PLANS AND PROGRAMS COMMITTEE packet agenda
Meeting Notice
Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2015; 10:00 a.m.
Location: Committee Room 263, City Hall
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
Consent Calendar
3. Approve the Minutes of the November 3, 2015 Meeting – ACTION* attachment
4. Recommend Reprogramming $67,265 in One Bay Area Grant Cycle 1 Funds from San Francisco Public Works’ ER Taylor Elementary Safe Routes to School Project to the Chinatown Broadway Street Design Project – ACTION* attachment
In June 2013, the Transportation Authority Board programmed $35 million in One Bay Area Grant (OBAG) Cycle 1 County Program funds to seven projects that were competitively selected, including San Francisco Public Works’ (SFPW’s) ER Taylor Elementary Safe Routes to School (SR2S) and Chinatown Broadway Street Design projects. ER Taylor SR2S has been recently completed with a remaining balance of $67,265. SFPW requests reprogramming the balance to the Chinatown Broadway project, which has received a higher-than-anticipated bid to its original construction contract advertisement. SFPW plans on re-advertising the contract by the end of this year and awarding it in March 2016.
End of Consent Calendar
5. Recommend Appointment of One Member 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 is one vacancy on the CAC requiring committee action. The vacancy is the result of the resignation of Raymon Smith. Attachment 1 shows current CAC membership and Attachment 2 lists applicants.
6. Recommend Allocation of $638,477 in Prop K Funds, with Conditions, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule – ACTION* attachment
As summarized in Attachments 1 and 2, we have two requests totaling $638,477 in Prop K sales tax funds to present to the Plans and Programs Committee. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has requested $516,000 to upgrade traffic signals at five intersections along the Upper Polk corridor as part of the Polk streetscape and paving project. San Francisco Public Works has requested $122,477 to supplement previously allocated Prop K sales tax funds for the construction phase of pedestrian safety improvements on Sloat Boulevard at Everglade Drive and 23rd Avenue. Project costs have increased due to added Caltrans design requirements and higher than anticipated contract bids.
7. Recommend Approval of the 2015 San Francisco Congestion Management Program – ACTION* attachment Enclosure A Enclosure B
As the Congestion Management Agency for San Francisco, the Transportation Authority is responsible for developing and adopting a Congestion Management Program (CMP) for San Francisco on a biennial basis. The CMP is the principal policy and technical document that guides the Transportation Authority’s CMA activities and demonstrates conformity with state congestion management law. The 2015 CMP incorporates several substantive updates, including 2015 system performance monitoring results; the updated CMP Capital Improvement Program; updates on initiatives to manage demand through pricing, incentives, and other strategies; Transportation Authority and City efforts to integrate land use and transportation planning in key locations; and other significant policy and planning progress since 2013.
8. Introduction of New Items – INFORMATION
During this segment of the meeting, Committee members may make comments on items not specifically listed above, or introduce or request items for future consideration.
9. Public Comment
10. Adjournment
* Additional materials
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