| San Francisco County Transportation Authority - November 21, 2006 |
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AGENDA SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYMeeting Notice Date: 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 21, 2006 1. Roll Call 2. Approval of Minutes of October 31, 2006 meeting - ACTION* (attachment) 3. Chair's Report – INFORMATION 4. Executive Director's Report - INFORMATION Recommendation from the Plans and Programs Committee 5. Allocate $5,071,000 in Prop K Funds to the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) for Construction of the Third Street Project, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule and Amendment of the Strategic Plan – ACTION* (attachment) (unsigned resolution) 6. Allocate $217,000 in Prop K funds, with Conditions, to the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) for Construction of the Balboa Park Station Westside Entrance and Walkway Project, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule – ACTION* (attachment) (unsigned resolution) 7. Allocate $1,045,594 in Prop K funds, with Conditions, to the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) for the Procurement Phase of the Trolley Coach Rebuild Project, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule – ACTION* (attachment) (unsigned resolution) 8. Allocate $1,200,000 in Prop K funds, with Conditions, to the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) for the Procurement Phase of the Rear Wheel Safety Guard Project, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule, and Amendment of the Relevant 5-Year Prioritization Program – ACTION* (attachment) (unsigned resolution) Recommendation from the Finance Committee 9. Adopt a San Francisco Strategy for Proposition 1B State Transportation Infrastructure Bond Funding – ACTION* (attachment) (unsigned resolution) Items for Direct Board Consideration 10. Update on the MTA Bicycle Program – INFORMATION* (attachment) On June 13 2006, the Superior Court of the State of California issued a legal injunction that effectively prohibits the implementation (e.g. construction) of bicycle improvements including, but not limited to bicycle lanes, pavement markings, signage, and bicycle parking. Based on addition information issued by the judge last week, it appears that the injunction will remain in place until the MTA completes an environmental impact report on the bicycle plan. Commissioner Daly, with the concurrence of Plans and Programs Committee Chair Dufty, asked for a report from Authority staff with an analysis of whether the MTA was still aggressively pursuing funds for bicycle projects, with the intent of ensuring that the City is ready to move forward with projects immediately once the injunction was lifted. We have been working closely with MTA bicycle program staff to assess the status of currently funded projects, as well as gain an understanding of project development work planned for the near future. We presented our findings at the November Plans and Programs Committee along with several recommendations focusing on the need for the MTA to provide a resource-based work program for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2006/07 through Fiscal Year 2008/09. At the meeting, Commissioner Dufty asked MTA Director for Planning, William Lieberman, to consider the possibility of whether the Authority could assist the MTA by leading the environmental review effort and advancing it on a more aggressive timeline than might otherwise occur. Mr. Lieberman and MTA bicycle program staff will make a brief presentation at the Board meeting to address these two topics. This is an information item. Other Items 11. 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