| Citizens Advisory Committee - July 28, 2004 |
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Please click here for a PDF version of the agenda CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEEMeeting Notice 6:00 1. Committee Meeting Call to Order 6:05 2. Adoption of Minutes of the July 7, 2004 Meeting - ACTION * (attachment 1) 6:07 3. Chair's Report – INFORMATION 6:10 Programming 4. Approve a motion of support for MUNI's request for allocation of $28,554,000 in Proposition K Funds for construction of Metro East Maintenance Facility of the Third Street Light Rail Project – ACTION* (attachment 2) This item is a funding request for Metro East Maintenance Facility (MME) of the Third Street Light Rail Project. The overall cost of theMMEis budgeted at $129 million. MUNI has chosen to use the Construction Manager/ General Contractor (CM/GC)method for the MME. TheCM/GC contracting method was chosen to create additional contracting opportunities for small and disadvantaged businesses.The CM/GC has beenperforming outreach to local contractors to make them aware of these contracting opportunities. Under this contracting method, the CM/GC awards trade contracts as construction progresses. Because of this, the allocation of funds will be done as each set of trade packages is advertised. The CM/GC currently has $17.5 million in subcontracts underway, and has advertised an additional $83 million in subcontracts. The currentfunding need for the MME is $100.3 million, of which $71.7 million is being funded by other sources. This leaves a Prop K sales tax funding need of $28.554 million at this time.Over the next few months we will be submittingincremental funding requests until the project is fully funded. We are recommending a motion of supportfor MUNI's request for allocation of $28,554,000 in PropositionK Funds forconstructionof Metro East Maintenance Facility of the Third Street Light Rail Project. 5. Approve a Motion of Support to Approve San Francisco's Project Priorities for Local Streets and Roads Shortfall Program STP Funding in the Amount of $5,346,000 – ACTION* (attachment 3) On May 6, 2004, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) issued a call for projects for federal Surface Transportation Program (STP) funds under the Local Streets and Roads Shortfall Program. The program is intended to fund pavement rehabilitation, preventive maintenance projects with a life span of 5 or more years, and non-pavement rehabilitation projects. MTC has designated a total of $5,346,000 in STP funds for San Francisco for the Local Streets and Roads Shortfall Program, with an annual programming target of $2,673,000 in both FY 2005/06 and FY 2006/07. As the Congestion Management Agency for San Francisco, the Authority is responsible for developing a list of San Francisco projects and submitting the project priorities to MTC by August 31, 2004. By our July 6, 2004 deadline, we received two project applications from the Department of Public Works (DPW), one for 16 th Street from Utah to Market and one for Valencia Street from Cesar Chavez to Market. Both projects meet the program eligibility requirements and the total amount requested exactly equals the amount of STP funds that are available for programming. Thus, we are recommending funding both projects as requested (see Attachment A). We are seeking a motion of support to approve San Francisco's project priorities for Local Streets and Roads Shortfall Program STP funding in the amount of $5,346,000, as presented. 6:40 Administration and Finance 6. Citywide Overhead Cost Recovery Plan (COWCAP) - ACTION* (attachment 4) The Authority has a policy adopted in 1993 and ratified in subsequent Strategic Plan Updates, which disallows reimbursements to City departments for citywide overhead costs assessed through the Citywide Overhead Cost Allocation Plan (COWCAP). COWCAP is intended to recover the costs of running City government. The Authority's policy is based on the tenet that a special purpose agency (Gov Code 131000) with a separate operating budget and revenues must remain separate from local government and should not have to pay for the administration of local government. This notwithstanding, given the current shortfall in the City's General Fund, and the potential impacts that this might have on City departments' ability to maintain the pace of implementation of Proposition K projects, the Chair has requested that we pursue a one-year, temporary suspension of the current policy up to a maximum $900,000 COWCAP expense, with the aim of ensuring the continued expeditious delivery of the Proposition K program. This item is being presented at the request of the Chair of the Board. 6:50 Planning and Legislation 7. Bayview Oakdale Caltrain Station Update - INFORMATION We will report the study progress to date, including the findings of a preliminary engineering study to establish the feasibility of building a Caltrain station at the Oakdale site. We will also review the public outreach activities over the last several months, including a summary of the two public outreach workshops that were held in April and June. Preliminary station concept designs and an update on next steps for completion of the study will be presented. 8. Multimodal Transit Survey Update – INFORMATION The MUNI passenger survey was conducted during February and March of 2004, the first MUNI origin/destination survey in almost 30 years. Over 15,000 riders responded and provided extensive data about their trip and about themselves, a true success given the original goal of 13,800 completed surveys. Every MUNI line in operation was surveyed. The raw dataset is now complete, and is currently undergoing statistical analysis and weighting. Each response is being analyzed for geographic patterns and will ultimately be used to create a full picture of transit usage patterns in the city. A summary of the survey effort and basic characteristics of the raw data will be provided, including response levels by line. We willalso provide an update on next steps includingfinalizing the study and updating the SF TransitModel. 9. Review Status and Adopt Positions on Transportation-Related State Legislation – INFORMATION/ACTION At the June CAC meeting we will provide a status report on pieces of state legislation on which the Authority has already taken positions during the current legislative session. We will present new items as appropriate. We are seeking a motion of support to adopt positions on transportation-related state legislation, as appropriate. 7:50 10. Public Comment 8:00 11. 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