>> mike clark we have researched what every plan does, some do provide coverage for the laser assisted service, just not with any additional reimbursement relative to traditional method. others do not provide coverage for the laser assisted. we will continue to work with executive director and her team to study each plan's approach today and provide information at a future date. >> it would seem to me if they just cover the basic surgery, a person wanted something more they would pay for that. if they don't pay for anything if you have laser. i don't understand that. that is the way it is on some plans now? they won't pay for anything if you have laser? >> medicare doesn't pay for it. >> okay. i think we need to look into

that. any other public comment? >> herbert winer. my concern is all necessary surgeries for the eye should be covered by a co-payment or sharing of the cost because if extra surgery is required for the eye, the severity of the eye condition that should be covered. when i had my cataracts removed, i had the basic treatment. i didn't require anything else. i was very fortunate. other people might not be so fortunate. they may require extra lenses or something like that. that should really be covered as part of the plan. that is my concern. >> thank you. seeing no other public comment. public comment is closed. now we move to the next item,

please. >> item 17 is an action item. whether to hold closed session for public employee performance evaluation. hss executive director. >> this is part of the governance area as well. as i think following the guidance of council we are going to undertake this particular item because it is dealing with the evaluation of the executive director of the agency and it is not subject to a public meeting, and we need to go into closed session to have the discussion about the process, the timing. that is the rationale and justification for this item. with the chair's permission i will call for a motion. >> i move to hold closed session

for public employee performance evaluation. >> it is properly moved to closed session. >> second. >> it is properly moved and seconded we go into closed session for the purpose of discussing the process of employee evaluation? any public comment? we are now ready to vote. those in favor singny fiby aye. those opposed. we are back in public session. we can never make an assumption that no public is present. they are always present.

item 19, please. >> item 19 is an action item. possible report on action taken in closed session regarding employee evaluation. >> president breslin: i am looking for a motion. >> i move we not report on what was actions taken during the closed session. >> second. >> all those in favor. oye. >> it is unanimous. >> item 20. >> item 20 is an action item. vote to elect whether to

disclose any or all discussion held regarding the employee evaluation in closed session. >> i move we not disclose any of the discussion held in closed session. >> i second the notion. >> those in fair. >> aye. >> it is unanimous. >> i move we adjourn.

sharon l e adjourn. >> hello, everybody. happy new year. we're glad to see you for this first meeting of 2019 of the treasure island development authority.

thanks for coming, and we will begin. >> clerk: for the record, this is the january 9, 2019 treasure island development authority board meeting. item number one, call to order. [roll call] >> clerk: and we have a quorum. >> president tsen: next item. >> clerk: item number two, general public comment. this item is to allow member of the public to address members of the treasure island development authority board about items that are not on the agenda. in order to general public comment, public comment will be held on each item on the agenda. prior to making your comments, please state your name and of the organization you are representing, if any, for the record. >> president tsen: are there any members of the public who

would like to address the board? thank you. please come up. >> welcome. intervie i've handed out some fliers of our next post yards with the lecture series. it's got events through april, although the lecture series is actually scheduled through october. we've got a lot of interesting events coming up. wanted to mention the two big events in february , february 8, the ggie celebration, and february 18 is the chicago event that board members and members of the commission will be receiving invitations.

we have an exhibit going into our gallery that's curated by the port national magazine and being prepared by san francisco public library, and i'm really happy to report that the park service did get all their materials to the library before the shutdown, so the library is working away on the content. there may be a couple of display cases in there that, depending on how this works out, could have a card in there saying this display case will be filled when the government starts up again, but all of the content, the display panels, the photos, everything, is going to be up there. so we're opening that at the january 26 lecture, and the -- it will be open for everybody to visit through july, but definitely, the port chicago event. hope to see you all there.

thanks. >> president tsen: i know the port has been conducting this free series at no cost to the community, so thank you. i know that you and your board are actively doing it. thank you. okay. anybody else, any other members of the public who would like to address the board? >> clerk: item number -- excuse me. >> president tsen: why don't you go to this mic. >> my name is. >> commissioner lindo: tang. i just wanted to let you know that the presidio project, the mural at the y came out. if you want to check it out, it's beautiful. there was probably about 28 residents that came out that day to help out with the painting of the mural, so it was a fantastic mural. and in addition, the community garden at the ship shape

community space, that's also being completed. so residents can use that space to host any type of event or just chill out, so it's a beautiful garden there, also. >> president tsen: wonderful. thank you. and that mural, that was really a community effort. it was great to see the community outreach and that the residents got involved in painting that mural. we're glad that it's up. and also for the community garden, i'd like to thank the pro bono work that david baker architects did in designing that space for the community. they did it on a pro bono basis. >> they did a lot of pro bono work for us, along with rubicon, who got a lot of the plants, the tires, and they also came out to the community garden. >> president tsen: wonderful. thank you to rubicon.

okay. anybody else in hearing none, next item. >> clerk: item number three, report by treasure island director. >> okay. sorry. thank you, chair tsen, members of the board. i wanted to start by recognizing that sherry williams is on a two-month sabbatical from one treasure island, and we have in the audience today natalie bonawit. she's a long time member of the one treasure island board, and she'll be the acting executive director during sherry's absence. on new year's eve, we had a good, clear night for fireworks. photogra photographers from the chronicle and trip advisor were

in the crowd. the crowd was good but manageable, and the evening was incident free. circus bella ended its run on the great lawn on treasure island last sunday, and on monday, the halftime show for the college football national championship game was produced on treasure island. between setup and outload, contractors on-site from january 1st through the 9th, today, and the show including lil' wayne and magic wagons were on 9th street. merce handle catering of -- handled catering of approximately 200 meals a day as well as concession for the event. production hired eight treasure island residents and one

nonresident through the one treasure island job broker as event staff. approximately 1,000 tickets to the event were distributed on the island to businesses and residents on the island, and the show and the broadcast reached nearly 30 million viewers on espn. the treasure island fleet was dark in december and will also be dark this month and return at the end of february . tida staff met the end of november with the gardening staff, and we anticipate bringing a formal agreement to the next board meeting. also anticipate having a modification to reflect the second training cycle of their construction training program.

the dcyf will be hosting a treasure island edition of their neighborhood pop up summer resources fair at the ship shape on april 6. the popup fair features exhibitors that offers summer camp, programs, and services in san francisco and on island for children, youth and families, so it's part of dcyf's outreach program to the community at large. the s.f. environment and tida program habitat registration volunteer days will continue in 2019, continue to be held on the third wednesday of each month from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at varying locations according to construction and needs. and open to all members of the

community and all ages and abilities. the mural was completed, and we're very happy for that addition to the island. on december 27, there was an altercation between two residents on treasure island that resulted in a stabbing. a juvenile suspect was taken into custody in association with that event. we did have power outages on the island on tuesday, january 8. yesterday, we had a third strike a high voltage line at 9th street adjacent to the job corps property. power was restored in approximately 35 minutes. the sfpuc will be installing additional bird diverters. these are hanging things that attach to the line that just have motion that help birds

identify that the lines are present, and they'll be installing more of those along 9th street to try and prevent interest in the future. there was a planned water service interruption also last night for a cut and cap associated with development. the notice was provided ahead of time to customers, and city developments. the outage did run about four hours in total. longer than anticipated, but service was restored this morning. there was also a limited water service interruption on christmas eve c.d.d. was conducting routine maintenance and accidently cut the line to the fire station and a small

residential area. last month, at its meeting, the timma did not act on the staff recommendations on towing and requested additional areas of study and outreach and will be working with timma staff on that. tida staff is also working with the budget analyst's office to review the marine and sailing center leases which should be presented at the budget and finance committee meeting in february . with new members taking seats on the board of supervisors, tida and staff will be conducting outreach to all members of the board, particularly new members, to provide updates on the program. in terms of construction, ticd has completed paving improvement along clipper cove. planning to shift traffic to the west side of the cause way and onto clipper cove, down to hangar two, as soon as the temporary lighting is in place.

the modifications have been put in place on 9th street, creating a drive aisle over on the first subphase area on the western shoreline. fencing around the brig and other buildings to be demolished in order to make way for the wastewater treatment plant will be going up this week, and the subphase application for our third subphase will be submitted this friday, and we'll have further update on that on the regular agenda. there will be no i.t. infrastructure and transportation committee meeting next week, but we'll have a full board and committee meeting in february . that concludes my report. >> president tsen: thank you, bob. next item. >> clerk: item four, communications received by

tida. >> president tsen: that's in your packet. were there any questions by board members on communications that have been received? hearing none, next item, please. >> clerk: item five, ongoing items of business by the board of directors. >> president tsen: any items that the board would like to -- please, sharon. >> chief financial officer lai: thank you. excuse my voice here. actually, i just wanted to say that i had a chance to go to the circus bella performance before the new year with my family and friends, and i have to say it was a really fant particular experience, and i thought it was a -- fantastic use, and it was a really great use next to merce. there were a lot of kids and families that were using that area, and it sort of gave me a glimpse of what the island could look like in the future if it's activated.

i think it's great if we could continue to bring these temporary entertainment type of uses onto the island. i think it would really help with just liechbing up the island even during the construction. it seems like the circus, for example, was a perfect type of temporary use, and as i understand, i think the city now has pretty flexible temporary use permits. maybe we can think about bringing on other temporary vendors. it's more, you know, easily to breakdown, not like a permanent structure. the other thing that i wanted to say is supervisor matt haney is going to be having a town haul on the city's $180 million budget windfall tomorrow at 8:30. everyone is invited. i would encourage every constituent in d-6 or outside of d-6 to attend and share your

thoughts tomorrow on how the money should be spent. thank you. >> president tsen: thank you. and i hope that circuses will become a permanent fixture during the holidays. what a great tradition to have on treasure island. any other items? hearing none, next item, please. >> clerk: item number 6, consent agenda. 6-a, approving the minutes of the december 6, 2018 meeting. 6-c, resolution approving and authorizing the execution of a first amendment to lease number 1133, with we are home restaurant, l.l.c., d.b.a.merce restaurant for approximately 10,000 square feet of space, to develop and operate a container restaurant facility. >> so moved. >> president tsen: is there a

second? are there any questions or discussion in hearing none, all those in favor say aye. [voting] >> president tsen: all those opposed? the ayes have it. >> clerk: item number seven, yerba buena island open spaces and trails. >> my name is jamie phillips. i'm a landscape architect with c.m.g. architecture. i actually worked on the plan about seven or eight years ago. i was one of the authors, and today we've started some new design work on yerba buena island, and we want to share some work around the couple of parks on yerba buena island and some of the open space and some of the habitat and restoration work that's going to be happening this year. so yerba buena island is going to be a really great regional

destination in terms of the region. it's just a crazy island in the middle of bay where they're going to have panoramic views around the entire island. earlier phase worked on the shaded blue color. those are stormwater treatment gardens and the streets, and today, we're talking specifically about trails and open space in the area that's outlined in blue, and then, two of the parks are being developed, new stairs down at the beach park at clipper cove, and a dog park that's up near the top in the middle of the island. all of yerba buena island is going to be more connected in the future. one of the more important ones is the orange dash line and the bay trail will be coming over

the eastern span of the bay bridge. it'll be part of the connectivity that'll be part of yerba buena island. there's a whole series of urban pedestrian and bike paths, and now we're working on these yellow trails, which are specifically woodland trails like out in nature and out in the habitat restation areas. and -- restoration areas. and these green areas show you the parts that we are restoring now that is part of some of the work out on the island today. the trails moving through the nature are going to connect a whole series of mini destinations around the island, like the historic california buckeyes on the west side. there'll be a meadow over near quarter 62, connects over to the great whites, so there's

multiple ways to move around the island in the future, walking and hiking. so one of the things i have here, a series of trail loops that we have on the island. there'll be one called the island loop. that's about a two-mile loop around the island. it's changing in elevation about 340 feet, so it's a pretty difficult trail vertically, but you can easily achieve it as a looping around the island. one of the other loops is called the stairs loop. that's a series that takes you up and down the vertical parcels. there'll also be another spur trail that is taking you kind of from the great whites out to torpedo points. and one of the things to think out at y.b.i. is we're the vertical island, and the flat

island is next door at treasure island, but as part of this trail system, we started thinking about accessibility with the trails. we worked with san francisco's d.p.w. access coordinators. d.p.w. access coordinator ahn, the best access for use. the system is all complying with the way the federal standards for trail accessiblity. so let's take a quick little walk around the island. we're going to go around the circumstance here on this receipt trail loop. we're going to start on the west side of the island and near the strolling garden are the california buckeye, kind of where this is. so here's the historic california buckeye there were there before we started development on the island as part of a cemetery. that's there now, during

construction. you can continue on that side of the island. the trail will continue around the east and south side -- west and south side of the tanks, through the new housing, and you can get to another lookout and viewpoint that will be above the eastern span of the bay bridge and views back to the city from that side and then, this takes you around the side of the coast guard area, and you can see the new eastern span of the bay bridge from the top of that. and views over the great whites and underneath the bridge, and then, work your way back around the north side of the island, around quarter 62, where you start to have some really lovely views of clipper cove,

and back to treasure island. and then, as you're coming around, there's this historic stair there that has been on the island a while. that'll be a part of the trail system, and nearby, this part would be where you can stop off. it has a bacci court, and you can spend the day. and then, you continue down onto the beach park at clipper cove. and the beach park at clipper cove has been developed at some previous phases, but at the moment, we were restudying what the stair -- the existing stair is going to look like as you go from the beach park down to clipper cove, with the views down back to the bay bridge. the existing stair is over to the right. it was the dash lines, and we're looking at a stair that has a more gradual --

transitions more gradually down to the beach. with code now, we need to add in a couple of landings, which makes the stair longer, so we've looked at a stair that winds its way down the side of the hill, has a few landings oriented toward the bridge and treasure island, and has a landing near the bottom so to give you pause and a couple of benches there. that trail that's going off to the north of this view is going back up to treasure iceland. that's an accessible path from treasure island to get down to clipper cove beach. one of the other kind of nas destinations on yerba buena island is this little road. it's -- we're calling it yerba buena point. it's over some rocky outcrops,

and you kind of have this -- a series of views from here of angel island, the golden gait brid -- golden gate bridge. so we're going to organize the trail and places to pause around views like this. and then, there's a dog park on yerba buena island that we've continued to develop. it's going to be kind of embedded in the i'd of the hill. -- side of the hill. it's going to use the native sand stone from y.b.i. it'll have a series of social spaces for the people that live there to hangout, and then kind of a longer dog run for dogs to run and play. and then through all of these parks, i'll see through a

series of habitats and plants. there is a diagram from several years ago, and this is showing some of the i have been foo, like really robust, tract native plant communities that were on the island, and those are all still there? that purple one, those are the california buckeyes that i showed a picture of earlier. most of these -- all of these are kind of outside of the development areas except for a few areas of coast boxwood. and then, the other part of the island was covered in nonnative eucalyptus woodland, and as part of the construction, we've been removing those. most of those are also gone, with the intention of removing eucalyptus with the intent of removing live coast woodland. so those areas that we're going to be restoring now. this is some pictures of the

kind of plants that are native coast live oakwoodland. and as part of the habitat restoration, we've been collecting seeds and cuttings on yerba buena iceland for the past several years. there's a native plant nursery on yerba buena island that recently moved to treasure island where they've been growing yerba buena native island plants that's going to be planted on yerba buena as part of the restoration. in these sections, the picture at the top, this kind of compacted earth trail, kind of 4 feet wide, this is the typical trail when i'm thinking about this trail, the open space master plan. those yellow trails are all going to be compacted earth and about 4 feet wide. there are a few other trails in the system that are concrete or part of the access road that goes out to the tanks, but most of the work that we're doing right now will be rustic and

feel like you're out in nature. and this is some pictures of where we salvaged the eucalyptus on yerba buena island. we're using them to cut into pieces that we will use for furniture at the places where the viewpoints and lookouts around the trail system around the whole island. and then, we have also, in the land couple years, as we've seen construction start, we've been collecting the boulders from yerba buena island, this gray whacky sand stone, and these have been collected on treasure island now, and will be used as part of the trail system also. the existing stairs will stay as part of the trail system, and there'll be another series of proposed timber stairs in some places where we need to navigate some of the elevation change. in some places, we will be in places where we're kind of at

the edge of a steep slope, so we'll have some edge protection in those places, kind of protect visitors. and the entire system will have signage about where you're going and how to get there, and signs posted at the intersection so that you can tell where you are and where you want to go. so that is the -- kind of the trails and the open space and the parks system that we're working on for yerba buena island? we're really excited to be doing this work, and we're excited that it's going to be developing this year. we're hoping we're going to be finished with permit documents by june, and permitted by september, and hoping to go to construction next year. thank you. >> president tsen: let me go to the board, but before i do,

let me just say how incredible this project is to open up yerba buena island and have more access to the spectacular views that are really unparalleled anywhere. to have a hiking trail go by to the various points, it's just absolutely wonderful. brea breathtaking actually, so thank you for your work on this. i do have a question, and -- several. first of all, you know, the other thing that is going to make this quite marvelous is that we are having internationally known artists do work in the yerba buena gardens, and hiroshi sujimoto is going to have a spectacular

sculpture. where is that sculpture going to be located? can you point out in the plan where that is going to be? >> hello. kevin conger with c.m.g. can they see the plan? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> okay. can you see my little pointer? it's here. it's inside the park that walter hood and hood studios -- >> right. and there's another plan, which is a bigger plan with the trails and the hillside top. do do -- could we look at that? >> that's better. so it's right here. it's right here, kind of right

in the middle of the walter hood park. >> wonderful. >> and there's parking, there's public parking across the street from that and there's a shuttle stop across the street from there. it's a pretty robust hike to come across from the ferry terminal, but there'll be other ways for people to get up there. >> but what a wonderful pathway, and it's just -- you know, if you go out to land's end, which is another popular trail in san francisco, and you go there, like, during the holidays, it's just jammed with people who are wanting to be outside, looking at spectacular views, and i really believe this is going to be more spectacular. so with the artists, with the design, it's giving more access to the public. it's really a wonderful addition. you mention the bike path that comes from the east bay and the

new bay bridge to the island, and there's a lot of discussion now about how to connect the western span of the bay bridge to san francisco. could you comment a little bit on that, please? >> yeah. the studies are happening a little bit parallel to our project, but the bike path cross -- basically -- let me go back to that slide with the bay trail on it so you can see how you get around. when you come off of the eastern span of the bridge, you're able to come down off the ramps over here, and you'll be able to circulate around this road, and then, there's going to be a way on the top side of the western span of the bridge that you can access and get down to the new bike path. it'll be on the north side of the western span.

>> president tsen: mm-hmm. and if you are on treasure island, supposedly, if you came from san francisco, how would you get down to treasure island? >> the same -- the same way in terms of getting off of the bridge. i think we'll -- you'll need to connect -- the road will need to come back around, and then, you'll have both way bike lanes on it to get back down to treasure island. >> president tsen: so as you go through the design development, i would like you to look at that. i don't know if in fact the western span is going to be possible in terms of funding -- certainly in the future, but can you in your design thinking, think of a may where that to be made so we can do it if possible in the few tour if that's necessary. but all that you're doing, the plant propagation, the

furniture, the salvaging of the logs, it's wonderful, and i really thank you for your efforts. so we have other commissioners that would like to speak, and miss richardson, please. >> what i would like to, for the next steps, the walkways. i think the walkways are going to be very significant. i know that you said that some of the walkways would be compacted earth. i would like a presentation on all of the walkways. we need to really brainstorm on the type of the walkways that we are going to have. i know that on this agenda today, we are going to be, you know, talking about, you know, what we observed and what we

learned from the new york trip and also as we travel around the country and around the world and some of the iconic signature parks and open spaces because what we're really doing are a gold standard for others to emulate, and we already have precedents in other countries of significant nature parks. so what i would like, again, in this outstanding instance, every walkway, we really need to know -- and why am i asking this question? the natural elements, when you will have millions and millions of people on those walkways, so how do we maintain them, how do we have durability, and that's going to come to play here. and we want to make sure that we have the best materials in

place because what we've learned in some of the places outside the country and in new york is that we need to build those into design elements now because what -- the kind of material you use, again, has implications on the type of cost and everything. so that -- the entire walkway, let's put that on the calendar. one of the other things that i want to echo has to do with sculpture. we have more than 320-something plus acres of open space. our open space is going to make the golden gate park look like a child's play. so as you travel in there, we want to view the sculpture as art. that's basically why the developer is putting 60 million, but we're also trying to augment other art made locally or regionally or

internationally that we can place on those trails and the element, so that's part of the element. and you all need to work with us as we decide what will be the best for the area here. so that's going to be the further discussions. your timeline is in june, so hopefully, in february , we can begin to because what we are talking about here needs to be in the plan. i want to see the final plan that really show a particular walkway and some suggestions of what you suggest should be the type of materials for this walkway so that we can, when we get the final plans, then, we will know basically what we are talking about in order to deduce how much it's going to cost and how we're going to proceed. but what you've shown here is very creative, is very innovative, and i am so -- you know, i just want to thank you all for your work here.

thank you. >> president tsen: mr. dunlop? >> secretary dunlop: thank you. first, a quick follow up on that statue that you were talking about. is that going to be visible from, let's say treasure island or the city, 'cause i didn't quite catch how tall it's going to be, and will it be lit and what the aspects of are of. >> president tsen: well, the arts steering committee and selection committee have been involved in the choices of the artists, and i think we're so incredibly just blessed that we have some great artists who did respond to calls for proposals. i think the one on yerba buena island at the very top is going to be by hiroshi sujimoto.

he's world renowned. his sculpture will be seen from, i think, all different points, and it is called infinity, and it rises, i believe, about 60 feet, kevin. >> 66 feet. >> president tsen: 56 feet. >> 66 feet. >> president tsen: 66 feet. but it's called infinity because it goes from a space about 3 feet to 1.25 inches at the very top. but it's also great because it marks the seasons. at the equinox, the shadow will

fall on a pile of stones in the park, and i'm sure it will be a gathering place for people at those times. what's wonderful about it, it does mark the seasons, it does mark time, and i am really looking forward to seeing that being fulfilled. >> and actually, i've seen it in prior meetings, but i wasn't quite sure about the visibility of it throughout the area, so it's going to be fairly visible. >> yes. >> can you see it from the embarcadero as you look towards y.b.i., i think? >> president tsen: what do you think, kevin? >> i think it's too narrow at the top. the parts that it's visible get narrow quite quickly. >> it's intended to be polished stainless steel.

it's likely to disappear from a distance because it'll be reflecting the sky on it. >> president tsen: but it's infinity, right? infinity goes as high as the sky will allow. >> how nice, and i imagine there will be quite a few people there during equinoxes or solstice, so i hope we're well prepared -- prepared for that. people love those sort of things, and they can be really wonderful, or they can be a real big mess. so -- but we've got a little time for that one. i have a couple questions -- well, they mention the dog park, which boy, that looks like a great dog park. that's like a destination dog park, so i'm so happy for that. i've pushed for dog parks, and this sounds like wow, that's

great. our city has a lot of good dog parks, but i don't think it'll -- we have anything that can compare with the views, not that the dogs really compare, but -- but the people do. it just really looks wonderful. we have a dog park current serving, but i think that -- wow, i'll be there every day with my dog. i was curious about a couple of questions about the eucalyptus. this is a while back when we talked about them. i lived on y.b.i., and i benefited from -- there was a big line of eucalyptus about where the water tanks are, and they were just so great because when the wind was whalinailing

was just so nice and peaceful. they served a really important purpose, and they were talking about saving some of them, some that had, you know, some real purpose. is there going to be some plan around that? >> yeah. the ones you can see near the water tanks now, they're going to stay for the time being because they're also shielding the water tanks from further away. in here, they're kind of in here -- i don't know if you can see that plan. yeah, so they're sort of on this side of the tanks, and that's sort of outside of any of the construction area, so the places that we're not doing any of the construction work, it's going to take longer for us to remove the eucalyptus, and the other places will be replanted. >> that's great. we all know that eucalyptus are

not native, and they tend to be potentially dangerous, and they grow like crazy, so another question about the eucalyptus, you're going to use them for furniture, which i think is brilliant, but we also know what some people like to do with wooden furniture and carve, paint, creative activity or noncreative activity. is there sort of a way you're going to be able to protect them so they don't become just destroyed within a year? >> hopefully, they're not destroyed within a year. but i think that taking care of all of this is part of the ongoing discussion that we're going to be having this year. but i wouldn't say there's a mag magic sealant that keeps keep from etching into wood, but

there's something that -- keep, like, decaying and weathering. eucalyptus are actually really hardy and it takes them a while to decompose. >> okay. great. another question on the paths, it looks like a couple of paths go into the coast guard area, and did we have to sign some agreement with them or has that not been done yet? >> that is to come, but it's part of ongoing conversations we're having. >> okay. so we're not going to catch them by surprise and say hey -- okay. wonderful. yes, i'm really excited. this whole thing is just so -- what a great plan. you know, as i said, i lived on y.b.i., i loved it there. it's a very special place, and i think the work you're doing

is going to make it even more so. just one more quick question, too, about the somewhat steep concrete stairs that are currently there and you're going to be keeping. they seem to have a potential danger because they themselves are -- it's a -- i think for somebody who isn't in some sort of shape, it could be -- they could trip or whatever. is there -- are you going to be -- you said, you know, you're going to keep them there, which is great, but some sort of restoration, and you know, some way, maybe even like a rail or something for people to hold onto. >> yeah. i mean, we're exploring them now to see what it takes to restore them, and there are some parts where they're broken, and the intention is to fix that, and we can talk about a rail. the other part with trail

guidelines is that you are still in a rustic area, and you are meant to be doing some amount of physical activity, so part of those trail guidelines recommend that you tell people at the end of a trail, hey, you're about to go up a pretty steep slope so they're aware of the decisions they're making. there are other routes around the island that are less steep. you don't have to take those stairs, but in general, all of the stairs will be complying with the trail guidelines. >> thank you very much. >> yeah. >> just, again, your work is looking so great, so i can't wait. >> thank you. >> president tsen: mr. samada. >> commissioner samaha: great work. i have a few questions for you. first of all, this is y.p.i., and i see it pretty flushed out. what's happening with t.i.? what's happening with the treasure island open space

trail plan? >> we are in -- finishing up final construction drawings on the treasure island phase one, which is the city side waterfront park, and the building that andy cochran is doing. they're all at 95% construction document and essentially almost ready to bid. there is subphase two, which is advancing right now into construction documents, so that's the area around building two and three, and the first section of the diagonal linear eastern common. and then, there is subphase three, which is at about the level that this is, kind of in design development now, which will be coming to you at some point when it's ready to go. so things are advancing, and as

you know from the construction updates, things are also getting built right now, so it won't be long before those first phases on treasure island will be under construction, particularly those that are phasing back to san francisco from waterfront one. >> commissioner samaha: and they connect, the trails and the bike paths. >> yeah. they'll connect across the cause way. >> they'll connect across the cause way, which will be complete with the first phase, and connecting with everything that's existing now. we'll make sure that all the walkways connect with all the existing. it's going to be an interesting moment because you'll get a look at what's coming. where the first phase of the city side park incident faces with where merce is, because

it's going to interact with the first phase of the waterfront park. >> commissioner samaha: i know you shared with us the timeline here, so when do we expect this to be completed, i guess, for yerba buena island, the trails? >> yerba buena island, they're hoping to have the trails and the parks talked about, and the other parks that are actually in phase one completed by june of next year. >> of next year, so, like, 1.5 years from now basically? got it. and then, just a couple of more questions. in terms of maintenance, i know you're going to have a maintenance plan through this. so do we already -- we probably already know who will be doing maintenance on the open space. >> they'll be part of some of our discussion later. so tida will be doing the maintenance, and part of what we're doing is developing

standards of practice, standards of care and budgets built on those standards of care. but tida will be responsible for the maintenance, and one of the things we'll also need to do between now and then is go through the process of selecting a vendor to do that work on our behalf. >> commissioner samaha: all right. and just one final question. you mentioned for accessibility, federal standards. i'm just sort of curious. this is very hilly, a lot of stairs and hiking trails. i'm curious, how is accessibility provided here with the terrain that you have to work with >> so if you can put the map back up here. trail accessibility guidelines are a little bit different than typical accessibility on a sidewalk or park or something. there are parking areas at the top of the island, there are

the shuttle stops, so you can reach the hill top park and the top of the island and any of the parks via the shuttles or a nearby accessible parking space, and then, the sidewalk to that is all accessible. trail accessibility guidelines can be actually much steeper. the slopes can go up to 40%. you can have steps, and so they're all -- it's just a more nuanced criteria. it's like land's end. the timber steps that i'm showing, those are part of the guidelines for accessible trails, and then you have the signage that let people know i'm going to be going up a path that traverses this much grade. the city access federal coordinator asked us to use

this standard. >> commissioner samaha: treasure island is different, so they'll probably have wheelchair accessibility on trails and some areas, i would think. >> that's right. i'll just add to what jamie said. one of the reasons the city is looking to the federal guidelines for guidance is because the national park service has just gone through lengthy litigation around accessibility and struggles with what is the right amount of access around these trails and they've struggled with that and built those trails out at land's end, and they've been well received by the community and everyone. so those are kind of the standards that are being applied to yerba buena island. and linda, when we come back and talk about the trail materiality, we're also using best practices and research that the park service has been using for durability