i kind of make them feel what i want them to feel. there is nobody in that audience or anywhere that is not going to know that particular song by the fourth note. and that is our encore on tour. by the way. i am proud to play it, we are from san francisco. we are going to play that piece no matter where we are.

>> good morning and welcome to the transbay joint powers authority meeting -- special meeting for may 20. my name is jane kim and i will be chairing the meeting. could we take roll call. >> director harper. >> present. >> director lied. >> present. >> director metcalf. >> director sart art. >> present. >> and chair kim. >> here. >> kim present as well. madam chair you do have a quorum. >> thank you. are there communications from the board today? seeing none any old or new business? seeing none we

move on to executive director's report. >> good morning directors, members of the public. as you know we put out our seal bid that can be broken up into three packages recently and bids are due june 20 and after that he we expect to bring a board for your consideration to the july board meeting in order to stay on schedule so that's really the main item right now in addition to the 100% cd's minus the it component us due at the end of may and that is on back to be delivered to us and we will review that with our team members and turn the package over to webcor by the end of the year at the latest and i will have steve give your construction update. >> good morning directors. steve rule with turner

construction providing cmo services to the tjpa. the last month has been another good -- make good progress overall on the project and again no injuries or osha reportable accidents. we had one near miss accident involving a crane losing some sort of loss of power in the lifting and a piece of equipment falling back into the hole. no significant damage to the equipment and no injuries whatsoever. they were following all of the appropriate procedures keeping the hoisting area clear so there were no injuries and work is continuing in the area. the excavation is about 72% complete overall and the micro-piles are 50% complete and zone one and 50% overall. the demolition

continues in zone four as they start to work on actually demolishing the tops of the shafts and continue to work on finishing up the quality assurance coring of the piles. the geothermal installation started in earnest in last period with two sections installed and tested and covered up in prepareeration for of the mud slap and the water work continues along mission street particularly in the intersections at second and first street to finish those areas up. again the awss and a replacement or increase in size of the existing system which leads getting back into the other utilities around that one and that is slowing the process down a little lit but all of the other utilities are cooperating in moving their materials around in the layout. we will see the

completion of the micro-piles within 90 days and zones in one and two, but more significantly what we should see is the first foundation pour, the first map slap poured in zone one should occur in july. you will start seeing the reinforcing steel and the waterproofing. we first do a waterproofing layer and the protection and the reinforcing steel and the first pour should occur in july. overall all the timeline continues to zero in on the 2017 october date of operations with the below grade work starting up. super structure as the executive director mentioned we put the steel package out to bid. that will get that moving along. the exteriors and so on through the finishes. some milestone dates that we're tracking and continue to show you as they change or

improve. of course the final traffic bridge was installed in april and with some float left over. some of the other items the first map pour is on track in zone one completing the excavation in first quart of 2014 is still on track and so on through the activities. the bse timeline getting towards the end of that with the completion of the traffic binge bridges and the excavation is 70% complete on. >> >> and on track for the beginning of 2014. as we go into the below grade work and up through the lower concourse and the horizontal land improving and the foundation walls and slap and box walls and we're in

the beginning here with the and i will show you pictures and this will allow them to move into that waterproofing. the excavation status i know it's difficult to read, but it has the micro-piles which are in red if they're not completed and grayed out if completed. on the lower left hand side those are where the must be slabs are pored and turned over for the below grade work. the areas in the upper left hand corner is the next mud slap pours and that will be turned over to them by line five or six. give them about six bays to work on the first foundation pour. just some progress photos. again since everything is down below the level of the street it's

hard to tell that significant progress has been made but can you tell from the shadows the excavation is deeper than the previous month. here is the micro pile account and with all of these piles installed. almost completely tested in zone one. we are completely installed in zone one. to date we haven't had failures of the micro-piles and the graph from before and they're staying on schedule and not indicating any problems with maintaining that schedule and keeping up what is required for the below package to proceed. so those are shots of the micro-pile work in zones one and 2p and as i mentioned the geothermal got started in earnest this period. it's

about two or 3 feet below the surface what would be eventually covered by the mud or protection slap and you see the header system where all the pipes go into and eventually up the wall and used later in the project tied into the full circulation system of the cooling and heating water. i will give you some other ideas of the geothermal and of course once they're pressure tested and signed off the area is covered up again and prepared for the mud slab pour which in this area will be this friday. waterproofing mock up was completed. it subsequently developed some good questions and collaboration with the design team to make sure all of the waterproofing issues are covered and that mock up came

down and they'll begin shortly. some of the other waterproofing activities at the base of each of the micro-piles it has to get waterproofed. that's the small area that look like reinforcing bars sticking up. those are the micro-piles and in the lower right hand corner they're mocking up the column protection. those columns are supporting the trussel or supporting the bracing and thigh all need to be in caseed in a steel jacket so they can be cut off at a later date when the trussel or bracing is no longer required and that area can be sealed up and waterproofed as well. as you can imagine that all gets covered up by the foundation slab that is 5 feet thick. some more shots of the mud slab going in. that's on the south side of the train box at the west end. excavation

proceeding in zones two and three. zone four again all the water -- all the water treatment plant equipment has been removed. the trestle bridge is started. as of last friday was completed with all the deck cover laid out. they still have welding and work to do underneath, so work is progressing significantly in zone four as well. shots of the work going on in zone four. and of course i mentioned the awss work continues. you can see how congested things are in trying to build the new boxes for the pipe and work around the other utilities. this work was taken place at mission and first street. we still running overall the 63% mark on local labor. there are the break downs through the end of april,

and as far as trade break downs also through the end of april 1300 unique individuals having recorded time on the project. and again this is just the transit center work and the utilities work. it doesn't include the previous demolition or the temporary terminal work. are there any questions? >> director harper. >> yeah. a couple. do you know what cause the loft of the crane power? >> >> i was told there was a hydroic system in one of the cable drums. it actually didn't free fall. it went down at a higher rate of speed but it wasn't a total loss and free fall. >> the other question i am not unfamiliar with the geothermal aspect. did we dorph that on the site? >> no, sir. good question. as

placing the pipes under ground at that level there say constant temperature in the ground and so by pumping either hot water down through this system it's cooled to that constant temperature or cold water can be -- >> it's just a heat system. >> yes. >> okay. >> basically it maintains -- we use the core temperature of the earth which is at 40 some odd degrees to heat and cool the facilities. it's one of the first facilities in the country to use geothermal pipes for that reason. it helps with the lead points. >> i was wondering what you meant with that. >> it's interesting to look at if you're ever in the neighborhood. >>i definitely want to get down there. >> any other questions? >> director reiskin. >> yeah, i mentioned i was up at a office building adjacent to the site and it was impressive

to see the magnitude of the work and you can see when you look down and how much excavation is getting done. the progress is pretty impressive. just one question on the schedule and i apologize if i asked this before. the schedule on the completion of the steel now shows september 15 which is better than the baseline schedule of november 15 and i am just wondering is that based on the current structure of the steel bids in terms when we expect to get to ntp and the duration or do we expect that to be reicized? >> good question. so the construction milestones that i just showed you that are in the update as i understand it not inclusive of any final impact we may discover with the steel bids. however, we believe that we can control that and that's what we're working on once we

get the bids back and i know webcor is working on ways to do work arounds and strategize how to increase the speed for delivering the steel. i have seen some milestones that stayed pretty darn close to where we want to be but that will be discussed i believe if not next month the july meeting when we get the results from the bid but it's our intent to minimize that as much as possible and one is the discussion of the cast nodes and later on the agenda. >> yeah director -- i asked them to look at at schedule again and revise it based on everything and give me mitigation strategies if they believe there is an intent in any area tell me where we can recover and the float that we had back and i expect to have that back by the time we bring the steel package

in july. >> okay great. thank you. >>i want to thank everyone for the good work on the construction site. we continue to have zero incidents and there are tours from high schools in the area coming into the site and learning about construction and engineering and architect and you are we will be bringing more information on that. we put out a newsletter that talked about two of the successful programs and manny says everyone he talks about we want to work on transit bay and it's the one project we want to work on and it's a testament offed good work andtur. that concludes my report. >> thank you. as the summer heats up we have interns and students coming in and maybe we could put them on the agenda for july. >> sure. i would be happy to. >> okay. now we're at public comment number six and opportunity for members of the

public to address you. >> good morning chairman and members of the board. i would like to echo the remarks i made during last week's supplemental eir scoping meeting and with the issues with sfgovtv which is not broadcasting today's meeting live. the first point i made last week is a single tree track tunnel can't be built and it's impossible to e vac vait the train. the second point there are five structures two on second treat and two on townsend and this is bizarre and the structure for the london high speed tunnels are 2 miles apart. the last point extending the platforms to other side of main

street it's impossible to do [inaudible] to the east bay at the later date. there is no improvement since november and i will touch on this again before the board adjourns to close session to discussed evaluation of the the chief executive and the transcripts of the november, december, january, and march board meetings have disappeared from sfgovtv and the presentation is missing from item number nine in the november board packet. >> thank you and our secretary wanted -- our board secretaried wanted to let you know that sfgovtv has phoned in to say that we are live. next speaker. >> good morning -- >> i am sorry. we called mr. patrick first but you can go right after him. >> hi i am jim patrick and with

patrick and company in san francisco and as a neighbor to this project. i approached this board a number of times about the west end entrance and i have a letter i would like to share to the board and i will give it to the secretary upon the completion of my presentation. i believe we can save $5 million by eliminating the west end area, the exit way to the park. $5 million is about equal to the budget for the trances bay operating budget for next year. i believe it deserves serious consideration. it will -- it's a poor design. it won't be used. it's going to be dangerous. we saw what happened to the elevator in the guy riding the bart elevateddor. it spoils the ground floor design on the west end where the traffic is coming in from the west end and it's just a plain old bad idea. i like it to be reevaluated. i approached the

board and other people about this and to date have received zero responseo i am hoping that we can get more than zero response. thank you. >> thank you mr. patrick. our next speaker -- >> would be florence kong. >> good morning directors. my name is florence kong and for the bay view and construction business. about the trans bay project we have some concern. it's about -- we noticed that the steel package is going to be rebid and sbe -- dbe [inaudible] is dropping from 23% to 12%. that means the goal is almost cut into half, and

actually we know there are many local business that they will have the ability to do this project, and we always encourage hire [inaudible] because if we can encourage more local business to participate in this project it is actually also helping the local hiring and it will bring up the local hiring goals so this is our concern and hope that directors can look into this issue. thank you. >> thank you. >> and then we have manny florez. >> good morning commissioners. manny florez local 22, the carpenters union. i want to thank director sartipi for the kind words and get the word out and speaking to middle schools and doing our part but it works both ways. i have to commend

her and her staff and the rest of them they work with us, anything that we want, we ask, we get, and one thing about maria she makes sure we're doing our job. hey, how's it going on? she does her part but it's a two way street and she wants to see this project successful and it's not easy. it's a lot of work. we hit roadblocks but we get over it and i have to tip my hat to her and her staff and they make the wheel go and i want to say thank you and pass that along. thank you very much. >> thank you manny. >> thank you mr. florez. any other speakers that would like to speak that didn't turn on a card? seeing none public comment is now closed. we now move into our special calendar and if the board is okay with this i thought we could move up

items nine and 10 first because i think they are shorter items and end with the budget. i thought we would keep the proposal after the budget since that is included in the informational budget hearing. is that okay? okay. so could we please call item nine. >> item nine is approving contract to contract no. 08-04-cmgc-000 authorizing webcor,obayashi to award to bradken, inc. cast nodes structural steel superstructure package by increasing the cost by $17,085,547.20 and increasing the authorized construction services fees by $1,401,014.87. >> director steve webcor obayashi will move the item. >> i am ready to move approval when anybody is ready. it was

a good written report. >> it was a good report. since there is a motion already i don't know if there are specific questions on this board item? okay so for the sake of the public could you do a brief summary of the item and i think we all in support of this and it's a step in the right direction. >> thank you. good morning directors. there are over 300 cast nodes required for the project as part of the steel super structure of. the perimeter consists round columns that come together in these nodes. there are custom castings specifically for the project and over 70 different configurations for the nodes with over 300 required for the project. the one foundry in the country bradken, inc. who is the largest in the country has committed pricing for the

project. they were the bidding that were used by [inaudible] when they built the project originally and as purchasing it now in the purchase order opposed to the steel package we save about eight weeks on the schedule and helps with the delays of the structure steel and we will save money from the steel bidders and i believe have more control of the nodes through the vendor working directly for tjpa. any questions? >> i think there are no questions from this board. we do have a motion and a second on this item. >> and no members of the public indicated they wanted to address you on the item. >> thank you very much. so let's take roll call on this councilmember. >> with that director harp everybody.

>> aye. >> director lloyd. >> aye. >> director metcalf. >> aye. >> director reiskin. >> aye. >> chair kim. >> aye. >> that is five aye's and the item is approved. >> thank you. go ahead and call item 10. >> approving the minutes of the april 11, 2013 and no members of the public wanted to address you on that item. >> moved. >> second. >> we have a motion and a second. >> i will do a roll call vote. director harper. >> aye. >> director lloyd. >> aye. >> director metcalf. >>ide. >> director reiskin. >> aye. >> chair kim. >> aye. >> that is five aye's and the minutes are approved. >> thank you. can we please move back to item seven. >> item seven is a presentation and public hearing for fiscal year 2013-2014 capital budget not to exceed $282,814,000 and fiscal year 2013-2014 operating

budget in an amount not to exceed $5,612,895. >> is the cfo able to report on this item? >> good morning directors. this is the presentation of a two quit million dollars capital budget and $5 million operating budget for the next year fiscallary year and it's based on the staff report if the staff approves the baseline budget increases later this year we can amend the fiscal year as needed at that time. there are only three line items that i anticipate we need to amend if the budget increases. that is construction would be the major increase. a small amount in pre-construction and small amount in the engineering and the design for the transit

center line item. i want to note that on the current budget it is as also divided into our main categories: administration, specialized and professional services and construction and line items. 88% of the budget is construction. it includes right-of-way. the line item goes up a bit this year compared to last year because we expect the eminent domain proceedings to conclude this year and small amount for others and reserves. on the revenue side we do have sufficient revenue to fund this budget. we show committed revenues that are sufficient as well as planned revenues, a small contribution expected from ac transit. we are working with funding partners to identify new revenues and we are seeking assistance to certify contracts

to continue to award contracts as the project moves forward and construction ramps up, but there are no revenue issues as far as funding the accrued expenditures that are planned for this coming fiscal year. i am happy to answer any questions rather than go through the report line item by line item. >> director reiskin. >> i just had one and had to do with the staffing line, the salary line on the capital budget. i know as the project moves into heavier construction there is talk about having tjpa staff with the consultant driven project and looked like the salary line was flat from last year to this year and i am wondering if we're fully using the budget this year or if there is room to grow the staff or plans to grow the staff?

>> our salary budget has been conservatively done for these positions and we have a construction manager starting in june so this budget includes that position that is current. >> all right. thank you. >> are there any other questions from board member oses this budget? i did miss this item last month but i read it in the meeting and again saw it again in our budget which was the $100,000 for the caltrans attorneys which i think part of our state agreement. i understand it's part of the state agreement but i am wondering if there is a response to that? and even if we are required to pay it seems rather high. >> we are required to pay it under the cooperative agreement and we have identified a pretty competitive rate and luckily hopefully they're not