| Plans and Programs Committee - April 10, 2007 |
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AGENDA PLANS AND PROGRAMS COMMITTEE
Meeting Notice 1. Roll Call 2. Approval of Minutes of the March 20, 2007 Meeting - ACTION* (attachment) 3. Citizens Advisory Committee Report - INFORMATION* (attachment) 4. Recommend Amendment of the Municipal Transportation Agency's (MTA's) New Traffic Signs Project, Approved Through Resolution 05-66, to Update the Scope, Budget and Schedule to Use the Remaining Funds for the Traffic Sign Graffiti Program Instead of the All Way Sign Program - ACTION* (attachment) The Plans and Programs Committee was briefed on this item at its March 2007 meeting. The Committee continued the item so that the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) could address Commissioner Dufty's concerns about the City's efforts to clean graffiti off of existing traffic signs. At the April meeting, MTA staff will address this issue and describe how it will ensure that new signs paid for with the subject Prop K funds, will be properly maintained. In June 2005, through approval of Resolution 05-66, the Authority allocated $400,000 in Prop K funds to the MTA for New Street Signs. These funds were for the second half of a two phase project to install "All Way" plates at all-way STOP intersections throughout the city in order to comply with federal mandates that the City install these signs within a two year time frame. Subsequently, in September 2006, Caltrans adopted its Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, which incorporates the federal mandate, but has no specified compliance date for installing "All Way" signs at existing all-way STOP sign locations. MTA has already used $175,000 for the approved "All Way" sign scope, and has now requested an amendment to the project scope to enable the MTA to use the remaining funds for the Traffic Sign Graffiti Program instead. Both the Mayor's Office and the Board of Supervisors have directed the MTA and other City agencies to take steps to address graffiti. MTA has already expended all of the $368,000 in Prop K funds previously allocated for the Traffic Sign Graffiti Program through Resolution 06-23. MTA has asked that we expedite this request to minimize the gap in funding for the graffiti program. Funding for the remaining "All Way" sign work will be considered as part of the upcoming 5 Year Prioritization Program update. We are recommending amendment of the MTA's New Traffic Signs Project, Approved Through Resolution 05-66, to update the scope, schedule and budget to use the remaining funds for the Traffic Sign Graffiti Program instead of the All Way Sign Program. 5. Recommend Allocation of $1,131,887 in Prop K Funds, with Conditions, to the Municipal Transportation Agency for a Conceptual Engineering Report for the Burke Avenue Overhead Lines and Central Warehouse Facility Renovation, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule - ACTION* (attachment) The Municipal Transportation Authority's (MTA's) Burke Avenue Overhead Lines and Central Warehouse Facility Renovation (Burke Facility project) is comprised of the following two phases: Phase 1 - Purchase of a warehouse at 1570-1580 Burke Avenue to house both the Central Warehouse and MUNI's Overhead Lines Division in one MTA-owned facility and relocation of the Central Warehouse to the new facility, and Phase 2 - Improvements to the Burke Facility to enable the relocation of the Overhead Lines Division to the Burke Facility. In February 2005, through approval of Resolution 05-42, the Authority allocated $1,525,000 in Prop K funds to the MTA for Phase 1 of the Burke Facility project. At that time, MTA estimated the total project cost at $14.2 million (Phase 1 - $10.7 million, Phase 2 - $3.4 million) and the scheduled completion date at June 2005. In April 2005, MTA completed Phase 1 within the budgeted amount. MTA's revised estimate for Phase 2 is now $17.5 million, for a total estimated Burke Facility project cost of $28.2 million. Project completion is tentatively set for Spring 2010. MTA staff has attributed the approximately 5-year delay in project completion and significant changes in project scope, schedule, and cost to the following factors: a change in project manager, a change in MTA management and a subsequent change in approach leading to significant changes in scope. The latter triggered a need for a more comprehensive approach, including development of a Conceptual Engineering Report (CER), which was not originally anticipated. Given our concerns about significant scope change, schedule delays, and lack of full funding plan for the subject project, as well as having observed other MTA facility projects with similar issues, and an overall trend of far fewer MTA requests for Prop K facilities funding than is currently programmed in the Strategic Plan, we have included a number of special conditions in our staff recommendation, included in the attached Allocation Request Form. MTA staff has concurred with the special conditions. We are seeking a recommendation to allocate $1,131,887 in Prop K funds, with conditions, to the MTA for a CER for the Burke Facility project, subject to the attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule. 6. Recommend Appropriation of $100,000 in Prop K funds for the San Francisco/San Mateo Bi-County Transportation Study Update, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule - ACTION* (attachment ) The area adjacent to the San Francisco and San Mateo County line includes many large sites poised for redevelopment in the near future. The magnitude, location and timeframe of these developments, number of jurisdictions/stakeholders involved and different transportation and land use patterns in multiple jurisdictions call for cooperative regional transportation planning. The proposed Bi-County Transportation Study Update (Study Update) seeks to build on a prior effort, completed in 2001, since many of the original development projects have advanced, making it necessary to revisit the original analysis. This Study Update will identify and evaluate future potential transportation needs associated with substantial proposed growth along the San Francisco/San Mateo County line, with a view to establishing a common framework for funding high-priority transportation projects. The Study Update also will include a community involvement component in order to incorporate community views and input, and to support neighborhood-level connectivity as this area undergoes change and development. The Study Update will be managed by the Authority on behalf of an interagency team comprised of representatives from San Francisco and San Mateo Counties. The two counties will equally fund the $200,000 budget for the Study Update. We are seeking a recommendation for the appropriation of $100,000 in Prop K funds for the San Francisco/San Mateo Bi-County Transportation Study Update, subject to the attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule. 7. Recommend Approval of the Fiscal Year 2007/08 Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) Program of Projects for Submission to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) - ACTION* (attachment) The Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) Program was established to fund the most effective transportation projects that achieve emission reductions from motor vehicles in accordance with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District's (BAAQMD's) Clean Air Plan. Funds are generated from a $4 surcharge on the vehicle registration fee collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Forty percent of the funds are set-aside for designated Program Managers for each of the nine counties in the BAAQMD. As the San Francisco TFCA Program Manager, the Authority annually develops the program of projects for the TFCA Program Manager funds. In January, we issued the call for Fiscal Year 2007/08 TFCA applications to San Francisco project sponsors. We received 17 project applications by the March 2 deadline, requesting over $2.2 million in TFCA funds compared to about $852,000 in available funds. The BAAQMD has a new requirement that all TFCA funds be programmed within a 6-month timeframe or the BAAQMD may take away any unprogrammed funds. In order to ensure that we will be able to program all of the TFCA funds, we accepted one late application, confirmed that two clean vehicle projects could expand their scope should additional funds become available, and have developed a recommended wait list of projects should the BAAQMD approve less funding for any project than the Authority Board recommends. We evaluated projects following the Board's adopted local expenditure criteria. Based on this review, we are recommending funding the 15 projects shown in Attachment 3, including seven bicycle projects, three traffic calming projects, four clean air vehicle projects, and one commuter benefits project. On April 4, 2007, the BAAQMD notified us that we have an additional $52,811 available for programming to projects this fund cycle. Consequently, two projects approved on the wait list by the Citizens Advisory Committee at its March 28, 2007 meeting are now recommended for full funding. As always, the final list of projects and recommended funding amounts are subject to BAAQMD approval. We are seeking a recommendation to approve the Fiscal Year 2007/08 TFCA Program of Projects for submission to the BAAQMD, as presented. 8. Recommend the Approval of the Mission-Geneva Neighborhood Transportation Plan Final Report - ACTION* (attachment) In April of 2006 we updated the committee on the progress of the Mission-Geneva Neighborhood Transportation Plan, a planning study funded by a grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's (MTC's) Lifeline Transportation Program (LTP), a Caltrans Environmental Justice Planning Grant, and from the Authority's Prop K-funded Neighborhood Transportation Plans Program. The intent of MTC's program is to encourage residents and other stakeholders in low income communities to participate in transportation planning, to identify and address top needs, and to build long-term capacity to see the projects through to implementation. The Authority's Neighborhood Transportation Planning Program is designed to strengthen neighborhood transportation planning and to develop a pipeline of grant-ready projects that can capture funds as opportunities come up. Working closely with community members and agencies, we have completed the neighborhood transportation plan for the Mission-Geneva area. The planning process included data collection and technical analyses of needs and potential solutions as well as extensive community outreach, conducted by a local community based organization which provided outreach services. The Final Report identifies the community's top priority transportation improvements as well as a funding and implementation plan to deliver improvements in the near term. We are seeking a recommendation to approve the Mission-Geneva Neighborhood Transportation Plan Final Report. 9. Status Report on the MTA's Central Control Facility - INFORMATION At the request of Chairman Dufty at the March Plans and Programs Committee, MTA staff will give a status report on the Central Control Facility. This is an information item. 10. Status Report on the On-Street Parking Management and Pricing Study - INFORMATION The Authority's Countywide Transportation Plan called for better parking management through a variety of means, including pricing mechanisms. The voter approved Expenditure Plan for Prop K includes a Transportation Demand Management/Parking Management program (Category D1) which supports innovative strategies to manage transportation system capacity in San Francisco, and encourages the use of alternatives to the automobile. In 2006, the Authority initiated the On-Street Parking Management and Pricing Study to review San Francisco's existing on-street parking programs and investigate the potential of using innovative strategies such as dynamic pricing to increase on-street parking availability. The purpose of the study is to manage on-street parking supply in neighborhood commercial and residential districts at the neighborhood level. The Authority is leading the study which includes participation from the MTA and Planning Department and coordination with the Port of San Francisco, which is also undertaking its own Parking Management Study. To date, the study has reviewed current city policies and programs, documented existing parking conditions in several typical neighborhoods and identified parking shortages and needs, performed extensive market research to obtain data about individuals' preferences, opinions and attitudes about parking, and surveyed best practices elsewhere in the state and nation. Based on these findings, the study team is developing alternative parking management strategies including increasing parking meter rates and times, deploying new payment and enforcement technologies and parking benefit districts that would return a portion of meter revenue to local communities for transportation improvements. Our next steps are to evaluate these strategies and implementation mechanisms, conduct further outreach, and to develop study recommendations. This is an information item. 11. Status Report on the Third Street Light Rail Project - INFORMATION* (attachment) This is a status report on the Third Street Light Rail Project. All line contracts are now substantially complete on the Initial Operating Segment (IOS) and closeout activities are underway. Limited passenger service continues, providing weekend service between Sunnydale and Castro. Full revenue service will commence on April 7, 2007, and special inaugural events are scheduled for April 14. The current Forecast-at-Completion (FAC) for the project is $613 million, $30.1 million over the approved budget. During the month of February, $4,968,469 in construction was performed and $710,227 was spent on construction support. As of February 28, 2007, total expenditures in construction and soft costs reached $504,879,861, which represents 86.6% of the approved budget and 82.3% of the FAC. Construction expenditures have reached $334,708,626 (79.6% of the FAC) and construction support expenditures total $106,805,593 (83% of the FAC). Availability of sufficient vehicles and mechanics to sustain scheduled service on the new line continues to be one of the challenges MTA faces in preparation for full revenue service. If the current vehicle availability trend continues, MTA may fall slightly short of meeting peak evening vehicle demand when full revenue service starts on April 7, 2007. MTA has stated its commitment to meet peak demand and is working towards that end. MTA continues to work on identifying funding and completing the specifications for soliciting bids for the repair of the four LRVs that were severely damaged. The Muni Metro East Maintenance Facility is now 51% complete, based on the current forecast-at-completion. Trackwork on the rail yard has been completed and roofing and siding are underway. Work on preliminary engineering for the Central Subway is now 39% complete. The Federal Transit Administration has provided MTA with a list of deliverables that will serve as a road map towards fulfilling New Starts funding requirements due on September 30, 2007. The FTA also performed an analysis of the project's costs, comparing them with other properties across the country, and concluded that they were within a reasonable range. The administrative draft of the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Report (SEIS/SEIR) was issued on March 12. The Planning Department completed its review on April 3, and provided MTA with comments. In addition to the SEIS/SEIR and community outreach, efforts continue on tunnel and station design and cost estimating. This is an information item. 12. Introduction of New Items - INFORMATION 13. Public Comment 14. Adjournment
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