with a minimum of three lanes and the pedestrian lanes. in addition, in the east/west direction, there will be a 30- foot trestle bridge to allow them to have equipment operating to assist with the excavation process. this shows you the layout of the trestle bridge running the length of the project, and also, you can see the cross lot bridge. they basically need to bring all the soil up through those cross braces using a crane up on the trestle bridge to do the excavation. they can go about 15 feet at a time, and then they start putting the bracing in. this is the actual excavation running from early next year, second quarter of next year through the end of 2014. they will start at the west end and work towards the east. that is primarily because in the east, we are still doing

debauches pile doing the buttress piles. as i said, there are five levels of live skit that need to be incorporated at each one of those various levels. right now, the plan is to conduct the excavation in two shifts. with the bracing going on basically during the regular daytime -- there would be some noise associated with that. be welding. possibly welding on the lot ships. it depends on the schedule. just to put that information in a graphic -- here we are on an july 2011. that is the intersection on the north side so we can do the

assuring wall on the east but chris. by october, the shoring wall the east end should be completed. that is the blue. the retrenching will be pretty much completed around the west end. and in january, the cdsm wall pretty much complete. it allows us to continue construction on the west and. then we start working on the traffic bridges. in july, the plan is to have all the traffic bridges in. you can see the excavation

proceeding all the way up to be buttressed area. by the beginning of 2013, the excavations are complete down to fremont street and to be buttressed area. it is completed, and the excavation is finally complete in 2014. the thing to note is in the west and, the whole excavation has to be complete before they can start the foundational work. this is just focusing on the work. so, if i can answer any questions? vice chair ortiz: are there any questions? director kim: we are starting to get information about this from the residence.

if you could talk a little bit more about the sound of the rotating casings? >> sure. in reality, the sound of the casing rotating is minimal. is a high rpm diesel engine. it would be comparable to comparablea bus revved its engine. i do not know if that is considered low or high frequency. the noisiest pop -- the noise is part of the operation is when they inject air and then have to do that fairly quickly. they take the case in al. they set it aside fairly quickly. the current plan, the ideal situation is all that concrete is place in the morning. what we consider a swing it shipped until 8:00, 9:00, 10:00.

no promises. they may push that. the thing to remember about concrete pouring is once you start, you cannot stop. we are not allowed to add a joint in any of these buttresses where the concrete hardens and you add it later. you cannot do that with this. it takes eight hours to 10 hours to pour. the plan right now is to get all those started in the early afternoon and finished them before the late hours. director kim: you think that could happen once an hour on the graveyard shift? >> the worst case we heard so far is a couple times and our. i was on a phone call with a driller last night, he reiterated that they may not have to do with all, but sometimes every few hours. director kim: my next question

was -- this will primarily be covered during day shift? >> i might have confused you there. the excavation will go on in two ships. that will be day and swing. swing those into the 11:00 hour. the big noise is setting them in place and rattling them around. the excavation is truckthe welde evening hours. with the ambiance traffic noise you probably would not hear a welding machine. director kim: ok. thank you. vice chair ortiz: any other questions? >> thank you, vice chair. that concludes my report.

>> vice chair, directors, we have not received any communication of public suggestions on it that's item. vice chair ortiz: ok. let's go to the consent calendar. >> ok, we will go to the consent calendar. directors have not received any indication that the public wishes to have any items sever. your items including the minutes of the june 9, 2011 meeting and item 7.2, authorizing the executive director dick skewed amendments to extend agreements for state abacuses service sees -- for state advocacy services with options remaining to extend each agreement for an additional three years. vice chair ortiz: is sarah -- is there a motion to agree to the

consent calendar? can they agree even though we are not here? >> [unintelligible] severed. [unintelligible] >> i will second it. >> he was not here either. >> thank you. >> do you want to consider it separately? vice chair ortiz: whatever. whatever is easier. ok, so we are voting on 7.2 first? >> the minutes. vice chair ortiz: is there a

motion to approve the minutes? director kim: so moved. their minutes -- >> their minutes -- [roll call vote] director metcalf: i looked at them. >> 5 ayes and the minutes are approved. we will go ahead and take item 7.2. vice chair ortiz: is there a motion and a second? all in favor. >> aye. >> the consent calendar is approved and we will move into your bridget -- into your regular calendar. item 8 -- authorizing the executive director to executors renew professional service agreements for an amount not to

exceed $28,400,000. directors, bob beck will report on this item. >> thank you, directors. you have been our program management and consultant since 2004. we sought expertise in developing large-scale capital projects, as well as a wide range of technical expertise in transit infrastructure. and project management, construction management. and several smaller team member's proposed and selected as the preferred team and

brought them forward for approval in 2004. we spoke with them during the implementation of the program, as well as document management and administrative support. there were ancillary projects of bus storage and bus ramp construction. we had a first three-year term that ran from 2004 until 2007 into 2008 for the first three years of the program. that was renewed in 2008, and it is here for renewal again.

the rfp did provide for only two renewals, so this is a contract we will need to put back out in the future. term of one was initially authorized for $37 million and actual performance over term one, due to demands over those first three years, the total amount expended was $23 million. overturned $206,000. we have expanded roughly $31 million under that contract, and the spe performance was 32%. at the end of each term, we go through a performance evaluation. the team continue the commitment

of quality personnel and staff members, the performance and working relationships with the various stakeholders and members of our consultant team. the adherence to the annual work plans and task orders, both schedule and budget, and the quality of the liberals -- deliverables. we are bringing back the contract for renewal with the recommendation for renewal. i can take any questions. vice chair ortiz: are there any questions? i see there has been a motion. is there a second? thank you. ok, and members of the public, anything you want to address on that item? we will take a roll call vote. [roll call vote]

so that's 5 ayes and item eight is approved. >> item 9, approving the operating assistance proposal dated june 24, 2011 and in implementing agency resolution of project compliance for the amount of $3,950,426. >> good morning, directors. this is a routine funding resolution and required board resolution. this is the annual allocation of operating dollars. per legislation, it now comes to tjpa for temporary operations. this is just a routine request for the $3.9 million for

operating funds. vice chair ortiz: thank you. is the motion? a second? director metcalf: second. vice chair ortiz: roll call please. >> thank you. no members of the public indicated they wanted additional comment on that item. [roll call vote] 5 ayes and item 9 is approved. vice chair ortiz: then we go to the last item. >> item 9 is approving a resolution appreciation for nathaniel p. ford. >> we wish you the best in your next endeavors. moving on to former chairman ford's resolution . i would like to read it. whereas nathaniel p. ford sr.

was elected by his colleagues as chairman of the tjpa board of directors, vice chairman from june 2007 to may 2008, and chairman from june to thousand eight to june 2011, and whereas he has been coded his -- he is dedicated his career to improving public transportation as the director of the san francisco municipal transportation agency and the joint powers board, which oversees the operation of caltrain , and whereas we have benefited from the knowledge he has brought to the tjpa position for the past five years, and whereas as chairman of the board, the tjpa come pleaded and international -- completed an international design and broke ground and design at a ceremony

attended by then-speaker pelosi, the secretary of transportation ray lahood, and whereas his commitment to the transit program goals directly contributed to the receipt of $400 million in stimulus funds and the important recognition of his involvement in the transit program, and whereas he left his position as executive director of the san francisco municipal authority, now therefore be it resolved that the transit authority expresses its most sincere appreciation to nathaniel p. ford, and be a further resolved that we wish him continued success in all his future endeavors. vice chair ortiz: thank you. i wanted to add my words for the appreciation for his leadership here.

>> i spoke to mr. ford this morning. apologizes for not being able to attend to except as. he says he is deeply honored and he appreciates this board for the resolution of appreciation. >> i will move the resolution. >> second. >> and the members of the public -- and no members of the public indicated they wanted to address that item. >> we will give this to you director carter, so you can give it to them. with that, we complete the meeting.

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>> very good. perfect timing, mayor. [applause] >> actually, mayor, i was just at the part of the program where i was going to introduce. it is now my pleasure to introduce the honorable edwin lee, the honorable mayor of the city and county of san francisco? would you mind saying a few words? >> well, thank you. i guess my timing is still ok. everybody, thank you for being here. housing, and especially affordable housing, is such a challenge these days. with the economy the way it is, with the lack of help we get from the feds and the state, we have to do a lot on our own. that means we have to have the most creative people working in

partnerships with the other committed creative people in our community. so it is no wonder you have got the union bank, wells fargo working together with the federal home loan bank. you've got the institute of aging working with bridge housing. you've got redevelopment working with the mayor's office. everybody, including our public health department, all putting their best synergies together to create this fantastic place that when i walked in, the first thing i asked was where was my unit. just to understand, you have 125 units, 25 of which are going to be targeted for our most frail, our most vulnerable, sitting on top of two floors of fantastic health -social service-corrective type supportive things we did do for

our seniors. it is that type of magic that says only in san francisco can we open this kind of thing up like this when everybody else is talking about layoffs, shutting down, not getting started, not even having good conversations at all. take a look around you. i think we are really lucky to be in a city to have people that are so committed to working together. and i wallace want to -- also want to thank everybody. the neighborhoods had the problem with the size and the mass, and we found a way to get through that, to find a common agreement, to look forward to a day like this to see the seniors as happy as they are to have an affordable unit here in the middle of our great city. this is a wonderful plushment, and i know there was a lot of sweat, a lot of tears behind doing all of this, and i want to thank everybody involved in it. especially bridge. you are such a magnifique

accept housing provider and developer. you have done wonderful things working alongside the institute. it is a marvelous combination. i am here to say thank you to everybody who participated in this. as i saw down it street, looking to see what we were going to do with the old coronet, how it was going to be here and how it was going to transform, and i am so glad so many people made this happen. for future generations of people who are going to come here, serviced here, live here in a comfortable way, and then to make sure this serves as yet another example as to why we fight for redevelopment, why we do things right in the city. to make sure fred maxwell, doug and others keep these examples coming. in san francisco, we will continue doing it right. now they don't get paid up there until they start listening to people and getting the work done.

thank you very much for this opportunity. [applause] >> mayor, thank you so much four thoughts, and he about couldn't agree with you more. i have to say that the redevelopment agency, the city and county of san francisco, have been stellar partners for bridge, and we appreciate your candid attitude. thank you very much, and i would like to give you this as an appreciation. >> well, thank you very much. [applause] >> another great partner of bridge's --

there are so many ways that the internet provides real access to real people and resources and that's what we're try to go accomplish. >> i was interested in technology like video production. it's interesting, you get to create your own work and it reflects what you feel about saying things so it gives perspective on issues. >> we work really hard to develop very in depth content, but if they don't have a venue, they do not have a way to show us, then this work is only staying here inside and nobody knows the brilliance and the amazing work that the students are doing. >> the term has changed over time from a very basic who has a computer and who doesn't have a computer to now who has access to the internet, especially high speed internet, as well as the skills and the knowledge to use those tools

effectively. . >> the city is charged with coming up with digital inclusion. the department of telecommunications put together a 15 member san francisco tech connect task force. we want the digital inclusion program to make sure we address the needs of underserved vulnerable communities, not communities that are already very tech savvy. we are here to provide a, b and c to the seniors. a stands for access. b stands for basic skills and c stands for content. and unless we have all three, the monolingual chinese seniors are never going to be able to use the computer or the internet. >> a lot of the barrier is knowledge. people don't know that these computers are available to them, plus they don't know what is useful. >> there are so many businesses in the bay area that are constantly retiring their computer equipment that's perfectly good for home use.

computers and internet access are helping everybody in the community and people who don't have it can come to us to help with that. one of the biggest problems we see isn't whether people can get computers through programs like ours, but whether they can understand why they need a computer. really the biggest issue we are facing today is helping people understand the value of having a computer. >> immediately they would say can i afford a computer? i don't speak any english. how do i use it. then they will start to learn how to do email or how to go back to chinese newspaper to read all the chinese newspaper. >> a lot of the barrier still is around lack of knowledge or confusion or intimidation and not having people in their peer network who use computers in their lives. >> the important thing i learned from caminos was to improve myself personally. when i first came to caminos, i didn't know anything about

computers. the second thing is i have become -- i have made some great achievements as an individual in my family and in things of the world. >> it's a real issue of self-empowerment where new immigrant families are able to communicate with their families at home, able to receive news and information in their own home language, really become more and more connected with the world as well as connected even inside their local communities. >> if we value the diversity of our city and we value our diverse neighborhoods in the city, we need to ensure that they remain economically viable. equiping them and equiping residents in those areas with jobs that will enable them to stay in san francisco is critical to that. >> the important thing that i see here at caminos is it helps the low income community, it helps the women who wouldn't have this opportunity otherwise. >> the workers with more education in san francisco are

more likely to be able to working that knowledge sector. where they are going to need that familiarity with the internet, they are going to find value with it and use it and be productive with it every day. and half of the city's population that's in the other boat is disconnected from all that potential prosperity. >> we really need to promote content and provide applications that are really relevant to people's lives here. so a lot of the inspiration, especially among the immigrant community, we see is communications with people from their home country but we as much want to use the internet as a tool for people to connect within the local san francisco community. >> i think it's our job as public educators to give them this access and give them this opportunity to see that their efforts are being appreciated beyond their immediate reach. >> you have to blend this idea of community network with computer equipment with training and with support. we can pull a