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Area, temperatures are near average to below and in the sierra, big time thunderstorms erupted yesterday. You can see that in tahoe and northeast california and also into the northern sacramento valley. So a typical july pattern. There is not much changing. Temperatures right now are in the 50s or low 60s. The city 55, the city has really been stuck. Lows in the 50s, highs in the mid text is mainly and overall this pattern is here to stay. It looks like subtle daytoday changes. Over to sal on monday, and still okay out there . It is still okay out there, steve, i like it. Theres no major issue. Right now traffic looks good though. No major problems there and traffic is moving along nicely. This is a time when, if youd you need to get out there early, take advantage of a nice commute. Lets go back to the headline. Thinks sal. Right now, the number of coronavirus cases in california has surpassed 450,000 with more than 8400 deaths. In the bay area, there are roughly 48,000 cases and 762
Its a stuck pattern i dont see it changing that much. Theres nothing on the twoweek or 16day outlook that we will see any significant pattern change. Some think thats different than the thunderstorms erupting up in the tahoe area this california and towards the northern Sacramento Valley and towards shasta. And that will continue again today. Really a. , a typical july pattern. 50s on the 10th. Fairfield, west southwest at 26. Typical. From what we have seen most mornings Going Forward. And again, if you like this pattern, theres really not much to tell you except its going to continue. Over to sal and today see if anything is new on the screens or if its still okay out there. Good morning, sir. Good morning to you. Its okay although theres a little bit of slowing showing up at the bay bridge toll plaza. You can see it. Maybe a five minute delay at most. Its no longer absolutely clear and thats probably going to stay this way for at least an hour. And maybe longer. We will see what hap
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 la