PLANS AND PROGRAMS COMMITTEE
Meeting Notice
Date: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Location: Room 263, City Hall
Commissioners: Commissioners Mar (Chair), Kim (Vice Chair), Breed, Campos, Yee and Avalos (Ex Officio)
CLERK: Erika Cheng
1. Roll Call
Consent Calendar
2. Approve the Minutes of the January 14, 2014 Meeting – ACTION* attachment
3. Recommend Adoption of the Fiscal Year 2014/15 Transportation Fund for Clean Air Local Expenditure Criteria – ACTION* attachment
Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) funds come from a $4 per vehicle surcharge collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles on motor vehicle registrations in the nine-county Bay Area region. A portion of the funds (40 percent) is available to each county on a return-to-source basis from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District). These funds are used to implement strategies to improve air quality by reducing motor vehicle emissions in accordance with the Air District’s Clean Air Plan. As the Program Manager for the City and County of San Francisco, the Transportation Authority is required to annually adopt local expenditure criteria for the programming of the local TFCA funds. Our proposed Fiscal Year 2014/15 local expenditure criteria (Attachment 1) are essentially the same as those used in past cycles and are consistent with the Air District’s TFCA policies for Fiscal Year 2014/15. The criteria establish a clear prioritization methodology for applicant projects, including project types ranked by local priorities, emissions reduced, program diversity, project readiness, and past project sponsor delivery. We issued the Draft Fiscal Year 2014/15 Call for Projects on January 31 to program an estimated $800,000 to eligible TFCA projects. The call for projects will be finalized following Board approval of the local expenditure criteria, anticipated on February 25. We are seeking a recommendation to adopt the Fiscal Year 2014/15 TFCA Local Expenditure Criteria as presented.
End of Consent Calendar
4. Citizens Advisory Committee Report – INFORMATION* attachment
5. 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. These vacancies result from the term expirations of Robert Switzer and Peter Tannen. Mr. Tannen is seeking reappointment. We are seeking a recommendation to appoint two members to the CAC.
6. Recommend Allocation of $1,468,550 in Prop K Funds, with Conditions, and $392,450 in Prop AA Funds, with Conditions, for Four Requests, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedules and Amendment of the Prop AA Strategic Plan and Relevant Prop K 5-Year Prioritization Programs – ACTION* attachment enclosure
As summarized in Attachments 1 and 2, we have received four requests for a total of $1,468,550 in Prop K and $392,450 in Prop AA funds to present to the Plans and Programs Committee. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has requested a total of $601,550 in Prop K funds for three projects, including $315,000 for the detailed design phase of New Signal Contract 62, $259,000 for construction of traffic signal upgrades at five intersections along Masonic Avenue, and $27,550 for environmental clearance of the Eddy and Ellis Traffic Calming Improvement project. The SFMTA’s request for New Signal Contract 62 also includes $55,000 in Prop AA funds to design a new traffic signal at 8th and Natoma Streets, and its request for Eddy and Ellis traffic calming includes $337,450 in Prop AA funds. This requires an amendment to the Prop AA Strategic Plan to advance the funds to align with the project schedule. Finally, the Department of Public Works has requested $867,000 in Prop K funds for construction of 99 ADA-compliant curb ramps and related sidewalk, curb, gutter, and roadway work at 15 intersections located in districts 8, 9, 10 and 11. We are seeking a recommendation to allocate $1,468,550 in Prop K funds, with conditions, and $392,450 in Prop AA funds, with conditions, for four requests, subject to the attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedules and amendment of the Prop AA Strategic Plan and relevant Prop K 5-Year Prioritization Programs.
7. Draft Neighborhood Transportation Improvement Program Planning Guidelines – INFORMATION* attachment presentation
The San Francisco Transportation Plan’s (SFTP’s) needs assessment identified significant unmet demand for pedestrian and bicycle circulation and safety projects and transit reliability initiatives, and concluded that meeting these transportation needs is an important way to improve mobility in neighborhoods and to address socio-economic and geographic disparities in San Francisco. As a result of this finding and in response to public and Board input, we developed the Neighborhood Transportation Improvement Program (NTIP) as part of the SFTP Early Action Program. The NTIP uses Prop K funds to support both a capital and a planning grant program. This memorandum outlines proposed guidelines for the NTIP planning grant program. The intent of the NTIP planning grants are to strengthen project pipelines and build community awareness of and capacity to provide input into the transportation planning process, especially in Communities of Concern and other neighborhoods with high unmet needs. Recognizing the different transportation challenges facing San Francisco’s neighborhoods, we have drafted guidelines that allow NTIP planning grants to be tailored to meet each district’s or neighborhood’s specific needs with all efforts leading toward prioritization of community-supported neighborhood-scale capital improvements that could be funded by Prop K and/or other sources. The draft guidelines include a menu of options for different types of planning efforts ranging from district-wide needs assessments to corridor or neighborhood-scale transportation planning studies to project-level or smaller planning efforts. We are developing examples of different implementation models and types of technical support that we can provide as we work to refine the draft guidelines. We are currently proposing $100,000 for each district in the next five years, ideally to be leveraged with other funds. We anticipate bringing the final draft guidelines to the Board for approval in March or April 2014. We are seeking input and guidance from the Plans and Programs Committee. This is an information item.
8. Introduction of New Items – INFORMATION
9. Public Comment
10. Adjournment
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