor kim any questions. Okay. Thank you very much, sir. Any Public Comment on item 4 seeing none, Public Comment is closed okay. So sir, thank you and to the agency i know this is challenging aspect of the system but incredibly important and do everything we can to maximum misses the vehicles until the cars arrive with that, could we then continue or actually why not a motion to file item 4 well take that without objection. Well file item 4 madam clerk call item 5. Item 57 an ordinance mit the planning code and this is supported by supervisor chiu id like to add my name a cosponsor to item 5 and aaron starr from the Planning Department t is here. Thank you, supervisors aaron starr for the affairs the Planning Department item is before you to allow nor exemptions from the height limit for mechanic equipment on hospitals the proposed ordinance will ply to the structures with regard to height and the structures will have equipment without limitations as long as the following new equipment that cant be honoree the exposure and minimal endorse and necessary for the function of the building and no other feasible all of the elements the office stipulates that any outdated equipment must be removed prior to installation requested by the city of San Francisco their burn center in the bay area can update its Treatment Facilities and comply with the state protections the Department Thanks supervisor chiu for taking up the sponsoring it was heard by the Planning Commission over october 13th and adapted by. Unanimous vote that concludes my presentation. Thank you mr. Star any questions and okay Public Comment on item 5 seeing none, Public Comment is closed and can i have a motion to forward item 5 to the full board with a positive recommendation. So moved. Well take that without objection. Thats the order madam clerk, any other business before this committee . Theres no further business. Then were adjourned thank you good morning, today is november 25, 2014, welcome to the San FranciscoTransportation Authority. My name is john avalos, the chair of the authority, and today, this meeting is being clerked by our clerk, steve, if i can get the last name. Steve, stamos, thank you and, cell women to your first leading, clerking the Transportation Authority, the meeting is brought to us by the staff, and hegan and thank you for your service, steve, would you please, call the roll. Roll call . Avalos . Present. Breed. Here. Campos . Absent. Chiu. Here. Cohen . Absent. Farrell. Absent. Kim. Here. Mar. Absent. Tang . Present. Commissioner weiner. Present. Commissioner yee. Present. We have a quorum. Very good, and lets call the next item please . Item two, approve the minutes of the october, 21, 2014, meeting it is an action item. Questions on the minutes . Motion to approve. From commissioner weiner and we will go to Public Comment, and any member of the public that would like to comment. And seeing none, we will close Public Comment and we will take a roll call vote. Avalos . Aye. Breed. Aye. Campos . Absent. Chiu . Aye. Cohen . Absent. Farrell. Absent. Kim . Aye. Mar . Absent. Tang . Aye. Commissioner weiner . Aye. Yee . Aye. The item passes. Go on to the next item. Item three, chairs report, this is an information item. Thank you. Colleagues, the election early this month, marked two important milestones, for transportation in San Francisco. First voters sent a strong supportive message about the transportation funding and policy with the passage of propositions a and b and the transportation bond and funding measure and with the defeat of prop l, that sought to hold back the long standing policy, the transportation joins with the San FranciscoTransportation Authority and other city agencies in thanking the voters of San Francisco for supporting muchneeded investment in our citys local and regional transportation system. We look forward to rolling up our sleeves to help to deliver the improvements that will support our citys visioner zero, to drive the traffic fatalities to zero and, that will support reliability and improve Traffic Management and in the bikes and the walking grass across the city, in order to assure, broad based benefits i have also been seeking the sfmta assurance that will apply to the equity policy and analysis to propositions a and b, programs and i am hopeful that it will be supported i have actually called for a meeting or a hearing at the board of supervisors, to cover that very topic. Election night marked another major milestone for transportation in our city and it was 25 years ago, this november, that voters approved the first half cent tax known as proposition b and also created the Transportation Authority to administer the program and the local transportation sales tax that was reauthorized in three and renamed, proposition k, helps to pay for projects large and small across San Francisco, speaking on behalf of my colleagues on the board, we are grateful that the voters with allowed the Transportation Authority to have the half cent sales tax, every dollar, helps to attract more in state and federal and local funds, all of the programs outlined in the proposition k, plan, generate the benefits city wide and the major capitol projects are all moving forward including a rebuild, or a rebuild of the parkway and the subway extension to china town, and the Transbay Transit Center and cal train electrickfiation as well as the bus and networks and looking around the city and in my own district, i can see evidence of a transportation evidence work of agencies and the community, from the ongoing improvements and new generations of vehicles at the balboa park bart station, and the plan studies and the Capital Improvements that emerge from them. We also celebrate, 25 years of Community Safety and safe routes to transit and kaoul and significant problem kay support of any transit program. And i know that our executive director has some special come menive activities, planned. And the colleagues on the board in the coming months to review the many accomplishments of the Transportation Authority. We will highlight the tradition of accountability and transparency and community, involvement here at the da and celebrate improvements in all san franciscans have benefited from, and look ahead to shaping our long range transportation vision, for the city and delivering the next century of transportation improvements and for now, let me wish the Transportation Authority, a happy 25th birthday, and to each of you and for for our public, watching from home, have a safe and happy thanksgiving holiday. Thank you, very much and that concludes my remarks. And if we have no comments, from colleagues, we will go on to Public Comment, and any member of the public that would like to comment on thit em come forward and seeing none, we will close Public Comment. And go on to the next item. Item four, executive directors report, this is an information item. Good morning, chair avalos, i am please to present my monthly report, which is on your desks, and thank you again, for recognizing the tremendous out comes for transportation and in the november elections together with the sfmta and all of the partners and agencies were delighted and want to echo our thanks to the residents and voters of San Francisco for providing us more resources to improve transportation. And as well, we will be presenting you with really fun, and wonderful come menive activists to tell brait the 25th anniversary of the Transportation Authority in the next month or so. On cap and trade to lead off the report today, we are glad that the final definition of the result, for how the regulations will be developed have come out, and we saw some movement to help with how these will effect San Francisco based on our advocacy and we recognize that there will be three census tracks that will qualify for socalled, Disadvantaged Community status, and this is or an improvement over the initial version that only identified one potential eligible census track and so there are three and the tender loin and the soma and the bay view hunters points and the tracks that will qualify for that status, and the growth, council really stressed the guidelines for the Affordable Housing sustain able grant programs. And here, we still have more work to do and we are trying to shape those together with other city and regional agencies we are working very closely with the Mayors Office and abag and atc and management agencies, to insure that this is a program that can be smoothly implemented and administratively not too difficult to try to combine the formal housing with transportation programs, to meet the states Greenhouse Gas emissions targets. The hopeful sign is that they have delayed a meeting to consider the guidelines, to revise those, in response to the public input, and so that that meeting will happen in january, and we will be able to report back next year to see how that shakes out. The other state wide issue and regional issue that we have been working hard on is the cal train electrickfiation program and there is progress and we want to appreciate chair kim who heads the transbay and the joint power board meetings as well as the Land Use Committee of the board of supervisors will be holding hears on this toing. And the program, at the top priority for us as well as for many of the partners in the region and there is a critical, assessment choice before the jpb on the Vehicle Selection it replace the Current Fleet with the electric vehicles, and here we want to be sure that the future fleet will be compatible with the high speed rail, operation and the platform or the vehicle high is the key issue and cal train and high speed have become engaged and working closely and we are seeing the hopeful signs and we are hoping that that does lead to a truly operatable system with the shared platform and vehicle, height, to enable reliable operations of both systems. Also consider approval for the cal train system and we will see it in december, at the board of supervisors and the transportation plans and Programs Committee, moving on transbay, Transit Center celebrated an above ground milestone to first deal that was put in place and i was pleased to join the celebration this month to celebrate the progress being made on that project and in addition, the focus on the future conference happened, which is the annual meeting of the sales tax county, and the projects like transbay, a major capitol projects that the voters are improving and helping us to implement those up and down the state. And those are hosted in santa clara and linking transportation through the future through technology and on the new way and innovative ways of managing the system, including the development of the managed lanes on the freeway network. We did hear from secretary, brian kelley and the members of the California Department of transportation as well as ma