>> in this fabulously beautiful persidio national park and near golden gate and running like a scar is this ugly highway. that was built in 1936 at the same time as the bridge and at that time the presidio was an army and they didn't want civilians on their turf.

and the road was built high. >> we need access and you have a 70 year-old facility that's inadequate for today's transportation needs. and in addition to that, you have the problem that it wasn't for site extenders. >> the rating for the high viaduct is a higher rating than that collapsed. and it was sapped quite a while before used and it was rusty before installed. >> a state highway through a federal national park connecting an independently managed bridge to city streets. this is a prescription for complication.

>> it became clear unless there was one catalyst organization that took it on as a challenge, it wouldn't happen and we did that and for people to advocate. and the project has a structural rating of 2 out of 100. >> you can see the rusting reinforcing in the concrete when you look at the edges now. the deck has steel reinforcing that's corroded and lost 2/3's of its strength. >> this was accelerated in 1989 when the earthquake hit and cal came in and strengthened but can't bring to standards. to fix this road will cost more

than to replace. and for the last 18 years, we have been working on a design to replace the road way, but to do in a way that makes it appropriate to be in a national park and not army post. >> i would say it's one of the most ugly structure, and it's a barrier between the mar sh and presidio. and this is a place and i brought my dogs and grandchildren and had a picnic lunch and it was memorable to use them when we come here. what would it look like when the design and development is completed. and we are not sure we want an

eight lane highway going through this town. and it's a beautiful area in a national seaport area on the planet. >> the road is going to be so different. it's really a park way, and it's a parkway through the national park. and they make the road disapeer to the national park. >> and the road is about 20 feet lower, normally midday, you go through it in two minutes. looking back from the golden gate bridge to presidio, you are more aware of the park land and less of the roads. and the viaduct will parallel the existing one and to the south and can be built while

the existing one remains in operation. and the two bridges there with open space between them and your views constantly change and not aware of the traffic in the opposite direction and notice the views more. and the lanes of course are a foot wider than they are today. and they will be shoulders and if your car is disabled, you can pull off to the edge. and the next area, the tunnel portal will have a view centered on the palace of fine arts and as you come out, you can see alkatrez island and bay. and the next area is about 1,000 feet long. and when you come into one, you can see through the other end. it's almost like driving through a building than

through a tunnel. and noise from the roadway will be sheltered. and the traffic will be out of view. >> when you come out of the last sort tunnel and as you look forward, you see the golden dome of the palace of fine arts and what more perfect way to come to san francisco through that gateway. >> it will be an amazing transformation. now you read it as one section, the road is a major barrier and then a wonderful strip along the water. all of those things are going to mesh together. >> right now the road really cuts off this area from public access. and with the new road, we will be able to open up the opportunity in a new way. >> this bunker that we see now

is out of access for the general public. we are excited to completely rework this side and to open up the magnificent views. and what we want to do is add to this wonderful amenity and restore this coastal bluff area and respect its military history and the doyle drive project is allowing us to do that recorrection. and this area is not splintered off. >> and we can see how dramatic a change it will be when doyle drive is suppressd and you have a cover that connects the cemetery to this project. it's historic on the statewide

and national basis, but you could rush the project or put thought and time to create something of lasting public benefit. >> we really want this, for everyone to feel like it's a win situation. whether you are a neighbor that lives nearby or a commuter or user of the park. that everyone will experience a much better situation than they currently have. >> the human interest to me is how people could work out so many challenging differences to come to a design that we believe will give us a jewel. landmark of a place. >> i am sure it will have refining effect like embark did. and there were people about that and no one would think of that today. and when you look at growth and

transformation of the embark, the same with doyle. it will be a cherished part of the city and a worthy addition to what is there. >> it will be a safe and beautiful entrance to a spectacular beautiful city. it will be the entry to golden gate that san francisco deserves.

>> good morning, and welcome to the transbay joint powers authority meeting for thursday, december 8. >> i would like to know the directors have conflict that will not be present. with that, director lloyd. boyd present. metcalf present. -- lloyd. madam chair, you do have a quorum. supervisor kim: item number three, communications. >> item four? >> good morning, directors and members of the public. today is our last meeting of the year. i have to say we are ending on a very good note having accomplished a number of milestones.

over 55,000 hours of layer without any injuries or issues. having started construction of the new facility. i would like to take the opportunity to thank all of our staff, consultants, contractors, and the men and women who work so hard on our construction site for all of their heart and good work this year. i would like to remind everyone that at 1:00 today, john o'connell high school is having the ribbon cutting ceremony. i will be there and other members will be there. we're very excited about that. i would like to also mention that as part of my report, i would like to have the san francisco redevelopment agency, might gristle, given update to the board on the most recent bid we received on one of our parcels. as you know, the state department of transportation transferred 12 acres to the city

of san francisco for the purpose of developing and using the proceeds to fund the new transit center. most recently the redevelopment agency put out a bid for block 6 and 7, and it was very successful. i will have mike report on that. >> thank you, and good morning, directors. and i am senior product manager of the redevelopment agency. as maria said, we issued and rfp for two of the parcels i will show on this map here. block 6 and 7 of the transbay redevelopment project area. they are right here. block six and walked seven. -- block 7. these of the first market rate developments we are proceeding with on folsom streets.

it is a very large site. a total of 550 element units. included among that are 136 agenciey-subsidize affordable units. in addition to the proceeds from the land, we have another requirement from the state that we have to build 35% of the units affordable housing. these blocks here are all going to have a significant affordable housing component, but most importantly the goal is to generate the most money that we can from the market rate component of all of these parcels. each parcel has a distinct market rate project and affordable project. they are financially set -- separate. we have a market rate project consists of 300 ft residential tower, and a bank of town houses along a new clementine tha stre

the highest purchase price for that market rate component, as well as a proposal for the affordable component of the project. as maria said, we issued an rfp back in july. i want to thank the staff for their cooperation on that. we received proposals back in october, and this past tuesday of this week, the redevelopment commission approved the selection panel recommendation of a team of collop realistic corp. and mercy california to proceed with negotiations for them to develop the site. the main factor in this election was their purchase offer. they offered a price of $30 million for this. this is a great offer. let me give you background on how we got there.

first of all, we issued an rfp's about three years ago for a different parcel. that was back in 2008. we had to suspend the rfp because market conditions were so terrible and offers we got we felt were not worth pursuing. fast forward to 2011. we issued an rfp with a minimum price of $18 million. that was higher than any of offers we received on block 8, even though block 8 was the site that was much larger in terms of the market rate portion them walked six and seven. there would have been more units possible, but the market trips were so bad and offers were so low, i think we made the right decision. we get where we are today that not only did we achieve the minimum price, but far exceeded that with the purchase offer of

$30 million. the list to say, we were very pleased with that offer. the call-up team submitted a very ambitious and exciting proposal. i've brought images of that here. you can see the 300 foot tower. just briefly the features it includes our sky gardens, a very innovative site plan with a lot of through access of the sals oo clementina street. a lot of great features of this project. we are obviously still in the conceptual stage, so there will be a long detailed review time before the project is ultimately reviewed by the redevelopment commission, but we're excited about this put in a lot of work

to their proposals. these were giant documents that required a lot of time and investment, and we're very thankful to the teams that submitted. the call-up team proposal ended up getting the most points. -- gollup team proposal ended up getting the most points. these are on several podium buildings, as well as the buildings on block 7 north of where the tower is. the agency will be subsidizing those units, in part with the housing set aside from the tax increment that is generated by the parcels that are also generating revenue. mercy housing is developing that. and they came in with also a very excellent plan, and the goal was to minimize the affordable housing subsidy the agency would have to provide.

in this case they requested a subsidy of $186,000 per unit. just wrapping up, the team for the proposal is to local firms. solomon, court well, and santos press thought. mercy housing is a local housing developer that i am sure you are familiar with. -- sanots presscott. they have experience in europe. this would be their first san francisco project. they have committed to having local staff working full-time on the project, but it is also exciting that we have attracted new investment to san francisco, but obviously the most important thing we have emphasized is they need to have as much local participation and local members of the team as possible, and they have done that. all the other members of the team are local and they will

have a permanent presence in san francisco as a result of the project. with that, we will proceed with negotiating an ena, we will take to the redevelopment theme early next year. as you are aware, this approval is contingent upon a supreme court decision, which will be coming down soon about the future of redevelopment agencies. depending on what the supreme court decision is, it might affecting -- might affect the timing of the ena. this is for what might happen if the redevelopment agency is not able to enter into one. the city of san francisco will work closely. we wanted to make sure the election of this developer was completed before the supreme court decision came down so that whenever agency takes over process will at least have the

devil -- developer selected in can proceed to negotiations. -- and can proceed to negotiations. i think that is it. again, we are excited about the proposal. we also have members of the team. if you could stand up, gentlemen. that concludes my update. supervisor kim: thank you. any questions on that? >> i just want to commend you guys on the market timing decision you made. that took a lot of courage to say no to the previous round of bids. you have really helped this project get the money it needs by making that decision. the project looks great. could not be happier. supervisor kim: any other

questions or comments? >> how many parcels to we have for the transbay redevelopment area? >> let's put that back up again. all of the number of parcels that you see here, block 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. there is one more off the map here. about 12 he parcels and what we call zone 1. -- 12 parcels in what we call zone 1. there is also a surplus site that is freed up by the new configuration of the transbay transit center reappear yet up to 13 sites we will be rid of -- we developing over the next 13 years. supervisor kim: how many of those have been bid out? >> 6, 7, and 11.

in block 11 is 100% affordable project. it is affordable housing for formerly homeless. supervisor kim: congratulations again on the bid. it is nice to see we reduce so well in this market. and i do continue to look for project sponsors that are here locally in san francisco and hope we can continue to try to work on that for future parcels. >> would like to have sarah report on the quarterly financials. >> good morning, directors periods their agi. sarah gillete. the first fiscal year, everything is in budget and expenditures are in line with where you would expect them to

be through first quarter. the second report is the status of the contracts, and i would like to note a couple of our contractors that are doing very well on the participation exceeding any goals they have in the contracts or targets they have in the contracts. the program management consultant is up 44% participation. the architect and engineer on the bus storage facility is that 23 percent signed, where as the goal was only 16%. -- 23%, where aeas the goal was only 16%. take a they have consistently been well over the target, which is 20%. you can see of the report they are at 29% participation. the third report is the investment and earnings report. it shows the cash balance at the end of the quarter and small

amount of investment earnings. the third report is the revenues and expenditures for the life of the program. i am happy to answer any questions. supervisor kim: questions? before we have the ark of jollity presentation -- archeology presentation, i want to say it has been very well attended. we're very excited about it. i have seen a number other articles pop up on the east coast about their own archaeology sites. with that, i would like to have a briefing on the site. >> good morning, directors. >> i go back to the previous speaker? >> director ortiz has a question

for sarah. director ortiz: what happens when they have not accomplished anything? like the transportation group had 30 percent signed, and nothing has been -- >> the advisory has been 30 percent signed, and right now they are at 0 because they're not setting out any work. they're just supporting the design team with the train box extension, so there is not any work for them to do right now, but their term is continuing through 2014. so as additional funding is identified to move forward with phase two and they become more engaged, that some consultants -- then this up consultants will move forward. director ortiz: you put pressure

on the advisory? >> there are not any [inaudible] we of course let them know this is important to us. supervisor kim: paul, please. thank you. >> good morning again. i was just asked to give a brief overview of the archaeology program that we have undertaken for the new transit center. the first one is determining where we were going to do archaeology. we start with the geotechnical area that shows basically the area underneath. there are three areas we're

particularly interested in. one is the top of the sand formation. that is the orange band. that was ground surface during the ice age, which is when people first entered the area, then there it is the dune sand, which is near the top here. it is the orange color. that was the sand dunes that surrounded san francisco bay during the time of the native american occupation. above that there is a layer filled, which is hard to see on the top layer, and that is the time. of the historic occupation when the inland sand dunes were basically leveled in sand was

used to fill the towards the bay area for occupation in the 19th century. so we have these three zones of interest that are under the terminal. then we used records of existing sites, known pre-historic sites to areas where there may be fines within the area of the project -- finds within the area of the project, which in this case there were not. in this case there are some sites neighboring near the coast, and that means there may be other within the transit center area. we basically use of predictive model to identify where we need to look. we dead use historical maps. here you see the 1853 coast

survey showing a good part of the project area is in the way in a cove -- buena cove. they were all under water during the gold rush. that means the areas where we might find ships that were abandoned during the gold rush comment on bond -- on the end blocks, and this is our number if system, block 10 the main part of the current construction areas, you can see a number of dwellings through that area. these are the things we know to look for. we also use historic photographs come in here is one looking towards the area at the edge of the bay. block 11 is under water and the whole bunch of ships out there. these are shick