a condition to start implementing those ancillary projects that were promised as part of the octavia boulevard plan, and you'll see some action in that plan starting very, very soon, i enginery 2012. that is already beginning to implement projects around the area as, including some of these small streets were the closure of the local streets to accommodate the landing at the new central freeway at market street generated some problems. so we're looking forward to seeing that happen. the final thing i have is a thank you to cynthia fong who is not here today because of a health issue, for giving us a seventh year of clean audits. they are in the packet for you to approve today. it is really a testament to her very good work in the work of her staff. the last thing, and i will say it now so i do not say it later, i wish you all a very, very happy holiday season and a well- deserved rest until january. thank you two concludes my report. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you, mr. executive director. any public comment, please come forward. >> as you know, item number three and four are just informationa

early those funds that allow for the construction of a octavia boulevard. franklin was one of the first to be completed. the remaining parcels, and it or does that was referenced -- in the ordinance that was a reference, there was the sale of those remaining parcels. we have sold four parcels and relying on that legislation to add purchase and sales agreements. >> for those that were given for the building of affordable housing, i assume that that went through this process? >> i was not with the city at that time. >> the relationship between the city and the redevelopment agency, those were transactions that ad market value. direct sales, not a competitive sale to an agency that is not the city and then the redevelopment agency engages in their process to secure the housing developer. some that have been completed, some underway. >> how were those nonprofits selected? i assume that the previous process went through this. >> the initial transfer of those parcels that were sold to the redevelopment agency were not done through the public solicitation process.

leaving as director of city planning, and even then, one of those times, i was an advocate for the octavia boulevard project. mcdonald and i designed it. that could be discounted because we were interested parties. i will only talk about three issues briefly. height. as has been mentioned, for over 40 years, you say 50, but 40 years plus, since the san francisco urban design plan, it has been city policy to decrease hiked toward the waterfront. so that people in san francisco could see and enjoy the meeting of land and water and to be able to see the city and the hills. if you are going to change that, then at least do it as part of a new comprehensive citywide urban design plan. do not do it as one of these ad hoc things, which is what this is, regardless of what they say. all along the way, by the way, note the levi strauss development not so far from this development. i originally, there was supposed to be high-end of buildings there, and they have taken away some views of the waterfront and taken away the views of the tower. we have put some very strict conditions on these.

this cooperative agreement calls for the city to create what is now octavia boulevard, to return funds received from disposal of properties back into transportation activities, specifically enumerated in that cooperative agreement and what are called ancillary projects. the citizen buys three committee was charged with working with city staff in developing those ancillary projects. so far, $31 million has been generated to date. this particular parcel, f, if we can look at the overhead -- it is just over one-half of an acre. we did an evaluation and analysis of several properties. that was then reviewed again in 2009 and we saw run for a 44 disposal of parcels that no less than permited valley. we have affected some sales since then. particularly, placed out of auction, parcel h and j. here is a more detailed shot of the particular parcel before you today. this item come before you because this is a departure from that board authority. we are presenting to you a sales agreement which calls for a sales price of $2.5 million, which -- knowledge is significantly under the market value, es

it happened on octavia boulevard and a street on july 14th. even those seat belts are not required, lap belts have been installed. >>darya: last week the government announced that it would block the over-the- counter sale of the morning after pill to girls under the age of 17. the judge was critical of the government's handling of the issue. >>mark: amazon is now offering updates to six complaints about the kindle fire tablet. it has been emerging as the most popular tablet says the ipad. it will give users control over displaying recent frauds in history. >>darya: we're back with more in a couple of minutes. here is a live look at the james lick. plenty of sunshine, but it is chilly out there. we will be right back. and of >>mark: we are keeping our eyes on wall street. the dow jones is up over 100. the german and chancellor opposes increasing the size of the european bailout. the dow is now at 4078. >>darya: here is a look at the 7 day around the day forecast. we have a little bit of fog and freezing temperatures to start out each morning. w

boulevard. let's go to the bay bridge. this morning's commute here on southbound 101, it looks like there's another crash. we've had a string of accidents this morning, one on octavia the 0 split. it looks like -- 80 split. it looks like there could be something here at hospital. i would use 280. let's go to steve. >>> light rain moving through. we could use a heck of a lot more. it's really a big system for southern california. you can see our system locating there, spinning in a few light showers. there's one going through the east bay but another one on the peninsula, brisbane, sfo, south san francisco, millbrae, burlingame, not a big deal. just that piece of energy going by. santa rosa has been at 42 for a couple of hours. our low, as weak as it may be is still lighting up the radar down in southern california. there will be snow on the grapevine. if you need to travel down to lnkt avlt p/p for period i would get ergoing right now. if you need to travel down to l.a., i would get her down there right now. >>> a new crime wave at california schools. how young music lovers are ending up the losers. >> reporter: the port of oakland protesters are blocking the entra