of talking to your neighbors when you are doing a project. if your neighbor is doing a project, talk to them and make sure you are clear of all the issues. i am not suggesting efforts were not made to do that. thank you. >> on that motion from commissioner fung. president garcia: aye. commissioner hwang: aye. commissioner hillis: aye. >> the vote is 4-0. the permit is upheld with that condition and that finding. thank you.

director kim: hello and welcome to the transbay joint powers authority meeting. please call world. >> prior taking roll, i would like to note that director metcalf had a conflict and will not be present today. madame chair, you do have a quorum. director kim: thank you. please call item 3. >> item 3 is communications.

i did want to announce that item 7 on the regular calendar will be considered at a future meeting. director kim: thank you. item four. >> board of directors new or old business. director kim: seeing none, item five. >> item 5 is the executive director's report. >> [inaudible] on the design side, we are on schedule with our construction documents. i will ask now for steve to give the presentation on the bulk of the work we're working on now which is construction. thank you. >> good morning, directors. providing construction management oversight. we had a great amount of progress out in the field, really starting to transition

into the excavation process. this again is the time line on the main work that is going on right now, which is the buttress, shoring, and excavation package. as we sit here in february 2012, the pre-trenching a running entire course is complete. it has been for a while. the shoring all work is essentially complete with the street crossings -- the shoring wall work. the next major change in the site will be the continuing excavation and implementation of the traffic bridges at first street, and then fremont and beale street to follow later in the year. we've had over 200,000 kraft hours on the project to date. there were no incidents or injuries. we are following a great safety

record. this slide gives you some idea of what is going on right now. there is a little bit of existing transbay terminal demolition left to do along first street. they cannot take that out until they put in the traffic bridge and start the excavation at that end, but essentially, the underground foundations are completely gone now that were left over from the earlier transbay terminal, and we are well into the level of excavation. the buttress work continues. but you haven't -- to give you an idea of how the site has changed a little bit, it is hard each month to see a lot of noticeable change on the overhead from the buttress, but we are moving along. we have completed as of+ last week 40 buttress shafts. the work continues this week on new shafts with 167 remaining.

some highlights of the buttress work -- in the picture on the upper left, you can see some of the sound and attenuation in the material we have put up to try to cut down on the noise. the rest of the site is progressing into the excavation phase, as you can see in the far west end of the project. the difference between where we were at the end of december and now where we are at the end of january with the excavation. specifically, we are down to the first layer, so the next step is to install the first of four or five layers of horizontal bracing across the entire lot. they are prepping for that. they were removing some existing woodpiles that previously supported the former transit center in preparation for installing the pin piles that will support their work

trestle, which is a 30-wide trestle that runs the length of the project, where they will continue the excavation from. here's the beginning of the cross lot bracing in the far west end. archaeology continues in that zone. they continue to find additional items, and they are working closely with the excavating contractor and rescuing all the material they can find. the remaining utility relocation is the of sillery water system -- auxiliary water system, primarily on mission street. they continue to do puddling. the amount of materials in the area have required them to do a lot of exploratory work and some redesign on this, but thh well under way, and we expect work to get started shortly.

then it -- there is an example of some of the part: that was then. the phase two pg&e infrastructure continues now on fremont street in preparation for the final cut overs so that the traffic bridges can be installed. speaking of traffic bridges, that is the next major activity out on-site in addition to the continuation of the excavation and buttress work. beginning in march, there will be some intermittently in closures on first street -- intermittent rain closures on first street. then, on memorial day weekend, a prefabricated bridge will be set in place of first street over a closure for that three-day weekend. a lot of preparation goes into that, including completing the small pieces of the cds and shoring wall, as well as a structure that attaches to that area, and then the placement of the traffic bridge.

then, the future traffic bridges are scheduled to go in on the long labor day weekend for fremont street and the veterans day in november. when the bridges are in place, this will be the access to the area. there will be three lanes of traffic on each of the bridges and one pedestrian walkway on each bridge. to continue to keep you up-to- date, the construction budget remains the same. this comes out of the report that is provided to the board each month and, again, focus on the schedule right now, the critical passage running through the excavation and buttress work is indicated on the summary schedule. as i said, 210,000 kraft hours to date with about 139,000 of

those or 66%, being part of the local area. here's the breakdown on that. it is pretty much continuing the trend along the same lines as we have seen before. i would be happy to answer any questions. director kim: directors, and the questions? i did have one question about first street. so there's going to be a bridge that private vehicles can continue to use, or is this just for construction vehicles? >> in the east-west direction, there will be what they call the access trestle bridge about 30 feet wide, and it will go in in pieces. a crane and other equipment will be able to fit on it to continue the excavation because of the deaths and the number of cross braces making it impossible to drive the truck into the hole -- because of the debt -- because of the depth.

the first street, fremont street, and beale street bridges are for the general public, for the traffic to keep those streets open throughout the remainder of the construction. director kim: so members of the public will be able to continue using the streets? >> absolutely, with the example -- with the exception of the shutdowns. anything else? thank you very much. >> one other thing, directors, i did want to report that we are in the process of setting up our upjac meetings. i will be bringing the board the quarterly report, as promised, to let you know how we are doing. to date, we have been working closely with the carpenters on john o'connell. we are working on turner, and

there's a donation as well for the school. we will be bringing a more full report after our first meeting in march next month. thank you. that concludes my report. director kim: thank you. could we please call item 6, public comment? >> yes, public comment is an opportunity for members of the public to address the authority on matters that are not on today's calendar. we do have a speaker card. director kim: thank you. if there are other members of the public that want to speak, please line up. >> good morning, board. my name is gilbert. i work for the carpenters' union. but a carpenter for 33 years. i also went to john o'connell. you're sort a graduate -- i am a graduate of john o'connell. i want to let you know we're working very closely with john o'connell as far as keeping them in the loop in training their

students to possibly come to the carpenters' union or some of the other unions that exists here in san francisco. we have been also working with dust. maria mentioned that we donated books to the class for the future, all donated by local 22, so we are very happy we are working together with john o'connell, because as you know, it is a trade school. when they got rebuilt, they took all the trades out of it, and now, it is more of a technical school. it is good, but we see there is a need to train our kids for the future, to help the demand of all the work here in san francisco. i am very happy to say we donated the books. webcor also has donated some tools. i think we are waiting for turner and some other companies to donate tools, so that is a good thing. also, i volunteered as a

teacher. anything we can do to help, we are happy to work with them on that. in ending, i just wanted to say that we look forward to working with john o'connell in the future and providing apprentices and carpenters for the future of san francisco. thank you very much. director kim: thank you. is there any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is now closed. >> with that, we can go ahead and hear the regular calendar, which now only consists of the minutes of the january 12 meeting. director kim: thank you. is there a motion on item 8? we have a motion to approve the minutes for the january 12, 2012 meeting and a second. >> no members of the public have indicated they want to comment on that item. with that, all in favor? >> aye. >> any oppose?

we will go ahead and reflect that the minutes have been approved. that does in your regular calendar. at this time, you are scheduled to go into closed session. i have not received any indication that any members of the public wish to address you on the items listed, but they have an opportunity to do so now. director kim: if any members of the public would like to speak on our close session item? seeing none, we will now recessed into closed session. if we could just ask members of supervisor kim: we are now back in session. >> regarding the portion of parcels, the tpnja board

unanimously authorized the agreement with hines. >> that does conclude your agenda for the day. supervisor kim: cnn, we are adjourned. -- seeing none.

collects hello, i am director of the city human services agency. we're here today to celebrate an effort that began in 2009 with the passage of the stimulus act by congress has introduced by the president. one of the components of that act was a robust says -- subsidized employment program that we call san francisco jobs now. through that effort, over 17 months, we employ over 4,000 san franciscans and put a lot of people back to work for the first time in a long time. when that expired at the federal level, because we had such success, we continue the program, thanks to the leadership of mayor lee, former mayor newsom. we put some local money in, combined with some state and federal dollars, to put almost

800 people to work through this current program adoration, helping support businesses like the one we're at today. we're here to celebrate our achievements and to demonstrate that job programs like these work. they work for local businesses. they work for folks who have not been in the work force for a long time. we are honored today, a very important man from washington, d.c., is here to celebrate with us. george shelgren, acting administrator for children and families for hhs. he is out here to talk a bit about the program and the federal perspective as well. before i introduce him, i would like to introduce mayor lee, who has been a steadfast supporter of jobs now, both with the private sector initiatives, like the ones we're showing today, on the public's eye through clean streets and clean parks, and the non-profit sector. i will turn it over to mayor lee for a few marks, and then

over to george. >> thank you. as all of you know, the mayor of san fran, i never get tired of talking about jobs, because there is so much of and need. also, there is that theme which can instantly get you into people's lives and talk about how a dog can transform their lives in such positive ways. -- how i job and transform their lives in such positive ways. the word job can be stale if you do not get to the real lives of people and things that happen. we were talking about how this corner was even physically transformed because of this pastry shop that has enlivened it from kind of a dead area that was challenged by other challenging things to one now that is much more beaming with business and people wanting to do things that are positive. when the federal government did our monies back some years ago

and they were test casing all jurisdictions across the country as to who would kind of create models that would be sustainable, i think they were talking about san francisco. because years later, when those monies are not necessarily available, we had the third or fourth iteration of that jobs now program with local funds, because we believe in those goals. it was a chance to use the federal money in the right way. we have done that with the great support of not only our local human services agency and leadership there but through the human services agency that herb schulz has been a great leader in. and we get to show off with mr. sheldon's visit here. he will see this as one of the many examples of how we use the funds to stimulate our economy, but also how we have transformed the individual lives. we have people who really did not have the skill sets,

wondering whether or not they would be able to use the opportunity to gain job skills that would sustain them, whether they wanted to get more education or create more education opportunities that led to a career. you will be able to visit some of those individuals that are working right here today. you cannot escape them because they have such big windows. you have to see them working. no breaks here, but they're working because they are building these skills that have been interest in. and these skills will lead them to a great many opportunities that are forthcoming. that is exactly what the administration, the federal government wished it to happen. this is what we are actually doing. this is what our small-business advocates, like stoccott halgie for many years have been saying, to increase small businesses like this, and then to activate

areas that have been dead in because of lack of activity. then awaken individuals, those with challenges in their life with economics that would not have had that chance. now they have that chance. individuals working here are taking every opportunity to not squander that great gift that we are getting. and then changing their lives as they are coming forth. this is the great story of america. this is where we meet federal goals with local goals, and this is where we implement those promises to everybody that we oftentimes say in words we want to promise you something, but sometimes we cannot deliver. i think this program is delivering but it is making a difference. i am eager, not only to come here to see a good friend again and our agencies, but i am also here to eat the cupcakes. [laughter] thank you. [applause] >> thank you. i had the opportunity to meet

mr. sheldon a year or so ago. he came on to the job and was speaking with staff. we were talking about employment programs and innovative models to get families back into the workforce. his staff recommended, among other cities, him to come to san francisco. myself and my staff put together this program, and we were very honored. we certainly did our best to show off our program a year ago. we are really pleased that he has chosen to come back to see the progress we have made, despite the unfortunate loss of the federal money. but within the context of our existing welfare to work program and with the commitment of local dollars. i am really happy to be at a work site and have mr. sheldon here to meet participants of the program and employers.

>> thank you. mr. mayor, thank you. you know, if you look back over the last three years, the recovery and reinvestment act did a substantial amount to begin to stimulate the economy. and these subsidized employment program of that was a big piece. and when i came to san francisco and to your center and saw employee years who were the most enthusiastic about it, i remember talking to one employer there who was a manager of an architecture firm. she said, if i have a choice between spending a lot of time going over 700 resumes or i could go to is a living knows what they're doing to find qualified people, what is the decision? it pointed out how important this program as.

i have to compliment san francisco. frankly, i think a lot of these cities around the country can learn a lot from san francisco. because what you did with those federal dollars expired is san francisco said we're going to keep this going, because it works. and this pastry covered that we're at today is really an example of that. they have employed, so far, three individuals who this was an opportunity to turn their life around. and you can tell if you talk to them, how excited they are about their work. and it is not just that it is important to put them back to work so that they could put a roof over their heads and educate their children and put it on the table. it is about the confidence that it builds in those individuals, that self respect. if you look back a decade ago and you ask people, what is

your most important asset? they would probably have said their house. today, they would say their job. and that is the reason the president is so committed to the american jobs that, to really getting america back to work. and he has laid out, in the state of the union, and i think many of you heard that, the four pillars of doing that. rebuilding american manufacturing. rebuilding american energy. restoring american values. and really utilizing american skills. and we're still the hardest working people probably on the planet. we get knocked down, and every time, we say we're going to get back up and do something about it. and if you look at the last seven months, a lot of positive things that happen. surely we are not coming out of

this recession as fast as we would like to, but for seven months we have had a positive job growth. and you have seen economic growth that is beginning to occur. and of the american public is beginning to have their confidence in the economy restored. there is a lot of pent up capital, over $1.50 trillion of pent-up capital that american business has not invested. and the key part of that is restoring your confidence. what san francisco is doing, i think is a step in that direction. and you will be seeing the president's budget coming out shortly. and i think it is a blueprint in terms of how we go from here. i just talked to another individual that i would like to highlight. benito delgado olsen, i believe, who is doing a program here to connect kids with dental care and also provide school

supplies. for a lot of kids, those are important components. but what he did is he decided to buy his school supplies in this country and identified a union shop out of newark and got a good deal for about 150,000 schoolbags, i believe. but what that did for that plant in newark, it allowed them through the jobs now program to 87hire chris. it leverage is everything else we do. i am an optimist about the future of this country. hubert humphrey used to say that he was an optimist because he looked out in the field of pessimism and there was too much competition. [laughter] but i think we have a lot to be optimistic about. when we met in san francisco recently, i really wanted to

come back, because what you have done here is probably more than most cities in the country, and i invite you to continue to push washington. because what you have done is you have continued to raise this issue, and i think that will kind of give us the ammunition to move the program forward. i also want to recognize the employer here, because we get a lot of credit to employees for working hard and doing their job, but it really is employers, small businesses that are going to turn this around. and you articulated it. what they have done here in bringing this shop, opening this shot up here, helping to rejuvenate a community, but also to provide some pretty damn impressive pastry in the process. i am glad to be here, and i hope i am glad to be here, and i hope to be invited back at some