you will see there are three cctv installations there, old equipment. in 1999, we determined this facility, just for current muni operations, was 100% undersized. we have been seeking to improve that presence. in the interim, prop e came into effect and sfmta was formed, and as a result, we have a business objected to unite all of the functions of the sfmta, including command-and-control functionality as well. the key functions that we need to run mta on a daily basis are currently dispersed around five different locations around the city. there is the transit operation said 131 lennox, power control which controls the substation and overhead electrical power on division street, in an old building, and then there is onlyphone connectivity between power control and electrical. there was no room to add it to lenox, so we built in a satellite facility at 1 south van ness, which only has bone connectivity back to the lenox control center. we have parking control dispatch 505 seventh street. again, only phone connectivity for all of them to coordinate. we ha

we also need to put in new systems such as cctv. we have only three monitors. we will have a much more sophisticated operation at the new control center. the key point is we would centralized coordination and bring all those functions together into one facility. why not transbay? at this point, it is not a viable option. we have been in the communications with the project over several years. the vision -- the coordination has evolved. right now, our long-term vision for the transbay facility would include a unified regional transportation center, which there has not been even in the planning stage right now. other agencies have not been brought on board with that. we would need a funding plan. the timeline must work to coordinate with central subway, radio, and our other projects. there was a recent policy decision between transbay and sfmta to have those projects go forward on a separate pacts, and transbay is no longer being pursued on our planning horizon. >> about the expenses -- supervisor chu: about the expenses you expect on transbay compared to the curr

protection program for security grant program funds from the department of homeless security for maritime cctv system security improvements at the port of san francisco. 8d, request authorization to accept and expend $551,552 in 2010 infrastructure protection program port security grant program funds from the department of homeland security for mass notification system security improvements at the port of san francisco near the ferry building. >> so move. commissioner crowley: second. >> is there any public comment on the consent calendar? all in favor? resolution 11-31, 11-32, 11-33, and 11-34 have been approved. >> 9a, information presentation on the port and san francisco bay conservation development commission's out reach to waterfront stakeholders regarding the waterfront special area plant and proposed amendments to the special area plan for the proposed pier 27 cruise terminal and the 34th america's cup. >> i want to welcome you to the commission. special projects manager with the port. i want to introduce this item by introducing the senior planner with the bay conservation and develop

we begin with this item sent by cctv china. hundreds of ships are stranded in china's longest canal because of problems with the drought in a peak irrigation season. on wednesday the depth of water in the beijing hongxia grand canal was 1.2 meters lower than the minute navigable level. fleets of ships waiting to navigate the canal extend for 22 kilometers with some ships held up for about a week. maritime authorities are limiting the entry of heavily laden ships at points upstream in an effort to ease the problem. >>> the thai government urged exporters to improve the quality of their vegetables to reassure european importers. the appeal comes after the european union threatened to ban thai products if contaminated items were found five times in a year and halted exports of vegetables in recent months to ensure that only high quality produce is exported to europe. a senior government official said in bangkok on thursday that authorities will enforce new food safety regulations. >>> low income earners in the west malaysian state

we begin with this item from cctv china. >>> heavy rains have affected about 10 million people and destroyed 645,000 hectares of farmland in 13 provinces. losses around $1.3 million. the meteorological administration has predicted more rain in the coming days for middle and lower reaches of the yanghtzee river along with the southern parts of the country. d 35 pangalons in the country. the second attempt to smuggle the mammals into neighboring countries where its meat is considered a delicacy. >>> a 40-year-old man was arrested as he washifting the animals from one car to another. he modified the trunks of the cars in order to hide the animals. found in indonesia, malaysia and thailand, pangalons are a protected species on endangered species. >>> a week-long celebration has kicked off in sri lanka to mark the 2,350th anniversary of the introduction of buddhism to the country from india. the main events of the full moon day will take place in the central city of the ancient capital of the island nation. they include chanting of sutras and illumination of the main temples. the authorities have

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has leverage grant money to improve protection for passengers and critical infrastructure including cctv, fencing and other security improvements. mostly with grant funding from tsa. and collaboration with the tsa, amtrak continues to work closely with the tsa and some highlights are we conducted more than 800 viper programs, a visual protection response deployment. we've also conducted joint screening operations. continued improvement of security efforts through suspicious activity reporting program and the baseline assessment security enhancement program. and the northeast corridor we continue to work with major lawrence and dhs officials of the northeast corridor, in a collaborative way to enhance public safety on surface transportation. i mentioned rail safety before. this effort is a grassroots effort that is now included hundreds of agencies across the country helping to protect rail. our last major operation on may 19, more than one and 55 u.s. agencies as well as several canadians across 34 states and more than 1000 law enforcement personnel deployed to over 200 stations. a key t

leveraged funding to improve protection for passengers employees and critical infrastructures including cctv, fincen and other secured and provides mostly with a grant funding from the tsa. in collaboration with tsa, amtrak continues to work closely with tsa and some highlights are we conducted more than 800 viper programs to the protection response deployment. we also conducted joint screening operations. continued improvement of security efforts to suspicious activity reporting programs and the baseline assessment security enhancement program. in the northeast corridor we continued to work with major law enforcement and dhs officials from the northeast corridor in a collaborative way to enhance public safety on the surface transportation. i mentioned before this effort is a grassroots effort that is now included hundreds of agencies across the country helping to protect rail and the last major operation on may 19th more than 155 u.s. agencies as well as several canadian across 34 states and 100,000 law enforcement personnel deployed to over 200 stations. the key to the security front line

brought to you by cctv. appreciate that video.pening. >>> feels like a monsoon across the northeast where it's not raining. it's going to feel steamy again because this guy is not moving all that much so that is the ongoing problem, i think, as we go through time. last night, we had a lot of rainfall. 3 to 6 inches in parts of this area and because of that, is why we saw that flash flooding across parts of upstate new york. if you are traveling today because of the pop-up thunderstorms, probably see some delays in the afternoon. day time highs sticky again in dallas, although relatively to what we have seen. 98 seems cool. 87 high in atlanta seems cool and humid across the northeast and toasty across parts of the southwest as well. i want to mention this. you probably didn't feel it unless you live somewhere out here. along the these chain of islands, we didn't see much in the way of reports. any time you get a major quake like that and the u.s. or off the coastline of the u.s. is enough to go on high alert. so far, so good with t