the middle there. i apologize for not having a pointer. the cable would sit between the track and the subway. i would remind the board, 98% or so is the average of our trains that are working and fully automatic mode. that is very important. you may remember last fall when we had problems, we had taken a number of actions, including upgrading the onboard software program on the computer as well as changing both our waste site and vehicle maintenance programs to keep at the high level. in the middle of the craft area, you see the dips, for example, on june 21. that is, to borrow a phrase, a day that will live in infamy for us. our sander host incident, long delay on the system. some of you have the opportunity to make suggestions as to how we might improve our communications

as a result of your experience that day. again, it is very important that we have continuing to make incremental improvements. i would submit to you we are never going to be at 100% because we are coming in off the street into the system. again, there are some things -- this is why i stressed the first of other projects to continue to bring before you to improve the performance of the train control system. first phase of this project -- by the way, this is a project that will be just over $900,000 to be completed. first phase is under way. we are doing it with our own in- house forces fear they have been working in the subway at night. what they are doing is the preparation work to go through. the cable sits on a set of struts. they are replacing all the struts, building in new ones. by the end of the month, we

expect the first phase to be completed. next week, on september 28, we will have engineers from the manufacturer of the system here who will over two or three nights go through the system, set up a testing plan. what they will do is walk through the system with something that looks like a divining rod that you look for water. as he will test the integrity of the cable. what they are looking for is any kind of splices and background noise that comes as a result of the slices in the cable. what they will then do is give us a baseline report. it is our intention because of the nature and importance of this to -- the project approach to replace the cable with the splices. there is no need -- the splices have occurred in certain areas or segments of the line, so we

will focus on cleaning up the segments. the work next week will give us a sense of a preparation plant and what we need to do to get ready for the third phase of the project. they will prepare this baseline and proof of concept plan. then, what we will do is prepare with their oversight -- they will play a role in this because of the significance of the signal cable. we expect some time later in the beginning of november to begin the work. we will work within the time windows that we have at night that works once we have our baseline. we identify where the areas are that we have to replace. we will do that -- each time we replace cable, obviously, given the function of it, we have to test it immediately. we will have test trains in to test every section of cable that we go through. this will take place over

approximately four months so that we should be done sometime in late spring, pushing towards mid-2012, four or five months. excuse me. what will we have when we're done? again, an improvement. in service reliability. it also positions us for the radio replacement project, which is coming down the road. there are probably three or four other train control projects in the queue that we will be bringing forward to you to keep the system in a state of good repair. splices remain the weak spot in the cable, in the sense that we want them to be absolutely as reliable as we can. striving to keep all of the signal system in a state of good repair. we thought it was important to

brief you on this project that is ongoing right now. given the importance of this project to the subway and the subway, of course, to our entire transportation operation. director nolan: thank you. excellent presentation. very thorough. members of the board, questions or comments? director heinicke: i have what i am sure is an easily answerable and dumb question, but the wire system -- is it rubber or plastic? what is the coaching? -- coating? >> it is plastic coating. director heinicke: we have seen antennas and sander hoses and things splice it. should we in case it in something else or something more so that that does not happen or does that just make it too hard to get it to wire or repair and that sort of thing? can we not put some sort of kryptonite around it so it does not happen? [laughter]

>> given the market value of kryptonite, from what i understand, it may blow our budget, but your idea is a sound one, and we are looking at how to protect perhaps the shield both as the top of the cable -- we are looking at a couple of things to do to protect it, yes. as well as to get at the source of the -- >> obviously, retrofitting the sounder hose is one thing, but the reality is a lot of these problems we do not know until they happen. retrofits are hard. it seems if we could protect the cable and prevent the problem, that is two ways to go about it comes to protecting the cable makes sense to me. director nolan: other members of the board? members of the public? thank you. >> item 15, discussion and vote as to whether to conduct closed session. director nolan: is there such a motion? second? all in favor? we will

>> bod discussed anticipated legislation but took no action. >> we are adjourned. thank you very much. good work, everybody. >> you even that the board running on time.

>> we are all here today to be pardon of the signing of a bill that is going to put $40 million a year available for doing the infrastructure, fixing up everything so san francisco can take the lead in the world cup race and make it great. what a great place. [applause] what the bill does is make money available, cuts the red tape and streamlines the process. i am not going to tell you how it does it, because you wouldn't want to know.

it cuts out things that would block things. if you need anything done, you need a bill, get me to sign it, and then you get it done. that is what is going to happen. bring the bill up, i will get it done, and we can start getting the money flowing. [applause] >> we get to witness this. >> you are witnesses. who started this whole thing? is this your thing, gavin, or was this willie? >> gavin started it. >> ok. you get the pen. >> i want to introduce our speaker, john perez. nothing happens in sacramento unless john says ok. he has been a powerful speaker,

a great parter and a wonderful servant for the people of california. john perez. [applause] >> thank you, governor. i am the token non-mayor on the stage today. [laughter] it is great to be here with the governor as he signs this important piece of legislation into law. this is a crucial step in ensuring that we bring america's cup to san francisco. it is a prestigious event that will not only bring turrists and revenues to california, but will also add to the espirit did he corps to california. with some of the most beautiful coastlines in the united states, california is the natural home for the america's cup, and our state will be proud to host this event. i am proud of the work of my colleague, who brought this legislation forward, and i want to thank him for his efforts even though he couldn't be with us this afternoon. california together is

rebuilding from a recession in ways large and small, and this event is part of that effort. we are deeply proud of our state, and we are honored to host the america's cup to add a touch more glamour and excitement to a city that has so much of that to offer. now i would like to bring up the wonderful mayor of the city and county of san francisco, mayor ed lee. [applause] >> thank you, speaker perez, and governor, thank you very much for that swift do-good action. i want to just acknowledge there are so many people here today that have been so much a part of this. first and foremost i am going to thank my predecessor. gavin, i know how hard you worked on this and the pressure we were under for meeting all the time frames, and the people you had to pull together and the work you had to do with the board to get this agreement and get us moving on it. i want thank you very much.

it is getting bigger every time we work on it. i know everybody here from the governor on down, we are working hard to make sure this is successful. from the event authority, from the work is that going on and the organizing committee, from our friend in the community. i know sofia is working hard with our communities to link them all up in the subcommittees, to the rest of our sprrs. supervisor mirkarimi: and ross mirkarimi and david chiu are here. we are putting our head to go in putting together this agreement. we have to prove there is going to be an increased economic activity as a result of this event, and there will be. there is going to be over $1 billion of economic activity. 8,800 new jobs, 700 of them for

construction alone. that is the kind of economic activity that is going to be here. it is not just a great boating activity. all of the labor people here know it is going to be a great economic boost. the port knows that, the city knows that. our office of economic development knows that. that is why we are all here together. we want to make sure we do everything right. by the end of the year, people like ed risk and john and the planning commission will have the finley draft done. we are moving forward to make sure all of this gets put in place. i want to let you know that i am grateful. lieutenant grateful, willie brown, speaker perez, and i am very grateful, governor, for you signing this, because we do need that economic stimulus. this is our own stimulus. to do something for ourselves, for our region, for our city and ultimately for our state. we've got to pull ourselves together for this event and show the rest of the world we

do it right here. we begin around in november. did you know that america's cup, the races actually start in san diego in november? i'm looking forward to it because on november 9th, i am going to jump on that boat in san diego. thank you very much, everybody, no coming together. [applause] >> i will fill the void. i saw a mic. i don't see these very often these days. [laughter] let me welcome all of you back here. we have had many events, and it is wonderful to see everybody. i want to pay respects to mayor lee and his outstanding team he has organized. his challenge is evident, implementation. it is one thing to set something up, have the agreements, have the announcement with larry ellison and the team itself, but it is another to actually implement it and make it real. he is doing an outstanding job

in partnership with outstanding leaders here, no one more important than mark. he has put a public face on it and created a public interface between city hall and the citizens of san francisco that need to step in and help support our general fund by off setting some of the costs associated with putting it together. i see lucy, who is one of the first people we called after i called willie brown. the first thing you have to do is call willie brown to make sure are you are on the right path. he committed himself and understood immediately what this would mean for our state. i am very proud of his effort behind the scenes to steward this bill along with so many others that are here. i congratulate you for your hard work in getting this bill

on the desk. we thank the governor for signing the bill and doing it here in san francisco and highlighting again what is at stake. let me very briefly remind you what is at stake. we are in a state with close to 2.2 million people that are unemployed. second highest unemployment in the united states. if you look at the june numbers, we have counties in this state, 21 of them with unemployment norton of 15%. in imperial county, their unemployment went to 30.%. that is staggering. that is within our own state. that is not some place outside the border borders. that is the border of california. just like washington, d.c. doesn't create jobs. it is regions and city. you have to have a mac row economic strategy and a micro economic strategy. in so many way, what we are

sell brating here today is that kind of -- celebrating that kind of economic stimulus. actually, the $1 billion number in economic activity is modest. we want a baseline raw not overstated report. that report is important to look at. i keep reading this $1.2 billion figure. that was not in the report. this was a minimum of $1.3 almost $1.4 billion in this city and region. but $1.8 billion across the state and country. not just the 8,800 jobs in this city and region, but close to 12,000 jobs across our country. those are real numbers because the america's cup has been vetted in the past. they have done post economic analysis of what other host cities have generated, and in every case they noted that their projections initially

understated the ultimate realities of the race. so i have great confidence and expectations. not only are we going to see more of this activity out on the bay behind me, which has gotten more of your attention than my words, but also we are going to start seeing the region come together in a way the region needs to come together across the collective effort, organizing around this bid. i will just say one final thing. one of the great things about an effort like this is that everyone raising their game. so you have the direct benefit of the work we are going to be doing on the pier and port, but it is the other things we are doing, dusting off old plans that are now interesting again. even the folks at caltrans recognize they have a project they have to complete behind us by 2013 and put emphasis on making sure they hit their declines as well because they want -- their declines as well, because they want to showcase

that to the world. when you know all eyes are going to descend upon you, and hundreds of thousands of people are going to come in. those kinds of things go go to spirit and pride. it is that new sense of spirit and pride that define this effort and all the great work we are doing. i am grateful for this important moment and thankful to all of you that really were the inspiration and the driving force behind this effort in the first place. thank you. [applause] >> it is my great honor to introduce to you mayor brown. [laughter] >> governor, mr. mayor, lieutenant governor, and mr.

speaker, it was almost 30 years ago, i believe, when somebody first said something to me about the america's cup. it was somebody related to lucy . and it was because san francisco and the san francisco yacht club was going to sponsor a team. i had no idea what they were talking about, but i was speaker, and i couldn't admit that, and i paid close attention. because you see, instantly san diego stepped up, and dennis connors and his crowd really began to make the evidence of the america's cup totally and completely a reality and to make it possible. it obviously was a great success. the state of california governor participated in that

effort as well. so when mayor newsom called me and said we want to do something about making sure we get a real shot at the america's cup, and i want your involvement, i said what is it going to cost me. he said you don't worry about the cost. mark burel will pay for it. and i of course will volunteer any time mark is picking up the tab. so i became a part of that effort. it really is, as mayor newsom and the other speakers before me have so generously indicated, it is going to be a real shot in the arm for the series of economic development activities over the next three years or more. if that was not a reality, jim wouldn't be here. there is no way he would bostonner to show up unless it was regional in every respect.

he has abandon the city in terms of exclusivity. he is greater than that. and i am delighted to see that happen. i saw will travis out there. he reminded me that he defeated me once on something i wanted to do. i wanted to make a new airport runway. i know that alarms some people, but you wouldn't have a problem if you had done it. but he stopped it. but it has and it is a real spirit, and the business of making sure it happens. it works only because from the governor's leadership through the entire power operations in sacramento, to the local under ed lee, the process that david chiu and the board brings to bear, it is a reality.

i can't wait to see those huge boats. those things that can't go under the golden gate bridge. newsom is credible with facts and numbers. the only one he missed was the size of the boat and whether or not it can go under the bridge at low tide or high tide. the masts are so great, there is going to be some real question about whether or not they can actually get you said the bridge at certain times of day. i am told by lucy and others who are very familiar this will be the first time that people will really be able to watch in real life, and in real time, and not just on television an america's cup race. i anticipate, and i think we all should anticipate, governor, lieutenant governor, mr. mayor, and mr. speaker, that this is not the only time san francisco will have it. we win it in 2013, and we keep

it in perpetuity, and we keep on keeping it like it was one time kept on the east coast. that is the goal. because it then becomes an intimate part of the entire delivery system for all of california. i'm just delighted to be allowed to hang with mark and try to produce the resources that need to be done. i must tell you that my word are on behalf of a whole host of other people who follow mark's leadership. and in conversations with diane feinstein, she wanted you to know that she is equally as involved and as committed as any of us who are on the stage. thank you. [applause] >> i think that ends the program. we have heard a definitive statement of where we are going. i think it is great, and i think we can keep it in perpetuity as long as we keep

these political leaders in perpetuity. thank you. [applause] >> i am the director of visual arts programming at intersection for the arts. intersection for the arts is

based in san francisco and has always been an organization that looks at larger social political issues through the lens of practice, and we are here today at our exhibition of "chico and chang." the original inspiration was drawn from a restaurant chain in new york city. half of their menu is -- what struck me was the graphic pictures and a man in a hat on a rig truck carrying take that time is containers and in the black sea to representation of a mexican guy wearing a sombrero and caring a somali horn. it struck me that these two large, very subversive complex cultures could be boiled down to such simple representations.

chico and chang primarily looks at four topic areas. one of the man was is whose stories are being told and how. one of the artisans in the show has created an amazing body of work working with young adults calling themselves the dreamers. another piece of the exhibition talks about whose stories of exhibition are actually being told. one artist created a magnificent sculpture that sits right in the center of the exhibition. >> these pieces are the physical manifestation of a narrative of a child in memory. an important family friend give us a dining table, very important, and we are excited about it. my little brother and i were 11, 14. we were realizing that they were kind of hand prints everywhere

on the bottom where no one would really see, and it became this kind of a weakening of what child labor is. it was almost like an exercise to show a stranger that feeling we had at that moment. >> the second thing the exhibition covers is how the allocation is defined, a great example on the theme, sculpture called mexicali culture. another bay area artist who has done residencies in china and also to what, mexico. where immigrant communities really helped define how businesses look of a business' sign age and interior decoration, her sculptural piece kind of mismatches the two communities together, creating

this wonderful, fantastical future look at what the present is today. first topic is where we can see where the two communities are intersecting and where they start colliding. teresa fernandez did a sculptural installation, utilizing the ubiquitous blue, white, and read patterns of a rayon bag that many communities used to transport laundry and laundromats to buy groceries and such. she created a little installation kind of mucking up the interior of a household, covering up as many objects that are familiar to the i and the fabric. fourth area of investigation that the exhibition looks at is the larger concerns of the asian and latin communities intersecting with popular cultur one best example -- when he's exemplified is what you see when you enter into the culture.