union square market street station and the item before you is a discussion and possible action to approve under charter section 4.133, the construction of has surface and subsurface construction in union square park, this is required for the union square central union subway station and this was heard at the capitol committee and you saw a presentation by john klun gi, and he is back today, he's going to provide more information on this item. thank you. >> thank you. >> good morning, commissioners, john, the central subway program manager. i'm pleased to note that while i don't have an outstanding video that i just saw of the parks, i do have a powerpoint presentation that will show case the proposed union square station, the northern entrance of the union street market square station that i'll be showing you today and before i start the slide show, i would like to add that this design has been in six years of design development and i'm very pleased and proud to announce that i believe that your vote today will actually be the last public hearing for the designing construction of the four stations that will comprise of the central subway station, and this station has received approvals from previ

. >> construction a surface and subsurface structure in union square park for the project union street station. >> same house, same call. this resolution is adopted. colleagues our 4:00 p.m. will be continued and will take that up then. why don't we go now to roll call. >> supervisor wiener. supervisor cohen. thank you supervisor cohen. supervisor farrell. >> thank you colleagues i have just one resolution to present today and san francisco conjunction with the 49ers to host the super bowl here. it was announced that san francisco was nominated as a finalist to host the 2016 or 17 super bowl and i want to thank mayor lee on that and david chiu was there and thank the 49ers and mr. silverstein who helped with the advertisement and the big committee member who is will make up a lot part of this process and chair from tipping point and conleeza rice, and lor rein powell, mayor willy brown, mary murphy, chris kelly, ron conway and many others. it's really an all star crew from people in the bay area. the economic benefits are incredible. thousands of jobs and millions of dollars of economi

. >> i'm item no. 2 resolution approving construction of surface and subsurface structures in union square park for the central subway project. >> thank you and we have a number of speakers that will be coming up in a minute, but to present from this is the mta. >> good afternoon, chairman mar, supervisors. my name is john, the central subway project denominator and i have a brief presentation to walk you through the proposed station design. these are the current renders of the northern entrance of the union square market street station and to paraphrase mark bueller president of the recreation and park commission his statements is that "this is a great example of how the approval process has significantly inproved the station design." before i go into actual renderings of the station i would brief lick like to talk broke the. central subway is a 1.7 mile extension of the existing 5.4 miles of the t line that went into service in april of 2007. the combined central subway and t line will cut trip times in half to 68% of the population. this is on the geary side of geary and stockton. this is a

in union square. it was discovered in the parking garage about 7:30 tonight. officers have closed down that garage, as well as post and powell streets as they investigate the package. we have a crew at the scene and whether he have any updates as they become available. >>> some good news, the repairs to the san mateo bridge will be done by 5:00 tomorrow morning we are assure, just in time for the monday morning commute, and caltrans said they won't need to close the bridge again next weekend as they planned. crews will continue to work the project, but there will be no more slow-moving traffic on the bay bridge due to a frustrated drivers being diverted there. and caltrans said it's getting everything done this weekend. they are up navigating anytime, anywhere in the bay area, download our exclusive waze traffic app. in vallejo an early morning domestic disturbance turned deadly today. that was near redwood street. bizarre story involved a fire, a shooting and several dead animals. we explain the strange turn of events. >> reporter: this is the aftermath of a

in mind. union square is really a case in point. now i live for about 18 years, i lived on the south slope of nob hill two blocks from union square. union square had been a green park and was changed to a garage before my time which really had an impact and they redid it so it was a hard-edged urban space you can see with almost no green space at all. it was a disappointment to me and in the area that i live there are lots of old people and others and the nearest green space is up at the top of the hill and you have to scale three very steep blocks and you don't even though there is a very beautiful park. the nearest green would be to go to yerba buena gardens and that was really too far for 90 years old who lived in my building who could go to union square. so you have an urban living room that has value for entertaining and going to the movies and things of that sort, but we need to be careful not to add more structures and take away what recreational quality it has by having subway stations and people rushing in on subway stations. transportation-wise, again, you are not going to climb over the top of nob hill to get to california or north beach and takes you ou

chairs and seating is put out on the square and other activities sort of kick in in union square, so there's very few people before 9 a.m. that are doing anything in the park. importantly, one thing to note is those couple little clusters of folks where the maximum amount of the shadow would happen, those were observed to be tourists, they were there for other reasons, they would likely be there for the same reasons given the small amount of new shadow. currently, there's a budget of 0.8% for union square, the proposed increase is .11% for a total of .19%, of that, the transbay tower represents about 10%. one other note regarding union square, the eir did do a cumulative analysis besides this plan, it did look at any other potential billing that -- building out that that might be affected by the plan buildings to give a broader cumulative look ot what might be out there besides this plan. there was one other project outside of this plan area which is on file, it is 706 mission street at the site of the proposed mexican museum and residential tower, it's 155 foot tall proposed building, it would add new shade to union square, not on the same days as the pla

park and see how much is potentially available. then add in the existing shadow from the existing buildings to each individual park. that is where you get that factor for union square of 30.3%. >> right. okay. in just -- those numbers are not intuitive. i don't think to anybody. it is a factor of time and of space. i don't know what the answer is. but some measurement that could help give people a better understanding, including us, frankly, of what that means, how much time union square has no shadow during the day or 75% is not within shadow. just to give us a basis of understanding of when and where shadows are cast on the parks i think would be helpful. i agree that other spaces should be looked at as non-reck spaces, though you could quickly get every open space including streets and sidewalks. a focus i think would be on conventional open spaces that aren't reck park. those have been mentioned. then more information on the projects. 701 mission's been mentioned. somewhere the fairmont edition was mentioned also. as well as other editions. additional information would be helpful if there are projects proposed that would cast shadows, kind of how much, when and

and recreation and park commission to amend the section 295 implementation memo adopted in 1989 to raise the absolute cumulative shadow limits on serener park properties, union square, st. mary's square, portsmouth square, justin her man plaza, maritime plaza, willie woo woo wong playground and boy decker park and that could be shadowed by development sur taount to the transit center district plan and b, incorporate additional qualitative criteria for nine parks plus woh hei yuen park and chinese recreation center that describe the quantity, coverage area, duration, times of day and times of year of new shadows and 2, adopt findings under the california environment quality act, and number 2 is case number 2008 .0789k, 101 1st street, also known as the transbay tower block 3720 lot 001, this is the recreation and park commission to 1, recommend to the planning commission that the net new shadow from the proposed project at 101 first street will not have an adverse impact on union square, st. mary's square, portsmouth square, justin her man plaza, maritime mraz & woh hei yuen park, chinese recreation center and boeddeker park as riper by planning code section 295, 2,

commissions, two, revise cumulative limits for 7 parks reflective of the adopted transit center district plan in the analysis of the eir, and those 7 parks are union square, st. mary's square, portsmouth, justin herman plaza, maritime plaza and willie woo woo wong play grond and boeddeker park, this is to help the commissions evaluate individual projects as they come forward and importantly, not that we're just changing the budgets in a cumulative number, but also the potential shadows of buildings that might fall within this budget need to be consistent with the times of day and days of year and extent and all that detailed information that i went over as described in the transit sent district plan eir and we're not talking about shadows at other times of day, other parts of the park, anything of that nature, secondly, that individual projects as they come forward should demonstrate they have sculpted the buildings to the extent feasible consistent with the plan's object t*ifr tos reduce impacts below those analyze ined the eir and lastly and importantly, the public good aspect of the projects need to be evaluated in the context of the plan as a whole a

in the event today. it starts around union square snakes through the more popular tourist attractions in the city. the race ends later this morning at golden gate park. you should be aware if you're going to head out into that area to expect to see a lot of runners out there and maybe some traffic delays as well. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm garvin thomas in for kris sanchez. you look at the weather this morning, the people are running. great marathon running weather. it's cool and overcast. >> not too cold. that's nice about the low clouds, kept temperatures up in mid 50s around the bay area right now but the fog is an issue. good visibility in san francisco. five mile visibility. in livermore it's less than a quarter mile. you drive into the clouds coming down into fremont this morning. look for that. quarter-mile visibility in fairfield and santa rosa, on the mild side. 60s to mid 70s for most of the bay area. san jose 75. and some low 80s closer to liver more and sunol know the seven-day forecast is going to bring shorts and t-shirts back to most of our valleys. you'll see a big jump in temperatures coming up in the seven-day forecas

in san francisco. but the project faces a lot of roadblocks. a lawsuit has been filed to stop the subway entrance plan for union square. it cites a city law that prohibits nonrecreational uses in city parksuit wants the station moved or put up for a vote. >>> an oakland high school student's simple idea has turned into a big help for her peers. >> it wasn't even a very big deal for me until i realized how big a deal it was for them. >> the project that has everyone walking a little taller coming up. >> two teams, two comebacks, one great day for bay area baseball. the secret to getting coveted potential championship tickets without breaking your wallet, after the break. >> it has been cloudy and cool but fairly inactive right now. that may all change this afternoon. we'll talk about that next. hi, i'm amy for downy unstopables in-wash scent boosters, here with my favorite new intern, jimmy. mmm! fresh! and it's been in the closet for 12 weeks! unbelievable! unstopables! i'll show you how! ♪ ♪ just shake them into the washer i can't believe this lasts 12 weeks! neither can they. so you're going on tour to prove it. downy unstopables. follow jimmy's unstopables tour for free samples on dow

parks? there was [inaudible] in the 80's around prop k and it's prop k that you are undoing, not just the planning code, and portsmouth square and union square were cost celebrities, i know, i was involved in the litigation on those parks and i am asking jou to do the minimum necessary. if you feel like you have to approve the projects for the transit center, do just the transit center, do not do everything else and i ask you, you are changing the landscape for the tower on the sheridan palace today, which shadows union square, you're not going to have any sunlight as you go south on montgomery street because you are approving filling in of that with no further action going forward on either commission. you are changing the shadow budget and the [inaudible] will come in not only for that tower, but for all the other projects. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> any additional public comment? seeing none, the public comment portion is closed. opening it up to commissioners. commissioner antonini? >> thank you. let's see if we can get over here a little bit. thanks, yeah, i appreciate all the comments and i think this is a wonderfu

park wide. it is a coalition of bike rental companies that have four station areas in san francisco. union square, plaza right by here, the marina green which is a great station for this and golden gate park and the satellite parking lines up nicely with these stations so you could park there and pick up a bike and ride it and drop it off there and take a cab back and get a ride back and that gives you the extra flexibility. >> the cabs are going to be organized in a way that they will be right around the areas where they expect the most people. >> actually i heard that we are looking at having 150 more cabs running than a typical weekend to accommodate the demands. >> okay, i think that i have run the gamut. people can hear as well. i think that it is going to be very exciting. and i am debating whether i am going to try this and actually get into the mix or stay away. >> obviously, what we would love to do is that everyone comes, tries it and comes back with a really posive experience, that they are not afraid to come, but that they are finding that it is more fun to come in a way that does not

amend the section 295 implementation [inaudible] adopted in 1989 to one raise the absolute cumulative shadow limits on 7 park properties, union square, st. mary's square, portsmouth square, maritime plaza, willie woo woo wong playground and boeddeker park, and two, incorporate additional quantitative criteria for 9 parks, the previously listed 7 parks plus woh hei yuen park that describe the quantity coverage area sdraition times of time and days of year of new shadows and to adopt fiemdbacker findings under the environmental quality act with the amendment that i would ask the city attorney to read in. >> certainly, deputy city attorney, so the amendment would be the same amendment made by the planning commission, it would be on page 7 of attachment 7, and it would be on the first be it further resolved clause, at the end of that clause, the following would be added, and would not be available for buildings outside the plan, so the entire clause, be it further resolved, the increases in the acl specified by this resolution are limit today the general shadow profile tos the cumulative new shadows that could be cast within the central

in our district and have 24 schools and 24 parks and or playgrounds in the district. this is in a very small geographical area. we average 5500 calls per service per month. we cover union square, chinatown, the financial district, north beach, russian hill, telegraph hill, the embarcadero and fisherman's wharf. our main supervisor is supervisor david chiu and supervisor marc farrell has a pocket and supervisor james kim has a pocket along geary street. the population is about 75,000 residents in a 1.8 square mile area. on any given day, the population swells to about 350,000 people because of all the people coming to work in the financial district. the demographics in the central district -- female is about 50%, males 49.8%. it's almost even. age 17 and under is 17.56% which equates to about 5300 people under 17. our senior population is twice that much or approximately 11,500. caucasian -- 46%. african-american, 2%. latino, 4%. other is a 1.3%. less than 1% our native american. our organizational chart is headed by yours truly. i have the captain's staff which consists of one sergeant and six officers. the captain's staff is in charge of the demonstrations, protests and spec

in her 30s. >>> union square is open after a suspicious package forced partial closure last night. someone reported seeing the package in a parking garage. police closed two streets on either side of the garage. a member of the bomb squad put on his gear, went into the garage and rendered the package harmless. the square roped around 9:00. >>> church of the good shepard boarded up after fire damaged the building saturday. workers put plywood on windows and door of the church before the rain started coming down last night. repair work is expected to start soon. fire damaged and charred religious articles that were removed, the home next door is being used as chapel. >> we keep building this is just the beginning. church has been around 2,000 years stuff like this happens we keep moving on this church is 134-years-old, -- [ inaudible ] >>> the deacon says this auction helped lift spirits as well as raised money. the church is well insured. >>> 5:08. live doppler has been busy this morning track the rain. >> where are the showers now mike? >>> good question. you can see how much rain fell overnight, 37/100 an third of an inch in san

in. officers are going to be fanning out where from union square to the mission to make sure fans are celebrating safely. live at at&t park, christin ayers, cbs 5. >> fears of another whooping cough outbreak spark an unprecedented warning. change in federal recommendations dealing with vaccinations and pregnancy. >> meteorologist paul deanno with your forecast that's improving if you like sunshine. sunshine on the increase. there's a live look outside from our mount vaca cam. wait until you see the weekend forecast and what ski resort is opening up friday. coming up. ,, ,,,,,, get a shot to prevent whoopg cough - and to get vaccinatd >>> big news tonight for every expectant mother. a cdc panel is advising that all pregnant women gets a shot to prevent whooping cough. and to get vaccinated every time they are pregnant. dr. kim is here to explain. kim. >> reporter: liz, there's been a frightening resurgence of the disease. whooping cough is highly contagious. it can be deadly especially in infants too young to be vaccinated. today, a federal vaccine advisory panel voted to recommend all pregnant women get vaccinated. the th

in union square and very busy and if you are in this area. be careful, there are many streets blocked off as well as blocking spaces and it is 45 minutes to park this morning. if you are coming into the city, you might want to take public transportation until 11:00. reporting live. lorraine blanco, channel 2 news. >>> last two world champions will meet. the 2010 champs will take on the defending world champs. the st. louis cardinals in the national championship series. third baseman pablo sandoval amused everyone with his impersonation of an umpire. they promise it is all business once they get to the park today. >> the confidence from my guys to get that. >> i hope it is the way it turnpikes out. last two champs facingafter. that is pretty exciting. any fan will tell you that. >> how much does it cost to get in? standing room tickets are going for at least $100 a piece on ticket resale websites. >>> well, after getting hit in the head by a line drive in batting practice. first base coach hopes the doctors will clear him to return to the field tonight. >> now cameras were on buster posey when it happened. and he stopped after he realizes it we

park, union square, north beach, and the marina. >>> heavy surf and high winds are hitting the beaches in ocean city, maryland today ahead of the impendingstorm hurricane sandy. residents scrambled to board up windows and collect sandbags. speaking from fema headquarters, president obama said that residents need to take this storm very seriously and follow instructions from local officials. the storm expected to make landfall tonight into tomorrow. >>> thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. see you the next time news breaks. >> and we're here online. game 5 coming up in a few minutes in detroit, and if the giants win, they're world series champs. leave of it right here and we'll see you back here after the game. >> go, giants! >> that's right. go, giants!

union square tonight. just before 7:30, someone reported seeing the package in a parking garage. police closed two streets on either side of the garage. a member of the bomb squad went into the garage and rendered the package okay. >>> the san mateo bridge will be open. look at it right now. the bridge will be open at 5:00 tomorrow morning. cal trans guarantees that. and it will not be closed next weekend. that's because of the fast work by contractors. the bridge clo be closed next weekend as well, but the contractors did two weekends of work in one. >> always want contingency plans. the contractor is making great progress and we were confident we could continue. >> cal trans got a lot of busy work done, stuff you do around the house. they are repairing scenes and cutting weeds and replacing lights on the bridge. the funds for the $3 million project came from toll funds. >>> still to come, a crime lab under scrutiny and dan noyes is here with an abc7 news i team investigation. >> get this, drop a cigarette butt by a park bench and you end up in a database. it happened. >> and we

union square tonight. just before 7:30, someone reported seeing the package in a parking garage.ice closed two streets on either side of the garage. a member of the bomb squad went into the garage and rendered the package okay. >>> the san mateo bridge will be open. look at it right now. the bridge will be open at 5:00 tomorrow morning. cal trans guarantees that. and it will not be closed next weekend. that's because of the fast work by contractors. the bridge was supposed to be closed next weekend as well, but the contractors did two weekends of work in one. >> always want contingency plans. the contractor is making great progress and we were confident we could continue. >> cal trans got a lot of busy work done, stuff you do around the house. they are repairing scenes and cutting weeds and replacing lights on the bridge. the funds for the $3 million project came from toll funds. >>> still to come, a crime lab under scrutiny and dan noyes is here with an abc7 news i team investigation. >> get this, drop a cigarette butt by a park bench and you end up in a database. it happened. >

in san francisco this morning. >> yes. it is if nike's women marathon. it started at union square. the third largest marathon in the country. it will be ending at the great highway at golden gate parkre taking a live look at the returns. women who finish get a bracelet from tiffanies. >> it is quite a scene. i have been there a couple times as they come rolling out. >>> and in other news, live as we speak, a sky dive like no one as attempted before. the actual dive has not started, but the climb has. we will show you one man who made an effort to make a deaf defying leap into the record books. >> and a bay area man attending college in southern california is doing something unthinkable. we will let you know about the prize he one for that shot, the shot of a lifetime. hoping for the best... as tr team embarks on the next rod . >>> san francisco baseball fans are hoping for test when as their team embarks on the next round of the playoffs today. >> yes. a contest of a much different kind going on tuesday. mitt romney and president obama headed for round two in a series of debates. >> and the weather department, we are starting out with fog and low clouds. that will change later in t

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union square, check it out. it is really quite beautiful. it is only fitting that on this 50th anniversary, we create a permanent place in honor of tony at our ball park. we are going to rename suite 1, the most majestic in the park, sweeping views of the day and the city -- it is now going to be the tony bennett suite. come by for a visit. [applause] we love you, tony. [applause] >> thank you, larry. i have to find a way to make it down to that sweet this season -- suite this season. i think we know the most popular place to watch a giant game is going to be this city. our city is blessed with many wonderful one-of-a-kind institutions that are no less part of san francisco than the golden gate bridge, such as the world's longest-running musical revue, "beach blanket babylon." yes. [applause] so we have a special treat for you today. "beach blanket babylon" together with mayor lee have created a special musical tribute to tony bennett in honor of all the things he has done to our city -- done for our city. i'm honored to present this to our friend, tony bennett. ♪ >> ♪ the fabulous tony bennett home the world all seems to know sang a song about this t