All right good morning, Everyone Welcome to our tuesday, january, 12th, plans and programs, meeting of the San Francisco plans and programs. Im the chair commissioner tang and to my right, with he have norman yee and we would like to welcome today, peskin and with that we have our clerk, and with the sfgtv would like to thank. And now if we can go to roll call please. Snechlt item one, breed . Breed, absent. Farrell. Absent. Peskin. Present. Yee. Present. And tang. Necht present. Item two, Citizens Advisory Committee report, this is an information item. This is short because of the year end holidays the citizen Advisory Committee did not meet in december and so there will not be no report today and they will be back here next month to report. Thank you any public on comment on item two . Seeing none, closed. Item three . Snechlt approve the minutes of the december, 8, 2015 meeting, Public Comment, seeing none, Public Comment is closed. And item three, minutes are adopted. Lets do the roll call. Item three. Should i abstain from this since i whats not at the december, 8th meeting . We do need three people. ; is that correct . . I am happy to vote for it. I believe that we may have the minutes here. Should we just maybe pass them along. I reviewed them. Okay. Since we need three votes, if there are no issues and we can go to the roll call vote on that. Item three, breed. Absent. Farrell. Absent. Peskin. Aye. Tang, aye. Yee . Snechlt aye. Minutes are approved. Item four, please . Recommend appointment of two members to the geary corridor bus Rapid TransitAdvisory Committee this is action. Thank you, we have mike here. Good morning, the project seeks to implement the bus travel time for liability and improvements along the corridor, a Public Comment, period on the draft, and the eir was held in october and november and responses to the comments are being prepared now. And the final, eir is planned for release in the spring of 2016. Geary project has a dead indicated meeting, that meets to provide input. The structure as shown in the memo and includes, the neighborhood based and at large, seats. And current numbers are shown in the memo and attachment one, there are two vacancies to address, for the seats, with the japan town, fillmore area. Hosimoto is seeking reappointment, and one resigns, there are three eligible, candidate, and the information is summarized in attachment two. And found in attachment three. Candidates are not required to appear before this committee. Push pu thank you, would you like to come up and speak for two to three minutes. Snechlt thank you for having me. My name is william and i have played for the committee, and i will be brief. I have lived there for ten years and i have ridden, ten to 15 times and so i have seen the best and the worst of it. I am also an attorney, and i have the experience with. Erichlt, and not be lost, when going through that stuff. So i am happy to take any questions, otherwise i will submit my application. From my understanding because these are the japan town, fillmore appointments. We do understand that commissioner breed would like to recommend the appointment of richard hoshimoto who is serving on the committee and dont have a recommendation to the second position and given that she is not here, if it is okay, i would like to postpone that decision, until she has made a decision, or can show up at a meeting to discuss. Does that sound good. Okay. All right then, so with that, then, maybe perhaps we can go to the Public Comment, first . Any members of the public that would like to speak on ilt em four . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. If we could get a position to that effect . Moved. Moved by commissioner, yee and seconded by peskin and with that, we are going to be appointing richard to the reappointment and continuing the other seat, until further date. Item five, please . Recommend allegation of 170,000 in prop k funds, to the San Francisco municipal, Transportation Agency for the Bicycle Safety and educational out reach, and for the cash flow, distribution schedules. Thank you, we have chad here and the senior, transportation planner and we have john, white from mta as well. Good morning, and chad, with the transportation, authority and we have just one request for allocations today and that is 170,000 from the sfmta for the prop k funds for the support and the development of a 20 month, bike safety, and out reach, program, it includes, elbility and specifically for bike, safety and out reach, practice mz in the bike category. And there are 170,000 is just a portion of the over all, 2. 3, million available in the bike category. In the passed, the authority has allocated funds to the sfmta for the classes and the workday events and, out reach, promotional and effort and with this round, sfmta is Going Forward with a new approach and will issue a request for proposals with the respond goals put together by the sfmta. The program will have three tiers, the largest will be a city wide event and maybe, soming similar to what we have had in the past and in San Francisco, as the bike to workday, and a little tooir tier that is less frequent, the issues around biking and looking specifically at commuting to work, and then the third tier will be bicycle education, and delivering in the city for the past years. And so the program, will probably deliver these, three tiers over 20 months and starting in march of 2016, and be completed by 17, with the sfmta doing evaluation of how the programs are going and to inform the programs that the sfmta will put out there, and it includes, the funding for the contractor and the smfta and that would be used for the procurement process, and the over all project management and evaluati evaluation. And it increases in actual, biking, to which the mode chair in terms of the programs and increases in safety, knowledge by the people who have attended, the focus more on the increase in safety for the people biking in San Francisco. With that i am happy to take questions and we do have a staff member on hand to address the questions. Thank you, i know that commissioner yee has a question, first i would like to ask that you are did explain that we are doing it differently this time we are doing a one time instead of separate contracts, could you talk about how that might change things and improve, the way that things have been done in the past . Through the defense in allocations . I am going to have craig, come up and speak to some of those. Good morning, by adopting a comprehensive approach, we hope to look at them whole list tickly to evaluate them through one contractor rather than having to manage these efforts piece meal. And we can look at doing the out reach sorry. Yeah, so it is our, it is our goal to be able to have a more comprehensive approach. Okay. I know that you also, or chad mentioned the piece evaluation, i know from the previous meetings that something that several, of the commissioners highlighted that is important to do, and i am glad that see that is part of it, because we senator certainty want to know how they are, and if we need fine tuning and hopefully we can receive the presentations on how effective the programs are. And commissioner peskin has a question. Through the chair, have you selected or rfp and has there been a selection . We have no the yet. So i guess, maybe this is a question to my colleagues on the panel, and sorry, it has been a few years since i have been here, but why would we disburse the funds before they have done the rfp process and we know has been selected . I mean, i would like to throw that question back to the ta and explain, i mean this is a different process than what we have done before. But if you can discuss why. Okay, if they are going to start . March, which is 60 days from now, and they have not even with the rfp out yet,. It is the policy to have funds allocated before a contract is advertised or awarded. And also, the agencies need funds in place in order to procure, the contracts and so, it has been, how we have advanced contracts. There are certainly opportunities for reporting back from the agencies once the contract has been awarded on the scope of work, as awarded, if you wish. I guess the fundamentally questioning that policy. I certainly think that we should say, yes, go out and advertise it, i mean is there ccy is a w for us to reserve the funds that we know that the qualified outfit has been selected. I mean that is not a question to you, that is a question to my colleagues. I guess that through, you know, through the report, i would just ask, i understand that this is how, the ta has been doing things, but is there also potentially a way to allocate the sufficient, funds to the department, to actually do the rfp and then save the remaining portion for the actual, contract for later approval . Do we divide it that way . We certainly, could, and it would bring the agencies back to the board with the awarded scope, in addition, to the opportunity to weigh in on the scope before it is advertised, which this opportunity provides. So if there are particular, aspects of policy, or direction that you would like to give to the agencies, before they go out, with an rfp on the street this is the opportunity. We can certainly, do a commitment to allocate, for the portion of funds that are anticipated to be used on the contract. Which would allow for the agencies to advertise, i dont know if it will allow them to award a contract. I dont think so. Until you, or the board, acts to allocate, i would just want to put out there, that it may slightly impact schedule. Whether that has a huge, impact on the progression of the bike program, but it may impact the schedule by a few weeks. I think that judging from the tone here, i think that is probably what we would feel comfortable. I dont know if you can tell us now what that break down of the funding would be . I believe that it is in the budget, that it allows for the portion that is for agency, staff, verses the contract, that about 150,000 of allocation is anticipated for the contract. And one other thing, this is maybe, a minor detail, but on page, 31 of the packet, my staff actually wilson did catch this. We want to clarify, whether the tran sit, planner three for the 5290 classification, if you punch that in it brings in the planner four and so i just wanted to make sure that was accurate. Thank you for catching that. You are correct and it should be a transit planner four and we can up date that. Okay. So, why dont we go to a question from commissioner yee first. When you talked about the allocation of staff time and you mentioned evaluation, where is the cost to indicate, that for the evaluation, through the 20,000 or the 149,000 . Yeah, i believe that it is the 20,000, of the mta staff waiver chl so the staff is doing the evaluation. Working with the consultant, correct. And is it something, to get any funds for this . The evaluation, specifically . Yes. I believe that there will be developed in coordination with them. And so it would be, the staff would give the evaluation, yes. But we would be, working with the consultant on it as well. Is there any cost from the consultant . And that. I am just curious because it is not down where and it is not snowing if we are paying a consultant or not. And it seems like it is, and it is depending on the cost of the consultant, it should be a line item. Yeah, that i am not sure. But i would be happy to get back to you on that. Okay. So perhaps, then, the next time you know, the subsequent, item is before us, then, just to be able to see a better break down. Because i know that it is kind of broken down into, you know, the three tiers and the types of events that you want to accomplish. Through the contract. And it talks about the types of people, and the number of attendance that you want to reach and as commissioner lee mentioned we want to see a break down in terms of who is going to be doing or funding the evaluations and so forth. That would be great. Sorry, and part of that will ultimately depend on the response to the rfp. Okay. Okay. Any other questions commissioner yee . No. Okay. So, then, at this time, i think that per our earlier discussion, then, i think that we would probably all feel comfortable, again, breaking down the contract and issue the fund that is needed to get the rfp out and save the approvals for the actual, contract awarding at a different time. Okay . Just to clarify. One option is to allocate, all of the funds at this time and to put 160,000 or you know, everything, except for what is required, to advertise the contract, and put that on reserve, pending the release of funds by the plans and Programs Committee. And that is one option. Or we can put the funds in the commit to allocate box if you will that will require Authority Board action to allocate. I guess, commissioner breed . Just a point of clarification, is it possible just to allocate the funds and return to the plans and Programs Committee for the approval of after the Selection Process is completed . Can we add that in the language of the resolution . Yes. We certainly can. Okay. Well i am open to either option. So i will leave it up to my colleagues to decide, i think that will give us the authority to address what the concerns are, we want to make sure if there is a fair process, we want to make sure that we have inpoo ut in that process and we understand, exactly who the funds are allocated to. And so i think that either, way would work to either include in the resolution, a hold on the specific, amount of funds, or to include in the resolution, final pending final approval of the Transportation Authority. Either one would work for me. Okay. Well would you like to make a motion to that effect . It depends. And seconded by commissioner peskin. All right. So we will amend the resolution. And any other questions or comments, from Committee Members . I think that my other question, touching upon this contract issue was that i asked, mta to also provide a bit of an up date to you know, the capitol, fito things because as we all know, the prop k funds can go to Capitol Improvements and i wanted to better understand where we are on that. There will be opportunity for the board and Community Input and we look for work with your offices as we move through the budget, process to finalize, which corridors will be moving through the process for implementation. All right, thank you very much. So, again, any other qstions or comments . Then on this item . No . Okay, then, so for item four, then, i will at this time, open it up for Public Comment, then. I am sorry, item five. Wait, item five. Seeing none and it is closed. We had amended the resolution to part out the funding so that there is further approval needed at the plans and programs, committee and could i have a motion on the entire item itself . All right, commissioner, breed moved to approve the item, and second ld by commissioner, peskin thank you very much. And the house is changed and the roll call. Item five, breed. Aye. Fer el. Absent. Peskin. Aye. Tang. Aye. Yee. Aye. The amended item passes. All right. Thank you and now if we can move on to item 6, please. And for item 6 we also have ana lafort. Item six, neighborhood transportation Improvement Program, up date, this is an information item. Good morning, supervisors. I am pleased to be presenting an up date on the neighborhood, transportation, Improvement Program just over one year since its creation. If you will allow me just a few moments to say a few thank yous. I would like to thank you, and your aids for working so closely with sfcta and mta staff on developing the skoepz and the projects. It has been, immensely helpful to get the back back early and i would also like to thank, craig who is here today and he is the sfmta coordinator who has been a great copartner in this. And the project manager, that both the ta and the sfmta and as well as the Planning Department and received the funds for implementing the two projects and lastly, i would like to thank, tad who will be leaving the Transportation Authority to join, sfmta staff in a few weeks and so we wish him well at the sathly. And we know that we will continue to work with him. The program as i will refer to it, so, Going Forward. In 2014, the transportation, Authority Board adopted San Francisco long range transportation plan, or the San Francisco transportation plan, sftp, and advanced the investment for the sftp, and it implementation in the first five years with the adoption of the Funding Priorities and created the ntip, program and so what is ntip and why did we develop it . And so it is really a response to Technical Analysis that was done as part of the sftp and giving and we found that giving consideration to how we develop the projects and where we build the projects by the projects in particul particular. We heard from the board and the public is that we need to focus on neighborhoods and other under serveda irz that dont have an accomplished pipeline of projects. So that they are able to be implemented when grants become available. And agencies are prioritizing their capitol plans. We also, heard that we need to strengthen the project, delivery pipeline so that we can get these projects in the ground. And so just to recap, it is to build community awareness, and an ability and capacity, to provide input into the planning process. Get establishing a steady pipeline of projects and areas that are typically or have historically been under served and then in the communities of concern rand as an overview, the bus to arm, there is 100,000 predict, per, district, and this is over a five year period thashgs is started in the fiscal year, 14, 15, and soar in yea