PLANS AND PROGRAMS COMMITTEE
Meeting Notice
Date: 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Location: Room 263, City Hall
Commissioners: Commissioners Mar (Chair), Kim (Vice Chair), Breed, Campos, Yee and Avalos (Ex Officio)
CLERK: Steve Stamos
1. Roll Call
2. Citizens Advisory Committee Report – INFORMATION
3. Approve the Minutes of the December 9, 2014 Meeting – ACTION* attachment
4. Recommend Allocation of $3,815,332 in Prop K Funds, with Conditions, and Allocation of $1,201,000 in Prop AA Funds, with Conditions, for Seven Requests, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedules – ACTION* attachment presentation
As summarized in Attachments 1 and 2, we have seven requests totaling $5,016,331 in Prop K and AA funds to present to the Plans and Programs Committee for approval. Attachment 3 summarizes our recommendations. San Francisco Public Works has requested $725,632 in Prop K funds to construct an estimated 68 curb ramps in Districts 9 and 10. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has requested Prop K funds for six projects. They include the environmental studies phase of Muni Metro East (MME) Phase II ($2,598,500), which would construct a new vehicle maintenance and mid-life overhaul facility and historic streetcar canopy and storage tracks at MME; New Signal Contract 62 construction ($150,000 in Prop K, $310,000 in Prop AA), Comprehensive Transportation Demand Management Program ($100,000), and construction of two of the 24 Near-Term Vision Zero Capital projects: 2nd Street Improvements ($158,500) and 5th Street Green Shared Roadway Markings (Sharrows) ($82,700). New Signal Contract 62 funds signals in Districts 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 and includes the mid-block crossing improvements at 8th and Natoma Streets as recommended in the Western SoMa Neighborhood Transportation Plan. Lastly, the SFMTA has requested $891,000 in Prop AA funds for construction of the City College Pedestrian Connector. We are seeking a recommendation to allocate $3,815,332 in Prop K funds, with conditions, and to allocate $1,201,000 in Prop AA funds, with conditions, for seven requests, subject to the attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedules.
5. Introduction of New Items – INFORMATION
6. Public Comment
7. Adjournment
* Additional materials
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