for development of public assets and public real estate sites for what will be the betterment in the community. and when i say that i am referring to a couple of things, i am referring to the public benefits, such as, affordable housing. and the public benefits such as transportation and public benefits such as open space, such as, economic development. which is kind of the over arching umbrella of this thing when you put it in perspective and so right now to aoe the sfmta has the mlu with the office, and that document itself is what it is doing, and it is facilitating and what is considered phase one of the process, which is the community out reach and the public participation, and it is probably a year long process to which we are going to the various agency and boards and commissions and do the commenttations and inform them about the program over all as i get the move along sign here.

but any way. some sites. under consideration, right now. for the development we are going to the market, we are going to ask the developers gauge whether or not there is an interest in the parking facility sites of which caster street, and claire mont boulevard, and performing arts garage and we reached to that supervisor in that regard and you are aware of one of the sites, which is the central subway, and that is the potential, asset that will be developed at the same time, and you are also aware of some of the other projects that are not going through this process but at the same time, they are or they could have been benefit fromed it, but the end result, is affordable housing and transportation and open space and reference to something like as an example. and so, that is what we are doing right now and that is the over all idea. and it is at the point where it is a lot of out reach work and

public participation and from that process, we will be able to develop a comprehensive policy in which to implement in san francisco. okay. now, moving along, the service demand, and growth in san francisco, and the effects on the over all transportation network, and the service delivery of that network, well, the effects also, have to do with the ability to or in ate the service from a particular facility, and the ability to maintain those vehicles, at a particular facility and simply the ability to operate effectively and so what the addendum does is it takes the original vision and it revises it in a sense that we are looking at not previous fleet numbers and more up to date fleet numbers and so it is kind

of a fluid and a flexibility that was built into the original vision where this enabled us to look at it in a different light, relative to what the new, 2014 fleet plan is. and with that said, the inat the present time was always to mitigate, or to alleviate the top two, which were the facility lessons in efficiency and at the same time, accommodate, the growth, while also, creating development opportunities. for the mta, you can use your real estate and you can accommodate the growing fleet through the year 2013, and well the addendum is saying, okay, because there is going to be a largeer and more rapid of the fleet and lrv is an example and what you need to do and also

looking at it from a ten year additional horizon up to 2040. you need to find the additional real estate. and that is where we are at right now with it and there is a lot of numbers on this chart. i am not going to go through it with you, three key points, we operate at crush capacity or beyond, capacity. and at all of our facilities. and what was expected to be realized in terms of fleet growth, by 2030 and now looks like it is going to happen by 2020 and so even with it coming on-line by 2016 and so we hope, we are still going to need more real estate to make this thing happen and make it work. and the reasons for the fleet plan increase are five, longer time period, expanded out to 2040 and that takes into consideration the population growth, and service, you know, increases and just the demand on the over all transit system if you will. and then, there is a larger rider ship in the eastern

neighborhoods and that is simply, you know, all of the various developments that are happening in the eastern part of san francisco and going to have an impact on our fleet. also, added efficiency, and we only have one facility right now, that it can accommodate 60 foot buss in terms of the maintenance, and that is flinn, and so, we are adding efficiency, into the system, by bringing in 60 foot, articulated buses, but in reality, there is really only one place right now to service them. and that is at flinn and that is something that needs to be taken into consideration going forward. also, improved estimates that were in the old plan, the 2014 fleet plan looks at things on the annual basis and has just much better detailed information, and actually plan from. and next fleet, and reserved fleet, whatever you want to call it, it needs a place to reside. and so we have to account for

that as well. our vision, and two strategies, the first phase is phase one, which is basically on to accommodate the fleet growth and to prepare for the facility renovations and in the original vision what you saw up front was electrified flinn, and let's rebuild the procidio and well that is not what, the addendum is suggesting, it is suggesting let's deal with fleet growth and our existing facilities, that we can probably renovate, more effectively, in the near term and then we will talk about some of the bigger development projects and the multiple use of facilitis in the future and so that happens, the first phase in a seven year period and beginning now at least so we hope and or in the sex phase happens 2221, to 2029 and the next steps you know, the little piece right here, and this could be said if we don't complete, 2021, the phase one

by 2021, then we are anticipating overcrowding. and we need to do that first and foremost before we deal with the second phase. >> and then, our next steps are simply, as the facilities and the development projects are moved along, and as like to say that the needle is moved and in the right direction, and many of these projects, and we are ready to take them to say, a design, and build, type of contracts they will be brought forth to the board as that occurs, and as i mentioned before, we are going to have off street parking lots, and performing arts garage, and hit the streets soon and then, we are going to continue to evaluate our project feesbility and all of the various public sites and projects and also, development projects going forward. >> so. >> thank you. >> very good presentation, i really pleased to see all of the agencies working together. and that is really a key to the success of this for sure.

>> are you talking about storing some of the fleet in morin. >> not actually, it is not morin county, it is street, >> okay. >> in san francisco sf >> okay. >> no storage plans for the county. >> okay. >> just one more questions, for the temperature check on this because i know that when i first started on the board, the presentations that we got around the real estate needs were a little dire talking about the number of acres that we needed. and it seems to have shifted, a know that we have seen, the phase one, and phase two as a flowchart showing what needed to happen. >> right. >> so, just for somebody who may be the public who has not read the entire report, are we feeling pretty confident that this is all doable? >> so, i think that we are feeling confident that it is doable. and the initial vision report

which came out last year, with the more modest fleet reduction, actually anticipated that just by reconfiguring the existing real estate assets we could accommodate the growth since we have revised a number of assumptions as well as the time horizon. we have now found that we can't, purely, redesign our way out of this and so the addendum to the vision report, now does call for some limited amount of expansion and we need a new facility and need to expand, one of our existing facilities that the price tag to implement all of this is pretty high and we did, feed this in to the mayor's transportation 2030, process, and that the geo bond that was amoved today by the board of supervisor to go on the ballot, and contemplates up to 70 million dollars towards the facility needs. and for muni and so it will be a good step for the first step of doing so and still a

significant amount of capitol investment. >> there are areas that we are looking to expand, and for example, on the facility as well as the training and so outside of this report, we are working on other projects that we will be looking for some additional acquisitions. >> thank you for bringing that up because i know that a lot of us have been to meetings at different facility and a lot of them do need the upgrading in terms to make it more comfortable to the people that work here in addition to the

buses. >> anything else? >> okay. >> you were saying that it is going to be something that we need to count on for the capitol budget moving forward, is that something... >> or what we have approved in the last capitol budget at all? >> yeah, so that both of the two year capitol budget and the five year, cip, first of all it anticipated the general obligation bonds and so we are glad that it made another step today and it has to be approved by the voters and there are other, funding sources in and so it is not just the 70 million in the 5 year, cip and but the current cip will not fully fund, this is hundreds of millions of dollars to implement this vision, and but, all of the revenues that we could identify, in this upcoming five years, what we do have and so we have, like i said, kind of a good first step towards implementing this when we come back in two years with a revised cip, we will, you know, hopefully have identified

more revenue to get us further along the path towards being able to implement what is recommended in the vision report. >> thank you. >> and again, we are receiving this today and it does not require any board action >> informational item ethank you, and your team for an outstanding report. >> okay. >> public comment? >> public comment. >> howard? >> okay. >> good, afternoon, again, howard, and so this is really my main, item for the day, and i offer my neighborhood, as an example of how to use your public states. and it was mentioned, that you have a little, parking lot and lower, and i think that it is 20 spaces and it is just an ideal site to put the housing right above it and the, it would actually, three stories above the garage, would look like any other apartment house in san francisco. and except the one side will be three stories above grade. and it will be no taller than the building right adjacent to it and now, i come to you

because this will be a good way for you to get more money and i went through, your experience, of trying to get the money out of a hotel on steward street and hope that works, but that is 65 years. and maybe you will get it different and maybe you won't. by that time. >> and this is a chance, that the problem is, my neighbors, they are against everything, and so, if you, i am saying, okay, you guys tried to do it and i have asked one of the architects trying to build a small, 5,000 square foot single family home in the neighborhood and make us a sketch whaf it will look like in the lowering, and so maybe we will seeing something and what it might work. but, the affordable housing will come in and say, well, gee it is the public land and it should be affordable and my neighbor, in the cities, done, and they don't want the people who spent less than a million dollars to consider them trailer trash to come into the neighborhood and without spending one million dollars for a house and a place for your car and you just and they will not let you in and so i will hope that we start to look

at this one and any other public parking place, if you have, to deck it over in intensifies and they are all new neighborhood places and intensify the use of the neighborhood and fit right here and the good architects and make it look nice, and they would not have to face the parking so that your car share program will help that out. and actually clariton has the parking places right across the street of the garage. and so, keep in mind, open and keep doing this. >> thank you. >> okay. seeing no one else, and speaker, and so we have received it and so the next item. >> 14 is the discussion and vote to conduct the closed session. >> motion? >> yes. >> and motion. >> and all in favor? >> say aye. >> aye. >> we will go into closed session, thank you ve >> okay.

>> hold on a second. >> >> all right. announcement of the closed session, the board, met in closed session to discuss the cases that the board of directors voted to settle both matters and discussed labor negotiation and took no action, and no anticipation of litigation and, item 16 will be to motion to disclose or not disclose the information discussed. >> move to not disclose. >> second nany further discussion. >> aye. >> we are adjourned with vera hail and i will convey that to her daughters and welcome, again, director borden and thank you very much. >> thank you. >> pardon? >> when is it mine?

>> just a few steps away from union square is a quiet corner stone of san francisco's our community to the meridian gallery has a 20-year history of supporting visual arts. experimental music concert, and also readings. >> give us this day our daily bread at least three times a day. and lead us not into temptation to often on weekdays. [laughter] >> meridians' stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to

increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. >> it gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline, creates change. >> it is philosophy that attracted david linger to mount a show at meridian. >> you want to feel like your work this summer that it can do some good. i felt like at meridian, it could do some good. we did not even talk about price until the day before the show. of course, meridian needs to support itself and support the community. but that was not the first consideration, so that made me very happy. >> his work is printed porcelain. he transfers images onto and spoils the surface a fragile shes of clay. each one, only one-tenth of an inch thick. >> it took about two years to

get it down. i would say i lose 30% of the pieces that i made. something happens to them. they cracked, the break during the process. it is very complex. they fall apart. but it is worth it to me. there are photographs i took 1 hours 99 the former soviet union. these are blown up to a gigantic images. they lose resolution. i do not mind that, because my images are about the images, but they're also about the idea, which is why there is text all over the entire surface. >> marie in moved into the mansion on powell street just five years ago. its galleries are housed in one of the very rare single family residences around union square. for the 100th anniversary of the mansion, meridian hosted a series of special events, including a world premiere reading by lawrence ferlinghetti. >> the birth of an american corporate fascism, the next to

last free states radio, the next-to-last independent newspaper raising hell, the next-to-last independent bookstore with a mind of its own, the next to last leftie looking for obama nirvana. [laughter] the first day of the wall street occupation set forth upon this continent a new revolutionary nation. [applause] >> in addition to its own programming as -- of artist talks, meridian has been a downtown host for san francisco states well-known port trees center. recent luminaries have included david meltzer, steve dixon, and jack hirsch man. >> you can black as out of the

press, blog and arrest us, tear gas, mace, and shoot us, as we know very well, you will, but this time we're not turning back. we know you are finished. desperate, near the end. hysterical in your flabbergastlyness. amen. >> after the readings, the crowd headed to a reception upstairs by wandering through the other gallery rooms in the historic home. the third floor is not usually reserved for just parties, however. it is the stage for live performances. ♪ under the guidance of musical curators, these three, meridian

has maintained a strong commitment to new music, compositions that are innovative, experimental, and sometimes challenging. sound art is an artistic and event that usually receives short shrift from most galleries because san francisco is musicians have responded by showing strong support for the programming. ♪ looking into meridian's future, she says she wants to keep doing the same thing that she has been doing since 1989. to enlighten and disturbed. >> i really believe that all the arts have a serious function and that it helps us find out who we are in a much wider sense than we were before we

experienced that work of art. ♪ >> hi. welcome to san francisco. stay safe and exploring how you can stay in your home safely after an earthquake. let's look at common earthquake myths. >> we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. we have 3 guest today. we have david constructional engineer and bill harvey. i want to talk

about urban myths. what do you think about earthquakes, can you tell if they are coming in advance? >> he's sleeping during those earthquakes? >> have you noticed him take any special? >> no. he sleeps right through them. there is no truth that i'm aware of with harvey that dogs are aware of an impending earthquake. >> you hear the myth all the time. suppose the dog helps you get up, is it going to help you do something >> i hear they are aware of small vibrations. but yes, i read extensively that dogs cannot realize earthquakes. >> today is a spectacular day in san francisco and sometimes people would say this is earthquake weather. is this earthquake weather? >> no. not that i have heard

of. no such thing. >> there is no such thing. >> we are talking about the weather in a daily or weekly cycle. there is no relationship. i have heard it's hot or cold weather or rain. i'm not sure which is the myth. >> how about time of day? >> yes. it happens when it's least convenient. when it happens people say we were lucky and when they don't. it's terrible timing. it's never a good time for an earthquake. >> but we are going to have one. >> how about the ground swallowing people into the ground? >> like the earth that

collapsed? it's not like the tv shows. >> the earth does move and it bumps up and you get a ground fracture but it's not something that opens up and sucks you up into haddes. >> it's not going anywhere. we are going to have a lot of damage, but this myth that california is going to the ocean is not real. >> southern california is moving north. it's coming up from the south to the north. >> you would have to invest the million year cycle, not weeks or years. maybe millions of years from now, part of los angeles will be in the bay

area. >> for better or worse. >> yes. >> this is a tough question. >> those other ones weren't tough. >> this is a really easy challenge. are the smaller ones less stress? >> yes. the amount released in small earthquakes is that they are so small in you need many of those. >> i think would you probably have to have maybe hundreds of magnitude earthquakes of 4.7. >> so small earthquakes are not making our lives better in the future? >> not anyway that you can count on. >> i have heard that buildings in san francisco are on rollers

and isolated? >> it's not true. it's a conventional foundation like almost all the circumstances buildings in san francisco. >> the trans-america was built way before. it's a pretty conventional foundation design. >> i have heard about this thing called the triangle of life and up you are supposed to go to the edge of your bed to save yourself. is there anything of value to that ? >> yes, if you are in your room. you should drop, cover and hold onto something. if you are in school, same thing, kitchen same thing. if you happen to be in your bed, and you rollover your bed, it's not a bad place to be. >> the reality is when we have a major earthquake the ground shaking so pronounced that you

are not going to be able to get up and go anywhere. you are pretty much staying where you are when that earthquake hits. you are not going to be able to stand up and run with gravity. >> you want to get under the door frame but you are not moving to great distances. >> where can i buy a richter scale? >> mr. richter is selling it. we are going to put a plug in for cold hardware. they are not available. it's a rather complex. >> in fact we don't even use the richter scale anymore. we use a moment magnitude. the richter scale was early technology. >> probably a myth that i hear most often is my building is just fine in the loma prieta earthquake so everything is

fine. is that true ? >> loma prieta was different. the ground acceleration here was quite moderate and the duration was moderate. so anyone that believes they survived a big earthquake and their building has been tested is sadly mistaken. >> we are planning for the bigger earthquake closer to san francisco and a fault totally independent. >> much stronger than the loma prieta earthquake. >> so people who were here in '89 they should say 3 times as strong and twice as long and that will give them more of an occasion of the earthquake we

would have. 10 percent isn't really the threshold of damage. when you triple it you cross that line. it's much more damage in earthquake. >> i want to thank you, harvey, thanks pat for >> good afternoon. welcome to the land use committee of the san francisco board of supervisors. i'm scott wiener the chairman of the committee to my right is supervisor jane kim our vice chair and to my left is supervisor cohen. our clerk is andrea madam clerk, any announcements? >> yes please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices and copies of my documents 80 should be submitted