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City and County of San Francisco Planning, Marketing Committee (PMC) FINAL MINUTES Monday, June 20, 2005 at 5:30 p.m. 1. Call to Order / Roll Call (Agenda Item 1). The regular meeting of the Planning and Marketing Committee (PMC) was called to order at 5:33 p.m., Monday, June 20, 2005. Bruce Oka (Chair) presided. A quorum was present including the following: PMC Members Present at Roll Call: Bruce Oka (Chair), and Norman Rolfe. PMC Members Present, but absent at Roll Call: None PMC Absent: Emily Drennen, and Dorris Vincent. MTA CAC Members, not on this committee, but also present: Daniel Murphy – pro temp for Emily Drennen, Memorandum attached. MTA Staff (San Francisco Municipal Railway [Muni] and Department of Parking and Traffic [DPT]) Present: Debra Reed (MTA CAC Secretary), Jerry Robbins (DPT-AICP, Principle Transportation Planner), Peter Straus (MUNI Manager of Service Planning), and Duncan Watry (MUNI Transit Planner). Community Representatives Present: None 2. Adopt Minutes of May 16, 2005: Motion to adopt the February minutes by Norman Rolfe, with corrections. 3. Public Comment – Concerning any issue within the jurisdiction of the Council and not noted on the agenda: None 4. Report of the Chair: Bruce Oka (PMC Chair) Mr. Oka reported that there is still no word regarding Debit Card transit for Para transit. He will continue his assertive investigation. 5. SRTP Presentation: (Discussion/Action) Duncan Watry (MUNI Transit Planner) Mr. Watry began by distributing and reviewing the power-point presentation of the Draft FY2006 SRTP (Short Range Transit Plan). Copies of the booklet entitled Draft SRTP FY2006-2025 were previously mailed out to the CAC early June 2005. The booklet gave status on various MUNI projects throughout the city, such as the 3rd Street Light Rail project, the Central Subway, Bus Rapid Transit projects, as well as information on Proposition E Service Standards, the Capitol Improvement Plan (CIP), covering Fleet program, Infrastructure program, Facilities, Equipment and various aspects of the CIP. Thanks to input from the MTA CAC during 2004, the section entitled “Operating Budget Benefit” was added, dealing with applying check marks to those projects that have a direct benefit on the Operating budget. In looking at the schedule for the Draft SRTP, the formal Public review period expires July 19, 2005. July 19, 2005 there will be a hearing at the MTA Board where there will be a last opportunity for public comment before the closing. A presentation was also scheduled for the MTA CAC. All input will be considered before preparing the Final of the SRTP, scheduled for adoption in August/September of 2006. Questions and Comments from the PMC Daniel Murphy: Since FTA looks at a 30-year projection, why is the SRTP a 20-year document and not a 30-year document as with FTA? Answer: Space. The actual data is prepared as a 30-year document, but for printing purposes, the last 10 years were truncated. Basically the last 10 years of data reflect the same as current trends and become very minor in meaningful information as merely speculation. Narratives in the SRTP made the document easy reading. It would be helpful to have simple abbreviated information on the timeframe and how soon the shortfall would be coming. Answer: Projects are a mixture of timeframes with projects and sub-projects within projects. Mr. Duncan would be considering how schedules could also be included in the report. Norman Rolfe: Is the new Overhead facility better located for servicing emergencies? Answer: Basically service trucks are already out and about in the City working on various trouble reports. Facility location would not be a factor since they are not waiting in a parking lot for dispatch calls. An observation, MUNI seems to purchase large quantities of vehicles simultaneously, but then the vehicles seem to break down at the same time. Answer: Some of the purchases are in large quantities; however there also are smaller incremental purchases. For Trolley coaches, however, there are so few trolley coach manufacturers that are allowed to bid in the United States that a small order would be considered unattractive to companies and would therefore go unfilled without a bid. 6. Golden Gate Park Concourse Draft Plan: (Discussion/Action) Jerry Robbins Mr. Robbins began by distributing and reviewing the Golden Gate Park Concourse Projects Transportation Management Plan, dated May 18, 2005, addressing the flow of transit, traffic, bicycles, disabled, pedestrians, tour buses, parking, etc. The de Young and the underground 800-space garage that were approved by Proposition J were scheduled to open October 2005. Regular meetings were progressing between the Concourse Authority, Park and Recreation, the Police department, Peter Straus, and neighborhood representatives. Daniel Murphy asked, what would be the plan for allowing MUNI traffic through the Concourse area, and what are some of the outstanding challenges? Answer: Options under consideration were to 1) Allow any traffic through the Concourse area, 2) Close the Concourse area to thorough traffic, 3) Allow passenger pickup and drop off by private automobiles while discouraging thorough traffic by means of gates, turn restrictions, etc. There was a lawsuit regarding the Southern entrance, of which the Judge ruled that providing a dedicated access and egress from outside the park would be acceptable. This might mean changing the single lane both directional street into 2 lanes in each direction by removing parking. Lawsuits are still pending. More rulings were expected from the Judge. 7a. Service Planning Updates: (Discussion/Action) Peter Straus Mr. Straus began by distributing and reviewing the Summary of 2005 Planned Service Adjustments handout. Schedule preparations had begun including minor adjustments with proposed schedules for Saturday, Sunday and holidays. August 27, 2005 would be the effective date for the Sign Up when new schedules would go into effect. Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council (HANC) expressed concerns over possible reduction of service. Therefore the 7 Haight line, and the 71 Haight-Noriega line would be spared reductions during the weekends with increase of 71 Haight-Noriega service to the Sunset areas, on the other hand, reductions would be in effect during week days, with the 7 Haight only running during peak hours. 7b. Committee Members’ Questions/Information Requests: (Discussion) Daniel Murphy met earlier today with the Executive Recruiter for the replacement of MUNI’s Executive Director, Michael T. Burns. Anybody with feedback to be passed along to the Recruiter should contact Mr. Murphy. 8. Schedule Upcoming Meetings, Agenda Items, and Develop Tentative Topic Calendar: (Discussion/Action) Next regular meeting: July 18, 2005, at 401 Van Ness Avenue, Room 334 (Conference Room 335), at 5:30 p.m. 9. Adjournment: 7:20 p.m. Attachments: Item 1 – Daniel Murphy Pro Temp for Emily Drennen, memorandum signed by Chair Bruce Oka, dated June 20, 2005 Item 5 – Draft FY2006 SRTP (Short Range Transit Plan) Item 6 – Golden Gate Park Concourse Projects Transportation Management Plan, dated May 18, 2005 Item 7 – Summary of 2005 Planned Service Adjustments handout, updated June 15, 2005 |
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