at that time, m.t.c. committed to an expeditious but thorough review of the failure and proposed fix. we provided an update to the mayor's on november 9 that outlined our approach for conducting the review. we also indicated that we got good -- we have gotten good support from the transbay terminal staff as well as their consultants and contractors and that continues to be the case. they've been very receptive to input by the peer review panel. so what i'd like to do is introduce dr. michael engelhart, who is the chair of our committee. he's a professional engineer, a professor at the department of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at the university of texas at austin. he is also the director of the ferguson structural engineering laboratory. he's got a broad array of background in this type of w k work. he is also to be commended on keeping the panel focused on what they're doing. they're spread across the united states, and they have committed to many meetings, both in terms of getting

this is $510,000 cost to reimbursement man m.t.c. for the >> this money will come from the program reserve. we intend to capture the cost later on when the results are out. we know what caused the fissures. >> i like to moved item. >> members of the public wanting to comment on the item. [roll call] item nine is approved. >> item ten is authorizing executive director for lease agreement. >> good morning directors. tjpa facility manager. i update today will focus on retail leasing update. i'll present one lease for approval and provide a tenant approval schedule overview. i'm going to focus on the signed leases metric, similar to last month's report, the numbers do not reflect a slow down in interest or activity. rather they reflect a slowing in the amount of decision-making and negotiating time. lincoln is reporting that a general increase in construction costs potentially means higher out of pocket cost for the tenant. as such, the care and decision-making in particular. for the small business owners targeted. we are revisiting the

m.t.c. in this allocation request, we're also reflecting the delays caused by the mining in the chinatown station. >> chair peskin: that's not. clerk: s, i just wa -- that's news, just to inform my colleagues. [inaudible] >> -- this facility services approximately 165 trolley coaches. this project will improve workers safety and productivity, security, safety, and fleet reliability. construction is expected to be completed by december 2020. the long-term plan for sfcta for this facility is for a full rebuild by 2021. they will try and relocate these lifts to either this facility or other sfmta facilities. the next request is for $24.1 million for el taraval light and rail enhancement projects. this project -- this allocation request is foes from west portal street to sunset boulevard. construction is coordinated with sewer, water, and street resurface to minute mice disruption to the public. construction is anticipated to start in spring 2019 and go through spring 2021. this is one of the fu

so we are doing that all now with m.t.c. it is time to be thinking about that. you might be able to collaborate with alameda and all of that and what you are trying to do and foster the solution. i am highly excited, and again, we have the people that can do the work on the grounds. we just need to move the plan forwarded to you sfcta. thank you for this presentation, and in january, if possible, i will ask bob back to try and bring you back. i think we need to bring you back so we can see. we also wanted to see how you are communicating with the sfcta thank you. >> i just wanted to thank you click on the first thought we would see this pic i thought it was pretty impossible, but that's also. thank you so much for your time and for looking into this great thing thank you. >> thank you. >> okay. next. >> item number 9, opportunity zones. >> treasure island, as we have discussed previously, has been designated as an opportunity is zone by the federal government, n.t.i. c.d. has been exploring what this might mean for bringing additional investment to their program

when we have more information, we will invite m.t.c. here to provide further information, hopefully in the next month or 1212 months. that concludes this portion of the updates. if you'd like like to ask questions now, we can. i am hoping to take them. >> the big question here, is when, and the answer is we don't know. >> that is true. correct. we do not know. we have speculation, but i would rather have the peer review experts and tjpa be able to address that to their board on thursday, preliminary findings are being developed right now. >> okay. i'm not exactly sure why they -- why we even put this on the agenda. >> we were hoping to have more today and we apologize for that. it is something where we are aware of all the stakeholders and all the independent experts. we are airing on the side of caution before preliminary findings are presented. we are working through the final repair options. it is a very complicated issue from restructuring engineering standpoint. >> do you want to add anything for this commission? >> good morning, c

includes l.p.i., our testing lab, thornton thomasetti, the structural engineer of record, and the m.t.cpeer review. we've reached a significant stage in a measured and meticulous study of design, fabrication and installation of steel. albeit today's a lot of data on material, but we are focusing on our elements to inform us on how to advance through this problem. the presenters in this order will include l.p.i.'s president, robert vecchio, followed by thornton thomasetti's bruce gibbons, the structural engineer of record, m.t.c. peer review will be introduced by andy fremier, and mike engelhart speaking to the peer review's view on what's this interim step of data collection. we view it as a critical step in validation of the structural steel, which in itself will be a strong component in developing the criteria to examine and evaluate the entire facility. i do understand that webcor, skanska herrick representatives are here to answer questions if needed towards the end. but with that, i'll introduce mr. robert vecchio to speak to the material findings out in the field. >> good morning,

given that the m.t.c. is submissive in selecting their next executive director and supervisor kim serves on the committee, i feel it's important we allow supervisor kim to complete her term on the metropolitan transportation commission to see this crucial process through, even as her term on the board of supervisors ends. so to that end, i'm introducing an amendment to this motion, giving consent for supervisor kim to serve out the remainder of her m.t.c. term as the designee of the board of supervisors from january 8 through february 10 of 2019. and at that time also supervisor ronen will serve as the metropolitan transportation commissioner for the term beginning february 11, 2019, to the end of the term, which is february 10, 2023. >> supervisor safai: okay, great. so we have a motion on the floor to amend the item. can we do that without objection? without objection. anyone want to make a final motion, supervisor yee? >> supervisor yee: sure, i'd like to pass this out of committee with positive recomme

i think we all work together and we can head to the region and help m.t.c. we can help everyone for the first time in the history of this region, help to put in place a very comprehensive transportation system that will benefit all of the regions. thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. is there any other members of the public that would like to speak what if not cacti --dash public comment is closed on this item. i just want to appreciate the conversation with commissioner staff and members of the public, after thinking about it, i'm really happy we had a public discourse. i want to move forward with what i would feel comfortable with supporting today, understanding a lot more studies will happen and a lot more unknowns will get answered over the course of 2019 to refine the program. what i would feel comfortable moving forward as our program total policy is to move forward with the proposed additional toll policies which is the hours and the total amount. i would like to make off-peak zero dollars, but move forward with 350 at peak at two dollars --

to continuing or collaboration with tjpa, with all the other agencies in the city, high speed rail, m.t.c., and all the other agencies that are involved in this process. thank you very much. >> clerk: we'll have jim patrick, followed by roland lebrun, and then bob finebaum. >> i'm jim patrick, patrick and company in san francisco. we talk about mitigating factors. may i suggest a mitigating factor, ka-ching, ka-ching, ka ching, how are we going to pay for this. i see we developed the first phase one with the federal government making loans. we're going to pay them with tax dollars. now we have another opportunity to rethink the way we did project a, if you will, which is the transit center. clearly, what we did ended up being delivered to us with some problems. we've articulated those clearly. what can we do to prevent those in the future. now, we have another project about to be approved. i suggest we get a public-private partnership and pay for this improvements with the revenues that will be generated. let the private contractor, whoever that might be, let him get the revenue, let him

the casa proposal is a proposal by committee that was formed via m.t.c. much of what they're proposing requires state or local legislation, so there's a long process before it could ever get impleme implemented. nonetheless, it's worth having a discussion about since it's been under way for two years now. with respect to the san jose site, it was -- i believe the agreement was to sell it to google. they don't have a design yet. it includes housing and office. one of the interesting things that's -- the issue that exists in san jose, which is perhaps different than any other city is that it's the only large city in the country that has a larger nighttime population than daytime population. more people leave the city during the day than come in the day. san francisco's population grows by hundreds of thousands of people every day. san jose is the opposite, which is highly unusual. and so in their case, their job-housing balance is the opposite of ours. they have a disconnect on the other end of the spectrum. so it's one of the reasons that the mayor is look

the m.t.c. in the past has not -- the m.t.a. in the past has not been overly excited about that, but it would certainly make -- if we could get more of the entrances handled in that way, it would certainly make it more pressurable for people to use that area. so i would like to see all the sections that deal with pedestrian beefed up as to who's they're now, what they're doing, what can be done to made it improved, and why this project would be a significant enhancement of that experience. >> president hillis: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hello. my name's aaron and i'm the cofounder and c.e.o. of clean tech. i'm actually a san francisco born and raised native, so this is my first frisk planning commission meeting. i don't know how you feel, but i am excited with this. our company, we go into a high-rise building, collect everything, convert it both into treated water, and then we take all of the organic waste and turn it into soil. the reason why i'm here is we've been developing this technology the last four ye

she's in interviews all day long with the m.t.c. we'll present those tomorrow. so for the general public's understanding, the way the process works with charter amendments, they'll be prepared for tomorrow and made at the full board tomorrow and because it's a charter amendment, they will go an additional week to the second board meeting of the month, which is the 11th. at that time, they will then be read into the record as the committee of the whole. we'll have a hearing on that. because of the -- because you don't have to have two readings for a charter amendment, they just have to be prepared and sit for one week. they will sit from the 11th and then we'll do everything we can to have a special hearing -- which i committed to making myself available for. i know supervisor mandelman has said he would make himself available, and we would do that the following week. in case there is anything else that needed to be changed, if we missed a comma or a period or anything, we have five or six months to make adjustments and the board can do that in partnership with t