rfp's for those parcels. those will be issued next month. that concludes my report. director cohen: this may be a better question for you to answer, maria, but what is our strategy to deal with the governor's proposed elimination of tax increments? obviously, if we lost the ability to collect tiff in this project, it would create an insurmountable budget hole. as i understand, senator leno has played a significant role in that. so i would request that we get periodic updates on this. there's probably not a single more important thing that staff could be working on right now.

if that goes through, i am not sure how we have a project. >> certainly, we are tracking that. just this month the budget was unveiled and we're still looking at the details. i am pretty confident we will be okay. certainly, we will be tracking it, and as we get more details, we will report back. in terms of where we will be in 2012, january, as i indicated, we will have all of our construction documents completed, we will have completed our utility relocations, and what will be in process as the buttress excavation. we will have the below grade structure out to bid and the bus storage and rents will be in final design. that will be january 2012. before i conclude my report, i wanted to let members of the public know we are accepting applications for the citizens

advisory committee membership. you can come get them at our office or on our website as well. or you can call and we can have them mailed to you. that concludes my report. thank you. director ford: any questions of the executive director? we do have one more item. >> that is right. we have steve forever construction of state. thank you. >> good morning, everybody. just a quick construction update. as the executive director said, we continue to do well in the safety area. around 28,000 hours in all

without incident or accident. the demo phase 2 and 3 work continued in the area. the big thing there is we kept the wrecking ball going at the central terminal. that started on the third of december and continued through the month. we just moved off the central terminal last weekend and over to the west terminal. they have a bit more to take down in the central terminal, and then there will be pared to start back filling. we put new water in on freemont. water and sewer work progressed on first street. work also continued on mina. we also got the 4.3, 4.4 packages out with notices of receipt. the mission wall got started on january 4, the screen wall that

will allow us to take down the existing screen wall which will allow us to do the final demolition and shoring. i wanted to show you the demolition plan over all but i know you are fairly familiar with it. we are continuing through the building section right now. the utility relocation plan, as i said, the 4.3, 4.4 packages will get going this month. 4.1 is before you today for your approval. the work on minna and freemont continues. that is the east terminal building as it is coming down. now they're starting the excavation of the basement level, preparing for temperature or wall to allow the complete demolition. that is work being done in early

december. that is the central terminal as they tear it down. this is looking at the ballast that was removed. when we made the transition to rail, they had to fill in where the tracks were with rocks and remove all of that for crushing before they could begin the demo. now we have moved over to the western terminal. that shows you how far we have gone with the demolition. the water on minna, utility relocation. the freemont water relocation outside of 301 mission. just to give you an idea, some of the coordination we had to go through. this is first street. this was during the holiday

moratorium, so there was a lot of successful work that got done in that period. the demo contractor, 27,000 hours. of that, 97% had been filled by local labor. we are starting to begin work with these helicopters -- the subcontractors. the next big thing that you will see if you come by the site next week is a crushing operation near mission street outside of our offices. that will start to supply ballast material. we project by early march, late february, we will be down to the ground and into the basement of all the buildings. so we are pretty close on track, allowing some of the issues we had with abatement work we

addressed earlier. utility time line. those packages were released last month by the board and they are getting started this month. that is it for me, unless i can answer any questions. >> great. now that concludes my report. director ford: thank you. >> moving into item six. an opportunity for members of the public to address you on items not on the calendar. we have not received any indication that members of the public wish to speak. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. -- director ford: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> item seven. approving an amendment to contract no. 08-04-cmgc-000, authorizing webcor/obayashi joint venture to award a trade subcontract to m. squared construction incorporated as the

responsible bidder submitting the lowest responsive bid in the amount of $2,452,000 for tg04.1: natoma street from first street to fremont street & fremont street between natoma and howard streets: water and sewer systems, and thereby increasing authorized direct costs under contract no. 08-04-cmgc-000 by $2,452,000 and increasing the authorized construction services fee by $201,064. >> steve will report on this item. >> motion to approve the amendment. >> [roll call] that is four ayes. item seven is approved. director ford: next item. >> item 8. audit presentation of the tjpa financial statements for fiscal year 2010. >> sarah will report on this item.

>> i am actually going to invite our auditor to come up to present to you this morning. >> good morning. my name is david, and we are your auditors. i want to recognize the manager from the engagement who conducted most of the oversight and supervision. we are here to present the completion of the 2010 audited financial statements. we produced two documents as a result of our audit. we have a short report to the board, which is a summary of our results. financial statements contain both a financial and compliance audit. the financial audit on page one shows our opinion, expresses an

unqualified opinion, which is the highest level of assurance we can provide as your auditors. basically, it just means the financial information that management has put together is in compliance with the generally accepted accounting principles. the second half of the document contains the single audit which is your federal awards. we are happy to report there were no findings, exceptions. quickly moving to the report to the board, which is our summary of the audit. there are three things that i could point out in the letter. in the second paragraph, we talk about no new policies or practices adopted during the year. that means no changes in the consistency. there is another paragraph that talks about difficulty of standards. we are happy to report that everything went smoothly and as

planned. finally, there were no audit adjustments during our process, which is a good indicator that management did an excellent job closing the books and prepare for the audit. we are happy with the results and there were no exceptions or findings to report. director ford: questions of the board? director ortiz: motion to approve the audit. director ford: no need for action on this item. i would like to commend the staff, the executive director, as well as staff, for doing your diligence. thank you very much. next item. >> item 9. approving an agreement among the tjpa, ac transit, and linc facility services for ac transit passenger access to restrooms in the temporary terminal.

>> i wanted to acknowledge that ken from ac transit is here. he worked closely with the transbay joint powers authority since our inception. in fact, before the authority was created. on behalf of the authority, i want to thank him for his support, his excellent work, guidance over the years, helping us to get to where we are today. he was an and valuable partner to the project, committed to the project. it is my understanding that he has retired as general counsel. i just want to thank him for everything. now i would like to have emilio cruz present. i believe this was the last thing he signed for the tjpa. >> good morning, mr. director,

members of the board. program manager. we would like to present to you a plan for restroom operations for the temperature terminal. as a background, phase one of construction began on november 1 of 2008. went into operations in 2010. the opera to accommodate a move up from the building so demolition could begin. it covered approximately 62% of the site because of the existing ramps that needed to be demolished. there is a drawing showing when phase one went into operation and the old east loop ramps in existence. once we close to that, we were able to demolish those grants and start construction of phase two. that began september 20, 2010 and operations began december 11 of the same year.

operations accommodated 18 buses within sight and laid out three crosswalks. the site is visibly open and easier to monitor now that the construction activities are completed. here is a photograph of what operations look like to date. the site plan here shows the location of the proposed to restrooms, that is in the center of the site. more specifically, there is a layout of where the restrooms would be. these would be available for all transit riders. sides would be posted only to transit riders using the terminal. any passenger using our facility would be able to use the restrooms. operations would be monday through friday 7:00 a.m. through 7:00 p.m. the restrooms will be key controlled by on site personnel. linc is our property manager. they will implement a secure

system so that the restrooms remain secure in the event of a locked or lost keys. the doors will be self-locking, so after someone is done using it, the facility will lock itself, only accessible with the key. if there is someone in the restroom and they are in need of help, they will be able to call out and the sound will be able to carry through the doors. and next to a security camera will be added to our current system that will monitor the entrances to the restrooms to ensure there is no one that is hanging around the front. security personnel will be able to monitor that visually and through the camera system. security, janitorial maintenance, and repairs will be the responsibility of linkec as part of their agreement with the

tjpa. linc shall be responsible for indemnifying the tjpa or ac transit for the cost of passengers using restaurants. if the agreement is approved, our next of would be to implement the order and installation of security camera systems. the implementation, fabrication, and installation of new doors. restrooms should be operational by march 4 meeting. director ford: questions? director ortiz: an ac transit representative, when the temporary terminal opened, there was a lot of criticism about the lack of that term. i want to thank rare for fighting a solution. motion to approve. director ford: public comment?

no members of the public have addressed -- >> no members of the public wish to speak to you today. director ford: all those in favor? opposed? the motion carries. >> moving into item 10. approving a resolution supporting child care centers in caltrans transfer parcels 5, 6/7, and f. >> emilio cruz will also present on this item. >> as part of the redevelopment of the plan for the transbay zone, we will be adding 206 new homes to the neighborhood. we recognize this will add to the demand for child care within the city and county of san francisco. the resolution before you today recognizes that need and sets out a plan to help create the opportunity for child care within the area. under the resolution, we would

require, in the disposition of development agreements, four blocks 4, 5, 6 and 7, and ask, that the developer in food in their proposal an area for child care centers that are consistent with all required state and local laws for child care facilities. we would work with the city and county of san francisco, and if the department of youth and families commit irrevocably future impact fees from section 4 of 14 from the planning code for construction of said child care centers, then we would use those funds for the construction of the child care facility. what is important in the resolution is we recognize the funding for our work is still ongoing and planned. the resolution before you is a resolution to work toward planning and helping to create

an opportunity but does not obligate the tjpa funding for that use. in fact, the construction cost would be covered by the impact fees and would require that any use cover 100% market rate rent so that the developer, when they propose to us, proposes a full market proposal for the land itself. we would work with the developer, the city, and communities to identify child care operators and inappropriate business plan to cover the 100% market rent. if we were unsuccessful in identifying a child-care operator and business plan by one year's time after receipt of occupancy permit for that building, then at that point, the developer would be allowed to put that used to retail and convert, accordingly. director ford: director cohen? director cohen: is there a reason we did not look at

putting this in the terminal? >> we looked at a number of technical reasons. as i referenced, there are specific laws and code requirements that relate to child care facilities. primarily, direct access to open space. secondarily, as it relates to emergency egress in the case of fire. we did look at the building itself. it did require a change in vertical circulation because we needed to create independent, vertical emergency egress for the child care center. we looked at including in the same article core plant in the building but still found we would need to widen and separate them because of the way the code is written. as it related to the use on the park itself, there was consideration for flexibility that would create an opportunity where the open space would be dedicated to the child care center during the

operational use of the center, and then flip to public use. we received some public indication that that is less desirable for operators, because if there is a public use, they are responsible for making sure the public did not leave anything behind that would be dangerous for the children. secondly, they desire for -- that the child care center operate more than typical hours. if that was the case, the open space would end up being dedicated to the chalk pericenter longer and less available to the public. we spend consume -- a considerable amount of time looking at it. because of the code requirements, because of the change of vertical circulation requirements, and access to the open space requirement, we do not recommend this. the last piece was of issue.

we did receive an issue indication from the fire department that they would prefer not to have child care centers on anything other than the ground floor because of the emergency access issue. while they acknowledge they have previously permitted child care centers not on the ground floor, they have also acknowledged that it causes a problem for them and they would prefer us not to do such. we have parcels 5, 6, 7, and f still in front of us. we would recommend keeping the facility outside of the transit center. director cohen: that is helpful. director ford: all those in favor say aye? post? >> item 10 is approved. no members of the public have indicated they want to address you on that item. item 11 is approving the minutes of the december 9, 2010 meeting.

director ford: moved by director lloyd. seconded by director cohen. all those in favor? >> that concludes the items on the agenda today. director ford: thank you very much, madame secretary. that concludes our meeting for january 13. tape 55 >> welcome, this is carl. >> great to meet you.

>> great to me you, and i want to thank you for your interest and this is the city's animal shelter. and come in and a lot of people come here to adopt a animal or if they have lost their animal or looking for other animals. and we deal with other animals like birds and rabbits and you name it. this is more to see in this facility and more to see in the community. and i suggest you go with an animal control person and see what they co, whether rescuing animals in distress or hit by a car or dealing with aggressive animals or wildlife or a variety of things. you can only get that flavor with them and doing it first

hand. >> i have been with animal control for about six years, i spent a year in the kennel and then the office came up and i started doing it and it really fit. it's really the job for me. and animals i have to handle and i know what i am doing, i rarely get scared. [whistle]. we do a lot of investigations and most are not as bad as people report but everyone once in a while they are. and i had one and people had moved out and the dog was in the inside and it makes me teary and when the dog is in the backyard, and i can pull an animal out of a horrible

environment and feel good. >> where does this animal go after this? >> they go for the shots and then the kennel. >> and if they just found this, and once we enter everything in the computer and they can track to find out if the dog went back home. we hold them for five days. >> this is a stray dog and it came in today and we immobilize it and then put it in a room with food and water. >> and then evaluate for medical behavior and see if anyone is interested in adopting then. >> we want to be sure that their behavior is good for the average adopter and not

aggression problem, toward people or animals. >> and if they growl and don't bite the hand, she passes that. and good girl, in case she has something in her mouth, we get it out. and one more test, called the startle test and it startled hear but she came to me. and passed the handling test. >> for the mental exam i feel for lumps and bumps. and the ears and see if they are infected and look at the eyes and be sure they are clear and don't have cataracts and look at their teeth and heart. this is the first job that i

feel i make a dvrngs. -- difference. and we may do 40 to 80 animals a day for treatments. and do blood work and skin scrapings and cultures to diagnose different diseases. and x-rays, i can take an animal that would be euthanized at a different shelter and fix it and get it ready for a home. >> we have a partnership and we let a professional groomer run a private business from our facility and in turn grooms our shelter animals. what is the big deal of that? when someone comes to adopt an animal, if it looks good, chances are it will be adopted more.

>> and we groom and clean the ears and the works. >> typically a shelter wouldn't have grooming? >> not at all. and these dogs are treated with the utmot -- utmost care that others can't provide. this is a shampoo to bring out the luster. and i feel satisfied in helping the shelter pets be adopted and to be a part of such a wonderful staff, from the top all the way down. if she passes our evaluation, she will stay until she's adopted. if you are interested in adoption and don't want to put them to sleep, that means at a last resort, we will give you a call before putting to sleep. you are not bound to the dog,