at the bottom is geary. at the middle, bottom left, you can see the hospital's debt, and on the bottom right is the office building site, and the upper left, the office building, so this is focused on this new building. i am going to zoom into each of these graphics and a second, so do not kill your eyes too hard on that, but one thing i'd like to point out is that there are no -- on van ness avenue, ok? so here is a zoom in to the hospital side. the blue eras indicate vehicular access in and out, and the purple arrows are pedestrian access, so you will notice that cars in bound to the hospital parking garage are going to enter geary, the area on the south, or they can enter on the top. those are the two access points into the parking garage, and from there, you can see the passenger loading zone. all of that passenger pick-up and drop-off will be inside the hospital and not on the street. cars exiting the hospital are only going to exit on to post street on the north. there is a secondary egress point on to

exit onto geary either. it is tw increases inthere is ag area accessed off of cedar street as well, to the left of the garage parking area. there is a passenger drop off zone on a street on a cedar. that is on the left or right next to van ness avenue. there will be additional loading inside the garage. there will be an intended to direct people into the garage for additional drop off. that is the medical office building, and that concludes the traffic circulation overview. i am going to talk about construction and how it relates to transportation. same orientation. van ness again is in the middle. geary on the bottom. this is showing the truck route. trucks will be coming to and from, heading to the south primarily. they will be coming up van ness avenue. trucks that are servicing the hospital site will make a left onto geary. they will circle around in a clockwise fashion. you can see the door symbols. those are the construction dates. trucks will be stopping all along the perimeter, all four blocks around

geary also has been making good progress. we will be conducting a cac meeting with the geary brt cac in the next few weeks in may. then we will be posting the actual upcoming outreach event update to that website. we're still finalizing locations. i apologize to do not have details are confirmed the locations yet. but we're trying to ensure that there is an opportunity to learn about the project in each of the four major segments. so we will have meetings in the downtown area, east of the van ness. and another set of meetings in the fillmore area. richmond as well. there will be a focus on the major nodes in each of these four segments. a potential option to fill the underpass. the masonic intersection which is very complex. in the western terminus will be engaging with washington high school and the school community on that part of the corridor. we are available, and we will be making the rounds to the various community groups and ensuring multi-lingual access and materials. the draft eis/eir would continue falling this roun

>> i do not exactly how long the closure of the geary transit lane would be. i do not know it the construction has developed that level of detail yet. i would imagine a leak during the excavation phase, the first year or two years. not the entire sequencing period. muni would have to operate in a mixed lane, so it will cause some delay for muni and traffic on geary. but it is a temporary situation. the point would be during the detailed construction planning to minimize the transit lane closure. commissioner borden: you're saying it will be like a year? >> i do not know of the top of my head. commissioner borden: i am just curious. do we have a signal prioritization for muni already along the geary corridor? >> mta is looking for a signal prioritization and priority city-wide. i am guessing that would be coordinated as part of the van ness avenue brt indeed geary project. i cannot speak to the details of how lakari and van ness -- how that would work, especially during construction. but i think the priority will mostly be for van ness, because it will have the

that is a tremendous benefit to the geary corridor. while it is definitely a little bit behind the van ness corridor, it becomes our next priority and probably a major regional priority for brt. i believe we're discussing this not just with mta but with the transportation commission as the next generation of priorities for the federal small start funding, because we think that, similar to van ness but perhaps even to a larger scale, the geary corridor has the ridership already in place, the largest ridership of in the corridor in san francisco, to really compete very effectively at the federal level. there are a few places in the country that could boast that kind of ridership, and those places would probably be applying for rail money already appeared we can demonstrate the viability for brt for a corridor like that, and i think we will be very competitive for funding. you should expect that within the next nine to 10 months, some major breakthroughs in terms of the development of the environmental document for that project. superviso

the ta is the lead agency for both the van ness and geary brt projects. this slide shows that in november and december, the draft dieis-eir was released. we're just finalizing one of the alternatives. it will be presented to the ta cac next tuesday, and it will be before you on may 10. the planning commission will hear a presentation from the ta. construction for the van ness brt starts the timber 2015 and projected to end late 2016, early 2017. the funding is in the range of $90 million to $130, but we believe it will be $120 million or less. we're getting $75 million from a small program, and $18.5 million from prop k, and an additional underpin state and regional brands -- a grants. the geary dr -- brt, we are finalizing the recommendation and expected to be done in may. in fall 2013, the draft eis-eir will be circulated. construction is expected to start in 2017 and end in 2019. geary brt is about $245 million. $75 million from the fta small start program, another $28 million from prop k, and funding from other sources to fill in the gap. let me talk

>> this is geary. however, some new buildings have moved away from adding visual interest to the street. especially for base can hide districts like 40x and 50x. they tend to maximize the number of floors. that results in four flore buildings and eight or 9 foot ceilings. for the ground floor that is low and that would be uninviting -- that would be [unintelligible] for pedestrians. this legislation would accomplish two goals. first it will activate the ground floor with uses that will bring life to the shopping clusters. it will provide an incentive for color and gracious ground-floor space is without changing the number of floors allowed. this would have buildings match the ground floor of historic context. faugit would not increase the nr of floors. you can see on the left, this is the way [unintelligible] this is the way it is now. for clarification, i will explain what we made by active use. [unintelligible] it is usually for commercial uses but it can also be defined for residential uses. [uninte

that is a tremendous benefit to the geary corridor. while it is definitely a little bit behind the van ness corridor, it becomes our next priority and probably a major regional priority for brt. i believe we're discussing this not just with mta but with the transportation commission as the next generation of priorities for the federal small start fund

. >> it is at geary, then pine up octavia, over the california, down the canon, to pine again, to scott, back to bush, down to presidio, down to coast, broderick, and then it goes to church, masonic -- to turk, masonic -- >> so and that's geary, up to california to sixth avenue to lake street to 25th avenue, back to california, and then west of 32. >> just an observe. know we have been struggling with the deviation between one and two for many weeks now. i know we had many discussions around the cathedral hill border but the numbers are district five is over deviation by 2%. i'm not necessarily proposing anything. it's just an observation there may be population within 55.2 border if the task force members are continuing to think or struggle with the 1-2 deviations. >> the pros poll as, we will take them one at a time but the is to reverse the 64 population decision. the second would be to go to the 25th avenue block. everyone clear on the questions? >> yes. apologize. >> can i ask the implication of creating an assembly district for the purposes of 64 people on the median? >> it's just

there are detour signs on geary and traffic is light in the area. if you want to take the bay bridge, not much of a wait. >> terry: left on california and left on geary? okay. thanks very much. what kind of weather if you are trying to make the left turn or go to the beach. here is lisa argen. >> lisa: no fog to speak of. in fact, temperatures are a little cool in north bay valleys. 46 in napa. 62 in downtown, 51 in oakland. pretty nice out there. we are looking for clear conditions. temperatures coming up today. in fact compared to yesterday at this time we are a little bit warmer. we do have high pressure in our favor that is pushing the storm track to the north. that means warmer weather and warmer weekend. >>> the demolition of doyle drive is expected to continue for 57 hours straight right up to 5:00 a.m. on monday. take a look at this picture from sky 7 hd showing the heavy equipment pulverizing the structure that stood for 75 years plus. >> finally may be the best word to describe the demolition of doyle drive. >> it's dramatic and history ma

you noticed california and geary or the detours. on california, there is an illegal left turn side so at geary right now we had one of our folks at abc7 just drive through there earlier this morning. and the lights are flashing red, there is a traffic control officer helping people make that left turn. geary is a faster alternate heading towards downtown san francisco. keep that in mind. there is illegal left turn sign on california but we'll keep you posted on that. other detours are heading to the richmond-san rafael bridge down to the bay bridge, right now at the toll plaza things are light. you are good to go no matter which detour you take right now. >> terry: thanks very much. great to have you on this saturday. >> at age 75 the gd bridge is looking good thanks to ongoing earthquake safety upgrades. but it is unsafe seismically. heather ishimaru has more on that. >> reporter: the fire department was here doing tests right outside the new tunnel. it will go into use on monday carrying both directions on monday. when the project

there is traffic control to turn left on geary.have a traffic spotter moving around 25 miles an hour. over as you head closer to the bridge, moving 40 miles an hour. right now it's still safe. we notice that things are slowing down. they were a little slower on 19th avenue. there is some slowing northbound on the great highway. this is great thing to have handy while you are commuting. the other alternate is richmond-san rafael bridge down to the bay bridge toll plaza and flight there are no delays at the tolls. you can see here, still looking pretty good, about f that changes you can use the waze app. >>> the golden gate bridge is looking good thanks to ongoing safety upgrades. but doyle drive that is why they have to take it down. it had to be replaced to meet current safety standards. heather ishimaru has more on this weekend's big job. >> reporter: the fire department was here doing tests right outside the new tunnel. it will go into use for the first time on monday kearpg greongth of traffic. when the project is completed in 2

>> i have always been supportive of putting all of the post geary into six and moving the boundary from market to mission. but at this point it's getting into beyond minor tweak. that i hoped we would be addressing today. i'm satisfied where where we are with putting the bristol hotel back in the d-6 today. i would probably even be supportive of the maria manor block, but not in favor of reopening the discussion of market to mission and all of the post end geary. >> thank you. mr. leigh? >> it's sort of along the same lines that member schreiber just discussed. i agree with that. i also would be open to moving this block. it is a much smaller population move than any of the blocks that we have yet to move or that we didn't quite get to between post and geary. i think the block that was next between leavenworth and jones is 940 people and i agree with what member schreiber said, that's too much population at this point for us to consider moving and if that would require moving the boundary on the other side from market to mission, i would be reluctant to do that as well. the motivation b

california street or geary boulevard.here was confusion earlier today when drivers tried to make the turn east on to geary from south bound park presidio. sign between clement and geary clearly indicated that 2 lanes of traffic dedicated to drivers wanting to turn left but there were conflicting signs at the intersection of geary and park presidio. detour indicating that this was the way to 101 south right above the no left turn no uchl turn sign. some drivers decided to avoid condition fution all together and commute to the city by ferry. the 5 55 to larkspur saw app increase of 55 people over an average friday. for some still a better choice than dealing with the doyle drive closure. >> you are on the ferry schedule which is different. can cause some conflict but over all l i think it's better for everybody. >>reporter: back here live at park presidio and geary. the sign that i mentioned earlier no left turn no u-turn just covered by traffic enforcement officials. we are letting people know also that they have motorcycl

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cars are being allowed to turn left on geary. why?ause it's tied to the demolition of doyle drive. that 1.6-mile stretch of roadway is now coming down and was built in 1936. new roadway is being built, and couple different phases. second phase will start, starting monday. if you'll use the golden gate today, be prepared for detours and delays. ktvu's allie rasmus will have a live update on the demolition process coming up at the top of the hour. >>> "american idol" has announced that dates for this summary's live tour. it begins july 6th. the top 10 finalists will come to hp and industrial onon july 22nd. tickets will go on sale may 11th. "american idol" is now down to the final five. >>> after a recent appearance, baby rumors are swirling for prince william and kate middleton. they were seeing with an infant at a charity event. people say both looked like natural parents. but both insist they are not preparing for their own babies. tomorrow they are going to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. >>> 2012 is on course to be a rec

i wanted to ask about the van ness brt in the geary corridor bus rapid transit as well. looks like the transportation authority is suggesting the center running brt and working with the mta to bring that forward on may 15 and to the ta on may 22 as well. my district, richmond, but i think district 5 are a justly awaiting the geary brt as well. i am wondering if you can reiterate the planning and the public outreach and the stakeholder outreach meetings and the public open houses that are coming up very soon with in district 5 and district one? >> absolutely, supervisor mar. thank you for pointing that out. there is absolutely information in the report about that as get a to shorten my report a little bit. but we do have public outrage -- outreach meetings planned for may and july in the neighborhoods to essentially look at not just the corridor in a general but the specific intersections at masonic and fillmore,

geary boulevard is your alternate. will make their way around the closure, double the service for the ferries. all of this is going on. bob redell, you're out there, doyle drive is closing. what's up over there? >> reporter: well, good morning to you, mike. this is the last morning commute on doyle drive. come monday morning, all this that we're driving on right now will be gone. it's a disappearing act that will take 57 hours to complete, 40 excavators which are already parked some of which right to the side of us. around 300 workers, and we imagine probably lots of aspirin for drivers trying to get in and out of san francisco this weekend. but i know the information you gave them will be helpful as far as finding detours. this all starts at 8:00 tonight. doyle drive will be coming down, starting down, that's when caltrans will shut down this roadway until 5:00 monday morning. the road will be closed at marina and lombard streets. highway 1 and the golden gate bridge will remain open, but caltrans is warning of gridlo

i want to speak in support of the current map that keeps the north of geary

we fought this for gary -- kir geary. it could be this area was ceded to the five. even the district 5 supervisor is challenged to spend time here. given that the district 8 supervisor does not spend time or energy in the lower heat and the laguna is located in the lower heat, 55 a good and should be in district 5. there is splitting the census block and i urge you to consider that if that is the only thing. otherwise keep 55 in district 5. vice-chair lam: thank you. >> i am a lower haight president and i would like to address that area. in addition, our community is made of merchants and neighbors. we are one of the unique neighborhood associations that comprise both. part of our merchant district is on fillmore street. it primarily is on haight street but it goes south on fillmore down to herman. again, for that reason, i would request that the border be moved south from where it is now which is splitting the area on haight street and push it down to herman. and include 55 lead and a. thank you. vice-chair lam: thank you, next speaker. >> hello, folks. i am not go

and bring back -- i believe we have it at sutter, and bring it back down to geary. >> correct. it's at sutter right now. population? >> that is a population of 756 people. it would bring the deviation for district 2 to a negative 3.16% and the deviation for district 5 to negative 1.40%. >> and that is about 1,49 people if we make those two moves, the one in russian hill and the one in cathedral hill. chairman mcdonnell: thank you. mr. leigh? >> could i just ask a clarifying question? could we see the overlay of the current district boundaries? yeah. just to get the information, could we see the population of those two additional blocks if we included those? >> do you want the total population for the entire area? >> yes. >> the total population of the selected area is 1,033 people. it would bring the deviation for district to to negative 2.78% and for district five to a negative 1.42%. >> all right. chairman mcdonnell: mr. leigh? >> sorry. am i supposed to vote on something now? [laughter] i was just asking for background information. chairman mcdonnell: you were just curious.

and as we report, you can take a left turn on both california and geary which is a rarity. so folks are taking at advantage of that. >> ama: now to sergio quintana with another commute option. >> reporter: throughout the saturday we've noticed this has been pretty busy here at the larkspur terminal. we have send full arrivals and depart tours, the most popular ferry was the one heading to the giants game. the three special ferries have been sold out, and in an effort to provide plenty of options for people to avoid the golden gate bridge and the detours, ferry service on the weekend has been expanded. there has been hourly ferry service between mere and san francisco and they'll continue tonight, and the last ferry is at 10:30 p.m. >> why are you take can -- taking the ferry. >> i was told the adults they were going avoid the traffic. >> how what the ferry today? >> it was good. pretty crowded, but other than that, fine. >> and you hear it mentioned a couple times earlier. this is what it looks lick to drive over the golden gate bridge. hardly any traffic. and they're hopin

the block beyond that bordered by shannon and jones and post and geary. that would bring it under 5%. there of the neighborhoods they have managed to preserve completely. that is it. chairman mcdonnell: thank you, sir. >> good evening, commissioners. thank you for your work in -- and efforts to date and thank you overwhelmingly for listening to the west 20 council. although the improvement association adds this map, hopefully it will be adopted this evening. it is divided into three districts, 5, 8, and 7. the important piece of that has always been twin peaks boulevard which we believe is the eastern boundary based on your criteria of geography and communities of interest. that is an appropriate district as is and map you have before you represents that. i really also want to thank and i saw the name for the first time. the advancement project, the nonprofit organization who provided the map for people like us the work, that could not get there every night, but we could look the next morning and there was a map on line. not only are transparency and work