Stadium are underway for the first ever ticketed game at the stadium. And you can see the players are on the field here, but as you mentioned, these are not football players, not the 49ers, these are soccer players, with the san jose earthquakes, as they prepare for tomorrows game when they take on the seattle sounders. Along with practice, plenty of lastminute preps are underway and reps with the earthquakes expect a sellout, around 40,000 tickets sold, which was the cap. But not the stadiums capacity, which is at about 60,000. Reps with the team also say they are excited, but urging everyone to get here with plenty of time. The stadium is impressive. You know, if im a fan getting here this weekend, obviously, theres traffic going to any event, so if im coming to this game, im getting here early. Im going to walk into that stadium a couple of hours before, take a look at what the niners have to offer, all the concession stands, take some pictures is and really enjoy this experience. A
The back end of this as we head into the next few hours or so. The high clouds will start to thicken as we head into that afternoon so are talking about a pretty muddy and warmer afternoon with temperatures manley and the 80s. Foggy conditions are early tomorrow morning am looking at a comfortable weather into the weekend. All talk about more coming up and about 50 minutes. george good traffic is backed up solidly into the macarthur maze even they 80 approach here is normally the easy way to the bay bridge is also backed up beyond the east from lanes of the toll plaza. The drive times are 24 minutes from interstate 580 and near that from the e short freeway. Youre ride through the south bay is earlier occurring accident one no one northbound that started this backup but otherwise overall drive times are not that bad at 32 minutes from the capitol expressway to the money via expressway. Even the guadalupe parkway is normal or perhaps little lighter than normal. james and it happened aga
Assisted with Planning Efforts for m line. On the ta project deliverry support, this helps sceer project funding and working with cal trans mtc and pral for high way to make sure funds are available and used in a timely way. That is my presentation and here to answer questions. Just want to thank ta for being able to present in how they can support the budget as well. It is also good to hear that one of the assumptions in mtas budget for prop k dollars for follow the paving may be more of a minimum and i look forward as we talk about how to contribute to the funding gap that we are able to work with Transportation Authority and help toog identify potential funding that can be used to fill in the gaps with for of the priorities that thit xhisy would like it to see move forward. Colleagues comment or questions . Im see none, can we open up for Public Comment at this time on this item . Are there members of the public . Great thank you for being here mrs. [inaudible] glad to be mere. Good
Good morning, today is april 14th, 2015. Welcome to the finance committee of the San Francisco transportation authority. I am john avalos joined by david campos maliha cohen and we will be joined by other colleagues. Mr. Clerk. Do we have any announcements . There are no announcements. Lets go on to our next item. Roll taken. We have quorum. Next item is part of our consent calendar. Items two to three comprise the consent calendar. Staff is not going to present. Colleagues changes to the amendments. Comments on item 3 of the consent calendar. We will go to Public Comment. Any member that would like to speak come forward. We will close Public Comment. May we have a motion to approve. Move to approve. Seconded by commissioner cohen. We need a roll call vote for the first one. Okay. On the consent calendar. Commissioner avalos. Aye. Kim, abcent. Maher, absent. Four, state and federal legislative update. This is an action item. Good morning, chair and members, mark wats representing sacra
Good morning, today is april 14th, 2015. Welcome to the finance committee of the San Francisco transportation authority. I am john avalos joined by david campos maliha cohen and we will be joined by other colleagues. Mr. Clerk. Do we have any announcements . There are no announcements. Lets go on to our next item. Roll taken. We have quorum. Next item is part of our consent calendar. Items two to three comprise the consent calendar. Staff is not going to present. Colleagues changes to the amendments. Comments on item 3 of the consent calendar. We will go to Public Comment. Any member that would like to speak come forward. We will close Public Comment. May we have a motion to approve. Move to approve. Seconded by commissioner cohen. We need a roll call vote for the first one. Okay. On the consent calendar. Commissioner avalos. Aye. Kim, abcent. Maher, absent. Four, state and federal legislative update. This is an action item. Good morning, chair and members, mark wats representing sacra