improving the facility as far as we have already gotten has done wonders to improve the whole situationt just for one building, but for the entire community. last year, we spent $150,000 that the organization raised for the -- to restore the 122-year- old douglas fir. we also restored at this stage, so things are looking good there. if you have not been to the opera house recently, i would encourage you to come visit us. a good opportunity to do that would be this coming may -- [tone] president chiu: next speaker please. >> ♪ god bless you. ♪ you make the brand new opera house in new. ♪ thank you president chiu you may get redevelopment lead speak during a brand-new. ♪ president chiu: this is not the general public comment -- this is about the bayview opera house. this hearing has been held and closed. item number 10 is in front of us. can we take a roll-call vote? >> [roll-call] there are a 11 ayes. president chiu: the motion has been adopted. i understand we have a commendation from member mar. supervisor mar: i would like to ask the following to come up -- [reading names] i think som

s budget as well as other sources for such stairway improvements. often times a lot of the funds that are dedicated for streets and roads and it's hard to find such funding for stairway improvements. so the agency worked with several other city departments and we concluded that there are no other funds in the city budget available for this project. the final -- the third finding that i must make as part of section 33445 is that these public improvements are consistent with the implementation plan for the bayview hunters point project area. improvements to deteriorated public facilities, removing public safety barriers and creating access and installing needed site improvements to benefit access to open space and employment opportunities are all listed in the bayview hunters point implementation plan. five-year implementation plan. so therefore we conclude that the project is consistent with the implementation plan because it provides an improved access point to such opportunities. on march 29, 2011, the redevelopment agency commission authorized age

we focus on street and public space improvements to improve the neighborhood and make it safer for people to be in the neighborhood, driving, walking, or biking. we market the neighborhood. we truly tried to create a sense of place and support neighborhood businesses by marketing the area. this is a snapshot of our budget. this is in line of -- with at the management plan approved in july of 2008. this is probably the most dry slide, it is about administrative accomplishments. these were important elements as we were a brand new organization. we have developed and implemented financial policies, implemented a financial management system. we continue to work with that the city on the collection of assessments. we have completed review for the first year in a full audit that you have in front of you. we regularly conduct board orientations, community chair orientations, and board officer orientations on the board and brown act. we have reports that we have mailed to the property owners. in addition, mundane things like securing office space and hiring staff. for neighborhood cleanliness, ag

we're going to do a lot of improvements that should improve the agency's response. supervisor wiener: will it result in an improvement to the entry in the portals specifically? i know it is a really broad projects. >> c3 by itself, i do not think it would improve the entry at debose, however we are making other improvements that would do that. we have made improvements to the successful in trees to debose to other initiatives on the train control project. i think he will start to see that. we've seen already. we should see steady improvements in that particular problem way before this goes into effect. supervisor wiener: ok. >> it will not be faster, because there is a speed limitation. but a more reliable entry. supervisor wiener: what about coordination? that causes a lot of delays. >> no. the system itself, the train control system is basically something we need to operate optimally. we are not going to improve. it is a matter of utilizing the system, maintaining it better, better training for the operators, utilizing these features we already had. but the system

the remaining segments would be improved. funding available between fiscal years 16 and fiscal year 20. this scratches out a bit longer than we had initially intended the project. based on what we think is a moderately ambitious capital expenditure per year. projects like market street, gary, van ness, we do not have travel time production proposals. we have complementary work going on there. supervisor avalos: the n line is being improved because the plan is still determined as a state? correct? and that is how it is looking at the improvements? >> i will talk about it later in the presentation. we actually modified the original proposal to be consistent with park planning work that has been under way. the second segments with record -- represent $49 million in investments, when viewed with market street investments you can see the entire rapid network coming into view, with the goal being service 10% to 30% faster than today. service improvements are the second set of key initiatives for the transit and effectiveness projec

that improvement. others might have more money, such as yerba buena. i understand the competition for grants. they do not all have the same type of budget. the challenge grant program sets its own criteria for how they select. so, we would have to ask them what their criteria is and how they disperse their grant funds. supervisor mirkarimi: in very basic terms from where we sit, you could see that potentially with varying degrees of strength, they may have more of the wherewithal and the ability to secure transplants. whereas communities that do not have cbd's do not. i am probing to determine if this might merit some kind of protocol, potentially, or a ground rule, so that the proces

it is physical improvements.he idea would be to make the attempt to activate the public space to be used in a healthy, positive way. supervisor cohen: i think you kind of picked up on my concern. we have homeless people laying around. you have got some seniors -- there are a few seating areas in the area. people are just hanging around. we do have to give the area a facelift so that it looks nice and new for a few years. then what? i am wondering if there is more of a comprehensive plan or if some of the neighborhood partners have come up with something that would quell the loitering and violence that happens on this corner. anderson and is an important transportation hub. i understand it is an important transportation hub. >> that is a key component of that. we have worked with some of the merchants associations. meta runs a market on a weekly basis that creates a reason for people to go there to shop. looking at more things like that is a good idea. that would be the role of the merchant community in the area o

of the community improvements. that refers to all negotiated benefits, like the park system and the transit plaza and the real right of way, and all the transit-related pedestrian and bike-related improvements. finally, storm water management improvements. some of that infrastructure is visible. some is invisible. those are publicly-accessible items that will receive maintenance. this map is, i think, the best way to portray what the city is obligated to maintain and what the developer is obligated to maintain. in light blue, that is the area that would be permanently maintain by the developer, and ultimately the master homeowners association, in perpetuity under the terms of the development agreement. this obligation would outlive the 30-year term of the lease. the ground areas represent streets dpw would be maintaining. the obligations are that the developer maintain all of these shaded blue areas in clean, workman-like condition. it must be approved and reviewed by the city before the agreement becomes effective

another reminder of what the scope of public improvements that we are discussing to finance, there are three new parks. the infrastructure plan includes be redesigned of pretty much all of the streets in the area. bill received essentially a better streets redesign makeover. all of the design work was done prior to 2005 and is included in the master plan that the planning department published which was approved by the board of supervisors in 2005. we updated the estimates as part of the proposal, and we are looking at about $32 million of improvements. we anticipate that about 52% will be funded by infrastructure impact collected from the project. and the gap will be funded by an infrastructure financing district. either bonds, or pay-as-you-go financing. we have the $22 million of bonds. we have a bonding capacity of $22 million. what does that represent? the next increment is relatively modest compared to the way typical redevelopment area workes. over time, as projects go on line, you can see how that large green portion is being untouched general fund increments. between the blue a

the improvements would generally intend to implement street improvements, identified in the area plan. the project sponsor and city are still quarter ending on the design, valuation, and terms of the agreement, and the project sponsor will return for a fee waiver and return when the schematic design and agreement are finalized. this concept in coordination with the mayor's office of economic and workforce development, are outlined as additional conditions of approval, two of them, which were sent to the commission last week for your review. planning department recommends approval of the project with conditions based on the fact the proposal is consistent with the planning code, rincon hill plan, and general plan. is well-designed and will contribute to the area, it will add a significant number of dwelling units, and it will make significant contributions to infrastructure improvements in the immediate area and general improvements to the larger soma neighborhood. that concludes my presentation, and i am available for questions. >> thank you. project >> is this getting bigger? >> let'

alvarez on this and making sure all the sites improve while we go into an improvement and a rebuilding mode on many of the sites. >> thank you very much. the mayor is being modest. let me say that the mayor and i, when we first met, we went into the site so i would have a clearer understanding of what conditions were with a shovel and a trash bag. he assisted me in cleaning it out. we did that with everyone. let me mention to you that our property has improved by approximately 15%. as many of you are aware, the federal budget, which is where these 99: 9% of our funding comes from, is being constrained or being cut. for the housing authority, that is about $6 million for us. even though we have received those kinds of cuts, we have been able to improve the quality of our public housing properties by more than 15%. we have done it enough where hud agreed to relieve us of the status of our housing. in terms of are represented labor, and some point, we have to ask for concessions everywhere we can get them. we have to save paper clips and pencils and paper and do things more efficiently an

the result would be a significant improvement in the conditions on rincon hill >> we have one speaker card. is there any public comment on this item? i wanted to express my gratitude towards the office of workforce development. we are sort of an orphan plan area at in that there is no official representation. i am very pleased and happy that we are the pilot area and we hope that this is a great success. >> thank you. is there additional public comment? public comment is closed. >> i was able to hear a presentation last year when this idea came up to the board of supervisors. the time i reported this as a pilot project to see if this could create some of the infrastructure that is needed. there has been talked about getting rid of redevelopment and talk about would these be a possible financing source for infrastructure. there is debate about whether some of that could be used for portable housing. i still support this as a pilot project. what i think that is being worked on is criteria. this is to fund infrastructure needs adopted in an area plan such as the eastern neighborhoods, th

project, not just to improve traffic circulation, but to improve pedestrian safety and other ways of getting around. the last component of the project is ecological utility assistance. the specter streets we are talking about will have a major storm water function to restore the watershed that formally linked to like -- to lake merced. we are currently sending all the storm water to the sewage treatment plant. the new system of other infrastructure would provide a major improvement to the water flow in the district and relieve a lot of the pressure on the sewage treatment plant, as well as hopefully address some of the ecological issues. the project would also be investing in new distribution piping for future hooking up to the recycle water system, which the puc is planning so that in the future a lot of water needs would not be met through hetch hetcyhy, but through recycled water. there is a commitment to provide -- to construct at least 10% of the demand in renewable facilities either on site or off site, build new generation facilities, and to exceed title 24 standards by at lea

g, approve the plans and specifications and award was water enterprise, capital improvement program, spot sort repair contract number 25. if any commissioner would like to move any items from the consent calendar? >> i would like to move the consent calendar. >> second. >> the next item. i intend to discussion of possible action to improve pedestrian lighting policy and authorize the general manager to implement it pedestrian lighting policy. -- item 10, discussion and possible action. >> what i have before you is a request to improve the pedestrian lighting policy and to have the general manager implement the policy. as you know, power enterprise operates and maintains 75,000 lights in the city. we own about 25,000 of them. i have our project manager who oversees the work of our field staff. there has been historic ambiguity about who is responsible here in the city for pedestrian lighting. we have some pedestrian-scale lighting, so does recreation and parks. the city code provides that the public utilities commission will determine the intensity of elimination, number, and size of

at the end of this process, we will have a list of the strategies for neighborhood improvements that are most important to residents and nonprofit organizations on central market. i understand the specifics of the community-based agreement, the community benefits agreement are still being worked out. [tone] i can ignore that for a second. i know that twitter and burning man and other businesses that locate to central market are excited about the revitalization process. i'm confident we will work hard to respond to the needs identified by community members by that process. president chiu: thank you. i will then ask and ask question representing my district, district 3. as you prepare your june some metal, could you please describe how you would reduce the relative global of cuts that will be required in major areas of city government, for example -- public health, public safety, social services and parks and the extent to which you plan to ratify new revenues to close our significant deficit? mayor lee: thank you for that question. we're trying to do everything to balance the budget w

this will also include the dashing improvements. if we are talking about moving a stop, we might look at improving our crosswalk to support that change or if we are talking about consolidating, perhaps there is an opportunity to add by cracks or a park to help make that change more appealing to the community. in developing the travel time reduction proposal, we have divided the city up into about 25 segments. the reason for that is that although there is only a discrete number of routes, the changed character as they traveled through the city. mission street has been divided into three segments because of the street grid and the type of service changes quite significantly. there is a downtown segment, the segment in the intermission and as well as the admission. -- the segment in the inner mission and outer mission. we have looked at the effectiveness measure, how much where we saving per customer in terms of travel time. also, cost effectiveness. how effective was the savings for the time? we identified 11 segments that we think sh

we built a contingency for the transit improvement. this is the first time the city has taken this approach to rent control replacement units with one exception. they strongly supported what has had zero problems with the implementation. there is a precedent locally. there is the benefits of additional years. i would never promise you anything with a 100% certainty in this world. there is a strong agreement that would protect the tenants in the future. does that answer your question? peter could probably add know what to the transportation, but i am not sure. >> everyone understands the difference between tier 4 and tier 5? if there is any clarifications, it is the bigger picture. supervisor mar: if there are no other questions, as i said at the beginning of the meeting, there are another important dates. the planning department will introduce a number of the development agreement and a number of ordnances amending the zoning map the general plan and planning code. there may be an additional optional hearing on may 23. on may 24, the b

it helps us to identify where we need the improvements. these are very important things to make sure we provide resources for these tools that are top notch in the nation. our final recommendation is to provide the resources needed to implement the goals of the mayor's directive. the outgoing mayor in december of 2010 presented the mayor's director. it set clear goals in terms of the reduction of pedestrian injuries and fatalities. this ball is currently rolling. there are some great initiatives going on. we would love to see this directive carried out to full fruition. we are encouraged by the fact that there is a motion on it now. we want to make sure that resources are continue to be provided. we want resources that will give us to the point where we can reach the goal. supervisor avalos: is there a reference to the mayor's directive in the appendix? >> it is not in the appendix. the report was being developed at the same time that the directive came out. when we got to the point where we adopted it, it was right before the directive ha

all the public improvements, not just m.t.a. cal tran and bart has improvements for the region. and tier four layers on top of those the specific transportation improvements that come along with the project proposals. in the case of this one that would include, for instance, the ability to turn a disabled streetcar around with the tail track, something we don't have the ability to do right now, which gives increased reeblet to give more capacity to the system. m.t.a. is not just concerned with transit. we're looking at the bicycle and pedestrian network. we saw what the benefits would be with the projects and that helped shaped our recommendations that ended up being analyzed in the e.i.r. we led in the definition of the project in order for the environmental remove review to make a better assessment of what an improvement could be. supervisor elsbernd: before we get to tier five, there are some traffic and public transit situation -- situations the so the tier four project, with the mitigations, the situation is better than it would be if there were no project 30 years from now

it improve sightlines from the clubhouse and pool to the playground. it reflects the need for flexibility on the blacktop. the park is being designed to accommodate a number of different sports and activities, ranging from basketball to four square to roller hockey to soccer. it is a thoughtful design. it is a collaborative design. it is what the community has expressed loudly and clearly to us it needs. this is again a great civic collaboration. we fully support it. thank you. >> i want to reiterate that this morning both the library commission and the recreation and park commission unanimously approved the master planning project. it bears repeating that this has come full circle now to have full endorsement from both commissions. thank you. >> thank you. this is the principal architect who was engaged by the department for the master planning effort. she is here today to review the master plan for you. i am pleased to report that the planning commission at its meeting on thursday april 25 -- thursday, april 21, certified the environmental impact rep

so, they have to fundraiser for streetscape improvements. but that is not every district. each one is different. supervisor chu: so, there is possibility for improving and larger -- approving a larger capital budget? they would have to change their management plans? >> correct. many of them have to -- many of them require all of the votes to do so. supervisor chu: so, it is onerous? >> if they wanted to substantively change the plan. they are currently allowed 10% changes per year, per budget category, providing some flexibility to meet needs overtime. a drastic case would require voting by those who are assessed and by the board of supervisors. supervisor mirkarimisupervisor a concern surrounding the equity of how it gets spread amongst organizations. if you do have that conversation, it would be interesting to see who the beneficiaries are. supervisor kim: my apologies for being late. i was actually with another cbd. i know that district 6 has the fortune of having many of the cbd costs that are formed in the city. there are seven total? eight community benefit districts