number one, market octavia c.a.c. is very subordinated in hasis on eastern neighborhoods in rincon hill and i hope we get past the point that one planning area is seen as more important than other. this is an area plan infrastructure finance committee and the use of the infrastructure finance district or the other funding tools town of equal and hopefully myself or one of the other c.a.c. members investing a lot of energy and time for this committee written to benefit rincon hill and other eastern and i have talked to the sponsor as well as michael yarney and if there is a suggestion to expand the pilot, why only eastern neighborhoods? again, it is puzzling to me and i would rather see this be an i.f.d. pilot for rincon and the future use extended to all other plan area, not just the eastern neighborhood and leaving market octavia in the dust. sorry to sound parochial but this is often the way things work. if you are in phase two, you are in a very distant phase two. when it comes to the melajerusalem, i have to admit

atlot k it is bound by hayes on the north edge, octavia and linden. there is zip car parking in daily use parking, so a flat fee, $10. lot l is currently vacant. we are planing to develop the project in two phases. first, that these be occupied by temporary habitations of retail, restaurant, art gallery, and community-based units that add to the richness of the valley. in phase one, it includes the portion of each site with a variety of food vendors. in phase one, they retained the city car parking on lot l while removing the daily parking -- excuse me, on k. phase 2 adds an art gallery on linden alley and a very small temporary housing use it, also on the alley, and it also creates a covered exterior space and a series of pop-up retail spaces that face both octavia and hayes. president maxwell: what is a temporary housing unit? what does that look like? >> it is a two-store unit. somebody from our office is interested in both funding and occupying it. she would and of being really beside supervisor, so there will always be a presence, a kind of side

cohen's concern regard iing mart octavia is added to this list. it is in there now? okay. and the other thing that's a question and i'm not sure i am understand is what is the analysis? as abag indeed abag is a regional planning agency with, quite frankly, limited powers and they have a healthy public finance unit and the authorization from the state to create assessment districts and so we're using them and they are competent and have done in many jurisdictions and, if you will, they are the experts on c.f.d.'s in the bay area. >> what is in it for them? >> i think they cover the administrative costs and get a certain percentage of every one of the transactions and they are not a profit making entity and covering the administrative co-s. and in mainry suburban jurisdictions and also the mid plaza c.f.d. was an abag and administered district and a c.f.d. on 690 market street it was abag created and managed. perhaps, i don't know, maybe the city attorney can clarify that mission bay might have been administered by abag, although i'm not sure. and so there are a couple of ex

as a team, we determined octavia is a functional breaking point. design of market street as it moves west changes that octavia. we want to be inclusive of that in our planning, even if the paving does not continue in that direction. i wanted to add, we acknowledge on the southern end of market street, there is a lot of overlap, in terms of project needs. we have included those three blocks to the south to make sure that we are being inclusive, from a transportation perspective. the three main goals of the project are making market street the signature sustainable street in san francisco and the bay area, creating a memorable identity, the ability to promenade in a vibrant public space. clearly, market street is a key corridor, so optimizing sustainability mobility modes is a party for all users of the street. economic development. insuring plans are coo with the market redevelopment efforts. we are trying to foster an economically productive and resilience corridor, looking at the three main components of the street. in terms of management structur

this is for two of the osteen view boulevard parcells, -- octavia boulevard parcels, k and l. they had been beneath the freeway. there is a large component of affordable housing and ground- floor retail. after the economic crash, there were unfavorable market conditions. the office of economic and work force development released an rfp asking for proposals on interim projects to bring in some modest revenues into the city coffers. there was a proposal for parcells k and l. one is currently used for parking. this is at the corner of octavia. this has been transferred for affordable housing development. it will not be developed for several years. parcel l is a smaller uninhabited parcel also directly jason tv green. there is no buyer at this point -- directly adjacent to the green. assuming your approval of these leases as well as various approvals from the planning and building departments. the representative that i have here will do much better job of describing the project, so we will leave that to him from proxy in a few minutes. before you are two resolutions to approve the

haas said, there is such a hole coming indeed from market octavia over to the civic center and coming to city hall. so that spot is a stroke of genius, and i personally like the architectural art. it does not reminds me of an office building, but it looks like a school. and i think it has a friendliness to it which very much speaks to the kind of more modern building and the more consistent use of modern vernacular at market and octavia. i appreciate the comments on traffic and circulation. i do think it needs some work. i frequently scoot over to linden actually on a thursday to get a good coffee, talking about blue bottle, and i always find the first two or three blocks very difficult to maneuver because it's during the day very vacant, empty, and not a very lifestyle zone. i think adding this building in this location is terrific. and i hope that we all together find the means to make it a more pedestrian-friendly and strolling district with much in the spirit of market octavia. so i'm in full support of it and couldn't be happier, and i hope it's going to happen. is there an answe

octavia. we looked at this particular geographical area with a lot of detail and took on a lot of the zoning issues that were included in market/octavia area plan. we folks us on issues if it's in your neighborhood it's usually going to somehow impact the rest of the city. we meet with the mayor on an irregular basis. if you are are a delegate or just a member of a member organization you can come to the personal meetings with the mayor. we also endorse ballot measures when they fall into certain categories. anything to do with neighborhood issues and there's -- anything to do with schools. thank you. that's it. >> tools and strategies to engage your community. i want to pose a question to you. who is in your community. the first question you have to answer is who is in your community? think about that for a second because in our neighborhood we actually have an eclective group. we have residents, homeowners, renters. starving artists to starving studentses to corporate america to very rich pe

and allowing some of these uses are in keeping with what's in the market octavia plan. and it is on the parcel and you are correct and there is nothing that would rescind it. and it is a planning code amendment. and i don't think that i'm not familiar with it and it would have to be formally done. vice president olague: commissioner lee? commissioner lee: i am glad he put this together because that is a key issue for the gay lesbian community on market street and octavia there. so with that, and keeping in mind we do have a business issue and this is something that we can do to help the people of san francisco and the gay community, so i want to second it. >> i like the presentation about the multipurpose and the teaching and the gateway and all those things and was well described and greatly appreciate that and is one of the stropgest arguments. >> totally supportive of this and to the concern that was raised and with the landmark advisory board and is historically with costs that will not go away and if there was a change of ownership, it is not inappropriate to provi

something they plugged into immediately because it's in the market/octavia plan. it's identifiable on their agenda for years. >> you would think but that's not what they do. it's about the neighborhood. all about the neighborhood it would be great if we could use their, say, we will have a work party day every third saturday of the month. >> may be the organizations are about cy

s and the market octavia c.a.c. and two at-large community stakeholder seats. and in a direct way those people will be involved in the process and guiding this policy. so that is the first thing. and i imagine whatever infrastructure money we get would be pooled together with impact fee monies and grant monies and be managed strategically. and so given we do have a process for the c.a.c.'s to provide input and i forget what it stand for right now, but maybe director ramp can clarify and the acronyms and to the capital planning program. so they are going to be receiving that input from the c.a.c.'s on a regular basis and this would supplement other monies that are already coming in or we hope that will be coming in in the future. and i hope they have a say in what projects get built and what the priority of the projects. vice president olague: that makes sense. and the budget review was sort of limited right now but i don't know if that's going to change in the future or not. they might be more advisory to us. >> does the director want to comment on it? >> i thi

something they plugged into immediately because it's in the market/octavia plan. it's identifiable on their agenda for years. >> you would think but that's not what they do. it's about the neighborhood. all about the neighborhood it would be great if we could use their, say, we will have a work party day every third saturday of the month. >> may be the organizations are about policy and discussions and not or land use issues. you had your hand up. [inaudible]. >> right. >> i don't think you necessarily need a master plan. i would say he will give you a technical idea. >> september 21st is parking day. yes. >> take you know go to home depot and get turf on the place and show people want it would be like. >> it's establishing the conversation to figure out who the players are because typically what we see in the projects -- we do repeat funding we have done repeat fundings of street trees. some neighborhoods started small and came out with 5,000 and literally get something in the ground and people say, oh , how do i get that. don't worry if it's small. >> there is a

because octavia boulevard. they come through our neighborhood like it's the freeway. coming to get on the freeway. they barely stop at the stop signs the turn on the relates and the kids are on the corner. they are coming on through. when we did the safe path we held up signs saying slow down. one of the thing we promote our philosophy is all the children are our responsibility. and a lot of the bus stops at the children are going to to get on to their schools where they are going to work. we are telling the community, watch out for the kids. if a kid is standing off of the curb say, tell the child. get back on the curb this is not safe. what we are really doing is saying this is we all have to be family. if you see a child or someone that needs may be advice to get back to the curb let them know and do it in a kindly way. we have a huge safety concern with the traffic. >> on the traffic issue the best thing that happen todd san francisco is 311. there are a lot of -- to drive this san francisco or traffic in san francisco is a nightmare an engineering nightmare the c

we were thinking there is a plan in the market/octavia plan neighborhood plan that has emphasizes the use of alleys as creating living space. the neighborhood that's grid with busy streets and in between are the narrow and underused streets that could be used to off set as public gatherering spaces and planted areas and conducive for people. let's scratch the surface of that. within a week, the community challenge grant and the mayor's office of greening had grownup from had it's own grass roots and it was kismit there was a coincidance of events. we sketched up a few drawings of what we could think of. which is to remove a couple of -- 3 on street parking spaces so as to narrow the road bed of the street and provide places to sit. you know, landscape the areas for the community of coffee drinkers, if you will. we started to realize. this will cost money and it's a tremendous opportunity to connect with the neighbors. neighbors being residence denies. mixed use alley has automatic repair shops. it has some residential and some businesses. and so you know it's not our traditional one b

if you go over aer to octavia.s free to work hee -- if you go over to octavia, it's free to park mere. the first of 190 meters will be installed here in hayes valley later this morning. this is a picture of one of the meters. it's sbe more user- friendly because it accepts coins and den bit cards and eventually the city's prepaid parking cards. but meters are also supposed to reduce congestion. one person we spoke with said that's one reason she doesn't even drive. >> i think it makes sense. this area can get rae yesterday busy -- can get really busy. i was down here yesterday. >> reporter: electronic signs will direct drivers to open spots. in order to do that, the city is going to install 8,000 wireless sensors underneath the treat and these will keep track of how long a vehicle is parked in one. >> i think it's pretty good, yes. the only thing is, you know, worrying about personal information getting out. but that's always a concern. >> reporter: it's called sf park. it's a two-year pilot program that cost $24 m

they report a vacant lot on octavia street is being considered. a portion of the central freeway was demolished a decade ago. shipping containers will be ventilated and used as eateries and art galleries. they plan to operate a beer garden at the site. >> tomorrow the novato city council will consider putting half cent sales tax on the ballot. they declared an official emergency. they laid off 20% of the work force and cut four million dollars oust budget. marin independent journal says that proposed sales tax increase will generate $3 million a year for five years. it on would bring the sales tax to 9.5%. >> markets are reacting to cuts revealing the health of the banking system. regulators found 7 of the 91 banks would fail if the financial problems weaken. here is rob nelson. >> good morning. hugo chavez is threatening to cut off oil sales to the u.s. he will stop it if they are attacked by neighboring colombia. u.s. is biggest buyer and if chavez carries out threat it would be a huge blow on his own country's economy. wall street is looking to

they could be put up in vacant lots on octavia street. the recession delayed the project.ost of the containers are 8 x 20 feet. if supervisors approved, construction could begin this fall. >> changes coming to the golden gate that may catch visitors by surprise. seismic upgrades will force bicyclists and walkers to share the walkway. bike riders will be added into the mix of walkers and tourists during the weekends and weekday evenings. >> san francisco's rolling out new high-tech parking meters in hayes valley today. this is the follow-up it to the story we've been telling you about since last month. the city will turn on 200 meters on hayes street and the civic center area. hourly rates are based on demand for particularly spots. the cost could be a quarter or up to $4 an hour. the new meters will start showing up in several other neighborhoods over the next few months. >> although you'll feel like when you drive up it goes up to $4 automatically. >> not that good of a spot. come on. >> there comes money bags, mike. >> southbound 680, geary read, reports of two separate

fully that has not happened though inbounds central is struggling to recover it did backup not to octaviass ave. here's the bridge check for you again its even with the light traffic we saw this morning mm rely snow back up at any time from 5:00 p.m. sorry 5:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. then we see this same second wave of traffic folks are taking advantage apparently of a lower price and at the bay bridge bit of a back up in the right-hand lanes. if you are fast track user you could use any lane at the bay bridge toll plaza. a check of the san mateo bridge and light traffic both directions no problems your golden gate bridge ride 1 01 south dealing with fog but smith traffic for years of bound ride. apple holding a big press conferences morning to discuss the problems with reception on the iphone for years james fletcher in the newsroom with the latest. >> that is happening at cupertino headquarters here's a snapshot from inside a projection screen that is the job is talking about what they will do to make customers happy. they announced three things there and put into place one day release