we are leading the project as the dpw mentioned. we are holding off on further negotiations of the design exceptions to reach agreement with caltrans until we have resolved similar questions and we hope to resolve those very soon, as they mentioned earlier. supervisor campos: this is an action item. if we could have a motion? can that be taken without objection? thank you. madam clerk, please call item no. 5. >> item #5. update on the development of the bay area's first sustainable communities strategy. supervisor campos: this is an information item? >> that is right. [unintelligible] again. i am pleased to present this on your memo, page 33. what is the sustainable community strategy? it begins through the reference of senate bill 375 passed in 2008. landmark legislation that required california communities to plan land use transportation environmental issues in an environmental fashion. very much targeting greenhouse gas emissions policy in california, very innovative and pioneering and is being watched closely on a national level

dpw has put in curb ramps between the bart station and san jose, and that will make it easier for many residents, whether they are in a wheelchair or in a stroller. balboa park. we do not have next bus there. we have others that go there, and we have no indication as to when these buses will arrive, because we do not have next bus. everyone is crossing their fingers in different directions. nobody wants to admit what their responsibility is. it is an untenable situation and very unfair for people in my district. i have been fighting it, for years, in mudslide. it wasn't until recently that i came to realize about balboa park -- i will be fighting it, for years, it appears. pedestrians are constrained to use the balboa park station. we need to have a different approach to it. i am hoping we can have that happen. last year, we approved the better neighborhoods plan for balboa park. ocean avenue. just past city college on ocean avenue, also inclusive of balboa park, and the station itself. we actually zoned it for housing, but the mta does not want to look that pretty housing in trans in-

i hope the department can work departmentdph, dpw, aps, in this group that is discussing how to moveforward so that we can work as a team. i think/(ñ that dph needs our assistance. we're out there all the time in these hotels. we have very committed nonprofits doing outreach to this community. not just the tenants, but the landlords. i think education and may be more focused on enforcement and what that means. also, updating protocol as to how to get rid of them. that seems to be not happening. i would hope that we can commit to that. i will commit to working with commissioners to try to make sure we of funding for that, if needed. president murphy: what is the process for closing out a complaint, if there is a complaint and it has been dealt with? what is the process? how many cases have been closed out? >> i cannot tell you right now how many notices we have issued that have been closed out the that involve bedbugs. i can go back and look. the licensed ted control operator provides a report that they have treated the room. they give us that information. they do a re-inspection for

it has to go through them and dpw, and there are markups for what we would get if we were doing it on our own, so we have to work through with them, so this is a place holder. but what this does is it will allow the be informed as you go in -- that is the information desk. people will have that. it will help to facilitate the help desk portion, which is more of the technical stuff, and then, it will have the actual intake downstairs. but to the extent that the funding -- we always have to put a place holder in, and if any funding is left, then we are much better off. commissioner murphy: i'm just wondering if it is going to cost $1 million each floor. is this going to cost a million bucks? >> that is the best estimate that we have. >> we have worked with dpw, and estimates are coming in at around $1 million, but that also includes all the furniture. it is just the renovations, and there are some things that have to be done on the first floor. we have leveling that has to be done. we have a floor that is not quite level, so we have to bring in construction crews to actually leveled the

included with this is a summary vacation and jurisdictional transfer of land from dpw to sfmta, which facilitates the sale to redevelopment and allows sfmta to receive the proceeds. dpw for illegally quinces their interest -- full rely relinquis their interest in a road which was never built. combined with regional and federal funding sources, we will have over $12 million in committed funds, and required local match for the bus loop reconfiguration project and adjacent improvements, which will become a reality. the sale includes appropriate reservations for necessary utility uses, and a provision to grant necessary pedestrian access and emergency apparatus access the easements to facilitate the housing development. the actions before you today, the summary vacation, the jurisdictional transfer, the sale for affordable housing, and the granting or reserving of easements are consistent with the general plan, according to the planning department, and consistent with the final environmental impact report of the balboa park station area plan. the agency commission and the sfma board appro

it's not like dpw doesn't have a lot of rules. it's a city there are a lot of rules and regulations. >> space could be a bench or stool. >> we have had issues with things that are temporary you know like what we are looking at is permanent physical and sustainable improvements. but really there is your imagination and what's possible. >> go ahead. >> right. >> no you can the volunteer hours before you put the application together? >> yeah. absolutely! >> really? >> sure. >> absolutely. one of the most like i said before the most difficult thing is to get from 0 to 1 that's the work that's the hartest work you should be rewarded. the reward is there is a value of your time. mind you that doesn't preclude you from still bearing up your end of the 5 year maintenance plan. in that case we would encourage you. a project like that you will have well beyond the percentage match required. a minimum of 25 percent match for small grants. >> we need to see a 5 year maintenance plan. >> yes. if you say, we will do something in a park and park

in terms of the interface between dpw and some consultants, perhaps a warning leveabel, but in regards to the expedited permit fee, it helps significantly within the fire department as far as the review process. as far as a similar process were an additional fee will put u.s. ahead of the line, there are some exceptions that have been made for life-saving issues were potentially an additional fee may help people who are willing to pay that and expedite it. >> thank you. any further public speakers? seeing none, next item. >> item number six, presentation and discussion on gthe dbi online permit tracking system with vivian day. >> i am the director of dbi, and i am here to discuss our current tracking system. in 2006 and -- actually in the 2005-2006 fiscal year, and we had a private company come in to read a few for planning and -- to research for planning and dbi, and it was determined it would not meet the technology needs of the future. we are in a position where it is like a rubber band. we stretch it, and we have five to 7 programmers who work on its daily, trying to keep the syste

we are targeting a march 1 date for applications at dpw. we are hosting a workshop on february 25 in the evening to assist the emobile operators infilling of their application. the object of this is that the vendors will come, have a pre- review of their application, because dpw, we fully anticipate long lines, so this is to help facilitate the permit applications being able to be accepted and being able to the minister as many as it possibly can the first day. the local hiring initiative which you heard, mayor lee has tasked someone with this, and we are looking at a march implementation. let me know if you're interested in having any kind of follow-up reporting to the commission after the program gets implemented. i am still trying to work with the police department as to when is an appropriate time for them to come and schedule a presentation to you on the implementation of the. -- of that. and then i will leave the rest of it for you to read. communications, calendar items, mayor lee, jane kim, chiu, and others are hosting a new event n

dpw they have inspectors that are going out but can't catch everything. basically you are the eyes and ears for city government and using that 311 is really important because it gives you a tracking number and it's like a work order number. anything you can do. look, listen and you can make a phone call, for example, we are working on a project in the marina that deals with it came to our attention some person who is a bicyclist noticed and timed one of the lights and discovered it was out of sequence much we got that over to dpt. they are correcting it. also in the course of correcting there were 2 contradictory work orders one with the state and city. you discover those things. van ness and lum bard are state highways. >> i will ltd. regina talk about that. well, the mta they have a specific traffic calming form you need a certain amount of residents that you send in. and they will come out and do a traffic calming analysis to give recommendations as to may be doing bulb outs or what have you. caveat is it's not

i have to share a story about when john worked with dpw, he was the in house, for city hall, and he became the mayor's personal plumber by fixing the shower in his personal office. so he could jog -- the mayor, that is -- at launch. john worked his magic and fixed it for the good mayor -- i hope the good mayor still jogs. do you happen to know? anyway, that is how he got his start, and from there, he moved up to the port and work on an old tugboat -- i did not know we had a tugboat, so that was news to me -- until it was the commission. -- until it was decommissione d. he worked at the port's for maintenance yard, which is now with a giant ball park sits. john worked on the old divers and cut the steam systems operating so that the files could be driven down. remember how long -- how young he looks for some of this. it is pretty amazing. he was here when the embarcadero had a half-dozen railroad tracks and the sea wall lot still had cars on them. in the earthquake came and brought down the freeway, and john help the port get back on its feet. i love this part. john lived through the three

we started looking at that for the other commitments, with rec and park, dpw, and others. >> there can be additional tools, public-private agreements. where we have one single property owner who receives such a benefit from a particular improvement. so that could be done opportunistic lead. it is possible, for example, there is a significant project very close to a parka, -- park, and we can see if they will support a similar one at the rincon hill site. supervisor kim: what kind of time before it comes back for approval? >> there is an estimated budget, and we would also come to you with the proposed maintenance plan. supervisor kim: this may have been in the report, but is there an actual definition about efficiency? >> at this point, it is more of an art than a science. there are some in the general plan for parks, some general plans for a neighborhood versus regional-serving parks, but, frankly, there has not been a universal standard for all of the things that people say they want, better streetscapes, community centers, parks, so we need to do that work. supervisor kim: and that

we used emergency hazardous materials money that was appropriated by the board and the dpw budget to remove hazardous materials in the work area. the next phase of work would start when you leave for recess in august and would take roughly 48 working days, which would take us into mid-october, depending on your meeting schedule. during that time is when the bulk of the work would be done, lowering of the clerks podium, moving it forward, lowering of the president's podium, and all the work that needs to happen on the ground to replace the cabling that we will have to move as part of the relocation of the desks. the last phase of the work, the installation of the permit ramp and handrail, we would defer until the next holiday break, december 2011, so as to minimize the amount of time the board would have to spend out of the chamber. the source we are proposing to use for funding of parties to -- or their certificates of appropriation as approved by the fiscal 10-11 budget. these are put into fund run away improvements. funds for the right away improvements were appropriated as part of

. >> we have worked with dpw, and estimates are coming in at around $1 million, but that also includes all the furniture. it is just the renovations, and there are some things that have to be done on the first floor. we have leveling that has to be done. we have a floor that is not quite level, so we have to bring in construction crews to actually leveled the floor out so we are meeting all our ada issues that we are not meeting right now. it goes to the point of bringing all the furniture up to ergonomic safety levels that were nonexistent more or less when the original design of the building was built on the first floor, so we are having a lot of ergonomic problems with existing furniture. this million dollars includes the furniture, the construction, and the complete renovation without any advance money from real-estate. this is just cost to the department. it is also project management for the department. commissioner murphy: does the director have any say in the cost? we are paying. >> yes, we are paying, but we have to use dpw to do the construction costs in a city- owned buildin

recreation and park, dpw, another, they meet regularly on the infrastructure projects, and right now, that agency group informally is doing exactly what you're talking about. they are looking at each project. they are looking at the individual infrastructure projects proposed in the area plan. they are deciding which deserve to be developed in more details schematically and in terms of structure drawings, and it ultimately are deciding which agencies will head of the project management. i would suggest to this committee -- will head up that project management. i would suggest to this committee that be refined and clarified, because this is a multi agency and multi disciplinary process, but who has responsibility, that is not clear. chair chu: ok, i think that is something that is one to be fairly important for us to clarify as we go forward. one concern i have about going forward, not necessarily with the pilot, but used frequently or to the extent that they are used more broadly in the future, i do not want the city to create another -- and the agency. we cannot afford to have anothe

and dpw was great help. and considering the number of people, that came there from all over the bay area, they participated in this. >> we are going to move on, -- >> what was the final cost? do you have that number together? >> i did not see this with me. we do have totals. >> i know that this is around 10 -- but winless last time that you have this? the state people and the national people. >> this is at the civic center? >> we said that this was about 10 million people. >> i think that we came up with 9.5 million. >> i think that for the civic center, when we prepare for this, at maximum capacity we can take upwards of 40,000 people. we have had some recent events that had 100,000. i think that this was many more than that. >> thank you, commander dudley. we will move on to item no. 2. we're going to take a lick at the demonstrated commitment to emergency management. as i said this correctly? >> this is a big round of applause -- they came in at a challenging time, and this was frustrating. and this shows

it has to go through them and dpw, and there are markups for what we would get if