PLANS AND PROGRAMS COMMITTEE
Meeting Notice
Date: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Location: Room 263, City Hall
Commissioners: Commissioners Tang (Chair), Christensen (Vice Chair), Breed, Farrell, Yee and Wiener (Ex Officio)
Clerk: Steve Stamos
1. Roll Call
2. Citizens Advisory Committee Report – INFORMATION* attachment
3. Approve the Minutes of the February 10, 2015 Meeting – ACTION* attachment
4. Recommend Appointment of Two Members to the Citizens Advisory Committee – ACTION* attachment enclosure
The Transportation Authority has an eleven-member Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC). CAC members serve two-year terms. Per the Transportation Authority’s Administrative Code, the Plans and Programs Committee recommends and the Transportation Authority Board appoints individuals to fill any CAC vacancies. Neither Transportation 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 are two vacancies on the CAC requiring committee action. The vacancies are the result of the resignation of Angela Minkin due to time constraints associated with her travel schedule and other obligations and the automatic membership termination of Myla Ablog due to four absences over twelve regularly scheduled consecutive meetings, pursuant to the CAC By-Laws. Ms. Ablog is seeking reappointment. Attachment 1 shows current CAC membership and Attachment 2 lists applicants. We are seeking a recommendation to appoint two members to the CAC.
5. Recommend Allocation of $1,824,502 in Prop K Funds, with Conditions, for Seven Requests, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedules – ACTION* attachment enclosure
As summarized in Attachments 1 and 2, we have seven requests totaling $1,824,502 in Prop K funds to present to the Plans and Programs Committee. Attachment 3 summarizes our recommendations. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has requested Prop K funds for three projects. They include design and construction of WalkFirst Phase 1 Pedestrian Safety Implementation ($1,000,000), which addresses up to 45 intersections on Pedestrian High Injury Corridors; construction of bicycle and pedestrian signal upgrades and curb ramps at the intersection of 7th Avenue and Lincoln Way ($210,800); and $72,000 to extend the existing Bicycle Safety Education Classes contract by nine months. The latter request was held over one month as directed by the Plans and Programs Committee. SFMTA staff will attend the March meeting to address questions raised by the Committee in February. San Francisco Public Works has requested Prop K funds for four projects: planning and environmental review for the Great Highway & Skyline Roundabout ($207,535), which will improve traffic flow and safety of the existing intersection, and for the Great Highway Reroute Project (Permanent Restoration) ($58,267) to ensure the long-term functionality of the road; design of elements from previously completed areawide traffic calming plans (such as curb bulb-outs and a raised crosswalk ($25,000); and San Jose Avenue Follow the Paving ($250,900), which would construct a protected bike lane from Randall to Arlington Streets and other pedestrian crossing improvements at Randall and Dolores. We are seeking a recommendation to allocate $1,824,502 in Prop K funds, with conditions, for seven requests, subject to the attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedules.
6. Recommend Adopting the San Francisco Freeway Corridor Management Study Phase 1 Report – ACTION* attachment Enclosure A Enclosure B
In 2014, California Department of Transportation awarded a Partnership Planning for Sustainable Transportation grant to the Transportation Authority to conduct the San Francisco Freeway Corridor Management Study (FCMS). The 2013 San Francisco Transportation Plan identified the need for the FCMS to manage expected future growth in travel along, and raise the performance of, the US-101 and I-280 corridors. In addition, several parallel efforts are underway at the regional and state levels that will shape conditions along San Francisco’s freeway corridors. The FCMS will allow San Francisco to inform and be informed by these parallel efforts in a timely and effective way, and to involve San Francisco community members and regional stakeholders in these efforts. The FCMS is divided into two phases. Phase 1, the subject of this memo, sets the foundation for the Study’s Purpose and Need, proposes a goals-based evaluation framework, and identifies a range of potential freeway corridor management strategies to consider in Phase 2. These components are developed based on a review of existing relevant studies and the existing institutional setting. Phase 2 of the FCMS, which is already funded, will be a performance-based evaluation of potential freeway corridor management strategies. We are seeking a recommendation to adopt the San Francisco FCMS Phase 1 Report.
7. Major Capital Projects Update – Central Subway – INFORMATION* attachment
2014 was another milestone year for the Central Subway project. Work on the $233 million tunnels contract reached a major milestone in June, when both tunnel boring machines completed the tunnel bores from the launch box under I-80 to the extraction pit in North Beach. The contractor also completed the construction of the headwalls for the three underground stations and all five cross passages between the tunnels. Substantial completion of this contract is expected in April 2015. Work is also underway on the largest single construction contract ever awarded by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency: the $840 million Stations and Systems contract. The contractor, Tutor Perini will construct the three underground stations, the surface station, and the overall systems for the project. In January, work ramped up at the Union Square station after the removal of the Winter Walk, an urban park and open space which was installed for the holidays. At that station, pile installation is nearing completion and work has commenced at the Union Square garage. Slurry wall installation on the perimeter walls for the Chinatown Station headhouse has been completed, and construction has begun on the roof slab at the Yerba Buena/Moscone station. As of the end of January, this contract was 26.88% complete. Substantial completion of this contract is scheduled for February 2018. As of December 31, 2104, the project had paid out $95.57 million to Small Business Enterprises. With a budget of $1.578 billion, revenue service is anticipated by December 2018. This is an information item.
8. Introduction of New Items – INFORMATION
9. Public Comment
10. Adjournment
* Additional materials
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