Transcripts For SFGTV Transportation Authority Full Board 20

Welcome to the Transportation Authority meeting for today, tuesday, may 12th, 2020. My name is aaron peskin. And i am the chair. Our clerk is ms. Angela tsao. Ms. Tsao, if you could please call the roll. Clerk yes. Commissioner fewer . Present. Clerk commissioner haney . Commissioner haney present. Clerk commissioner mandelman . Commissioner mandelman present. Clerk commissioner mar . Commissioner mar present. Clerk commissioner peskin . Commissioner peskin present. Clerk commissioner preston . Commissioner preston present. Clerk commissioner ronen . Commissioner ronen present. Clerk commissioner safai . Absent. Commissioner yee . Yee absent. We have quorum. Supervisor safai is here. Clerk safai present. Thank you. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes, i do. Thank you. Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda via telephone by calling 888 2045984. 2045987. Enter access code, as seen on the screen. Then follow the system prompts. Once you join, you will be able to listen to the meeting as a participant. When you wish to speak on an item, dial one, zero to be added to the queue to speak. When your two minutes are up, we will move on to the next caller. Calls will be taken in the order of which they are received. Best practices are to speak slowly, clearly, and turn down the volume on your television. Please allow for audio visual delays and a 30second lag time during the course of the meeting. Commissioner peskin thank you, madam clerk. Can you please read the item. Clerk this is an information item. Commissioner peskin mr. Larson, good morning. Good morning, chair peskin and vice chair mandelman and commissioners. The last time i appeared before you, at the march 10th was at the march 10th t. A. Board meeting. Subsequently our march 25th and april 22nd c. A. C. Meetings were canceled, but im happy to inform you that we will resume our meetings on may 27th through a Virtual Meeting like this one. And were going to have a practice session this friday to prepare. So im sure it will go smoothly. In the meantime, the t. A. Staff has kept themselves available to brief any of the c. A. C. Members on issues that have come before the t. A. Board in the interim. Theyve been keeping us informed and up to date we do look forward to getting back to business and bringing forward our comments and our suggestions and our points of view to you at your next meeting. So, thank you very much. Commissioner peskin thank you, mr. Larson. And we look to the results of your next meeting. Madam clerk, can you please any Public Comment on the c. A. C. Report . Clerk there is no Public Comment. Commissioner peskin okay. Seeing no Public Comment, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] next item, please. Clerk item 3, approve the minutes of the april 28th, 2020 meeting. This is an action item. Commissioner peskin is there any Public Comment on this item . Clerk there is no Public Comment. Commissioner peskin okay. Seeing no Public Comment, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] is there a motion to approve the minutes of april 28th commissioner preston aye. Chair peskin is there a second . Commissioner preston moves. Is there a second for that motion . Commissioner mandelman second. Chair peskin on that item, a roll call please. [roll call] clerk we have approval. Commissioner peskin thank you. The minutes are adopted. Next item, please. Clerk item 4. Allocate 3,257,155 in prop k cals tax funds, with conditions, and 140,000 in prop aa vehicle Registration Fee funds for seven requests. This is an action item. Commissioner peskin ms. Laforte, good morning. Good morning, commissioners. Anna la fort Deputy Director for policy and programming. Im pleased to be with you today. Ill just start with some base remarks, as requested by chair peskin. We have evaluated the requests that we are presenting to you today, in light of the covid19 pandemic and the shelterinplace. And we have confirmed with the agencies that are requesting these funds, sfmta and s. F. Public works that these projects continue to be priorities and Staff Resources are available to deliver the projects, according to the schedules and the materials that you have. And so with that im going to pull up my presentation. And we will start with the first request from public works. This is for the replacement of street repair and cleaning equipment that has passed the end of its useful life. And these are pieces of equipment that are compliant with the air Resources Board and the service date is around this Time Next Year, at the end of june 2021. This request is a request that we see every year from public works for public sidewalk and curb repair. This is to repair damaged infrastructure that is not caused by street trees. So these are for locations that have that have been impacted because of equipment or age or poor original construction to begin with. So there are theres a backlog of locations that are shown in your packet of materials for folks watching at home. You can request a public sidewalk repair by calling 311. Next request is a funding request that we also see every year from the department of public works. This is for streets and planting. In the past, this category and the prop k expenditure plan has funded both tree maintenance as well as Tree Planting and establishment with the passage of the prop e Tree Maintenance Fund from the general fun setaside passed in 2016 street tree maintenance is now funded through the general fund. So the planting and the establishment of newly planted trees is funded by the prosecution k sales tax. And the locations that have been cleared for utilities, these are empty basins. There was a backlog of locations that was shown in the materials that you have in your packet. Theres about 630 locations or so that will be that are ready for plant. And public works prioritizes empty basins as well as areas in the city with low canopy cover. Similar to the public sidewalk repair requests, members of the public can call 311 for a Tree Planting. The next two prop k sales tax requests are from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency for the residential trafficcalming program. The first request is to design the locations that were accepted into the program from the applications received in june of 2019. There were about 92 locations that came in, or that have been accepted. And so just about about 100 locations with 47 blocks citywide. And these are mostly speed humps and speed cushions, as you can see in the two photos on the screen in front of you. Examples of those two types of infrastructure. And a couple of years out, public works im sorry, m. T. A. Will come back to the board around this Time Next Year to request funds for the construction phase. The next request is to evaluate the request that come in to sfmta on june 30th of this year. So this is the planning phase. M. T. A. Is not changing the date that the applications are due. They are still due june 30th. However, because of shelterinplace, they are no longer requiring the petition requirement from households on the block at a minimum of 20 signatures have to come in. That is waived this year. And so on sfmtas website, under the traffic calming program, you will find the application. By this time it should be modified to state it does not require that. So any individual household can submit the application this year. The next two requests are from the department of public works for prop aa vehicle Registration Fee funds. They are both for the design phase of these projects, that im pleased to present to you today. First is for the Western Addition pedestrian lighting project. And this will fund new lighting on mccallister street from fillmore to webster and Fund Additional lighting on fillmore from golden gate avenue to church street. These are recommendations that were in the Western Addition Community Transportation plan, which was also in a Transportation Improvement Program or ntip prop k Program Planning project. So very pleased to see these projects this project advancing. Next request is for the potrero gateway loop Pedestrian Safety improvements. This is for safety improvements at 17th street, vermont street and san bruno avenue, adjacent to the 101 freeway and it will fund a host of very needed improvements to replace making and safety along the ushape along the 101 freeway. Both of these requests are for the design phase, as i mentioned. Public works will be requesting construction phase funds for these projects in the future, for the potrero gateway loop project. It will be leveraging a state grant from the affordable housing, sustainable communities program. And requires that construction start i believe its by the end of 2021. So it has some timely use of funds requirements for the construction phase for this particular project. And with that i can answer any questions and there are also project managers available. Commissioner peskin thank you, ms. Lafort. Are there any commissioners who have any questions or comments on this item number 4 . Commissioner preston. Commissioner preston thank you, chair peskin. No questions but a comment. I just want to thank you for all the work on the Western Addition pedestrian lighting project. Really excited that this is moving forward in the design phase is funded. As you mentioned, the project comes directly from the recommendations from the community, through the Western Addition Community Base Transportation Plan from 2017. And this project, in the fillmore, will improve Pedestrian Safety, enhance Community Connections to recreational spaces, and help with the overall walkability of communityidentified priority streets in the Western Addition, by installing additional pedestrian lights. I also want to note that this lighting plan is one of a number of projects that were trying to get off the ground and advocate for in the area, including the buchanan mall and the project will include new pedestrian lights and tree trimming on mccallister. As you mentioned, between fillmore and webster and additional lighting and tree trimming on fillmore between golden gate and turk. A lot of work has gone into that. And i just wanted to thank some folks, michelle wu at the department of public works, ms. Laforte and Mike Pickford at the t. A. All of the m. T. A. Staff, including those involved with the Western Addition Transportation Plan, in particular shada who did a lot of the Community Outreach for the Transportation Plan. And also wanted to thank mo magic collective, citizen film, s. F. Public utilities, rec and park department, police department, planning department, and all of the Community Members in the Western Addition that took part in project. Really pleased to see this moving forward and thank you for all your work. Commissioner peskin thank you, commissioner preston, for those comments. Any other members of the commission who have any questions or comments . Seeing none, is there any Public Comment on this item number 4 . Clerk chair, there is no Public Comment. Commissioner peskin okay. Public comment is closed. [gavel] is there a motion to allocate the 3. 25 million of prop k money and 140,000 prop aa money . Motion made by commissioner . Preston. Commissioner peskin and seconded by . Commissioner yee yee. Commissioner peskin on that item, a roll call please. Clerk commissioner fewer . Commissioner fewer i. O. C. Clerk commissioner haney . Commissioner haney aye. Clerk commissioner mandelman . Commissioner mandelman aye. Clerk commissioner mar . Commissioner mar aye. Clerk commissioner peskin . Commissioner peskin aye. Clerk commissioner ronen . Commissioner ronen aye. Clerk commissioner safai . Commissioner stefani . Commissioner stefani i. Clerk commissioner yee . Commissioner yee sorry, i didnt mean to beat you. Aye. Clerk we have approval of first read. Commissioner peskin thank you, next item, please. Clerk item number 5. Approve the Transportation Authority project priorities for the senate bill 1, local Partnership Program Competitive Grant Program and amend the prop k fiveyear Prioritization Program for the pedestrian circulation and safety category. This is an action item. Commissioner peskin all right. Ms. Laforte, the floor is yours again. Thank you. Anna laforte, Deputy Director for policy and programming at the Transportation Authority. Let me pull up my presentation. Okay. So the item before you today is in regards to the local Partnership Program and this is a program that has been established by the California Transportation Commission, that rewards local jurisdictions that received approval of taxes or fees, that have been imposed on transportation. There is a formula portion of the program for 60 of the funds and then also a competitive portion of the program, which is the subject of the item today, about 40 of the funds go to. The Transportation Authority is eligible for both pots of funds, if you will, as the administrator of the prop k has sent transportation sales taxes, as well as the prop aa vehicle Registration Fee. And the city and county of San Francisco is eligible for the formula and competitive programs, as the administrator of the prop d Transportation Network companys tax, the t. N. C. Tax that passed in november of 2019, as well as selfimposed fees for the portion that portion of the Transportation Sustainability fee. The guidelines for this program oh, im sorry. Let me put it on to the first slide. The guidelines for this program allow for an agency, the eligible applicant, like the city and county of San Francisco or the Transportation Authority, to identify a different entity as the implementing agency for the projects. And so that agency assumes the responsibility and the accountability for delivery and the use and expenditure of the funds, should that project be successful in receiving a grant. In the first cycle of this program, the c. T. C. Awarded 6. 7 million to the Transportation Authority with public works, s. F. Public works as the implementing agency for jefferson street improvement phase two. This next funding cycle is for three years of the program. And it will provide just under 190 million over that threeyear period statewide to competitive projects. This is this broad eligibility for both transit and highway and streets and roads types of projects. But it will only fund the construction phase of the project and it requires a dollarfordollar local match. As well there is also a minimum grant size of 3 million from the local Partnership Program. So plus the local match, you are looking at a minimum cost of a construction phase of 6 million. The c. T. C. Also requires that agents submit these project nominations in priority order. These are just some of the conditions or criteria that the California Transportation Commission uses to establish projects for funding, cost effectiveness, and projects that are ready to go, project that leverage more than the dollarfordollar match as well as having air quality benefits and local and Regional Support as well. We have worked with eligible or potential project sponsors since january in preparation for this call for projects being released. And we received requests to support the nominations of two projects. We considered the local Partnership Guidelines and assessed the project status, as well as the potential for the projects to be competitive at the statewide level. And in close coordination with staff from the mayors office, we recommend submitting project nominations in the following order, as again required by the California Transportation Commission. So the First Priority for the project submissions is the Mission Geneva safety project. This is a muniforward and vision zero safety project, that will include improvements on mission street, from geneva to trumbull, geneva from mi