it gets complicated in phase ii and 3. that is the the subject of the resolution that is before you. so, the purpose of the m-o-u is my favorite shout out, by the way, just a side-view. the m-o-u nav sea and titan salvage dry dock number one to begin phase 1 of the work. it gives them something to point to, lest the coast guard a excuse them of stealing it when they toe it to pier 50 of the shipyard. that is also the vehicle that is going to contain the release of liability which is important piece of this. the navy will not proceed without it because salvage operations are inherently risky and if, you know, salvages sometimes sink during tow and they won't be held responsible for that. so, the resolution -- the m-o-u that we would be signing -- sorry, the resolution rather gives us based authority with the [speaker not understood] manager and he gave us [speaker not understood] about that. lastly, the m-o-u or the resolution that is before you, the m-o-u would not obligate the port to spend anything. this is all on the na

, the first phase is the construction center itself, we broke ground in august of 2010, phase 2 is the tunnel that extends cal train from fourth and king into the transit center into the heart of downtown, in terms of phase 1, we have land that the state donated to tjpa to rebuild the old transbay terminal and to provide funding for the new transit center, we're selling a parcel of that land to a developer to build the thousand foot tall transit tower that you're going to see images of later in josh's presentation, the revenues from the sale of that land are a significant component of our phase 1 funding plan, and with today's item, we would be on track to receive the funding from those -- from that land sale by next spring which would keep us on track to continue construction without any delays and complete the transit center in fall, 2017 as planned. in terms of phase 2, there's a regional funding plan that's on the slide that josh just had up that was put together by mtc and the association of bay area governments in the transportation plan that was recently approved and it includes

that wave is out of phase. if it's half-step out of phase, was he in a 180 degrees out of phase. these two waves are out of phase of one another, 180 degrees. they combine to produce what, gang? ain't that nice? they cancel out, okay. one wave cancels another. the same thing happens with light. i can show you what i mean with this laser. i'm gonna shine a little laser spot on the wall. i'll put the lights out. you guys see that some-- places there, it's very, very--there's little dark spots--splotches. and some places is very bright? lets talk about that and see what's going on. what happened here now, gang, is the lights coming through piece of glass and the glass is irregular and it's kinda fanning out and making a spot on the wall. but there's bound to be some places with that light comes -- in phase here with maybe another point over here. that they come right in the phase and be extra bright. and right down below it might be light coming in like this and light coming in from another little part of that little lens really there like that. and when those two gang up, guess wha

we believe that this phase will be concluded around december 2013. we understand that the current tep schedules summer fall 2013 to come to the end of their environmental process. we will try and dovetail and make sure we're ready to move forward in lockstep when that project moves forward. the last study i'll talk about that we're heavily involved in in this area is the balboa park station area recreation study that came up before. i think it's on people's minds. understandably, the station is one of the busiest stations in san francisco. it's often the busiest bart station outside of downtown san francisco. it's got three light rail lanes, notable bus lines. and there are currently some issues with pedestrian access and transit op -- operations at the station. there have been previous efforts to look at improving the station and there are improvements that are on the way. some improvements that have already been done, such as the west side walkway project. and more that are on the way. but there is still room for improvement. this study, the circul

the first phase opened in april. this second phase is important because it would be delivered through a public-private partnership it will rely on a concession to deliver the project on time and fixed price and operate and maintain to specific standards for the next 30 years. so we're very pleased with this development. i think in all, we have a good month for public transportation here in the city and countiy of san francisco. we want to remind the prop k local sales tax is being used to improve the delivery of services to our residents. we're very proud of that, and i look forward to continuing the work with all of you on the commission. and again, we want to thank our staff for their tremendous work. with that, that closes my remarks. is there any member of the public that would like to speak on this? if so, please come forward. >> mr. chair, i have a few comments on what you said. on the two projects that you tried to give a little spin so that our representatives in congress as you say, have delivered this huge

i'm kind of wondering out loud if the first phase -- and i'm interested in how the phasing works -- if it is just geographic or demographic or some blend because i heard about high income, low income neighborhood, precincts, that sort of thing. i don't know how much discretion one has in designing the phases, so perhaps as part of the next report we could hear more about that with the map attached in some detail. i'm interested in the rate setting process. i love the rate fairness board and looking forward to their fun meets toing discuss this. but i'm also not sure if the rate setting for this particular endeavor, which i guess has to comply with the charter, whatever. ab125. and other requirements so that we are fiscally prudent but whether that also has to prop 218 requirements. i don't know if it does or doesn't. i guess i'm seeing that it doesn't. cost of service and reserve. so i think the rate setting is going to be interesting and a little challenging in ways we haven't seen before because it is not just here is our cost of water, here is our -- but there are real design opport

no matter how we slice it, it is going to go in multiple phases. we've been working with the navy's primary general contractor for demolition and disposal on the west coast to evaluate different ways we can approach this project. and they came back to us with an analysis and study that had four options, two of which were prohibitively expensive so we took them off the table right away. the two that are left, both have the same first phase. whichever way we go, it starts off the same. so, that's why i'm here hoping to get the project moving while we figure out the rest of that. phase 1, by removing of the end sections which are removable by design, the dry dock was built so that it could -- dry dock itself lift itself up out of the water. so, one of the early stumbling blocks with this project was by far the most economical way to do it was in a graving dock, which is essentially a concrete back it up. -- tub. you can fill the water in, drain it out, have everything contained and save space. the only one that is nearby is at mayor island and it's to

residents in the first phase. if more people said no than project wed will reach out to more san franciscans until we achieve the overall number of megawatts we have committed to with shell. i say committed to, we haven't actually committed with shell yet. that comes later. >> sorry to push this. but i assume the people we are reaching out to are prime people we would assume would want to go with this program. you are saying if they have a negative response then we go to another echelon, we are less likely to approve this. >> given the polling results, yes. i remember polling by nature. it is a sample of san franciscans, it is not everyone. it is helpful and we can pull it up on the map. soint the board here. what you see here is san francisco and the districts, supervisorial districts. the darker green coloring is more likely that precinct is to have a population that says yes, we want to stay with the program. you can see throughout san francisco how receptive the polling says the customer base is. we are propos

we're going to complete the first phase. we're sort of arranging the financing and planning the second phase. alice griffith, this is a project that received a cni -- comprehensive neighborhood initiative to grant. and this grant was $30 million from hud to do basically hope sf. and that really was a jump start for that particular development. and what is coming to the commission is what will be the first phase of the alice griffith reid bill and that hopefully will be in the nearest future which will be 5800 senior. so, there is an off-site component, strictly voluntary, which will create independent senior housing at 5800, which is behind the condos and the whole foods. and hopefully a state-of-the-art senior center named obviously for dr. george davis. so, that will be the first phase of the alice griffin reid bill and we're working with the developer and the developer's architect of the plan, the actual alice griffith site itself. and then for sunnydale and potrero, they both have applicationses for the cni planning gran

however phase one, phase two and phase three were originally scheduled to be completed in me 2011. now scheduled to 2013. the coordination and efficiency found apparent department confusion for radio equipment and systems as discussed at the most meeting a few days ago. mta is planning move forward with its plans to replace its analogue radios. that surpleasely brought up other departments interest in replacing their radios including bay web, the public safety system. where is the coordination that mayor and staff boasts about that would have reprented this at the meeting? that begs the question are we headed to seven independent systemsalla email and who can predict that? the city is moving to replace the 25 year old famous system. if you like what you saw with the programs just mentioned think what you can look forward to. how much wasted money, time, and efficiencies have these and other snail paced projects cost? how much more will san francisco has to endure before serious change is made? i ask you as members of the board of supervisors should the city consider improvements to

proposition e would require the city to phase in the gross receipts tax and phase out the tax on payroll costs over a 5 year period beginning in 2014. if the gross receipts tax revenue exceeds the revenue the city would have received under the tax on the payroll costs, then the tax on the payroll costs will be phased out and the final gross receipts tax rate will be lower than the maximum submitted in this measure. i'm here with board of supervisors president david chu, and also joining us is starchild and former candidate for public office and opponent of the office. supervisor chiu, please explain why we should be voting for this proposition. >> so proposition e is a measure it reform our current business tax. over a decade ago, a lawsuit forced our city to use a business tax that is problematic for many reasons. first and foremost, it is a tax on jobs. every time a local employer hires someone there is a business payroll tax that's levied on that person. secondly, it is a tax that is only levied on 10 percent of all businesses and many of these are small businesses who have really bee

residents in the first phase. if more people said no than project wed will reach out

residents in the first phase. if more people said no than project wed will reach out to more san franciscans until we achieve the overall number of megawatts we have committed to with shell. i say committed to, we haven't actually committed with shell yet. that comes later. >> sorry to push this. but i assume the people we are reaching out to are prime people we would assume would want to go with this program. you are saying

residents in the first phase. if more people said no than project wed will reach out to more san franciscans until we achieve the overall number of megawatts we have committed to with shell. i say committed to, we haven't actually committed with shell yet. that comes later. >> sorry to

residents in the first phase.

there are two phases to this project. there is phase 1 and phase 2. phase 1 is the 3rd street light rail, which begins at 4th and king. and ends in the middle of nowhere visitation valley. now if you do the estimate of phase 1, it costs >> we have have to go back and get secondly approvals or follow-ups. several months ago, savemuni.com was made and myself as a professional architect and i think citizens of the city would air on the side of the and at one time there was language in both the general plan and charter that was somewhat less stringent. as a result there was a succession of harsher and stricter language in the plan over the decades until 1996 when it was much more stronger language was placed into the charter which said that construction on union square required two-thirds of the vote of the board of supervisors, which the mta is proceeding with here today in this resolution. but also, 4.1 13 subsection of the charter says any construction on a park requires the vote of the electors. thank you. >> thank you, mr. wong. i did have a card fro

beginning next month, phase will will begin to remove and replace the parkway. the second phase of the project will construct a new bridge, it will construct new main post tunnels, a new battery tunnel and a new interchange at gerard road. >> we will connect the main post of the presidio to chrissy need and isn't that wonderful? our workers will gain more jobs our economy will grow. >> reporter: this animation of thepry sid grow parkway shows the final result of 016, the day for completion. this phase of the project which begins next month we're told shouldn't result in doe lays for motorist. caltran promises pedestrians will have a better view of the golden gate bring. coming up at 5:00, i will have the political side of this project. back to you. >> thank you. >> david. >>> turning to election news, both presidential candidates are back on the campaign trail after their running mates went head to head in their only debate. mitt romney is campaigning in virginia. weiss given paul ryan a great review. ryan took time out today to have breakfast with his family in

there are two phases to this project. there is phase 1 and phase 2. phase 1 is the 3rd street light rail, which begins at 4th and king. and ends in the middle of nowhere visitation valley. now if you do the estimate of phase 1, it costs

so there are reasons to reach out even to the communities we're not planning to enroll in the first phase and that is really important. the last point that i would raise just to make sure it's on everybody's radar screen, and i ask all the commissioners to hear this one because it's something i haven't brought up before, and commissioner campos i think you were at least at a hearing about the revenue bond oversight committee. some very serious issues have been raised about that committee and as the build out work proceeds and gets off the ground next spring we need to make sure that any of these questions and complications that currently exist with the revenue bond oversight committee are cleaned up and that body is fully independent and functional when we start bonding for the large scale local installation of renewables and efficiencies. if you folks would -- i wanted to give you that red flag right away so you're on top of that. >> thank you very much mr. brooks. any other member of the public that would like to speak? seeing none public comment is closed. i guess one question they wan