| Plans and Programs Committee - November 16, 2010 |
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AGENDA PLANS AND PROGRAMS COMMITTEEMeeting Notice Date: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, November 16, 2010
1. Roll Call 2. Approve the Minutes of the October 19, 2010 Meeting - ACTION* attachment 3. Citizens Advisory Committee Report - INFORMATION* attachment 4. Recommend Appointment of Two Members to the Citizens Advisory Committee - ACTION* attachment The Authority has an eleven-member Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC). CAC members serve two-year terms. Per the Authority's Administrative Code, the Plans and Programs Committee recommends and the Authority Board appoints individuals to fill any CAC vacancies. Neither 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 resulted from the resignation of Jul Lynn Parsons and the term expiration of Fran Martin. We are seeking a recommendation to appoint two members to the CAC. 5. Update on the Financial Plan for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's Central Subway Project - INFORMATION* attachment At the October Plans and Programs Committee meeting, Commissioner Chu requested a presentation on the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's (SFMTA's) financial plan for the Central Subway project, with an emphasis on efforts to close the project's funding shortfall. The project will extend the T-Third light rail line north from King Street along Fourth Street, entering a tunnel north of Bryant Street, crossing beneath Market Street, and running under Stockton Street to Stockton and Washington Streets. A surface station will be provided near Brannan Street, and underground stations will be located at the Moscone Center, Union Square, and Chinatown. The Central Subway was one of the major capital projects in the Prop B sales tax program that was grandfathered into the Prop K Expenditure Plan. SFMTA estimates the total project cost at $1.578 billion. The project, which is now in the final design phase, has a funding shortfall of $137 million. In addition, SFMTA is also developing financial strategies that will enable the project to stay on schedule despite the potential delay in availability of several fund sources such as $88 million in State Regional Improvement Program funds committed to the project by the Authority and State Prop 1A and 1B bond funds. At the November 16 Committee meeting, Sonali Bose, the SFMTA's Chief Financial Officer, will give a presentation on this topic. This is an information item. 6. Recommend Allocation of Up to $22,599,331 in Prop K Funds, With Conditions, to the Municipal Transportation Agency for the Central Subway Utility Relocation Contract 2, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedule and Amendment of the 2009 Prop K Strategic Plan - ACTION* attachment The early construction phase of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's (SFMTA's) Central Subway project includes four contract components and has a total cost of $112.5 million, including public agency labor. Utility Relocation Contract 1, will cost $7.5 million and consists of the relocation of utilities for the Moscone Station on Fourth Street between Howard and Folsom Streets and utilities at the Tunnel Portal on Fourth Street between Harrison and Bryant Streets. This work began in January 2010 and is scheduled to be completed by January 2012. Utility Relocation Contract 2, the subject of this request, will cost up to $22.5 million. It consists of utility relocation and other site preparation work necessary to facilitate the construction of the underground Union Square/Market Street station and a re-route of the 30-Stockton and 45-Union/Stockton trolley lines through the duration of construction. This work is expected to begin in November 2010 and is currently anticipated to be complete by December 2011. The remaining two components, procurement of Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Equipment and construction of a TBM Launch Box, will cost $35.3 million and $36.1 million, respectively. This work is currently anticipated to begin in February 2011 and should be completed by January 2014. The SFMTA's request to fully fund the Utility Relocation Contract 2 with up to $22.6 million in Prop K funds requires an amendment to the Strategic Plan to reprogram $6,703,610 in Fiscal Year 2010/11 Prop K funds from the right of way phase of the project to advanced construction. This amendment has no impact on financing costs for Prop K. This request is an "up to" amount. After the SFMTA awards Utility Relocation Contract 2 (anticipated December 2010), the Authority will de-obligate any surplus Prop K funds so that they can be reprogrammed for future use on the Central Subway project. We are seeking a recommendation to allocate up to $22,599,331 in Prop K funds, with conditions, to the SFMTA for the Central Subway Utility Relocation 2 Contract, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedule and amendment of the 2009 Prop K Strategic Plan. 7. Recommend Allocation of $460,000 in Prop K Funds, with Conditions, to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency for Two Projects and $3,334,653, with Conditions, to the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board for Six Projects, and Appropriation of $20,000 for the Bayview Hunters Point Mobility Solutions Study, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedules, and Amendment of the Strategic Plan and the Caltrain Capital Improvement Program and Caltrain Guideways 5-Year Prioritization Programs - ACTION* attachment enclosure As summarized in Attachments 1 and 2, we have eight Prop K allocation requests and one appropriation totaling $3,814,653 to present to the Plans and Programs Committee at its November 16 meeting. Six of the projects, totaling $3,334,653, are from the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board's (PCJPB or Caltrain's) Fiscal Year 2010/11 Prop K request and would fund San Francisco's local match share of Caltrain's Capital Improvement Program (CIP). The Prop K Expenditure Plan included for the first time Caltrain as an eligible recipient of San Francisco transportation sales tax funds. The intent of this change was to help offset the financial burden on the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which is the agency responsible for providing San Francisco's local match share of Caltrain's capital and operating budgets. The SFMTA has submitted two requests: $460,000 for design work for the rehabilitation of 23 Muni escalators and the implementation of bicycle facilities on Alemany Boulevard and Portola Drive. Lastly, we are requesting appropriation of $20,000 to match a $180,000 Caltrans Environmental Justice Planning grant awarded to the Authority for the Bayview Hunters Point Mobility Solutions Study, one of the recommendations from the Bayview Hunters Point Neighborhood Transportation Plan adopted by the Board in June of this year. Attachment 3 provides a summary of our staff recommendation. In order to accommodate the Caltrain annual request while remaining consistent with the financing levels assumed in the Strategic Plan, our recommendation includes a commitment to allocate Fiscal Year 2011/12 funds for one Caltrain project and a concurrent finance cost neutral Strategic Plan amendment that affects the Caltrain CIP and Caltrain Guideways Expenditure Plan categories. We are seeking a recommendation to approve the allocation of $460,000 in Prop K funds, with conditions, to the SFMTA for two projects and $3,334,653, with conditions, to the PCJPB for six projects, and the appropriation of $20,000 for the Bayview Hunters Point Mobility Solutions Study, subject to the attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedules, and amendment of the Strategic Plan and the Caltrain CIP and Caltrain Guideways 5-Year Prioritization Programs. 8. Recommend Adoption of a Resolution of Local Support for the Authority's Climate Initiatives Program Innovative Grant Projects - ACTION* attachment In December 2009, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) adopted the Climate Initiatives Program as part of its framework for programming funds anticipated under the yet-to-be-developed six-year federal surface transportation act. Within the Climate Initiatives Program, the Innovative Grant Program is one of the competitive grant programs managed by MTC with up to $31 million to support high-impact, innovative projects with the greatest potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that can be replicated on a larger-scale around the region. In October 2010, MTC awarded $2.45 million in federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program funds to the Authority, including $750,000 for the Integrated Public-Private Partnership Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program and $1.7 million for eFleet: Car Sharing Electrified project. The Authority's Planning Division will lead the Integrated Public-Private Partnership TDM Program to develop a more flexible and robust capacity to implement multi-agency TDM throughout the city. For the eFleet project, the Authority will act as a fiscal agent to support City CarShare in deploying a fleet of electric vehicles, as well as the supportive infrastructure and operations. MTC requires that local jurisdictions receiving these funds adopt a resolution of support for the selected projects. We are seeking a recommendation to adopt a resolution of local support for the Authority's Climate Initiatives Program Innovative Grants projects. 9. Introduction of New Items - INFORMATION 10. Public Comment 11. Adjournment
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