Transcripts For SFGTV Commission On Community Investment And

Tang absent, j yeast present. We have a quorum thank you mr. Clerk please read the next item item 2 chairmans report information item good morning colleagues want to open up this month report with some good news. I have the honor of joining my colleagues from districts nine, 10 and 11 commissioners ronen ronen and safai that sums up the importance of Community Funding the Transportation Authority as we finally cut the ribbon last month on the onemile stretch of pedestrian and bicycle goods on mans out that the committee has been working on for some seven years. The first of its kind in San Francisco and was a true interagency collaborative effort led by park and recreation with the support of the ta San Francisco mta and public words and Strong Community participation by the mclaren parks collaborative walk sf, and the San Francisco bicycle coalition. The 6. 8 million vision 0 city and st. Skating project reconfigured to fastmoving lanes to protected by ken pedestrian pathway sidewalk extensions and was last in the series of improvements to the recreational open space in the mclaren park. The key eight provided a percent of the funds would prop kc tax vehicle Registration Fees and federal grant funds. I want to give a special acknowledgment to the former chair of the spotty former district 11 Supervisor John Avalos worked tirelessly with the Community Commissioners cohen and cobbel was to realize this project at the mans oh project truly shows that we can successfully move both Infrastructure Projects when theres a robust and engaged Community Planning process coupled with smart local investments not looking for to help fund similar projects in all our districts. My staff will be following up with each and every one of you in the coming days to identify projects in your districts and your priorities and i very much would like to sit down with each of you to ensure the ta is responsive developer city of infrastructure and programming needs in every district. Speaking of the power of community organizing, i want to briefly recognize the addition of a full pedestrian scramble signal at the dangerous intersection of kearney and clay in chinatown where sadly, in 2015 a senior resident [inaudible] was killed. After broadbased coalition of stakeholders spent years identifying the need for pedestrian scramble signals in the dense hyper traffic neighborhood of chinatown, sf mta agreed to the full installation and we celebrate the turning the light on last week i especially want to thank tom acquire an entire Engineering Team at sf mta for the quick work to implement this vision zero implement. I would also like to announce the makeup of the Vision Zero Committee while later on in the agenda we will talk about merging the plans and programs and finance committees into a committee of the whole in essence. I want to keep the Vision Zero Committee, pointing commissioner norman yee two chairman of the committee with that given his strong record of vision zero advocacy and policy were. Commissioner safai has agreed to serve as vice chairman and i have agreed to serve as the third member of the body which will continue to meet on an ad hoc basis. I know we will be hearing commissioner yee resolution on automated Speed Enforcement at the next ta meeting im excited to see our local body push our state legislature do more to save lives locally. In my second term in office back in 2007 i was the lead sponsor for what became proposition a increase funding for the sfmta eighth parking receipts and enforcement. I continue to believe that transportation is one of the most important public assets that local government can sustain and invest in and its time to renew our conversations around sustainable progressive revenue. I spoke a little bit about this at our last meeting but excited to be cochairing the citys Transportation Task force 2045 which begin meeting next month. Thank you to pres. Breed by hsu partner for helping get this conversation started and to the Community Stakeholders party stepped up to offer feedback on what has worked in the past and what has not worked. This is a conversation that is been kicking around for years this time around we will get it done right. This will not be owned by any one individual and in fact will be inclusive transparent and collaborative effort with a singular focus to identify a winning sustainable aggressive Revenue Source that will fund longterm streets and transit Infrastructure Operations and upgrades. We are going to be in it to win it this time around and im delighted to see so much energy already around this prostitute of the twocar out sometime at upcoming meetings to keep you all apprised of our progress welcome your thoughts and input it speaking of funding news, maybe you saw them mclaren ross these couple weeks ago detailing that United States transportation sec. Alain child decided to hold funds for caltrain electrification. At least into the administration can develop and send its goal the school year 18 budget to the congress. I know that this is been frustrating is and i ask that caltrain, and present electrification project update at our next ta meeting. Will continue to our departure for the region and state to advance electrification so that we have cleaner quieter faster and more frequent Caltrain Service and eventually bring caltrain and highspeed rail into the heart of San Francisco. I know that you all share my commitment to making a strategic longterm investments in ensuring the spotty also fulfills its fiduciary response ability to our residents with strong fiscal oversight. Yesterday as you are think also in todays paper caltrain announced its intent to extend its electrification contracts for four months using this project budget contingency in an effort to keep the project alive. We will receive a full status update from staff at the next meeting. And that translate joint Powers Authority next phase of design work we downtown extension project ive asked for information on both projects budgets and oversight and i welcome every commissioners input as to what you would like to see in these presentations. In addition will be hearing from the Planning Department on the railyard alternatives and i to 80 boulevard Feasibility Study which is examining alternative ways to tunnel the dts below 60th st. In mission bay. I have asked for presentationive asked for presentation evokes on the evaluation of primark and criteria for choosing a locally preferred alignment. I know some of you already been on a walking tour but by planning staff am looking forward to attending the same this friday. If youve not done so i hope you will. This is a decision, colleagues, that is going to last for the next 100 years so we need to get it right. Finally i want to thank the members of this body the strong discussion around engagement at our last full Commission Meeting get your feedback was very helpful and before you today you have revisions to our administrative code and rules of order which reflect, i believe, the desire of this body to be more collaborative and engage on the full range of issues that impact our districts as well citywide and the region and beyond so thank you colleagues and if there are no questions mr. Clark if you could please call the next item commissioner yee has a comment spews any Public Comment on the chairmans report . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] next item be please sorry commissioner yee i do not see you. Its been so long i been up since ive been up here. I just want to make a slight correction to the statement you just made chairman peskin. The legislation to support ase is going to be heard in the Land Use Committee on march 13, not that he eight thank you for that correction commissioner. Did you call the item, steve . Item three executive directors report information on the thank you so much commissioners. Im pleased to present this month report and i much want to thank chairman peskin for leadership on the 24th five Revenue Committee thats really great news and i know that myself and other city transportation and other regional reservation directors are excited to get to work on that effort with your guidance to the federal level of course the chair mentioned that caltrain electrification project and look forward to staff presentation next month could just want to note we do continue to coordinate with our counterparts in the community and Business Leaders across the region to advocate for the full Funding Grant agreement. This is something well be adding capacity get elected addition project is adding a 25 capacity to the train through various means as well as enabling 2 billion project to generate about 9600 jobs across the United States. So its got a huge Economic Impact could we are hoping that multiple bay area delegations in march and april will persuade our federal leaders. On the us dot smart cities challenge front, this is the initiative the obama demonstration began last year to bring the dance transportation innovative Transportation Technologies to our manager nation efforts that we been collaborating with the transportation for America Initiative is a coalition of smart cities recipients across the United States of shared experience and also meeting with city of mr. Naomi calleys office to look at how we can apply somewhere sunny summer days the Fleet Management program. Under safe streets act, you will see the updates that chairman commissioner yee just a gentle Land Use Committee on march 14. I wont go into that but we are able to brief you out with the sfmta evokes as well. On this legislation. Regional measure three, this is the bridge proposed bridge toll for bay area stateowned bridges get mtc metropolitan Transportation Commission of course is working on this funding measure anticipated for 20,018. It will require state authority. The idea is to raise thresholds potentially to seek voter approval for total increase of one dollar to three dollars at the three dollar would raise about five though dollars over 25 your period. So along with other jurisdictions and counties walls of the pickup the conversation at our next Months Committee or excuse me next month meeting to brief you on on the measure and return in the next few months with an update on proposed priorities. Meanwhile, the state legislature and gov. Brown are actively trying to put together a funding package for state Transportation Needs get some women summing to one and Senate Bill One lead bite cheers frasier and out are an active coordination mode get ctr. , weiner has also called for increased funding for transit is part of that funding package discussion. Gov. Brown has set a goal of completing this work by april so we understand that is a priority of the legislature and the return to regional measure three thereafter but we will continue to coordinate both efforts locally and regionally. With our state of vacation. In terms of turning to local issues, the Transportation Sustainability program also had a great milestone. Thank you all as the board of supervisors for adopting the final component of this program. The tdm ordinance demand management ordinance. This is the Pioneering Program and legislation allows developers to flexibly reduce their vehicle impact using a menu of options ranging from onsite car share and bike share and shuttle as well as parking reductions. So once in place, the tdm Program Effectiveness will be monitored enforced and evaluated by the Planning Department, the sfmta he and our agency for more information folks can visit sf planning. Org and read more about this really Pioneering Program. So thank you very much. We were pleased to provide a late an update on a latenight Transit Service recommendations to the plans and Programs Committee and here again we identified some technical recommendations on how we can improve latenight Transit Service for muni ac transit and transit riders. These are Important Services that improve reliability and key services for the latenight Early Morning patrons and we want to be able to do some outreach so i want to let folks know they can find more information nightlightnightlife sf. Org and were also having to come to your neighborhood meetings and any other groups to provide an update on that work. Turning to the lombard cricket street. This enabled Transportation Improvement Program study the we released a draft report this month under the leadership of commissioner farrell said he requested the study about a year ago a year and a half ago and we looked at all the wide range of options to up address and manage the congestion usability and safety concerns around the street. You may have seen this covered. We also the report on our website at sfcta got word she cricket street and will be bringing an update to the board next month for an approval action on that work. Continuing on our longrange countywide transportation citywide Transportation Planning effort called connect sf encompasses a multiagency effort with pta mta Planning Department and office of economic and workforce development. This is looking at a vision for transportation that will then inform her countywide plan update where we have this passion about Investment Priorities for the five years. Im encouraged this is happening around the same time in parallel with the revenue and expand your task force that the chair mentioned for 2045 local transportation measure. Overly this will be something that we can bring an update in parallel with the other updates the chair has requested on the revenue measure task force. Moving on to other projects, i want to highlight the two projects are nearing completion and districts 10 and six. The potrero hill Pedestrian Safety and transit stop Improvement Project is nearing completion in district 10 there will be a Community Event in march 11 so thank you to commissioner cohen for your leadership on that. This of Planning Department led effort and collaboration with mta and Community Partners Bridge Housing Park Alliance and rebuild potrero to improve intersections along the marked walking scores and key transit stops your the siteshousing sites in potrero hill. In district 6 we have the south park traffic calming project that commissioner kim had requested delivered by again rec and Park Department with prop k funds and all bunch of other agencies to improve measures to influence safety and traffic and pedestrian improvements. So the project team on that project will do a ribboncutting ceremony on march 7th ave. , south park from 122 pm for more information is available on both projects sfcta. Orgenter. In addition i should mention actually tomorrow we will be celebrating it ribboncutting for the van ness the rt program. This is a project thats quite a long time in the making and theres a long history to it but actually, in the scheme of things were very pleased with the letter very strong transit reliability and travel time improvements through the project using Cost Effective west bus transportation strategies and we will be discussing that tomorrow morning. I think at the civic center across from city hall and so we invite the public to join that event tomorrow morning as well. I believe 9 30 am. On the turning to the chest addition fund for clean air, final update here is that the Transportation Authority on your agenda today we looking at criteria for prioritizing about 750,000 of clean air vehicle Registration Fee funds. This is the four dollars collected by the air district. We administer about 40 of that fun could that the seven or 50,000 a year that these are for projects that are proven to reduce car emissions or vehicle trips and vehicle emissions and so these