so far, the transbay, we do not see things happening the way we want to see that happening. we are not getting transparency and full accountability with the high-speed rail. you can call clinton. he will have a good discussion with the committee. he is one of those astute independent san franciscans who knows the law and speaks the truth. stop the hoodwinking. we have had a sufficient amount of it. commissioner avalos: any other members of the public and want to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, this is an action item. commissioner kim: motion to forward with recommendations. commissioner avalos: we can take that without objection. next item please. >> prop aa strategic plan development update. this is an information item. >> last month, we briefed this committee on the proposed approach and schedule for development for the prop aa strategic plan. this is an update on the plan highlighting the policies and preliminary draft prioritization criteria. the authority board approved the expenditure plan, established three categories, street repair and des

the hope is we will continue to engage our partners at the transbay jpa, mta, ntc, caltrain. on the federal front, there was a development. it was actually an amendment that was introduced into the house version of the surface transportation act. the amendment was introduced by a representative from elk grove. this amendment, if successful, would threaten court eliminate the $942 million, and it starts funding for the central subway. i do not know the people fully understand the magnitude of what is being proposed. we're working with the mayor's office here at the county transportation authority, with the federal transit administration, and our representatives in washington, d.c., to make sure this amendment is not successful, and that is something we all should watch. i know the central subway is a priority for not only the authority but for this entire board of supervisors. finally, a very important piece of good news. i think this builds upon the work that has been started between our executive director and the new director of transportation that the mta, ed reiskin. they h

some of you are novices because you did not participate in how things happened at the transbay. how many people were impacted? the long delays as to the number of platforms we would have to accommodate the high-speed rail. we have the democrats, who when they were in power, abused their power. now we have the republicans who are checkmating us just for the sake of it. then we have some politicians who just want to go

some of you are novices because you did not participate in how things happened at the transbay. how many people were impacted? the long delays as to the number of platforms we would have to accommodate the high-speed rail. we have the democrats, who when they were in power, abused their power. now we have the republicans who are checkmating us just for the sake of it. then we have some politicians who just want to go, you know, listen to the political machine here in san francisco. now we, the constituents, want to know that if we have this high speed rail from san francisco to san jose, what trains will they be? and the idea that if you have the audacity to say some regional people met and they're determined to have it, who gives them that authority? this type of pompous diatribe does not sit well with the constituents of san francisco. we have seen this through legislation and people going to the ethics commission because people are trying to hoodwink the spirit we are in favor of the high speed

our agreements with the state and with the transbay joint powers authority provide for that to go to terminal, and affordable housing, and public improvement. we were at a groundbreaking, we expect that to continue into the future with the future increments as recognized by the state. that hunters point shipyard is at its inception. we received approval. another model of sustainability. infrastructure work is nearly complete on the first phase of the hilltop under way at the hunters point shipyard. and then candlestick point is part of this robust program. that would be developed in partnership, we have a partnership with the state to improve the state park area, rebuild the affordable housing development. as part of that development as well. the other obligations for this successor agency within the city administrator's office, we touched on the management of those assets and the former western addition, there are a number of economic development loans. some of their obligations, these are obligations we will monitor for compliance on an ongoing basis. yerba buena center, that is an

to our transit system representing, to connect up eventually to what we have already started at the transbayminal so that all of our muni transit system can connect up to the wonderful world of high-speed rail. that will be in our lifetime. not just a wish. we are taking steps to make sure that is a reality. that is our future. we cannot risk the inability to have our transit system connected up to all of our areas. and then, to help muni establish the bus rapid transit systems along geary, venice, that will be done in a very short time, and we got some help because today we announced the rebuild of our hospitals, and they are contributing to the rapid transit systems. senator, with your leadership, for so many years, and your help and such wonderful leadership, i also want to acknowledge -- this transit system runs on hydroelectric power from our hetch hetchy dam, and we know that. we have felt that. we have used that. in addition to the wonderful water system it has, our our shaughnessy dan generates this power -- our shaughnessy dam. for anyone to suggest that we should tared that down an

he is now managing the overhead for the transbay project. almost all of our electric vehicles rely on the overhead system. he has been one of the lead engineers on that. he also supported f-lines when that ran out to fisherman's wharf. over 18 years he has and continues to provide leadership for this important and unique part of our infrastructure. the expertise is rare and quite valuable. looks like he is not with us today. >> good afternoon. it is my pleasure to be here to recognize one of our standing -- outstanding employees. it is unfortunate that he has taken ill and could not be here today. i am here to recognize his accomplishment. he is a veteran of 18 years with us. not only has he been a very outstanding and talented engineer and are overhead contact system, he is also has mentored a lot of young engineers. we miss him today and i know that he is disappointed that he is not here to address you himself. i will take his award to him. >> thank you. please relate our congratulations. i know the overhead wires are such an intrinsic part

stake in that upgrades to caltrain, the connections to fourth and king and the new connection of the transbay terminal are very important part of our overall transportation network in the city. we have been actively engaged in that process at the staff level, working with the city family and our regional partners and we see that as a great step forward. i wanted to alert you and that the public of some pretty significant work happening on the doral drive -- doyal drive to make way for its successor, the presidio parkway. the big work will start april 27 at 8:00 p.m. and go through until 5:00 a.m. the following monday, april 30. which will completely close that road. the golden gate bridge will be open during that time there will be regional communication to urge people to avoid the golden gate bridge since it will be -- have limited access. within san francisco, all traffic will be routed to park presidio boulevard. i am using that as the only point in or out of access of the golden gate bridge. it will be heavily congested. we are joining with the region and urging folks to find other ways t

thank you for the support from the trans a joint -- transbay joint powers authority. one more page. i want to acknowledge several other people at chp. david is out here. gabriel haywood, gail, and the rest of the staff at chp. i will draw this part out. i want to thank several people with bridge continue to play a crucial role in the project. bank you to kill me -- thank you to kim nash, along with catherine edsel. kristy wong is here with her new project, a little baby. she took over the project and patiently got me up to speed. i want to thank the senior management team, particularly, for his guidance. he is my boss. [laughter] finally, i want to express great appreciation to my project to administrator who works extremely hard and is extraordinarily dedicated. thank you, jamie, somewhere out there. there are many people we could not include on the list. i apologize. thank you all for your support on the project. the mayor is here. great. i will hand it over. he is here. [applause] >> thank you, everybody, for being here today. supervisor, thank you for your leadership here as well

in 37, the proposal that came out last week that that will take a considerable amount of time, the transbay terminal, other issues in south beach, mission bay, there is a lot of development there, at least taking the treasure island project and moving that to three might better balance development projects on the east side. i'm wondering if the consultant can identify the population on treasure island and the resulting deviation in three and six and let me think about what that means. >> that is the population of 2880 people. moving it would bring the population of district 3 up 2.74% in the population for district 6, and -3.07%. chairman mcdonnell: i want to give people time to think about that knowing that will have other implications. it also would allow some further tweaking in russian hill and the tenderloin that other members have expressed great interest in. it was not my preference to do this. i know it is another last-minute thing. is it a proposal? i will so proposed. any discussion before a call the question? >> this is something i would have proposed if we were contemplating lar

waitsn't until the next year the first train traveled to the transbay tube. and that is when that happened. last section was in june, 2003, giving current miles of track. going through 44 stations at this time. and again this expansion is exciting for commuters in the south bay z the california supreme court made a ruling today that affects millions of workers and lunch breaks. nannette miranda joins us with that story. >> this depends on your perspective. companies see this as a victory. many see this as a but set back to orkers rights. from construction to restaurant servers virtually anyone making an hourly wage, the california supreme court ruling means that your boss is no longer obligated to make sure you take lunch and rest breaks. it's a relief especially for restaurant owners like mark. he found it tough to balance customers' needs skpem employee breaks mandated after a five-hour shift. >> your shift baby-sitting making sure these people have goten breaks. and they're supposed to after an hour for a break they didn't get. penalties can add up. >> the

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. >> earlier the gentleman came up and said it would be a good idea to keep the transbay terminal area in district 6 and the benefits would help the tenderloin. i do not think there is anything that chewing up and established neighborhood in the tenderloin could offset that. i would like to disabuse you of the notion or maybe it is abuse. i would like to abuse you or maybe i want to just want to use you. we started out witgh 4140. we're down to 8%. it is still a high number. we were looking for that one block between post and gary -- geary. that will bring it down. to get down to 5%, we tried to get below five that is possible. if we're asking for too much. the block beyond that bordered by shannon and jones and post and geary. that would bring it under 5%. there of the neighborhoods they have managed to preserve completely. that is it. chairman mcdonnell: thank you, sir. >> good evening, commissioners. thank you for your work in -- and efforts to date and thank you overwhelmingly for listening to the west 20 council. although the improvement association adds this map, hopefully it wil

the 8th story apartment building is one of the first residential projects in the transbay redevelopment agency. they're being developed by the community housing partnership and bridge housing. there will be 120 units, the majority being studio apartments there. all residents must be extremely low income, formally homeless, and referred for residency by the department of public health. >>> a push to ban food trucks near schools has been abandoned. the state lawmaker said the intention was to make sure students weren't being exposed to unhealthy food. but critics pointed out banning the trucks within 500 feet of campuses would leave a lot of places off limits. he may rework it and reintroduce it. >>> it's 4:37 right now. rob, what's happening outside? >> right now, it's pretty nice. we had the weekend ahead. a big, stormy saturday, cleared out nicely yesterday. and at least for now, the weather's looking good, except on the coast. we have the high surf warning in effect. use caution if you're going to be anywhere near the beaches. 60s later on this afternoon, next chance of showers comes