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Municipal Transportation Agency
Citizens’ Advisory Council (MTA CAC)

FINAL MINUTES
of
Regular Meeting

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 5:30 p.m.
1 South Van Ness Avenue, Conference Room 3075
San Francisco, California

1. Call to Order / Roll Call
Chairman Murphy called the meeting to order at 6:09 p.m.
A quorum was present including the following:

MTA CAC Members Present at Roll Call: Daniel Murphy (Chair), Mary Burns, Art Cimento, Griffith Humphrey, Cesar Perez, Norman Rolfe, Daniel Weaver, and Jamison Wieser.

MTA CAC Absent: Sue Cauthen, Emily Drennen, Joan Downey, Steve Ferrario, Bruce Oka, and Dorris Vincent.

MTA Staff (San Francisco Municipal Railway [MUNI] and Department of Parking and Traffic [DPT]) Present: Sonali Bose (MTA Finance Director), Peter Straus (MUNI Manager of Service Planning), Marc Caposino (MTA Marketing), Chas Belov (MTA Web designer), and Debra Reed (MTA CAC Secretary).

Community Representatives Present: Edward Mason

2. Adopt the MTA CAC Minutes of December 4, 2006:

Motion to adopt the MTA CAC minutes for December 2006 -

2nd by Griffith Humphrey

CAC passed unanimously (Ayes – Murphy, Burns, Cimento, Humphrey, Perez, Rolfe, Weaver, and Wieser)

3. Public Comment – Concerning any issue within the jurisdiction of the Council and not noted on the agenda:

Edward Mason: regarding land use and Muni, Mr. Mason observed an increase of single dwelling residences being converted into multiple units resulting in population increases in communities. He suggested Transit Impact development fees for additional housing being built.

4. Report of the Chair: Daniel Murphy (MTA CAC Chair)

Chairman Murphy will be scheduling an early FAC in view of the upcoming budget.

Joan Downey will be rescheduling February’s OCSC meeting since the regular date fell on a holiday.

5. Staff Report:

Staff report was distributed for review.

Staff-Initiated Items

6. Changes in 511 Service: Peter Straus

Because of the delay achieving quorum, Mr. Straus had to depart for another meeting. This item will be continued at the next CAC meeting, February 1, 2007.

7. Evaluation of the proposed new SFMTA website: Marc Caposino and Chas Belov

CAC discussion with Mr. Caposino and Mr. Belov regarding customer perspective and access of information from the new SFMTA website.

8. FY 2008 Budget: Sonali Bose

Chairman Murphy explained that the MTA had an unbalanced budget with some options proposed as solutions. Ms. Bose distributed and reviewed the January 16, 2007 handout titled, Overview of FY 2007-2008 Operating Budget and FY 2008-2012 Capital Budget.

Ms. Bose pointed out that there was an imbalance of funding sources such as FTA, State bonds, State, Local, Prop E, favoring Capital. Operations had been left without a funding source. She suggested revisit sales tax to split half and half between Operations and Capital.

The CAC EMSC will look over line items, half-life rebuilds, and the overall fleet status.

This item will be continued at the next CAC meeting, scheduled for February 1, 2007.

Public Comment

Edward Mason expressed concerns about:
¨ Pension, healthcare, and liability costs
¨ Pay incentives for wellness programs
¨ Proposition M income based on new construction of commercial buildings
¨ A list of items that were not funded
¨ Preventative maintenance 200,000 miles overhaul, especially BREDAs
¨ Vehicle painting
¨ Avoidable accident tracking

Council-Initiated Items

9. Committee Reports:

Chairman Murphy proceeded to Item #10.

10. Recommendation from a CAC Committee –
Engineering, Maintenance and Safety Committee (EMSC):

Motion 110806.01 WHEREAS Muni Metro keystops are the busiest and most strategic boarding platforms on the surface streets,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the MTA CAC recommends that Muni Metro keystops should have NextMuni signs installed ahead of less used platforms; and

THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the MTA CAC recommends that all major bus island stops should have NextMuni signs installed ahead of less used platforms. This should include all surface bus/streetcar islands on Market Street.

2nd by Mary Burns

CAC passed unanimously (Ayes – Murphy, Burns, Cimento, Humphrey, Perez, Rolfe, Weaver, and Wieser).

Motion 110806.02 The MTA CAC recommends that the MTA develop and implement regular and comprehensive cleaning and maintenance plans for Muni on-street boarding platforms and all Muni Metro stations.

2nd by Jamison Wieser

CAC passed unanimously (Ayes – Murphy, Burns, Cimento, Humphrey, Perez, Rolfe, Weaver, and Wieser).

11. Recommendation from a CAC Committee –
Operations & Customer Service Committee (OCSC):

Joan Downey, chairperson of the OCSC committee, was not available for this item. It was decided to continue the item at the next the CAC meeting.

12. Council Members’ Questions and Comments:

The CAC EMSC will look over line items, half-life rebuilds, and the overall fleet status.

13. Agenda Planning for the Next CAC Meeting:

Thursday, February 1, 2007, 5:30 p.m., at 1 South Van Ness Avenue, Conference Room 3074

14. Adjournment: 7:45 p.m.

Attachments:

Agenda Item 2 –

¨ MTA CAC minutes for December 2006.

Agenda Item 5 –

¨ January 2006 Staff Report.

Agenda Item 8 –

¨ FY07 Organization Chart merging the Transportation Planning department with the Development department.

Agenda Item 12 –

¨ Staff responses to CAC information requests.

Respectfully Submitted by:
Debra J. Reed
MTA CAC Secretary

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