PACKET 

AGENDA

CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Meeting Notice

Date: 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Location: 1455 Market Street, 22nd Floor

Members: Glenn Davis (Chair), Christopher Waddling (Vice Chair), Myla Ablog, Brian Larkin, John Larson, Angela Minkin, Eric Rutledge, Jacqualine Sachs, Raymon Smith, Peter Tannen and Wells Whitney

6:00 1. Committee Meeting Call to Order

6:05 2. Chair’s Report – INFORMATION

6:10 Consent Calendar

3. Approve the Minutes of the October 1, 2014 Meeting – ACTION* attachment

4. State and Federal Legislative Update – INFORMATION* attachment

To inform state advocacy efforts, the Transportation Authority tracks pending state legislation and presents a matrix of transportation-related bills to the Finance Committee each month. This matrix provides a summary of each bill and its status, and offers the Transportation Authority Board the opportunity to take formal positions on proposed legislation. The attached state legislative matrix was reviewed by the Finance Committee at its October 7, 2014 meeting. Staff is not recommending the any new positions this month as it is the end of the current legislative session. This is an information item.

5. Cycle 4 Lifeline Transportation Program Update – INFORMATION* attachment

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) has released draft guidelines for Cycle 4 of the Lifeline Transportation Program (LTP), which is intended to improve mobility for low income residents with a focus on communities of concern. In our role as Congestion Management Agency (CMA), the Transportation Authority prioritizes a portion of San Francisco LTP funds and helps MTC with oversight of San Francisco’s LTP projects. The LTP includes multiple federal and state funding sources with differing eligibility and requirements. For Cycle 4, we will be responsible for programming up to $3.8 million in State Transit Assistance funds and $1 million in Federal Transit Administration Section 5307 Job Access and Reverse Commute funds. Eligibility constraints associated with these fund sources will limit grant recipients largely to transit operators, and the scope of projects largely to transit-related projects. About 38% of Cycle 4 LTP funds (State Prop 1B funds) are designated for LTP-eligible transit operators for programming, with concurrence by the respective CMA and MTC. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) is slated to receive about $6.1 million in Cycle 4. If BART or other LTP-eligible regional transit operators propose projects serving San Francisco, we will seek concurrence from the CAC. MTC’s draft guidelines, a list of San Francisco’s previous LTP-funded projects, and a tentative schedule for the San Francisco call for projects are attached. We plan to release the call for projects shortly after the MTC adopts the guidelines on October 22 and to bring recommendations to the CAC in January 2015. This is an information item.

End of Consent Calendar

6:20 6. Adopt a Motion of Support for Allocation of $6,795,385 in Prop K Funds, with Conditions in Prop K Funds, with Conditions, for Eleven Requests, Subject to the Attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedules – ACTION* attachment   enclosure

As summarized in Attachments 1 and 2, we have eleven requests totaling $6,795,385 in Prop K funds to present to the Citizens Advisory Committee for approval. Attachment 3 summarizes our recommendations. The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (PCJPB or Caltrain) has requested $3.8 million for San Francisco’s Fiscal Year 2014/15 member contribution for six state of good repair projects, including construction of the Quint Street Bridge Replacement. Caltrain has also requested funds for unanticipated construction management costs for bicycle parking facility improvements that will increase storage capacity at the 4th and King station ($20,000). The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has requested Prop K funds to expand its participation in the Geneva-Harney Bus Rapid Transit Feasibility Study and for follow-on pre-environmental work ($200,000). SFMTA has also asked for planning and conceptual design funds for the John Yehall Chin Safe Routes to School project ($40,433), a project that supports Vision Zero and has received a state Active Transportation Planning grant for design. Finally, the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) has requested $2,030,000 to fully fund construction of the Balboa Park Station Eastside Connections project (which received Lifeline Transportation Program funds from the Transportation Authority) and San Francisco Public Works has requested $701,886 to construct Chinatown Broadway Phase IV (a OneBayArea Grant project that will complete streetscape improvements between Columbus Avenue and the Broadway Tunnel). We are seeking a motion of support for the allocation of $6,795,385 in Prop K funds, with conditions, for eleven requests, subject to the attached Fiscal Year Cash Flow Distribution Schedules and amendment of the relevant 5-Year Prioritization Programs.

6:50 7. San Francisco Transportation Plan and Plan Bay Area Updates – INFORMATION* attachment

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) have kicked off the process to update Plan Bay Area, the region’s first combined Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS) adopted in mid-2013. The regional agencies intend to engage in a focused update that builds off the framework and policies established in Plan Bay Area. While MTC and ABAG will not approve the update until 2017, MTC will issue a call for projects in mid-2015 and most of the policy and project prioritization decisions will be negotiated by mid-2016. To position San Francisco’s desired policies objectives and project priorities for inclusion in the next RTP/SCS, over the next year we will be preparing an update to our own San Francisco Transportation Plan (SFTP). We plan to take a similar approach to MTC in that the SFTP update would be very focused, building off the existing goals, policies, and investment framework. We are pleased to report that many of the key recommendations from the SFTP are already underway such as the Transit Core Capacity Study, Freeway Corridor Management Strategy and Neighborhood Transportation Improvement Program. The SFTP update will incorporate the findings from these efforts and others. Coordinated quadrennial updates of the RTP/SCS and the SFTP are consistent with the intent of MTC’s recently adopted countywide transportation plan guidelines and are one of our core functions as Congestion Management Agency. We will provide a brief overview of the updates at the CAC meeting and plan to return in the coming months with more detailed presentations, including an outreach strategy and how we are coordinating with the many local and regional partners on these efforts. This is an information item.

7:20 8. Major Capital Projects Update – Islais Creek Maintenance Facility – INFORMATION* attachment

The Islais Creek Maintenance Facility represents the first new San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) rubber-tire vehicle maintenance facility in the last 60 years. The project includes a fuel-and-wash building, a 65,000-square-foot motor coach maintenance and operations building, administration building, bus storage, and land acquisition. The facility will service 40- and 60-foot-long motor coaches. The facility will also be able to provide maintenance for the Van Ness Avenue Bus Rapid Transit fleet. The current budget is $126.8 million making it one of the largest SFMTA facility projects that is receiving Prop K local transportation sales tax funds. Phase I of the project, which included sitework, bus storage, the fuel-and-wash building and the administration building, was completed in early 2013 and is now operational. Redesign work on Phase II, the maintenance building, was completed in September under an agreement with San Francisco Public Works for design and development of the contract documents. SFMTA advertised for bids for Phase II on October 10, 2014, with bids due on December 1, 2014. Substantial completion is scheduled for January 2017. This is an information item.

7:45 9. Introduction of New Business – INFORMATION

7:50 10. Public Comment

8:00 11. Adjournment

* Additional materials
Next Meeting: December 3, 2014

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