grant, so while the city is doing is the interview panel for this entity, but we are almost like a board, and so, hopefully, late october, meeting, or early november meeting, we could have the new director come, and introduce themself to you and, to the commission. and then, a new development has happened, so again the city is in discussion about purchasing the building where the good will is. at mission and south van ess and the idea there is to move planning dbi, and dpw and create a permit center, and so, right now, the permit center at dbi does have desks for the puc, and for the department of public health and for the fire

department, but, with the ability that with more space, to be able to expand on what permits are facilitated through there and this is all in the very beginning, you know, stages, and so, i am or will be attending these meetings and representing, the office of small business, and oewd to figure out our role and integration and also, having kind of a customer service perspective, so, i just want to let you know that that is in or is just starting to be discussed. and and what i have attended one meeting and we are touching on some of the larger structural things, right now. and components but, we will soon be getting into kind of the programming of the facility, and with the bottom two floors being the permit what they are calling the permitting center. >> yeah, i just want to say that is so smart.

because i know that if you deal with dbi or the permit, you know, i know that you get your older permits on the ground floor but anything else you are up on the fourth or the fifth floor in the buildings and so i think that having everything on one floor to one center is great and it is tough, coming to you, and in this office, because, we know how to do it. so, i think that that is great. and that is wonderful. >> right. >> i mean there will be a lot of efficiencies and dpw has to have the people go between the different buildings to deal with the permits. >> yes. >> so, so this is a very positive move on behave of the city and as things develop i will be keeping you apprised that, yesterday, the haight street merchants put on the street festival, and i brought it up because what i thought

was really fantastic was it was, and there were three stages, and there were the kids alley with the big jumper booth on one of the side streets and a couple of the skate shops went in and had a demo area but it was just music and dancing, and you could and it was the street was packed and this doors were busy. and in addition, to, you know, the bars and the food establishments and unlike the normal haight street fair can be really crazy and kie chaotic and very messy and this is targeted and what i thought was done very well towards really celebrating the businesses that are in that area. and highlighting the businesss in that area and the one thing that i did as i was walking around and taking a look at it. would this be able to take

place, if we had raised and separated bike lanes, along the commercial corridor, from a public safety perspective of, you know, people, that would be the street and then another layer and then another layer, going up to the curb. and so, you know, it just gave me pause, to think that if those kinds of things that are put and if those kinds of bike lanes are put in our neighborhood commercial corridors will that detour these kinds of really what i think are the community benefit. and merchant benefits for these kinds of activities. from being able to take place, from when we have the discussions about the bike lanes in the past we have not really talked about what does it mean to in terms of street fairs. it was just a thought that i had and so i just wanted to share that with you. >> but it was something really

well done. and then, in regards to the americans with disabilities and a lawsuits that are happening i know that henry sent out and was the president of the council of merchants sent out an e-mail just to remind, you know, all businesses, that right now, and i don't think that any particular lawyer is necessarily going away, and i mean, that there is something and the practice that i see and there is more than one particular lawyer, filing suits, is they, often file a bunch of suits at one time and then, they may step back a little bit while they are dealing with those suits when they start coming to an end and then they are out again and so, it is always a good reminder, and for our businesses to always be ever present,

thinking about it. and we are using the funds to be able to expand the cast assessment to the businesses outside of the invest in the neighbors area. >> the soft story mandatory retrofit program that, the property owners are going to need to start submitting their plans. and while, property owners who have commercial spaces in their buildings, have a little bit longer to do so, we are seeing a discussion with a property owners, who have owned, the property with commercial space, having discussions with their tenants needing to vacate while they are doing their improvements and so this is

coming a little bit sooner, and so i just wanted to bring to your attention that i am walking towards, and mica hill who is running part of the team that is running the soft story, retrofit program, we are going to be coming together, to kind of put together a tool kit for the businesses for land lords and what are the best practices for communications and then also for the commercial tenants and what resources we can pull together, to let them know, we are there to assist them through this process. >> i also this is not on your or in your notes, and i also wanted to acknowledge supervisor weiner and dpw with the idea and the castro merchants brought up the lightning, and which was a brilliant idea and so you know, this is an expression of appreciation and again, a stream lining concept, and the dpw is actually going to set up a little shot, or a little

area, so that the merchants can go, or don't have to come down to you know, city government, and if they want to do sidewalk tables and chairs or they want to do the permanent display of the commerce dies up front of the store and so they are going to set up the satellite place for be able to apply for the permits which was just a great idea. and the point of sale registration i started to reach out to supervisors, and on this. formula retail, the two pieces of legislation are out there and they have not come before the board of supervisor land use committee yet. that, and the likelihood within the next maybe, month, we might be seeing some movement. the california redemption policy is what we call the crb and i met with debbie who is the new director for the department of the environment

and we are renewing our efforts to work at the state to improve the regs and so that as we have, recycling center, closures to find some creative ways to deal with that so that the default for not having recycling centers does not end up on the small businesses and so that is definitely on the forefront on what they wants to work on and so i want to provide you an update on that and then there is a host of the follow up for legislation and wanting to let you know that i am working with the department of technology and both mark and i to update and revise our office's website and so, it will be the revision of our website, will compliment the business portal when it is ready to go live.

>> and then in your director's report there is a small business expo that will take place on september 18th. and entity out of new york is coordinating the expos, in different cities, throughout the u.s.. >> i never heard of these people before. >> yes. nso we contacted them and they are nicely, in exchange for promotion they are providing a table for us and i am interested to see it. >> so we will have a table there >> yes. >> it is a good way to out reach and network to new businesses. and also in the binders is the summit which is hosting that you might be interested in attending but, to bring together the asian and pacific islander, business, owners, and along with the corporate and

business and government, to help and that will be taking place on the 19th and i think that the former mayor, currently tenant governor will be attending and then i also attended the prolocal, event on august, 27th, along with commissioner adams and commissioner dwight, which was a really great event and then i have a list of items and programs and i realized that i probably also, and i should not say probably, i would like to include that we or to also get an update from olse on how they will be handling that and if there is anything that you would like to see in the meetings let me know.

and with that, i will... that concludes my director's report unless you have any questions. >> do you have any questions for director? >> it has been busy. >> next item. next item is item number 8. and that is our president's report. >> okay, i actually have a few things today. >> first, i want to thank director and commissioner dwight for attending the prolocal event. , >> the beer was free and it was easy. >> i know. >> well, what we are doing and i know that you mentored karin and i want to thank commissioners dwight for that because you know, for the first time i know that we have the counselor district of merchants but he has brought a lot of the other associations together and kind of like everything that is

on the same page. >> and yeah, it is happening at a local level which is really good. >> and i like the vibe on that and everybody gets along and the food was great. >> and it was great. >> but i just want to acknowledge, karin, and is that how you pronounce? >> on how he has what he has done on the prolocal and how he has been helping out the different neighborhood merchant associations. also, i like to bring up to my fellow commissioners, i got and i received a memo from the mayor, and on the commissioner attendance, and i am just asking everybody, you know, that we tried to get 100 experience turn out at every meeting and miems it does not happen. if you cannot make it to a meeting for whatever reason, please let us know ahead of time, so that we can prepare for it. this commissioner is pretty good actually. and so, and when the people do

miss they let us know ahead of time and i know that we have vacation and things happening, and things that come up. and so... >> it was just a global winner to all commissioners. >> yes. >> a global to all commissionerers. >> those are good. >> this commission is just pretty good and we want to keep it out there as a reminder. i also want to along with the director to thank the dpw and supervisor weiner for setting up the permits for the sidewalks on castro street because our sidewalks are not widened and are opened for the most part and it is not finished and we still have tweaking and they are double the size and we have a lot of merchants that would like to take advantage of that. >> right. >> and finally, when we adjourn tonight, i would like to adjourn for nancy rodric and she is the wife of bob rodric

and bob is the president of the valley merchants and also on the board of the district merchants and nancy and bob together, founded the law, center 30 years ago and so i would like to adjourn the meeting tonight, and in honor of nancy, and that is all that i have tonight. >> thank you. >> and thank you, mr. president. item number 9, vice president's report. >> nothing to report other than i will be attending the chamber meeting coming up on september 18th. because it will be helped at 1300. >> nice. >> and thank you, madam vice president. >> next item please? >> item number 1 0 is commissioner reports. >> any commissioner report? s >> none? >> i am commenting on the flower market which it is not early in the process and it is

very late, and the developers have promised only that they will make sure that the market is there, and after they bull doze the entire complex down and several years later, they will be able to return however my experience in the meantime, and will put a minimum of 30 to 40,000 living wage workers out of work. and i consider it an enormous crisis, threatening a successful industry. and it is an emergency situation. it will put most everyone out of business and it will destroy the reputation of san francisco as the number one flower market in the u.s.. and so, i have spoken to todd at length about this at oewd and the only thing that i want to say is that i don't feel that i have communicated enough

that this is an unusual industry and in that you can't it operates on a daily basis and so it can't be closed down. because we are dealing with growing, living things. and so, it is of the utmost importance for our city to understand that everyone would have to be relocated in the down time when i have spoken to every single vendor, the flower market could be no more than two to three days without a major financial loss across the board of growers, wholesalers and florists and so i want to put it out there that what more time that this is an unusual industry in terms of it is not like you could put your restaurant somewhere else and it is all of the vendors work together, and it is one kind of

living organism, and if it is separated, it is going to destroy the flower industry in san francisco. >> i have a question and what are the deadline that we are facing. >> september 11th is when the developer signs, to buy the property and they have not said a single word to any of the tenant as of the flower market and now, they are in negotiations to buy the other half of the flower market. >> if i might add, generally these projects are anywhere from 12 to 24 months, looking through just approval process as well. so,... >> yeah, at least i have to go through the planning. >> most of the leases for the tenants are up, to the 31st of this year and so everyone and, no one knows if they have a new owner or how that is going to effect them in terms of their leases. and so it is extremely unstable

situation. next item please. >> item 12 11 is general public comment, on items that are not before the commission. >> and do we have any members of the public that would like to make a comment on items that are not before the commission today? >> seeing none, public comment is closed, next item please? >> next item is new business. >> do we have any new business? >> seeing none, next item please. >> item 13 is adjournment. >> move to adjourn. >> second. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> we adjourn the meeting at 6:36. see you later.

>> good morning and, welcome to the transbay joint powers authority board of director's meeting on thursday, september 11th, and the board would like to recognize the staff at sfgtv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available on-line and today we want to recognize charles who is filming today's meeting and madam clerk. >> we have a scheduling conflict and therefore will not be present. >> and we have director lee. and we have the representative for the court and the joint powers board.

and with that, director lee, and here. >> lee, present. >> director nuru in >> present. >> harper present, and kim? >> present. >> madam chair you have a quorum. >> do we have any communications or board of director's new or old business? >> good morning, directors and members of the public, would i like to begin by thanking mayor lee, and the tax rates that were introduced in yul july and i would like to thank all of those in the process, and i have been in with, and working along our side and helping to move the project along and thank you very much and, you

are support is valuable and now i would like to ask the counsel to provide a little more detail on the out come of the hearing this rate. >> and the counsel for the djpa, and the transit center, plan, provides, that in return for the permission, to build, the taller buildings, then allowed by the existing zoning, and the developers building to these increased heights will pay the community facilities, district, special tax. the proceeds will be 82.6 percent, which would, help to fund the dtx, and the roof top park, and the train elements of the transit center. and the remaining 17.4 percent would on the street improvements and living

streets, other parks, and in the transit center area and the bart station, capacity. and the special tax will be used, to repay the bonds, and that would fund this infrastructure. and now, 4, high-rise buildings in the district, plan area that will be subject to this special tax have received their entitlements from the planning commission and have started and will be breaking ground rkts 350 mission, the developer is kill roy, and the 415, mission and that is the developer sales force, tower and the developer is boston. >> and 41, tahama and the developers and the 181 freemont, and the developer,

and the investment ocii, rather than the planning commission and block six is included in the initial cfe, and and they are required to participate in the cfd, and the dda, or the distribution and development, in the ci and also, prosides the same thing. and developing by tmg has not yet received the entitlements and if it does receive the entitlements and the planning commission will impose the same condition that the tmg participate in this cfd. and so that makes a total of 6

development projects that are subject to the cfd in the near term. >> and the in conjunction with the transit district plan that the per described methology for establishing the special tax rate, the rate will be the annual same as 0.55 percent of the building value, and that will be paid, annually, and 30 years and so that is about a half of one percent, and for 30 years. and the implementation. to determine the tax rates, and to set be forth and by the supervisors and by required by the mela rus, law, and after

that the city conducted the study of the current real estate values in the district plan areas and developed the special tax rates for the rm a, equivalent for the annual payment of a 0.55 percent of the value of each building in the district plan area, subject to the tax. >> and the rm a, included an escalation factor, applied to the base tax rate, in the rm a, and based on changes in construction costs prior to the issuance, of the first certificate of occupancy, for each building, and subject to the tax, and with the escalation, pre, certificate of occupancy, capped at 4 percent. per year. and it will be automatically two percent per year, and the developers objective of these,

on the rates and to say, that the rates, stated in the implementation, document, which were based on 2007, real estate values and in the district, updated to 2012 value and we were binding on the city, because a developer is bought the property in reliance on these rates. >> and the document and the rm a are varied for the type of use and whether the office or the residential or the hotel or the retail. but the rm a, rates also, veriyed the rates depending on the height of the floor in the building, because the higher floors were, or are worth more. and now, to give you an idea of the difference between the rates, the office rate, stated in the implementation document was $3.30 per foot. and per year. and the rm a, averages about 4

dollars and 20 cents per square foot for the office development which is about 25 percent higher than the implementation document rate. and now, the difference in rates for the residential and the hotel and which we were about the same, as of magnitude. and so the city and the rate stated in the implementation, for the soul purpose of projecting the revenues from the special tax and were not the rates that would be, or that by which the city would be bound in the rm a, and and the implementation document was pretty clear that the rates were going to be established in the future, following this study. each if the rates were determined as of the 2013 values that the rates were too high and the city in response contended that, not only were the rates based on 2013,

values, equivalent to 0.55 percent, of value, at that time, but they were actually about 25 percent, lower than the values of today in 2014. based on the developer's bids for the office project, on block five. which were received in july of 2014. and the city, rejected the developer's arguments, and in july of 2014, the city initiated the cfd, and process, before the board of supervisors, and based on the rm a rates, and the developer and if the city approved with the rates and vote against the formation of the cfd which vote was schedule for december, of this year. it requires a vote in favor of two-thirds of the land owners

within the district. and at the public hearing at the board of supervisors on september 9th, last tuesday, on the formation of the cfd, the board of supervisors announced a tentative settlement, with the developers, and the general terms of the settlement are, that the developers will vote to establish the cfd. and the developers will pay the special taxes at the rates, stated in the rm a. and the rates at which the rm a rates will be escalated for the period before, the developers, start to pay the tax, and where the escalation, formally could go as high as four percent per year. and lower, and but it will be fixed at plus, 2 percent per year and that is until each developer gets the certificate, and starts to pay the tax. and in exchange the developers will pay the special tax for 7 additional years,