gavel welcome to the San Francisco county Transportation Authority meeting this morning at 10 00 am. , tuesday, february 27, 2024. Im chair mandelman i chair this board and commissioner melgar thank you, jeanette is from sfgov and madam clerk please call the roll. Chair mandelman present. Commissioner melgar . Madam clerk can you speak into mic please. Turn the mic on it helps. Commissioner stefani absent. Commissioner walton present. We have quorum. Thank you, madam clerk i think you have a couple of comments for location legislative chamber, room 250, city hall watch sf cable channel 26 or 99 depending on your provider watch www. Sfgovtv. Org. Or watch cable channel cable channel location legislative chamber, room 250, city hall watch sf cable channel 26 or 99 depending on your provider watch www. Sfgovtv. Org. May watch them on demand. Phone number 1 415 6550001 access code 2664 215 8026 to raise your hand, press 3 when Public Comment is called press star three and do not press it again or youll be removed from the queue the live operator will allow you to speak. Channel 26 or 99 depending on your provider or may visit the sfgovtv website www. Sfgovtv. Org to stream the live meeting or may watch them on demand. May watch them on demand. May watch them on demand. Public comment periods in person or remotely. Inperson Public Comment will be taken first; remote Public Comment will be taken after. Thank you. Thank you. Madam clerk before calling the next item as characterize i want to revictory when the Public Comment for today is meeting my attention to give 2 minutes for speakers otherwise madam clerk will you call the next item. 2. Chairs report information all right. Colleagues this month i have news to share on the portal projects we received the federal Administration Project earned a medium high rating under the fair to say decimal Investment Program this is the reflection of the position of the project well, for the potential for over 4 million in federal fund from the capital c i g now we wait for engineering that will set the maximum grant amount for the project and many congratulations on the news to t gpa team as well as our own project manager jessie and Agency Partners that collaborated over the years to get to this stage and pleased to congratulate the Transportation Authority 8 million fell safe streets for the traffic assault improvements and congratulations and thank yous are due to the speaker and to commissioner peskin and the Tenderloin Task force advocated for the grant and the grant will fund the speaker projects in the tenderloin where every street is on the network and projects are signal improvements and other intersection upgrades on Market Street and the reconfiguration for and the intersections on turk street and prop l makes this grant an excellent example how we leverage ourselves for safe streets investments and finally riders appear to be responding to the barts effort for the service and focus on the safe experience. And agencies lately safer barts Customer Satisfaction is 81 percent congratulations the bart board by the chair and past warehouse chair to tackle this with support and Transportation Authority has priority bart with all objectives from our state transit assistant fund for the elevator attendance and helped to modernize the stations and fix the elevators. Um, we look forward to a continued effectiveness of our plans and our improvements to support the economic recovery and thats what i got so thank you, folks. There are any questions or comments from colleagues happy to take if not open up for Public Comment anyone in the chambers like to comment on item 2 please come forward and ask for remote Public Comment on item 2. Checking for remote Public Comment on item 2. There is no Public CommentPublic Comment is closed. And madam clerk, call item three. 3. Executive directors report information good morning, chair and commissioners today let me echo kudos to bart Great Results and support of bart that chair mentioned and note in late December Bart kept the new Product Types successful and an january 11th to receive the San Francisco civic center and 24 street station were excited to see that heaping this year and again, funded by the sales tax grant fund and the news are taller and stronger with modern equipment has the ability to deand improving the Consumer Experience with the restoration of clipper thanks to the programs and policies that provided 12 and a half Million Dollars for the station. Turning to some local studies a quick update that are eco system and led by the group local businesses and merchants and shipperers and receiveers and neighborhood and other Community Groups this is a fund by the cash granted to reduce the emissions the Climate Change found that transportation account for half the Greenhouse Gas emissions and so it centered on what can be done collaboratively with the local businesses and shippers together with the stockholders if delivery programs and pilot by the environment and with Digital Management mta working on delivery app to increase the efficiency and ways we believe to incentivize to promote zero carbon modes in the late spring and summer appreciate the work. Next, well be seeing a presentation later on today ill leave that for later but ipa outreach in that um, upcoming multimodal transportation study and openhouse will be a town hall for march thats it at Golden Gate Park and we have been seen great project delivery the 19 avenue update the safety projects are are substantially complete a following on prior phases along 19 avenue to improve the signals for infrastructure with pole recognition and upgrades sea new traffic signal installations. calling names. were completed in january of 2024 so thank you to state of florida for that great work and little project is funded by the tax as well. On the quick front this is work mta is doing roundabout to the boulevard in january and mta will complete that working by spring and 245i6 been um, hosting a virtual openhouse for third Street Project and there are proposed a twoway protected bike ways between townsend street we appreciate that work and this set of projects the quick built is furnished by the staishths and the vehicle registration with the tax fund. On the planning side weve been able to apply for grants kalts caltrain will be collaborating with the community and other communitybased transportation work that is already initiated by sf mta and for the carpool lanes in the southeast on one 00 one and recommendations from the freeway study and our plan. Finally wanted to acknowledge we have a new member of the team stephen has joined us, please say hello. Weve been free to snag him an active chief spokesperson i met stephen with eric on the one 01 replacement project served as the Public Information officer for caltrain and those two organizations as well as serving as a traffic reporter with the Radio Station and experience working with Media Relations and go very active in the nonprofit world and the communitybased nonprofits and chinatown. Grace under pressure. laughter. i think you did multiple voices . Every aspect of our disability was the paired. Nice job thank you, chair. Thank you everyone. Good job stephen glad to have you. Open up for Public Comment to Public Comment. Good morning, commissioners a quick comment on the battering fair gate before we saw them in San Francisco we should first of all, western edition was a mess for the providers and basic took the station down to a central fair gate and two gates have been a rider hostile ill explain they closed very quickly and try to get through to kids good luck on bike it is difficult the times need to be fixed on the gate and three they crash with windows upgrades that is still like they shounld be crashing our gates should be fixed. Thank you very much. Thank you. Any more Public Comment in the chambers any remote Public Comment on item three . Checking for remote Public Comment on item 3. There is notice Public Comment. Public comment is closed. Kind of i what is the mechanism to communicate with with members of the public for bart. Were funding the bell ringing pardon me . Were funding the projects weve followup i do think that the west oakland to make sure unintelligible . Okay. Thank you. Madam clerk, call item 4. 4. Approve the minutes of the february 13, 2024, meeting action all right. I dont see comments or questions from colleagues any Public Comment on item 4 . I dont see monotony remote Public Comment on item 4. Checking for remote Public Comment on item 4 . There is no Public Comment. Public comment is closed. Motion to approve item 4 . Moved by commissioner dorsey and madam clerk, call the roll. Commissioner chan, aye. Commissioner dorsey, aye. Commissioner engardio, aye. Chair mandelman, aye. Commissioner melgar, aye. Commissioner peskin, aye. Xherd commissioner ronen, aye. Supervisor walton, aye. Commissioner stefani, aye. Commissioner walton. We have 11 i say motion is approved. Thank you. Madam clerk if you please call the consent calendar. 5 through the staff is not planning to a present but available for questions. I dont see any questions or comments is there a motion to approve the consent calendar moved by xherd and seconded by commissioner stefani. Same house, same call. Without objection motion passes. And madam clerk and madam clerk can you please call item call item kat siegal and Venecia Margarita as the district 5 and district9 representatives, respectively, to the Community AdvisoryCommittee Action thank you, madam clerk and normally i think on the consent calendar but give margaret the chance and have amelia here to present. Yes. Good morning. Thank you, chair mandelman and good morning, commissioners as you can see approved the appointment for cat and margaret as the district 9 repetitive and a couple of weeks ago and cat appeared at the last meeting and mary congregated is here to speak to her qualifications and this is an action for final approval for the appointment. Thank you so do we have margarita. Yes. Buenos dias good morning chair mandelman and commissioner melgar and commissioner ronen im humbled by the opportunity for the advisory Advisory Committee for the Transportation Authority and a lifelong resident of San Francisco and had the honor of working in the community as a social working and Community Organizer and volunteer wearing many years for over 36 years and an honor to be appointed by commissioner ronen and ill do any very best to voice for all Community Members and the represent the transportation needs. Thank you very much. Thank you commissioner ronen. Colleagues just like i said last week heard if margarita shes a long time resident and as a social working and Community Organizer my office worked with her and i constantly speak to her integrity and dedication and bilingual and well verse on the issues especially the protecting and immigrants and have fortunate to have her and happy to vote on her appointment today and to join me in confirming her appointment. Thank you commissioner chan open up for Public Comment anyone in the chamber like to take to us about item number ten . Any remote Public Comment on item number ten. Checking for remote Public Comment on item 10. No Public Comment all all right. Public comment is closed. Commissioner ronen would you like to move approval thank you and i think we can take that. Same house, same call. Without objection motion passes. And congratulations and thank you, ms. Margarita and madam clerk, call item 11. 11. Major Capital Project update Caltrain Modernization Program information. We are joined by caltrain michelle. Thank you chair mandelman and commissioner melgar great to present this item to you i think this may be one of the few remaining upgrades to this body will be provided only the Electrification Program before we introduce the clearing i want to thank you for the collaboration and partnership of this board especially commissioner walton sits on this committee and mfa staff great support for the railroad and this project. Im going to be a little bit of a defender will give you an update where we were late reporting to this body we essentially finished the Infrastructure Construction and the flyers and we are currently working through the power system we do have half roughly half of the power system up and coming and in need to doal the testing for 8 of the electrical multi unit trends 4 are fully tested that is going extremely well of the product and the customers are going to love them we had a purview we think two of them we hosted the other day in San Francisco and proud to see many of you at the events. I think we had in seizing of 20 though people i cant wait to the service in september of 2024 were really coming down to the wire so to thank you, for your support we have a few more events that casey will talk about so appreciate taking the time today. Hello, everyone katie chief of staff thank you for being here. And the electrification thank you for those in this long journey it is mind on purpose but about the caltrain anniversary really the next phase of caltrain future. I reminder all of people trained we have thirtyyearold trains and santa fe will be electric and lots of infrastructure to support this new electrical train and as michelle mentioned we have completed 3000 poles and im sorry three Times Foundation for the poles and now into an old right away and overhead wires and upgraded the personnel system and energized 15 millions to santa fe and San Francisco and thats where were testing the train have to have 1,000 miles testing before they are put into service. And as they come on the property and with the First Responders to make sure they understand what a new electrical environment looks like and work with us for the upcoming items need to be preng for the Winter Storm Damage we working closely on our rightofway to minimum news those risks we have experiences over the last couple of years is significant and redoubling the efforts and addressing the storm damage about a month ago and energize the whole corridor and bring trains up and down the corridor and have a soft lounge and reaching out to i to make sure youre aware of it in the summer and start to have the public ride it and fully turned over with a brand new schedule ill talk about in september of this year and like to be transparent with the partners so for the projects contractor quality and bond cables that incarcerating over hid for transaction power and finally plex the top items and full Team Dedicated to this to launch it and roadway on budget and expect to be so but details for anyone that is interested where we are with the contingency with the dollar amount in the bottom right hand corner this is a healthy amount but have some complicated challenging projects left to make sure that everything is up and working with the trains and the infrastructure and so while we are happy we are not counting our eggs yet. We have some updated service we put forward what we believe will be a robust and useful service plan for riders up and down the cord because of capacity of the electrical trains theyre able to get to places faster even though the same speed we expect to have an express service in San Francisco to santa fe and cant beat it driving prepandemic and the local services the trains are accelerated at stations even the local service that touches every single one of the stations youll save 25 minutes not and down in Santa Clara County were not electrical we will have a transfer to santa fe as they go north spots electrified areas so even in the area were not Electrical First degree support for those how they connect and welltimed system will benefit them and in the future have plans to have a vi