[roll call] we have a quorum. Thank you. We please call the next item. Item number two, chairs report. I mentioned this, we have been getting our study of congestion management and pricing in downtown San Francisco. We are starting our conversation with stakeholders. This thursday, the policy Advisory Committee for the study holds its first meeting and the meeting is open to the public and will take place between 68 30 p. M. At the offices located at 1455 Market Street on the 22nd floor. For more information you can visit the Transportation Authority website. I would like to thank staff who have visited Treasure Island at various times this year. To meet and do outreach to residents and stakeholders. They did a great presentation. As always, i encourage my colleagues to visit the island and get a feel for how it is being transformed. That is the end of my cherry part. Is there any Public Comments on the report . Seeing then. We please call the next item. Item three, executive directors report. Thank you. I just wanted to build upon earlier reference i made regarding caltrans and director visit to Treasure Island that was the Transportation Authority. I will read it again, it was an honor to be the new caltrans directors first stop in the. We met together with commissioner Linda Richardson as well as district 4 staff to provide an overview of all of the different sustainability features of the new development and all of the work that is happening on the island with transportation choices. We have been partnering successfully with caltrans and our contractors to deliver them on time and on budget. I am very grateful for their partnership. To eric cordoba as well. In addition we talked about things like trying to launch a clean ferry service. We are super excited. We know the residents are keen to see the transit improvements up front in program. The water emergency transfer to a ration of Authority Leader who operates the ferry system they have agreed to apply for sb1 and funds of the summer, excuse me this winter and we hope to hear back by summer if that is successful. We will keep you posted. That would be a compliment to the ac transit buses as well as the on island and shuttles that we are also planning to develop over the coming years. We want to thank eric young, our Communications Director and rachel hiatt for all of the work they have been doing in terms of the outreach they mentioned over the summer. We did a lot of oneonone interviews with residential and commercial tenant stakeholders. We appreciated their kennett input and feedback. We feel like we have been able to incorporate them in our recommendations on the agenda today. Which is the first of many steps we will be taking over the next few months to reach a final conclusion to our policy work around the telling program. Thank you very much. Any questions or comments on the executive directors report . Is there any Public Comments on the report . Good morning, directors, commissioners rather. My name is jeff klein i am a 20 year resident on Treasure Island. I had a couple of questions for the director. You mentioned 200 million of federal money is involved in the Treasure Island project. I am wondering, i know Environmental Justice report was done for the ramps project. I am wondering if you have done a study or assessment for the Treasure Island congestion pricing and told . I have a copy of the u. S. D. O. T. Environmental review checklist. This was under the fast act, 2016. 60 million a year, in particular the technology deployment, the new Congestion Management Technology Deployment and San Francisco managed to get a nice chunk of that, almost. On this checklist, its a short checklist, number five is social and economic impacts, uniform assistance. Uniform relocation act. Will the proposed project potentially result in the displacement of persons or businesses . Yes or no . And, number six is the Environmental Justice executive order 12898. Will he project potentially result in a disproportionally high and Adverse Human Health or environmental effects on minority or low income populations. I am wondering if you have done your Due Diligence on the Treasure IslandEnvironmental Justice. Thank you. Anyone else here for Public Comment . Public comment is closed. Mr. Klein. We are . Reporter aware of the requirements under the and have done so in prior stages for the capital side on the Mobility Management Program that work remains to be done. It is part of the National EnvironmentalProtection Agency requirements and review. We will be doing that once we have a better sense of what the policy configuration would be so we can complete our analysis. Thank you. We please read the Consent Agenda . Items never7, comprise of the adjacent Consent Agenda. These items are considered routine. Staff is not planning to present on these items. If a member objects, and the of the consent items can be removed and considered separately. Any questions or comments on the Consent Agenda . Any Public Comment . Public comment is closed. Can i have a motion on a second . In motion by commissioner ronen, seconded by commissioner viewer. Do we need a. [roll call] we have final approval. Please call the next item. Item seven, approve a total exemption for this is an action item. I believe we have a presentation . No, we are not. Did you want to say anything about the recommendation . Summarize it. Okay. Good morning. Rachel hiatt assistant deputy for planning. Based on the outreach that we heard throughout last fall, throughout this year, we prioritized looking at provisions to support current residence and we looked at several options including exempting current residence from the toll. Based on the demand forecast and the Financial Analysis that we did. We have identified what it would take, only a modest effect on travel demand patterns and the additional revenue needed to provide this exemption. It would depend on what the eventual toll level is but it would range from about 8. 6 up to 24point 4 million over the course of the buildout over a 1520 year timeframe. Based on that finding, we do recommend a policy to exempt to current residence from the toll. We would need to identify specific implementation tools and definitions as part of the toll system business rules which will be brought back to the timma board in the spring. We will also bring back a complete funding recommendation along with the rest of the toll policies in the next six months through a course of several policy actions that would address the remaining policy issues that are undecided. We know we need to identify recommendations to support workers and to support future low income households on the island, and the rest of the toll policies themselves. Hours of operation rate. We will bring all of these things back to you. The action before you today is the policy to exempt the current residence. That includes revisiting of this at the midpoint of development or 4,000 units. Im happy to answer any questions. Think you Deputy Director hiatt. I want to thank you for your extra ordinary work on this. You did give a very informative presentation with the subcommittee. Thank you everybody that was involved with the extensive outreach to residents and for listening to them and what you forward. I think it is very important that current residence no that this is not something that is going to fall on them, particularly at a time when we are still building out adequate transportation infrastructure. Most of the residents of Treasure Island are low and middle income. Many rely on cars because we had, at this point that the is not adequate. We will have an opportunity at the midway point of the development to assess this policy and look at it at that. , the services on the transportation infrastructure that is on the island. I would underscore that we decided we were going to have a revisiting of this, not a sunset this is not automatically going to go away in terms of the exemption. There are decisions that need to be made with regards to businesses, future, low resident and comes on island. This is a very important step that we are taking. It does have some revenue consequences. The board of supervisors will need to look at how we are able to meet the demand and needs of transportation on the island and funded appropriately without relying on tolls initially on the current residence. I want to thank commissioners. Far find walton who sit on the subcommittee for their strong support in coming up with this policy. I do see commissioner walton has questions or comments in then i will open it up for Public Comment. Thank you. I was going to save thing you just said to make sure it was on record. I do want to say thank you to direct chang and the entire staff or listening to concerns. Thank you, vice chair walton. With that. Are there any other questions or comments from colleagues . Lets open this up for Public Comment. Jeff klein again, 20 year resident on Treasure Island. I think the board for hearing my comments. I want to thank supervisor haney and the staff are responding to residents concerns with this resolution and thanks to all who helped to move it forward. While this exemption for existing residents provides wealth and relief, does not address the potential disproportionate and adverse impacts of the toll project on present and future tenants. The logical solution is to return to the original 2,006 Transportation Plan where the developers propose that the toll would apply only to residents of the ti project. It was passed in the California Legislature in 2,008 to allow for creation of a Transportation Agency with authority to implement and manage the congestion toll among other things. The intent of the author of 8981 that the toll would apply to residents of the ti project. Not to existing residents through other drivers. Similarly the Treasure Island project Environmental Impact report to the board of supervisors in tran11. Specifying the visitors would not be charged, that is on page 45. Sometime between tran11 and 2014 when timma was created the toll was radically expanded to apply to all drivers going to and from Treasure Island yet timma staff did not tell any of us residence until 2015 while most commercial tenants do not hear about the toll until late 2018. I urge the board to resolve what would be a huge problem for businesses by returning to the original plan to toll new residents of the project. Thank you for your time and attention. Thank you. Good morning. My name is steve stallone. I am from Treasure Island wines and the Treasure Island organizing committee. There was talk about it not just being decided at the midway. Of 4,000 units being built, but also in that consideration we would be looking at where we were, as far as the alternative transit being part of what was going on on the island. The idea being that we really need to have viable alternative transit systems before we start moving into having the tolls. I dont see that reflected here. I am wondering if that was decided to leave that out or what . Anybody else for Public Comment . I will respond to that when we done done. Hello. My name is carol harvey. Im an investigative reporter. Ive been reporting on Treasure Island for the last six years. Treasure island, i understand you have an exemption for the residence. On an island that has one access point to toll businesses, or anyone on Treasure Island is unacceptable. These businesses, vendors, will not go to their businesses if they are having to pay tolls. The businesses have employees who cannot pay tolls. These businesses will not be able to get employees to work for them. The businesses should not have to pay tolls to have people work for them. This whole idea for businesses is simply unworkable, unsustainable, and it needs to be dropped completely in my humble opinion. Treasure island as he have a supermarket. They need these businesses. They need them to stay there, and they need them to be continued there. I urge you not to toll businesses. Because one of my research on this, i cannot see any reason why the developer whose idea it was to redevelop the island, cant pay for these tolls . The residents wont even be able to use the infrastructure they are going to build if the toll the residence. They wont be there by the time this new infrastructure is built. Thank you very much for hearing me out on this. Thank you. Any other Public Comment . Public comment is now closed. The question raised about what exactly we are proving in terms of action whether it explicitly includes that when there is revisiting that we will look at the Public Transportation infrastructure in the services . That is certainly my understanding of the language. I know some things still need to be figured out with the business rules on such. I just want to reiterate that was certainly our understanding and our expectation of what the languages that we will approve. Director hyatt . Yes, rachel hyatt. I want to confirm there are a number of points actually in the Development Project where we are required to evaluate, or will be required to evaluate the performance of the program. The first is set out in ab981. That is no later than three years after the commencement of tolling. We are called to evaluate its performance overall including Transit Service levels. What we are achieving an report that to the California State Legislature as well. I do agree and want to confirm the midpoint evaluation will include evaluation to Transit Service that is being provided. I want to reiterate in this action we are taking today we still need to have a conversation about businesses, employees. We arent making a decision on those things today. I appreciate the comment about our continued need to focus on that and understand the realities and the challenges, the equity issues that our businesses face. That will be a conversation we are going to have to have here in terms of a decision that is made. With that. Can i have a motion on a second to approve item seven . Motion by commissioner walton, seconded by commissioner brown. Can we take that same house same call . All right. Will you please call the next item. Item eight, introduction of new items. This is an information item. Any new items . Seeing then. Is there any Public Comment on this . Public comment is closed. Will you please call the next item . Item nine, general Public Comment. General Public Comment . Good morning again. On november 8, 2018 i sent a letter to supervisor kim on the subject of errors and omissions of the 2016 Treasure Island mobility Management Study for the third project and copied the supervisors and executive director. I pointed out that the study failed to mention that 53 poverty rate of Treasure Island residents and instead claims only one third of households although income. They use their wrong standard when they should have used hud housing a fort ability numbers based they used the federal poverty level. Thats wrong standard. If you used it the right standard that would result in 80 of households being qualified as lower income. The city wrongly claimed that Treasure Island driver spend more on transportation than average San Francisco drivers. Claiming 9,000 versus 7,000 a year ignoring the fact that median San Francisco households have more than twice as much income. The correct expense numbers are roughly 7,000 a year for Treasure Island households and 11,000 a year for San Francisco households. These are numbers three years ago. This is a 2016 study. Census data show that the population is with a 53 poverty rate. The study did not cover justice for low income and minority communities which requires federal agencies to consider Environmental Justice in all programs, policies and activities. Director chang did answer that question that the Environmental Justice report will be done. I look forward to seeing it, and reading it when it is available. I hope th