Item #

Item

Estimated Time

1.

Call to Order/Roll Call

5:30

2.

Adopt Minutes of November 6, 2008  (Discussion/Action)

5:33

3.

Public Comment - Concerning any issue within the jurisdiction of the Council not on the agenda.

5:35

4.

Report of the Chairman (Discussion) Daniel Murphy

5:40

5.

Staff Report (Discussion) Caroline Celaya

5:50

Staff-Initiated Items

6.

Revenue Panel Options (Discussion/Action) Sonali Bose

6:00

7.

Taxi Rules/Regulations (Discussion/Action) Chris Hayashi

7:00

Council-Initiated Items

8.

Committee Reports

7:30

9.

Recommendation from a CAC Committee (Discussion/Action)
Finance and Administration Committee (FAC)

Motion 081119.02:  The SFMTA CAC recommends that the SFMTA Board adopt the Revenue Panel recommendations.

Motion 081119.03:  The SFMTA CAC recommends that the SFMTA study the potential revenues and expenses of a 0.5% payroll tax, dedicated to transit, offset by a free Muni zone in the downtown corridor.

Motion 081119.04:  The SFMTA CAC recommends that the SFMTA more strictly enforce the 90-120 minute window for transfers, avoiding the issuance of transfers valid for longer than the intended period.

Motion 081119.05:  The SFMTA CAC recommends that the SFMTA consider an increase in the Real Property Transfer Tax.

Motion 081119.06:  The SFMTA CAC recommends that the SFMTA consider a Utility Users Tax, with an exemption for low income utility customers certified through the CARE program.

Motion 081119.07:  The SFMTA CAC recommends that the SFMTA consider a parcel tax for transit, providing that such a tax is graduated based on a measure such as property value or square footage.

Motion 081119.08:  The SFMTA CAC recommends that the SFMTA consider a parking congestion impact fee in the downtown area, in the form of a surcharge for entering or exiting off-street parking facilities during times of peak congestion.

Motion 081119.09:  The SFMTA CAC recommends that the SFMTA consider charging users of disabled placards for parking, but keeping the placards themselves free, and providing additional blue ADA spaces citywide to offset the impact to users of disabled placards.

Motion 081119.10:  The SFMTA CAC recommends that the SFMTA consider a general obligation bond for capital expenses associated with the revenue-enhanced version of the TEP and other agency projects and ongoing capital needs.

Motion 081119.11:  The SFMTA CAC recommends that the SFMTA work with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to assess a new carbon-based car registration fee in San Francisco or the Bay Area to be collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles, and then dispensed by the Air District to support transit operations in the counties from which the fees were collected.

Motion 081119.12:  The SFMTA CAC recommends that the SFMTA Board place at least one revenue measure on the ballot on or before the November 2010 election.

Motion 081119.13:  WHEREAS, The SFMTA and other city agencies aim to create beautiful streets, design safe bicycle access, provide world-class transit, and ensure public safety;

WHEREAS, Curb cuts (driveways) are built to provide automobile access from a public street to a private garage or other parking area, and are currently regulated by the City;

WHEREAS, Curb cuts reduce the space available for on-street parking, trees, transit shelters, furniture, illumination, and other amenities, which decrease the public benefit of the street;

WHEREAS San Francisco has set goals to reduce automobile travel and ownership, in order to decrease pollution, congestion, noise, collisions, and greenhouse gas emissions, and to make streets more livable;

WHEREAS, San Francisco needs to provide more housing, particularly low-income housing, but every new housing unit constructed in most neighborhoods requires the construction of an off-street parking space;

WHEREAS, The SFMTA needs to identify new revenue sources, in order to meet voter-mandated service standards and compensate for cuts from state and federal funds;

WHEREAS, On November 18, 2008, the SF Board of Supervisors approved a fee on new curb cuts ($100 per year), but this does not apply to existing curb cuts; now therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the SFMTA CAC recommends that the SFMTA staff, in collaboration with the SFMTA Revenue Panel, Planning Department, Department of Public Works, and other city agencies, explore the feasibility of a curb cut fee to be levied annually upon the owners of property that maintain active driveway access to a public street and exclusive use of curb space, as compensation for the decreased public benefit of the street resulting from said driveway.  In conjunction with this fee, staff should also examine the elimination of minimum parking requirements in the San Francisco Planning Code for new residential and other development, primarily in retrofitted spaces originally constructed as vehicle garages.

Motion 081119.14:  The SFMTA CAC recommends that the SFMTA Board tie revenue measures to specific services and amenities the people of San Francisco will receive.

7:35

10.

Recommendation from a CAC Committee (Discussion/Action)
Engineering and Safety Committee (EMSC)

Motion 081119.15:  WHEREAS, Carl Street neighbors have waited more than six years for track replacement on the N-Judah line;

WHEREAS, Carl between Arguello Boulevard and the Sunset Tunnel is the narrowest residential street with rail in San Francisco;

WHEREAS, The Bredas have caused excessive noise and vibration resulting in damage to homes along Carl Street;

WHEREAS, $1.6 million in repairs have been made in this area in the past five years; now therefore be it

RESOLVED That the SFMTA CAC again urges the SFMTA to expedite Carl Street track replacement and to utilize a direct fixation track method.

7:45

11.

Council Members’ Questions and Comments (Discussion)

7:50

12.

Agenda planning for the Next Regular Meeting Tentatively Scheduled: (Discussion)

Thursday, February 5, 2009, 5:30 p.m., 1 South Van Ness Avenue,

Conference Room 3074

7:55

13.

Adjournment  

8:00