Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20180113

SFGTV Government Access Programming January 13, 2018

From all of the Funding Partners. So, moving on to the schedule. You will see here its a bit small. The gray represents milestones that have been achieved. The blue represents to be achieved milestones. Where were at now is were in this intensive construction phase. We look to receive our first train set on property in late 2019. And then from the time that we receive that first train through the commencement of Passenger Service we will be completing the electrified system. We will be completing it and bring us to Passenger Service in early 2022. So, if you have certainly any questions in between updates to this body, this is the project contact information. We run an office out of our project office down in san mateo. But as i mentioned, this is really the first in what we see as a series of improvements that hopefully will not be too far down the pike, including making full use of the downtown extension, fully electrifying the corridor so there will be no more diesel fleet, as well as extending the trains to provide for more capacity. Much what are youre seeing here is supported by a tircp Grant Application that is being submitted to the state at the end of this week. We certainly appreciate letters of support from San Francisco and the sfcta. And most notably, many of youve heard about the caltrain Business Planning effort that we have ticked off which seeks to really outline the Strategic Vision for the next many years of caltrain through 2040. Much of what is applied for in that grant will support these Business Plan processes. So, moving on to what we consider to be the third project of the Caltrain Modernization Program is the communications based signal system which is caltrain positive train control project. Weve been working at this project for slightly longer time. And its as a result of this federally mandated need that it was legislation passed in 2008, the rail Safety Improvement act. We awarded a contract in 2011 to install a ptc system. But it is important that we always talk about ptc project projects by context yul liezing that tennessee connectionu contextulizing. It has provided for a time deadline and so theres fierce competition for all sorts of things, including funding and resources both in terms of people and for the very few vendors that provide this technology. Caltrain has made significant progress. We awarded a contract in 2011. The budget for that program was 239 million. Youll theres much we have completed on the caltrain corrid corridor. But our program was not without its issues. After making several attempts to finish the project with the prime contractor that we initially awarded to, we terminated that contract in february 2017. Since then, what weve done is weve obviously kept our Funding Partners in the loop. Weve also contacted our regulators in the form of fra and fta in order to seek their counsel and advise. I will mention theres litigation currently underway. Theres not much detail we can talk about but caltrain takes the need to get into Revenue Service demonstration, the federal deadline, very seriously and we are pursuing several different paths to get back into a long Term Contract and get our service and our ptc program up and running by the federal deadline. So, with that, what id like to do is just talk a little bit about project oversight. The pcep and ptc program are overseen by oversight that provides for what you see here. There are 16 elements to it. It is a very active oversight program. Want to thank luis for contributing very much to that process. That process is contributed to by all of our Funding Partners and i think it provides for a level of transparency that certainly is unprecedented with respect to projects that weve delivered at caltrain. So, with that, this slide is real busy. We do have the link to the website as far as the entire oversight protocol and im happy to answer any questions you may have. Chair peskin thank you, ms. Broussard. Are there any questions from members . Commissioner kim . No. Okay. Are there any members of the public who would like to testify on this matter . Mr. Lebrong public thank you. I would like to close off with light at the end of the tunnel. First of all, if you google the fra ptc and you see the rail lines in the United States and scroll down to caltrain which is known as pcjx, you will find out theres no progress whatsoever in the last year. Theyve got zero in operations and the plan has not been approved by the authority. That was over three years ago. Specially you are look with regards to the rail cost in your packets, you have a letter from Shirley Johnson that basically highlights the issues with the emus. Theres nothing wrong with them except they dont have anywhere near the capacity we need. The 2012 capacity analysis used for the model, these new trains have got 400 feet short. How are we going to increase capacity is anybodys guess. The last thing i would like to touch on is the electrify case issues themselves. There are issues with the activations. [bell]. Public that has been known for ten years. This hasnt been addressed. They havent got solutions and the main issue is cost. Its about three to four times the cost of elect electrification of four corridors. In closing, the only light i see at the end of the tunnel is john fungy. Im hoping he will put this project back on track. Thank you very much. Chair peskin thank you. Seeing no other members of the public for Public Comment, i would like to go to our executive director. Thank you to the team for coming. This is a critical project. We now how important it is what a Critical Service it is and it was a pleasure to help to bring the federal funding forward. We commit to continuing to partner with you and the Business Plan that youve involved us in. We appreciate the support that caltrain also showed for the regional measure three plan. We hope the voters will see fit to approve that funding Going Forward and want to commit to partnering on blended service. All the things necessary for that, the level boarding, the grade separations, all the different pieces of it. Coordinating with the state rail plan. Just wanted to thank you very much and to continue to commit to partnering with you on those goals Going Forward. Chair peskin do you want to mention anything about doors . I think the level boarding and the upper doors mentioned in the slides will be part of that conversation. We continue to participate in the technical groups. It is important to be sure they are compatible between the two services. Thank you. Chair peskin thank you again mr. Hartnet. Thank you for your patience this morning. And with that, item number eight is just an out date. So, we are done update. So we are done with item eight. Items number nine and ten are very important. But im afraid that we are about to lose quorum. So, i would like to continue those two items, numbers nine and ten to our next meeting. But they are on the agenda. Some of you have waited patiently. I have speaker cards for items nine and ten. If you could call those two items, mr. Quintanilla, we can hear from mr. Strauss on both those items. Clerk item nine, presentation on the Voters Survey prepared for the San Francisco task force 2045. Item ten, update on the Transportation Network companies regulatory landscape and across the country. Also an information item. Chair peskin mr. Strauss. And i apologize that we have to continue these, but these are Interesting Times at city hall this week. Im sorry. I missed the prelude because i was talking to the last presenters. You are continuing these items . Chair peskin yes, sir. I will continue my testimony. Chair peskin thank you. Are there any other members of the public . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Is there any introduction of new items . Seeing none. General Public Comment. Mr. Yip. Public good morning. Seeking a wealthy nation in great unity for the people. Seeking of civil liberty and Civil Justice of human rights for the people. The principle of lively hood is the seeking of prosperity and benefits for the people. The principle progressive leadership is the seeking of progress of human civilization and improvements for the people. [indiscernible] public these principles are the goals and objectives of management in the seeking of true perfection and happiness of our people. Political leaders should in heart and consistency in two studies an extension for the right path of [indiscernible] chair peskin thank you. Next speaker please. Public i want to touch base on follow up on the congesti congestion. People complain about congestion. Part of this is caltrans and the commissioner of transportation to spend trillions and billions of dollars on the destruction of the bay bridge. You have two bridges that are right alongside of each other and i believe it was a false narrative to make it look like that bridge needed to be torn down. Truth of the matter is that any weak spot locations on that bridge could have been reinforced with diagonal braces and pressure tested and that bridge could have been used to reduce the flow of traffic for people who are commuting back and forth and forth and back across the bridge. And then for caltrans and the transportation commissioner after the last explosion where tnt was used to blow up that bridge, they have the audacity to give a press conference claiming theyre going to raise the taxes on the price of gasoline in order to preserve our bridges and our roads after you completed just blowing up the bay bridge. This is an insult on the commuters intelligence and they should be held accountable for that and included when you are trying to remedy the problem of congestion in the city pertaining to parking and traffic jams. Chair peskin thank you, sir. Next speaker please. Public excuse me. I was a little out of line. I will recognize i was a little upset. But forgive me. Chair peskin you are forgiven, ace. Public i want to excuse people for my appearance. Im working hard. Im at city hall. Im working day and night without no pay. But thats okay. Im going to show this community with my new website called ace on the case. Net i got them all. So, thats my property now. And im going to fulfill the whole city on information that they have not gotten. What im going to do first thing is because this tv thing, i created this. I aint going to get the credit. I dont want no credit. If you are going to give me some money, give me some money. Forget about the credit. But im here in front of yall, the city and the county. City by the bay. I had a chance to talk to madame queen, the acting mayor. Im acting. Im an activist. I wasnt born in the projects. But i was born close to the projects. Let me just say, i got 51 seconds. Ed lee. I will tell a story about ed lee and me coming up. Everybody said what they want to say. I will tell a true story. Ed lee, may he rest in peace. Im talking about the congestion. Have you vizzed fillmore street . You arent going to see anybody that look like me. [bell]. Public you have in the papers about justin herman. Whoever sits in room 200, when the real deal comes down you will deal with ace and people like me that got a black face. Because this city and council is responsible. If you take away African Americans and i cant let that happen. I will be back when the curtains go up at 2 00. Chair peskin are there any other members of the public for general Public Comment . Seeing none, general Public Comment is closed. I really apologize with regard to item nine. But these are Interesting Times at city hall. We are adjourned. [meeting adjourned] good afternoon everyone. Im barbara garcia, director of health. We have mayor london breed and supervisor jane kim. Were so happy to be here today, were opening a new part of the respite providing services for those who need that kind of support from our shelter system. This respite has been open for over 10 years and providing over 45 beds for those needing support around alcoholism and around another 30 beds for those coming out of hospital who need Additional Support. These are focused on the shelter system to ensure that those individuals who need more medical support and i want to acknowledge supervisor kim who has been a champion for the expansion, particularly when she spent time in the shelter and saw that many individuals needed additional medical support. This took about two years to open with the renovation and with the staffing and were so happy today to be with you to open these new beds, as well as the fact that the staff is there already, we have served over 3,000 Homeless Individuals in the past 10 years providing the upmost care for these individuals who really need support and provide them the Additional Support to continue their pathway into housing. At this point, i would like to ask for mayor breed to give us some comments and she has been a big champion around homeless issues and very happy for the respite to be open today. Thank you very much. applause thank you. I want to start by thanking director garcia for all the work that her and her team have put in to really making this dream a reality. Supervisor kim has been an amazing champion on this expansion. And our mayor, mayor ed lee actually had an opportunity to tour the facility. He was really excited about what it could do for some people that we know that are facing challenges, our most vulnerable population. We think its as simple as showing up to a shelter, but just imagine if you have a medical issue. Just imagine if you have a wound or something going on with your body that basically you have not been medically treated for. People who sadly are living on our streets need medical support, too. Often times, imagine when were in the same situation and we stay home and need time to heal, this is what the Respite Center is going to provide, a place for people to heal, a bed, a safe space, three meals a day, support they need and 30 of the people who have been helped in this Respite Center have been permanently housed. Thats been amazing. The staff is not only providing the medical care, theyre providing the social services that go with helping people transition into permanent housing. Our goal has to be to make sure people are taken care of and this is one way to do that. To go from 45 to 75 beds is tremendous. Which means we have a larger capacity to serve more people and that means everything for the person using this service. So im happy to be here today. I want to thank the staff and everyone who has been active in making sure that this space is not only providing care, but is providing compassion and support and resources because we want to make sure its a Wraparound Service that will eventually help people into something permanent where they have homes to live and the support they need to be sustainable in our Housing Market that is so challenging for so many. Thank you for being here and with that, i want to turn it over to my colleague supervisor kim who has been a champion and an important part of making this possible. The funding and all of the things we needed to do to get this place open, she was a fierce advocate for that. I want to turn it over to supervisor kim. applause thank you. Thank you mayor breed for being here today. Its a little sad to be here without mayor ed lee. I had fought and advocated for 4 million to expand the medical respite shelter and i remember the day he called me and said he was going to make it an important piece of the budget. While it takes some time for the build up, its amazing we have this resource in our city here today. Director garcia mentioned why i came to fight for the medical respite shelter, it was because when i was appointed acting mayor, much more briefly, my staff decided i would spend my first night as acting mayor in one of our single adult shelters in my district. In my first night there it became clear to me that homelessness is not just a poverty issue, its a Public Health issue. The residents staying there were far oral far older and sicker than i imagined and were seeing so many brothers and sisters aging in places on the streets. So i worked with director garcia to fight for our adult shelters and to see what the nurses are doing every day at sanctuary, next door, they are doing gods work. Our residents need to see a nurse every single day and need the medical attention they can get at the shelters. The expansion of a 24 7 medical respite shelter is a huge resource in our city. I dont need to tell anyone what were seeing on the streets today, people are so sick and to have this resource with increased beds and 24hour attention from doctors, nurses, psychiatrists is how we address homelessness in San Francisco today. I want to thank director garcia, who has been an impassioned person working on this and to dr. Barry stephen who is not here today and kate shuten and dr. Alice chen. And finally to president breed, who knows probably the supervisor who knows my district the best on the board of supervisors, shes in fact the only colleague who constantly asks me of the needs because she knows our residents there. I want to thank you for your support and for your support of a safe injection site. We also have to address Substance Abuse in our city as well. Thank you for being here and im incredibly excited to double the expansion of the medical respite shelter here today. applause thank you supervisor and mayor breed. Im honored to be able to present our do

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