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work. we have all 28 of them that signed. that is remarkable and very impressive. thank you for coming here today. ramone and mike, and operating engineers, and the other mike. i should clarify we are targeting regional higher. that is what weve been doing. we have been doing only that because it is a regional project because we of east bay and santa clara as our partners, so we have been doing that in doing that quite well, and we can continue to do that when we get our updates. thank...

supervisor mirkarimi: good morning. welcome to the san francisco county transportation authority. ross mirkarimi, chair. i apologize for the slight delay. >> >> supervisor avalos -- >> present. >> supervisor campos -- >> present. >> supervisor chiu -- absent. >> supervisor chu -- >> present. >> supervisor cohen -- >> present. >> supervisor elsbernd -- >> present. >> supervisor farrell -- >> present. >> supervisor kim -- >> present. >> supervisor mar -- >> present. >> supervisor mirkari...

the total price tag of the system, which is averaging $100 billion. i think everyone expected that the price tag would be revised. but the magnitude of the increase has been at definitely noticed. the schedule was also significantly revised videos and disappointed to see that were now looking at a much longer time line in implementation of the downtown extension, which would not get to happen until after 2030. i do not think san francisco can stand for that kind of strategy when were t...

supervisor mirkarimi: any discussion? the seeing none. approval. second. public comments. seeing none, public comment is closed. roll call, please. >> commissioner at the lows. commissioner campos. commissioner issue. " -- commissioner carmen chu. commissioner:. commissioner elsbernd. commissioner farrell. commissioner kim. commissioner mark. commissioner mirkarimi. commissioner winner. it is passed. supervisor mirkarimi: please read item number three and four. >> item number 3, chairs...

>> supervisor mar -- >> present. >> supervisor mirkarimi -- >> present -- present. >> item number two, approval of minutes of the october 25, 2011 meeting. this is an action item. supervisor mirkarimi: any discussion? the seeing none. approval. second. public comments. seeing none, public comment is closed. roll call, please. >> commissioner at the lows. commissioner campos. commissioner issue. " -- commissioner carmen chu. commissioner:. commissioner elsbernd. commissioner farrell. co...

>> we have nine and 13 cases. >> we could squeeze it in on december 7. four of the nine are related. >> may be on the continuance. i would like a little additional time to engage in negotiations. i know this has gone on for a long time. we really have not had significant discussions. given the thanksgiving holiday is a little bit too soon, i would ask that it would be in january sometime. >> either one is fine for us. >> mr. rose. >> just checking my calendar now. the 11th, i appeared ...

reauthorization of the surface transportation act, which is now going to be named map, map 21, which i think stands for moving ahead for progress in the 21st century. this is a bill that would continue the current level funding for two years understand that not all the funding has been identified for it yet. it is also not clear the level of support. in the senate the senate bill was approved in a bipartisan vote. i expect the executive director has more details on that. this bodes wel...

francisco decasto. >> may i have the overhead, please? i was here earlier for the plans and programs. i was paying attention to the presentation, and i brought to the attention of those that are for dissipating in the deliberations that i seek no bicycle lights, and no mention was made about a huge project that is a specific hospital in director of environmental justice advocacy, i am very much interested in critical data link to pollution. none of those questions were asked, because t...

all of the current uses and trying to improve the bus operations given the limited right away. that said, the design does provide for state bicycle travel. the route in the area is in polk street. it would be to enhance an improved poll. they just received a planning grant to brief but -- to fix the last gap ito finalize the last gatt. the hope would be we will provide for bicycle access and parking, but the route through the area would be on polk. supervisor kim: polk street eventuall...

that if this wood is removed, what would it do to be structured? i am not sure anything what happened if we took the wood out. if they said it would not be compromised, it would almost seem like any agreement that they came to would have to be done. this permit would. it should not have anything to do with the deck support. there is not enough information on the permit. i do not the catplans wou -- that plans would have been required from our department. you definitely would not need p...