celebrating the eir, a tremendous effort, and want to thank all the parties involved, particularly the authority, organizing authority, the america's cup managing team, court staff, port commissioners, the president of our port commission, thank you for being here. they are here to join us as we all converged last night. this is a great milestone in putting forth the america's cup. in addition to the environmental impact report passing, which allows the port to begin its work on the cruise ship and the other agreements never wanted to move forward on, we wanted to let you know we have been working, but in addition to the eir, other important issues raised during the many important public hearings. we have the rest of our port commission joining us as well. thank you all for joining us. the excitement is growing. i think i have thanked the port commission five times now, and i will continue to. during these periods of time, there was discussion of around long term development rights. in particular, they had to do with piers 14 and 14 1/2. along with the good work of port staff, particul

in terms of how this impacts development projects, because the city will be cityan eir looking at 20 years of growth -- the city will be conducting an eir, independent projects will no longer be required to do the same analysis. that can result in significant time and cost savings for individual projects. we will, however, still be looking at projects for site design issues to ensure there's no inconsistency between what a project is proposing -- or conflicts between what a project is proposing and, for example, our transit system. if a project had a curb cut directly letting out with a was a bus stop, we would try to resolve that through site design. we do expect that all products would be required to pay the fee, as i mentioned, and by doing so, they would be essentially pre-mitigating and contributing to a larger, systematic approach to offsetting impact on the transit system as a whole. transportation project will not be required to undergo transportation impact analysis using the new methodology under ceqa. i large project -- large part, transportation projects are not in confli

at the same time, hopefully make big changes to this, we will have to do a supplemental eir. as it is, it is an improvement. if you go south of harrison street, you can build entertainment there. we do loosen it up a bit. i think there is a the thing where if they want to tear it down and rebuild its or build something on top of it and have entertainment on the ground floor, they don't lose their entertainment permit. it is hard to keep track of this thing. essentially, personally, we have talked about it a lot. that is its. >> name is dennis suarez. i sat on the task force, so aurochs can be thrown at me. -- all rockscan be thrown at me. it is an excuse now and i believe they can remain excuse. i would like to echo shot about the planning, my one regret on the task force is that i did not fight hard enough for some of the biggest employer that was concerning the development an more stringent rules and regulations. some of it made it, some of it didn't. i would love to hear, for example, across from slim's, there is a big purple building. even if it wasn' there, with 24 units

on march 12, 2012.in addition il hearing -- held local hearing on the draft eir. no one provided verbal or written comments. staff is not here to enter comments. comments will be transcribed and responded to in writing. this is not a hearing to approve or disapprove. that hearing will be held before the san francisco public utilities commission subsequent to certification of the final environmental impact report. comments should be directed to the adequacy or accuracy of information contained in the draft environmental impact report. commager's were asked to speak slowly and clearly so our court reporter can produce an accurate transcript. also, enter should state their name and address and shaye -- they can be identified and they can be sent a copy of the comments and responses document when it is complete. after comments we will take comments on the draft eir from the planning commission. i respectfully suggest the public hearing be opened. >> is there any public comment on this item? this is the first of the hetch hetchy project where no one has come. >> one i

it was being pushed through, i was told how, as were other people on the plan, february is when the eir would come out. that is the environmental review that would start implementing this plan. people were saying that all this time has come, we need to do something and we need to act fast. i was placed in the position of trying to come up with language as to what these would look like at trying to get someone to discuss them with me. that was a very difficult process to get someone to discuss them with me. i did the best that i could invoicing and common language what it would look like if we invested a little more and entertainment and took another look at how it fits into the western soma neighborhood of fabric. i intend to also do more outreach to the neighbors. if you want to talk to me, i am extremely available. i love meetings, i love getting coffee, please contact me. i mean yeah. there are several people that have worked with me in the audience tonight, i am very open and willing to listen to your needs and concerns. i am not going to promise that i agree with everything you say

i also want to thank david chiu for guiding the eir and appeal process through the board of supervisors. the whole process was miraculously done with the planning commission. it is 10 times better than when we first started, because of that impact. as a planner, i was an impatient person, because i always asked my staff, "why does it take so long to plan?" i want to get this on the ground. mohammed is all any of it -- is one of the people who really had to hear me out. this is an international class iran we are hosting. it is also important legacies we are establishing with the cruise ship terminal and the open plaza, about 2.5 acres more of public space that will be openly accessible as another part of this important legacy. we have a lot to look forward to on this project. i am excited about it. i also want to thank everybody who has been involved so far. they actually were sharing with us the vision that our peers would also be reestablished, and would not be abandoned for many years. for years, the longshoremen workers said, "how are we going to revitalize?" we are using this fantas

i wanted to get additional information about the draft eir for the beach chalet soccer fields. át outstern end of golden gate park and replace it with artificial turf. this is a gravel base of the plastic grass target and other artificial products. the audubon society has environmental equivalent of putting a seven-acre asphalt parking lot in golden gate park. i am going to read a letter today that he might not have seen yet. it was submitted in the comments in the dr yar. it is from a medical editor for theç british medical journal ad the world health organization. in her letter on the draftç ei, she writes this -- of most concern to me is the lack of peer reviewed scientific and medicalç data on the health and environmental impacts of artificial turf that uses tire chrome infill. the data presented seems to be chosen collectively, rather than representative lee. there's no indication on why these studies were chosen instead of other more recent studies. no indication of the criteria used to select studies for inclusion, and no indication why literature searches were not done to u

inclusion of the $150 million proposed bond that we should be ready to implement upon the completion of the eir. it was the summer of 2013. so, those are the major changes. moving forward, we have developed capital investment in debts. -- index. this is reflected in the unrestrained plan, showing the allocation of resources across the programs to bring ourselves fully into a state of good repair. so, the 20-year plan, because of the unconstrained numbers, they show what the allocation could be. but we have done now is overlay the five-year picture, so that you can see proportionally who the winners and losers are as we start to put the constraints of the reality of revenue on to the program. that is shown in slide 7. what you will see on the far right column, those items that have a negative are in parentheses and in red. the ones that have a lower percentage of the portfolio based on the revenue available, more than what we think we actually need, based on the 20- year plan, it is based on the revenues available. they will do a little bit better as a percentage of total available and based on

in order to be audible to compete for state or federal funds, to get a decision such as and eir, your decision is to be consistent. our focus would working with product sponsors is to make sure in this rtp to any project that meets state or federal funding or needs a federal decision before the next update is in this rtp. at least your prick phases. i should clarify. in terms of san francisco, establishing our long-range priorities happened to the transportation countywide process. we have spoken about that before. in october, we last came to this committee talking about a call for product of the issue for artificially high targets. it was a $6 billion target that we put together. that is in your packet, page 116. this slide summarizes it. in a nutshell, this is one of those administrative functions. any project need to be in the rtp in the next five years, we wanted to make sure it was there. so far, we have been successful in that. if you look at the project list in your packet, pages 130, 131. 130 is a list of programs. the majority of the projects are street rehab. did not need to

. >> if it is a smaller allocation and it requires a larger eir, and perhaps we do not know exactly what would be, with the department then have to seek additional funding for that specific project? >> we would. we currently are thinking it is not likely to be, but if by chance it will need to become the costs are so much higher that we would have to seek some additional funding. commissioner sugaya: ok, thank you. commissioner moore: i believe that this update is very thorough, very credible and layers old information on new insights, and i hope that you will have an asterisk somewhere in your presentation. i'm repeating myself, but the additional work you are undertaking bringing extra work to you will be reflected in that there will be staffing and funding to do a better job. i assume this is an action item, so i express my support. >> to everyone involved in this, i think the presentations have been timely, thorough, and relatively clear. i understand the statistical mix up today, but you have done a very clear job of letting everyone -- commission and public -- understand where we a

are going to change the stair, even though is not original to the building, you have to go through an eir process. you have to go before this body to get a conditional use approval." which would take what might be a $30,000 project and turn it into an $80,000 project. it becomes economically a hardship for me to do that. i am here before you not to talk about the specifics of the proposed amendments, but just to in general talk about the process. i am an architect and i am a preservationist. i belong to the national trust for historic preservation. and i do support preservation of historic resources. but when everything becomes precious, nothing is precious. in terms of my specific circumstances, that's there is not original. -- that stair is not original. i see nothing precious about it. when the legislation is so onerous to make it difficult, something needs to be changed. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is miss horton. i want to urge you to uphold the voice of the voters, who voted against proposition e in the last election. that would have given the board of super

the eir is referenced as an early call on fund raising. beyond that, there is nothing formal. we have all submitted our budgets. the ports budget submission is part of the submission and i would suspect that the operating costs associated with the event, police, the mta, the general fund department, that is one reason why we thought it was prudent to put in an america's cup budget allocation. >> any other questions or comments from the commission? >> thank you for a very cogent presentation. showing us what has evolved. >> thank you. there was a slide -- in determining the lost opportunity cost for the four -- for the port that was provided -- on the net present value -- >> the present value of the rent streams we would turn on those assets, the event authority by what we are reimbursing mumbai use of the assets is discounted by a 11%. that's a difference in methodology. baer investment earns 11% interest. >> i have a question to clarify. is it because budget and less use an estimate that we are now at 88 million and we would not -- i hear that correctly? >> that represents th

of more than a decade of the engineering study and environmental review that was culminated in our eir adopted in 2005. i think it is important, as jose luis mentioned, the context of considering alternatives that will not distract from the current status of the program as ready and able to accept funding and move forward into a construction should and additional funding becomes available in the near term. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i am wearing two hats today. a bart director representing much of the city, as well as livable city. i have to say, this is the most exciting project that has come to the city in a generation i need transportation area. it is a tremendous opportunity for san francisco, because it can provide at least two things. what is this high-speed rail connection between los angeles, the place where i was born, and san francisco, so i will not have to fly southwest anymore. the other thing is that this is going to create a rapid transit line for the eastern neighborhoods of san francisco. unlike part, but better.

unfortunately, i know you have to have an eir, so that is not going to be in the near future. but i do think the planning commission having a voice in that is important. the final, 111.7, talking about category five buildings -- like the shot clock issue, i think there has to be a deadline by which a few people have to act. i think if you do not have a deadline, people do not act. i think that is why the board of supervisors shot clock exists. i think we should put a number in this section of the ordinance. the goal is not to make preservation the enemy of progress, but to make it harmonious. anything we can do to force a decision quicker is a good idea. commissioner moore: i am very appreciative of the rapid-fire response from this -- from miss heyward and her team from yesterday to today, coming with something that is succinctly formulated and easy to understand. i am in support of the hpc's comments amending supervisor weiner's language, yet also finding common ground together with him. in addition, commissioner borden, on the 100.6 g and h, she did say that pending further

i would like to thank our partners, and particularly the planning department, over the long eir process. it has been a tremendous team effort to get to where we are today. thank you for that. i want to point out we are committed as a team to making this the most spectacular event anyone has ever seen, in particular for this area of the city. people do not realize in 2013 there are no other major international sporting events. all eyes will be on san francisco. the olympics and world cup are in off seasons. the eyes of the planet will be on san francisco and the work we achieved together. we would like to think through this process mayor lee and his staff, the board of supervisors, the port, and our america's cup organizing committee, for the teamwork and partnership with continue to share on a daily basis to make this a reality. with that said, we look forward to the next phase of the process. we have 18 months ago. thank you for allowing this to be wonderful location for our event. thank you. >> we are honored to welcome you and look forward to having those vessels running by here quic

we also have underway the process for getting the van ness brt project on the ground, the draft eir eis was released in november 2011. the project has already been mentioned, named the top performer for small start at the federal for the third year in a row by that ftfederal transit administration. there will also be a parallel decision at the mta board. we will be working with them to have that be the best course of the city. a total expected cost of $125 million. geary corridor has also made progress. they are essentially hoping to present designs in spring 2012, the cost expected to be around $215 million. transbay transit center has made a lot a progress this year, $70 million demolition contract completed, 185 million contract excavation for the but his work. that is under way. above grade construction package is 90% complete. we are essentially all go on the first phase. the second phase, however, we have a shortfall. that will be the focus of commissioner wiener's initiative on high-speed rail for a unified product delivers the downtown extension of electrification and separation

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here today to oppose the effort to sneak the eight washington project into this legislation before the eir for that project has even been approved. since i understand from port staff that they are now going to delete the eight washington peace from the proposal before you, namely seawall 351, i can stop here, other than to say to make sure that is actually done. if one of us had not found the reference to seawall 351 snuck in a whole raft of documents, eight washington street would have gone by you, and it would have gone by us. i think that is a disservice to you. it is a disservice to us who legitimately oppose 8 washington project. and it most certainly is a disservice to the america's cup, which does not deserve to be looped in with other projects they have nothing to do with. thank you. chairperson chu: i am going to call a few more names. jason santana, brad caress go, hunter cutting, david fossio, valerie santori, fernand of costello, vince cassolina. >> good afternoon, or almost good evening. my name is gary. i am here as i have been at two other board of supervisors' meetings, bac