Because if you approved it for a larger scope of work that would not make sense because the variance would have been approved already for that limited scope of work. So essentially if the variance is upheld tonight a maximum extent is locked in. And if the variance is denied tonight, then well see them in another year when they come back they would have an option so the city charter allows, basically if you have a project disapproved, you can, one year later, basically apply for essentially the same project. Or change the project, yeah. Yeah, and right now, youd have to change it in a way that would be significantly different from the original project. You cant tweak the project and say its a different project. It has to be a significantly different project. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Commissioners the matters submitted. Variance commentator. Because i always comment . Exactly. You have the greatest wisdom. You know as i was listening, it was quite clear to me that you know, none of these buildings are conforming or cocompliac cocompliant, and the people arguing against the appellants buildings also are noncompliant, so the it raises the question which one is more wrong, you know, and i was thinking about that in light of another case we had on russian hill, where the organizers of and owners of certain buildings went against a permit, and the rationale they used was, you know, in terms light, air, and Everything Else but it was their building that went to the rear property line. So as i started to think about those kind of things, then i realized just what i said earli earlier is this is not a project permit. Its a project variance, and whether we agree that the five findings as produced by the za were correct in our minds, and i have to say that i dont see that the five findings have been met. Nobody in the audience talked to the findings. Im speaking that i think only two have been met, but the majority have not been met. I remember that project that commissioner fung is referring to, as well as recently, we just had 68 richardson, which was very, very similar. In that particular case, i believe that we did allow the variance. In this case, even though that the, like 68 richardson, the neighbori Neighboring Properties were not conforming, it was a whole different project. It was a it was a 600 square foot home that they were making to 1200. I would concur with Vice President fung that i would not support this either. And just to follow up the one that he was talking about the one on russian hill that came before us, i believe that we removed all the decks and conditioned that, and that that might have been prior to your coming onto this board. It was. No, i like i like the comment of commissioner fung that everybody was wrong in the first place, but the last building thats wrong gets punished for being allegedly more wrong or another version of wrong. Its its kind of quizical. I dont think im hearing on this board tonight the support for the variance. I would love to its tragic to have a i speak as a real estateoriented person to have a a piece of property which could be improved significantly and a willing sponsor to improve that for the purpose of raising their family and improving the neighborhood go go fallow and continue to be a fractured. Thats the best adjective that i can come up with at this hour of the night. I would have supported the variance but i dont think theres any will for that, so i wont raise that topic. Can you make a motion . All right. Let me float a motion and lets see if it gets anywhere. I move to grant the appeal and to deny the variance on the basis that the five criteria have not been met. Vice president , you had mentioned in particular you thought there were two findings. Do you want to identify which ones or do you want to leave it i would prefer to leave it. Okay. So the motion for the Vice President is to grant the appeal and deny the variance that the five criteria under 5 c have not about been met. My motion should be to deny the appeal. Youre granting the appeal if you want the variance to not exist. Thats correct. I know its late. I lose it at night, i guess. Okay. So on that motion to grant the appeal, commissioner lazarus. No. President honda. Aye. Commissioner wilson. Will you go first . No. Give me a second. Let me think about it. Its rare you make the decision tonight. Would you say it again, please. The motion would be to grant the appeal and deny the variance on the basis that the five findings required under the planning code have not been met. Aye. Commissioner swig. No. Four votes are needed and theres voted 32 so that motion fails. Lacking any other motion, the variance is upheld by default. I have no other no other motion being made, president honda, theres no other business before the board. This is maybe our 10th year hosting an annual turkey giveaway. But it has been so wonderful to partner with the pay yours office and the rest of the city departments to really expand our capacity across the city. Once upon a time, we were only able to serve maybe 500 to 600 families and now were talking about 3,000 across the city. [cheering] a lot of people need our help. So well help them. And were positive about that. And we have all of these great volunteers from Mission Housing and i want to say thank you to them and the housinging authority for their staff today. All coming out and giving that personal touch to redents of valencia gardens. Look, it is happening on every one of our sites that have Public Housing residents throughout the next 24, 48 hours. So, thises all about us giving back to the people that we care about and helping folks have both a safe and enjoyable holiday. Howd we do . Im so excited. This is the fun part of the job where i can help people have a great thanksgiving. It is so wonderful from foster farms and the city family is all here today to share. Because were all in this together. Were a city where we all care about each other. No matter where we come from, oer what we have. Were all here for each other, to take care of each other. Thank you come on over. Were all partnered together to give back. Thank you again. Were very much grateful to be part of this. Happy thanksgiving. Have a happy thanksgiving, meal time. But most of all, lets give to each other the humidity that we all want and deserve. I just want to remind everyone about compassion and care as we roll into these holidays. Were really doing this for families. And we want to build Strong Families across the city. This is one of many events that we continue to do and we look forward to our toy giveaway and tree giveaway as well. Thank you. [applause] hello, im the Deputy Assistant manage and project manager for the control system bureau i consider any department as my extend family i know every member of my department the folks are that that talented and skilled and have their credentials since the people in the site are coming to before theyre put in operation its a good place to visit we share information and support each other the water system is a program we got 26 National Level with regards because of the dedication of any team the people are professional about their work but their folks they care about their community and the project i did this is a Great Organization with plenty of associations in you work hard and if you really do your job not only do you enjoy it but the sky is the limit we had a great job clerk good morning and welcome to the San Francisco county Transportation Authority meeting for today, november 14th. Our clerk is still mr. Steve stamos. Could you please call the roll. Clerk commissioner breed . Commissioner cohen . Present. Commissioner farrell . Commissioner fewer . Fewer absent. Commissioner kim . Kim absent. Commissioner peskin. Chairman peskin present. Clerk commissioner ronen. Supervisor ronen present. Clerk commissioner tang . Vice chairman tang present. Clerk commissioner fewer . We have quorum. Chairman peskin thank you, mr. Clerk. Now we will hear from our citizens Advisory Committee. Mr. Larson. Good morning chair peskin, vis chair tang and members of the Transportation Authority. Vice chair tang and members of the Transportation Authority. I will be presenting the cac report today. Beginning with item eight, the cac recommends approval for the allocation of prop k fundses as presented. There was particular support expressed for the valencia street bikeway impolicemen taths plan request implementation plan. The bike lanes were last striped in 1999 and valencia street has become a major bike commuter route in the city. At the same time, development along this corridor has resulted in many more conflicts and hazards with Transportation Network company or tnc and food delivery drivers making quick stops and double parking in the bike lanes. The item did pass. Turning to item ten, the presentation on the 2017 facilitys framework. A question was raised if any of the older facilities to be altered or replaced had any historic cig any chance. They dont significance. It was also noted the facilities owned by the city and county seemed to kon trait on the eastern side of the city concentrate on the eastern side of the city. And whether it would hinder growth and development in the future of Transportation Networks locally. We also heard presentations about the core capacity transit study and compliment sector action strategy. Discussion concerned whether the impact of carbon admissions from tncs and the single rides they provide could be factored in. That was interest in resiliency efforts in networks affected by Sea Level RiseClimate Change and calling the effect of super storm sandy on the new york subway. Citizens Advisory Committee members would like representatives from uber, lift to share what guidelines are offered to drivers about where to pull over and stop. Instances where tnc double park when a curb side location or driveway is nearby, creating real traffic risks. That concludes my report. Thank you. Chairman peskin thank you, mr. Larson. Are there any questions for mr. Larson . Seeing none, is there any Public Comment on this comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Mr. Clerk, next item please. Clerk item three, chairs report. Chairman peskin thank you colleagues. In late october, i had the pleasure of well coming the self welcoming the self help coalition for the focus on the future conference. They have approved measures to Fund Transportation improvements. The theme was the power of partnerships, a fitting message given that it takes contributions from all levels of government to plan, funld and deliver fund and deliver transportation infrastructure. Since the mid1980s, california has been proving itself a leader in self help. Revenue sources make up 75 of transportation revenues in the bay area. At a time when the federal tax bill contemplates removing funding for commuter benefits, rolling back incentives for alternative fuels and cutting funds for affordable housing, we must continue to be a leader in self help here in san fran and the bay area. This means putting, preserving and protecting sbone funds by putting them to work. In fan francisco we San Francisco we will get congestion relief. Was must stand up to those calling for repeal of the funding package, a mix of reasonable and overdue gas and diesel thankses and veeblg reek taxes and vehicle ridge station fees. In registration fees. We will total and in turn their counties would act to place the measures on the june 2018 ballots. It will help tackle Traffic Congestion and traffic expansion symptoms of our growth. At the local level, we continue to work on a potential 2018 revenue measure through the Transportation Task force to boost transportation funding plans and provide local regional funds. As part of this work, i have asked our staff to initiate a Public Opinion survey to inform the Transportation Task force deliberations and recommendations later this year. As part of this effort, we are engaging our independent oversight consultant to look at the Transportation Authoritys project and payment systems, all of which recently received a clean audit, but as with everything, can benefit from occasional review and finetuning. Finally, i will close by noting our debt program is active again with our bond, which i signed 22 signatures on a whole bunch of papers to start the funds flowing just in time for the arrival of the new lrvs this friday. I will be away due to travel, but wanted to congratulate them on this milestone and thank the team for the successful financing to support delivery of these vehicles. With that i conclude my report and wish all of you and our staff a very happy thanksgiving next week. Is there any Public Comment on the chairs report . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Next item, please. Clerk item four, executive directors report. This is an information item. Vice chairman tang thank you. Just wanted to echo the chairs comments about the federal bill and the importance really of all of our local efforts from protecting sbone to keeping our focus on 2018. Regarding the statewide picture, caltrans is releasing and inviting public input on the final bicycle plan for 2020. This is something that they have been working on for actually a bicycle and pedestrian plan. The goal the to double walking and triple biscycling trips by 2020 and they are ready to skusz their discuss their findings. And the closest one is west Oakland Youth Center in oakland. It will be happening tomorrow 5 008 00 p. M. In addition, at the state wide level, earlier actually in late october, director peskin and provided joint comments to the california dmv on their proposed drivers testing. We earlier commented in april and pleased many of our comments were incorporated. We further stressed the need for the importance of training for operators near pedestrian and cyclists reporting all collisions and disengagements. And ensuring twoway communication between remote operators and local law enforcement. And Data Collection of on board units before, during and after a crash is very critical as well. Turning to another state program that we implement locally. We are continuing to refine the program. I want to thank chair peskin, vice chair tang and commissioner sheehy for fine tuning and shaping the recommendations. We hope to bring that forward on december 5th and the hearing on School Transportation including the potential for Yellow School buses has been rescheduled to a future date. I think we had previously scheduled it for late november, but we will probably move that to earlier in the new year. Regarding vision zero, just wanted to thank all the departments mta and our staff, the whole task force on their workshop november 9th. They held a vision zero bold ideas workshop to really take a longer term view looking out beyond the traditional twoyear cycle to reach our goal in 2024. They expressed an interest in deepening Community Engagement around all aspects of vision zero. Some included taking another look at road pricing, major street redesign and bold ideas there. High visibility Community Engagement and curb management. Those are the four ideas that emerged from their bold ideas workshop. Next steps includes the staff will share the information on the workshop with Community Folks and also highlighted on the website and bring it back hopefully to the Vision Zero Committee as well. Turning to the local level, the canopies for the bart stations are have begun construction here in San Francisco. Palace street station construction has begun. They will also be starting on the civic center station at 7 and Market Street soon as well. These are the canopies that will shelter the escalators from the weather as well as other trash and things that gather at the escalators hindering their operation. They also have included in the project a digital display of the train arrival times, new security grills and new l. E. D. Lighting as well as cameras. The 230 million project is funded by bart as well as matching funds from the state, prop 1b and prop 1a. Our funds are also being put to work to improve elevators around town. We are happy to report work is nearing completion on the platform. The elevator safety and reliability upgrades project will provide upgrades to improve the safety and reliability of 12 elevators. Work will begin on the Church Street station soon and mta has planned for the work to stake place in staggered ways to ensure accessibility for those who need these at each station. Chair mentioned on friday we will be seeing the new lrvs rolling out. This was the larging single allocation of the prop k program the board took action on last year. I want to thank you all again for that. We are providing 131 million towards this program. The 934 Million Program which will expand by 24 lrvs and replace 151 of the brayda lrvs. We look forward to a Second Street opening. We whether report more on that next month and finally wanted to mention the van ness project is hitting a milestone by shifting the traffic to the center of the roadway allowing work to begin on the sides. But the traffic shifts are necessary to accommodate two utility work zones to replace major utilities including water, sewage and emergency. The mta is monitoring tra