. >> is the dog park, is that part of the rincon hill isd? >> no, that is part of the redevelopment area. >> okay. >> will it be part of the community benefit district, which will include rincon hill, which will help pay the maintenance. >> i know the isd is paying for a dog park around lansing street. will they be coordinated? >> i don't think that is coordinated, the one on guy park. i think that is not determined yet what it will be. there is a dog park much further south on the other side of the bridge there is a dog park. >> okay. >> that is pretty far away from this dog park. >> bryant. >> this is at least a mile or so from that other dog park. one thing we have learned is there no limit to demand for dog facilities. there isn't a place to talk your dog. >> that has been completed on beale and bryant. there is another part of the rincon hill area. it would be great to coordinate. the there is no shortage of demand for dog parks. >> there is a small park proposed on guy street. we are familiar with that. i didn't know it would be a dog p

mcdonnell: south beach, rincon hill. any additions? >> there was a public submission about this was the reason for the line. >> there is no publicly- submitted neighborhood boundaries for yerba buena. there is not a boundary from planned neighborhoods. mr. pilpel: i think this is referring to treasure island and yerba buena island, not yerba buena center. >> they are recommending it as a neighborhood based on public testimony, as i recall. mr. mcdonnell: the proposal is to list yerba buena. >> maybe it was one of the colored maps. mr. mcdonnell: then we will not list it. any objection? mr. pilpel: i would separate them, but i don't care that strongly. mr. mcdonnell: any objection to adding central waterfront? >> i thought it was part of the dog patch. mr. mcdonnell: we will not add. moving -- we are not moving. >> did i hear this call likely from the consultants that there is no neighborhood called yerba buena? >> not a publicly submitted neighborhood. >> it seems to me it is common knowledge where it is. mr. mcdonnell: we agreed to er

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including a community benefit district that we are on the steering committee for, that would include rincon hill and the area around transit center that would generate revenue. there is a melaruse communities district that would generate revenue. the park would be funded by tax increment from redevelopment agency but most is on tgpa property so we are working with the tgpa to coordinate that as well. that concludes the presentation. >> thank you. we have a question from director ortiz. >> i assumed this project was started while the redevelopment agency was still in existence, correct? yeah, the redevelopment project started when redevelopment agency was in existence. >> has the department of finance recognized this obligation? >> they have. we have an overarching obligation for infrastructure in project area. not just this park but there's a lot of thesering infrastructure improvements. folsom street improvements, realignment of on ramp at fremont and fulsom. those are all in the props. >> we have three area plans approved by department of finance. that includes the transbay redevelopment area

the transit center on rincon hill projects will shift the center of downtown south and provide new regionalonnections. an essential corridor will create a new center of activity. to the yoorth union square thrives, powell street, chinatown, and the feeder district are a few blocks away. to the west emerging technology hub around the historic furniture mart, new shopping mall, strand theater will transform that end of market street in the coming years. at the center of it all lies market street. all this change since the last design. this requires new creative thinking for how market street should be designed. it will always be the heart of our city, but new exciting opportunities exist to think about our public realm in a more expansive way and opportunities to begin building a more robust transit system that will better meet our goals of a transit first city. with that i'd like to introduce chris -- from dpw to present the new material. thanks very much. >> thank you, neil. president fopg, commissioners, thank you for having me here today, chris upbrick for the better market street project

in san francisco, on rincon hill and south market, under construction right now, we have a high-riseoncrete core buildings where the buildings are not made of steel columns, they're made of essentially a very highly reinforced concrete core, unusual designs that need to be carefully reviewed by the building departments. we have other types of buildings. in fact the building code says you're allowed to build out of any material, and we review it so you can make it out of egg cartons, if you can prove to us properly and annal little cli that the thing could work. of course you couldn't. >> concrete is actually a for example to the rebar. so -- a protection for the rebar. you don't need to put on fire proofing onto the concrete. if you make the concrete thick enough such that the concrete acts as the fire proofer. >> we were thinking about how we could get a window washer to come down, so we can show you. not on this building. when we see the window washing scaffolding thaings they hang off of. >> those are window washing davits. they have two motors. for that height, those guys are hoo

doesn't -- i believe that there are projects that have been approved by this board in the past, like rincon hill, like trinity plaza, that, you know, may have even more severe impacts, but on balance, the community benefits that were exacted in those projects balance and mitigate the impacts that the projects have on the city. so that's why i'm comfortable supporting this project. i'm also joined by three other progressive colleagues on the board, supervisors mar, cohen and kim, who i believe also share similar values and concerns about low income communities here in it san francisco. part of -- some of the -- what's being granted through this project is $11 million that is going towards affordable housing. currently, with dissolution of redevelopment, i do believe that we have very few resources for obtaining funding for affordable housing. and sadly, we rely on development to fund development. and in this instance, with $11 million hopefully we'll see senior housing, or -- and other affordable housing leveraged through the development of this project. in addition, as the carpenters and sheet m

plees prosecutors say shaw forged documents to transfer properties at one rincon hill to a shell corporation, then took out lone loans on the property. shaw's attorney had no comment. jurors, however, simply said the testimony wasn't believable. >> it just seemed like things were questionable. his demeanor couldn't convince us he was telling the truth in cases. >> there are two other defendants in the case and an attorney and real estate broker cleared of filing false deeds. a tennis instructor found guilty of six counts. and it is the end of a thee year ethic battle to reclaim the property. >> the verdict speaks for itself. justice prevailed and i can move on with my live. >> and the jury failed to reach a verdict on money laundering. the accused mastermind may never be tried he was found guilty of murder in palm springs. >> the san francisco police want residents to be aware of conartists targeting two spanish speaking women, detectives calling it latin lotto scam. the thief as approach a woman and claim they're not able to cash in a lottery ticket but also ask the stroim give cash and jew

and he and lum found guilty of stealing three condos at one rincon hill all from owner shirley wong, prosecutor says they forged her deeds and transfered to a shell corporation, taking out millions in loans on the properties. shaw was out on bail and was not in courteed we're tlod believe he was in a medical facility as indicated yesterday. >> and he told the court his client was being treated for an illness, prurters learned he had checked out after the verdict came down. and they fear he may be planning to flee the country. >> he's going to have funneled money into foreign companies last night, san francisco and san jose airport were notified. oakland information was put out to this surrounding counties. >> one broker was cleared of all charges and the jury acquitted him on counts and hung on the rest. the district attorney says he's considering retrying him. >> the latino vote took center stage again today in the presidential race. the president across dress aid uni vision forum. he took another shot at controversial comments made by mitt romney. >> there is a forum president obam