supervisor kim: i had a quick question about what the folsom st. would trample -- folsom street ramp realignment is. >> it involves moving the off ramp from interstate 80 to accommodate the new trends bay project. this project is actually funded by the san francisco redevelopment agency. this is a service to them. supervisor kim: which is it? of all i could not figure it out. >> it is the first exit off the bay bridge. supervisor kim: changing the touchdown to wear? >> moving at one block over on folsom boulevard. supervisor kim: where is the new location going to be? sorry, did not know the answer to that. >> i will ask lisa to give you the specific answer as to the st. location. >> local consultant 230. this is a project to at theta as the lead on -- that the ta has the lead on. currently it comes off the freeway and curves toward full some to terminate at a tea intersection. how do i describe it? excuse me for one second. may i have a piece of paper from here? [inaudible] >> he is a registered civil engineer with the state of california. [laughte

supervisor kim: i had a quick question about what the folsom st. would trample -- folsom street ramp realignment is. >> it involves moving the off ramp from interstate 80 to accommodate the new trends bay project. this project is actually funded by the san francisco

a resolution authorizes an exchange of city property with a private property owner known as 515 folsom st.. i have on the overhead the general area in the transbay terminal area. in particular, it is this parking lot, here, on folsom. essentially, and the area in pink is being exchanged for the area in yellow in the photograph on a overhead now. tjpa and the city, which permitted the transfer of state property -- to the city, and subsequently we are before you now with this exchange agreement that squares off the ownership of the private parcel and city parcel. it facilitates the city parcel through the redevelopment agency, a party to that agreement, to allow for the development of affordable housing in the future. so this is step one of a secondary step. the particulars of this exchange are 746 square feet going in one direction, 2278 square feet in the other direction. the benefit of that, a differential of approximately $69,637. those are funds owed to the city, providing more land than the seller is provided to us. therefore, it is not quite an even exchange, but the agreement calls

i took this picture yesterday at 1091 folsom st.. i would emphasize this probably typifies we have as much a problem with enforcement and less to do with the design of the dpw memo. i would say this is not an open season for putting unnecessary utility boxes on street level. they would not impede pedestrian traffic but would still create the same esthetic issue. thank you. supervisor weiner: thank you. next speaker. >> my name is dick millet with the patrol boosters association. you shot my argument down because i was going to attack the eir. but that is ok. i still have something to say. patrol hill as a neighborhood has overhead utilities on both sides of the street. some of these utilities do not serve the neighborhood. they just go through the neighborhood to serve other neighborhoods -- yours probably, and yours as well. some of them, when they get to your neighborhood, they go underground. i do not think there is anything in the better streets plan that suggests how we go about undergrounding. we did do a study with sophie maxw

i am pleased and honored and think we can learn a lot from them, especially since the folsom st. pierre is one of the largest -- street fare is one of the largest street fairs and moneymakers for the city. i will talk about the neighborhood. a lot of times, ours are cornerstone businesses and have been there since the 1800's. as a great example is the now- defunct eagle tavern. i think protecting these cornerstone businesses is very important, because they are part of the fabric. they create jobs. they create meeting spaces. in the case of the eagle, there are many organizations that are going to go without because they do not have the great fund- raising ability that nightlife and entertainment have. i have always use my entertainment to raise funds, to be a fund-raiser, and to help these organizations out. last saturday, i was directing people to the middle to help the business owner in the tenderloin. we need to bring planning to the table. one of the things during my race through district 6 that i learned that i was sadly lacking in was an understanding of planning and planni

folsom boulevard. supervisor kim: where is the new location going to be? sorry, did not know the answer to that. >> i will ask lisa to give you the specific answer as to the st. location. >> local consultant 230. this is a project to at theta as the lead on -- that the ta has the lead on. currently it comes off the freeway and curves toward full some to terminate at a tea intersection. how do i describe it? excuse me for one second. may i have a piece of paper from here? [inaudible] >> he is a registered civil engineer with the state of california. [laughter] >> [inaudible] so, the purpose of this project is to eliminate this and have the ramp -- a supervisor kim: turned that way -- -- supervisor kim: turn that way. got it. thank you for the demonstration. [laughter] >> [inaudible] supervisor cohen: at which closure? >> good morning, commissioners. this is to support the candlestick interchange project with caltrans. it has brought up issues where there is a configuration on the northbound being placed very closely between the paul avenue off ramps, considering closing that off, we have utilize the sub-consultants to investigate that question. including conf