1 -- the project will be done in two phases. the first phase is the destruction of the terminal to be used by the america's cup. 2013 to help host the main event at pier 27. once they terminate their occupation of the new building, our team will complete the structure, which will include adding facilities and maritime e equipment and the construction of the plaza, so one of the other key ingredients is the identification of key project staff, demonstration to meet new certification, and meeting local hiring goals. based on interviews, the staff have determined that turner

construction co. is lowest bidder on the project. the public management team would move to roughly from the terminal two projects to our work. i think they just completed a $333 million project. i talked to the project manager, who was very happy with her work. they brought about in ahead of schedule, and we would like to see that in our product. i would like to introduce the project manager, and he will introduce cindy mcgill, who works under him. i will take any questions. >> good afternoon. miguel was really the project

manager. she was scheduled to be on jury duty, so i have prepared now to give an update. i do not think she ended up serving on jury duty. she asked me to update what our steps are. turner construction -- their first task would be to provide reconstruction services. this is when they would be looking at the documents and engineers have prepared, and validate our cost estimates, put together a schedule, provided suggestions, to make sure the sequence of construction makes sense and that it can be doable in our one-year schedule. we will also be looking and materials and things like architects and engineers are specifying to make sure they can be procured in our time line, so they are reviewing the work of has been completed today to validate the schedule and our

budget. they will begin to creep qualifier who trade contractors. it would be competitively and they didn't. the would-be pre-qualifying no less than three, and they would begin to make sure they have the experience, the financial capabilities, and they have the resources to do the work, and contracts are awarded to the lowest and bitter, and that begins the process of buyout. gooas presented in previous meetings, we have one year to deliver the project during your -- the project. these packages are some of the ones we will be moving first

ahead of the rest of the buyout. after turner does they're hitting, we will begin to work weswith a workforce developmento establish and now a plan to meet the requirement. this is one of the first major requirements that requires 20% of the work force the local workers, so they will be working to make sure the trade contractors have a viable plan to meet the requirement. that ends reconstruction, and early next year, they moved to traditional construction work, where turner will be meeting different traits and developing the improvement goals but go with that.

and if the outcome of the general manager of turner in san francisco. we do with the, the general manager of turner in san francisco. >> good afternoon, commissioners to radioed -- commissioners. i am very glad to be here. i will walk you through a presentation of who turner is so you have an idea of who you are about to take this journey with. not only will they complete the job on time and on budget, but they will make a good journey and memorable -- to make the

journey is memorable. youwe have been in the bay area since 1967. san francisco has been a key client for us. we have done continuous work for several years, and i will walk you through the time line. most of our work in the 1970's and the 1980's and the 1990's was as a construction manager, and in the last 10 years, we have done the contract of the work, so what you see is the initial center, the expansions, escalators. this is one of our -- some of our original work we did in the

1970's and the uruguayan the complex -- yerba buena complex. in the early 1990's, we were selected to manage the esc2 program, which included five buildings, but i think the money ran out, and they only ended up doing three buildings. these were some very challenging projects in the city. this is one of the recent achievements, retrofitted expansion, and if you have traveled, you must have traveled from this terminal. it is a project to be proud of.

we open the terminal to days ahead of schedule, and this is another challenging project. we worked with contractors. and we are still during the remodeling right now. ghraib lastly, we are the construction managers, and working on the trans bay project, so we have done some really key projects for send francisco superior and -- san francisco. victor was the executive. seen as smith will be the project manager full time on site. she has worked on this as well as the terminal to project. also he worked on the opera

house project, the city hall project, so a quick overview on who we are and the team that will deliver this for you. any questions bowman -- any questions? >> i have a few, and in interest of full disclosure, i was one of your attorneys. back in the day of construction management focus, as you went through some of your projects, how many did you serve on where turner was construction manager and general contractor, and can you give a little flavor as how you were able to differentiate those roles? in my former federation, it was easier to have separate companies. >> of all the projects i showed you, do -- terminal two had

general contractors. all others were general contractors. for the last 15 or 20 years, we have seen that most public entities actually have moved towards the construction and manager so they can have a general contractor on the table to make sure the project is still plentiful and the assets are right and also to save money and -- is vulnerable i -- is buildable and the assets are right and also to save money. that is how it has evolved. >> it is cost-savings? >> absolutely. >> i love having this on the record. >> i have one comment to. as you know, this is on a tight

timeline. you have to be on budget, and you have to be on time. my colleagues concur. >> is that of motion? >> the total project is for what we expected phase one is estimated at. >> i am getting an update. $59 million. hard costs for those -- for both phases. i am sorry about that. >> marginally down from our us in a spirited thank you all to return -- down from our estimates. thank you for the out. >> we will go into what local hiring needs. i apologize we were not able to go into that, but we will get

into that in our next meeting. >> i will move its emotion. >> any other questions? >> is there any other public comment on this item and? if not, all in favor? >> aye. >> the item is approved. >> alleged -- item 11, new business. >> there is plenty. do you have any more? >> my sounding like a broken record? >> many new business? >> any public comments? >> is there any public comment? >> you warned her. she left early. >> at this time, i will move for an adjournment.

we will out for a moment of silence and to adjourn the meeting in honor of local firefighters. >> second to the motion. >> all those in favor, please say aye. >> aye. >> the meeting is adjourned at 4:28.

mayor lee: thank you, everyone. i wanted to be here to welcome the prime minister from new zealand's. i know he is here. he is on a stopover in preparation for the america's cup, on his way, of course, to meet our president obama and talk about our two countries' mutual support and help. i would like to think that the prime minister was here primarily co view the

competition -- was here primarily to view the competition that will be between us in 2013, with washington being a stop over. i want to welcome him here. i know he is here to not only speak for himself, but knowing that team new zealand has won the america's cup twice before, and in 1995 and 2000. they are going to be a very helpful. i am very excited about the america's cup. it will bring in some 8800 jobs to this city. it will really result in $1.4 billion of economic in come for our city, and that is why we're working very closely with michael thompson, are america's cup authority, as well as the president of our rec and park

commission. and we work as a team and we know that team new zealand will be a tough competitor, but we also know as winners tell much this means to their economy and how much it means to was in san francisco. we enjoyed the prime minister's visit here. we have just discussed what this america's cup means to our bay area. perino it will be a great competition and a friendly supports -- of release sports competition as well. as you know, new zealand has experienced a very devastating earthquake. i want to continue to extend san francisco's support for their immediate recovery. we have joined people in christchurch and all over new zealand to help with their

recovery. just recently, we held an earthquake management seminar here in san francisco that was attended by new zealand's officials to share our expertise and make sure we're doing everything we can, from sending over engineer help to talking to and exchanging the best earthquake management -- earthquake recovery management techniques that we have. we will continue to do that. charlotte shells, our protocol officer knows, we will keep our position as an international city, and the best way to do that is to offer all the help we could to areas lies -- like christ church in new zealand and to be a city that is supportive of their recovery and helping to instigate any ideas for a quick recovery. i know as prime minister key

visits president obama our countries will work together and our mutual cooperation will be cultural and economic, but the city and council of san francisco is also there for new zealand. we look forward to from the competition, but we also look forward to help them recover as well. with that, i wanted to present a proclamation to his occasion to visit us and visit our bay, and by the way, prime minister, every day in san francisco is like this. [laughter] clear, enough when it for the sales. prime minister, if we want to present to you this proclamation, declaring it to be prime minister john key day in san francisco. [applause] prime minister.

>> thank you for welcoming me, mayor lee, and my delegation here to san francisco. we have had a grave -- we have had a great 24 hours in san francisco and the bay area. we are getting a sense of what our team is doing in their san francisco home. yesterday and in the bay area, we've visited some of those very fast-growing companies to get a sense of how rapidly the opportunities are emerging. also, the people of christ church except the good wishes. with had three major earthquakes within the last nine months and aftershocks. i think the people of san

francisco know from their tragic experience of 1996, the challenges that result after an earthquake, the great difficulty of dealing with that situation, and also we can see what a wonderful city you have built from the ruins of that quake in 1996. the people of christ church appreciate the heart and soul of the people on in san francisco. we look forward to competing in need -- in the louis vuitton and ultimately the america's cup. we hope to return that cup. we are up against very tough competition, i expect. obviously, i wish team america luck, but not too much luck. thank you for that. be enjoyed our experience.

we are hosting another cup onion new zealand over the next couple of months, -- in new zealand over the next couple of months. lot of people have come to your city and to your town. finally, i want to congratulate the giants on their tremendous performance in the world series. i took my son here 18 months ago to watch them. at&t stadium has to be the model stadium. a beautiful stadium, packed to the rafters, obviously. we look forward to when football season starts up again later in the year. i am going to take my son to washington after the. we're going to take 48 hours, seeing president obama and a range of other individuals. it is an interesting and challenging time as far as what

is happening in washington at the moment, and we look forward to looking at the challenges that face the united states and also the great opportunities. we thank the united states for its partnership. thank you very much. do you have any quick -- >> [unintelligible] >> absolutely. i think we can learn from each other. that is the significance of these relationships that we have, changing both engineers and professionals. we can definitely learned from christchurch. san francisco has been doing all it can. i have been the head of recovery planning since the last mayor. it takes a lot of partnerships and good planning and a focus on the vulnerable aspects. like we are focusing on our

soft story buildings in the bay area. we will continue to also have a healthy city. a healthy city is one that is not as vulnerable. and economically healthy city. the have to invest in our infrastructure. that is not only a debate in the bay area. is also a debate nationally. how do we make sure of our infrastructure, whether it is bridges or roads. >> [unintelligible] >> you will find it takes a lot longer to rebuild a city? what's it generally does take a lot longer -- >> is generally does take a lot longer to rebuild. you can expedite recovery. you can literally cut it in half. that is what we're trying to also instill in other cities that we talk with, exchanging information. recovery is about preparation.

it is a mind-set that right now, i am actually educating residents of san francisco to think about recovering now, for its people, as well as its communities and the buildings themselves. investing in infrastructure, making sure they are safe is one part. the other part is -- people do not have to leave the city. they can rebuild right away and know that local government is there to want to build. said the investment is important. -- so, the investment is important. i know in new orleans, one of the big criticisms is that no one met with the business community to suggest that they stay and rebuild right there. we learned that lesson, and we are here, right now, suggesting to our businesses, we want them to stay. we want the infrastructure. we want our utilities to recover immediately. >> [unintelligible]

what are the examples? mayor lee: i think at an average it would take at least 10 years to rebuild san francisco after the major earthquake they are predicting. we are working on a plan that would be three to four years maximum. that is what we would like to see. >> [unintelligible] mayor lee: absolutely. otherwise you lose all the other major businesses. may have to know we are working on this right now. >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> we certainly have the wind. we have the wind at our back. it is gorgeous. it is amazing. you will display the america's cup to an audience that will pack in on the shores your. that is quite an opportunity.

it is wonderful to visit the city and the region. it is a magnificent place. racing between the golden gate bridge and alcatraz must be one of the most beautiful parts of the world. >> [unintelligible] [laughter] >> i was hoping they were going to give us google. [laughter] mayor lee: by the way, we do intend to keep the america's cup here. [laughter] mayor lee: ok. thank you, everybody. >> thank you. >> hello. welcome to "culturewire." we are here today with bay area

artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your piece has just been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would hang out a little bit longer than the duration of the installation the kind of appeal to me. i quickly found out about the san francisco arts commission school and realized there was a pre-qualified school you had to apply to, so i applied to the. >> how long did it take you to develop this work for the plaza? >> this was a fast track project. design development was about a month. >> let's look at the beautiful mural. i have never seen a mural created on asphalt. >> the heat of the asphalt, a

new layer of asphalt. then, these wire rope templates that were fabricated for the line work get laid down and literally stamped into the asphalt, and then everything was hand-painted. >> maybe you could talk about some of the symbolism, maybe starting in the middle and working out. >> [inaudible] the flower of industry. >> it is like a compass. there's an arrow pointing north. >> within the great bear consolation, there are two pointed stars here. they typically lead one to the northstar, otherwise known as polaris. so i thought it has a layer of theme. >> let's talk about some of the other elements in the peace.

we are walking along, and there is a weather vane. there's a sweet little bird hanging on the side. what kind of bird is that? >> [inaudible] the smallest of the gulf species, and it lives around the bay area. >> you want to talk about the types of flour patterns that you send? >> [inaudible] around 1926 or so by the dahlia society. >> what is this bird here? >> that is the california quail. >> coming up here, we had a little blustery theme. what is this area here? >> this is supposed to be the side view, the expense of the golden gate bridge. >> there it is. >> there