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City and County of San Francisco
Municipal Transportation Agency
Citizens’ Advisory Council
Notice of a Special Meeting and Agenda
for
Monday, April 5, 2010, at 5:30 p.m.
1 South Van Ness Avenue, Conference Room 3074
San Francisco, California
Members:
Daniel Murphy (Chairman), Steve Ferrario (Vice Chairman), Mary Burns, Art Cimento, Joan Downey, Griffith Humphrey, Cesar Perez, Greg Riessen, Janel Sterbentz, Susan Vaughan, Dorris Vincent, Daniel Weaver, Jamison Wieser and Ruth Wheeler
NOTES:
Notices of meeting agendas and minutes are available at the San Francisco Public Library (Main), 100 Larkin Street - Government Section, 5th floor, and on the SFMTA Web site at www.sfmta.com/cac.
Written reports and background materials for calendar items are available for public inspection and copying at One South Van Ness Avenue, Seventh Floor, during regular business hours.
The SFMTA CAC may be contacted as follows:
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, Citizens’ Advisory Council
1 South Van Ness Avenue, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103-5417
Phone 415.701.4666 FAX 415.701.4502
City and County of San Francisco
Municipal Transportation Agency
Citizens’ Advisory Council
Special Meeting
Monday, April 5, 2010, at 5:30 p.m.
1 South Van Ness Avenue, Conference Room 3074
San Francisco, California
AGENDA
Item # |
Item |
1. |
Call to Order/Roll Call |
2. |
Adopt Minutes of March 4, 2010 (Discussion/Action) |
3. |
Public Comment
Members of the public may address the SFMTA Citizens’ Advisory Council on matters that are within the Council’s jurisdiction and are not on today's calendar. |
4. |
Report of the Chairman (Discussion) |
5. |
Staff Report (Discussion) |
Staff-Initiated Items |
6. |
FY 11/12 Operating Budget (Discussion/Action)
Recommendations from the Finance and Administration Committee:
Motion: 100401.01
The SFMTA CAC recommends that the SFMTA Board put a measure on the ballot, either on its own or in conjunction with the Board of Supervisors, which will raise revenues sufficient to reduce the agency's dependence on other city, state, and federal sources for its operating budget.
Motion: 100401.02
The SFMTA CAC recommends that the SFMTA exercise its powers under existing labor agreements to reinstate the use of part-time transit operators where doing so would reduce operating cost.
Motion: 100401.03
Whereas other departments of the City and County of San Francisco charge the SFMTA for services rendered to the agency, the SFMTA CAC recommends that SFMTA charge the full market rate of reserved or non-reserved on-street parking spaces used by other city departments, and honor only those free parking placards issued by the SFMTA itself.
Motion: 100401.04
The SFMTA CAC recommends that parking meter hours be extended to evenings and Sundays where vacancy rates fall below 20%, and that the SFMTA do pilot projects extending meter hours in other commercial districts.
Motion: 100401.05
The SFMTA CAC recommends that the SFMTA seek enforcement of the existing Planning Code provisions that garages and parking lots in C-3 zoned areas charge only hourly rates for parking, and that the SFMTA seek to have such provisions applied to garages and parking lots citywide.
Motion: 100401.06
The SFMTA CAC recommends that the SFMTA Board add the 1,000 metered spaces being recommended by staff for meter installation for FY 2011, and that the SFMTA identify another 1,000 spaces for meter installation for FY 2012.
Motion: 100401.07
Although the SFMTA CAC prefers to avoid window advertising wraps, given current financial circumstances, the SFMTA CAC recommends that such wraps be adopted in preference to transit service reductions, and recommends that such wraps should be adopted only for the period of the current fiscal crisis.
Motion: 100401.08
The SFMTA CAC recommends that the SFMTA Board adopt a formula setting pass prices at a fixed multiple of the cash fare for that particular fare category, with a provision for rounding.
Motion: 100401.09
The SFMTA CAC recommends adoption of the proposed reduction of work orders with other departments, and the proposed increases in cost recovery fees, excluding the Translink/Clipper Limited Smart Card fee and the cable car and historic streetcar rental fees. The SFMTA CAC also recommends adoption of increases to the disabled placard improper use fine and the San Francisco General Hospital daily parking rate.
Motion: 100401.10
The SFMTA CAC recommends that transit service reductions be considered the absolute last resort for balancing the SFMTA budget. To that end, the SFMTA CAC recommends that as much service scheduled for reduction as of May 1, 2010 be restored, or the reductions rescinded or avoided. The SFMTA CAC recommends that the SFMTA Board carefully review proposed service reductions for their compliance with section 8A.103 (a) of the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco. The SFMTA CAC further recommends that proposed service reductions be brought before the SFMTA CAC for review and recommendation before being implemented or considered by the SFMTA Board.
Motion: 100401.11
The SFMTA CAC recommends that parking meter hours be extended to evenings and Sundays where vacancy rates fall below 20%, and that the SFMTA do pilot projects extending meter hours in other commercial districts. |
7. |
FY 11/12 Capital Budget (Discussion/Action) |
Council-Initiated Items |
8. |
Council Members’ Questions and Comments (Discussion) |
9. |
Agenda planning for the Next Regular Meeting Tentatively Scheduled: (Discussion)
Thursday May 6, 2010, 5:30 p.m.
1 South Van Ness Avenue, Conference Room 3074 |
10. |
Adjournment |
Disability Access
This meeting will be held at 1 South Van Ness Avenue, Conference Room 3074, San Francisco. From the first floor lobby, take the elevator to the third floor.
The meeting location is wheelchair accessible. The closest BART Station is Civic Center. The closest SFMTA Metro Station is Van Ness. Accessible SFMTA bus lines nearest the meeting location are the 7 Haight, 9 San Bruno, 47 Van Ness, 49 Van Ness/Mission, and the 71 Haight-Noriega, also the F Market & Wharves (Historic Streetcar Service). For more information about SFMTA accessible services, call 415.701.4485/TTY 415.701.4730.
There is accessible on-street vehicle parking available in the vicinity of the meeting location. A bicycle rack is located outside the main entrance to 401 Van Ness Avenue. The Civic Center Garage (entrance on the south side of McAllister Street, between Polk and Larkin Streets) includes bicycle racks.
For assistance with special needs (large print agendas, sign language interpreters, etc.), call Debra Reed at least 72 hours in advance of need at 415.701.4666.
In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity, or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical-based products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.
Use of Cell Phones, Pagers, and Similar Sound-Producing Electronic Devices
The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices.
Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance
(Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code)
Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils, and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the peoples’ business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the peoples’ review.
Written reports and background materials for calendar items are available for public inspection and copying at One South Van Ness Avenue, Seventh Floor, during regular business hours. Notices and agendas are posted on the SFMTA Web site at http://www.sfmta.com/cac.
For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Frank Darby by mail at Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102-4689; by phone at 415.554.7724; by fax at 415.554.7854 or by e-mail at frank_darby@ci.sf.ca.us.
Individuals interested in obtaining a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can request a copy from Mr. Darby or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code from the Internet at http://www.sfgov.org/bdsupvrs/sunshine.htm.
Lobbyist Ordinance
Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code, Section 2.100, to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, contact the Ethics Commission at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 220, San Francisco, CA 94102, telephone 415.252.3100, fax 415.252.3112, or visit their Web site at http://www.sfgov.org/ethics/.
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