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and track. >> 448. >> 448. >> 19th at california. >> can you give us a little bit of a view. >> we have the city broken up to different districts. we will go to zone e. we will go to iowa street. put me to work. >> okay. >> bend it over like that. we chop it.
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>> while you do this if you come across something that looks hazardous, material wise, >> like this paint? >> you can't take paint. >> that gets dealt with by? >> we have a patrol truck thal pick up the paint. >> we have tv monitors and tires. you want to look for needles we don't mix needles with the garbage. >> you have to be a positive person in a way to deal with this job. you are dealing with areas you know it's been cleaned. >> basically it happens a lot where you clean up an area. you come back a couple of days later and it's back to that again. we more or less are used to it. that's -- it's our job.
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you have to get used to it. it's a fact. that's the way it is. >> sure. yeah. >> okay. >> what do you think, are you ready to sign up? >> totally. i'm over dressed. >> a little warm? must be the sweat. >> part of the daily routine is george our steamer. you see the wall people urinate on the and the sidewalk. a trick. i get it up like this. somebody got to do it. the bigger they --
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>> pull the trigger. >> careful, the water's really hot, too. >> i have been on a packer truck. i painted removed graffiti. my favorite. >> what's that smell? pine. one of my favorite, a guy got his head stuck in a trash can. we had to get vasoline and rub his ears. [laughter]. what goes on here we will empty out and clear this area. >> ever find stuff like drugs or anything? do you deal with that. >> i don't know, do you find anything? >> everything's trash.
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>> dave, let's get a little of that. >> the way to do it easier without opening the can is push off the debris off the top and you are topping off the can. we are not supposed to empty the can. there is a can on every corner. sometimes we get calls the majority of my work is done on eyesight if i see it i do it. downtown we fill up 3 or 4 times a day. >> daily it could change and be various different assignments that come up. we can swing by, we see some of the trucks unloading in the area. >> this is our dump site, this is where we dump the debris.
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we come twice a day to unload all the trucks. i need you to go on up there and he will assist you to unloading the mattress and the futons. >> okay. okay. >> sometimes you see it popping out. you have to be very careful. pushing in and down. pull it out. >> you have been here once earlier? >> did you have as much stuff? >> more. >> oh , my god. >> did you survive your day in
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dpw? >> i did i learned quite a bit. the packing truck. shovelling stuff. the steamer i thought i was a candidate for an industrial accident. >> we have 340 employees. most of the people out there do it every day. >> i'm ready to turn in my vest. >> did a good job today. >> would you pass him on probation. >> yes. see you tomorrow at 6 commissio.
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welcome to a special meeting of the transportation authority plans and programs committee. madam car, please call item two. >> update on the financial plan for
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the san francisco municipal transportation agency's central subway project. this is an information item. commissioner chu: this was an item that we heard last week and we asked for an update. >> this is an item that was continued from last week. i am continued -- happy to say that we have worked with sfmta staff over the past week. i am about to introduce the central manager for the central subway project to show you a presentation that shows you our attempt to close the funding gap as well as an overall context and where regard to the road map of getting the full funding grant agreement from the transportation administration. >> good morning, supervisors, my name is john, the central subway program manager. i'm also joined by mr. carter wrote hand, the director of
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construction. they have reviewed this briefing that i'm about to give you. before i start the presentation, i want to provide you with a bit of context in terms of how the financial plan fits into the over all sfga process. i will highlight some of the accomplishments that the mta has achieved in meeting some of the ssga roadmap deliverable. i will discuss the fund's utilize to close the funding gap to fully fund the cap and then the next tax. >the central subway is currently on track to achieving a full funding grant agreement. the sfta process began with the final approval dated january 7
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of this year and continues with monthly meetings fta washington and region 9 staff, along with tsa staff, and it continues to meet and satisfy all the obligations under the ssga road map process. submitted must and that we achieved on november 19 where the project received approval for the letter of no prejudice that would allow us to move forward with the utility relocation contract in the union square area. this is an significant milestone which allows for the federal authorization of an early construction activity. identified before you are the remaining sfga some metals necessary on schedule to receive the $942 million in federal funding. a key milestone in the application is a submission of
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an updated financial plan, which is scheduled for february 15 of 2011, that identifies the funds committed to this $1.58 billion project. the sfmta is now moving forward with revisions to the central subway financial plan in order to meet the ssga obligation. the central subway financial plan is comprised of federal, state, and local funding sources, as outlined on this slide. the great majority of the funds have already been committed, and they are highlighted in yellow. as you can see, there is a remaining federal obligation of aid and its $69.7 million. that is the remaining fund that would be authorized under the full grant agreement. what is currently shown is the $137 million funding gap which
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is part of today's discussion. earlier this year, sfmta convened a mind the gap committee, which was comprised of members of the sfcta, mayor's office, and others to explore a number of the funding options we are about to present to you today. this slide show the proposed capital funds committed to fully fund the program. only capital programs are -- funds are being used to fund the central subway program. no operating funds are being utilized for the central subway program. the alliance structure of the funds used to fill the remaining gaps of the funds are used here. $31 million in prop k, $32 million in problem be. the combination of these funds, along with a projected savings from current capital projects are what is identified as a
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solution for closing the remaining funding gap for the central subway program. as a maximum -- since central subway have received the maximum allocation under prop k, as you can see, the items identified under kapor reprogramming, a number of projects would require the reprogramming of prop k and sfmta, along with the sfcta will be working on a reprogramming efforts that will start immediately and conclude prior to the submission of the financial plan in february of next year. a $34 million in prop 1a is part of the $61 million state funds for high-speed rail. one of the conditions of that funding was connectivity. central subway provides a direct link to caltrain and imposed high speed rail station at
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fourth and townsend. earlier this year in march, we put in a programming request to the california transportation commission for $27 million, and we were approved by the ctc to move forward with $27 million of the $61 million. a $31 million represents the balance of that funding source. prop1b, there is $78 million left in the program listed as uncommitted. 72.3 of that $70 million of and committed funding will be allocated to the central subway program. we have been receiving $9 million in savings from this been climate for project phase one, so we will be looking at reprogramming that prop k effort back to central subway.
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phase two, we recently received federal allocations that allows us to unallocate some of the funds for islais creek. geneva can be project, that project is in close out, $1.2 million in savings for that effort that would be allocated to the central subway project. finally, the its radius system replacement program. there will be some lower-cost program that will be allocated back. some of the lower priority options are like a digital, visual announce the system for cards, along with using their radio system as a means of mapping out the yards. these are lower party options
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that will be deferred. commissioner campos: commissioner dufty? commissioner dufty: what does that mean, lower priority option. can you go more into what you mean with its? lower priority? i do not know what that means. >> the radius system project is a replacement program read the agency will replace its motorola system with a modern, upgraded system, as mandated. we will be replacing the radio system by 2012. commissioner dufty: and this is a large project? >> it is a large project, essentially replacing all the radio systems within the fleet. we are currently operating under a 1970's-based system. that said, the base effort of that program is fully funded and
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there are some out-year options that our options in the contract that are listed as whether or not -- sort of enhancements -- to the system. if the agency would like to move forward and assign those options to the program. $10 million was assigned to this option effort. because of the deferment of these options, it will not have an effect on the overall delivery of river systems. the agency is proposing to move forward to defer some of these lower priority out year options to central subway. commissioner dufty: is this something that is future, down the road? >> it is currently approved under prop k under the radio
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replacement project. before you is the proposed central financial plan showing the additional capital funding, and demonstrating a fully funded central subway financial plan. as you can see in yellow, under committed, $29.5 million currently assigned under local, regional, other. that is the pool of funding that will be working with the sfcta to reprogram. identified here are the actual project expenditure needs for the program. the expenditure needs are shown in light blue, so you can see the expenditure begins in fiscal ye0,