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encouraging to see 500,000 in just one quarter, bigger piece of the revenue picture. i know we just started, but it would be helpful at whatever the appropriate time to get reporting on actuals versus projections, 'cause i know we were making a lot of probably fairly rough guesses on projections from all of these different medias or revenue streams from the media, from the advertising, from park, so it would be helpful so that we could see how we're tracking relative to where we expected to be. >> yes, director. and my intent was to provide you something probably december time frame, just have a quarter -- >> yeah, quarterly probably make sense. >> you booked a quarter already. >> sure. >> but they haven't booked the next quarter, so i want to see how the next quarter, and then, we will do that. >> right. but not just for -- it was great to hear some of the
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vending machines are meeting expectations. obviously, particularly for us operators, we're eager to see those revenues coming in better than projected, which means those revenues can go towards transit service. >> but whatever you've set aside for us, don't redirect it for the time being. >> and then, the final point had to do with two things related to traffic circulation. one is yesterday, when i was walking down beale street, and i saw what appeared to be a private vehicle turning into the bus plaza, i don't know if we -- i haven't asked my folks. i don't know if we're experiencing that a lot. i don't think there's much, if any, in the way of sign aage tt would say, transit vehicles only. i imagine somebody driving down beale, and they say to turn
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right. >> we've had a lot of feedback in the signage in general. we're going to take a look at it holistically. comments are appreciated because we're tracking all the feedback and then we'll figure out how to address them. >> okay. and then the second one has to do with block two, and i already shared this with the executive director, but i think there's a strong body of research, and i think director chang could corroborate for this, the creation or availability of parking induces demand for vehicle trips. we have already a very congested downtown san francisco, particularly around the area of the trans bay terminal, so the idea of creating availability by leasing that space to a parking, i guess the allure of revenue, which, as i just said,
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we're eager to see revenue come in, but i would encourage, just speaking as one director, that we look at alternate tiive way generate revenue. >> yes. there are other ways, so -- but appreciate the feedback. thank you. >> just to build on that, echo, definitely appreciate director reiskin's comments on that. regarding the terminal site, would there be a possibility of bringing back a schedule as far as determining the temporary activities, when then development of the site would be developing subsequent to
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that. maybe at the next meeting, you can provide an update on the schedule for all of this. thank you. >> we can do that. any other questions? all right. next item. >> moving onto the next item, is item 8, citizens advisory committee update. >> good morning, chair nuru, directors, executive director. my name is bruce aggett. i'm the chairman of the tjpa citizens advisory committee. the c.a.c. wants to congratulate the board and the project team on the successful opening of the salesforce transit center and all the work that went into that, including some of the festivities of the neighborhood ceremony and the ribbon cutting party. the c.a.c. appreciated the thanks that we received at the ceremony for our contributions to the completion of this phase of the project. as dennis mentioned earlier, a huge thank you to the contractors and the men and women from all the trade unions involved. overall, a fantastic job, quality project, and most importantly, a job done safely.
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for me, i join the c.a.c. a little over five years ago, and i wanted to thank director chang, i wanted to thank director kim for recommending me for this appointment. i remember the first presentation i attended. at that time, we were tracking status on the pub number of micropiles being installed. my first question was what's a micropile, and i learned what a micropile was. we sure have come a long way. i did track the festivities from europe. i received numerous text messages that day during the ceremonies and pictures from friends who were in attendance and also on social media. next, i wanted to follow up on
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the potential quality of life issues that we've been discussing that potential issues in the vicinity regarding the transit center. all key stakeholders were in attendance, and it was clear that the members were not waiting to discuss the issues at the weekly meeting, they were in contact on a daily basis to discuss and address the issues that were identified. as no significant issues or trends have been identified to this point, we have now transitioned to monthly meetings, with the next meeting scheduled for october 1. we're pleased to see the results of the first quality of life data report, and it was published. and although there was an uptick of incidents reported in a couple of categories, the issues are being addressed, and we will continue to monitor to see how these issues trend. we will continue to keep you posted on a monthly basis. the c.a.c. was pleased to here
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that the sfcta commission approved to continue the design of the c.t.x. and understands and supports that the additional funding request will be made to the m.t.c. for the remainder of the funds required to complete this design work when they become available from rm-3 early next year. we were also pleased to hear this past tuesday, the sfcta committee approved the first reading of the resolution to approve the pennsylvania alignment as the optimal alignment as recommended by the san francisco planning department. there were amendments provided through public comment suggesting the resolution contain certain language on a phased approach to the d.t.x. and pennsylvania alignment. chair peskin requested a review of the suggestions and indicated that revisions as appropriate could be included at the second reading and
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approved at the september 25 commission meeting. at that point, we at the c.a.c. look forward to understanding any next steps that would lead to the final approval by the city for the pennsylvania alignment extension. at our c.a.c. meeting, staff also presented a video showing the future of rail operations at the center. the feedback was that she very well done and it was recommended that videos were available at the center so passengers can view it, envision it and feel the same excitement for rail at the transit center. we were very pleased to see the budget holding and the milestones being met. with approximately three months left to the final close out, we look forward to monthly updates, tracking practicing made on the open items and risk
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items as they come to closure. we are pleased to hear that forecast for these risk items are factored into the r.a.c., and of course we realize that these risks can generate over runs and know that the project team will be watching them closely. the next item was regarding the facilities and the retail update. i'd like to start with the facilities update. we are pleased to see the progress made on the letters of intent and leases targeted for approval. we look forward to progress on the items to the end of the year and next year. we will provide feedback to the team on the slide presentation which we believe will provide additional clarity on current status versus forecasts. facility operations, although overwhelmingly the feedback regarding the center, operations and programming is very positive, the c.a.c.
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requested a report out on what critical feedback has been reported to this point. any specific items and any recommendations. what we have heard to date is feedback on several points. one, on the number of bathro s bathrooms, a seating, a need for improved way finding, posting of transit center rules which are more noticeable, including information on dogs, lack of food and beverage availability on the rooftop park, efficient bus egress from the bus plaza onto fremont street, especially during rush hour, and pedestrian crossing ease and safety. we were pleased to here the issues captured by the project team to this point and the feedback we've received as c.a.c. members is very consistent. next steps. the project team will wait a few months, and the c.a.c. agreed to allow time for additional feedback before determining next steps on a
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variety of items to determine priority and course of action. it's clear that several items will be addressed at the completion of the listed close out item -- listed close out items. items enabling beverage and food availability are in progress. it was good to hear that the sfmta is scheduled to conduct a study to review pedestrian flows and traffic patterns around the center, and we look forward to a presentation on the results of this study and any recommendations. permanent, more visible signs documenting rules are coming shortly, and new signs indicating dogs not allowed in the park have recently been installed and compliance is and will continue to be enforced. regarding the temporary terminal, the c.a.c. was pleased to here that the tjpa pr project team is working closely with the east cut c.b.d. for an
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interim utilization of the site, and quality feedback will be received from the surrounding community prior to a recommendation coming first to the c.a.c. and then here to the board. thank you for the opportunity to provide this update and happy to answer any questions. >> okay. thank you. >> your next item is item nine, public comment which is an opportunity for the public to address items not on today's calendar but within your jurisdiction, and we've not received any indication that a member of the public wishes to address you. next item is
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>> okay. the closed session for the tran bay joint powers authority has adjourned. in regards to item 14, closed session, there is nothing to report. moving to your calendar, item 15. [agenda item read] >> clerk: directors, i've not received any indication that a member of the public wants to comment on the item. >> i ccommissioners, i can ans any questions that you may have. >> yes. do we have any indications of
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when and where this ends? >> we're working with the jones day on revising updating the budget. an indication i got from them that they were closer to the finish line than before. it all depends on the trial date. >> so there's a chance this would be the last. >> so let me -- yes. >> excuse me. is this coming from the management reserve, meaning the unallocated contingencies, the allocated reserve? >> yes. they requested it from the reserve. >> move for approval. >> i am trying to recall the slide that has the budget. i'm trying to figure out. >> yeah. we're encroaching on the 2.2. >> and was this discussed at the c.r.c. meeting -- okay. and what was the feedback from
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committee members? >> it was approved, but i must say it was reluctant. >> so moved. >> second. >> okay. so there's a first and second and no members of the public wanting to comment on the item -- [roll call] >> clerk: that's six ayes. item 15 is approved. call the next item? >> yes, please. >> authorizing the --
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program reserve. >> the construction council, that's not operations? >> no. >> that's not. >> no. >> so they're part of this -- this -- >> no, the legal bench is all of them. the 500,000 will not be used -- most likely would be -- it's an as needed basis. the legal bench is the total. >> okay. yeah. >> no members of the public have commented on the item or wants to comment on the item. >> move the item. >> first and a second? >> first and second. [roll call] >> clerk: that's six ayes. item 16 is approved. go ahead and call the next item. >> yes, please.
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item 17. >> clerk: for flow of this, items 17 and 18, we'll go ahead and call them together: item 17 is a presentation on the execution of a lease agreement with venga, a california corporation, for 691 square feet of retail space of the new transit center. item 18 is authorizing the executive director to complete negotiations and execute a lease agreement with td transbay, a california limited liability company, d.b.a. per diem for about 3,000 square feet of commercial space on the ground level of the new transit center. >> okay. good morning, directors, erica elliott from the retail leasing team at colliers. i'm excited to show you our progress. first a bit of an update before we get too far.
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there we go. so this is a pictureport that e seen before, but today, we have over 360 registered inquiries. you can see in the column for letters of intent that they span to include most categories, which we're really excited about. one item to notice that since the opening of the center, we are having to conduct few you are cores -- fewer choerres. one fact also that we'd like -- that we're kind of proud about is the fact that since opening, several tenants who had previously passed because it was under construction, they couldn't visualize it, couldn't
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get their arms around it from come back to us to wanting to submit offers on spaces and how we're happily able to inform them that they have quite a bit of competition, so if you -- progress by stage, how are we doing with the schedule that we've laid out, and you all approved for us? to summarize, our progress to date, we have 19 spaces and letters of intent. we are in lease negotiations for eight spaces, and we have approved leases for another eight spaces. so with 16 in lease negotiations and the ones that have already been approved, we are ahead of schedule to have 13 or more open by the end of second quarter next year. our general update, actively touring seven interested
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parties, that's this week. 19 active l.o.i.'s and eight spaces in active negotiations. many of the spaces have two or more back up deals, negotiating the deal to get the best deal proform aas we can. we're working with tenants to activate for permanent rooftop activiation, and then, we have daily meetings with our team at lynn cal and turner to go through all the t.i. and the construction. the financial summary. today we are presenting per diem for your approval. it will be serving lunch and dinner monday through friday and dinner on saturdays and sundays, and it will have a full bar. the design that will match its sister location on sutter street, sutter at sansome, and
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it will be eclectic and sophisticated. most of the decorations are items that they find at flea markets or estate sales, so it's quite fun. we ask that you approve this deal. since our last meeting, we've also signed a smaller restaurant space, a local leoned business with a -- locally owned business with a moderate priced menu. this will be their second location, venga and panata. so as a summary, of the 100,000 square foot of retail, today you are approving a space of about 3,000 square feet, so that would total for the approved doles to date, 47,222, which -- deals to date, 47,222,
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which is about 47% of the spaces. of the annual growth income expected for year one, we are about 51% committed. >> i have a question on the policy here. >> yes. >> go back to the slides. it's a very good summary because if we're receiving 51% are their base rent based on a 47% square footage lease and 47 is of the space leases, the 47% of the square footage lease, most of it is going to be on the second floor, so what are we going to be seeing coming in on the first floor is higher rents, maybe. it's a good trend. it looks -- continually, it looks like -- financially, it looks like a good trend. having said that, with
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operators, keep please the money, and don't spend it. >> it's in the mail. >> so material terms are growing above pro forma, and after opening, we have increased interest, as i said before, with multiple offers perspace. 47% of the area leased. you can tell by our colored chart here -- i know it's quite small, but that green area that isn't leased it getting smaller. 99% of the spaces have multiple interested parties, and since opening and this is actually -- there's actually more than this list right now, but three more l.o.i.s submits, six more tours, and three more inquiries, so it's speaking for itself. >> how many inquiries have you had for the big deal restaurant in the park? >> we've had probably over ten inquiries, and he have we've had multiple tours. >> no l.o.i.s? >> no, we do. >> oh, you do have an l.o.i.?
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>> we do. >> okay. >> so we'd like to ask you to authorize to complete negotiations and execute the per diem lease. any questions? >> i have a few questions. one. what would be the timing of opening of these two. we have two items, but your deck -- the items to approve today, and there was one. >> right. because the per diem lease meets the parameters for your approval. venga 1 is below that, and the director has already assigned it. >> then why is it on the agenda? >> it's just to show -- >> one item just informational item and i wanted to include it in the staff report to let you know it's been excused since july. >> and the timeline for when these would be open. >> so we're hoping to meet our schedule of having these as being part of the 13 spaces that will be open by the end of second quarter.
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>> second quarter. great. >> keeping it conservative. >> great. >> motion. >> second. >> okay. we have a first and second call the role. >> first and second on item 18, and no members of the public wishing to comment. [roll call] >> clerk: six ayes, item 18 is approved. go ahead and call your next item. item 19 is authorizing the director to transfer 15 million. [inaudible] do we have presentation on this item? >> good morning, directors, i'll present this one, give some background. as was stated in the opening
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comments there, it's -- most of the 15 million that's being requested to move the program reserve is related to construction contingency. it's a replacement of items specifically related to the general conditions change orders that have been implemented as part of a good portion of which is the extension of time. originally, we were supposed to be completed in december 2017. obviously, it's gone later than that. to offset that, all of those change orders, we actually have utilized the cmgc contingency. knowing that culpability on this time is an element as part of the spans beyond december 2017. other items on there is the tjpa's interest in admin expenses and then construction admin from a design support from the pelle architectural staff is also pieces of these, as well. to the director's comment
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earlier about this -- on this -- i think this was the screen that you were referring to. this particular ask of 15 million has already been included and accounted for, so in our original e.a.c.'s, so the estimation of completion is not changing at all because we've accounted for this under our risk slides and have built that into it. also all the items in here have gone to the cost reviewing committee, on coding a change order, a close out that has went to the cost review committee as this past one as well, to. what this -- what this is really the 2.59 million because it's phase two construction. to bring it back, another slide from ron and i's presentation, this shows the current which is slightly different than what's in the staff report. the one from a staff report is from a couple months ago. this is current, showing 3.7 million, with a total
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program reserve of 83.1 million in there as well, too. so i use that 83.1 million number as i refer now to the next slide. taking that to this, this slide is intended to wrap up all of the actions that have gone on the previous action items today, including the 15 million. so we had 83.1 million, the june stay, legal bench, including the 15 million, leaves us after this, if approved at $62.6 million left in program reserve. >> questions? yes. oh, okay. >> can you go back to the second slide? i was just looking -- i didn't -- no, the one before. >> oh, the budget slide, yes.
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i was just looking at a number. i'm fine. >> okay. any other questions, directors? okay. motion? do i have a motion? >> i'll move approval. >> second. >> first and a second, no members of the public wishing to comment on approval. [roll call] >> clerk: that's six ayes. item 19 is approved. go ahead and call your next
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item, item 20. >> yes, please. [inaudible] >> clerk: and we have -- [inaudible] >> skip sacco, satdpa, engineering manager. this item is amended to the agreement with parsons transportation group. we're extending it six months. we're increasing amount under the agreement by $14.82 million for a total of $22.3 million. we currently have part of the funding from prop k as our
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executive director mentioned, and we'll be seeking the remainder of it from rm-3 shortly, as soon as -- the beginning of the year. we're working with m.t.c. now currently. the scope of the work is 30% design. it's for the mine tunnel, using tunnel -- it's 30% design for the mine tunnel, using tunnel boring machine between the transit center and fourth and townsend street station. and the complete 30% design is described in the supplemental environmental document, which was the -- was the work that we were unable to complete as a result of holding off on it, the result of the r.a.p. study. we're updating the phase two cost estimate, and we're preparing the documents for the advanced utility relocation
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work, which is minor work, but it clears the waytor shovel ready. continue coordinate with the city and caltrain and high speed rail. so the considerations, by extending the parsons, it puts us in perexpect position for the project to be shovel -- perfect position for the project to be shovel ready. this puts us in the best position and allows us to stay on schedule. the team has participated in recent studies and peer reviews to move this as well as the r.a.b. study forward. team is well versed in agreements between with tjpa partners. that's including all of this. this extension will provide the
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project dwsh-position the project to proceed with the design build or design bid build in the future, so we've got to bring this to the 30% design level effort, we're going to package this, we'll be working with this in the summer to make that decision. we'll be doing a new contract for someone to pick this up, take the 30% design, and either package it as a design build projector complete the design. so -- and we want to get this -- this construction bid documents -- complete them in 2020 to be -- so they'll be able to advertise in 2021 to meet our schedule for high speed rail to be able to enter the transit center in 2028. so our recommendations here is to -- for the -- for the board to authorize the executive director to execute the amendment number five to the
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agreement with parsons transportation group and to extend the term six months, increase the maximum amount under the agreement by 14.82 million for a total of 22.3 million and amend the key personnel. any questions? >> director reiskin? >> two. one, regarding the scope post delivery 30%, is developing recommendations within the scope of this contract or will that be done by tjpa staff or elsewhere? >> we'll be working internally to do that as well as we can use our ppmc group to help us in that effort, and we'll be making that decision next summer to be able to put out a contract with that language in it. >> objection. a and -- okay. and then, can you confirm that this is the last extension of this contract that we'll be
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contemplating and any subsequent engineering work or design build work will be done under a new and separate procurement? >> director reiskin, i can confirm that definitely going beyond the 30%, we're going to release an r.f.p., depending on what the board chooses, we would present the procurement strategies to the board. so we want to get to the point where we have a deliverable to be able to work with. if we don't get the region three measure money in time, we'd have to get some additional money in order to reach the 30%. we have the sfpta money, but it's not enough, so there's a
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timeline there that we have to meet. >> just waund to underscore the activities of the parsons development. >> we did a procurement strategy about a year ago, and i'm pretty sure we shared it with the scta staff, so we're going to share it with the entire team, as well as caltrain. i mentioned high speed rail because they're a funding partner, as well. >> thank you. when you --
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>> -- otherwise, they might have a conflict of interest. >> yeah. yeah. okay. we'll look into that, then. >> okay. >> no members of the public have indicated they want to comment on the item. move the item. >> second. >> with a first and a second -- [roll call] >> clerk: six ayes. item 20 is approved, and your last item on your calendar for today is item 21, approving the minutes of the july 20, 2018 meeting. the members of the public have indicated they want to comment on the item. >> any comment? >> okay. motion and a second? >> i move the item.
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>> second. >> first and a second. all those in favor? [voting] >> and opposed. >> i'd like to abstain. >> because you were not here. >> i did not review the tape. >> with reiskin abstaining and the other board members confirming they are good with the minutes, the minutes are approved, and with that, this concludes your agenda for today. >> okay. this will conclude our meeting for september 13, and we will adjourn. >> clerk: thank you. there an
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i'm sorry. let me rephrase that. tomorrow at the full board, we will be hearing the appeal of to see what determination for the central soma plan. because we cannot hear anything approvals before them, the planning commission is waiting to hear amendments, which is set to be heard this thursday. so, i have asked through the noticing process that we set the continuance to the date of monday, october 1st. but i know that before we do that, we have to open up for public comment on all these items. >> supervisor tang: i will open up items one through for for comment? any members of the public that want to speak? public comment is closed. as supervisor kim stated, i would like to entertain a motion to continue items one through five to the october 1st land use meeting. >> supervisor kim: i will make that motion. >> supervisor tang: we will do that without objection. item six.
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[reading agenda item] >> supervisor tang: thank you. we have jen low from supervisor yee's office who is a son spore of this item and a representative from the planning department. >> good afternoon, chair tang, supervisors kim and safai. ocean avenue is one of our merchant corridors in district seven and has a very active community benefits district organized by the ocean avenue association. the association came to us with this idea because we were getting concerned that medical uses were taking up a lot of the retail spaces on the ground floor along ocean avenue. so, we shared that concern and came up with a solution
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requiring a conditional use so that appropriate and necessary and desirable uses could be maintained on the corridor without taking away from active retail space. so, we have audrey here from the planning department to share a little more about this. we would love to have your support. we understand when we have further restrictions on corridors that it can do the opposite effect, which is increasing vacancies and we are working with the ocean avenue association to look into a pilot that was started by chair tang and supervisor safai. but streamlining permitting processes for desirable businesses on the ground floor so we are attracting businesses we want to see. i will hand this over to the planning department. >> supervisor tang: thank you. i'm glad to hear that. did you, supervisor safai, have a question? >> supervisor safai: i will make a comment after she speaks. >> afternoon. audrey from the planning department.
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the planning commission heard this. the background on our recommendation is threefold. health service uses do not foster an active store front to the extent many eating establishments attract at the street level. and it has struggled to maintain an active pedestrian commercial corridor and overkon investigation of these type of uses -- overconcentration can serve to disrupt the uses. it can be relied upon to ensure appropriate uses are appropriate. the second reason is the conditional use authorization process also keeps the path clear to establishing a new health service use in the ocean avenue ntd. in our case report, when restricting currently permitted uses on the ground floor, caution should be exercised in order to prevent a stifling of the vibrancy and diversity in
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uses. as ms. low suggested, they are going to work on program to establish uses on the ground floor that are desirable for this neighborhood. the third reason is that many of the new health service uses that would be subject to the cu authorization process would be eligible for our department's community business priority processing program so long as that business doesn't possess more than 20 other locations and not seeking to expand allowed operation or store fronts. this program requires the cu authorization application to be heard by the planning commission within 90 days of complete application submittal. again, that program will assist in ensuring new proposed limitations on health service uses in this district do not overly restrict these businesses from establishing themselves without extensive delays so long as they are appropriate. that concludes our court. if you have any questions yible
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-- our report. if you have any questions i am available. >> supervisor tang: thank you. supervisor safai had a question or comment. >> supervisor safai: i just wanted to say the opportunity -- i'm glad that supervisor yee's office is going to be looking into our 312 reform. it gives you the opportunity to update your table in terms of what is permitted and not permitted and what is required on the second floor in general. i'm glad this conversation started on ocean avenue. it gives you the opportunity to mirror that and you can expand it across the board to cover many different areas. i'm glad you are taking this on. >> supervisor tang: great. and i join supervisor safai's comments and happy to help district seven with that legislation as well. okay. so, at this point we will open up item six to public comment? seeing none, public comment on item six is closed. i'm happy to chat with audrey on
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the side later. colleagues, do we have a motion on item six, please? >> supervisor safai: i will make a motion to send this to the board with positive recommendation. >> supervisor tang: we can do that without objection. thank you very much. item seven, please. [reading agenda item] >> supervisor tang: great. we have a sponsor. supervisor fewer. >> thank you. colleagues, i'm delighted to have this follow up meeting from public works. my neighbors on the west side have been awaiting this infrastructure and have been and will be paying for this for the next 15 years. but have not yet benefited from having underground yutilities. having the wires underground is about safety.
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pg&e and the police respond to keep the area safe. today we have debra and bernie from public works who will be presenting an update on their work and having reviewed the previous recommendations for utility underground task force and data from having underground 4.8 miles in the city. i'm eager to hear about their approach and developing a master work plan. thank you. >> good afternoon, chair tang, supervisors kim, safai and fewer. we are here on behalf of san francisco public works. since the last time we met with you, we have progressed on a number of items. we are refining undergrounding information and developing a mapper interface and we are working with i.t. and performing
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qaqc and developing an accurate underground map. and we are working with utility companies to secure data on outstanding utilities to be undergrounded. we have been working with a team to refine a scope of work to develop a robust undergrounding master plan which i brought today as part of the scope of work we will be assessing san diego's utility underground program as a guide. identify data gaps and assessing tunt tuntdss -- opportunities to inform recommendations for the master plan. we are looking for funding opportunities, developing a staffing plan and budget plans and implementation strategy advised by the items i have just mentioned. as part of our strategy and collaboration, we will be including various critical stakeholders to provide input into this plan. i have bernie, our acting permit manager with me if you have any
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additional questions. thank you. >> supervisor tang: thank you supervisor fewer. i embarked upon research on this topic a few years ago. i know it is a difficult one and i know it was mentioned we would study san diego's model and so forth. for me what i found throughout the years of the research, it was so cost prohibitive. millions of dollars per block or per mile. i can't remember what the most recent numbers are. but exorbitant. i guess my question is, even if we are going to embark upon sort of a planning phase of this work, if we don't have the dollars, how are we going to proceed and has there been any sort of advocacy around pg and e and i forget if it was the rule third year whatever that was called money we mortgaged a long time ago and when we are even
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going to be able to see anymore of those funds for the city for undergrounding. >> you were correct. there's a tremendous challenge with funding. the rule 20 funds have been exhausted for about the next 17 years. i think a budget report came out from the mayor's office identifying that. in this master plan effort we are going to look into funding opportunities and seeing what is available and support to move forward with. we will come back to you with more information on what would be available and what would be of interest to proceed with. >> supervisor kim: how long do you think it would take to do this planning and to come back to us when you have something? >> we will keep you updated as we move forward. next step is to execute a contract with the consultant and then we would be happy to work with your offices and provide you updates along the way. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. i know it is challenging and really expensive. i realize that. so, chair, i'm requesting that
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we would continue this item to the call of the chair since she said she could come back and update us. >> supervisor tang: all right. we will entertain a motion to continue this to the call of the chair then. sorry. public comment. yes, on item seven. any members of the public? okay. seeing none, public comment is closed. now we can entertain the motion to continue to the call of the chair. okay. we will do that without objection. madam clerk, any other items? >> clerk: no further business. >> supervisor tang: all right. we are now adjourned. [meeting adjourned]
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