it does have its growing pains, and we will experience those, but you have a commitment from the mtc and mta that we will try to make this is painless as possible. i think it is a great day to have these new fare gauges, just another indication of how the mta is reinventing capital dollars to make sure the system is reliable and efficient and on time. we're going to have the project manager of m from theta -- from the mta take us over to the ticket machine. they will give us a demonstration of how the machines work, and they will give us cards from the new gates. we will come back and use the clipper cards on the new fare gates. >> good morning. today is wednesday, august 18, 2010. this is the regular meeting of the building commission. i would like to remind everyone to turn off their electric devices. the first agenda -- item on the agenda is roll-call. [roll call] we have a quorum. the next 10 and is president announcements. >> i have no announcement, other than we will move the items 5 and 6 forward in front of the directors' report. >> item 5. report, discussion, and possible ac

the agency, and we were fortunately able to fast for this project through our partnership with the mtc and the clipper program, through federal stimulus dollars that were presented to us by president obama's economic recovery program. it was clearly a partnership that got us here today, and it is i guess a signal of future unveilings we will be doing over the next couple of months over the -- with other projects that will be coming to fruition. we started this work a few years ago as it related to the clipper card. we started work as it relates to the trolley buses being rehabilitated. we have a host of projects that we are implementing at this time to get our system in a good state of repair, and today is just one of them. with that, i would like to turn it over to our regional administrator -- regional fta. >> i am especially pleased to join you here today and celebrate this wonderful partnership. this project has been forwarded with $11 million of federal stimulus dollars, and that is only one portion of the upward of $70 million in stimulus money that came to the mta here. we're ve

it does have its growing pains, and we will experience those, but you have a commitment from the mtc and mta that we will try to make this is painless as possible. i think it is a great day to have these new fare gauges, just another indication of how the mta is reinventing capital dollars to make sure the system is reliable and efficient and on time. we're going to have the project manager of m from theta -- from the mta take us over to the ticket machine. they will give us a demonstration of how the machines work, and they will give us cards from the new gates. we will come back and use the clipper cards on the new fare gates. >> and they will want to thank them for the lumir willingness. i want to recognize that we also have a very diverse group of individuals serving on a diverse group of boards and bodies. have the pleasure of reappointing someone who has a connection that goes back generations, larry mazzola, sr. i'm pleased that subject to approval, p.j. johnson will serve again. president of the arts commission, who has been doing an outstanding job, really raising the bar in

it does have its growing pains, and we will experience those, but you have a commitment from the mtc and mta that we will try to make this is painless as possible. i think it is a great day to have these new fare gauges, just another indication of how the mta is reinventing capital dollars to make sure the system is reliable and efficient and on time. we're going to have the project manager of m from theta -- from the mta take us over to the ticket machine. they will give us a demonstration of how the machines work, and they will give us cards from the new gates. we will come back and use the clipper cards on the new fare gates.

it does have its growing pains, and we will experience those, but you have a commitment from the mtc and mta that we will try to make this is painless as possible. i think it is a great day to have these new fare gauges, just another indication of how the mta is reinventing capital dollars to make sure the system is reliable and efficient and on time. we're going to have the project manager of m from theta -- from the mta take us over to the ticket machine. they will give us a demonstration of how the machines work, and they will give us cards from the new gates. we will come back and use the clipper cards on the new fare gates. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to a gorgeous day on treasure island. in the redevelopment director of the treasure island authority. would you please rise for the singing of the national anthem? >> ♪ o, say, can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hail at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets' red g

it does have its growing pains, and we will experience those, but you have a commitment from the mtc and mta that we will try to make this is painless as possible. i think it is a great day to have these new fare gauges, just another indication of how the mta is reinventing capital dollars to make sure the system is reliable and efficient and on time. we're going to have the project manager of m from theta -- from the mta take us over to the ticket machine. they will give us a demonstration of how the machines work, and they will give us cards from the new gates. we will come back and use the clipper cards on the new fare gates. >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the streets the number of crimes for a police district in a period of time. if the idea of combining the different layerce of information and stacking them on top of each other to present to the public. >> other types of gis are web based mapping systems. l

it does have its growing pains, and we will experience those, but you have a commitment from the mtc and mta that we will try to make this is painless as possible. i think it is a great day to have these new fare gauges, just another indication of how the mta is reinventing capital dollars to make sure the system is reliable and efficient and on time. we're going to have the project manager of m from theta -- from the mta take us over to the ticket machine. they will give us a demonstration of how the machines work, and they will give us cards from the new gates. we will come back and use the clipper cards on the new fare gates. >> ladies and gentlemen, i want to welcome you to the newest of the art materials stores. we are very, very excited to open our new facility here in san francisco. we have been here for a while, but this new facility is wonderful. it is going to bring wonderful things to the neighborhood. our president, who is the president of our retail stores, is going to make a number of comments on how we work with the community, and also our students and teachers. thank

it does have its growing pains, and we will experience those, but you have a commitment from the mtc and mta that we will try to make this is painless as possible. i think it is a great day to have these new fare gauges, just another indication of how the mta is reinventing capital dollars to make sure the system is reliable and efficient and on time. we're going to have the project manager of m from theta -- from the mta take us over to the ticket machine. they will give us a demonstration of how the machines work, and they will give us cards from the new gates. we will come back and use the clipper cards on the new fare gates. >> with my artists, eight of them are working in tehran, iran, the capital city, and one is an iranian american based in san francisco. the problem is really a collective exploration in the day and the life in tehran. it is the largest city in the middle east. for the gallery, one of the first pieces you see is one piece which is a laser-cut peace, it taken directly from the map of the city itself -- a laser-cut piece. it represents the geography of the city.

it does have its growing pains, and we will experience those, but you have a commitment from the mtc and mta that we will try to make this is painless as possible. i think it is a great day to have these new fare gauges, just another indication of how the mta is reinventing capital dollars to make sure the system is reliable and efficient and on time. we're going to have the project manager of m from theta -- from the mta take us over to the ticket machine. they will give us a demonstration of how the machines work, and they will give us cards from the new gates. we will come back and use the clipper cards on the new fare gates. >> i think it ae's public and private property. i'm against graffiti. >> who can get it out the most who can be noticed the most. >> i i've seen seniors doing graffiti. >> the city is art, other people who have their names tag -- >> [inaudible] our unit there are 2 sections we are doing one is abating and others are notice of violation to private property. all the utility boxes in public right-of-way we abate. >> we abate calls that come within 48 hours. >> w

it was about the time that steve came forward with that mtc report that showed it some likely scenarios that might need to be adjusted slightly. in the next 25 years, we expect to grow to another 1.2 million people. the question at the time, and again today, what do you do to accommodate that growth? how do you compete? we had to think differently. we are blessed because one of the things we are celebrating is the visionary leadership of leaders that have come and gone, establishing a framework for transportation, recognizing that than today with transit, near and around jobs, we will continue to grow, we have to prosper. this is the ultimate manifestation of smart growth. the first and substantive thing we are doing is this $1.2 billion transit center that links 11 transit agencies. the second thing we are celebrating a is a brand new neighborhood. 2600 housing units, 35% of them below market, 3 million square feet of commercial space. when we get done with this, we will be talking about not just the transamerica icon, the golden gate bridge, the new span on the bay bridge, but a new i

it does have its growing pains, and we will experience those, but you have a commitment from the mtc and mta that we will try to make this is painless as possible. i think it is a great day to have these new fare gauges, just another indication of how the mta is reinventing capital dollars to make sure the system is reliable and efficient and on time. we're going to have the project manager of m from theta -- from the mta take us over to the ticket machine. they will give us a demonstration of how the machines work, and they will give us cards from the new gates. we will come back and use the clipper cards on the new fare gates. >> good afternoon, open to the full board of supervisors. >> supervisor avalos is absent, can we have a motion to recuse him today? without objection, he shall be excused. please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> i have no agannouncements. >> items one through six, this is the consent calendar. >> would anyone like to separate any of the items from 1-6? please. >>aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >>aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> these resolu

that would be net of the repayments to the mtc, including the interest payments. we recommend you approve this resolution. chairperson avalos: thank you, mr. rose. in your report, you estimate of additional 6 pi $5 million annual net revenue -- $6.50 million annual net revenue. how confident are you we will achieve that level of revenue? >> we did not do a detailed review of that estimate. it looks reasonable to us and we reported it to you as represented by the department. but i cannot say with certainty that that will be achieved. chairperson avalos: for the department, how did you come up with that figure in terms of revenue? are you working to assure that is what you are able to achieve with your pilot program? >> american samoa revenue estimates were meant to be very conservative. -- those revenue estimates were meant to be very conservative. it makes it easy to pay even with credit cards. it takes into account the projected decrease in parking meter related cetacean revenue, making it easier to pay and having longer time limits. people will pay more at the m

i'm chairman of mtc and also serve as alameda county supervisor, and i just want to tell you that the installation of this first leg is not just a construction milestone. i have in the audience today my wife who is sitting back there, who just went, "oh, god, why'd you do that?" i also have my son here, and i have been talking to my kids, and i've said what is happening here is a part of history. has been said many times that this is a part of history, but this is something we're building for future generations. many generations in the future will be using this bridge, and quite frankly, as we continue to struggle with deficits, our children are the ones that are going to have to pay the debt off, and that is something i think about almost daily as an elected official in alameda county. i think that if we're going to put our children this far in debt, we might as well give them something they can use, so i think with this bridge, we are certainly doing that. [laughter] unless you want to pay it off. i do not know how your budget is going. but there is a byproduct of this village -- of

and mtc is delighted. >> the installation of the new fare gates is part of a $30.1 million fare i equipment project at muni. $11million comes from state and funds. >>> a pair of zebras now enjoying life on a ranch in oregon after causing mayhem. they escaped from a private farm in the town of car michael as they were being loaded onto a truck for the trip north. they alluded animal control officers and police for quite a while. >> dogs are something. spook the zebras and two of them got out. they're domesticated. they can pull carts. you know they can do a variety of things but they're not used to the excitement that happened this evening. >> a car hit one of the zebras but it was not seriously injured. the first zebra was found inside a gated pool area at an apartment complex. the other evaded trainers for about four hours before being coax intood ed into a trailer and the ride to oregon. >>> still ahead, some high kicking and iconic dancer in the bay area. they made a special stop our real national pastime? saving money. and like baseball people love their stats. i started bringing my lun

just a couple of years ago the mtc came up with a $25 million to give it to the bridge district and on the past have in this pier ever since. it is just around the corner just not here yet. reporting live with the golden gate bridge kron 4 news. >> home sales are plummeting in southern california they dropped 21% last month the biggest drop in two years. realty tracker if but home sales in southern california from about 24,000 in july of last year to 19,000 homes last month. that's the slowest july since 2007. last month's sales were also down 21% from june. real-estate experts tell us the end of the federal tax incentives mean the market will be less volatile going forward but he also expects sales will remain flat at least through the end of the air. >> there is too big factors the year ago we were flushing out a c,gv)+pvzsé÷hz46>r4sehf and so those were going away so there's a high number of them hire them which would of expected. today were probably closer to traditional numbers. without the tax incentives here not going have to climb will stay traditional numbers of sales. even

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mtc refunded the $4 and launched an investigation.s complaint was father tried to pay his toe with a hundred dollar bill. >> * if we didn't have some good bills we answered know she got mad when outsiders station came back and side with attitude and forced us out. >> this is one my favorites. >> i handed a $20 bill was handed back a bunch of once when i got my destination the toll gimme $10 and once i would like to know who i need to contact to get my money back. >> and complaints are laughable >> i was crossing for the tall and i came across a gentleman who was gossiping i gave her hundred dollar bill should occur time still gossiping all i can imagine i recounted since it is mine and a large amount i was about to say think you should tell me don't have an attitude i said i don't i'm counting money should tell me we don't have time for that they should be off as i was not important report customer service. >> i knew there was reason i use fast track. >> we will be back in two minutes with kron

. >> reporter: the mtc says this doesn't appear to be a widespread problem and really not to be unexpected given the fact that clipper is now processing some two million transactions a month. the moral of the story is you better check your account to be sure you're not being over charged. phillip didn't know until he saw it there on the paper. >> you know, he is a very patient man he said this has been going on since april. that's five months from -- >> reporter: part of the problem was he felt like he was getting the runaround, talked to wage work and clipper back and forth. since we got on this story you can see they are going to let people know there is a possible problem and not let the customers get the run area. >>> are you worried about walking home from the bus late at night or during the day? san francisco has a new solution, the buddy system. because of the high number of crimes committed on muni or near the muni stations, the city is introducing a new program to provide escorts. they are called community ambassadors. a dozen city employees will be outfitted with these neon yello