| Citizens Advisory Committee - March 28, 2007 |
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Date: 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 28, 2007 6:00 1. Committee Meeting Call to Order 6:05 2. Adoption of Minutes of the February 28, 2007 Meeting - ACTION* (attachment) 6:07 3. Chair's Report - INFORMATION 6:10 Programming and Legislation 4. Adopt a Motion of Support for the Allocation of $1,131,887 in Prop K Funds, with Conditions, to the Municipal Transportation Agency for a Conceptual Engineering Report for the Burke Avenue Overhead Lines and Central Warehouse Facility Renovation, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule – ACTION* (attachment) The Municipal Transportation Authority's (MTA's) Burke Avenue Overhead Lines and Central Warehouse Facility Renovation (Burke Facility project) is comprised of the following two phases: Phase 1 – Purchase of a warehouse at 1570-1580 Burke Avenue to house both the Central Warehouse and MUNI's Overhead Lines Division under one MTA-owned facility and relocation of the Central Warehouse to the new facility, and Phase 2 – Improvements to the Burke Facility to enable the relocation of the Overhead Lines Division to the Burke Facility. In February 2005, through approval of Resolution 05-42, the Authority allocated $1,525,000 in Prop K funds to the MTA for Phase 1 of the Burke Facility project. At that time, MTA estimated the total project cost at $14.2 million (Phase 1 - $10.7 million, Phase 2 - $3.4 million) and the scheduled completion date by June 2005. In April 2005, MTA completed Phase 1 within the budgeted amount. MTA's revised estimate for Phase 2 is now $17.5 million, for a total estimated Burke Facility project cost of $28.2 million. Project completion is tentatively forecast for Spring 2010. MTA staff has attributed the approximately 5-year delay in project completion and significant changes in project scope, schedule, and cost to the following factors: a change in project manager, a change in MTA management and a subsequent change in approach leading to significant changes in scope. The latter triggered a need for a more comprehensive approach, including development of a Conceptual Engineering Report (CER), which was not originally anticipated. Given our concerns about significant scope change, schedule delays, and lack of full funding plan for the subject project, as well as having observed other MTA facility projects with similar issues, and an overall trend of far fewer MTA requests for Prop K facilities funding than is currently programmed in the Strategic Plan, we have included a number of special conditions in our staff recommendation that is included in the attached Allocation Request Form. We are seeking a motion of support for the allocation of $1,131,887 in Prop K funds, with conditions, to the MTA for a CER for the Burke Facility project, subject to the attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule. 5. Adopt a Motion of Support for the Appropriation of $100,000 in Prop K funds for San Francisco/San Mateo Bi-County Transportation Study Update, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule – ACTION* (attachment) The area adjacent to the San Francisco and San Mateo county line hosts many large sites poised for redevelopment in the near future. The magnitude, location and timeframe of these developments, number of jurisdictions/stakeholders involved and different transportation and land use patterns in multiple jurisdictions call for cooperative regional transportation planning. The proposed Bi-County Transportation Study Update (Study Update) seeks to update a prior similar effort, completed in 2001, since many of the original development projects have advanced, making it necessary to revisit and update the prior analysis. This Study Update will identify and evaluate future potential transportation needs associated with substantial proposed land use growth along the San Francisco/San Mateo county line, with a view to establishing a common framework for funding agreed upon high-priority projects. The Study Update also will include a community involvement component in order to incorporate community views and input, and to support neighborhood-level connectivity as this area undergoes change and development. The Study Update will be managed by the Authority on behalf of an interagency team comprised of representatives from San Francisco and San Mateo counties. The two counties will equally fund the $200,000 budget for the Study Update. We are seeking a motion of support for the appropriation of $100,000 in Prop K funds for the San Francisco/San Mateo Bi-County Transportation Study Update, subject to the attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule. 6. Adopt a Motion of Support to Approve the Fiscal Year 2007/08 Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) Program of Projects for Submission to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) – ACTION* (attachment) The Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) Program was established to fund the most effective transportation projects that achieve emission reductions from motor vehicles in accordance with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District's (BAAQMD's) Clean Air Plan. Funds are generated from a $4 surcharge on the vehicle registration fee collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles. As the San Francisco TFCA Program Manager, the Authority annually develops the program of projects for the TFCA Program Manager funds. In January, we issued the call for Fiscal Year 2007/08 TFCA applications to San Francisco project sponsors. We received 20 project applications by the March 2 deadline, requesting over $2.2 million in TFCA funds compared to about $800,000 in available funds. The BAAQMD has a new requirement that all TFCA funds be programmed within a 6-month timeframe or the BAAQMD may take away any unprogrammed funds. In order to ensure that we will be able to program all of the TFCA funds, we accepted one late application, confirmed that two clean vehicle projects could expand their scope should additional funds become available, and have developed a recommended wait list of projects should the BAAQMD approve less funding for any project than the Authority Board recommends. We evaluated projects f ollowing the Board's adopted local expenditure criteria approved last month. Based on this review, we are recommending funding the 14 projects shown in Attachment 3, including six bicycle projects, three traffic calming projects, four clean air vehicle projects, and one commuter benefits project. As always, the final list of projects and recommended funding amounts are subject to BAAQMD approval. We are seeking a motion of support to approve the Fiscal Year 2007/08 TFCA Program of Projects for submission to the BAAQMD, as presented. 6:45 Planning 7. Adopt a Motion of Support for the Approval of the Mission-Geneva Neighborhood Transportation Plan Final Report – ACTION* (attachment) (report) In April of 2006 we updated the committee on the progress of the Mission-Geneva Neighborhood Transportation Plan, a planning study funded by a grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's (MTC's) Lifeline Transportation Program (LTP), a Caltrans Environmental Justice Planning Grant, and from the Authority's Prop K-funded Neighborhood Transportation Plans Program . The intent of MTC's program is to encourage residents and other stakeholders in low income communities to participate in transportation planning, to identify and address top needs, and to build long-term capacity to see the projects through to implementation. The Authority's Neighborhood Transportation Planning Program is designed to strengthen neighborhood transportation planning and to develop a pipeline of grant-ready projects that can capture funds as grant opportunities come up. Working closely with community members and agencies, we have completed the neighborhood transportation plan for the Mission-Geneva area. The planning process included data collection and technical analyses of needs and potential solutions as well as extensive community outreach, conducted by a local community based organization which provided outreach services. The Final Report The Plan identifies the community's top priority transportation improvements as well as a funding and implementation plan to deliver improvements in the near term. We are seeking a motion of support for the approval of the Mission-Geneva Neighborhood Transportation Plan Final Report. 8. Status Report on the On-Street Parking Management and Pricing Study – INFORMATION The Authority's Countywide Transportation Plan called for better parking management through a variety of means, including pricing mechanisms. The voter approved Expenditure Plan for Prop K includes a Transportation Demand Management/Parking Management program (Category D1) which supports innovative strategies to manage transportation system capacity in San Francisco , and encourages the use of alternatives to the automobile. In 2006, the Authority initiated the On-Street Parking Management and Pricing Study to review San Francisco 's existing on-street parking programs and investigate the potential of using innovative strategies such as dynamic pricing to increase on-street parking availability. The purpose of the study is to manage on-street parking supply in neighborhood commercial and residential districts at the neighborhood level. The Authority is leading the study which includes participation from the MTA and Planning Department and coordination with the Port of San Francisco , which is also undertaking its own Parking Management Study. To date, the study has reviewed current city policies and programs, documented existing parking conditions in several typical neighborhoods and identified parking shortages and needs, performed extensive market research to obtain data about individuals' preferences, opinions and attitudes about parking, and surveyed best practices elsewhere in the state and nation. Based on these findings, the study team is developing alternative parking management strategies including increasing parking meter rates and times, deploying new payment and enforcement technologies and parking benefit districts that would return a portion of meter revenue to local communities for transportation improvements. Our next steps are to evaluate these strategies and implementation mechanisms, conduct further outreach, and to develop study recommendations. This is an information item. 7:15 Other 9. Status Report on the Third Street Light Rail Project – INFORMATION* (attachment) This is a status report on the Third Street Light Rail Project. All line contracts are now substantially complete on the Initial Operating Segment (IOS). Limited passenger service continues, providing weekend service between Sunnydale and Castro. Full revenue service will commence on April 7, 2007, and special inaugural events are scheduled for April 14. The current Forecast-at-Completion (FAC) for the project is $613 million, $30.1 million over the approved budget. During the month of January, $5,867,686 in construction was performed. Over the same period, $1,373,962 was spent on construction support. As of January 31, 2007, total expenditures in construction and soft costs reached $500,055,685, which represents 85.7% of the approved budget and 81.5% of the FAC. Construction expenditures have reached $329,806,121 (78.4% of the FAC) and construction support expenditures total $106,883,922 (83% of the FAC). The availability of sufficient vehicles and mechanics to provide sustainable service for the new line continues to be one of the challenges MTA faces in preparation for full revenue service. As previously reported, if the current vehicle availability trend continues, MTA may fall slightly short of meeting peak evening vehicle demand when full revenue service starts on April 7, 2007. Last month we reported on vehicles with major damage, which are a significant contributing factor to vehicle availability. As of February 2, 2007, there were seven damaged Breda LRVs which had been on long-term hold awaiting repairs. Four of those vehicles are damaged beyond the capability of the MTA's body shop to repair and MTA is working on identifying funding and completing the specifications for soliciting bids for their repair. The other three LRVs, which are not as severely damaged, are being repaired at the MTA's Green facility as part of the LRV Fleet Recovery efforts. One of the three vehicles has already been brought back into service and MTA expects to have the other two repaired in time for full revenue service. The MME is now 48% complete, based on the current forecast-at-completion. Work on preliminary engineering for the Central Subway is now 38% complete. The FTA has provided MTA with a list of deliverables that will serve as a road map towards fulfilling New Starts requirements due on September 30, 2007. The administrative draft of the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Report (SEIS/SEIR) was issued on March 12. In addition to the SEIS/SEIR and community outreach, efforts continue on tunnel and stations design and cost estimating. This is an information item. 10. State and Federal Legislation Update – INFORMATION* (attachment) 7:40 11. Public Comment 8:00 12. Adjournment * Materials Attached Next Regular Meeting: April 25, 2007 CAC MEMBERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND SHOULD CONTACT ERIKA CHENG AT (415)522-4831 This meeting location is wheelchair accessible. In order to allow individuals with environmental illness or multiple-chemical sensitivity to attend the meeting, individuals are requested to refrain from wearing perfume or other scented products. All times shown are for information only. Items will be called at the discretion of the Chair. If you prefer receiving future agendas via email instead of regular mail, |
