Therefore this meeting is adjourned good morning and welco the of the San FranciscoTransportation Authority im scott wiener the chair of the authority and we want to thank sfgovtv leo and phil for broadcasting todays hearing i want to also welcome our newest and returning Member Commission peskin so Welcome Commission and calling supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos absent supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim absence commission peskin and commissioner mondejar absent supervisor wiener present supervisor yee present we have quorum i thank you very much well now go to item 2 chairs report this is an informational item. Colleagues im pleased to report a 5 year federal transportation bill that was passed and as i understand by the president on december 4th it is called the fyi americans surface transportation or fast act since 2005 we have a multiple spending bill to improve the transportation infrastructure xhourd our roads and bridges and bic and pedestrian pathway and Transportation Network we owe Barbara Boxer in the 3 billion bill although the Telegraph Hill bill lacks the dedicated Funding Source we have slightly higher levels of money for the 56 year period very, of course, have theres more work to do to have the longterm funning for the country weve heard the act will include 30 million for the Moyer U Bower that was expected in the transportation bill some other changes the return of a competitive bus and bus pallets program two new freight and transit signal starts program that benefits the brt we must not repeat uncertainty over the past decade but as we advocate for a dedicated trust fund well have stated and local resources for transportation with connects with bart and local measures including the local vehicle license fee to deliver more projects from the streetscape projects which we celebrated earlier this month and i was pleased to join supervisor avalos and supervisor cowen at that 23e7b9 that included the Mcallister Park and staff from the rec and Park Department public works and mta and our Transportation Authority the groundbreaking kickoff destruction of this safety project that converts 4 lanes into a pedestrian walkway for Mcallister Park the 7 million project has collaboration and Funding Resources including the transportation authorities one Bay Area Grant Program the vehicle registration and the prop k savings thank you to the ta staff fro organizing the event and all who worked on the project and the bureau ton band that entertained us and feinstein several individuals at the Transportation Authority for their service thank you to our cca sequence Advisory Committee my prediction to supervisor tang for the chairing of the plans committee and supervisor avalos for the finance committee and thank you to supervisor kim for our vision zero and leading the work on the transit 2rr8d Mobility Plan and also see acknowledge former supervisor christensen for her services on the Transportation Authority and welcome again to commission peskin as we prepare for the holiday recess ill thank our hard working legislative Transportation Authority for your work for 9 past year that was a very busy and productive year our twooiblth year open doyle drive and constructed the full name foong and established ourselves those the transcript Mobility Agency and with the brt environmental documents and variance improvement projects and pretty much every part of city i looked to a terrific 2016 and see if we can move forward with the transportation public speakers 19 or that concludes my remarks any any Public Comment on item 2 seeing none, Public Comment is closed this is an informational item item 3. Item 3 executive director report that is an informational item. Thank you chair wiener and good morning tilly the directors im pleased to echo the appreciation to congresswoman the president for signing 9 fast track that is welcome news and as the chair mentions not serving the transportation feeds weve got a lot more work to do and working with the partners on Revenue Opportunities at the regional and local goals for next year one piece of good news one potential impact to our sales tax from the Aviation Administration were not subject to a rex regulation that is approved at the federal level that allows for sales tax and local takes to come back to the airport so we the some raven with our colleagues with the City Attorneys Office and other jurisdictions have determined for the prop k sales tax we dont collect sales tax revenues for prop k from san mateo from the airport itself were not subject to that regulation and it is being workout on the local and state level frankly in the department of finance is effects jurisdictions across the United States but determined were not impacted from the sales tax for from prop k more through the 1971 legislation sales tax for transportation uses at the state level ill be happy to answer any questions and in addition here locally weve been able to take off the transportation survey with the leadership and the leptin help of the Unified School District and geographically with private school to better understand the schools age children with paernls needs how to make School Transportation easier for folks thank you supervisor tang for leading that in district 2 weve also planned for the crooked street for lombard street under supervisor farrells tips and planning how we can better manage the traffic and the pedestrian and other visitors use to smooth out traffic weve determined that there are about 2 million verifies to lombard street to the crooked street and trying many management views were deeper dive to explore out the traffic and keep the area liveable and promoting the tourist activities and promoting travel and visitor we are planning a meeting for january and interested folks please contact andrew our Planning Department staff in district 9 chances Improvement Study with supervisor avalos Office Working with the sfmta and caltrans to better sort out the conflicts the basic pedestrian conflicts particularly with the alameda change near main in the coming months an analysis to get the improvement of the safety and improve the bible and pedestrian crossings at the sgraj and Interested Community Members conduct the planner in the division and in addition weve work on confirming the transportation concepts for district 11 with supervisor avalos as well as the supervisor kim we hope to report on those two districts as well as commission 8 with supervisor wiener next year our geary bus Rapid Transit has exceeded the period related to the environmental document on november 30th we Welcome Community input think brt and collect three hundred comments that we are current working on responses to and navigate met with the Community Members that expressed concerns about the removal of overpass bridge had a good meeting and will meet with the community in january to replace their concerns with those opportunities in addition 6 thousand people using the new decision alter view finding on 15 avenue two locations where people go and take a look at the street what it looks like for the visualization after the project for the brt and the safety we appreciate the cooperation of the outline network and folks that provided that technical and will be sharing the fgsdz bicycles on Market Street are growing the bikes weve xrementd complemented with mta counted a million trips in 2015 great milestone it is nearly 20 percent over this time last year and since the installation of those counters in may of 2013 we have counted over 2. 3 million trips and see a growing and sales tax were adrc more locations Market Street between hayes valley e hayes valley and a third location with sfmta these in conjunction with the pedestrian encounters will round out the measurement of vehicles and transit use and transit trips to it mix of pedestrian and bike trips are growing quickly and i want to congratulate sfmta for unsaturating the shared lanes that indicate where motorists and bicyclists share the lane more legible and safer and has been able to increase help to increase our bicycle ridership in 0 these locations as well Market Street howard and fulsome and townsend along 5 street are part the vision zero projects that were delivered early by the sfmta and partners this year on sutro boulevard Municipal Transportation Agency as used satisfying from signals update that were loot for the sunset boulevard with the projects as part of a sales tax mta used some and replaced the smaller heads on sunset boulevard along many boulevards thank you sfmta for expending the sales tax dollars and finally want to recognize our deputy for finance and administration for receiving a credits update from stitch we are that rated last year and this year we reaffirmed aa plus the highest rating that a sales tax can revenue it any agency and reflect our are debt coverage as well as a Strong Economy in San Francisco and thank you all does i want to echo the characterize or chair to work with us with the Transportation Authority and the Community Members that has been a fabulous year with a based on event to celebrate our 25th anniversary and closed out the year with at event with the providers in attention to provide attention with the Great Britain was a rewarding and productive year and we very much pretty sure you and your staff and looking forward to more accomplishments in the coming year happy holidays. Thank you supervisor president breed a comment. Thank you for working with the residents at Rosa Parks Elementary School and others that live in the area where the bridge is located with webb take care and geary boulevard that bridge is heavily uses by younger and old people when i was growing up in the neighborhood we heard used the bridge we would run out inthot middle of the street we were kids doing dangerous thing and great to see people using that bridge on a regular basis i want to make sure that we are responsible to the community that lives there and also when were talking about vision zero talking about keeping pedestrian autsz of in our mind ouchlz we can make situations save adding latinamerican but that bridge if any person uses that bridge the likelihood of getting hit by a vehicle is pretty much zero keep in mind as we move forward and in trying to prose changes not bull do so over some, some go that is important in serving that community very well. Thank you supervisor breed. Supervisor campos. Thank you and know it is we do what we can to keep folks safe on our streets yet when i do everything your supposed to houfbl things happen a traffic death in the mrurl a cyclist who was doing everything right wearing a helmet and reflective gear around 10 oclock was hit head on by a very long that was traveling the wrong way so it is one of those things you know but i think that we have to continue to be vigilant because the reality is it happens. Indeed. Thank you, commissioner. Colleagues any additional comments seeing none, open up for Public Comment any Public Comment on item 3 please step forward. Hi my name is david lee ive been here before im sure most of supervisors know me first of all, like to welcome our new member to the boards youre my new supervisor about congestion youll be dealing with both probable the only commission you have to deal with boats you rule the piers i live there so the bicyclists it is dangerous looflt tourists coming all over the place it is bicycle congested from the stadium all the piers yet their landmarking good have you taken a tour of the piers theyre beautiful and people coming from all over the world people dont realize but i do i live there youll be seeing me on the piers i used to be in mr. Campos district i took a bike tougher and recently referred a different world the dangers are mountain lions but that was just a nice trip welcome to the aboard you know mr. Campos knows we the safety concerns are those like you said do the best you can and good luck because it is going to be does the with the boats they know me down there welcome to the board. Any is there any additional Public Comment seeing none, Public Comment is closed this is an informational item well move to item 4. Item 4 approval of the draft minutes of the december 7th. Commission paskin thank you. I was not at the november 17th meekly out of because i wasnt their ill abstain on the other hand, and you can abstain from the mta. Thank you, commissioner colleagues, any additional questions or comments or changes regarding the minutes ongoing seeing none, is there any Public Comment on item 4 seeing none, Public Comment is closed mr. Clerk, call the roll on item four. Supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos. Supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor jane kim commissioner peskin abstained commissioner mondejar supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee. The pins are approved. Well move to item number 5. Appoint one member to the Advisory Committee this is an action item. Okay. I understand oh, supervisor kim. Thank you. I just want to make the motion to appoint reserving e rebecca to the district 6 for the sfmta cca many of you know that becky has been a long term San Francisco residents and has made Public Transit a Priority Issues amongst the many issues shes worked on lives on Treasure Island and well see an important member at the sfmta worked on initiative and neat program around congestion and programming providing a feedback and active in the district 6 Pedestrian Safety workshop and advising our office how to prioritize vision zero improvement to focus on the highest injury corridor and, yes the eliminate traffic fatalities by 2024 or eliminate traffic fatalities by 2024 and a vvptd of the Democratic Club that advocates for seniors are disability and Public Transportation is assessable to everyone and you know on the plus side lived in many neighborhoods over the course the richard i ask for your support in appointing becky to the cca. Thank you, supervisor kim. Commissioner mondejar. Yeah. I wanted to add that shes been a tremendous leaders as the Democratic Club leader and rely on her for advice on Treasure Island to the disadvantage right issues and ill say shes an amazing addition to the cca thank you. And supervisor tang as chair of the committee no recommendation ii dont know if you want to provide a brief report back . I through the chair it was we didnt have any particular applicant there and we were kind of dir to the District Supervisor we didnt take up the item in committee and i thought that but good to have confirmation seeing no additional comments well need a acceptance and move to Public Comment is there a sec by supervisor yee any Public Comment on item 5 so oh, my apologies mrs. Hogan to address the Public Comment. Good morning, supervisors im sorry, i couldnt be there last week he had island stuff after the fundraiser i do live on Treasure Island and important to me to make sure that Treasure Island is important to everyone that its been interesting and involved in that since it started before anyone else Pay Attention to it im on the staff so i look forward to being involved in the skraik thank you. Thank you very much. Well open up for Public Comment any Public Comment . Come forward you can come forward. Well, today, has to do the islands and boats im living at achiever that is did most important proposal with one the islands at alcatraz named after a prison im tired of prisons you can have it they dont call it a prison it is a Beautiful Island i would like you to come up with a got to be federal a federal land thing to guess to congress we should rename that island like red h