were the proposed extension with deck to be approved, mr. teed's building would become yet closer to me, approximately 30 feet from the northern corner of my house front. compounding the psychological in your face effect of the proposed projection with dec and the damage it would do to the shared an open green's base of all the neighbors is the noise effect. in my remaining years of life, i do not relish the prospect of being compelled to listen either to deck party noise weather in the form of loud conversation or high decibels music nor of being subjected to the health hazards of cigarette or cigar smoke blown in my direction. finally, as a native san franciscan and retired san francisco public school teacher, george washington high-school, i find it shameful that to flats which would have made fine homes for two families with magnificent outdoor play space for children should be sacrificed to this track called a reconfiguration through a rear yard extension. thank you. president fong: next speaker please. >> good afternoon, commissioners.

the houts also passed a short-term extension through june. the senate has not yet acted on either a long or short-term extension. senators recently heard from industry representatives about the role of the national flood insurance program and what its expiration might mean. this is 50 minutes. >> and what we'll do before we start on this panel is i would like to give ranking member vitter the opportunity to see a few words. >> thank you again, mr. chairman. and i'll be very brief. i just wanted to underscore really my last point. today is may 19th. the entire program expired after may 31st. 22 days. slightly over three weeks. and we really, really need to act for the good of the country and the economy. and we need to act in a longer-term way. not just another band-aid, another short-term extension which creates and continues an unhealthy level of uncertainty. and i appreciate the chairman feeling the same way and working very closely with me and others in this regard. i'm going to be doing two things this week, but i hope to get widespread s

instead has opted to pass numerous short-term extensions. this has been done mainly so that congress could continue efforts at reform legislation. while the big i fully appreciates the passage of each of these short-term extensions, it should be noted that there is increasing frustration both in the marketplace and among our consumers with the program and its complete lack of stability. a five-year extension in the nfip as found in s-1940 is of more importance than i can stress. we strongly urge the senate leadership to secure floor time for a full debate of s-1940. in fact, as you know this week, a number of organizations from various industries are taking part in a flood the hill week to urge the senate to timely pass s-1940. i'm happy that three panelists here today, the realtors, pci, and nature conservancy are part of that effort. hopefully we can make some progress this week. i thank the committee for giving me the opportunity to express the views of the big i on this important issue and i look forward to any questions you may have. an

it's not how the new building extension pushes it back beyond the common extension light, but it basically elevates the garden or makes it more a terrace rather than leave it like a carton rather than leaving it informal like is and the rest of the block. that is why the building is more aggressive than what i would be comfortable approving. it's not about doing compromise. i'm not into compromise. i think the building has to be reconsidered for some common lines which serves everybody. it doesn't mean you can't have expansion and it doesn't mean you can't project on the rear wall or you can't have a roof deck or some form of patio. however, how all these pieces work with each other across the blocks is what good architecture is all about and this building seems to do that. >> you are out of line. you cannot speak out of the audience like that. commissioner antonini: there's a motion but i do not believe it has been seconded. i would like to suggest some friendly amendments' to commissioner miguel's motion. i would like to see the upper deck cut down to 350 square feet. i would like to see

has opted to pass numerous short term extensions. this has been done mainly so the congress can continue efforts of the reform legislation. while the big i appreciates the passage of each of the short term extensions, it should be noted that there is increasing frustration both in the marketplace and among our consumers with the program and its complete lack of stability to read a five-year extension has found in 1940 is a more important than i can stress. we strongly urge the senate leadership to secure full times eddy date of s1940 in fact as you know this week a number of organizations from various industries are taking part in a flood video. to urge the senate to finally pass 1940. i am happy that the three panels here today, the realtors, pcie and nature conservancy are a part of that effort. hopefully we can make some progress this week. i think the committee for giving me the other 22 express the views of the big i on this issue and i look forward to any questions you may have read on a separate note i would like to thank you

there is reference to an extensive roof deck. an extensive roof deck -- you can see from this diagram, the size of the roof decks are quite different. open space is already served by the very large backyard area. in the spirit of compromise, we have been asking is not for anything huge bucket for the roof deck, we ask that it be shifted 10 feet to the west and resize consistent with the others in the neighborhood. five you heard some discussion in terms of the guidelines. the roof deck is in violation of the guidelines. page 37. furthermore -- i think i have been able to cover my points. i hope you will do you can to listen to the community in this and i appreciate your paying attention. in the last moment, we're not asking for movement of the stairs, simply changing of the seating area of the roof deck. president fong: project sponsor, you have a two minute rebuttal. >> we have a letter from the previous owner. >> turn it over. >> with the previous owner explains is there was an allegation we are removing affordable housing. he

murdoch, from your perspective, if we keep doing extensions or if it is to expire, how does that impact the mitigation efforts? >> clearly, you know, we're seeing more and more increased storms and storm damage, which is causing more and more damage, and the mitigation efforts are long-term efforts. they are not something that can happen overnight, so you need that long-term certainty of the program, the backing of the program, and the grants that they provide in order to really plan for and implement some of these mitigation efforts. >> thank you, senator vitter? >> thank you, mr. chairman, and i certainly, strongly support a short-term extension if we feed it, you know, if we can't do anything else before may 31st. in fact, i think technically it's my bill, so i'll certainly be trying to clear that if it's necessary. i'm just concerned about two things. number one, patience is running really thin among some members about doing all these short-term extensions, so we may not be able to clear it, clear it means get unanimous consent, every senator on our side has to agree, and, you know,

you know, if we appropriate on extensions it costs about 35%. in other words, we're threeing about 35% of the funds that would otherwise be spent on infrastructure, by not doing it. it's hard to explain to a lot of people. senator boxer talking about some of the reforms. i won't repeat that. let me mention one. this is probably the most meaningful to those of you that are the conservative members and that is unenhancements. you know the written into the law, 10% the service transportation program or 2% of the total funding has to be on, following this category of enhancements. it wb highway beautification, museums, all that stuff. a lot of "us" including myself, conservative, felt that is not a good program. if it's going to be -- you've got to keep in mind, people are out there paying the -- the taxes at the pump. they expect that it should be going to roads and highways and bridges, construction, and not environmental enhancements. so a compromise we came up with really satisfies, i think, everybody. because in my state of oklahoma if i don't

the central subway extension of the line that will essentially 1.7 miles of the extension of with four stations, three underground subway stations and other surface station. i want to thank you for your past leadership and support for this program, has it has allowed this program to remain on track. three are currently awarded and in construction. in the fourth and fifth contract, the chinatown's addition contract and the union square marquetry home station contract are out to bid. the program goal is to award and have all of the construction contracts necessary to build the program in place and in construction by the end of this year. the temporary licenses before you today are actually going to affect for properties showed in the slide. the side walls of the station box for the union square market street station is currently now, this is a section view of the proposed construction techniques for the station, is essentially a slice through stockton streets. the construction technology to construct the side walls of the station, the program plans to use an incline pile wall, where the

instead has opted to pass numerous short-term extensions. this has been done mainly so that congress could continue efforts that reform legislation. while the big i fully appreciates the passage of each of these short-term extensions, it should be noted that there is increasing frustration both in the marketplace and among our consumers with the program and its complete lack of stability. a five-year extension in the nfi pichlt is of more importance to you than i can stress. we strongly urge the senate leadership to. >> as you know this week a number of organizations from very industries are taking part? a flood the hill week. i'm happy the realtors, pci and nature conservancy are part of that effort. hopefully we can make progress this week. i thank the economy for giving me this opportunity. we look forward to working with you on common sense legislation. >> i appreciate the kudos and it's good to see a guy who spells jon right. thank you. appreciate your testimony. mr. maurice veissi is president of the national association of realtors re

to keep a competitive edge, the extension of the film reprogram is critical. the chamber of commerce urges your support for the rebate extension. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. i have no other speaker cards before me. if there are any other individuals who would like to speak, please line up in the center aisle. >> good morning. i am the assistant executive director of the san francisco local, a result of the merger between the screen actors guild and the american television artists. you have been hearing from people in this room whose livelihoods are made because of the television and film industry. those are important stories. we represent almost 4000 members in northern california and i may voting resident of san francisco. i speak in support of extending the scene in san francisco rebate program. it benefits working families and the community at large. this is not a program that is to the benefit of a select few. projections have budgets and bottom lines and while san francisco may be one of the most beautiful cities in the world, it is not enough.

in some cases i would rather just see us again get this done rather than deal with the extension. i want to drill down on a point of the lapse because the clock is ticking. in your testimony you all spoke of consequences which can be pretty severe if this program does lapse again. so what i'd like to do from each one of your different perspectives, and at what point do homeowners need to start preparing for a potential lapse sp. >> while the cost of the lapse are hard to kwantify, they are very real. insurers are already in the process now that we're this close to the expiration of beginning to mail out those notices of the imminent lapse of the program and the only one who wins by that may be the u.s. postal service because they get revenue and i know you've been dealing with those those are embedded friction costs. i think it the embedded. >> i mean, we're down to 835 ak tir participants in the program from 150 just a few years ago. that's giving you the indication that the frustration and friction cost of these very complicated bridging transactions are making it. >>ion, would

if we operate on extensions, it cost about 35%. in other words, we're throwing away 35% of the funds that would otherwise be spent on infrastructure by not doing it. it's hard to explain to a lot of people. senator boxer talked about some of the reforms, and i won't repeat that, but leet me mention one, because this is probably the most meaningful to those of you who are the conservative members, and that is unenhansments. as you know, it's written into the law that 10% of the transportation program or 2% of the total funding has to be on -- fall into this category of inhansments that can be high wye -- highway beautification. a lot of us felt that's not a good program. you have to keep in mind people are out there paying the taxes at the pump. they expect that it should be going to roads and highways and bridges, construction, and not environmental enhancements. so a compromise we came up with really satisfies, i think, everyone. because in my state of oklahoma, if i don't want to spend that 2% on what they categorize as enhanceme

i think the extension makes sense. i think that at the time this happened, the expectation was that we wouldn't need the positions for a period longer than what was originally intended but clearly that's not the case so i think it makes sense to do that. and the extension is for how long? >> for one year. chairperson campos: for one year. >> one fiscal year. chairperson campos: great. any comments or questions? why don't we open it up to public comment? any member of the public would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed and colleagues can we get a motion to authorize that? a motion by commissioner avalos, seconded by commissioner olague, if we can take that without objection. item no. 7, madam clerk? madam clerk: approve the extension of the mou with the san francisco public utilities commission for the c.c.a. program. chairperson campos: thank you and before we turn it over to ms. miller, mr. fried, congratulations i think are in order. ms. miller. >> this is similar to the previous item which is once

to keep a competitive edge, the extension of the film reprogram is critical. the chamber of commerce urges your support for the rebate extension. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. i have no other speaker cards before me. if there are any other individuals who would like to speak, please line up in the center aisle. >> good morning. i am the assistant executive director of the

and that's why we had the committee in 2003. >> just tort third tifor the th extensively did you work with private detectives? >> the "news of the world" employed private detectives like most newspapers on fleet street. >> so it was fair to say you were ware 1/2 approved payments to private detectives? >> i was aware the "news of the world" used private detectives under my proprietorship of "news of the world" yes. >> so you would have approved payments to them? >> that's not how it works. but i was aware we used them. >> who would have approved the payments? >> so the payment system in a newspaper, which has been discussed at length, is very simply the editor's job is to require the overall budget for the paper from the senior management. once that budget is acquired it is given to the managing editor to allocate to different departments. each person in that department has a different level of authorization. but the final payments are authorized by the managing editor. unless there is a particularly big item. a set of photographs or something that needs to be discussed on a wider lev

the downtown extension project will include $650 million. again, this is sort of a marker. once the project is adopted within the regional transportation plan, then the project opponents will come together with the federal transit administration to develop a final implementation plan and final funding plan. so with that, we are thinking recommendation for, with conditions, to authorize the executive director to execute the memorandum of understanding to implement the alamance of the high speed rail as opposed to opposing documents. commissioner avalos: commissioner wiener? >> could you summarize those conditions that staff is speaking about? >> the primary condition in the document is contingent upon metropolitan tradition commission support of the downtown extension to transbay being a regional project, including not less than 60--- $650 million in new start funding. that is a primary condition. >> mr. chairman, as really to earlier, this is sort of an extraordinary thing that has happened. the entire high speed rail system in california -- there was some skepticism not to

we've been limping along passing extension after extension. it's no way to address modern 21st century transportation network in the great super power that we are. so you're right that we're on another extense right now. current funding will expire the 30th. it's vital we address this issue sooner rather than later. >> what are the dollars attached to it? >> $109 billion bill over two years. the house passed bill is current levels at a 90-day extension. the necessity of acting now is a t. fact that this is a time contracts are let, construction season here in the spring. it's vital that we not let a construction season go by without renewing service transportation bill or longer than 90-daytime period. it's vit that we let industry know, let our workers know, that they're going to have jobs this summer. the bureau labor of statistics, for example, have recently released figures that show thousands of jobs are being lost in the construction business because of the uncertainty, limping along, as we are. 90 days at a time, 90 days at a time. and

will have to come in for their own environmental review, which would likely be a community planned extension or perhaps a focused eir, but this has two functions today that you would decertifying. you decertifying plan eir, if i could call it that, and project eir -- you would be certifying. commissioner wu: just to be clear, the transit tower does not come back for a separate eir, but shuttle issues are dealt with at a separate commission? commissioner moore: could you please explain how the shadow issue is not being considered? because as you are looking at the eir for the plan for the project, you cannot talk about it without analyzing the impact of shadow as well as visual, cultural, etc., impact, which come from this tall building. could you please elaborate for me, under section 295 of the planning code, how many parks are within proposition k? is it 14? >> for the general discussion of section 295? i do not have that information. perhaps kevin can answer that question regarding overall the number of parts for which there is a shadow budget. >> thank you, commissioner. i believe there

a time extension of two years. c, accept work performed by shaw pipelines incorporated for wd- 2583, install protection for 60-inch steel water main on 20th avenue and kirkum street, decreasing the contract by $39,737 and authorizing final payment to the contractor. d, approve the plans and specifications in contract wd- 2673r as needed for 2012 annual paving contracts in the amount of $4,089,800 for the lowest bidder for m square construction. e, wd-2446, ductile iron pipe main installation, in the amount of $1,381,000 to the lowest qualified responsible bidder. f, approve the agreement number of cs-877, a biology consulting with the susan mccormick, taxonomy consultant, increasing time extension of six months. g, approved the assignment and no wish an agreement for it cs- 910, san francisco regional/local construction management services and operate the general manager to execute the existing sfpuc contract from ara engineering group to c2pm. commissioner moran: thank you. commissioners, any items you would like

here you see an image of the real extension over the old 1863 shoreline of san francisco. down along townsend st., we will be excavating in what was the former mission bay, and moving along third street going into the land side of the old shoreline into the western end of the transit center. as you can see from this image, the transit center overlaps the old shorelines into -- over last the old shoreline. the images on the left are representative images of the types of construction we will be using to construct the tunnel. we'll be using a cut and cover construction approach. once we reach a third street, from there, moving on to second street, we will be using a mined tunnel approach. in terms of funding, of course, phase one of our program is fully funded. on the left, the myriad of funding sources that have gone into making that possible. important to that are the properties that were given to the city to help execute this program. the tax increment that will flow from them, but also san francisco stimulus funding. on the left-hand side, we have about $600 million of id

here you see an image of the real extension over the old 1863 shoreline of san francisco. down along townsend st., we will be excavating in what was the former mission bay, and moving along third street going into the land side of the old shoreline into the western end of the transit center. of the transit center. as you can see from this image,

revenues to realize all of the infrastructure, and particularly completion of the downtown rail extension transbay project. this would generate over close to $590 million of net new public revenue not available today through a new fee in community facility district mechanism, which we will talk a little bit more about in specifics. of that, 420 million would be allocated to projects that the tpja is allocated. in the balance from a close to $170 million would be available for public realm, open space, street level improvements in the district and broader downtown. this is all in addition to the existing deprograms and revenues, that would be raised, including 600 million for m uni, $10 million from the existing downtown park see that would continue, even in addition to the new fees proposed, as well as several million dollars for child care under the existing child care programs created for the city. it has been a number of years to get to this point. we started this plan effort in 2007. after the interagency effort identified this as the major next up and realizing the vision for downtow

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