well as the haight and market street project, second street, again, something that the community had been looking to see implemented for a number of years. this is not about picking one product over another. however, i do think there is a contract, if you will, between public agencies and the public. when the public is promised something, such as pedestrian safety, walk ability improvements, that those improvements are made. i want to emphasize it is important. we realize we are where we are. this transfer has to be made, but it is important that the city deliver for the residents along the second street corridor and the ring conde, south beach, mission bay, down town neighborhoods.

commisioner wiener: thank you. are there any other additional public comment jurors? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, is there any final discussion around item 2? seeing none -- supervisor kim. commissioner kim: i appreciate the efforts of everyone has made to come together on the second street corridor. still unsure how this happened, the communication breakdown. i have long been concerned about pedestrian safety management, especially under multiple developments -- departments. i hope we can work better to make these products move forward. i appreciate the earnestness of many individuals committed to this project on the work they have done. i understand the delays. we cannot expect everything, the

community to love all our work, but our office is happy to engage on those issues. we will probably doing more regular check-ins on a variety of these projects. i did have an opportunity -- it is hard to be angry on and a such as today. we had an important victory over the decision over proposition 8. i just want to congratulate our city and community over that. i am looking forward to the reprogramming of these funds. cesar chavez and the markets/ haight street transfer is important, and happy to move this forward. commisioner wiener: see no other names on the roster, please call role. -- roll. >> [roll call]

the item passes. commisioner wiener: my apologies. i did not ask for a second. could we move without objection, rescind that boat? without objection. -- vote? commissioner kim has made a motion. , 2nd by david chiu. please call the roll. -- second by david chiu. >> [roll call] commisioner wiener: the item passes. -- >> the item passes.

commisioner wiener: introduction of new items. are there any items? is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. item four, general public comment. anything within the jurisdiction of the transportation authority. is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. are there any other items on the agenda? we are concerneadjourned.

>> feel like it really is a community. they are not the same thing, but it really does feel like there's that kind of a five. everybody is there to enjoy a literary reading. >> the best lit in san francisco. friendly, free, and you might get fed. ♪ [applause] >> this san francisco ryther created the radar reading series in 2003. she was inspired when she first moved to this city in the early 1990's and discover the wild west atmosphere of open mi it's ic in the mission. >> although there were these open mics every night of the week, they were super macho.

people writing poems about being jerks. beatty their chest onstage. >> she was energized by the scene and proved up with other girls who wanted their voices to be heard. touring the country and sharing gen-x 7 as a. her mainstream reputation grew with her novel. theses san francisco public library took notice and asked her if she would begin carrying a monthly reading series based on her community. >> a lot of the raiders that i work with our like underground writers. they're just coming at publishing and at being a writer from this underground way. coming in to the library is

awesome. very good for the library to show this writing community that they are welcome. at first, people were like, you want me to read at the library, really? things like that. >> as a documentary, there are interviews -- [inaudible] >> radar readings are focused on clear culture. strayed all others might write about gay authors. gay authors might write about universal experiences. the host creates a welcoming environment for everybody. there is no cultural barrier to entry. >> the demographic of people who come will match the demographic of the reader. it is very simple. if we want more people of color, you book more people of color. you want more women, your book more women. kind of like that.

it gets mixed up a little bit. in general, we kind of have a core group of people who come every month. their ages and very. we definitely have some folks who are straight. >> the loyal audience has allowed michelle to take more chances with the monthly lineup. established authors bring in an older audience. younker authors bring in their friends from the community who might be bringing in an older author. >> raider has provided a stage for more than 400 writers. it ranges from fiction to academics stories to academic stories this service the underground of queer fell, history, or culture.

>> and there are so many different literary circles in san francisco. i have been programming this reading series for nine years. and i still have a huge list on my computer of people i need to carry into this. >> the supportive audience has allowed michele to try new experiment this year, the radar book club. a deep explorationer of a single work. after the talk, she bounces on stage to jump-start the q&a. less charlie rose and more carson daly. >> san francisco is consistently ranked as one of the most literate cities in the united states. multiple reading events are happening every night of the year, competing against a big names like city arts and lectures. radar was voted the winner of

these san francisco contest. after two decades of working for free, michelle is able to make radar her full-time job. >> i am a right to myself, but i feel like my work in this world is eagerly to bring writers together and to produce literary events. if i was only doing my own work, i would not be happy. it is, like throwing a party or a dinner party. i can match that person with that person. it is really fun for me. it is nerve wracking during the actual readings. i hope everyone is good. i hope the audience likes them. i hope everybody shows up. but everything works out. at the end of the reading, everyone is happy. ♪

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.

>> welcome to the regular meeting of the government bought it and oversight committee. how want to thank the clerk of the board and the members of sfgtv. >> please be sure to silence cellular-phone and devices. atoms act upon it will appear on the february 20 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. hearing to examine the proposed community choice ever -- aggregation with shell as well

as the appropriations startup costs. >> and members of the public, we will be postponing this hearing. we will have a number of reports coming out. we thought we will have them before today, but we don't. can i interject a motion to postpone and continue to the call of the chair? first, can we take public comment? >> good afternoon, my name is douglas yeap. in regard to item number one, i am kind of surprised it is being heard in this committee. that is just my opinion. the second thing that i would like to say about this committee

hearing is that i am kind of surprised that based on the last gao committee group, there was only one item scheduled for today. in regards to gao, i feel like this is an important committee in the past, it seems like it has been under-utilized by city hall. i feel like this would be a change to continue the president of the last gao committee. i would like to mention one thing that this committee should keep in mind as it proceeds on this year. first, obstruction of justice. second, dereliction of duty. third, abuse of power under the color of authority. i say that just for the record. i also feel that hopefully, it