March 2006 - Transpo - list.sfgreens.org

Fw: [SFGP-A] Fwd: Attend TALC's great transportation and land useSummi t on April 1st
by susan_e_vaughan＠juno.com 24 Mar '06

24 Mar '06

I got a call from someone at TALC today. She left a message saying that the SF Green Party is eligible for 4 free tickets to the TALC summit on April 1. I will not be able to go, but others who are interested whould e-mail: summit(a)transcoalition.org or go to the web site, transcoalition.org, to find out more information. I went last year and it cost $10. Sue Begin forwarded message: From: "Stuart Cohen, TALC" <info(a)transcoalition.org> Date: March 22, 2006 6:32:13 PM PST To: TALC email list <stuart(a)transcoalition.org> Subject: Attend TALC's great transportation and land use Summit on April 1st feel free to forward this message... You're invited to the Transportation and Land Use Coalition's 9th Annual Summit NEXT STOP: GREAT COMMUNITIES Come join over 200 transportation, housing, and smart growth advocates on Saturday, April 1 for the Transportation and Land Use Coalitions 9th Annual Summit in downtown Oakland. This is a great event for learning about key issues, honing skills, networking, and plugging into the movement for a sustainable and socially just Bay Area. Admission is going fast. Pre-registration is just $10 but spaces are filling up quickly. Learn more and register at www.transcoalition.org. ______________________________________________________ WHEN Saturday, April 1, 2006 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM (optional sessions from 2:30-3:45 PM) WHERE First Unitarian Church 685 14th St. (corner of Castro St.) Downtown Oakland (near 12th St. BART and many AC Transit lines) FREE Valet Bike Parking provided by East Bay Bicycle Coalition COST $10 in advance (includes breakfast, lunch, and materials) Pre-registration is required, as space is limited. If space is available, $20 at the door. REGISTER TODAY! Use the easy online registration form, and pay by check or credit card, at www.transcoalition.org. SESSIONS Communicating Smart Growth (Lesson One: Don't Say Smart Growth) Efficient Land Use: Understanding the Benefits Walking Tour of Old Oakland Transportation Funding: What's Hot in 2006 Can We Turn the Region Around? There Goes the Neighbor: Combating Displacement of Existing Residents Walkable Streets Toolkit Parking that Promotes Sustainability >From Transit Villages to Ecocities, Reshaping the City for Long-Term Sustainability Transportation Justice: Celebrating Success, Looking Ahead Wheels of Change: Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Movements How to Choose: Comparing Transportation Modes Transportation 101: A Primer And more! LEARN MORE Learn more about the Summit and the sessions online at www.transcoalition.org Or call (510) 740-3150 and ask for Hoang, Marisol or Stuart. Or email summit(a)transcoalition.org. ................................................................................................. About the Transportation and Land Use Coalition (TALC) TALC is a partnership of over 90 groups working for a sustainable and socially just Bay Area. We envision a region with healthy, walkable communities that provide all residents with transportation choices and affordable housing. The coalition analyzes county and regional policies, works with community groups to develop alternatives, and coordinates grassroots campaigns. To contact TALC: 405 14th Street, Suite 605 Oakland, CA 94612 510-740-3150 www.transcoalition.org ................................................................................................. TALC Email List Instructions: You received this email because you gave TALC your email address, or someone forwarded this message to you. - to SUBSCRIBE, send an email to: <info(a)transcoalition.org>. Be sure to include your full mailing address and organization name, phone and fax numbers, and indicate what alert you are responding to. - to LIMIT to 1-2 emails per month, which includes meeting announcements and general newsletters, reply with "Public list only" in the subject line - to UNSUBSCRIBE, reply with "No E-mail" in the subject line - to be fully REMOVED from our database, reply with "Remove from TALC" in the subject line (and please let us know why). everyone09

1 0

May 24 it is
by susan_e_vaughan＠juno.com 22 Mar '06

22 Mar '06

Not enough people have responded YES or NO from the CC, so I am going ahead and working on a contract with Studio Z for Wednesday, May 24. Apologies to Susan King who wanted the event to be post primary ... Can I round up the usual crew of great volunteers to help put this together? Paul Platt, Pat Villano, Micheas, Christine McClintock, and others? Also, once we get our endorsements wrapped up, we need to get that slate card out -- including, among other things, 1) Endorsements 2) An invitation to the May 24 event 3) An invitation to check out the new website; and 4) A blurb telling registered Greens about Voter-Owned Elections or some other major Green accomplishment (if there's room). Sue

1 0

Guaranteed Parking
by susan_e_vaughan＠juno.com 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

Hi Jeremy, Are you free to come to our TWG meeting on 3-28, 7 p.m., 1028a Howard Street to talk about John-Marc's legislative proposal for charging for parking spots in which people block their driveways? Let us know. Sue home: 668-3119 cell: 601-9297

1 0

Agenda for Tuesday, march 28. Please check, tell me what to knock off and approve.
by susan_e_vaughan＠juno.com 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

1) BRT action item, discuss options, possible letters 2) Gasoline tax 10 minutes???? 3) Garage at Haight and Stanyan (maybe) 4) C-3 legislation 5) New parking legislation -- We need to try to get Jeremy Nelson to the meeting 6) Other big initiatives that we could be doing local gasoline tax???? 7) Emily Drennan running for BART Board in the Conservative C (not Toms district)? She wants to be first on the agenda. Sue

1 0

Fw: Music Fundraising Event for LVE Saturday March 25th
by susan_e_vaughan＠juno.com 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

Hello Everyone, This is an annoucement for a fundraiser for Christine McClintock's performance art group, La Vache Enragee. Christine is the new treasurer for the SFGP. SHe is also a composer, pianist and clarinetist. She performed at our January 26 fundraiser. Sue Hey Everyone, This will be a ton of fun - and I'm not just saying that because it's a good cause :) I playing some music I wrote with a hip and happening quartet. Please come!!! Bénèfice! A Benefit for La Vache Enragee Productions Saturday, March 25th, 9:00 - midnight Cafe La Onda - 3159 16th St (bet. Valencia and Guerrero) in SF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Entertainment provided by: Dumb Clothing / SilverLucy (urban fashion show) The Galactica Orchestra (original music) This is ME!!! :-) Afi Ayanna (soul vocals) n.o.madic tribal belly dance Aima of The Mamaz (conscious hip-hop / spoken word) The Genie (scratch guitar / beatbox) $10 Donation requested. No one turned away for lack of funds. All donations go to La Vache Enragee, a 501 (c) 3 Nonprofit Corporation. All donations are tax-deductible. All ages are welcome. For more info call 415-812-7224 or go to http://www.lveproductions.com/ Photos & Images Help Click on an image below to enlarge. Then print or save the image. Show Thumbnails Benefice_Flyer _Com... (62KB) Please note: forwarded message attached Hey Everyone, This will be a ton of fun - and I'm not just saying that because it's a good cause :) I playing some music I wrote with a hip and happening quartet. Please come!!! Bénèfice! A Benefit for La Vache Enragee Productions Saturday, March 25th, 9:00 - midnight Cafe La Onda - 3159 16th St (bet. Valencia and Guerrero) in SF ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Entertainment provided by: Dumb Clothing / SilverLucy (urban fashion show) The Galactica Orchestra (original music) This is ME!!! :-) Afi Ayanna (soul vocals) n.o.madic tribal belly dance Aima of The Mamaz (conscious hip-hop / spoken word) The Genie (scratch guitar / beatbox) $10 Donation requested. No one turned away for lack of funds. All donations go to La Vache Enragee, a 501 (c) 3 Nonprofit Corporation. All donations are tax-deductible. All ages are welcome. For more info call 415-812-7224 or go to [1]http://www.lveproductions.com/ References 1. http://www.lveproductions.com/

1 0

Second episode of Car-Free Talk with Tom Raduloich to air 3/17; 7:30 p .m.
by susan_e_vaughan＠juno.com 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

Hello Everyone, I've just gotten word that the second episode of Car-Free Talk, with TLC Ex Director Tom Radulovich, will air on Friday, March 17, at 7:30 p.m. on Channel 29. I'm sure it will also air other times. Pat, can you post this to www.carfreetalk.org? Thanks, Sue

1 0

BV/HP redevelopment
by susan_e_vaughan＠juno.com 10 Mar '06

10 Mar '06

Hello Everyone, A number of Greens were at the rally and Redevelopment Commission hearing on Tuesday, March 7. I could not stay for the entire meeting, but I took notes during the time that I was there. This is the timeline that the Redevelopment staff hopes for: 1) Before the Redevelopment Commission on March 7, all items passed unanimously 2) Introduce to the Board of Supervisors on March 14 3) Thirty day holding period 4) It goes to Land-Use on April 19 (maybe) 5) It goes to Finance on April 26 (maybe) 6) Budget Committee needs to review the tax increment element of the plan 7) There will be two or three readings before the Board of Supervisors in early May (three??? I've never heard of that. Has anyone else?) 8) The mayor signs the plan (assuming it passes the BofS) 9) It goes to Sacramento -- the cut off is July 20 (I'm assuming that is because that is when the fiscal year ends) I could summarize my notes here, but I think people would be better off going to the SF Redevelopment website (and I'm lousy at links ...) and scanning the documents there themselves. I DO think the SF Green Party should come out with a position on this, guided by Ahimsa, Charlene, and Maurice. Sue

1 0

Fw: Daly's Initiative to Change SF TJPA Membership MARCH 22 Deadline
by susan_e_vaughan＠juno.com 10 Mar '06

10 Mar '06

Transpo Working Group people, We should take up Chris Daly's proposed amendment to the admin code regulating the appointment of members to the Transbay Joint Powers Authority. We should understand it since the SFGP is going to be asked to take a stand on it. Sue Below is the text of Supervisor Daly's proposed legislation to change the selection of the City's three representatives to the TJPA Board. Under this legislation, the three city appointees would be the Mayor, the Supervisor who sits on MTC, and the Supervisor in whose district the terminal is located. No alternates would be allowed. We need every organization to support this important initiative, which will be on the June ballot. Please have your organization vote to support the initiative and place a ballot argument in the SF ballot book. The deadline for submitting paid ballot arguments is March 22 at 12 NOON at the Elections Dept at City Hall. Organizations should make their arguments clear and direct: The simple message is that this is a vital project to the City, and the City's representatives must be elected officials to ensure accountability. The other member agencies have placed elected officials on the TJPA Board, SF should do likewise. The Mayor should sit on this Board, just as the Mayor of LA sits on the MTA (Metro) Board in LA. RAFT, SFT and TransDef have both approved submitting ballot arguments. Here is the text of the ballot language: Submission to the voters of an ordinance amending Chapter 5 of the Administrative Code to add Article XXVII to designate and establish a procedure for appointing City's appointed members on the Board of Directors of the Transbay Joint Powers Authority. Be it ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco: Section 1. The San Francisco Administrative Code is hereby amended by adding Article XXVII to Chapter 5, to read as follows: ARTICLE XXVII: TRANSBAY JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY Sec. 5.271. Findings and Purpose. (a) In November, 1999, the voters of the City adopted Proposition H which,among other things, called for the extension of the Caltrain commuter rail line to a new multi-modal regional transit station to be constructed on the present site of the Transbay Transit Terminal. (b) On February 12, 2001, the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco adopted Resolution No. 104-01 authorizing the City and County of San Francisco (the "City") to form a joint powers agency for the purpose of developing, designing,constructing and operating a new intermodal transit facility on and adjacent to the site of the existing Transbay Terminal. (c) On April 4, 2001! , the City entered into that certain Joint Powers Agreement creating the Transbay Joint Powers Authority with the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District and the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. Under the Joint Powers Agreement, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority is governed by a five (5) member board of directors, of which the City appoints three. (d) The People wish to designate certain City officials to be among the City's appointees to the Board of Directors of the Transba! y Joint Powers Authority and to establish a procedure for appointing one of the members in event of duplication. Section 5.272. Designating City Members to the Board of Directors. The City's three appointments to the Board of Directors of the Transbay Joint Powers Authority shall be the following officials: (a) The Mayor; (b) The member of the Board of Supervisors who represents the district in which the existing or new Transbay Terminal is located; and (c) The representative of the City and County of San Francisco appointed by the Board of Supervisors to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission or subsequent regional transportation planning, coordinating, and financing agency, and, if such City representative is also the member of the Board of Supervisors representing the district in which the existing or new Transbay Terminal is located, then a person nominated by the Rules Committee of the Board of Supervisors and approved by the Board of Supervisors. Section 5.273. Amendments to Appointment Process. In the event that the members of the City's Board of Supervisors are no longer elected by district, the Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to amend this ordinance to modify the means of City's appointments to the Board of Directors of the Transbay Joint Powers Authority. _______________________________________________

1 0

Meeting minutes from 2-28 TWG meeting -- attached and e-mail
by susan_e_vaughan＠juno.com 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Notes from the TWG meeting on 02-28-06 Present: JMC, Jerry Path, Sue Vaughan, Zabe Bent (SFCTA representative for Geary BRT) For next months meeting A. 1) Get Jeremy Nelson here, get help with figuring this out. 2) JMC Hermosa Beach, Santa Monica 3) Sue check out DPT surveys; find out number of driveways B. (Later) 4) Is market rate legal? Regina, John Avalos, Marc Salomon find out how we get a an opinion from a city attorney. Call Rosss office. 5) Get buy in from Greens? Call it charging a user fee. 6) Name Guaranteed Space Permit 7) Outreach C) Agenda for next months meeting (NOTE: I have included Emily Drennan) 1) BRT action item, discuss options, possible letters 2) Gasoline tax 10 minutes???? 3) Garage at Haight and Stanyan (maybe) 4) C-3 legislation 5) New parking legislation 6) Other big initiatives that we could be doing local gasoline tax???? 7) Emily Drennan running for BART Board in the Conservative C (not Toms district)? Here are Sue Vaughans notes on Zabe Bents BRT presentation: BRT five years out from the start of service, and thats only if its supported. Van Ness shorter time frame, not planning to acquire new vehicles, shorter distance (only two miles), state highway Now: presenting proposed conceptual designs, four workshops, presented three different options Agency partners including Geary Citizens Advisory Committee Most controversial: dedicated lane rubber tire tech no tracks Real time info Pre=pay system at important stops Cleaner quiter low floor buses with signal priority Cost effective and affordable Faster delivery than light rail Opportunities for improvements can be built in stages Built to light rail dimensions, rail ready package Goals How much faster? 30 percent faster (side might be 10 percent faster) How many more riders? No projection but yes Costs: $50 million from Prop K; $150 to $200 million How many fewer SOV trips? No projected numbers Where is the funding for BRT coming from? Prop K right? What is the projected cost of BRT on Geary? Length of time to implement? 2011 Will run later than the limited now. When does this go before the Board of Supervisors? Timeline? Next group of workshops in June, presenting results of refinements: gearybrt(a)sfcta.org, Julie Kirschbaum, project director www.gearybrt.org Late summer: present results of study to the board Interim: Geary CAC analysis of parking impacts 4th Thursday 6 to 8 p.m., at 100 Van Ness, 26th floor Maintain local and express, Limited becomes the BRT Widening trench underground at Fillmore for BRT suggested by Rescue Muni less than a minute of travel time savings; also Rescue Muni wants to ultimately replace it with an underground rail. 50,000 boardings on 38 Geary on daily basis, only one-third during commute hours About 65,000 drivers on Geary Goal cross no more than three lanes of traffic without ped refuge Not a significant amount of stop removal Center options more popular w/ people, stronger urban design feel But longer construction and heavier construction impacts JMC favors center with two separate platforms, wouldnt have to deal with double parkers

1 0

cost of permits in Hermosa Beach
by John-Marc Chandonia 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Regarding the Hermosa beach driveway blocking permits, they're slightly more expensive ($38 vs $35 per year) than the regular permit (and you presumably need to buy both, since the driveway one is a hanger and the regular one is a sticker). Can anybody point me to the name or code for the state law that caps the cost of normal residential permits at the cost of operating the program? I'm having no luck googling for it. JMC ----- Forwarded message from Jodie Willison <jwillison(a)hermosabch.org> ----- Subject: RE: cost of driveway parking permit? Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 07:38:18 -0800 From: Jodie Willison <jwillison(a)hermosabch.org> To: jmc(a)dolorespark.org Cc: City Clerk <cityclerk(a)hermosabch.org> From: Finance Cashier To: John-Marc Chandonia The driveway parking permit is an application process. If approved, the permit is $38.00. The permit is valid as long as the owner or tenant are residing there, if they move the permit becomes void. If you have any questions please call me at 318-0223. Jodie Finance -----Original Message----- From: Jackie Drasco On Behalf Of City Clerk Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 4:40 PM To: 'John-Marc Chandonia' Cc: Jodie Willison Subject: RE: cost of driveway parking permit? I am forwarding your email to our Cashier's Office, which processes parking permits, for a response. Jackie Drasco Deputy city Clerk City of Hermosa Beach -----Original Message----- From: John-Marc Chandonia [mailto:jmc@dolorespark.org] Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 4:37 PM To: City Clerk Subject: cost of driveway parking permit? Hi, I see from your website that a regular residential parking permit costs $35/year; can you tell me the additional cost for a driveway permit? Thanks, JMC ----- End forwarded message ----- -- John-Marc Chandonia (jmc(a)sfgreens.org) http://sfgreens.org/

1 0