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we have to train in san francisco to be walkers, safe walkers. when you step into the streets, first thing you do is catch the eye of the driver that stopped at the stop sign. make sure they are stopping. if they are turning, catch their eye. these are the things we shouldn't be worrying about. we should be able to step out when the light is green for us to go, and for me i want to talk about the positives of walking. i walk through parks from eight ash bury. i will walk through buena vista park. then to alamo square. as i walk through my district, one of the things i can say is walking makes you feel so good especially in a place like this. it is absolutely a booster of your mood. i want to make sure, though, as we move forward, you know, and
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i'm thinking about this because it is my birthday. we are getting older. seniors in the city we -- our count down lights don't give us enough time to get across. when we look at these things, look at ways to help people get through the city and walk through the city and be safe. thank you everyone for coming. >> supervisor of district 6. >> happy walk-to-work day! let me start out with a confession. i walk to work every day. i live just a few blocks from here on high street. i have the privilege of being able to walk to work every day to city hall. as supervissor brown said it is the right way to go to a
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building to have that time coming to work and also walking home each night. we left late last night and i was able to walk directly home a couple blocks from here. i want to thank all of the folks from district 6 who walked in today. a special shout out to save passage. it is an organization through the tl cbd. every day when i walk into work they are there. not just protecting me but looking out for all of the kids and families as they walk to and from school every day. this is a community effort. we have a lot of work to do. sadly there have been a number of pedestrians hit in district six a few blocks from here on golden gate and leavenworth a woman was struck and killed by a car, and unfortunately there were a number of others since then on the same street who have been hit. i want to say we can't wait.
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we need to make immediate changes now. we need to, first of all, deal with crosswalks, daylighting, slowing traffic, actually making real changes in the streets, getting past some of the one way streets and absolutely enforcing things around uber and lyft and other bad actors to keep everyone safe. thank you. we are in this together. let's keep people safe. thank you. [applause.] >> thank you. now, i would like to welcome supervisor of district 8. >> good morning everybody. so many politicians speaking. i will be brief. we had a fantastic district 8 walk. district 8 folks, make a little noise.
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we were joined from supervisor mar's office in district four and stephanie came with us as well, district two. i think all of the districts in san francisco there is no day late around this issue. we are committed to vision zero, we need to make the streets safer. we need more enforcement. i was pleased earlier this year to pass along the climate emergency resolution. we all know there is no strategy to get us to saving the world that does not get people out of their cars. it is absolutely essential that people bike, take public transportation and walk. we also know there are so many -- one death -- any death is one too many. any severe injury is one too many. i will say i think having a board led by someone the personal experience in norman
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yee. the survivors and friends of those who died or have been severely injured in the crashes are most effective advocates. it is meaningful and powerful to have that leadership in city hall. thanks everybody who walked this morning. [applause.] >> director of the sf m.t.a. please. . >> morning. happy walk-to-work day everybody. it is meant to be a time to remind us walking is the best form of transportation. it is the best way around the city. it is fun and enjoyable especially on a day like this. it is good for you in terms of personal health and health of the city. it is good in terms of congestion and emissions. it is the best way to get around, and we see as our charge
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in making sure that the streets are safe and inviterring so that people see walking as a more viable option for more trips, not just on walk-to-work day but throughout the year. to that end we are working closely and furiously with our partners at public health, public works. police and fire, planning and all of us working with community leaders and supporters to make the streets safer. the urgency from the mayor and board of supervisors is shared by the board of directors. we have the message from our city leaders that we need to do more and better and faster. i accept jody's challenge that we make san francisco the best walking city in the country. vision zero's goal is to eliminate traffic fatalities by
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2024. every death is tragic. we are working to make the streets safer. we will help truly make us the best walking city in america. thank you for coming out. happy walk-to-work day. [applause.] >> i would like to welcome the director of the public works. >> good morning. walk-to-work day is one of my favorite events of the year. not only do i get to meet people i don't see all of the time we get to talk about what is going on in the city. more importantly it is very, very important that we embrace vision zero. the live ability of the city and making sure the sidewalks are safe. coming soon change is on better market street to bring a new streetscape will make walking
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better all over thety. we will make our city much more walkable for everyone. i am proud to be in partnership with sf walk. from public works we will do our part. thank you. [applause.] >> i want to congratulate you all. what a beautiful day. thank you walk sf and thank you communities for supporting what we do. my bosses are the 11 members of the board of supervisors. we have been working hard for about 30 years. we are really proud to distribute your voter approved sales tax fund and vehicle registration funds that go to to projects voters approved to improve safety. we are backing it so thank you,
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voters. also approving measure 3 funds for walking and biking, a partnership to make our streets safer. thank you very much. [applause.] >> before we close two quick things. i want to give another round of applause to all city leaders that walked today. [applause.] >> i would like to highlight sf police department deputy director, environment director, m.t.a. director and mtc commissioner and college board member for joining us this morning. [applause.] also from phil king's office. thank you. it takes a village.
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finally i would like to invite one person who understands safe streets in a deeply person way. jenny's mother stepped in a crosswalk in 2011 and was hit by speeding car. judy survived and she and her children eleven would lives forever changed. she is a founding member of the sf safe streets. it helps tell their stories. this group is made of survivors of loved ones kill by crashes on our streets. join me in welcoming jenny. [applause.] >> i am jenny. some of you may know me through my mother's story. iit is not easy to tell or hear.
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eigheight years after being hite was suicidal. she thinks her children are evil and plotting against her. we live in a state of fear and hopelessness. this is what a severe injury with can look like. there are more than 500 severe injuries on san francisco streets every year. when i share my story i hope people will understand and demand safe streets. today i want to say i am looking to each of you and the city leaders behind me to do everything in their power to end traffic violence on our streets. we are all pedestrians and all deserve straight streets. thank you. >> thank you it is a beautiful morning. i appreciate everybody coming
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out bright and early. thank you so much. have a wonderful walk-to-work day. [applause.]
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>> manufacturing in cities creates this perfect platform for people to earn livelihoods and for people to create more economic prosperity. i'm kate sosa. i'm cofounder and ceo of sf made. sf made is a public private partnership in the city of san francisco to help manufacturers start, grow, and stay right here in san francisco. sf made really provides wraparound resources for manufacturers that sets us apart from other small business support organizations who
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provide more generalized support. everything we do has really been developed over time by listening and thinking about what manufacturer needs grow. for example, it would be traditional things like helping them find capital, provide assistance loans, help to provide small business owners with education. we have had some great experience doing what you might call pop ups or temporary selling events, and maybe the most recent example was one that we did as part of sf made week in partnership with the city seas partnership with small business, creating a 100 company selling day right here at city hall, in partnership with mayor lee and the board of supervisors, and it was just a wonderful opportunity for many of our smaller manufacturers who may be one or two-person
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shop, and who don't have the wherewithal to have their own dedicated retail store to show their products and it comes back to how do we help companies set more money into arthur businesses and develop more customers and their relationships, so that they can continue to grow and continue to stay here in san francisco. i'm amy kascel, and i'm the owner of amy kaschel san francisco. we started our line with wedding gowns, and about a year ago, we launched a ready to wear collection. san francisco's a great place to do business in terms of clientele. we have wonderful brides from all walks of life and doing really interesting things: architects, doctors, lawyers, teachers, artists, other like minded
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entrepreneurs, so really fantastic women to work with. i think it's important for them to know where their clothes are made and how they're made. >> my name is jefferson mccarly, and i'm the general manager of the mission bicycle company. we sell bikes made here for people that ride here. essentially, we sell city bikes made for riding in urban environments. our core business really is to build bikes specifically for each individual. we care a lot about craftsmanship, we care a lot about quality, we care about good design, and people like that. when people come in, we spend a lot of time going to the design wall, and we can talk about handle bars, we can see the riding position, and we take notes all over the wall. it's a pretty fun shopping
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experience. paragraph. >> for me as a designer, i love the control. i can see what's going on, talk to my cutter, my pattern maker, looking at the designs. going through the suing room, i'm looking at it, everyone on the team is kind of getting involved, is this what that drape look? is this what she's expecting, maybe if we've made a customization to a dress, which we can do because we're making everything here locally. over the last few years, we've been more technical. it's a great place to be, but you know, you have to concentrate and focus on where things are going and what the right decisions are as a small business owner. >> sometimes it's appropriate
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to bring in an expert to offer suggestions and guidance in coaching and counseling, and other times, we just need to talk to each other. we need to talk to other manufacturers that are facing similar problems, other people that are in the trenches, just like us, so that i can share with them a solution that we came up with to manage our inventory, and they can share with me an idea that they had about how to overcome another problem. >> moving forward, where we see ourselves down the road, maybe five and ten years, is really looking at a business from a little bit more of a ready to wear perspective and making things that are really thoughtful and mindful, mindful of the end user, how they're going to use it, whether it's the end piece or a he hwedding gown, are they going to use it again, and incorporating that into the end collection, and so that's the direction i hear at
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this point. >> the reason we are so enamored with the work we do is we really do see it as a platform for changing and making the city something that it has always been and making sure that we're sharing the opportunities that we've been blessed with economically and socially as possible, broadening that >> i lived in the mission neighborhood for seven years and before that the excel see your district. 20 years a resident of the city
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and county of san francisco. i am the executive director of a local art space nonprofit that showcases work that relate to the latino community and i have been in this building for seven years and some of my neighbors have been here 30 year. we were notified from the landlord he was going to sell the building. when we realized it was happening it was no longer a thought for the landlord and i sort of had a moment of panic. i heard about the small sites program through my work with the mission economic agency and at met with folks from the mayor's housing program because they
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wanted to utilize the program. we are dealing with families with different needs and capacities. conversations were had early in the morning because that is the only time that all the tenants were in the building and finally when we realized that meda did have the resources to buy the building we went on a letter writing campaign to the landlord and said to him we understand you want to sell your building, we understand what you are asking for and you are entitled to it, it's your land, but please work with us. what i love about ber nell height it represents the diversity that made me fall in love with san francisco. we have a lot of mom and pop shops and you can get all your
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resources within walking distance. my favorite air area of my homes my little small patio where i can start my morning and have my coffee an is a sweet spot for me and i >> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses, and challenges residents to do their shopping within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services in our neighborhood, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i am the owner of this restaurant. we have been here in north beach over 100 years.
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>> all right, good morning, i will call to order the transbay joint powers authority meeting for thursday, april 11, 2019. >> chairwoman: i'll note for the record that director chang is joining us. [roll call] >> mr. chairman, you do have a quorum. item three is communications and directors -- i'm not aware of any. >> i will need to recuse
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myself from, i think it is the last item on today's agenda, which is an -- po terrible agreement between the t.j. and the s.f.. >> chairwoman: item five, executive director's report. >> good morning, directors. i would like to first update you on the efforts to date to reopen the transit center as soon as possible. we're working on several parallel tracks, which include repairing the girders at fremont street and the buildings at first street. continuing an exhaustive review of the facility, fully cooperating with independent review panel formed by the metropolitan transportation commission, and completing a facility-wide life inspection program with c.d. over sights.
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the reenforcement of the girders are well-under way. and they remain on track to be completed by june 1st. you will see an update this morning from senior construction manager, dennis pershon, with the schedule, the status of the repairs effort, and our plans moving forward to remove the shoring on fremont street and first street. we expect the fremont street shoring to be removed as soon as this month, and the first street shoring to be removed early next month. as you know, we are continuing monitoring the facility, and we have affected thousands of records, inspection reports, and other documentations as part of our facility-wide review. to date we continue to find no other fissures or issues, and we believe the issue is to be localized to the fremont street location. as you know from the presentation last month, we have determined the
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root cause, and the independent review panel agrees. the testing laboratory has already submitted the draft final report of the findings of the root cause of the fissures so they can conclude that portion of their work. and why we do not have yet that all-important reopening date, the t.j. staff or property management are taking all of the necessary steps to be able to reopen the facility with a smooth opening to the public. excuse me. and we are meeting regularly with our transit operators so that we are able to resume operations as soon as possible. we want to be ready on day one with a vibrant park, active pop-up retail opportunities, and a clean and well-functioning facility. in addition, we are developing a comprehensive communication plan to properly inform the public about the reopening, the reenforcement efforts, and the regress and
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independent reviews and instructions that must be completed before we reopen. the staff will be presenting the communication plan to transit agencies, marketing and communications team over the next few weeks. and we have already begun presenting updated information and reaching out to the stakeholders and community groups. you will receive a communication plan presentation at our next board meeting. staff is also working closely with the appropriate city oversight agencies, including the san francisco fire department, the department of building structures, to recommission the building as soon as possible. i would like, again, to thank the public and our transit riders for their patience. we owe them a thorough review, and i know they're eager, as we are, to reopen the facility as soon as possible. moving on to phase 2 and the downtown extension, starting with the status of the environmental
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documents, as reported earlier, the process for the documents concluded when the t.g. a. board approved the report in december. there was no further action or public process required for the environmental statement. as requested by the federal transit administration, t.g. p. has reform mated theated the template. and we have confirmed to f.t.a. that no recent venes havevents have changed the policy. f.t.a. continues to work to finalize the decision, which we hope to be issued soon. i really hope to have a report before you at the next meeting, that that effort has been concluded. in regards to the design development effort, as you know, the design
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development effort for phase 2 is currently on hold, pending the completion of the pier review by the transportation authority, and the release of the prop "k" funding. they held a kickoff meeting earlier this week, which the t.g. p. and all stakeholders attended. the program included the current government and organization structure, various oversight efforts for phase 1, including the state level with caltrans, and the regional level with m.t. c., as well as s.f.controller's office. and we provided an overview of the downtown extension, that includes the technical studies completed to date. the cost estimates developed over time, current funding plan with the various potential funding forces, an sources and t
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is conducted to today. and there is a presentation by cal tran high-speed rail at the kickoff meeting. the next step is stakeholder interviews, and review of international and domestic rail project compacts, and delivery strategies, and review of government and oversight models, and preparation of the final reports. i would like to note that both directors lipkin and hersh attended the kickoff meeting. the pier review is expected to be completed in mid-june. i would like to thank director chanc chang for undertaking this effort. and they have been worthing so this can be completed and work on phase 2 can begin as soon as possible, so we can complete it at both the state and federal level. as we have already heard,
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the san francisco superior court judge has dismissed the lawsuit last year to block the use of project three, the toll increase on the area's state's own bridges to pay for the public transit upgrades. this paved the way for the approximately $4.5 billion -- sorry -- $4.5 billion in funding for bay area projects to move forward, including the $325 million for phase 2. the group that filed the lawsuit has indicated that it does not intend to appeal the judge's decision. if that stands, funding could be available as soon as this summer. as well as the operations of the transit center. in regard to the pier review being conducted by the american public administration, which was requested by the board in december, as i reported
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last month at the board meeting, the kickoff meeting was held, and the workshops were held march 11 through march 13th. and we expect a final report to be presented to the board next month. director chang has requested we pro vie the provide team with an afta report once the draft is completed. i hope to be able to do that-within the next two weeks. moving on to operations, we continue to make progress in our leasing efforts. at this time, i would like to ask martha valez to provide you with an update on the leasing efforts, as well as the tenant improvements progress. martha? >> good morning, directors. i'm going to give you a brief update on the leasing and tenant improvement updates. martha valez, facility director. this slide is familiar to
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you. it depicts the activity on the ground level and various stages of discussion. and if compared to last month, you'll see movement of prospective tenants as they are rearranged for f-fit. as example, the interested venezuelan restaurant was shown at space 35, and this month they were moved to space 113. at this point, the ground floor, the second floor, and the rooftop spaces all have at least one interested party. the highlight this month is there has been an uptake and interest with inquiries and tours starting to come back, whereas a few weeks ago, there were none. i've indicated one lease as being active because it is in the second round of comments. however, we have six or seven that are earlier in the lease process.
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this particular space is for the second floor, so the likelihood of it being presented to the board in the near future is high. also this week, lincoln submitted to letters of intent to the t.j. p.a. for approval. what this means is that the major business terms have been finalized, the financial vetted, the rough order of magnitude on their tenant improvements have been worked out. these are all candidates for strong submission to the board in the near future, in that they have expressed enthusiasm for thbeing at the center by targeting upcoming board meeting dates. this slide is the same as last month, with no change. we're still thinking that the center will be fully leased by the end of this next fiscal year. again, this slide notes
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know change from last month. with this slide and the next two, i'm going to provide a general update on the status of the tenant improvements. lincoln has just completed an r.f.p. process to cost out the landlord's improvements for the noted tenants, plus the interiors for penga and pa pamaba and charlie's chief steak. and then it is split between this round of r.f.p.s, and the next round the mechanical/electrical will be included. this round included the topping slab and demizing walls for the unleased spazspaces and heat pumps for all of the spaces. as demonstrated by the activity and interests shown on the previous
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slides, we're far enough along at this point for lincoln to do a major portion of the landlord's work for leasing spaces. the two main benefits of doing this are economies of scale, and when the walls and the topping slab are in, prospective tenants will have a better sense of the spaces, improving marketability. this is a big-picture summary of where we are to date on the costs. these are all in numbers, including landlord's space building work, and tenant improvement allowances, plus fees, soft costs, and contingency. the first row includes the initial work of the t.j.p.a. offices, the former lincoln office and the mail room, plus the lease spaces, the demizing walls, and both purchase
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of the heat pumps for the eunleased spaces. so you can see at this point we're at about $1 million under budget from the original budget. lastly, note that next month a request will be made to move 10.5 million in funds from program reserves so that the leasing efforts can continue unimpeded. this is the same slide that was presented last month with just a couple of revisions. those are cross-hatched. i want to know that these are still estimates. the actual schedule for the first round of r.f.p.s is currently being developed by turner s.p.d., and these are the ones just put under contract. on-site dental was one that was cross-hatched, and this was to revise the estimated timeframe because they took a pause
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in their moving forward with their design when the beam incident occurred. and we slightly modified the estimate on charlie's chief steak, and it is more efficient for turner to do the tenant work. and starting with suite 105 down did not change. it shows the timeline of when the lease deals might be signed. the timeline includes the letter of intent, the work letter, discussions, the negotiation time with the lease signing, as indicated by the "x," and then at what point revenue may start. so i have a couple of more points that i want to address before i am able to take questions. so this week, at the c.a.c. meeting a question was asked about a grocery
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store interest at the transit center. in general, the transit center has been opening to leasing space to a grocery. when collier's first started marketing, they unilaterally reached out to about six different prospects. they indicated they could operate in spaces that were less than 5,000 square feet. at that time, that space was available on the ground floor to accommodate that size. none were interested in the second floor. these prospects were local and regional, consistent with the approved marketing plan. of the six, four responded. of the four, two took next steps to tour and submitted letters of interest. during the vetting process, they all fell out for mixed reasons. for example, they decided that the location would not generate enough foot traffic because there are alleys, or there were loading dock constraints.
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and another reason was lack of parking for their costumers. the second item i want to inform you about, i've been corresponding with a.t.transit, with regard to costs because of the closure. so that concludes my report. i'm happy to take any questions. >> any questions? >> can you go back to slide seven for a second, the one showing kind of the projection of the $1 million under. when you brought past whreaseleases to us, you highlighted the t.i. base line and the base building improvements. is this what is basically -- that's where work has gone through, and now you've bid some of it out? is that what we're seeing, that you've stayed on budget on both of those fronts? >> correct -- actually, let me move to -- hopefully you can read
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this. >> this is a more detailed slide of the information, but, yes, so the top shade, graded area are the spaces that are already under way, the former lincoln office. you can see the comparisons there. the second shaded area is, yes, the spaces that were put out to bid for, well, for t- well, with the most recent r.s.p. and the other is what will be putito i put out in may. and we realized the economy of scale with the demizing walls and the heat pumps, and the topping slab, and we got favorable pricing on the competitive bidding. >> if i may clarify, the
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million dollars is a real-life savings because they are based on bid amounts we received, plus leases that we excluded, and the t.r. allowance -- right now we're a million dollars ahead, and we have $14 million more to bid out for the leases. >> excellent. thank you. >> chairwoman: anything else? >> with regard to the leasing update, i think it is a pretty encouraging story. i think it is good to see that things are moving forward, and that the interest is back. and the way it is being presented now, i think is very helpful and transparent for the public, especially the timeline slide, showing -- so we can actually see when things are going to happen and see what's changed from previous months. that's great. two questions with regard to the center itself. so you said that the completion of the subsequent review is being done now and it will be sent to the pier review
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committee. i didn't hear a timeline for when that will be going to the peer review committee, and when we expect their final determination. do we have that timeline? >> i will have ron answer that question, but the repair will be done by june 1st. the building-wide review, with the exception of the sealinceiling work, that will be done by june 1st. the only item that remains to be unknown is the -- our document review and investigation regarding other locations that could be susceptible to fracture. that work is on going, and it is not clear to us right now when that work will be done. but i think in the next couple of weeks, we could probably get more clarity. there is a lot of information that was given to us by the contractor,
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and already the designer is reviewing. we still need two sets of documents from two of the subcontractors. one of them we expect to receive at the end of this week. the other we expect to receive at the end of next week. once that work is done, we will have a better assessment on when that work will be done and turned over to the peer review for concurrence. >> okay. and the second question is: i know we have preliminarily identified the cause of the failure -- i guess my question is: what's the process and timing for finalizing that determination and then essentially making the agency and the others who have incurred costs, that martha made reference to, whole? >> let me have ron address that question. as far as we're concern the cause of the construction issue is not a design issue. >> so what's the timeline. >> good morning, ron alemeda. i was going to touch on that in the construction update. >> we can wait for that.
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>> well -- but, in general, all of the facts that have been found. the determinations are made. it is pretty much just final reports -- the final findings are in place. the final format of reports is what is in play now. in terms of reconciling the accounts and accountability, as i put it, is ongoing and has begun already. in terms of taking care of those that have been impacted and also addressing those that are responsible. so in terms of timeline, is this a matter of weeks, months? >> probably over the next couple of months. we want to make sure that we advance correctly, solidly on the facts, and it will be a process that will go over the next couple of months.
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but it is already initiated and in play. >> okay. thank you. >> any other questions from directors? >> i would like to ask dennis to update you on the project report. >> good morning, directors. i'll present the quarterly report, labor and labor statistics, for our p.l.a. quarterly, report this quarter. meeting number 28, which means we've been doing this for seven years with quarterly reports. iit will be continued until phase 1 construction is complete, so we're getting close to that. i'll cover phase 1 in my
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construction update. we presented to the union, gave an executive director report, and similar updates were given from the board's meeting in march. we gave the same on construction, retail, and i gave them a phase 2 update while they presented us with a fair ap prenapprenticeshipapprentice. we've had no work stoppages, and there were zero recordables in lost time. the last slide for this, i would like to keep you updated on how many hours, and we're now over 5.6 million hours that have been worked. and then there is just the geographical breakdown in the bay area, where this particular labor is coming from. so with that, just a very short update, quarterly for the p.l.a., and if there are any questions? >> questions from board members? >> thank you very much. >> chairwoman: we have one member of the public who would like to comment on the p.l.a. update.
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mr. patrick. >> good morning, directors. jim patrick of patrick and company. i want to talk about this project labor agreement. i appeared before this board and spoke against it when it was adopted, i'm going to say five years ago, when this project was in inception. it called for paying the highest price for labor. i have a purchasing department in my company. i go to them and say, get the cheapest price. this board says, no, no, no. it has gone to their staff and says, please, get the highest price per labor that you can get. and they did it. and we're happy they did it. that's what this project labor agreement has done. notice, i have a shoe
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here. and if i turn it this way, you'll find a hole. i think we shot ourselves in the foot. it's clear, if you take $2.1 billion and divide it by the total number of workers, as reported here, that comes out to about a $264,000 per worker we paid. the material -- i don't know quite what this percentage is -- this isn't my business -- but let's say it is 50%. that means we paid on an average, each worker, $130,000, on average, $130,000, and we're proud of that fact. i'm scratching my head. i'm confused. i think we shot ourselves in the foot. it has not guaranteed us more and on-time performance. it has not guaranteed a higher-quality product. it is guaranteed that you
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ripped the public off. we shot ourselves in the foot. my goal is that we don't make a similar mistake on the next big project. please do not guarantee the highest wages when we build at d.t.x. thank you. >> chairwoman: that concludes members of the public who want to address.
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>> ron will talk to budget and contract closeout process. moveinmoving on what happened we report last month. fremont and first street plate material. now all 16 plates are on site. there's been lot of progress as mark reported regarding to the repair and remediation. all o the on site preparation hs
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been completed. this was a design that wasn't approved by the pier review. that's being implemented now. l.p.i. they did submit their final report to the pier review. the pier review is reviewing it. they said they need until may 1st to review it. at that point, we'll go through comments and then be able to finalize that with the pier review's comments. in parallel, the project team has been gathering as mark mentioned, documents are continued to be received as we speak as well. we're still on track schedule wise. quick reminder what the repair looks like. i think i said about five times yesterday, but that was the
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analogy what was used to show where the plates are. this is one-half. other side of that girder has the other side. here's some pictures of that plate. you can see what we've been talking about for a long time. these are the plates that when they arrived in stockton, drilling some of the drills for this 370 steel. all the plates, the new plates were drilled in stockton. the existing plate on the two girders out there and first street, are getting drilled in place. they're bringing the plates after the new plates are drilled in and stockton and much more efficientl