how - and i know that the mta wants to improve the project timelines. it's not just a challenge with the larger projects but the smaller ones. it's sometimes very brain damaging to move projects forward >> yeah. >> and that's for small not hard ones that have a lot of community support without a lot of controversy. so in terms of confident levels that once the mta finishes the analysis this is a realistic timeline. given the time it will take another 5 years to deliver the project is too long but but why should we be confident. and in the context the mta was prepared to force that project to be side lanes and it wouldn't be beneficial and mta was barreling in that districts and because of some creativity thinking we were able to come up with a resolution for the center lanes. given 3 history and this history why should we believe it will be deliverable >> we see it differently. we work very closely to come up with the center lane proposal and to speed it up. while it wouldn't get you the full beneficiary it will get i incremental improvements. the commu

mta is moving forward with the project. last but not least the authority received a grant for the travel demand management. it's a complicated project. this is a true partnership we're working with the mta sf environment trying to leverage private sector dollars that are in transportation land management to make it more friendly through a number of different mriltsz. mta has drafted an initial approach to address the muni transportation issues. we will come back with mta to present to our advisory committee and the plans and programs committee in august and september temp. this will be an update at the same meeting. with that i'll be happy to answer any questions >> colleagues any questions or comments. okay. we can go on to the public comment with the directors remarks. seeing none, public comment is closed. this is an informational item so let's go on to our consent calendar >> items 5 through 17. colleagues if there are any of you who wish to sever any items, items 5 through 17. okay. we can go on to public comment for o

report the mta should look at the high ridership. and - >> is the mta looking at the redundancy of the light rail vehicle and the light transit on the same system is it possible. >> understand that the rail piece would be long-term, the bus transit would be short-term and the next in the next couple of years. >> that's what people want tongs we have some redundancy in the light rail system so we can make some improvements and not create a complete disaster if one goes down. >> we could see what the demand ridership is to further include the bus system we will look at that. >> appreciate that. colleagues any other proposed amendment is to item 20 is the advisory committee for geneva bus rapid transit. i want to make sure we have another neighborhood that is realignment in my neighborhood is i want to take one of the at large seats and moving that towards a neighborhood seat in my neighborhood as defined by 280 open the west and ocean avenue and ashton to the north and holloway and brotherhood way to the southern border. that would inc

we're entering into an mou with mta. mta request that we enter into a permit with bike who is the provider of the services and they're going to provide it through the city. mta ask that we enter into a permit with them, but since they're the lead we felt mou with mta was appropriate to make clear we're doing this at your request. and the mou which is attached to your materials clarifies that that they are the coordinators that they're responsible for any issues or complaints that come up with respect to this. it is not something that recreation and park are taking. if there's any funds required in connection with with this and mta will bare those cost and we will not have any liability for losses or anything associated with it. so we're asking you to approve that mou with the sfmta. the second peace of this is the department we'll be entering into a permit with alta and it's for two years and at the location i showed you. there is no fees because we're doing this as accommodation to mta and it's being funded through the

the environmental review and the mta think of the city as flat. it has mountains all over it. going four blocks may mean traifrg going back going up and down hills. any eir that doesn't include maps is not a good eir but it doesn't provide the decision markers mta and the planning department with the ability to make effective decisions because i don't assume i know every block in the city by t you have to when you make those decisions and i'm talking to mta to zls is the planning department. and the information should be in the eir and should be given to decision-makers the blocks that lengthen the city are all over is place. and it's different in chinatown and the blocks south of marketing are enormous and the planning department is looking at the blokes as a scope of distance. every time you use the term block it disenpowers the folks. by the time this eir comes back but if the tools are not provided shame on environmental view and shame on mta and the consultant as well. thank you >> is there any additional public comment? >> good afternoon, members of the commission peter

we're entering into an mou with mta. mta request that we enter into a permit with bike who is the provider of the services and they're going to provide it through the city. mta ask that we enter into a permit with them, but since they're the lead we felt mou with mta was appropriate to make clear we're doing this at your request. and the mou which is attached to your materials clarifies that that they are the coordinators that they're responsible for any issues or complaints that come up with respect to this. it is not something that recreation and park are taking. if there's any funds required in connection with with this and mta will bare those cost and we veany liability for losses or anything associated with it. so we're asking you to approve that mou with the sfmta. the second peace of this is the department we'll be entering into a permit with alta and it's for two years and at the location i showed you. there is no fees because we're doing this as accommodation to mta and it's being funded through the department g

if it's transit-oriented, it would be the mta, who is coordinating not only mta service and working with our regional partners as well and i would probably send the contact to the director of special events, lee, who has her finger with all of the contacts within mta, whether it's light rail, paratransit, bus, cab, personal vehicle, pedestrian or it's parking control officer question within the site venue. so i will share her information with staff and make sure that all the council have that as well. >> thank you very much. as you can tell, as we can all tell, this is a very multi-agency, complicated, massive event, and you can of course understand the importance of having a single point of contact, who can then help direct the public to the appropriate agency. so thank you very much for that primarily point of contact will be very helpful. >> one good number. because when we get on the phone, we don't want to call five to six numbers and that event, there are a lot, a lot of people and getting in contact with one person would be awesome. please, one number. do you guys have a coordinat

virginia harmen for mta. historically it's been our practice to purchase parts for all divisions by using competitive bids for all items using a purchase order process. this process can be administratively burdensome given what we do for our division. it can be challenging and complicated identifying reliable sources to provide age parts for the aging fleet and we have been negatively impacted to provide parts on a timely basis. the contract before you today, the vendor pilot is an initiative to have a supply chain for parts and supplies and cost parts on a cost efficient basis. the pilot is modeled after the contracts with the administration for the purchase of office supplies like through office depot or staple and it is purchases for public health for hospitals and clinics. currently it takes 80 days on average to get materials and parts and the vendor must achieve a 80% fill rate and all other parts within 30 days and would result in the liquidated damages of thousand dollars a day. beyond the benefits of

. >> mta should be thinking about how to address services such as an overcrowded buses eliminating buses is an inappealing thing for our residents. thank you >> thank you. >> (speaking foreign language). >> good afternoon commissioner i'm the vice president of the improvement association high-rise as established. public housing in san francisco chinatown. we have over 4 hundred low income speaking families >> (speaking foreign language). >> i'm here today to share my concerns on say route to the fisherman's wharf. this is going to change the life of our residents we rely heavy on this i take the bus to safe way to buy food. this will impact our community and please keep it the way it is. thank you >> thank you. >> (speaking foreign language). >> good afternoon. i'm here to express my concerns regarding the number ten and 12 bus lines. i'm lived in the knob hill since my families came here 27 years ago. we use the chinatown bus lines and i'm satisfied to have those two bus lines in my neighborhood >> (speaking foreign language). >> however, the t p proposals the elimination. i have a lot

the mta before i got there had in -- initiated this and the changes were implemented so there is a lot we're doing internally. there are still external factors that impact the deliverability of projects. we're a heavy process town. i know you get these issues at this committee and there is engagement in the process and sometimes it spreads the timeline of projects. the ceqa process -- some of the work we're doing requires a full eir and can take two years and the ceqa process can be in the way as well so we're trying to be effective and smart in planning for the ceqa process and the community engagement is effective but there is factors outside of what we can manage as an industry that impact the timelines but it's something we're focused on and want to make sure whatever resources we have whether from the federal government, the state government or regionally or locally we put them into the ground and benefit the transportation system directly. >> i appreciate your focus on this. we had so many transit related projects from market street to the subway and various other projects where

mta andm ares post evaluation for all events be done. we understand that is done. we recommend that it be done more fully. finally on the subject of the mission bay loop project our engineering maintenance committee weighed in with this recommendation. mta /pac recommends that the sfmta board to the board of directors board that the mission bay loop project be expedited and completed as soon as possible. that's our recommendations for this meeting. thank you. >> thank you. members of the board have questions or comments? >> i do have a question on the loop project. did the cac weigh in on an option because it's my understanding there is discussion going on whether it's north or south of channel? and did the cac have an opinion on that? >> we did not weigh in on that potential issue, although we have been -- some of our members have been watching this for years. before the mta decided to go ahead with it, or in the interim read when nothing was. >> >> done we didn't have a presentation on that issue on the meeting though. >> okay thank you. >> thank you for always t

both the police department and mta. this consolidates a lot of functions from security to transit planning to all sorts of safety and operational needs, getting in and out of special events like the america's cup, like hardly strictly bluegrass and it's a new way of doing this. so i can share her cell phone number with your staff, so if you have problems or concerns as the events unfold, she can take care of them in realtime and that has been happening already on this event. it's a very helpful new addition. in 2013 we have a much longer period of racing. in 2012, if you recall, in october, a very super peak day with not only the america's cup, but we had fleet week and heritage parade and the home giant's game and castro street fair all in the same weekend and we don't anticipate near those kind of crowds this time, but we have a sustained effort from july through middle of september. so fewer crowds, less of a logistical problem on one given weekend, but we need to be able to sustain that effort over time and have the

it's been my experience on some projects at least things don't move as quickly within the mta as they need to but just so you don't think we're picking on the mta president chiu and i had an interesting discussion at a transportation authority -- excuse me, finance committee meeting the other day about funding for the geary bus rapid transit project which is not to the mta yet and it's been 10 years i think, and i know we expressed a lot of frustration and we put a funding item out with a negative recommendation and we're sending a strong message to the ta and not acceptable to have the projects move along at a snail's pace so i think it's a group effort to look at the agency's processes and all of the public processes and how can we move forward with these projects in a timely matter. >> agreed. >> supervisor kim. >> thank you. i wanted to thank supervisor wiener for the last project and important to look at internal processes and one issue that came up in the ceqa process that we heard from one of the developers and not the appeals but making determinations were prioritized and figu

the future of the mta's development. as you can see from this map in the green it provides a north south trunk, an area where there is little rail currently available, so we will provide basically a high capacity corridor for the mta without having to build a rail line along van ness. it's designed specifically to hook up with the geary brt and currently in development and provide east-west connection point and connection hub at van ness and of a larger mta network service for the van ness brt will be provided by the trolley and motor coaches currently operate the 47 and 49 limited lines. as you can see from this map the bus rapid transit project will operate in the exclusive right-of-way along van ness. for the rest of the run they will operate as they currently do along the traditional routes of the 49 limited and the 47 lines providing connection to other parts of the city and the 49 line will run virtually the entire length of the city. what goes into making a brt system? what is bus rapid transit? it's the dedicated

the future of the mta's development. as you can see from this map in the green it provides a north south trunk, an area where there is little rail currently available, so we will provide basically a high capacity corridor for the mta without having to build a rail line along van ness. it's designed specifically to hook up with the geary brt and currently in development and provide east-west connection point and connection hub at van ness and geary. as part of a larger mta network service for the van ness brt will be provided by the trolley and motor coaches currently operate the 47 and 49 limited lines. as you can see from this map the bus rapid transit project will operate in the exclusive right-of-way along van ness. for the rest of the run they will operate as they currently do along the traditional routes of the 49 limited and the 47 lines providing connection to other parts of the city and the 49 line will run virtually the entire length of the city. what goes into making a brt system? what is bus rapid transit? it'

mta andm ares post evaluation for all events be done. we understand that is done. we recommend that it be done more fully. finally on the subject of the mission bay loop project our engineering maintenance committee weighed in mta /pac recommends that the sfmta board to the board of directors board that the mission bay loop project be expedited and completed as soon as possible. that's our recommendations for this meeting. thank you. >> thank you. members of the board have questions or comments? >> i do have a question on the loop project. did the cac weigh in on an option because it's my understanding there is discussion going on whether it's north or south of channel? and did the cac have an opinion on that? >> we did not weigh in on that potential issue, although we have been -- some of our members have been watching this for years. before the mta decided to go ahead with it, or in the interim read when nothing was. >> >> done we didn't have a presentation on that issue on the meeting though. >> okay thank you. >> thank you for always thoughtful recommendations

and with the new bicycle strategy forward increasing the safety and attractiveness of cycling and the mta board just increased the share of on street spaces available to car share vehicles. we are working out conflicts with the corporate shuttles that move 35,000 people a day. we are working through new developments to implement transportation demand management practices such as incliewgdz of muni passes and bike parking and things of the bike, so all those things in the short range will kind of help us both improve service and accommodate some of the initial growth. so in terms of funding which is really part of the i think the emptus for the hearing this slide just shows how we're funded today. about a third of the revenue -- this is the operating budget we're talking about. about a third come from parking, meters, citations. we get 80% of the city's parking tax. the general fund transfer, the baseline transfer pays for about a quarter of the operating budget. transit fares pay a quarter and we get assistance and grating grant and sales tax funds that pay for paratransit service that co

the eir provides an evaluation of the mtas policy framework to support the strategy planned goals. it includes service proposals including reroutes and routes elimination. and capita that is needed. and transit traffic time proposals or t prps. the sfmta has applied the t p.s. to design the t ps. for example, in pedestrian and traffic circles in lanes. one example of which is the pilot on church street. the corridors identified for t prp treatments are those that carry the majority of ridership in the city. the eir may include the program analysis such as a the service policy framework. it's appropriate for the proposals for which designed details has not been developed as shown on the map. the corridors in black are the ones for which the mta has designed specific designs and the gray ones are needing more processes pr the their involvin others processes. so the culminate effects are known those program level components have gone through research. to the extent that specific information is known to a specific environmental topic for both components it's been addressed in the initi

we will also be issuing a single audit report for mta, a tda compliance letter for mta. various agreed upon procedure reports, various public compliance reports for mta, report on [inaudible]. and also a single audit report for sfo. i did want to highlight on this slide that in the prior years single audit report, there was one finding in relation to noncompliance with the davis beacon requirement with respect to the timeliness of submission of weekly certified payroll reports. we do anticipate adding this to our current year schedule. we'll be looking to ensure that the recommendations have been implemented. okay. then if i may refer you to slide 18, slide 18 really highlights our audit timeline and key dates. we are currently in the planning and interim fieldwork phase which is expected to continue through august 2013. our final fieldwork is scheduled for september through january 2014. and our expected date of issuance of the financial statements is october 25th. that also includes any significant deficiency reports. and the issuance of the single audit report is expe

the mta before i got there had in -- initiated this and the changes were implemented so there is

>> mta. >> awesome. that's what i wanted to know. >> any other comments or questions from commissioners? if not, move into public comment for the director's report. any public comment? seeing none. we will move right on to the next agenda item, police department comment and questions. so officer mathius or someone. >> hello, commissioners and staff, steve mathius from the central station. over the last weeks probably had four incidents i will talk about tonight. we had on august 11, 2 a.m. a victim was at a nearby bar and walked to beach and columbus and pushed from behind and suffered a fractured right finger, and laceration to the right of the head. looking at report he was a bloody mess. we couldn't figure out, there were two bars in the area and couldn't figure out where it came from. sounds like in the wrong place at the wrong time. and then next incident a victim was outside of columbus and attacked and hit in the face and her cell phone taken. what time we bring up these different occurrences, it'

>> mta. >> awesome. that's what i wanted to know. >> any other comments or questions from commissioners? if not, move into public comment for the director's report. any public comment? seeing none. we will move right on to the next agenda item, police department comment and questions. so officer mathius or someone. >> hello, commissioners and staff, steve mathius from the central station. over the last weeks probably had four incidents i will talk about tonight. we had on august 11, 2 a.m. a victim was at a nearby bar and walked to beach and columbus and pushed from behind and suffered a fractured right finger, and laceration to the right of the head. looking at report he was a bloody mess. we couldn't figure out, there were two bars in the area and couldn't figure out where it came from. sounds like in the wrong place at the

the corridors in black are the ones for which the mta has designed specific designs and the gray ones are needing more processes pr the their involvin others processes. so the culminate effects are known those program level components have gone through research. to the extent that specific information is known to a specific environmental topic for both components it's been addressed in the initial study in its insure it whether or not the details have been developed first year for example, we understand the tools needed to take care of this. for each the 8 promotions the mta has identified a moderate proposal and the expanded proposals with respect to travel first year by looking at those the sfvt will have neglect to get it approved. they may choose different alternates for example, the motor alternates for the church and the other project. as shown the two alternates have different things like loading and this is for pedestrian and air quality and noise. the expanded part has an impact and with respect to culminate parking one quarter is effected under each alternate. i want to spea

for hsf, mta, puc, sfo. we'll also be performing a single audit for mta and various agreed upon procedures as listed on the slide here. we will also be performing a single audit over sfo. and the audit will be performed in accordance with u.s. gaap, u.s. gas and u.s. government auditing standards. slide 15 highlights the report that we will be issuing in accordance with this audit plan. as i mentioned before, we will be issuing audit reports on the financial statements of hss, mta, puc, and sfo. we will also be issuing a single audit report for mta, a tda compliance letter for mta. various agreed upon procedure reports, various public compliance reports for mta, report on [inaudible]. and also a single audit report for sfo. i did want to highlight on this slide that in the prior years single audit report, there was one finding in relation to noncompliance with the davis beacon requirement with respect to the timeliness of submission of weekly certified payroll reports. we do anticipate adding this to our cur

, i think the mta needs to step up to the plate and start endorsing the laws. the laws should be followed and until their changed and not the other way around. we've collected license plates of nearly a thousand cards that's more than the number of taxi vehicles and we're highly recollected. hockey the charge us with those fees when you're not out there ticketing those guys. it's not ride sharing and exempt from passenger transportation laws. and i think one of the problems here is the mta was focusing on far too much of how much money they could make on the medallio medallions. the mta couldn't sell them themselves so they held off issuing imply medallions until they could make money on it. and another seclusion we need to prior was when we had the advisory council. if you have to buy off the companies that have pay off their apps but we need our own apps and quit advertising for those illegal taxi companies >> we'll take about a 10 minute break. >> please read the next im. >> mr. chairman you're at the consent calendar those items are routine and they will be

thank you >> i'm herbert i'm a native san franciscan and also an i am paled stakeholder of mta. sadly this hearing addresses the transit effectiveness project and doesn't include human impact. no physician or professional has rectified this impact upon pedestrians. it is basically flawed because it does talk about bus transportation while the transportation agency claims it's adding new vehicles it's retiring vehicles at the same time and pollution exists while the ridership grows without services increasing. if the mta can spend more money on others facilities why can't it allocate funds for a net increase for transportation vehicles why must it make the residents surf from discontinued bus runs. it will be less services to the neighborhood. the heart and soul of san franciscans. the elderly and frail will have to walk longer distances to the bus stops. notablely in the chronically terminally ill. while this plan is sound it's humanly a hardship for many. electric muni buses. please send this project and those formulated back to the board to come up with a better transportation