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reception if you're people have the time great good morning and welcome to the transbay joint powers authority for thursday, february 14th i apologize we had a meeting reducing the

pedestrian. >> due to scheduling conflict we'll have a whooet. pro tem lightner. consenting. sxhirp. sxhairp and chair kim. particular you have a quorum >> are there that i announcements from the board seeing none, can we please hopeful on to our are there any other matter. >> not that i'm aware of. >> executive director report. >> good morning we had a great milestone lastly friday we pled the 4 city blocks of the transit site and now, of course.org doing the foundation for the work and by the end of the summer we'll see the structural

steel. thank you all our team members. we're one step closer opening the station at the end of 2017. steve will come up and give you our construction update >> good morning steve i'm providing the services for the tjpa. we did have great milestone i've got some facts and you all saw it open the press release a few articles and a radio spot as well. there was a lost time incident and i'll give you an update the injured individual is expected to return to work at the end of next week it was a malfunction are the crane equipment they call the headache ball crashed

down on a platform and he subsequentially fell off the policeman had stitches and was released from the hospital we're thankful and it wasn't any more seriousthanasia than that. they're investigating the malfunctioned in the piece of the equipment. so we'll have a study in the near term. some last rated fingers that was a recordable it happened last november it was what kind last construction update it was in the facts and fingers. some of the other highlights since our last construction update we're up to 9 hundred and 60 craft housed we do about thirty thousand plus a month. the mike piles have started in

zone 3 and going into 4. and those are still being one hundred percent testing and coming out fine the work on admission street between main and a beale that will be going on for awhile we're going it on the night time to not disrupt the bus service and finding things in the new sf tjpa line it adds to the timing. the bragz and installation and mass excavation there's deep pits involving moving dirt around but out of the excavation service for good. we call sgoenz 1 a 2 that includes pulling the walls and columns down the grourn the

water proofing that series of work is in section 3 with the excavation we expect our next foundation pour to move into march was we move on. and work continues to the mass excavation was noted and it was about see 6 hundred plus cubit materials enough to fill one hundred and 20 i was elliptic size pool the contractors includes the she or he wall to the excavation started in summary of 2011 and ran through january just the end of january just a little bit over 2 years and much of the soil was used in clean landfills here's a couple

of pictures in the lower right hand picture is looking at east at the bottom of the pit that's where we wanted to get to. i wanted to change gears a little bit in future presentations and let you in 0 o on how we're monitoring we've collapsed from the 4 zones during in the eastern zones that's where the structural steel is going to come in the far west end gratitude lines it godmother's in that's line 10. the central section runs into zone 3 short of fremont street from fremont street to the end of deal street we'll be e

wrecking the first section and back to the eastern end and the west and the central will be e rek9d simultaneously. i wanted to give you that overview and again, this is the graphic that's created lots of information basically, the greenish area is all completed with the foundation slab and around the perimeters is elevations of the walls starting to go up that's the first one 8 to 12 feet up we've completed a lot of the walls in the western end which were previously sgoenz 1 and 2 we have one color in the eastern end it's the excavation is all complete. a couple of stockpiles of material and things like that but that is what the go showing

you. the walls are being places is in the western end. the overview schedule we're starting to work on super structure work and steel i'll talk about in a moment. so we're into this super structure section the rest of the project is on schedule and doing well, actually with the completion of thees elevation in january we're about 4 weeks ahead of the excavation that's good news. some of the milestones we've been tracking it's the extremely steel in mid-july it's the zero float anything changes that activity changes our critical path that could change the end of the project, of course, we have time to work on that that's the next big million stone and,

of course, the bus operations and final completion everything is running well. this the the timeline it's got most of the work the gap is where we stopped and started again and it will start up again in february and march and he's on schedule for the remainder of his work. we'll work by the end of the next meeting we're going to mutt put the next slab in plays. so working in the zones 1 and 2 their rebracing operation is in full swing. you can see the brass in the upper picture attached to the wall and the brace being cut

away from 9 she or he wall and, of course, the reinforcing wall is going in. in the upper corner you can see the reinforcing wall guys the white ask the water proofing that prevents the ground water from seeping into the station. that's what is going on in the western zone and we have pictures of columns in a moment. since the last update we've poured our final slab in december i included a picture of that you've seen that before. in the central zone and zone 2 a 3 again she or he is happening you can see in the lower right hand picture the bracing and the

crosswalk bracing is into the wall and the other material has about that removed. that's the process goen in those pictures. there's the foreperson of the walls that's a column form wrapped up around the form. in the eastern zone or that 3 and 4 the geothermalal the work you've seen before is now continuing it will be covered up by the slab and eventually, the protection slab pea foundations. we are in full production of the 3 add and cast needs 48 are in process of making the pattern and another 46 are the the my

own and casting process. there is no nothing to worry about the shipping issue they'll be shipped n to portland, oregon they'll do a dry fit before it's brought n to the job site. the first wood template pattern and then further develop that pattern and create the mold in the sand. in the upper left hand it goes through a heat treatment process that's one of our cast needs and, of course, pouring or casting the material. our x a team the members of the contractors team are a all down in louisiana at the second of the two brad foundries so we'll

have many more pictures next time. those are some of the finished cast needs you can see how massive there are in the 5 to 6 foot range and this is the machine cast we use an umentd marketplace. a w f f accommodates the traffic at the night time. they get that work done in difficult conditions. the next 90 days obviously we've got itself mike piles condition we'll continue the western work and in 60 days we'll be looking at the protection slab and with the met slab pour before the end of march and continuing the slab

pours into 4 and continue the slab work in zones 1 and 2. the tracking the good news is some creditors i believe part of the puc yields some creditors back into the period. the labor breakdown we continue tracking at about 63 percent overall for the local labor san francisco is at 18 percent and 33 in the east bay and those are the total hours to date. this we added the accomplice hours breakdown in the graphic region a lot come from the san francisco. and the overall one thousand 52

craft jobs on the central project. happy to answer any questions >> directors are there any questions. >> i have a comment. and i'm on additional man with weak icing >> yes, sir. >> i don't know. i couldn't read a thing that came across my gene. >> we haven't changed the font but we'll work on that. >> the latin-american as well. maybe we can get some paper copies >> we can several do that. >> director edward reiskin. >> that was great to see the accomplice numbers and a lot of san francisco folks getting

work. my question is more on the next phases of work. i think the last monthly report anticipated passage award in february i think this structural concrete and mayor glazing are those on track >> we just opened up the concrete and will be bringing information to the board. >> so they're off by a month. >> no, the concrete we opted what february 11th. >> this week; right? and the glazing we'll bring you some information in march. >> okay. thanks. >> and i also want to congratulate the team on the full excavation 4 blocks especially on our are are early integrations everyone. >> i wanted to note following up

on steve's prosecution prosecution we're employing a lot of people in san francisco but in construction alone people in will you will i and a canada and oregon and more in parts of the country so the project our project is really providing a lot of economic benefits not only to the bay area of california but to the rest of the country we're proud of that that concludes my report thank you. >> and that brings us to item 6. >> actually, we have a member of the public we have - >> i want to be brief on the construction update. i was at the cac two days ago i was surprised at the early

excavation zone 4 is not as deep as zone 1 because of the 10 foot elevation so the first thing that's strange or weather that introduces an interesting thing the floor height on the east and west is 5 feet higher than the platform level between the east and west the real reason i'm addressing the board we've got to about how to cross the bay. we can e messenger a tube or we can tunnel. and the real question is is that if you're going to e messenger a tube you don't have to go deep

you dig the trench and if you want to to your knowledge it will be much deeper the calculations we have based on the 65 foot took us down to 895 feet shows a bear minimum on embarcadero and the eventually the are entire region has to decide whether the issue is if you want to go to treasure island you have to go bart and the only way to go do this is tunnel boring we're going to have to take the scenic route down main and police vehicle make a left. i'm sorry if i was too 0

technical i hope this make sense >> thank you, mr. la before an. seeing no further comment general 6 >> this is the opportunity to address issues not on the calendar seeing none. >> seeing none, we'll move into item no. 7. >> it's a presentation by the san francisco planning department and 280 feasibility study. >> and directors director ram will go present this item. >> thank you. i want to thank the board and staff for accommodating two presentations today, we have both the planning department on the railway generated study and the feasibility study there was a feeling they're both time low

glad to accommodate both. >> good morning director ram with the planning department. i want to thank the staff and chair kim for putting us on the calendar we'll be better that with the scheduling next time. we're here to present a study where which has a very long name the feasibility study for the rail. to look at the combination of several projects flaw along with the land use with the effectively look at the cornea the city for land use and transportation to see how they could move forward essentially with the next development of transportation planning in that

part of the city. i'll brief make a few comments then i'm going to turn it over to john and then susan will talk in more detail about the study and compounds of the study. we think it's timely to look at with the combination of high speed rail and the potential for this area to be potentially the next area of land use we think it's important to look at this in a comprehensive way. one of the most important aspects it builds on all the work from the agencies including the tjpa and the purpose then to look at the specific issues of the combination of all the

systems and land use. that before i i'm going to turn it over to josh i want to thank you our team on working on the presentation and look forward to working with all of you the study is a part of two years study and we look forward to working with you all on the outcomes. i'm going to turn it over to josh >> good morning board members i'm sure you're aware of the planning department has worked closely with the tjpa and other agencies both the transit center and the downtown extension we're we've been working on plans to bring high speed rail into san francisco. those transportation investments are important for the future of

the city and those pieces are closely intwined and to augmented you funding sources it important. this was adapted by the city in 2012. at the same time we were working on that plan the planning department received funding under the tjpa at the urging of the mayor's office to lead a brief analysis of the development opportunity and capacity to build on the fourth and king rail jashdz because the properties in san francisco holds spitting value that would be tapped to help fund the improvements as well as create an ongoing revenue source to fund caltrain. there are other non-financial reasons including an important

deserve to connect mission bay and the eastern bay front and commit the railways into the neighborhood and provide jobs in a transit oriented location. we published a memo as a result of the study and given some significant changes on the site upwards of $2 million. we've since worked with caltrain staff to further have more somewhere to make more efficient use of the railways. we all kind of were grappling with the realizations and the high speed rail into the city. that central realization we're at a major transition and we have to step back and look at it

how to build the city and that we should undertake those projects that seeks to improve the existing thank goodness conditions and transform the city that is the fruch of the city as it is is now a tackled infrastructure and some construction points and access through the area into one integrated neighborhood. hopefully, we'll find more efficient ways of building the infrastructure and findings new source of revenue. and even more infrastructure south of townsend street on the journey to downtown this area has the promise to become a significant core of the city and this transitional issue has put

san francisco on the cutting-edge of the urban movement and available to transform our waterfront with the transition of the embarcadero freeway and hopefully, we don't have the earthquake of the previous and/or to force this conversation but a right earth shaking infrastructure investment in this location and that in and of itself should cause us to relook at the area. this study susan will walk you through will look at the additional issue like the studies to date but more importantly to explore and reenvision this area and look at a better city for tomorrow i'm going to turn it over to susan >> good morning directors i'm

susan i'm from the city of san francisco of san francisco's planning department. i'll talk about the feasibility will study. i want to state and thank those involved in laying out the caltrain's and tjpa and high speed rail and california harriet authority and the various departments in the city. myself and the planning department will continue to engage with those individuals throughout the project to insure the best outcome. i'm sure our aware of the infrastructure plan many the area and in addition to those plans you better than that anyone else understand the hole in the ground tasseling called the tjpa and we're happy to have that going on. as this infrastructure continues to process through application

those projects will layer themselves upon each other and create a spider web it effects the opportunities of the others to date understanding the impacts have on minimal. this project will look at the project holistically and in addition anticipated housing and job growth the city needs to understand the ways we'll be able to improve the environment while we're going to look at job opportunities and fund promises in the pipeline. some of the future includes barriers and they'll be discussed further but generally, you, see them from above. please not on the upper left-hand side this is the ra