| Plans and Programs Committee - November 8, 2005 |
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Click here for a PDF version of the Agenda PLANS AND PROGRAMS COMMITTEEMeeting Notice Date: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, November 8, 2005 1. Roll Call 2. Approval of Minutes of the October 25, 2005 Meeting – ACTION* (attachment 1) 3. Citizens Advisory Committee Report – INFORMATION* (attachment 2) 4. Recommend Appointment of One Member to the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) – ACTION* (attachment 3) The Authority has an eleven-member Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC). CAC members serve two-year terms. Per the Authority's Administrative Code, the Plans and Programs Committee recommends and the Authority Board appoints individuals to fill any CAC vacancies. Neither Authority staff nor the CAC make any recommendations on CAC appointments, but we maintain an up-to-date database of applications for CAC membership. A chart with information about current CAC members is attached, showing ethnicity, gender, neighborhood of residence, and affiliation. There is one vacancy on the CAC requiring Committee action, resulting from the term expiration of Eileen Boken. The recommendation is to appoint one member to the Citizens Advisory Committee. 5. Recommend Allocation of an Additional $73,000 in Prop K Funds to MUNI to Purchase 20 Paratransit Vans, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule – ACTION* (attachment 4) On June 21, 2005, the Authority approved Resolution 05-66 allocating $245,825 in Prop K funds as local match to Federal Section 5307 and Bridge Toll funds to MUNI to purchase 20 gasoline-powered vans for its paratransit program, for a total cost of $1.2 million dollars. Subsequent to the Authority Board action, the Department of the Environment (DOE) began to advocate for biodiesel as the desired fuel source for city vehicles when feasible, citing favorable emissions reduction from biodiesel fuel over gasoline and compressed natural gas. DOE urged MUNI to replace the existing vans with new vans powered by diesel engines instead of gasoline engines, giving MUNI the option of switching to biodiesel as a fuel source in the future. Diesel vans cost more to purchase; thus MUNI has submitted the current request for additional funds. We are seeking a recommendation to allocate an additional $73,000 in Prop K funds to MUNI to purchase 20 paratransit vans, subject to the attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule . 6. Recommend Allocation of $210,000 in Prop K Funds to BART for Construction of the 16th & Mission Streets BART Station Northeast Plaza Redesign Project, Subject to the Attached Cash Flow Distribution Schedule, and Associated 5-Year Prioritization Program and Strategic Plan Amendments – ACTION* (attachment 5) On October 12, 2005 BART held a ground breaking ceremony for the 16th & Mission Streets Station Northeast Plaza Redesign project. Based on the engineer's estimate, a combination of Prop K funds and an MTC Transportation for Livable Communities (TLC) grant provide a total of $3,974,000 for a fully-funded project. However, the low bid came in about $420,000 over the engineer's estimate. BART negotiated with the contractor to reduce this amount by about half, so the project now faces a $210,000 deficit. In order to meet MTC's timely use of funds deadlines, BART, with our concurrence awarded the construction contract with funds already allocated and is seeking an additional $210,000 to fully fund construction of the northeast plaza. Because the higher cost was not anticipated in the 5-Year Prioritization Programs (5YPPs), this allocation will require amendments to BART projects in three 5YPPs (i.e., BART Station Access, Safety, and Capacity; Transit Enhancements, and Transit Facilities). The proposed amendments are consistent with Prop K Strategic Plan programming and cash flow levels for FY 2005/06 and 2006/07 and as such will not trigger additional financing costs. We are seeking a recommendation to allocate of $210,000 in Prop K funds to BART for construction of the 16th & Mission Streets Station Northeast Plaza Redesign Project, subject to the attached Cash Flow Distribution Schedule, and associated 5YPP and Strategic Plan amendments. 7. Recommend Approval of San Francisco 's Project Priorities for the 2006 Regional Transportation Improvement Program – ACTION* (attachment 6) As Congestion Management Agency (CMA) for San Francisco , the Authority is responsible for establishing San Francisco project priorities for programming in the Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP), which are then combined with other RTIPs statewide to form the biennial State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). STIP funds can be used to fund a wide range of projects including state highway improvements, transit rehabilitation projects, and bike and ped projects, and is the only state or federal fund source that the Authority programs that can be used for transit expansion projects. The 2006 STIP covers a 5-year period from FY 2006/07 through FY 2010/11. On September 29, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) adopted the Fund Estimate, which as expected, contains very little new programming capacity statewide - only $9.941 million for San Francisco – and requires most projects that are currently programmed in the STIP to be delayed one to two years to meet the new annual fund targets. Our recommendation for programming in the 2006 STIP takes into account the recent unreliability of the STIP, the likelihood of the CTC employing an allocation plan to prioritize allocations in FY 2006/07, and other STIP guidelines and requirements. It also recognizes that we have $192 million in RTIP commitments backed by Board resolutions and included in the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's (MTC's) Resolution 3434 Regional Transit Expansion Policy for the following four projects, which are also major capital projects in the Prop K Expenditure Plan: Replacement of the South Access to the Golden Gate Bridge: Doyle Drive ($60 M), Caltrain Downtown Extension to a Rebuilt Transbay Terminal ($24 M), Central Subway ($80 M), and Caltrain Electrification ($27 M). Our recommendation is to adopt a policy to limit programming of all RTIP project funds to the aforementioned four projects, until our commitments are fulfilled or other funds are found to replace the RTIP funds and to program the new capacity proportionately to Doyle Drive ($6.5 million) and Transbay Terminal ($3.391M) for right-of-way. Other minor programming actions are summarized in Attachment 3. We are seeking a recommendation to approve San Francisco 's project priorities for the 2006 Regional Transportation Improvement Program. 8. Recommend Approval of the 2005 Congestion Management Program – ACTION* (attachment 7) (Draft CMP) (Draft CMP Attachments) As the Congestion Management Agency (CMA) for San Francisco , the Authority is responsible for developing and adopting a Congestion Management Program (CMP), which must be updated every two years. The first program was published in 1991 and the Authority Board subsequently approved biennial updates every year since then. The CMA must also biennially monitor and determine the City's compliance with CMP requirements. Conformance with the CMP is a requirement for the City to receive state gas tax subventions and for the City's transportation projects to qualify for state and federal funding. The 2005 update of the CMP is a minor update, with the primary changes relating to incorporating the most recent data and information available for roadway level of service monitoring (Chapter 4) and the capital improvement program (Chapter 8). We are seeking a recommendation for the approval of the 2005 Congestion Management Program 9. Pedestrian Master Plan Steering Committee Update – INFORMATION* (attachment 8) At the October 25, 2005 Plans and Programs Committee meeting, the Committee recommended and the Board subsequently approved allocation of $115,854 in Prop K funds to MTA Planning/Department of Parking and Traffic (DPT) for Tasks 1 (Scoping & Start-up) and 2 (Existing Conditions/Public Review) of the City's first Pedestrian Master Plan (PMP), with additional funds to be allocated for the PMP following further coordination with the Mayor's Office regarding the better streets initiative. During public comment several persons, including Senior Action Network members, requested that the PMP Steering Committee be expanded to have separate seats for disabled and senior interests rather than a combined seat as proposed. DPT has agreed to expand citizen representation on the Steering Committee from 7 to 8 seats by splitting the senior/disabled advocacy group seat into senior advocacy group seat and a disabled advocacy group seat. The seven agency seats on the Steering Committee will be increased to 8, most likely to add a representative for the Mayor's better streets initiative. At the November 8 Plans and Programs Committee meeting, Authority and MTA Planning/DPT staff will provide information on the application process for the citizen representatives on the Steering Committee. Applicants will be selected by a joint committee of MTA/DPT and Authority staff. This is an information item. 10. Introduction of New Items – INFORMATION 11. Public Comment 12. 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