Legislative Chamber, Room 250, City Hall
Agenda 2023-10-24 (PDF) Packet 2023-10-24 (PDF)

Commissioners: Mandelman (Chair), Melgar (Vice Chair), Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, and Walton.

Clerk: Angela Tsao 

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Written public comment may be submitted prior to the meeting by emailing the Clerk of the Transportation Authority at clerk@sfcta.org or sending written comments to Clerk of the Transportation Authority, 1455 Market Street, 22nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103. Written comments received by 5 p.m. on the day before the meeting will be distributed to Board members before the meeting begins.

Agenda

  1. Roll Call
  2. Chair's Report - INFORMATION
  3. Executive Director's Report - INFORMATION
    Executive Director's Report 2023-10-24 (PDF)
  4. Approve the Minutes of the October 24, 2023 Meeting - ACTION*
    October 17, 2023 Minutes 2023-10-24 (PDF)

Consent Agenda

  1. [Final Approval] Appoint Austin Milford-Rosales as the District 6 Representative to the Community Advisory Committee — ACTION*
    CAC District 6 Appointment MEMO 2023-10-24 (PDF) R24-12 CAC Appointment D6 (PDF)
  2. [Final Approval] Adopt Eight 2023 Prop L 5-Year Prioritization Programs and Amend the Prop L Strategic Plan Baseline — ACTION*
    Programs: 1) BART Core Capacity, 2) BART Maintenance, Rehabilitation, and Replacement, 3) Caltrain Maintenance, Rehabilitation, and Replacement, 4) Ferry Maintenance, Rehabilitation, and Replacement, 5) Bayview Caltrain Station, 6) Curb Ramps, 7) Tree Planting, 8) Vision Zero Ramps
    Prop L 5YPP Round 2 MEMO 2023-10-24 (PDF) Prop L 5YPP Round 2 ENCLOSURE 2023-10-24 (PDF) R24-13 Prop L 2023 5YPPs Round 2 (PDF)
  3. [Final Approval] Allocate $13,724,000 and Appropriate $651,000 in Prop L Funds, with Conditions for Five Requests — ACTION*
    Projects: BART: BART Next Generation Fare Gates ($12,525,000). SFCTA: Vision Zero Ramp Intersection Study Phase 3 ($150,000). SFPW: Tree Planting and Establishment ($1,000,000). Multi-Agency: Inner Sunset Multimodal Safety and Access Study [NTIP Planning (SFCTA $265,000; SFMTA $85,000), and Walter U Lum Place Public Space Study [NTIP Planning] (SFCTA $236,000, SFMTA $114,000).
    Prop L Grouped Allocations MEMO 2023-10-24 (PDF) R24-14 Prop L Grouped Allocations October (PDF)
  4. [Final Approval] Approve San Francisco’s Program of Projects for the 2024 Regional Transportation Improvement Program, with Conditions — ACTION*
    Projects: MTC: Planning, Programming and Monitoring ($188,000). SFCTA: Planning, Programming and Monitoring ($927,000). SFMTA: New Flyer Midlife Overhaul – Phase III ($45,569,000, which includes $10,642,000 proposed to be reprogrammed from SFMTA’s Train Control Upgrade – Phase 3 N Judah project).
    2024 Regional Transportation Improvement Program MEMO 2023-10-24 (PDF) R24-15 2024 RTIP (PDF)
  5. [Final Approval] Adopt a Resolution Directing The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to Incorporate Safe Routes To All Schools in the San Francisco Unified School District In the Active Communities Plan – ACTION*
    Safe Passage to School RESOLUTION 2023-10-24 (PDF) R24-16 Safe Passage to School (PDF)

End of Consent Agenda

  1. San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Paratransit Fleet Electrification Update Report — INFORMATION*
    SFMTA Paratransit Fleet Electrification Update Report PRESENTATION 2023-10-24 (PDF)
  2. Autonomous Vehicle Update — INFORMATION
    Staff from the Transportation Authority, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and San Francisco Fire Department will present on San Francisco’s experience with driverless Autonomous Vehicles, and San Francisco’s advocacy to Federal and State regulators on how to implement this new technology while maintaining safety and advancing citywide goals. Additionally, Phil Koopman, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University will offer expert perspectives on autonomous vehicle safety.
    Autonomous Vehicle Update City Agency PRESENTATION 2023-10-24 (PDF) Autonomous Vehicle Update Koopman PRESENTATION 2023-10-24 (PDF) Autonomous Vehicle PUBLIC COMMENT, Group 1 2023-10-24 (PDF) Autonomous Vehicle PUBLIC COMMENT, Group 2 2023-10-24 (PDF)

Other Items

  1. Introduction of New Business — INFORMATION
    During this segment of the meeting, Commissioners may make comments on items not specifically listed above or introduce or request items for future consideration.
  2. Public Comment
    General PUBLIC COMMENT 2023-10-24 (PDF)
  3. Adjournment

Items considered for final approval by the Board shall be noticed as such with [Final Approval] preceding the item title.

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