increase property values. folks paying into it will substantially benefit from it. it is true existing buildings will be benefiting as well. it is just the luck of its existing are ready. the buildings that are getting entitled that will be participating have the benefits of being able to take advantage of donating. that is very substantial benefits. there are some mechanisms that could be implemented in the future, not necessarily under the control of the city to share some of the cost of future maintenance and other operations. there has been discussions initiated by the private-sector of creating community benefit district that existing and new buildings could for dissipate and that would be relatively inexpensive but could help fund these in the future.

the city has been participating in these discussions, and hopefully it will come to for tuition. -- fruition. one other important aspect in terms of the revenue that is going towards this program is recently just in the past few weeks the region, metropolitan transportation commission adopted a new transportation plan that lays out a funding program to build in the downtown real extension, the first time there is a plan in place to do so. it basically, it's the region to putting forward the access as the highest priority. federal new starts for the project from the city and region, which would provide a sizeable share of the financially to build it.

the amount the region is putting the city on the hook for is $450 million. this plan with largely get us there. it would not get as all the way there, but very close to meeting the region expectations for camp -- for san francisco's expectation for making this happen. it is a very important aspect. this is billions of additional savings. the funding program is laid out in the implementation project as reviewed last session there is a large table that shared the allegations of all of the projected revenue and identified funds that will be used to build the infrastructure in the future. you have a nice copy at your desk.

there is one item i wanted to call your attention to. yesterday we sent you a sheet with a couple of items that have corrections and minor modifications to the package that you already received. this goes in the clarification column. there is a line item or previously a line item that allocated $12.5 million from the projected open space impact fees for fees for open space improvements outside the plant area and the broader downtown san francisco area. we just wanted to clarify that the line item would be divvied up into two separate items. $9 million of the 12.5 million would be allocated for the chinatown area for open space improvements to be identified in the future, and the other 3.5 million would be for other general downtown area

improvements. and as part of the action before you, we would hope you consider this proposed additional item as part of the package. there were questioned last time from a number of the commissioners about an underground pedestrian tax between the transit center and a bart station, and because there were some of the questions, we thought we would give you a brief presentation on the planning and design for that project. >> thank you. members of the commission. just wanted to come back and give you graphics more illustrative of the connector and at this study we have been doing to connect the transit center with bart. originally it included as a

potential elements of the program a connection along fremont street. we subsequently studied multiple connections, both along fremont and feel street to the embarcadero, and also, along first street and market straight to new montgomery station. we reviewed these connections with bart, muni, many stakeholders, and initially we were looking still at the fremont street connection, but beale street had a number of advantages. in working with high-speed rail, they have requested we extend the leak of a platform to accommodate 400 meter double length high-speed rail trains, which is causing us to add an extension to the train box to be constructed in phase two of the

program, along with the tunnel. that brings the beale street alignment much more in the center of the below grade levels of the transit center. for a number of reasons, the beale street connection is seem to be preferable of monks the alignments of the study. first, it is a direct linear tunnel connection. it has the shortest distance and travel time for passengers connecting. it will have the lowest construction cost of the alternative study, the shortest construction time, and it gives of very -- it works well with the point of entry, and also, the connection into the passenger concourse level of the embarcadero station. in this image shows of the

alignment of feel street in where that would connect. on the east side of beals street, the above grade portions of the transit centers are constructed in phase one, and the proposed extension and where we would connect to the transit center. then, in the planned yoed view d where that comes in on the concourse level. i will zoom in on the next slide. in that is the alignment along beale street. where that comes into the concourse level is what is the unpaid area in the northernmost platform of the rail levels

that is intended to be for caltrans. we have a paid area for high- speed rail passengers on the south side and unpaid passengers on that this connection would come in to at the west end of the concourse level. i can answer any additional questions you may have about the connector. >>president fong: we will take questions at the conclusion of the presentation. >> that concludes the various items that the commissioners have last time and we wanted to cover today. now i will does briefly walk you through the various actions that are before you today. there are seven. first, adoption of ceqa

findings. including a statement of overriding considerations. the resolution before you shows all of the procedural requirements. this will include future action to take pursuant to the plan. next part adoption of a general plan amendments. these amendments would include a new transit center districts of area plan to the downtown plan in making related amendments to the commerce and industry elements, urban design element, a transportation element. next, the planning code text amendments. these include the amendments related to various sections of the code.

also included are of various amendments to the appendices of article 11 related that to historic resources. related item, item 4d includes requests for you to review and comment on the specific article which are under jurisdiction of the historic preservation district which you are required or requested to comment on. i will just turn it over so he can say a couple of words about that item. >> thank you. good afternoon. as you have just heard, one of the items before you is to provide comments and recommendation on the proposed boundary change for the new montgomery second street conservation district. your comments and recommendations are requested regarding the proposal consistency with the general plan and regional housing and

sustainability policies. the proposed boundary change would expand the boundary of the district to include 26 additional properties, primarily along market, mission, and howard street, and to change the name of the district of the second district conservation. of the 26 properties being added, 16 are proposed to be reclassified. category one, 10 properties a category for, and three properties of category five. the department believes the proposed boundary change reinforces unique areas in the plan that contain a notable buildings that contain strong historical significance and meet the requirements for designation under article 11. furthermore, the proposed boundary changes before you today are consistent with the general plan and party policies

of section 101.1, and consistent with the policies on housing, transit-oriented development and environmental sustainability and growth outlined and the general plan, downtown plan, and the plan in front of you today. the planning commission comments will be forwarded to the historic preservation commission, which will consider the boundary change and other reclassification and designation of properties under article 11 of the hearing on june 6, 2012. the recommendations of both commissions will be forwarded to the board for final action. >> remaining items includes owning map a mammoth, which include amendments to four maps. the last two items include

amendments to the administrative code, which we discussed last time, which involve amendments to chapters 10e and 6. last week, a resolution to recommend approval of the program implementation document, which contends the funding program and implementation actions related to the plan. in one other note related to the planning code amendments. in the note you received yesterday, a few items that were included. first, an additional amendment to planning code section 321, which is office allocation program. the current planning code subsection states that office allocations last for 18 months, and after 18 months the commission could consider

revocation of that office allocation. the existing general entitlement for entitlements is usually three years. this is half as long. the plan before you is included in the proposed policy that states consider the complexity and size of projects when establishing the duration for large development projects. essentially the projects that could be entitled under this program are larger than typically found in san francisco, so they are complex financially and logistically. so this additional amendment would extend in this plan area the time to three years, and would give the commission the discretion to authorize an

office allocation that will last for up to five years. the other item is additional language related to inkatha five section day at the end of the ordinance, which is not in the planning code ordinance that codifies an ordinance format for the various provisions regarding a transit tower project, should it be approved in the future. this relates to the upcoming provision of public access that would be provided by the tower project. with that, that includes the planning staff presentation. we recommend that you approve all of the draft resolutions before you. i believe the director would like to make closing remarks. thank you. >> thank you. in front of you was a memo

submitted to you by the co- chairs of the task force. that was the task force that met several times over a two-year period to review the issues, and those co-chairs were gabriel metcalf and brought parad paul. this was requested by president david chilu. u. this included a number of people that were included on the task force, and the staff, and we reviewed current methodology. we reviewed the impact that have been approved, the shadow impact that was approved to date, of which there have been 13 approved since 1985. we reviewed the methodology. as you recall, there was much discussion about the process and the technical methodology that we use for analyzing shadows, and we had been looking at changes.

as a result, there are three recommendations on the back of the page, which the task force is recommending to you. one is the department maintain current methodology, because the change did not result in a substantial difference in the actual analysis and was creating uncertainty in the community. no. 2, the staff present to you and the recreation and park commission, as well as the board, the total maximum shadow on property that would result from this plan. in other words, looking at it cumulatively. and thirdly, that you review the data from shadow impact within the planned area and consider whether or not he would approve of those collectively or individually as the projects move forward. there has been much discussion about whether you could or should approve them collectively. in any case he would have to approve them and allocate them for that direct project.

a later date would be whether you approve that of a single meeting or a number of meetings in the future or some hybrid there of. finally, i just want to -- if you will bear with me, i think it is important for me to think a number people that have been involved in the process since it has been a five-year process that started long before i arrived. think it's important to thank my predecessor who was around when this started. i want to thank our partners, a mariaarity and bob beckers. -- maria aridty and bob beckers. all of the agencies have been an integral part of this. from staff, i would like to run down the names. josh has been a primary author and has done an extraordinary job on this.

as a graph of a range of issues that i think are beyond most of us, certainly beyond me. sarah jones, who was the primary staff person managing who was a very complicated technical document. i think it is important for me to acknowledge josh and sarah on this. also, greg risen, randall dean, kevin guy. i want to say a word of thanks to mike criso who luckily is still around with us working on this project. julie and gillette from the mayor's office that have been working on this most recently in the city attorney that has been a very wise counsel on this. we really appreciate that very much. we do respectfully request you consider adoption of the plan today and allow us to move forward. thank you. >president' fong: any public

comment on this item? i do have one speaker card. tamkia moss. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am the community planning policy director at per. not a lot of new things to say. we did want to come out and express support for this project and ask that you move it forward. spur recognizes the transit center district plan is an example of excellent planning in san francisco. we have advocated on behalf of the project because we believe the transit bay project will be transformative for the city in the region. this plan puts jobs in the right place and helps me the regional growth objectives in policy

objectives. combining local and regional transit in one location, the transit district center plan is indeed the catalyst that will provide critical funding for the dtx, as well as the 2700 affordable housing units that the city desperately needs. we believe this plan also balances the benefits of creating a new district like this with the impact such as transportation and shadow and a way that continues to make our city a dynamic place. i urge the commission to certify the eir and . >> franciso decasta. >> commissioners, i want to

state a few things from the many meetings from the people in this room. first and foremost, i am here representing the first people of this area, the [inaudible] . president of the planning commission for the director of the planning commission has had the opportunity to meet the chair person, rose mary. i was paying attention to all of the deliberations, and i want to remind you that this land belongs to miloni.

this area, which recall the last frontier, the projects are initiated by cartelists and other developers. they have to remember that you have to do right by the people. i was listening to the mickey mouse explanation of proposition k. i was alive and kicking and voted for it. people come after us, and the mickey mouse -- this is what it is. thank god we have one or two commissioners that can speak to the truth. thank god. good leaders show the way. it has nothing to do with ceqa. it has something to do with you.

you commissioners can do the right thing. only if you speak to the truth. but if you are manipulated by the machine, politics, corrupt developers, then it is on you. the 2008 economic downfall that is affecting us and will be affecting us for a long time is because of greed. this exists in this city and county of san francisco. mello roarouse, ifd's. redevelopment is gone, thank god. the successor to the san francisco redevelopment agency cannot produce one that document that the california department of finance agrees.

back to you. thank you. >> thank you. sheet metal workers union 104. >> good afternoon, president fong, commissioners, madam clerk. speaking on behalf of our union into an francisco council. just here to say that we support the transit center area plan for several reasons. the wonderful benefits that it will provide and the amount of open space that i saw there is breathtaking and brilliant. the white side walks, and this plan is vital to keep the transit project that is currently ongoing --

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