that is not inappropriate way to think of seismic safety. it is a citywide goal, requires city-wide intervention, and that is what this executive director hopefully will move us toward. if we retrofit the school, on the corner of your building, that will provide you with more tangible benefits when there is an earthquake. if the school does not collapse, you have a fire on your block, and second, it can provide shelter for people who are displaced, so we need to start thinking about this in a citywide way. hence the executive director to move it to the city administrator who takes a citywide perspective and to encourage collaboration with the comptroller's office and all the other agencies and apartments that will push dissipate in this. the executive director -- director really does decide with ms. brown, and she needs to structure it the way she wants to and lead the charge. as i said, i have talked to her a bit. she is sort of on board with this vision of it, but again, we look back to the groups that did all the work that enabled us to m

seismic upgrades as well. the north point plant is a 6.5- acre facility, and it is really in a residential business area. it is a pretty densely populated residential area. gore control is a major concern that if this facility as well send joh. we are now the operators of the treatment plant but in the near future we will be ones that are holding the permits responsible. this is just being held together barely. we will need to rebuild this with a brand new facility. we expect the life of these to be about -- >> what about the rate payers and treasure island? >> redevelopment plans called for about 4000 to 6000 units. then there is a small amount of mixed use commercial including a smaller hotel. >> would that be impacted by the governor's proposal to do away with this? >> it could be negatively impacted. >> the number might be -- >> that could change significantly depending on the economy as well as three development and finance. >> we are projecting what we are receiving income from those protected residents

it will be a base isolated seismic safety approach. guess what.llie brown was mayor, he made sure that our city hall has the best seismic safety standards, so the city hall is under a base isolation system. so will our hospital. that represents the level of attention we are giving to make sure this hospital stays and becomes the center for all of our health care. it will also enjoy, as our goal, a gold standard for its environmental design and architecture for that building, so that we can show the rest of the world not only can you have the best performing acute care hospital that you can find with great voter support, you can do it in a most environmentally conscious way. that is what we get to show. [applause] the rebuild, obviously helps our local economy. there will be over 3000 jobs created as a result of the lalre our local hire san franciscans. that goes a long way to one of -- hiring more of our great people in everything we do. over 10% of the contractors are local businesses already working on the contract, with more to come. this hospi

this map of the ring of fire shows all of the volcanic and seismic activity along the ring of fire. the eastern side of n ew zealand's southern island, where christchurch is located, shows no other major activity. >> you compare that against the seismic activity -- activities to the foothills of the sierra nevada, it would be a similar situation. >> reporter: just because the bay area is in the ring of fire doesn't mean we'll have the same type of seismic activity any time in the near future. >> we don't understand the interactions. >> reporter: lester mckee's immediate family and extended family are all okay and accounted for. 83% of the world's seismic activity happens on the ring of fire. including-- get this -- 17 earthquakes of a magnitude earthquake 4.0 or higher just over the last 24 hours. reporting live in berkeley, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. >>> you will find full coverage of the new zealand quake on our website, ktvu.com. there are also tips on earthquake preparation and a survival kit you can use in a major quake hit the bay area. >>> libyan leader, moamma

we would stay with our minimum which is a seismic upgrade. we would not be looking at treatment, controls, we would be making sure that the structure would be stabilized said that it could survive after an earthquake. we would be doing seismic improvements but not necessarily completing the lines and the replacing of the force mains that run from the west side on station. at north point facility, the 10- year rate increase, we would just be exclusively doing seismic upgrades. the full list of improvements would be $7,000,000,000.- 589932685 dollars. $7 billion and $8 billion . we're not able to complete the outfall in the 10-year and -- or 9%. that is because they are because -- that is because they're outside of the 10-year area and outside of the funding. >> before you moved from the slide, it is it correct to say that the different options that get laid out there are basically three protestations as opposed -- basically different priorities as opposed to taking a different approach to the problem. can we come up with a more clever way of d

on the capital improvements, it is 88 or seismic included? >> -- ada or seismic included? >> in 2007, we conducted a report on the facility management. the lease contains a provision that should there be a substantial need for substantial projects, that we would reopen. it would say that the department and the city, in the event that there are seismic -- that we would look at this jointly. this would have been in any lease with any entity. this is in excess of $50,000. we wanted to create a lease for and a framework. and there is an additional section and a lease that says said if there are any upgrades or enhancements or changes to the law, that the city is responsible. that is in all of our leases. if any improvements are triggered by the work of the ortega, they would have to bear the cost of that work. >> please refrain from making outbursts. but bad >> some good comments have come up from all sides. i would like to see how this is affirmed. it also said that the city has no funds for this facility. is it possible but we'll have to step on ada? >> we're working to. we

seismic upgrades as well. the north point plant is a 6.5- acre facility, and it is really in a residential business area. it is a pretty densely populated residential area.

with respect to the bus storage, we have close coordination with caltrans on the seismic analysis and we continued coordinating with other state agencies, including the state fire marshal, fire department, and the pdpt. we continue working with high- speed rail and caltrain to finalize the design and growth structured to accommodate a growing population. we prepared design variances and will be presenting them shortly in the first quarter of 2011. program-wide activities, we have 13 properties we have acquired for voluntary sale. last year, the board approved the resolution of necessity, in order for us to acquire the remaining 12 properties for the transit center. we also completed a safety and security management plan. we have also continued a successful internship program at the tjpa. we have been providing jobs to disadvantaged and at risk youth. we have been working with the california unified school district's and other organizations. we have seen much success as young people are reporting back that they want to become engineers. the current cost schedule, as of november 2010, p

the issue right now is how do we move forward with our seismic retrofit efforts? we need to have that happen. we know there is vulnerability. we want to identify the most vulnerable buildings, make sure we do not bother the owners of buildings that are not as vulnerable. and we took a look around and we saw that one group of building owners who did not have much of a problem was the loma buildings because you have sophisticated lenders, sophisticated buyers, tenants, what have you, and there was a flow of information in the marketplace that worked very well on many of those buildings, creating an environment for voluntary retrofit of those, and until there is a funding source in place, are we going to be providing public funding for private property? i do not know the answer to that. that is going to be a policy question. in the past, there has been a strong political feeling that we could not require a mandatory retrofit ordinance until we could provide financing for supportive financing on this, and obviously, the current budget issues are making the issue even

second on follow-up issues, we've heard many, many comments about seismic safety of new construction. i don't want to spend a lot of time on this. two important points i think are worth hearing here. the first is, of course, that any new construction under the california and san francisco building code would be held to the highest standard of seismic safety. it is impossible for our department of building inspection to improve anything but the most recent seismic standards. secondly, and i think this is more important, this particular area in the city is probably one of the best from a liquifaction perspective. as many of you know, a substantial core downtown is in a high liquifaction risk area. we approve high rises that are for the most stringent peer 46-review standards. we're dealing with an area of the city that has some of the lowest areas in the city. if you look white and green on this map, green indicates low and white indicates very low. as you can see, this site is well positioned in terms of that euro issue. -- in terms of that issue. we have heard it is an unwise thing to

lowest qualified responsible bidder, ranger pipelines, to provide improvements that will add seismic reliability to the northern peninsula. >> i want to point out that this item shows we are continuing to benefit from a very favorable bidding environment. in this case, we were able to save $13.80 million with the lowest bid, which represents 30% of savings from our budget. >> and ranger pipeline, as i recall, is a san francisco firm located in bayview. >> they have done very good work for us so far. president vietor: public comment on this item? all those in favor? opposed? next item, please. >> madame president, i believe we are coming to the end of the regular calendar. >> there are no closed session

especially as we talk about the changes that we will be suggesting around seismic strengthening, the ada issues, our new system. maybe we should think about doing it in conjunction with community groups to get a building department to do this kind about reach and to try to minimize the cost. i think that if we are making enough changes, it warrants community of reach. maybe we could think about that. -- warrants community outreach. maybe we could think about that. >> public comments on this, please? you have three minutes. >> john [unintelligible] from the san francisco coalition for responsible growth. i would like to comment on an experience that i had when i got a hold dataholdhold of a 3r rep. on the third of february this month i went to the 3r office, requested the report, paying a fee of $160. once i got the report i was told it would take five to seven days. they were looking at it right on the computer and could have printed for me. there was nothing unusual about this report. no adjustments needed to be made for a client or anything like that. i got a call yesterday saying

it is for emergency seismic disasters sort of training and issues. essentially, the whole project that started. it is also a long-term project, funded by strong motion. this is what we will use for our disaster recovery unit. the idea is that we need to keep up with the other activities that we are required to do by the mayor's office and the department of emergency management to plan and, you know, go through exercises and then we actually prepare for kind of the inevitable issues that we are going to have in this region. we not only have budgeted positions. we also have budgeted the emergency supply so that we can make sure we have adequate, you know, materials and supplies in our -- what is called the doc, which is the department operations center, and that we have access to, and that we keep recycling, if you will, because things take time out. we feel that, you know, it is a good use of that funding, and so, that is basically how it works. commissioner clinch: have you collected permit applications? >> it is an additional charge that we have to

it is fiscally irresponsible to expose the city to on known seismic costs. rpd has said that the city has no funds for this facility. where is this money going to come from for the change of use? are you willing to gamble with our budget dollars pelops is it worth the risk tuesday -- to change a successful boating business model just to put in an unwanted internet cafe and get shot? in one of the documents it specifically says -- for the convenience of visitors we will provide internet wireless. sorry, i do not want another starbucks. if they say that they will not do that, put it in the lease. there are holes all over this lease. but the protections and solutions we have provided to you in the lease. supervisor chu: thank you. >> my name is carmela [unintelligible] and i find it sad and arrogant that these people have gotten up and said they do not want to bring their children there because of the condition of the boat house. you can walk the lake without having to walk into the boat house. you can turn your face to the other direction so that you do not ha

we have the seismic retrofit which is a major project. we hope to finish part of that in 2012 and then we will move on to a bigger part. that is just hanging over us. this is very expensive but it must be done. we are all excited about finally getting a move will build a barrier in. also a suicide barrier. -- we are all excited about finally getting a movable median barrier in. the suicide says -- the suicide barrier design phase should be completed soon. with the suicide barrier, between 25-35 people that we know of jumping off the bridge each year, i am excited about that. with respect to some of the other issues. we have dealt with issues such as the type of engines in the ferry's. our environmental can be be and still have reliable -- how environmental can we be and still have a reliable ferry? i suspect that most of the bridges in the area will be without toll takers. i wanted to get more time for the workers to be able to train more to get some of the other jobs at to the bridge. second, there is a whole contingent. there are many p

. -- seismic need. we had been explicitly astray of the city's convention for seismic, which is the needs are only assessed up to what is warranted by code, we had a higher standard than that. while this plan moving forward, we are only program and funding, being realistic, really, up to what is required of us by code because there are so many outstanding needs. the bottom-line -- our costs went up by less than they have in the past, but really, this morning, i was looking at how the total need has changed over time for the last six years. so much of it is driven by the cost escalation that the city, the first few years, they were between 6% and 8%, so looking at a $2 billion capital plan, if we increase the need by 8% a year, the notion that we could come up with nearly $200 million in additional revenue every year just does not really work out that way. for that reason, i should note that four capital planning commission, all these are in current dollars and not escalated out to the end of the plan. t

but whose cost is seismic? >> for any improvements that are treated by a the --, those will be the -- responsibility as is common in leases of this sort for the city. any improvements that are triggered by enhancements of the ada law, those are the city's responsibility. that is in a committee standard and city leases that apply across any number of departments. >> the concern about the -- not being in the rfq. >> i don't think that it is that we did that think of this and then we corrected it afterwards. the department has put this out to bid on four separate occasions. we asked respondents to look at the terms. the department and the commission made a policy decision to explicitly prioritize the capital improvements and then to use the database of almost 11 bids over four years as a point to begin negotiating. we feel that the deal that went before you is the one that is best for the city. >> the main attraction is nature. there is no wild life plan, there is no information then speaks to the human impact. fo

but whose cost is seismic? >> for any improvements that are treated by a the --, those will be the -- responsibility as is common in leases of this sort for the city. any improvements that are triggered by enhancements of the ada law, those are the city's responsibility. that is in a committee standard and city leases that apply across any number of departments. >> the concern about the -- not being in the rfq. >> i don't think that it is that we did that think of this and then we corrected it afterwards. the department has put this out to bid on four separate occasions. we asked

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going to blow water through the siphon by the end of the month, which will significantly increased seismic reliability on the system, so that is another very major milestone. work on the new title is also proceeding very quickly here. what you see here is the east portal of the tunnel, and the contracts are there mobilized last summer. the three rove headers that are required to tunnel -- one of the three is on site, and we will start actual, excavation by the end of this month on that project. moving on to our other tunnel, the bay tunnel. this project so far has gone also very smoothly. this is a launching shaft, and it will be completed very soon here. we expect the tunnel boring machine for the project to arrive on site in may, and the contractor is planning to lower the machine into the shaft this summer. this photo of the structural rehabilitation and roof project was taken a few months ago, i believe, because the roof structure is much more advanced now. the one challenge we encountered there was that some of the existing peers were somewhat misaligned. our cm team had to work with

seismically safe schools. when you enter it, you go under a copper marquee. enter to learn. we are all this in together. the public service is a noble thing. this is a san francisco school that might be attractive to so eyes. it was a fire trap. they tore these down and replaced them. george washington. hollywood high school. they have english, latin and greek. this is a middle school in long beach. it wasn't centralized authority. they chose the architects. the main constraint is there had to be an engineer on site. there there is berkeley. and piedmont avenue in oakland. this is in nevada city. these schools, like so many of the new deal are beautifully built. this is the school you just saw. teaching, they employed tens of thousands of teachers and librariance. new nutritionist. starving children don't learn well. they give them lunches. this is an art class in san francisco hospital. art class for crippled children. the photographers that i find of san francisco indicate that schools were integrated at the lowest level. you could mitigate the racial problem from the bott