we are ready to start on phase one. we have started on phase one. we're ready to start the infrastructure on phase one and we'll be doing that shortly. this is probably about as broad of a public-private partnership as i would imagine one could expect. doug mentioned seven sister city agencies that we're working with. on the human capital side, i would say we have as many on the real estate structure, including the p.u.c., planning department, department of public works, building department, m.o.d., et cetera. so a very broad-based public partnership, and then, of course, our developer, the one actual actually financing and doing the work a partnership of ridge development and a local nonprofit based in the area. they have a long history of both public housing revital zation -- revitalization, et cetera. >> if someone starts to move away during the development, can you plane the right of return to be able to move back once it's built? >> absolutely. i will ask for help if i'm stepping on my toes, but the housing authority commission has passed forma

phase one was completed in 2007 and the completion cost of phase one was $648 million. phase two, central subway, is 1.7 miles of new track way, three stations below ground and one surface station to a projected cost of $1.6 billion. once completed, both phases, the total projected cost for central subway will be $2.2 billion. the federal share on this program is going to be totally 48%, and the federal sharing on phase two alone is 60%. the central subway schedule, we've completed conceptual and preliminary engineering. we have completed and seen our way through the supplemental environmental process, and in late 2008 we received a record of decision from the f.t.a. to allow us to move into the final design stage. our new starts rating we have achieved on this program is medium-high, a very, very good rating. we have had that rating now for three years in a row, so we have done very well. currently we are in the final design stage, and we are working diligently on real estate acquisitions to allow our program to advance. and we've also started construction this year. e

attention already for phase one. chair maxwell: how much is phase one's budget? >> i believe it is around $71 million. that includes housing and infrastructure. potrero, sunnydale, and westside courts have all, i think, tremendously successful community engagement processes around the site planning. i think we have all gotten good public use, but you are on the planning committee, and i believe we have achieved strong consensus on potrero and sunnydale. we have had a minimal, if any, significant negative uproar, if you will, from the public. it has been phenomenal. chair maxwell: i would have to say, members of those communities have been really partners with the folks living in those developments. they have come to meetings and wanting to be a part of it, but the meetings were on site. they were there. if they were off site they were there. it has been a great community building tool. >> exactly. thank you. and hope s.f. revitalization has attempted to do community neighborhood. there are three ways. we have kecked

we have completed the demolition of the phase one buildings, and we are very much focused on starting the underground work, will recall the horizontal and for structure work on the site this fall. we are pointing out that we will be back aunt -- back in front of you hopefully in september with a number of items trying to get hunter's you going, some of them financial, including the $30 million of state grant money that we have an run that to the city and the development entity, and we will have to give your approval on that as well as our public debt financing mechanism, our certificates of participation, which we will need approval on those before we can finalize the financing of the phase one housing peace, and then lastly, more technically, the infrastructure piece will be on the plants, -- pklans, -- plans, which need to be finalized. president maxwell: what is our interest rate? >> our interest rate is likely to be 0%, because we have what is called soft get on the side on top of the project. -- soft debt. in particular, with the infill grant program, because it is not our money,

and again, cesar chavez is a phase two. and cesar chavez is a school that -- that we have had a few community meetings, with cesar chavez. and again, the -- they what we consider a highly effective principal and getting off track here. and -- at any rate, we're going to -- we're looking at not replacing the principal at cesar chavez and looking at that for phase two and second year. and john muir, john mueller has had a couple of community meetings. and apparently on the same day. and that's the typo, i'm sorry. and -- we're looking at the transformation model for john mueller. and the community has been aware, they will be having a new principal. and -- traps formation does not mean we're changing the staff. we'll be writing the other components of john mueller in the grant. governor and structure and high quality instruction. and willie brown, he had a couple of community meetings. willie brown will be a school closure. so we're going to go through a, am i not supposed to say that? hi. okay. and we have had community meet

it will all be local in phase two also. and then, i just have a few images that are more renderings. this is looking this islot l, looking to the north -- this is looking at lot l. this is the art gallery piece. this is now moving further up octavia, and this is looking at kind of the second food garden with the ice cream store on the corner and the pizza korea -- peter korea vote -- pizzaria over there. then there are these very small- scale retailers, 8 x 8, and the idea for the project is the reason we're using containers is that they can essentially brought to the site and dropped on the site and can be easily removed. president maxwell: how about the maintenance of all of that? >> there will be ongoing maintenance, and they would be responsible for that, but there is a maintenance fee as a part of the project. president maxwell: supervisor mar? supervisor mar: this is a really innovative idea. is there going to be plumbing for bathrooms on the two lots? >> we are planning to have bathrooms that are fully plummet -- plu

and what could the second phase bring. and actually what we could expect in the second phase is another success so definitely the two hundred thousand new cars to be sold under this program could happen by the end of the year or also in the next couple of months of two thousand and eleven it's good for the economy because it keeps specially local or we. both domestic and foreign b.z. and they've been revising their production budgets and forecasts and obviously the ultimate effect on overall registration in sales so currently everyone has been revising their forecast for the russian market on the upside. and and hard the sales of cars that are not included into this program doing. the good thing about the program is that contrary to all turn it is programs in western europe and the u.s. it is targeting only cars that have been produced in russia and obviously this is boosting local production local g.d.p. called the contribution of the ultimate expect there and also changing the structure of the russian car market as a shi

the study consisted of more phases. community discussion, and listening to the public, presenting the department's initial recommendations, presenting the department's recommendations, and lastly, the study's final recommendation. public outrage was a significant component of the northeast embarcadero study, and comments submitted over the course of each phase help to inform the study as it progressed to the next phase. the public outreach effort was substantial, and hundreds of commons from individuals and organizations were received by the department, either through the five community meetings the palm hosted or via e-mail, fax, or mail. these comments were summarized and posted on the study's website, following each phase of the study, and you can see these studies in the summary's appendix. last week, we received a number of letters of support for the study, and i will also submit this to you. with that, i'd like to present the designer for the northeast embarcadero study, who will present the department's final rec

this is the cost, this is phase one. here are the separate projects that we think are in phase two. >> the r&r piece of that, we have not been doing the level of sewer replacement that we have been doing, getting ourselves on the right track -- is that something that you can talk about? that is why i wonder about the rate flow. if there is a decision or explanation that says we're going to do it right, you do not want to say that twice. you have to make sure the program makes sense. >> and there is only a small blip there. it is meant to be pay as you go. we should not be borrowing for that. >> that will take an increment to the rates so that we can afford it. >> right, a substantial amount of that is in the structure that we have set up. maybe a better philosophy would not be to jump to 10% but to a gradual increase. rate payers never believe that we are going to lower their rates. that brings up the question, with water rates, are we not going to lower them at some point? >> the percentage growth slows down. the idea o

what we're saying is after the experiences a few years ago when phase one came before us, phase one came before us as an entire rental unit housing project. it survived the board of supervisors. it went forward. then unilaterally, and i said two weeks ago at 2:00 a.m. the appeals were put to bed, i said no one should we allow that phase one to come again. it was unilaterally hinged to condo without any recourse to the board of supervisors. that completely suggests a con descending role that this process may be if there's not at least some recourse that allows us the response when we spent that level of time and energy, when stake holders from all sides spend that kind of level and energy and then they're just be able to go to recommission agency and commission and have a plan unilaterally changed. i've submitted a number of amendments before i. i believe that there's one that speaks to the example that i just expressed concern over. it's on the second page and this would be amendment where the phone language is added to section 11.2c and this would be to the i.c.a. and all it does, all i

so there is no question it is not just a milestone of this, but it is the entire phase one and phase two side of the safety work and the rest that we need to see through. thank you to everyone here today. we will continue to work together to get not only this part of the project done, but the entire project done, on time, and under budget. thank you for being here. [applause] >> thank you, mr. secretary. i just cannot imagine the federal highway administrator going back to washington to be asked how the event was and only remember him sitting next to me shivering. that does that bode well for us. we need to do better in the future. mr. administrator, we will that sure that we have better weather the next time you come out in the summer. that is a promise. that knowledge a couple more people. the partnership that had borne fruit in the form of the presidio park way involves representation in sacramento. i can say with complete conviction, all four representatives of sacramento are supporters of doylr drive, the presidio parkway. they were all members of the transportation board and un

you cannot legally compelled them. >> who cure can speak about the actual extent for phase 1. what does this cover exactly? >> this is active on phase one because that is the only portion on the construction. >> if there are the is on existence of poa and that would take precedence over any amendment, why is there a need for your proposed language? >> we are looking for clarity. what we don't want is a situation where the board comes back to us and says you did not do what you told us you're going to do or someone feels compelled to bring in lawsuits that say that we have a problem. >> i can understand your point but i am not necessary -- i am not sure if this is a necessary issued that would interact with an existing -- and they would come up fairly frequently. these would not necessarily be important to that. i understand this. thank you. >> first, on the issue with fossil fuel, new fossil fuel sources, first of all i am fine with this not being an amendment of the findings. instead, this would be attached to the system of the plan adoption and not various agreements. othe g

it is a $1.6 billion first phase in terms of the new frame.hen it will be $400 million for the structural frame for the new train box that will allow for this facility to truly be everything we are hoping and imagining it will be. this is something will also anchor our economic future. we will be doing that for the economic future of our city and for the entire region. at the end of the day when jobs and the economy continue to grow, we will see congesting. people forget that in the 1990's when we saw job growth, we saw commensurate transportation congestion of roughly 200% as a consequence of the job growth. when our regional economy comes back, the key differentiator will be transportation, alternative means of transportation. we cannot build enough freeways, highways, bridges, and roads. it has to be public transit. the buses and light rail will affect the economic fate and future of the region, particularly in san francisco. tens of thousands of jobs, some estimate up to 48,000 jobs will be created over the life of this terminal and a new

if we ever decide there is a phase three, it will be able to spring from that. >> when there is a phase three. >> you mean spring from that, building a washington square station? >> anything that is designed. >> director? >> i think you forth greats presentation. it is very helpful to see this all laid out. a couple of service-related questions. the south terminus at king and 4th. does the t lee keep going down the existing line? >> no. it is going to connect both phases. the terminus would be visitation valley for the t-line. the t-line would continue straight, not make that right-hand turn. >> so someone there chinatown could keep going to what is the current end of the t-line? >> yes. >> and is the current t-line around the embarcadero going to continue as well? >> no. >> so that is the end of that one? >> yes. >> so then my next question is -- and i am sure you guys have thought of this, but my limited exposure to this in my real job suggestion -- suggests any time you go to digging up a gas station, there is a lot of remediation? that is part of it? >> yes. that is in our plan. we

chancellor merkel's coalition wants to reverse the decision by a previous administration to phase out nuclear power by 2022, but it is a controversial plan and not without problems. >> it is the final day of chancellor merkel's energy tore through germany, visiting a hydroelectric plant near the swiss border, but she attempted to brush off questions about a government commission study. according to leaked information, the research concluded that germany does not need to keep its nuclear power plants operating. >> we will inform you about our energy concept as soon as we can, and is much detail as possible. the cabinet will examine the issue on september 28, which is an acceptable time to wait. >> the study would be a blow for merkel. the concludes energy shortfalls could be overcome by importing power. it could also strengthen the case of german states opposed to maintaining nuclear power plants. they have complained that berlin is ignoring them. >> if the government tries to circumvent the rules, then the state and other states will launch legal proceedings. >> resistance is growing

we have a three phase approach, and this is the first step of the second phase. the third phase is implementation, actually building things water comes out of, so we are very pleased. she did a good job. we are moving forward quickly. on the bond sale, that was a report made at the last meeting, and it has kept us up to speed with that, and it is good news, and good news is in short supply, so if there is a way to get that out, that would be a lot of us read with interest the article that appeared -- that would be a lot of good. the article appeared, and i am not concerned working with other studies that are regionwide. i am not concerned with the quality. i think it is appropriate. however, i do expect concerns, because i want to get more facts. i will speak to the staff to make sure i am up to speed. i will make sure there are things you can copy so we can send those out to the directors. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> i will answer one question the reagan pacific northwest is where we went. -- i will answer one question. pacific northwest is where we we

i don't think we should expect abnormally cold winter again but of course the phase of the sun can once again change everything like. many predicted heavy rains and storms during place fires in washington years teacher in russia ready for that. but your nothing of the problem of us we are used to is streams going from west to east like i said before. many think of poland as flooded and heavy storms covered latvia but it's all heading towards russia but luckily the sun phase works for us this time because in streams will take those that cycle and to the north. central russia will be far away from the storms and heavy rains so we should not expect another polar catastrophe but if worst comes to worst and they reach us well people here are saying in russia we never ready for anything sometimes even snow in winter is a natural disaster for us but it's a national feature i guess president did you blamed regional authorities for being irresponsible experts say that millions of rebels worse off safety precautions that could prevent fires were not taken who is responsible and here we go for mcc