there an engineer's estimate and did these two bids come within that range, or is that because of the scope of work here that there wasn't one done? just how does that work? >> excellent. i can take that question, commissioner mazzola. so yes, this is the third project -- third trail improvement project that we've bid line item, and we do that because for the trails projects, in the field, our staff does their best job to anticipate the distances, but it's helpful to have those costs line item so if it's 110 feet instead of 108, we have the pricing there. we did provide an estimate. this estimate came in over bid. however, the trails project prequalifications built in them. so, for example, this park surface stabilization and the box steps are features that not a lot of contractors have done. so the projects came in over

bid, but the largest reason for that was that the tree work -- the tree work numbers were higher than anticipated. so for that reason, we brought in some forestry program money to help defray the cost so we're not observing the full cost of hazardous tree removal with trail program money. >> everything that is let out, we do an in-house estimate before the bids go out? >> we actually -- we do engineering estimates. basically, when the bid package goes out, it actually includes -- we know what the engineer's estimate is. >> that's published as well too, to interested contractors. >> thanks. >> mr. general manager. >> sure. just a couple of brief comments to celebrate this eye little bit because i think it's pretty significant. we've been long at work at this for some time. i really wanted to start by thanking rob and matthew and bob

and of course bonnie from the parks alliance. bob, rob, and matthew have been really profound trail advocates and have been patient and resilient, particularly rob and matthew in the oak woodlands area specifically. i just want to say thank you. also, celebrate melinda's great work on our trail projects. these are tricky. they're far more complicated than they appear. to put a punctuation mark on this, i was at a gym yesterday morning exercising with a bunch of millennials -- >> make sure the record reflects what he just said, will you. >> the following conversation took place. they had no idea what i did and who i was. i was a guy who couldn't touch his toes. they said have you ever hiked on the trails in san francisco? yeah. they're really killer. the city is doing an awesome,

awesome job. have you ever been on the creeks to peaks thing? that trail is the best. that was a real conversation. i just sat there in pain but quietly proud. great job, melinda. >> thank you. thank you, do we have public comment? >> we already did it. >> oh, well, do i have a memory? [ laughter ] >> okay. entertain a motion. >> so moved. >> second. >> moved and seconded. all those in favor. >> aye. >> great. we are now on item 8, balboa pool renovation, the amendment to the construction contract. >> good morning, commissioners, i'm the project manager for the balboa pool renovation. this is action to amend the construction contract for the balboa pool renovation to

increase the limit from $7,130,000 so an amount not to exceed $9,960,000, an increase of $2,830,000 which is greater than 10% over the approved contract amount. under this plan, the project seeks to inspire public space, strengthen the quality of existing parks and facilities, and to inspire play, promote active living, strengthen and promote the safety and well-being of san francisco's youth and seniors. this is not a request for additional funds. of the project has funding to accommodate the requested contracted inhe is crease. -- increase. it's been one of the most popular sites for swims. the building is located within balboa park, one of the department's equity zone parks. as part of the 2012 bond, they are renovating the pool and construction started late 2016. improvements include new

dedicated community room for events, installation to allow for dual programming and increased hours, stairs and ramps, plumbing systems, new site plan to delineate pedestrian and vehicular traffic and safety. and upgraded site and building accessibility in accordance with latest ada standards. balboa pool construction is approximately 75% complete with reopening anticipated later in 2018. the project has experienced delays to the original schedule due to unforeseen site conditions and with issues to the new electrical service at the building. project change orders to date can be categorized with scope enhancements requested by recreation and park, unforeseen building conditions and items related to the new pg and e recollect al service.

one of the major scope enhancements was replacement of the building's window system which was not in the original project scope. it was determined as we were doing demolition and prep that the window system was in too poor condition to refurbish or warranty. it comes with increased energy efficiency, better functionality and a full warranty. this and some other enhancements from important to the project scope to ensure the best overall investment for the community. changes to the electrical service, during construction, the intended electrical scope of work required a major change due to pg and e requirements. they required the department to install new high voltage primary al metering facility at the sited with the assistance, we negotiated installation of a secondary service at balboa. much the final engineering documents with pg and e are still forthcoming.

when we have that completion, we can move forward with the final phases of construction. recently, we have been in contact with them, though, to emphasize the urgency of completing engineering documents and we have -- just this morning, i spoke with them. they promised to get us diagrams needed for us to do the sub structure trenching work which is part of our critical path on the construction. while they are finishing up the other engineering, we'll be able to move forward tearing up the parking lot to get the conduit and so some is of the other sub structure in place so we can stay on schedule. >> let me ask you a question on that point. so you're getting updated documents that will allow this to proceed, and are they giving us some satisfaction that there won't be further delays on their end when they fin shal fin -- fe documents? >> they told us the final

documents will come to us in may. but what we requested of them was -- there are a few things we need to just keep moving and avoid waiting. >> you're getting them. >> those things, they have said they'll be able to get to us. >> let me jump in on this one because i've been involved in some of the communications and we just got an update this morning. this is just to give commissioners context, this has been extremely frustrating for us. this has been going on for essentially a year. we first engaged both pg and e in the small of 2016 on this project. we -- it took march 2018 for us to get the commitment from pg and e to allow puc to provide power to its own building. there are a lot of reasons for that. it's technical and lost in a big political battle over who delivers power where.

each day of delay has cost this project about $1500. so this is real. this is not the first time we've been down this read. levi has had to do with this at the randall and we've got more projects coming around the bend where we face similar risk. this morning, just on the heels of this meeting, pg and e basically confirmed that their goal was to complete full engineering documents by the end of may. that was actually unacceptable to our team because it was going to result in further construction delays. so as an addendum to that, as levi noted, we're going to trench and do prep work ahead of the completion of some of the technical engineering work-related to the transformer and the the actual delivery of electricity. we've spoken -- worked closely with the puc on this. for a little bit more context,

what the puc believes is that there are a number of projects, which pg and e is asking for time extensions. what the puc is hearing is that some of the resources are being diverted to north bay work, which is not necessarily an acceptable excuse to us. they should be increasing their capacity. in any event, the delays continue, but there's a path forward. >> thank you. does that conclude your presentation. >> i was saying staff recommends amending the construction contract to increase the limit from $7,130,000 to an amount not to exceed $9,900,000. >> thank you very much. >> is there any public comment? okay. being none, public comment is closed. commissioners. >> entertain a motion. >> commissioner bonilla.

>> question. this is -- >> can i get to you speak into the microphone. >> yeah. so it's actually an increase. i mean, all throw -- it's more than 10%. it's almost like 30%. that's huge. yeah. do we have any idea before we started the project that this might be a potential -- i mean, we would be realizing this significant of an increase in this project, or did this come out of nowhere. >> i would say we didn't anticipate this huge a shift. >> you didn't? >> i think we had two things. pg and e was a major chunk of this. then i think the other piece was we -- this building was built in the '60s -- i'm sorry -- '50s, and there were elements that were just -- were not able to be seen by the design team

during -- they would have required demolition, and i think the windows is a really big one. frankly, had we known we would have planned for it ahead of time and with garfield pool, given -- they're exact same age. we have built in full window replacements knowing the pool environment corrodes these things. so we're going forward knowing it will need to be done on future pools. >> since i live in the neighborhood, when did can i sas it will be completed? >> i would say right now, my best guess is fall of 2018. >> commissioner, just to remind you, the real complicated reason for the delay has been the issue that i briefed you on, which is

the delivery of power, which ha, unfortunately, that we have been able to control. so we've been applying as much leverage as we can with pg and e, i've been involved in this. supervisor safai has been involved with this. i don't -- i'm not going to let -- put levi's neck out there. this is dependent on pg and e delivering on their commitments. >> i would just like to be able to -- when i'm asked -- >> i will add, we've been -- >> i fully understand all the additional work that has to be done and so on and what the delays are. i mean, that's not a question -- i mean, i don't have any problem with that. it's just that i would like to be able to give some sort of response rather than saying i don't know. >> well, i would add, we've been really happy with the contractor.

they've been a great partner. so they have been really proactive in helping us try to adjust the schedule wherever we can to have things ready. you know, the construction sequence is complicated, and so they've been really willing to work and make sure we're ready to go and roll. if would you like to come and take a tour and check it out during construction, i'm happy to -- >> what we've noted in the report is that we anticipate another proximate 20 weeks of construction once this pg and e issue is completed. everything is being held up on the construction. we're hoping -- let's say that pg and e we get final designs by the end of may and transformers in and all that stuff sometime in june. then it's low temperature 5 months. so probably by the end of the year. does that sound right to you?

by the end of 2018. >> thank you. commissioner mcdonnell. >> just quick question about the contract summary calculations. this is the part i don't understand. i think i understand, but what unforeseen conditions are. i don't understand the expenses related to unforeseen circumstances. different from the installation of the windows, et cetera. >> i think the major change was the -- something like the windows that is such a major expense, there was a way around it, but it would have meant reusing the existing windows and i think installing just an interior product that wouldn't have been warrantied. >> i'm thinking of something different. in the budget summary, around the additional expense, there are the expenses related to the enhancement and then there are

expenses related to unforeseen conditions. i don't quite understand what those are. >> that would be things like i have one listed here for repairs of corroded and crusted steel. i would categorize them as smaller elements in the building many as you uncover it, they need to be addressed. >> got it. >> there was a lot of -- given the pool environment, there was a lot of miscellaneous concrete that needed to be worked on because of the chlorine and that kind of stuff. we also had storm mitigation. when we had the huge storms last year, we actually had over $100,000 in expense to remove trees that had fallen on the construction trailer. we had flooding in the basement that needed to be pumped out because we had opened up the basement to do foundation work. so things like that. >> thank you. >> thank you. seeing no other further questions, the chair would

entertain a motion. >> so moved. >> second. >> all those in favor. >> aye. >> so moved. thank you. >> we're on item 9 public comment continued from item 4. is there anyone who did not speak on item 4 that would like to speak on item 9? being none, this item is close . we're on item 10, commissioners matters. anything? >> seeing none. >> is there any public comment on this item? being none, item 10 is closed. item 11 is new business agenda setting. is there any public comment on this item? >> commissioner mcdonnell. >> i don't know whether this warrants a new agenda item, but i would love to know the timing of the next update for the commission on our equity work. we have benchmarks and we're

doing good and great work against it, et cetera, but i don't know the right sequence of timing to have it -- >> we typically will re-present during a cycle when we present our strategic plan and our operations plan. it would be the next sort of full update would probably be in the fall. >> okay. great. thank you. >> is there any public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. item 12, communications, is there any public comment on this item? being none, this item is closed. we are on item 13, adjournment. >> so moved. >> second. >> moved and seconded. all those in favor. >> aye. >> so moved. >> thank you, commissioner.

>> it's great to see everyone kind of get together and prove,

that you know, building our culture is something that can be reckoned with. >> i am desi, chair of economic development for soma filipinos. so that -- [ inaudible ] know that soma filipino exists, and it's also our economic platform, so we can start to build filipino businesses so we can start to build the cultural district. >> i studied the bok chase choy

her achbl heritage, and i discovered this awesome bok choy. working at i-market is amazing. you've got all these amazing people coming out here to share one culture. >> when i heard that there was a market with, like, a lot of filipino food, it was like oh, wow, that's the closest thing i've got to home, so, like, i'm going to try everything. >> fried rice, and wings, and three different cliefz sliders. i haven't tried the adobe yet, but just smelling it yet brings back home and a ton of memories. >> the binca is made out of different ingredients,

including cheese. but here, we put a twist on it. why not have nutella, rocky road, we have blue berry. we're not just limiting it to just the classic with salted egg and cheese. >> we try to cook food that you don't normally find from filipino food vendors, like the lichon, for example. it's something that it took years to come up with, to perfect, to get the skin just right, the flavor, and it's one of our most popular dishes, and people love it. this, it's kind of me trying to chase a dream that i had for a long time. when i got tired of the corporate world, i decided that i wanted to give it a try and

see if people would actually like our food. i think it's a wonderful opportunity for the filipino culture to shine. everybody keeps saying filipino food is the next big thing. i think it's already big, and to have all of us here together, it's just -- it just blows my mind sometimes that there's so many of us bringing -- bringing filipino food to the city finally. >> i'm alex, the owner of the lumpia company. the food that i create is basically the filipino-american experience. i wasn't a chef to start with, but i literally love lumpia, but my food is my favorite foods i like to eat, put into my favorite filipino foods, put together. it's not based off of recipes i

learned from my mom. maybe i learned the rolling technique from my mom, but the different things that i put in are just the different things that i like, and i like to think that i have good taste. well, the very first lumpia that i came out with that really build the lumpia -- it wasn't the poerk and shrimp shanghai, but my favorite thing after partying is that bakon cheese burger lumpia. there was a time in our generation where we didn't have our own place, our own feed to eat. before, i used to promote

filipino gatherings to share the love. now, i'm taking the most exciting filipino appetizer and sharing it with other filipinos. >> it can happen in the san francisco mint, it can happen in a park, it can happen in a street park, it can happen in a tech campus. it's basically where we bring the hardware, the culture, the operating system. >> so right now, i'm eating something that brings me back to every filipino party from my childhood. it's really cool to be part of the community and reconnect with the neighborhood. >> one of our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown or little saigon,

there's little communities there that act as place makers. when you enter into little philippines, you're like where are the businesses, and that's one of the challenges we're trying to solve. >> undercover love wouldn't be

possible without the help of the mayor and all of our community partnerships out there. it costs approximately $60,000 for every event. undiscovered is a great tool for the cultural district to bring awareness by bringing the best parts of our culture which is food, music, the arts and being ativism all under one roof, and by seeing it all in this way, what it allows san franciscans to see is the dynamics of the filipino-american culture. i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just

empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when people come to discover, i want them to rediscover the magic of what diversity and empathy can create. when you're positive and committed to using that energy >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their showing up and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so where will you shop & dine in the 49 san francisco owes must of the

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