Good morning and welcome to the to the monthly meeting the of Transportation Authority im supervisor wiener the chair of the tort i want to thank sfgov for broadcasting Jennifer Lowe and bill dillon mr. Clerk, please call the roll supervisor avalos commissioner breed commissioner campos commissioner cohen commissioner farrell commissioner kim commissioner kim . Here commissioner mar chens chang commissioner tang commissioner wiener commissioner yee commissioner yee . Sorry commissioner yee present we have quorum. Thank you very much item 2. Item 2 chairs report this is an information item. Thank you and colleagues over the past year the Transportation Authority has clocked collaborated with our agency and Community Partners to achieve a number of milestones for the transportation including including the wins and federal, state, and local let me thank you vice chair malia cohen and thank caging for the Program Committee and commissioner avalos for chairing the finance committee about all of you and the staff with the board and executive director tilly chang and her staff we got a lot done in 2015 thank you colleagues for giving me the honor of harry this we successfully advocated for the multi federal participation bill of 2005 the 5 year fixing American Transportation act will bring stability to the programs in the coming years cap trade fund continue to generate fund for the transit like the expansion of muni and rail fleet and the development of high speed rail that connects our region and city locally our sales tax and other Transportation Authority managed fund played a key role inform attracting the funding and in 2015 the Transportation Authority celebrated the new presidio parkway and extensions in van ness bart and better Market Street and the contributing terminal it supported many vision zero and others from new crosswalks to street repaving and Traffic Signals across the city the cooperation hoped the bike share with a slated bike share fleet tenfold over the next years as we look forward to 2016 it is critically important for San Francisco to keep investing locally and regional will i other transit stems struggle to keep up this investment is crucial to the affordability and liveability and economic vitally as we look at the 2016 for the ballot and the core fund we need to pull together as a city and region to make sure we keep the transportation city on track i looked forward to continueed success at the Transportation Authority in 2016 as we move forward so thank you, colleagues this is an information item any Public Comment on item 2 seeing none, Public Comment is closed item number 3. Item 3 executive directors report this is an information item. Ms. Chang. Executive director report . Excuse me. Due to the presentation of the annual report well for go the executive director report audience any any Public Comment on item 3 seen none, Public Comment is closed. Item 4. Item 4 approve the minutes of the december 4th an action item. Colleagues, any comments or questions changes to the minutes seeing none, any Public Comment . Item 4 the minutes your seeing none, Public Comment is closed and can you take item actually havent voted call the roll. Commissioner avalos commissioner breed commissioner campos commissioner cohen chair farrell commissioner kim commissioner mar schechz commissioner tang is commissioner yee the minutes are approved okay. Well now move to item you number 5. Election of chair and vice chair this is an action item. Okay great colleagues annually at the first meeting the board in sdwran the board shall elect the chair and vice chair the Transportation Authority the newly appointed chair shall immediately precede after the election meeting as soon as one of the nominees get the majority that person is elected and no votes on the remaining nominees so mr. Clerk you call the item already so neemsz are now many order for the office of chair of the authority any nominations. Sorry commissioner avalos thank you mr. Chairman and before i make my nomination id like to thank you for your service i wanted to thank vice chair cowen and so much more work that has been done and tlooshgd so with that in mind it is my honor to nominee john avalos to serve as this chairman and he has done this . The past and throughout the 10 year not only a member but chair he has demonstrated the ability to work with different people making sure the interest of every constituent and each other is seriously considered i believe that the way that he has assured the fiscal viability of this Agency Working closely with our executive director making sure in a difficult transition he oversaw that shows why he will do a great job 0 so my honor to nominate john avalos the next chair a second. Seconded by commissioner mar any additional nominations commissioner cohen. Thank you. Im proud and happy to support the continuation of chair under commissioner wiener im thinking he did an excellent job and has a success to stand on in our best interests to support commissioner wiener id like to nominate commissioner wiener. Thank you commissioner cohen a second to is that nomination seconded by commissioner breed and commissioner breed thank you. I am really honored to second commissioner cohens nominates of commissioner wiener to serve as the chair no on, on that committee a stronger advocate for transportation and moving forward in a positive direction as it relates to fixing our Public Transportation system our roads and no stronger advocate on this board of supervisors than supervisor wiener i appreciate his leadership and his consistency in the work and the things hes advocated for including his creative way to generated significant delores for transportation through his proposition last year hes created he understands that this is not the short game if were going to change for the better we need to do significant changes and significant conflict of interests and major improvements i appreciate his work and knowledge of all things transportation i know it is not just because he away rides muni more than any of us in the room but most importantly because he understands it he understands the system and planning to a candidate a better system i want to second the nomination and just really express my appreciation for all the work you continue to do for the city and county of San Francisco as it relate to transportation and getting us on the right track. Thank you, commissioners. Commissioner avalos. Thank you. I appreciate the nomination from commissioner campos ive already served and chair of the Transportation Authority in 2013 and 2014 in leadership positions our body it is important to actually rotate out at times thats why i rotated out there commissioner wiener and happy to support you for another year on the Transportation Authority. Thank you commissioner avalos its been a pleasure to work with you for a number of years. Colleagues, any additional nominations nomination are closed no additional comments move to Public Comment on this item any Public Comment on the election of chair . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed and california mr. Clerk same house, same call . Or do we need a roll call we should do a roll call vote. So, please oh, call the roll on item number on the election of chair. On that motion in favor of 63 for chair supervisor avalos commissioner breed commissioner campos commissioner cohen commissioner farrell commissioner kim absent commissioner mar commissioner peskin commissioner tang commissioner wiener commissioner Yee Scott Wiener is now elected chair. Colleagues thank you very much for the honor well move to the election of vice chair of the authority by nominations . No one wanted it interest mr. Chairman id like to nominate our colleague eric mar. A second to the nominees of eric mar by commissioner yee any additional nominations . Okay. No additional nominations necessarily the neemsz are closed any Public Comment on the vice chair of the authority seeing none, Public Comment is closed and i believe we can take this same house, same call . Well take that without objection. Commissioner mar is elected vice chair congratulations commissioner mar looked forward to Work Together colleagues well move to item number 6 item 6 award a 3 year cloult contract not to exceed one Million Dollars pulse for Engineering Services for the San Francisco longrange Transportation Program and authorize the executive director to negotiate the contract terms an action items. Colleagues questions or comments on item 6 seeing none, any Public Comment on item number 6 seeing none, Public Comment is closed and can we same house, same call . Well take that without objection. That will be the order thank you item 78. Approval the 2016 legislative program an action item. Colleagues do we have we dont need a presentation any questions or comments on item 7 seeing none, any any Public Comment on item 7 seeing none, Public Comment is closed and colleagues, can we take that same house, same call . Well take that without objection. That will be the order item number 8. Item 8 appoint richard and amusing to the Advisory Committee an action item okay. Colleagues any questions or comments on this item seeing none, are there any Public Comment on this item seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Can we take item 8 same house, same call . The house keeps changing call the roll. Commissioner avalos commissioner breed commissioner campos commissioner cohen commissioner farrell chamber of commerce absent commissioner mar commissioner peskin commissioner tang che commissioner yee absent the item passes okay item number 9. Item 9 adopt the 2015 annual report an action item. Our executive director will present the report. Thank you che congratulations to you and commissioner mar im pleased to present the annual report you have a copy for the members of the public the first slide lays out the prop k and the suggestion Management Agency and established a Vision Zero Committee of supervisors at the Transportation Authority board and we also manage the fund for clean air the evaluate Registration Fee tdr has designated a couple of years actress a Management Agency for the transportation this year highlight of the work program the bus Rapid Transit and the draft report this is was a major milestone on the part of the sfmta and ourselves over the years working with the many, many communities along the 5 mile corridor Public Comments and sdooilg solutions for the feedback this project is on track to come before you to approve and have the environmental approvals this summer we continued the bus Rapid Transit the east west corridor that connects the shedding Hunters PointShipyard Community all the way to the west side intersect ceqa with the balboa station something were looking at at with sfmta upgrade and the issue to the bus racheting i want to present the neighborhood transportation if i could have the slides neighborhood transportation plans and Neighborhood Transportation Improvement Program this is our Citywide Program to help to develop the pipeline in the city and in 2015 we were able to move 6 planning projects forward and Capital Projects from the lombard street to the main street and the crooked street to the studies in district 9 as well as the balboa to the management city for the comment and Going Forward have to complete more of these and initiate more of these as they warrant for Treasure Island we had the first meeting the board excuse me. As well as a policy conversation without the tells you program and how it relates prairie to affordability on the part of county residents working on that in the coming year as well as corresponding with tida and the yerba buena projects and particularly touchdown the bike and pedestrian facilities on the east span the bay bridge onto 0 the island this summer and moving to the freeze free corridors really need a robust efficient solution to transport all the folks in the 101 corridors to make sure those Solutions Fit well with did neighborhood and those facilities pass through were looking at the vehicle latent prints and carpool and express lanes together with the partners at Municipal Transportation Agency caltrans and san mateo couldnt on the balboa park stationery valium the offramp wee realignment excuse me. Thank you. And in addition, were looking at the closer of the geneva impact interchange area another repeat after me and local effort corridor with the Entertainment Commission excuse me. And the office of Economic Workforce Development at the late night transportation study an initiative of schez to look at the Early Morning hours with the Community Trips and for Entertainment Venues so this is some go that as yielded results and Night Time Service and working with the multi agency and the stakeholders for prior solution to the area and in the daytime the bridges are in the region and working with mtc looking at bart and others for the crowded conditions in the corridor our city and region is growing thats the worst rated congestion link in the bay area so, please look forward to that well be bringing recommendations forward as part of mtcs work in the First Quarter of year. Further on the planning we work with the west side to look at the transit hub and look at the tremendous seats assets at the bart station and the west portal and be more effective in leveraging some of the Public Transit services and the bus lines and the bike sharing coming down and insuring the pedestrian connections weve done great public surveys this is important coming out as well and thank you for your leadership commissioner tang and the commission times to us look at the services and at this point leap has seized operations but those issues condition to remain top of mind and transportation folks minds as well as the community as i have no speaker cards pressure for the use of curve space by the new shuttle providers and our new technology and Transportation Services in the area of funding we hit a mile the first year where savings has exceeded one hundred Million Dollars a year and we fund more the priorities in transportation the ta and the policy management of over 800 million and this is not just prop k but other grants the Transportation Authority has and regional dollars we allocated over one hundred and 40 million including for the light rail and other motorist programs and each dollar we collect in praubz leverage 47 times that amount and thats a great question federal and state grant as well our prop w a the vehicle Registration Fees 57 projects collected in 2015, 9th street and mcallister renovation in the tenderloin and other things great near the bulk station so congratulations to bart and we look forward to more prop a projects coming down those are quick to deliver the projects Public Safety and transit for liability our one bay area grant this is mtc the metropolitan federally funded program has been supporting satisfactorily programs a wonderful groundbreaking connecting 3 district 9 and 10 and 11 and in addition the e r trailer Elementary School the first project to be completed with the safe roads to school and the continued design work really almost ready for construction on market octavia avenue and chinatown broadway street and the Second Street as well as moving forward on the Transportation Fund for clean air the 4 distribution fee those are projects we do the emissions we had funding going to various shuttles