3 1223 09951 6594 City & County of San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Citizens' Advisory Council (CAC) Engineering, Maintenance & Safety Committee (EMSC) Notice of Regular Meeting and Agenda for Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. 1 South Van Ness Avenue, Conference Room 3075 San Francisco, California Members: Daniel Weaver (Chair), Steve Ferrario, Bruce OI<a and Jamison Wieser ,^ r Council Members not members of this Committee: (? 2 gj Daniel Murphy (Chair), Mary Burns, Art Cimento, Joan Downey, Emily Drennen, Griffith Humphrey, Cesar Perez, Greg Riessen, Norman Rolfe and i/Zo/o^ Dorris Vincent. Notes: Notices of meeting and agenda are available at the San Francisco Public Library (Main), 100 Larkin Street - Government Section (5th Floor) and on SFMTA's website at www.sfmta.com/cac . Written reports and background materials for calendar items are available for public inspection and copying at 1 South Van Ness Ave, 7^^ floor, during regular business hours. Members of the Citizens' Advisory Council who are not members of the EMSC may attend Committee meetings. In the event that a quorum of the entire Council is present, the Committee shall act as a Committee of the Whole. A vote of the Committee ofthe Whole does not constitute final Council action; the full Council must ratify all Committee action. The SFMTA CAC may be contacted as follows: Municipal Transportation Agency Citizens' Advisory Council 1 South Van Ness Avenue, 7^^ Floor - San Francisco, CA 94103-5417 «(415) 701-4666 FAX (415) 701-4502 DOCUMENTS DEPT, JAN 1 7 2008 SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY City & County of San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Citizens' Advisory Council Engineering, Maintenance & Safety Committee (EMSC) Regular Meeting Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. 1 South Van Ness Avenue, Conference Room 3075 San Francisco, California AGENDA Item # Estimated Item Time 1. Call to Order/Roll Call 3:00 2. Public Comment 3:03 3. Adopt Minutes of November 14, 2007 (Discussion/ Action) 3:05 4. Report of the Chair (Discussion/ Action) 3:10 5. Update on NextMuni (Discussion/Action) Frank Lau 3:15 6. Communications Plan (Discussion/ Action) Murray Bond 3:35 7. FY 08/09 Budget for Maintenance and Operations (Discussion/ 4:00 Action) Ken l^cDonald 8. LRVs on Market Street (Discussion/Action) John Byrd 4:25 9. Committee Members' Questions/Information Requests 4:50 (Discussion) 10. Schedule Upcoming Meetings and Agenda Items (Discussion/ 4:55 Action) Tentatively Scheduled Next Regular Meeting: Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 1 South Van Ness Avenue, Conference Room 3075 at 3:00pm. 11. Adjournment 5:00 City & County of San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Citizens' Advisory Council Engineering, Maintenance & Safety Committee (EMSC) Tentative Topics Calendar Quarterly/Bimonthly Updates: • Alternative Fuel Pilot Program (AFPP) • Third Street Light Rail Project • N-Judah • i^unicipal Railway Headquarters Note: Quarterly/bimonthly updates should include staff presentations on projects status (segments/phases completed, under construction, and still being planned; funding status including allocations, expenditures and additional funding needs; and identified problems or delays incurred concerning the projects). Potential Discussion Topics: • Breda Engineering Modifications/Design Repair Plan Update (July 2004) • Report on Central Subway • Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) (Geary) • T3 Presentation to the Council and SFMTA CAC Interaction • Ocean Avenue Traffic Alignment Plans • SFMTA's Input Into the Spending Plan for Proposition B Reauthorization • Sectionalization of Overhead for Metro Subway Service • Islais Creek Bus Facility/Land Acquisition and Update on Proposed Functions, Design, Cost and Schedule of the Construction Project (November 2004) • Security on Metro system tunnels Embarcadero West Portal Eureka & Market Duboce (Removal of fence) • Maintenance Budget Disability Access This Meeting will be held at 1 South Van Ness Avenue, conference room 3075, San Francisco. From the 1st floor lobby, take the elevator to the 3rd Floor. The meeting location is wheelchair accessible. The closest BART and SFMTA Metro station is Civic Center. 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Regular Meeting Minutes Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. MAR 1 3 2008 1 Soutli Van Ness Avenue, Conference Room 3075 SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco, California PUBLIC LIBRARY 1. Call to Order / Roll Call: Chairman Weaver called the meeting to order at 3:01 p.m. EMSC Members present at Roll Call: Daniel Weaver (Chairman), Steve Ferrario and Bruce Oka. OCSC Members present, but absent at Roll Call: Jamison Wieser arrived at 3:02 p.m. EMSC Members absent: None. SFMTA CAC Members, not on this committee, but also present: Norman Rolfe SFMTA staff: Murray Bond (Deputy Director for Strategic Communications), Don Gee (Chief Mechanical Officer - Bus Maintenance), Elson Hao (Senior Vehicle Engineer) and Debra Reed (CAC Secretary). 2. Adopt minutes of November 14, 2007: Motion to adopt minutes: unanimously approved. (Ayes - Weaver (Chairman), Ferrario, Oka and Wieser) 3. Public Comment concerning any issue within thejurisdiction ofthe Council and not noted on the agenda: None 4. Report ofthe Chairman: Dan Weaver Chairman Weaver rescheduled the EMSC meetings to the fourth Wednesday of the month at 4:00 p.m. 5. Update on NextMuni (Discussion/Action) Frank Lau Frank Lau was not available to attend the meeting. 6. Communications Plan (Discussion/ Action) Murray Bond Mr. Bond said that he will be launching a safety campaign that will alert passengers to safe behavior while riding transit by Winter 2008. Chairman Weaver and Jamison Wieser will be participating in a scan project of current safety messages used on and around transit, scheduled on January 31, 2008. FRANCISCO 1 South VAN NESS AVENUE- 7"^ Floor -SAN FRANCISCO-CA. 94103-54171 a{415) 701-4666 FAX (415) 701-4502 Page 1 of3 DEPARTUEKTOFPAHKINQ&TRAFFIC Municipal Transportation Agency Citizens' Advisory Council Engineering. Maintenance & Safety Committee Minutes of Regular Meeting Wednesday, January 30, 2008 The E-Alert subscription service for transit delays and street closures will be ready for testing in March 2008. Questions and Comments Jamison Wieser said that he supported last year's revenue generating idea from Sonali Bose (SFMTA CFO/Director of Finance and Administration) to have the SFMTA provide vending machines and ATMs. Chairman Weaver suggested dispensing parking cards and fast passes. Mr. Wieser suggested selling naming rights for Metro stations. 7. FY 08/09 Budget for Maintenance and Operations (Discussion/ Action) Don Gee and Bison Hao. Don Gee said that the NABI buses have been reliable vehicles. Since NABI buses were beyond their midlife age, they have submitted a request to Finance to transfer the $4.3 million allocated for overhauling those buses to a fund for purchasing equipment. Equipment could then be purchased to rehabilitate Neoplan buses. Mr. Elson said that he submitted a proposal to Ken McDonald for a $200 million midlife overhaul program for light rail vehicles to be used over a seven-year period. Questions and Comments Jamison Wieser suggested teaming with other transit agencies to get better pricing for bulk vehicle purchases. 8. Light Rail Veliides on Marlcet Street (Discussion/Action) John Byrd Steve Ferrario asked about rewiring Market Street to support light rail vehicles in case of a major service disruption in the tunnel. Mr. Byrd discussed several solutions. He agreed to bring cost estimates to the next EMSC. 9. Committee Members' Questions/Information Requests: (Discussion) 10. Agenda Planning for the Next Regular Meeting Tentatively Scheduled: Next regular meeting: February 27, 2008, at 1 South Van Ness Avenue, Conference Room 3075, at 4:00 p.m. • Light Rail Vehicles on Market Street and Eureka Portal rebuild (John Byrd) • NextMuni (Frank Lau) • Rubber Tire procurement (Don Gee) 11. Adjournment: 5:20 p.m. Respectfullysubmittedby: DebraJ. Reed SFMTA CAC- Secretary Page 2 Of 3 Municipal Transportation Agency Citizens' Advisory Council Engineering, Maintenance & Safety Committee Minutes of Regular Meeting Wednesday, January 30, 2008 Page 3 of 3 Digitized by the Internet Archive 2014 in https://archive.org/details/noticeofmeetinga2008sanf