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case to the mtc. we would also present that at the march planning committee meeting. other low performers -- there were 31 in the region. we are feeling pretty good about having only one in san francisco. they run the gamut from transit expansion to roadway expansion. a parallel effort to the performance assessment was an equity analysis. it can be paraphrased as some bad news, some good news. there was a scenario level looking at a set of transportation projects, if they are implement...

that would enable creation of a new line, e line, and would operate between fourth and came and to the fishermans wharf. the second component is extending the f line from its current terminus to fort mason. mtc has said that project is at the cusp of a low performer. added benefit to cost ratio of 0.9, with a cup threshold of being one. there have also given cmas information about how to move forward from here. in particular, three criteria that we might use to make a compelling case a...

be talking about the one bay area grant and the move to blend the money and to be smarter about it. i am looking for to having traffic, and come forward as a piece of larger projects. we spoke about second street last week. that is a poster child of the kind of project -- commissioner avalos: thank you very much. >> commissioners, at the previous meeting, one of the commissioners, carmen chu, brought up the topic of how applications were forwarded to the mta and other agencies, and how...

have to work with commission at avalos and mtc commissioners to get back in. commissioner kim: thank you. >> this is an exciting time frame. we have today -- we have to make a compelling presentation to the joint committee on the historic streetcar expansion project. that would be on march 9. we are confident we will get an exception on that. the time line is extremely tight. we do not have the full picture. we are waiting for mtc to release drafts and investment for the entire spectru...

>> this is an exciting time frame. we have today -- we have to make a compelling presentation to the joint committee on the historic streetcar expansion project. that would be on march 9. we are confident we will get an exception on that. the time line is extremely tight. we do not have the full picture. we are waiting for mtc to release drafts and investment for the entire spectrum of regional funds, what projects will receive that funding. particularly important for the regional proj...

placement -- there was anti despite the language removed. >> good point. it was originally included as a policy suggestion. we suggested that this be a mandatory policy. mtc has taken it out of the revision in january. i know that this was discussed at a joint committee. mtc commissioners and others asked that this be added back, so there is an opportunity to do that over the next couple of months. commissioner kim: what does it mean, the removal of the affordable housing production po...

that sort of thing. i know we have 315 locally. the issue of equity, as it relates to sustainable communities strategies is, i think, made at this point. i would like to see more specificity, as i mentioned, around that. even just including that word, what does equity mean? i just have some questions. thank you. >> ok. >> i am sensitive to the time. i will go through this quickly. we will be back before you next month and the following month because we are getting into the exciting par...