construction mitigation. the presenters are jada, jackson, prospect manager and jorge rivas. >> great, welcome. >> hor lay rivas. i want to go ahead and set up the topic today. so we've been having construction mitigation for a few years now. and it wasn't until lately that with jada jackson's support that we've been able to get this program off the ground. i want to go ahead and introduce her and i'll stay around for questions as well. >> great. thank you. and you have a very thankless job. we have a -- you have a lot of symphony from my -- from me. >> i've been with the department for about nine months. it is the birth of a whole little baby here. as you know, there's currently unprecedented amount of both public and private construction going on throughout the city, especially in our city system of working infrastructure, streets, sewer, power, water and transportation. city construction projects have the potential of stimulate long-term economic benefits for the surrounding areas, but in the short-term th

construction mitigation. the presenters are jada, jackson, prospect manager and jorge rivas. >> great, welcome. >> hor lay rivas. i want to go ahead and set up the topic today. so we've been having construction mitigation for a few years now. and it wasn't until lately that with jada jackson's support that we've been able to get this program off the ground. i want to go ahead and introduce her and i'll stay around for questions as well. >> great. thank you. and you have a very thankless job. we have a -- you have a lot of symphony from my -- from

we're currently in the next phase of the construction mitigation program that we're partnering with the economic workforce development program on. it's going to include loan and grant funding, an advertising campaign, and direct support for small businesses that were affected by the multi-year construction along the subway line. we've made some great progress over the last month because of commitme commitment. we reset the completion date of the contract and that created a better relationship between owner and contractor. this is the community-preferred design that will make sure the central subway is a great urban design and public resource for chinatown. at the union street market station, our crews are getting the public art in place. this is an exciting part of the central subway. 2% of the cost of the program is devoted to public art, and ten permanent art pieces have been commissioned. 80% of those pieces have been fabricated. finally, to stay ahead of the potential schedule and cost risk issues, our team recently completed a comprehensive risk assessment review by the federal tra

mayor breed, together with supervisor vallie brown and later in a separate presentation, our construction mitigation efforts. i know you'll be hearing later on. these are all collectively a result of very impassioned, dedicated people who want for make sure that they're listening to you and your constituency and our constituency. so i want to thank you for this opportunity. for the partnership and we look forward to the further conversation. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, joaquin. thank you, commissioners, for having us here. i'm the director of business development for the office of economic and workforce development. when mayor breed directed oewd to help small businesseses and to find real process change to alleviate the needs and concerns of our small businesses, we knew that our first step was to solicit feedback. as such, we called together the small business able, during small business week of last year. 45 small businesses participated in two sessions each. we worked to ensure the many businesses we invited were ones that we had encountered over the past few years. these ar

the early intake switchyard slope hazard mitigation was awarded to sierra mountain construction. i mentioned the mitigated declaration, ceqa acquisitioned public comment. we received those comments and the project was adopted by this commission on november 12. and so now that we have project approval, we actually advertise the project for construction bid. and as we speak, the meeting is taking place at moccasin today and tomorrow. for the rehabilitation, this project, after multiple attempts, the contractor to address these noncompliance issues and changeovers and will plan a future separate contract to come back and finish the scope of work that was originally planned under this project. likely in about two years. for the aqueduct rehabilitation project, we did achieve substantial completion of construction for the diversion dam. we had representatives of the bay area governments association of bay area governments. provided a grant of $3 million in drought relief so it was great to have him there to actually inspect the work. so we anticipate final completion of that project ea

because he was chasing down a rabbit hole of something that's just a conspiracy theory and constructively mitigating the blame on russia and thereby also distracting from the intensity of the need to protect against russia which is something this president has been charged with for a long time now. david holmes, what does he provide in the puzzle? >> well, he, of course, we learned overheard a phone call between president trump and ambassador sondland of the european union in a restaurant in kiev in which president trump and sondland were discussing in the testimony of david holmes an investigation into the bidens that should be launched by the ukrainian government. according to his testimony, sondland made clear to the president that the ukrainian president would move forward with that investigation and would do anything the president wanted. the president cared only about that according to what we'll hear from david holmes. and that's what he said in his closed door deposition last month -- last week. saying that's all the president cared about according to what gordon sondland told them. of cours

they collaborate to identify and mitigate risk prior to the construction and we prize that risk into the parade around 2017, we added as an owner about 100 million-dollar scope to mitigate some of the associate traffic on evans avenue, excavation on the streets and increase the liability. we did come back to the commission to inform that early 2018. for headworks, 95% estimate for main headworks was done in may of 2018, reflecting the market condition come at that time. that will be the last estimate on this graph. in the next slide i will walk through what happens after the 95% example of one of the largest package which is the contractual concrete package. that will depict what happens on the structural with 95% estimate done. this table shows you three columns. the first column is the description of the items that i plan to discuss. the second column is the estimate and trend. and that what actually happened when receive the bids and awarded. to date we have awarded 25 package is associated with scope one, 2 a and three. the bids came at 121, the lowest bids, and that is what we aw

we're going athrough the risk mitigation strategy looking at opportunities for possible acceleration if we have to. >> and at the monthly meeting, constructionted that work has yet to even begin on four critical main structures, viaducts and long span bridges that will carry the bullet train. as several board members told me later privately, we're all worried we're going to miss the steadline. i'm stephen stock. >>> glass shattered over looking the bear habitat. the unexpected culprit and why the zoo says it's okay, it's not dangerous. >>> okay. a display at the oakland zoo isn't quite as scary as it looks. visitors will see shattered glass as the only thing separating them from the zoo's grizzly bears. but the bears are oblivious. the staff says visitors don't need to worry. uh-oh, explains the window is safe. only one layer of the four inch glass is damaged. what happened? not a bear. believe it or not it was a kid with a rock. >> the kid ran away and i don't even know if the family knew what happened. >> the kid did it. replacing the bullet proof glass will cost about $68,000. the bears will have to do without their pool for a couple of d

in the construction of hard walls and flood defences often does push the problem downstream, so that's why we need to look at other types of flood mitigationthe way that water is detained upstream so it doesn't get to our open areas in the first place. alan has farmed here all his life. he is one of those who know this land best, who feels some environmental priorities aren't right. the environmental agency had spent £600,000 creating a wildlife and wetland area by building fences to stop cattle from approaching onto it. but as you can see, all it does is collect rubbish and debris as the water flows down. the environment agency operates the defences in this part of the river don's system. we maintain them and inspect them on a regular basis and we have a continual programme of that work. we don't make decisions in terms of opening or closing defences or pumping stations in this vicinity that could mean that one community was affected over another. the competing interests of town and country of those who work the land and those who live on it, always find balances but at the moment fishlake's feeling the impact and there is more rain forec

the construction of hard walls and flood defences often does push the problem downstream. so that's why we need to look at other types of flood mitigationarning and changing the way that water is detained upstream, so it doesn't get to our urban areas in the first place. alan's farmed here all his life. he's one of those who knows this land best and feels environmental priorities aren't always right. the environment agency have spent £600,000 creating a wildlife and wetland area by building fences to stop cattle approaching on to it. as you can see, all it does is collect rubbish and debris to restrict the flow of water, just to create habitat for wildlife. which is absolutely ridiculous when the river is supposed to be there to transport water from a to b to get rid of it. getting rid of it now means pumping and they are working through the night here. with the extreme amounts of rainfall that we've seen and the very high river levels that you'll have seen as you've been around the area today, the capacity of some of those defences in some places has been exceeded and that has, as a result of that, caused flooding to people's homes and

the construction of hard walls and flood defences often does push the problem downstream. so that's why we need to look at other types of flood mitigationarly warning and changing the way that water is detained upstream, so it doesn't get to our urban areas in the first place. alan's farmed here all his life. he's one of those who knows this land best and feels environmental priorities aren't always right. the environment agency have spent £600,000 creating a wildlife and wetland area by building fences to stop cattle approaching on to it. as you can see, all it does is collect rubbish and debris to restrict the flow of water, just to create habitat for wildlife. which is absolutely ridiculous when the river is supposed to be there to transport water from a to b to get rid of it. getting rid of it now means pumping and they are working through the night here. with the extreme amounts of rainfall that we've seen and the very high river levels that you'll have seen as you've been around the area today, the capacity of some of those defences in some places has been exceeded and that has, as a result of that, caused flooding to people's hom

in the construction of hard walls and flood defences often does push the problem downstream, so that‘s why we need to look at other types of flood mitigationupstream so it doesn‘t get to our open areas in the first place. alan has farmed here all his life. he is one of those who know this land best, who feels some environmental priorities aren‘t right. the environmental agency had spent £600,000 creating a wildlife and wetland area by building fences to stop cattle from approaching onto it. but as you can see, all it does is collect rubbish and debris as the water flows down. the environment agency operates the defences in this pa rt of agency operates the defences in this part of the river don's system. we maintain them and inspect them on a regular basis and we have a continual programme of that work. we don't make decisions in terms of opening or closing defences or pumping stations in this vicinity that could mean that one community was affected over another. the competing interests of town and country of those who work the land and those who live on it, always find balances but at the moment fishlake‘s feeling the impact and there is

higher construction costs for business, property owners already facing displacement pressures and second, cost of burdens to the consumer by project applicants. the tool also requires strategies to mitigate burden and unintended consequences. one of the mitigation strategies was to provide language that allowed flexibility and how to achief a specific guideline. specifically, the guidelines should be viewed as one small element of a larger equity strategy already being implemented by the city. initiatives include a program facade improvements and low-interest business loans. lastly, the department will continue to implement in coordination with community and city partners. finally how the outcomes are important to track progress. using a consistent set of metrics is a critical element in advancing racial and social equity. we have identified a few elements for each equity goal to track displacement trends and utilizing other existing ordinances. in conclusion it is important to know the guidelines have a limited scope for people's displacement. however, we believe they can contribute to cultural preservation. and help reduce the pressures of cultural and physical displacement in the neig

constructive. we will have to see how it plays out. the worried when we look at experiment of negative rates, we won't like what we see. matt: central bankers say fiscal stimulus is needed to mitigatehe unwanted side effects. i know you will be talking to companies around germany. surely, they will have something to say about negative rates. they will probably also want to talk about infrastructure they think is needed. do governments need to chip in more? david: when you talk to people here in germany, there is significant discussion about fiscal stimulus. i think it is a balance in all of this. andlance in monetary policy stimulus and sometimes in the cycle, there are a variety of other factors that can slow down economic growth. --h the trade tensions germany is a significant export economy and they are feeling that. onwe can get some progress some of the trade talks, i think that could be a positive for growth. from presidentar xi and we heard positive comments from wilbur ross yesterday on the possibility of a phase one deal -- are you optimistic? david: i have no information on this but if you are watching what is coming out of the administration in washington and listening t

constructive. we will have to wait and see how this plays out over years. when we look back on this experience, we will not like what we see. sayhew: central bankers fiscal stimulus is needed to mitigateto companies around germany. they will have something to say about negative rates. they will probably want to talk about infrastructure spending they think is needed. does berlin need to spend more? david: talk to people in germany. there is a significant fiscal stimulus spent. if you look at ambition around sustainability, economy and the capital being spent to move germany to a green economy, there is no question that is a significant stimulus. francine: david solomon, chief executive, goldman sachs speaking to matt miller in berlin. more on the european central bank, negative rates, the great experiment, what it means for brian stillchanism, with us. christine lagarde, european central bank, what are you changing? you focused on negative rates or communication? banks tou need central continue to be a steady hand. we can debate all we want whether negative rates work. that is where we are. if you are a central banker, it is unlikely you will mid or think about the idea that you don't