the bridge will not open until it reaches seismic safety. that has been the criteria all along from the very beginning, particularly the last three years when we determined when the committee determined that the elements needed to be in place in terms of seismic safety. that's one of those, the full functioning of that sheer bearing system to protect the bridge in the event of an earthquake. >> i have to ask you, because other people have raised this issue. you and i were both at those meetings. are you concerned that they could haven plan and design in the works, caltrans and the seismic safety panel and your own head says this is the first i've heard of it? >> well, i think -- >> or the first time i have seen the plan? >> i think that speaks for the fact that it's an independent review panel and i do. as i said, i think there were two things going on. first of all, engineers by nature look to solutions for problems. that's what they do. and so again, caltrans was concerned about the safety of the system in the interim. they started develop

once it is seismically upgraded, it is safe, right?> when you seismically upgrade it, it is to a standard it doesn't collapse, but it may not be reusable or repairable. >> it was an economic decision of how much money the city could afford versus the benefits to retrofit the buildings. >> we have done about 90% of the upgrade. the standard is low enough that in a major upgrade most will have to be replaced and we lose these beautiful buildings. many of the details are not what they appear to be. these are sheet metal details and trims. sheet metal cornices. san francisco was famous for the sheet metal work. when you go into the sheet metal shop, the whole front of the building is made of sheet metal. that is pacific? no, powell. >> i trick on how you can date old brick buildings, after the '06 earthquake they made windows with steel plates. before that earthquake if you see an arch, it is a pre '06. it is an easy way to date the buildings. >> you can see the great depth. that indicates these are exceptionally thick walls which indicate

first, the 1976 soft story wood building is not up to current building codes for seismic sate. the technical engineer who has 50 years experience was to view the site. the drs. comment was no at&t was to be permitted on the roof without a complete seismic upgrade of the this. so in the absence of a service upgrade is a skeptic issue that was referred to in the previous hearing. the second problem although this application has been in the pipeline for 3 years until residents brought it to their attention both at&t and the city planning department overlooked that was identified as prone to flooding or was prone to flooding. so it appears prior to the june meeting at&t also waved it's magic one day over the department of public works. one day before the planning commission hearing stated this block is no longer prone to flooding. now should we ask the grand jury to look to d b w. why is potential flooding at this location an issue. contrary to at&t would have you believe while it's important to say this has batteries it is highly unusual to place those batteries in a known flood a

including for seismic sate. the department it did not identify any unusual circumstances. on the second question our commission based their finding based on some decisions this board felt was important. in the past this board of supervisors has been concerned that the city departments have no way to determine where there's a true need for the wireless services but for the wireless provider. upon the direction of this board we've got a third party wireless study. in the past that requirement has shown that some were not need but that was not the case here there's a deficit in this area. the report also found that this commission determined that the facility would be capable with the city through further refinements to design. and it's this final dine we're working with at&t for the final design. i'll turn this over to my colleague. >> first, let's discuss the project. in the planning code to install the facility this project includes 9 panel antennas and nc one commercial district. the roof installation would be located within the ground floor area in the medical building.

this historic agreement ensures that two brand-new seismically safe hospitals for our city are going to be built, while guaranteeing important health care and other benefits that san franciscans will enjoy for years to come. i want to thank everybody in this room, in particular all those that are standing behind me for getting us to this day that we can sign this agreement. and, yes, it's been long, it's been arduous, but i believe that we all agree it was definitely worth the effort. together and through our consensus building approach, we made it possible to build two seismically safe hospitals, advance the state of medical care in our city, and put thousands of san franciscans to work. i also want to take this moment and mention my personal thanks on behalf of the city, if i will, and i know the board will join me. i want to thank cpmc for their deliberate participation with some 10 other bay area hospitals to respond in the highest professional fashion to the critical emergency needs that we had this past weekend. you were one of many hospitals that took care of very seriously in

. >> if we can achieve that seismic safety within a month's time, okay, and we don't have to wait until december -- >> reporter: that was a professor chair of the bay bridge's own review committee stating that there is a a temporary fix to the problem and one that would allow the span to open by labor day and they need to work on it right now. >> we don't know when the next earthquake will occur. we have to assume that it can occur any day. >> reporter: it's called shimming. basically it means installing wedges into the bearings to hold them in place in case of earthquake. they could be held there until the complete saddle fix is completed come december. >> this is a very simple structural operation to complete the science for this shims has been done, the contractor has the designs in front of them and as soon as we shim it, we have achieved the full seismic safety of the bridge and we can achieve that seismic safety within a month's time. >> reporter: bridge officials who had long been saying that a full fix was needed to open the bridge were clearly caught off guard. >> and i do beli

seismic, or earthquake is what is governing this design. th. the lateral system is the bearing wall, fairly stiff. i cannot recall the actual displacements, but they are not much more than a couple of inches. >> how do we finished these? give us a clue how you finish this thing. >> most of the exterior sa are what is called glass fiber reinforced concrete. it looks somewhat similar to the precast concrete panels. both are exterior skin panels fabricated of sight and brought to the site and assemble at the side of the building. it is three-quarters of an inch thick. mostly to steal, and it has to be engineered as a separate item functioning together, installed on to the face of the building. windows, doors, etc. go into openings, they get slashed and sealed with a joint sealant. typically we try and maintain 3 1/4 inch gaps between any kind of door or window, and a penetration to the outside. >> one issue with all buildings is water perpetration. probably the no. 1 problem is water leakage. how do we prevent that here? we have calking, flashing.

engineers on the seismic safety peer review committee say it may not be safe. they've come up with a temporary fix for the broken bolts. they could have that span ready to open by labor day. here is what they're proposing. inserting wedges into the areas of those broken bolts to

while seismically retrofitting soft building is extremely important to the protection of represents making sure tenants who cannot afford this increase are not unduly burdened by this capital cost is very important. the average san francisco rent for one bedroom apartment at 2700 tenants are extremely sensitive to any type of price increase and these increases can make a difference in a resident's ability to stay in their homes. this trailing legislation would clarify and streamline procedures for filing a hardship application and any tenant who can demonstrate that he or she is on some form of public assistance or making 80% ami or less will automatically be relieved for the pass through [speaker not understood] instead of publicly appearing before the rent board with a personal documents which are subject to cross-examination by landlord. land lords will still be able to request a hearing or appeal but this at least will help streamline the process for many residents that were worried about their future here in san francisco, but of course want to live safely in their buildings. so, i wa

and we also have a very important seismic project ongoing at the intersection of i680 and freemont, this is where they cross the hayward fault. and construction activitis in that project are proceeding as planned and we are on track to have awful the work done that we need to get done prior to a major system shut down at the end of this year. good progress are being recorded and that is the transmission, project. and where the contractor has now mobilized to start work on the last element of the project which is the culvert that connects the lower and the upper springs reservoir and we also anticipate to be able to turnover the crystal springs operation to the operation staff within a month or so. i have mentioned in the recent months about the challenging ground condition of the (inaudible) tunnel and our last 1000 foot or so of excavation there is definitely been more challenging, and we have encountered the significant amount of inflowing ground water as well as squeezing ground but that has impeded our progress and so now the hold through of the last segment of that tunnel is now bei

>> i think, first of all, it's important to know the bridge won't open until it reaches seismic safety and that has been the criteria all along from the very beginning, particular i the last three years -- particularly the last three year when is we determine the committee determined that the elementsed inned to number place in terms of seismic safety and that is one of those, the full functioning of the sheer key and berring system to -- bearing system to protect the bridge in the event of an earthquake. >> i have to ask you. >> yeah. >> other people raised the issue. you and i were both at the meetings. are you at all concerned they could have this plan and design in the works, caltransand the seismic safety panel? >> right. >> and your own head of the project said publicly, this is the first i have heard of it? >> well, i think -- . >> or the first time i have seen the plan at least? >> that speaks to the fact that it's an independent review panel and i do and i think two things were going on. first of all, engineers by niche, a look to solutions for problem. that is when they do an

the major conclusion that was reached is 4216 california requires major seismic ubld and the at&t equipment currently on the roof as well as the proposed rooftop antennas present additional weight that will be subject to largely loads generated by kwaerths without an you are not talking about. in short the building with the at&ts equipment presents a life issue to the tenants and others of the public. the believes should be instructing them to remove the equipment of at&t to the building. please vote to deny the permit to this location >> next speaker >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is deborah. i'm one of the property owners located next door to the site. appellants report number 2 is a report certified by professionals. this gentleman was a u.s. environmental protection agency expert. this documents in detail the various health and safety paroles for at at to install their equipment including the acid batteries located on a building that's could be flooded. this has lead components and materials that could cause cancer and materials that react violently to heat. mr. hag man says thi

update on community program for seismic safety. earthquake safety program. >> good morning, commissioners. acting director tom hue. i went to my owner to let you know i appoint my engineer in charge of this program called soft story program and then with two of the engineer we assigned to help him and also is ordinance to have an intern college student to help him to set up the spreadsheet and all the revise the form to notification also. mr., he's working for the city for 24 years and also with the department more than 14 years. he's very knowledgeable on these seismic safety and then works closely with our safety director mr. patrick, they have weekly meeting regarding this issue. we have lots of building affected. we are aware this is important program. that's why this is only the beginning. then we'll assign more staff and engineer and inspector eventually come along with the program. i would like to present mr. -- for you for any question you want to ask. >> mr. -- congratulations. >> thank you. tom. i wanted to share the stor

caltrans installed them nine years ago as part of a seismic upgrade. they plan to replace them starting in 2015. >>> now we are ticking down the time to the next bart strike. but there will be no negotiations for the next ten days because bart's chief negotiator is going on vacation. the announcement comes after a day when both signs were in the same building, but apparently not the same room. the chief negotiators for bart's union workers is laying a lot of the blame at her counterpart's feet. >> for the chief negotiator for the district to be gone for ten days of the 15 days that the parties have available before the deadline is a serious, serious problem. >> earlier today, a bart spokesman said his agency is ready to negotiate a fair contract and all signs signed off on a five-day absence by bart chief negotiator, tomahawk, well ahead of time. strike deadline is august 4. >> an ac transit bus made an unscheduled express run from san francisco clear down to the central valley this morning. this all started about 9:30 when a man stole the bus from the

it's concerned the most seismicically unsafe building at the california state university system. they tell the newspaper they will install 600 seismic monitors in the neighborhood and the implosion almost act like a tiny earthquake. scientists will use it to calibrate their seismographs. >>> in southern california more people have been forced from their homes as that wild fire continues to grow. the fire is burning in very steep and rugged terrain near ido wild which is west of palm springs. 6,000 people are evacuated and so far more than 23,000-acres have burned. one commercial building and six homes have been destroyed. 4,000 other homes are threatened. firefighters worry a spike in heat today could make their efforts more difficult. >>> the drakes bay oyster company most obey environmental laws. a marin county judge says the oyster farm at point rays must remove the clams grown by the farm. it must also manage debris including plastic tubes put in the water by the previous business. a federal appeals court is still deciding if the oyster company can stay in business. >>> a law

this goods good -- this goes beyond the code and we have seismic instrumentation on the wharf this. is the first wharf in san francisco with this. we have dialos the disek and on the sea wall. this information after an earthquake this is transferred to the center for research and help us identify any damage to the wharf and as dan mentioned we are adjusting this by tilt tg up and the rail and with the 75 year design life we expect at the end of 75 years we will start to get some flooding in the area and so we design the structure to with stand those loads and we have the lawn that is raised up and with that i hope you had a chance to get out there and take a look at some of the construction. this has been an incredible construction project of the it's right on the waterfront. we kept it all open and i'm going to roll through some photos. this is pier 36. we started demolition back in march 2012. this is scott zacker. he's the guy that took it down, essentially his company and they did an amazing project. i never have seen a demolition project like this and huge cracking jobs. they d

so the usgs is scrambling to borrow 600 seismic sensors from around the world to place in the vicinity. >> just for this one event, which to put it in perspective is probably more than twice of number of seismographs typically in the whole bay area. >> reporter: one will be on charlie's property on the hill overlooking campus. he agessed a call for volunteers. >> i said i had the property at this location and they looked it up and they said it's just what we want. so we would like to put recording device there and that's how we got here. >> reporter: geology professor luther strayer is the one who suggested the idea to it the usgs and he says it could produce the first underground 3- d image of the hayward fault. >> this is kind of like taking the x-ray-up to the hayward fault. it really is. it's an imaging technique. >> reporter: quake researchers are clearly excited about the unique opportunity. the chance for something like this -- >> oh!! >> reporter: -- to show them exactly where the fault lies. in hayward, john ramos, kpix 5. >> the seismic maps that come out of the experiment co

so, that was an important cadence of this project as well as a lot of great seismic features we are piloting the park and piloting a response to sea level rise. so, we're very, very proud of everything you can see and a lot of what you can't see. and we'd also like to thank our partners at our other city departments starting with our dedicate and had hard working board of supervisors. the department of city planning. especially chelsea ford ham. department of public works [speaker not understood]. rec and park, and don, calem and nathan who helped us get this far. and i want to thank in particular president of the board, david chiu for always

. >>> reporter: it's a temporary fix, crews placing shims in to help stabilize seismic safety devices under the bridge. >> these green shims prevent the bearing from sliding back and forth this way. >> reporter: the shims provide the strength to hold down the bridge that was lost when the bolts broke. crews will still continue to install the permanent saddles around the broken bolts. but if the shims work the new bridge could open sooner than december. >> these wedges are going in to protect the bearings while this permanent fix is going on. but there are some out there who believe that that would give us enough stability to open the bridge sooner and not wait until the permanent fix is completed. >> reporter: no new opening date is set. the toll bridge program oversight committee first wants the opinions of the federal highway administration and engineers from the seismic safety peer review panel. >> to make everyone confident to move traffic on the new bridge as opposed to leaving it on the old bridge. that decision hasn't been made yet. >> reporter: that's the hope? >> that's the i

so, that was an important cadence of this project as well as a lot of great seismic features we are piloting the park and piloting a response to sea level rise. so, we're very, very proud of everything you can see and a lot of what you can't see. and we'd also like to thank our partners at our other city departments starting with our dedicate and had hard working board of supervisors. the department of city planning. especially chelsea ford ham. department of public works [speaker not understood]. rec and park, and don, calem and nathan who helped us get this far. and i want to thank in particular president of the board, david chiu for always being there for the port when the waterfront has needs. and we look forward to a long future with him in that role. please join me in welcoming president chiu. (applause) >> thank you, monique, and good morning. so, when i was invited to come and participate at this event, i suggested that the elected officials, mayor lee and supervisor kim, that the three of us do a rendition of sitting on the dock by the bay. [laughter] >> and i just want to say thank

caltrans installed them nine years ago as part of a seismic upgrade. again, this is the western section of the bridge. caltrans plans on replacing those starting in 20 15. >>> there will be no discussions for the next ten dayings because bart's chief negotiator is going on vacation. today's announcement came even though both sides were in caltran's oakland headquarters but apparently not in the same room. the chief negotiator for bart's workers put much of the blame on the agency's noeshter thomas hock. >> for the chief negotiator for the district to be gone for ten days of the 15 days that the parties have available before the deadline is a serious, serious problem. >> earlier today, a bart spokesman said his agency is ready to negotiate a fair contract, and despite what the union says, all sides signed off on this five-day absence well ahead of time. the strike deadline is august 4th. >>> the hunt for a bus stolen from san francisco's transbay terminal ended two hours and 100 miles later. the bus wusz taken around 9: jnt 20 this morning. this was fin