Situation and perhaps program the fund at the end of 2020, when we have a much Bigger Picture and reflect this in the new midyear budget we plan to bring in june and the annual budget later this year. We have, however, in the meantime been engaging with key stakeholders, such as the sfmta, the department of Public Health, the Pedestrian Safety advisory committee, the bicycle advisory committee, and all of the variation advocate organizations and Community Groups on the guidelines for how the program might be structured and what the process would be for eligibility and the like. So again we look forward to bringing that all to you later this year. Turning to project delivery. Pleased to share, of course, that caltrans has made tremendous progress. Youve seen this in the news. They were able to accelerate this project by three months, during shelterinplace. Took advantage of the lower traffic levels and we do want to appreciate that theyve been able to keep the public well informed. The detours are going very smoothly. We want to thank caltrans for expediting the work and sfmta and california Highway Patrol for keeping speeds safe through the area and managing traffic. So thank you again. For folks interested, a live web cam you can see the 24 7 operations here. Please visit 101alemanyproject. Com to have a look at the project in realtime. Caltrans, began repaving the northern section of state route 1, presidio. This was friday the 17th. Work will continue to be done through late may, most days of the week. This is again between lincoln and lake street. So for more information, please also refer to the caltrans website. Finally, on management and the administration issues, we continue to closely monitor the revenue streams. And estimates of the city and with other Partner Agencies to assess the short and mediumterm financial impact. The revenues received last week, as far as the sales tax reports for february, indicate that revenues were unaffected through the first two months. But, of course, we expect that significant decrease to show up in the march through these through months, now through the end of the year. A final amendment towards 2020 budget for your approval in june, as long as with the results of our review of bart program and fund program priorities, as chair had requested. So to coordinate with the city and county of San Francisco, well present the annual budget later this summer. In the meantime, we do maintain a Strong Financial position that were meeting the cash needs of our sponsors. And with that i will conclude my remarks. Thank you. Commissioner peskin thank you, madam executive director. Is there any Public Comment on item number 3 . Clerk chair, there is no Public Comment. Commissioner peskin okay. Public comment is closed. And now you can read the Consent Agenda, madam clerk. Clerk thank you, chair. Item 48 comprise the Consent Agenda. Items 58 were approved at the april 14th board meeting, and are now being considered for final approval. The remaining items are considered routine, staff is not planning to present on these items. But are prepared to present if desired. If a member objects to any of the consent, items may be removed and considered separately. Just a reminder that Public Comment will be available for item via telephone, by calling 888 2045984. Enter access code 2858465. Then follow system prompts. Theres a 30second delay, so please dial 10 as soon as you hear the item called in order to speak on that particular item. Please remember to turn down your Television Volume when commenting. Commissioner peskin thank you. Before i ask for a motion, madam executive director, could you just please speak to the new special condition on item number 6. Yes, certainly chair. Commissioner peskin . We yes, certainly, chair pesk. Including the requirement that the allocation funds for both their allocation and our portion of the appropriation of these funds, prop k funds would only be spent in accordance with the citys l. B. E. And i believe 12b and local hire requirements. Commissioner peskin thank you, ms. Chang. Is there any Public Comment on item number 4 . Clerk yes, chair, we do have a member of the public. Commissioner peskin okay. First speaker, please. Dont forget to press 10. Operator you have one question remaining. Clerk welcome, caller, you have two minutes for your Public Comment by which starts now. I apologize. Im for item number 6. Commissioner peskin we already had Public Comment on that item last week. We did receive your comment by email. And that is in our possession. But Public Comment on that item was taken at our last meeting. Caller thank you. Commissioner peskin thank you, mr. Lebrun. So with that, Public Comment is closed. Is there a motion to move the Consent Agenda . Moved by mandelman. Commissioner peskin is there a second . Commissioner yee yee. Commissioner peskin on that motion, a roll call, please clerk for the Consent Agenda. Commissioner fewer . Fewer. Commissioner fewer . Aye. Clerk commissioner mandelman commissioner mandelman aye. Clerk commissioner mar . Commissioner mar . Aye. Commissioner peskin aye. Clerk commissioner preston . Commissioner preston aye. Clerk commissioner ronen . Commissioner ronen aye. Clerk commissioner safai . Commissioner safai aye. Clerk commissioner walton . Commissioner walton . Aye. Clerk commissioner yee . Commissioner yee aye. We have approval. Commissioner peskin okay. Those items are finally approved. Could you please read the next item. Clerk yes. Item 9 is reprogram 197,500 in Transportation Fund for clean air funds from the San FranciscoMunicipal Transportation Agencys fiscal year 2016 2017 alternative fuel taxi Incentive Program to San Francisco department of the environments fiscal year 2018 2019 Emergency Ride Home Program. This is an action item. Commissioner peskin thank you, madam clerk. I just want to start by thanking our staff for their collaborative work with the department of the environment. Thank you to ms. La ford and to our executive director for that work with the air district and thank you particularly to tyrone jew, who helped facilitate this collaboration. And thank you to commissioners walton and haney for making this small thing happen. With that, ms. La ford, would you like to present this item to the commission . Good morning, commissioners. Anna la ford, Deputy Director for policy and programming with the Transportation Authority. Im going to pull up my brief notation and then i will invite Charles Sheehan, from the department of the environment, to make some remarks about the program. At the april 14th board meeting, the board and in particular commissioner haney requested that staff explore ways to help essential workers, who are facing challenges getting home from their jobs, particularly at night. Due to recent Transit Service reductions, due to covid19. And since the meeting, we have been working with the department of environment and the San FranciscoMunicipal Transportation Agency to develop a proposal to expand the existing Emergency Ride Home Program, that the department of the environment has been operating for many years. This provides taxi rides. The proposal is to provide additional taxi rides for essential workers, who are not able to take transit home, due to service reductions. Now by way of background, the Transportation Authority has been funding the Emergency Ride Home Program with Transportation Funds for clean air funds since 2009. These are funds that come to the county for programming for projects that have clean air benefits. And so what we are proposing to do is to expand the program. The program at its core is to encourage people to walk and bike and take transit and take sustainable modes of transportation to get to work. And that if there is an emergency, it provides a taxi reimbursement for a ride home for these workers. And the proposal is to expand this existing program during the covid19 emergencyrelated Transit Service reductions. And it is a proposal that responds to the needs of the special workers. And it will also provide air quality benefits, which is one of the goals of the Transportation Fund for clean air. It will incentivize trips to work and help transit riders say on transit during this time, rather than becoming drivealone park commuters. The way that we are proposing to fund this expanded Emergency Ride Home Program, for essential workers, is by reprogramming funds from the sfmtas alternative fuel taxi program. This is a grant that provides a financial incentive to taxi companies, to replace their clean replace their taxi vehicles with clean air vehicles, by providing an incentive, a rebate to the taxi companies. This grant, from fiscal year 20162017 will expire on octobe. A remaining balance of almost 200,000 that we would reprogram to the the department of environment Emergency Ride Home Program. And it will still, as you can see from this slide, this proposal will still leave 250,000 available to the m. T. A. For its taxi program. Sfmta is very supportive of this proposal. It continues to support the taxi industry and its essential workers. And i also wanted to note that we have been working with the air district staff and have provided them with various different elements of information about our proposal and we have modified the Program Proposal in response to some of their concerns. And we they now think that the proposal is reasonable and will work with us over the coming weeks and months to monitor the program, as it proceeds. And with that i would like to i would like to invite Charles Sheehan from the department of the environment to give his presentation to go into detail on the program. Commissioner peskin mr. Sheehan. Thank you, chair. Commissioner thank you, chair peskin. Over the past week, weve been working extensively to put together this Program Proposal. I want to thank alex and minutehoe park from the department of the park. Of course, mike and anna from sfmta and, of course, the air district for their partnership and collaboration. Im going to pull up my screen here. Lets see here. Okay. Everyone see those slides . Commissioner peskin yes, we can. So for nearly ten years, the emergency ride home has provided commuters in San Francisco a guaranteed ride home from work, in case of an emergency. The goal of the program is to help commuters feel confident in sustainable commuting options, which encourages them to leave their cars at home and allow them to feel safe and secure that an emergency ride to go home, to go to the doctor is available when they need it. The user pays the cost of the ride up front, and then submits a reimbursement request after the trip. And then during this time of shelterinplace, the Program Remains available only to essential workers and retains the same purpose. Because of covid19, as many of you know, the transit options that many commuters rely on have been significantly curtailed. Muni service has been curtailed, bart service has been curtailed, but essential workers still need to get home after work. To support them were proposing an expansion of the Emergency Ride Home Program and we are proposing to call it the essential worker ride home program. This resource will assist essential workers and frontline staff, that are struggling to get home after work late at night, due to transit reductions. As was noted earlier, we are still expecting commuters to take sustainable transit options into work and the goals of the program remain the same. Reduce emissions, and offer that will reliable ride during unexpected times. The program is going to leverage the ready established framework for the existing emergency ride home, which is managed by the department of the environment. The new expansion differs in eligibility requirements, reimbursement allocations and has additional verification processes. To maximize the number of people who can be served by the program, we are limiting the number of trips to ten taxi rides home per month and up to 70 per ride. The calculation is based on a 12week program budget, using the average cost of a oneway, offpeak taxi ride to the east bay and assumes that not every trip will reach that 70 limit. Although challenging to predict demand and usage, based on the budget and parameters, we anticipate the program could subsidize an estimate 71 to 100 essential workers per week. Ill talk a little bit about eligibility requirements. All employees, as noted, must be working for essential businesses in San Francisco as classified by the city of San Francisco. Trips must originate at the employees work location and end at home, a transit stop that will take them to their home or the location of their parked car. Trips to work will not be covered by the program. Trips must be taken during hours when or at locations where previously available transit options are now unavailable. Tricks, of course, must made via official taxi. We will also ask people, who request reimbursement, to certify that they used the sustainable mode to get to work and we will screen out employees who have access to transportation benefits or systems that their current employers offer. Verification and processes. Were going to follow the existing and wellestablished system used for the Emergency Ride Home Program, with some additions to account for essential worker verification. For example, the application will ask about personal and employer information, which will be reviewed for eligibility by s. F. E. Staff. Once approved, participants can begin to use the program and submit weekly reimbursements. And, of course, each request will be reviewed for Program Compliance by s. F. T. Staff and once approved, a check will be processed and sent to participants. As you can see, our budget is 197,500. And most of it is going to reimbursements. Im going to dive a little deeper into this slide, because we went back and forth with the air district on budget, on funding, and making sure we can make the program last. And make it available to as many essential workers as possible. Because we do want to make sure that it is a 12week program. And we want to be mindful of our sustainability goals and the need to make sure again we cover as many people as possible. And we worked hard over the past two weeks on this point. So to that end, during the preapproval process, we will cap the number of applications at 70. And put others on a waitlist until we can properly assess the applications and the data that we have. 70 is based on the maximum use projection of the budget. Remember ten rides per month, 70 per ride. The Application Form is going to capture information about the perspective applicant, how theyre going to use the program, how much theyre going to use the program. And we can make calculations based on those projections. With that refined usage data, well be able to forecast better and make program adjustments, if we need to stretch funds or if we need to make sure that more people are eligible and are using the program. And if we have to, we can potentially lower the maximum reimbursable amount. We can lower the amount of reimbursements that can be submitted each month. We can restrict the timeframe to after 9 00 p. M. And before 8 30 a. M. All are tools to make sure that we can meet our 12week goal. Were proposing the launch on may 1 of the and the program will be reevaluated and modified, based on the following. Potential updates to transportation schedules, availability of program funding, and the possibility or the potential for the removal of the shelterinplace order. Any decision to extend or discontinue the program will be made in consultation with sfcta staff. We have a plan for marketing and outreach that were going to turn on right away. Were going to feature it on the department of the environments website, as well as other city websites, sfgov, sfmta, sfcta, oewd, the department of Human Resources. Were going to share Digital Marketing materials, essential businesses, nonprofits, Community Partners. In addition, were going to work with the department of Human Resources for a citywide communication for staff, so make sure essential workers, working for the city, know that this program is available to them. Our colleagues at sfmta will lead outreach and education for the taxi industry. And at the launch of the program, well have bilingual staff ready to assist customers needing assistance chinese and spanish. And while theyre doing that, were working to translate our web page, our Application