existing ramp on freemont street and without a traffic signal and provide for the president crossing across the base of the ramp and then allowing for the redevelopment of the parcel. and to do this, we also with the freemont street and so that all turn and movements will be preserved and all assets will be preserved instead of the right that you come off of the ramp now you will come down to the ramp and make a 90 degree and go up to the single. >> the car pool don't they drop off in this area?

>> they will be able to do that and that will remain open during the construction. and the off-ramp and the off-ramp will remain throughout construction. >> and so nothing will be disturbed. >> no. >> thank you. >> i actually got the 100 percent yesterday and so we are at 100 percent design and so the transportation authority is going to administer this contract and they had other approached us to do the design work and asked us for the implementation for construction and the execution of that agreement with them, for construction services, and this is expected to be approved by the board and estimating this afternoon and we have worked

out the memo agreement terms already and he execution that i am here about is depend og that agreement later on today. and the schedule is that we will complete in december and advertise if february with award in april and start the construction in may, and to complete by the end of 2014. we set the goal of 100 percent and we received 6 proposals on october first and all received, the 100 percent goal and we short listed three of the firms. >> could you tell us who the sbe and dbe goal was set and what level is that? is it a certain percentage of

the contract? >> yes, it is a percentage of the work assigned to the firms. >> correct. what is that percentage? >> 100 percent. >> the goal is set at 100 percent. >> okay. >> and all firms achieve that goal that we had set. we short listed the firms and we interviewed all of the firms on october 15th. >> what does that mean? >> we reviewed all six proposals and we had a scoring based on the technical merit and the what they showed and the hours that they were intending to do and it was not cost-based in any way, and cost proposals were not reviewed at all and then, the proposals were then... and there were four different reviewers and myself, and a member from cal trans, and the member of the

infrastructure and dpw who will be providing the services for their portion. >> okay. >> thank you. >> and short listed we took the top three firms and there was a large gap between the third and fourth ranked firm and so we had the top three firms come in from interview and we participated in the interview process. and we then, went through the same criteria and length of this again. and the engineers came out, and significantly on top of, all four evaluations. and so, they directed us in the engineers and their team, and as a most relevant, and best qualified. >> and the team includes, themselves, charging the associates for serving, and the inspection services. and all three are qualified, under spe and de.

>> the project is sponsored by the ocii and will reimburse the authority for all costs associated with all of the agreements so that we will be signing an agreement with them. and they will then authorize us to make the agreements with spw and sfmta and if necessary, with cal transfor the inspection and other spefrtions throughout the project. and we, already have an agreement with ocii for the design services and there are several executing in 2008 and 2011 initially with the redevelopment agency and the new memo agreement does not expected to be signed today. and so the staff recommendation is to award the contract to the fcc engineers and not-to-exceed, 450,000 for the construction management services. >> okay. thank you. very much. >> do you have any questions on

this item? >> public comment is open. >> (inaudible) with the folsom street and to the bay bridge, and this are moved to the light to it... and it was (inaudible) >> i am sorry, what? >> (inaudible), the driver, from san francisco to east bay. >> give me a second. sir? so the public comment works, we take your comment. two minutes. >> (inaudible). >> thank you, okay. so are there any other public comment at this time? >> okay, i would like to bring the project manager to answer the question. i believe that the question about... >> i think that the question to the impact of the traffic.

>> right. this is a road that comes off of the bridge and it lands on freemont street which the drivers can only go north on freemont street and the traffic signal is for the pedestrian crossing only and so when are there no pedestrians present, the traffic coming down around the ramp will be able to continue the free flow that they enjoy today and when they will be stopped in the area. and there is a trigger. >> we will close the public

comment on this item. >> could you call item number five? >> i am sorry, the action item. >> take a vote on this. item. could you please do a roll call vote. >> sure. >> commissioner chu, aye. >> and farrell, absent. >> weiner. >> aye. >> and cohen. >> aye. passes. >> item 6, increasing the amount of cooperative agreement, no, 4-2283 with the california department of transportation by 1,319,40. >> good morning, good morning, chair, cohen and commissioners it is good to be here again and i have a brief presentation for the ramps here and the existence with the cal trans. and we should have a hand out in front of you, and let's just

quickly talk about the project itself. it is on the on and off bound ramps on the east side and the traffic is independent of the bridge but ultimately we need to tie into the bay bridge and the construction, phase is funded with the federal, highway bridge program, and with the state platform with the seismic retrofit programs to the tune of 77.5 million dollars. we have obtained it and with the agreements of tita and the essence there and the management that went on for that project. and they will administer the contract with the cal transand title oversight and we have already, advertised the project and we are currently evaluating the contract bids and the intent is to be back here in december to recommend an award of a construction contract 79

million, from the money and the money to the tune of 93.37 million and a contribution of ten million dollars, and over. and the phase that also is showing a phase by funding source approximately, 60 million for environmental and civil engineering and we have the costs of 4.2 million for the right-of-way that was required for the project. and the construction at 77.5 million. and let's talk about the agreement now in specifics, if you recall, back in march of 2010, we executed the cooperative agreement, 4.2383 with cal trans, and provided

417,000 and 600 dollars for as part of the cal trans, san francisco, oakland bay bridge to physically accommodate the connection of the ramps and if you drive by right now and you notice on the right side there is actually what is called the temporary k-rail in the areas that we are going to physically connect to and we issued an amendment and approved in may of 2011, and basically it indicated that it required the completing of the ramps by december of 2018 and just so that you know, the schedule calls for us completing the project by the summer of 2016 and so it is in terms of the schedule. and finally let's talk specifics about amendment number two and provides up to 1.3 million dollars and one million 319,400 dollars, and of additional competition to the cal trans, and really what it is is additional improvements that we have identified the need to be performed as part of the project. and so i would also,

specifically, additional structure work, concrete, foundation and pile extensions and then also some decorative lights that we are going to match similar to the ones on the bay bridge right now. >> are they going to be flashing like the ones on the bay bridge? >> no. actually similar to the new e span, and some of the decorative lights and they are light in color and then the good news here is amendment number two and this is 100 percent reimbursed by the state prop 1 b money. and finally the staff recommendation, and the recommending of the increasing the amount of the cooperative agreement with the cal, trans, to a total amount not-to-exceed, 2 million, 35,000 for the jbr ranch project and authorizing the executive director to modify the condition and that completes my presentation. >> thank you very much. >> and all right, let's see, let's take some public comment

on this. >> and please, you will need to raise your hand and just come up. >> and let me answer. and do we have... december 31, 2018. for the (inaudible) island, and to be completed and (inaudible) much sooner less than two years and five years span. >> okay. are there any other public comments? >> would you come and answer the question? thank you. >> just to clarify. our intent is to start the construction of january of next year and 2014 and to complete by the summer of 2016 and so we are looking at two and a half year construction period. thank you. >> thank you, very much. >> and okay seeing no other public comment or comments from the colleagues, it is closed and thank you very much. and madam clerk, this is an action item and so colleagues if there is no objection, this

motion carries forward. >> thank you very much. >> item 7. >> item 7, this is an information item. >> thank you. it is an information item. >> introduction of new items seeing none, okay. >> could you please call item eight. >> i will take public comment on the introduction of new items. public comment is closed, general public comment, this is the time that you can talk about generally anything. no general public comment? >> okay, again public comment is closed. and what is the next item? >> adjournment. >> excellent. >> thank you everyone, this meeting is adjourned.

>> san francisco parks, golden gate park transforms into one of the greatest music festivals of all time, let's journey, inside, outside land. ♪

>> to this, our 6th year doing the outside lands and our relationship with san francisco, rec and park. and we work very closely with them in the planning and working very closely with the neighborhood organizations and with the city supervisors and with the city organizations and with the local police department, and i think that the outside lands is one of the unique festivals in the world and we have san francisco and we have golden gate park and we have the greatest oasis, in the world. and it has the people hiking up hills and down hills and a lot of people between stages. >> i love that it is all outside, the fresh air is great. >> they have the providers out here that are 72 local restaurants out here.

>> celebrating, and that is really hot. >> 36 local winerries in northern california and 16 brewers out here. >> and you have seen a lot of people out here having a good time and we have no idea, how much work and planning has gone into this to make it the most sustainable festival in the united states. >> and literally, in the force, and yeah, unlike any other concept. and come and follow, and the field make-up the blueprint of the outside land here in golden gate park and in the future events and please visit sffresh parks.org.

>> when the new california academy of sciences opened in 2008, it quickly became one of the top tourist magnets in the city. part of the cal academies' astronomical success is the weekly nightlife party. >> i am joined by helen, who is here to school me on all the nocturnal activities that are getting ready to take place here. tell us a little about what we can expect to see at nightlife. >> we open up the doors every thursday night at the california academy of sciences. there are certain things you can see every week you can go to the museum, visit the planetarium, and we bring in bars and a deejay or band. it is a different feel from during the day, something different every week. tonight , we have beer and music. -- tonight we have great beer and music. it is beer week. we have a dozen local brewers in

african hall. we have a deejays to set up throughout the museum and a live performance at 9:00 p.m. tonight. >> what has been your favorite part as a participant or as an observer? >> my favorite part is to walk around the aquarium in to see people with a drink in their hands, getting to know maybe somebody new, may be looking for a day, or chatting with friends. there jellyfish. i mean, they are beautiful. >> the culmination of the animals. >> it is very impressive. we do not have this at home. >> tell us a little about some of the spider's we see here on display. >> at the california academy of sciences, there is a very large collection of preserved and live specimens, which are the evidence about evolution. we have the assassin spiders,

which are spiders that exclusively kill and eat other spiders. they are under the microscope here. research done and the california academy's i rhinology lab suggests that the assassin spiders have been doing this for over 150 million years. this glassed in room is a real scientific laboratory, and the people in that room are preparing specimens of vertebrate, that is mammals and birds. the way they do this is to remove the skin, sew it together in a relatively lifelike pose, and ensure that it does not decompose. >> i am a really big class actress fan, so i am here to see them, and beer week. >> i wanted to learn something and have fun. >> i always enjoy it.

i am not all is well -- always working as i am tonight. sometimes i come to enjoy the music and to dance. ♪ >> culturewire covers the arts in san francisco, and one of my favorite culture artists is here tonight. jason, thank you for being on culturewire. tell us about some of your posters that we have here today. >> most of the posters here are four specific shows or tours. i am hired by the bands or the venue. >> what is the inspiration behind these posters? >> no, disease of the related to the bay and, of course. music -- it is related to the band, of course the musical content or isn't related to the bed. album covers can come from anywhere. ♪

♪ >> class actress was great. we have been having so much fun. i did not realize how beautiful the cal academy looks than that. what other events take place here? >> we do corporate events that night on a regular basis. but nightlife is your best bet to come in as a regular person pharmacy the academy at night, and visit with friends. calacademy.org/nightlife. we have details for the next few weeks. you can get tickets online in

advance or at the door. >> thank you so much. thank you for watching culturewire on sf gov tv. >> i'm warren corn field and we are doing a series called stay

safe, we are going to talk about staying in your home after an earthquake and taking care of your pet's needs. ♪ >> here we are at the spur urban ken center and we are in this little house that was built to show what it is like in san francisco after an earthquake. we are very pleased to have with us today, pat brown from the department of animal care and control and her friend oreo. >> hi. >> lauren. >> could you tell us what it would take after an earthquake or some other emergency when you are in your home and maybe no power or water for a little while. what it would take for you and oreo to be comfortable and safe at home. >> just as you would prepare

for your own needs should an earthquake or a disaster event occur, you need to prepare for your pets. and i have brought with me today, some of the things that i have put in my disaster kit to prepare for my animal's needs to make sure that i am ready should something happen and i need to shelter at home. >> what are some of the things that people should have in their home after an earthquake or other emergency to help take care of their tasks and take care of themselves. >> i took the liberty of bringing you some examples. it includes a first aid kit for your pet and you can also use it for yourself and extra meds for your pets. and water container that will not tip over. we have got both food, wet food and dry food for your pet. and disposable food container.

and water, and your vet records. in addition, we have a collar and some toys. >> yeah. to keep oreo busy. >> he needs toys and this is san francisco being a fruity city and come on oreo. this is your dinner, it is patte style chicken dinner with our foody seen here. >> what they say now is that you should have at least a gallon of water and i think that a gallon of water is small amount, i think that maybe more like two gallons of water would be good for you and your pet. >> does the city of animal control or any other agency help you with your pet after an emergency. >> there is a coalition of ngos, non-governmental organizations led by the department of animal care and control to do disaster planning for pets and that includes the

san francisco spca. the paws group, the vet sos, pets unlimited. and we all have gotten together and have been getting together for over four or five years now to talk about how we can educate the public about being prepared for a disaster as it involves your pets. >> a lot of services. i understand that if you have to leave your home, we are encouraging people to take their pets with them. >> absolutely. we think that that is a lesson that we concerned from karina, if you are being evacuated you should take your pet with you. i have a carrier, and you need to have a carrier that you can fit your pet in comfortably and you need to take your pet with you when you were evacuated. >> i am going to thank you very much for joining us and bringing oreo today. and i am goi