as all of you know, we take seismic safety seriously in san francisco. we have been working on so many different programs. our office of emergency management, fire department, first responders all have been preparing for the big one for so long. and we know that the big one is about to come. the percentages increase, as you have informed us. many of you, in your expertise, a 65% chance that in the next 25 years, is what is being predicted. working closely with the fire department, certainly, we have a close relationship with chief white. now i can also reflect with you a strong relationship with a new police chief. who could have known that just last week, as we have appointed a new police chief that chief greg sur had spent many years with our public tilly's commission, working on the seismic and homeland security aspects of our water system. now he is our police chief and we get to work with him again, not only as one of the lead responses in the city with a fire department, but to have that additional experience working with us, when he was out of uni

when with the seismic and other infrastructure changes be made? is this right at the beginning of the project? >> this would be done before any buildings could be billed. that area would have to be seismically upgraded. the would be the first improvements made. chairperson mar: 1 others like you did not get to yet is the -- one slide you did not get to yet is the bcdc slide about seismic safety. my biggest question -- this is an island. downtown is surrounded by land. but this is still an island. i know we heard presentations before about how the different reinforcements around the island were making it safe to tsunami some. is that correct? -- make it safe to tsumanis. is that correct? >> buildings are 350 feet from the coastline to make accommodations for sea level rise and anything else. moving on to another topic that was well discussed throughout the project and throughout the joint commission is transportation. the project calls for about $125 million in transportation, including a core hub that would have muni service, ferry service, and an

especially as it pertains to the ability of property ornse to perform seismic upgrades. unfortunately i think too many politicians ignore the fact that we are at ground zero for earthquake country. instead of encouraging the retrofit of historic buildings, sweem to add more and more road blocks and expenses to the process. when a property undergoes a change in use with increased density or activities owners require to make seismic and handicap upgrades. but historic resource designation has been used instead to land bank wide loss of land for future government housing is what i assume in the eastern neighborhoods. we have a serious responsible to enable and facilitate more seismic upgrades and relax the land uses, instead of restricting what one does with an old industrial building or especially areas in liquid fashion zones. i think if you have legitimately historic resources in seismically prone areas, you need to provide some way for property owners to recoup that investment that is required and to incent size the seismic upgrades. by this i mean you don't lower the l

hospitals must meet seismic standards. recent studies indicate there say 62% of a magnitude 6.7 or higher earthquake occurring in the bay area over the next 30 years. we must remain vigilant. i have independently concluded that this plan to replace seismically deficient aging facilities is a reasonable and perhaps one -- once in a lifetime opportunity. this proposal in my professional opinion is a strategic road forward for cpmc. it will ensure surrounding communities have access to safe, state of the art facilities for the next 50 years. i would urge the commission to approve the proposal. president olague: the next round of cards. john can drazzio, lorenzo lestano, grassita democrat or anno and -- dem or anno and manuel eng. >> thank you, president olague and members of the planning commission. my name is john and i am i am eye -- a health care architect and support rebuilding cpmc. my entire career has been committed to designing healing heath care environments for communities across the country including dozen of major

starting tomorrow officials will begin a four-month seismic retrofit which will close the bike lanesite and forced them to share this side of the road with pedestrians. some cyclists say it is not a good mix. >> they are taking pictures and not paying attention. it is going to be dangerous, i think. >> reporter: some pedestrians say the path can be pretty narrow for walkers. >> if a biker is coming up behind you, you will not see them. >> reporter: they say that safety comes down to common sense and combining cyclists and pedestrians is not a new idea. >> i think if people are careful, it can work fine. it seems to work okay on weekdays. >> reporter: wants to seismic upgrade is completed, then the pedestrian path on the eastside will be closed for four months to complete the work. unlike the changes tomorrow, pedestrians will not gain access. christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >> time is running out for people using muni senior passes. almost 65% of riders need to swap their cards. >>> both bay area major league teams took the field this afternoon. a fourth inning grand slam help

we have been working on a seismic analysis for the west approach. as you know, caltrans put a lot of effort into upgrading the west approach over the last couple of years, and so we're going through a fairly lengthy effort to demonstrate our excavation in that area will not inhibit their structure that they recently upgraded. as part of that project effort, we have also submitted a p.s.r., project study report at the end of december, and now we're continuing to work with caltrans to supplement that with foundation reports, turnover analysis, and other supporting documents that will then allow caltrans to ultimately approve this project study report. slide here is a schematic layout showing what was shown in the original feir. the key things i want to point out is the project was shown to be bounded by sound walls. in blue, you see there were noise walls called for 10 to 12 feet high. there were also calls for a ramp particularly called for over second street. we made a fairly large effort to stay true to those requirements. we're working with the co

seismic, or earthquake is what is governing this design. th. the lateral system is the bearing wall, fairly stiff. i cannot recall the actual displacements, but they are not much more than a couple of inches. >> how do we finished these? give us a clue how you finish this thing. >> most of the exterior sa are what is called glass fiber reinforced concrete. it looks somewhat similar to the precast concrete panels. both are exterior skin panels fabricated of sight and brought to the site and assemble at the side of the building. it is three-quarters of an inch thick. mostly to steal, and it has to be engineered as a separate item functioning together, installed on to the face of the building. windows, doors, etc. go into openings, they get slashed and sealed with a joint sealant. typically we try and maintain 3 1/4 inch gaps between any kind of door or window, and a penetration to the outside. >> one issue with all buildings is water perpetration. probably the no. 1 problem is water leakage. how do we prevent that here? we have calking, flashing.

geological society so they can explain to you about the seismic conditions. thank you very much. >> good afternoon. jim lazarus, san francisco chamber of commerce. a lot of projects have been around for a long time. there was the library and playground expansion voted on 10 years ago. the executive park planning process started six years ago. this is the tops -- 18 years ago, when the navy announced there were going to leave treasure island. there has been a process of developing a plan to rebuild this island and make it a home to thousands of people, to make a commercial hub of employment again. this is not follow land. since the world's fair in 1929 and the navy moving in in 1941, thousands of people have lived and worked on this island safely every year. thousands of vehicles a day on or off treasure island. we have an opportunity now to remake the island into a very positive experience environmentally, sustainability, and safely for people who work there, through transit improvements, congestion pricing, parking limitations, and the seismic rebuilding of

the third thing i would like to focus on is it mentions non- structural seismic retrofit. what i thought about that this morning, i was wondering -- is that open to manipulation by the people that have control of these funds? the reason why i bring up the idea of possible manipulation is yesterday afternoon, i was at a gathering on folsom st., and i was very impressed by the discussion of transparency, especially by a certain labor speaker. i am just trying to translate that feeling of transparency because i would in a certain sense think that we should explain what non structural seismic retrofit is and compare it to what an actual retrofit is. the reason why i bring that up is because since the bond issue is such a large amount of the house bill, one would think that it will be covered by the bond issue, so we are going to go for $999,999, that seems to me that that is money that maybe deliberately deleted from the bond issue and somehow put into this item so as to avoid public scrutiny. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. any other member of the public wh

given that, we feel that we have a plan in place that provides protection both with respect to seismic risks, tsunami risks, and potential future sea level rise. supervisor mirkarimi: this comports with bcdc's standards as well? >> absolutely. they have held us up as a model in the bay area for how you address potential future sea level rise. supervisor mirkarimi: i am aware that they are grappling with trying to have a regional definition of sea level rise right now, trying to get input from both public and private sector on that particular definition. ok, very good. i appreciate the answer to the question. just curious, what is the sinkage rate of treasure island right now? >> that is a technical answer that i do not have in front of me. i know that when we are done with the key technical improvements, we are designing it for zero subsidence, long- term subsidence, that we are going in doing be dynamic combatants to consolidate the uppermost crest, and surcharging the bay mud underneath, so you will get zero long-term settlement over the life of the project. supervisor mirkarimi: thi

in closing it's vital we have a seismically secure hospital. thank you for your attention. president olague: thank you. you got it in in two minutes. that's pretty impressive. i read off four cards. i'll keep reading. john milsap, lance bayer, jason nitutski, em -- amelia luceon. >> good evening. mark misch -- mitchell. the labor representative with the california nurses association representing the nurses at the cal campus of st. luke's and in san mateo county. one of the observations i made sitting here is in all the renderings there were no scars -- cars and i think the street scapes and placid, you know, atmosphere will actually be very different since van ness is u.s. highway 1. it is the way that i go when i go up to november ato to visit those nurses -- novato to visit those nurses and i know it does not look like that during waking hours. the other observation i wanted to make as someone who just toured the mills peninsula which is going to open this sunday, built by sutter as -- tanned -- and has a very similar aesthetic and the state is actually considering thrage

in the case of the peninsula pipeline seismic upgrade project, the increases with refinement for the project based on the latest geo technical information, the decision was made to replace a number of pipeline segments on the peninsula where we are vulnerable to liquefaction. this is in the -- in to the additional scope in three different occasions. i will elaborate more on the cost increases. more from that perspective later in my presentation. >> it does occur to me that a couple of the projects we have been tracking in terms of costs have had some cost increases. if you could just give me an update on that spread sheet you give me from time to time. >> in the reporting quarter, we have some projects that we were forecasted to complete almost six months later. i wanted to elaborate more on the regional projects, which are the four above the darker line. this is a project that is now completed. it has reached the central completion. we need to keep the contract opened to allow the contractor to come back and perform some of the repairs at no cost to us. they accidently damage being

on the east sidewalk and smaller for cyclists that must join them while the west side undergoes a seismic upgrade. two groups were having issues. >> it was a little difficult because we had them coming from behind. >> earlier this morning we found a bicyclist. >> they don't pay attention to us. they are walking the whole way. >> and this weekend and for the next four months, the sidewalk sharing will be put to the test, on the busiest days, 10,000 walkers and 6,000 bikers are on the bridge. bridge officials will consider a plan to put a stripe down the sidewalk, one side for bicyclists and the other for walkers. >> i think they don't know which side of the walkway to go in. i don't know know what the right of way is but the fastest man rules. >> bridge officials are still considering a speed limit for bicyclists. one rider hopes that common sense prevails. >> everybody should stay to the right and if you pass them go to the left. be aware of what is around you and try to stay safe. >> reporter: work is going to be going on for about four months and then the west side reopens and they star

on the east sidewalk and smaller for cyclists that must join them while the west side undergoes a seismic upgrade. two groups were having issues. >> it was a little difficult because we had them coming from behind. >> earlier this morning we found a bicyclist. >> they don't pay attention to us. they are walking the whole way. >> and this weekend and for the next four months, the sidewalk sharing will be put to the test, on the busiest days, 10,000 walkers and 6,000 bikers are on the bridge. bridge officials will consider a plan to put a stripe down the sidewalk, one side for bicyclists and the other for walkers. >> i think they don't know which side of the walkway to go in. i don't know know what the right of way is but the fastest man rules. >> bridge officials are still considering a speed limit for bicyclists. one rider hopes that common sense prevails. >> everybody should stay to the right and if you pass them go to the left. be aware of what is around you and try to stay safe. >> reporter: work is going to be going on for about four months and then the west side reopens and they star

patients from the old mills hospital will slowly be transferred over to the new, more seismically safe building. the new facility includes upgrades like wireless patient monitoring and private rooms with followedout couches, and it's designed so remain fully operational even after a magnitude 8.5 earthquake on the nearby san andreas fault. >> federal authorities opened three more flood gates of louisiana's morganza spillway. they're trying divert water from the mississippi river to save new orleans and baton resume from flooding. the river has crested at 17 feet above stage in new orleans. here's more. >> reporter: four flood gates are now open at the time morganza spill we were. the mississippi river is rushing through, farmlands transformed from a dry field to a lake. houses and roads being submerged. even animals are being forced to deal with the rising water. opening the spillway diverted the water from the more heavily populated cities of baton scrooge new orleans. >> -- baton rouge and new orleans. >> nothing is going to push us out. >> people in the path of the flood waters are

several key projects of hetch-hetchy seismic retrofit begin earlier this year.n ashley has a look inside. >> this pipeline was built in the late '60s to meet the growing demand nor water along the peninsula. it carries water for million people. it's seven stories below the surface and no one has been inside it to inspect it since the water was turned on four decades ago. until now. >> it's hasn't been inspected since 1957. >> she is the lead quality insurance inspector on this pipeline running along 280 in san mateo county. >> we are inspecting water infrastructure that is so critical to the population you rarely have an opportunity to get inside and check on them. >> this stretch of tunnel was carefully walked by engineers and water officials looking for anything that may affect the flow or quality of the water being sent through it. >> what we're looking for, signs of stress in the concrete lining it might be indicated by cracks or leaking water. >> this can be dangerous work. the communication is by radio and an air horn letting everyone outside the tunnel in

when you look at the seismic precautions in the transportation plan, and everything else, the changes that have been made in response to different concerns whether it is hall reservation or affordable housing. we're disappointed by the governor's decision to live in a redevelopment. it has been a flexible process throughout, i think this process is very strong. nothing is certain in life. there will always be uncertainties about the future. i am quite supportive of this project. >> without objection, thank you. is there anything else before us this evening? >> there are no further items. hong >> of the meeting is adjourned, thank you. >> about four years ago, [inaudible] look at how beautiful this was. there is our relationship to the planet. these regions are the wealthiest, the most powerful. that really has impacted the planet. it is almost impossible now to go anywhere and had it really be completely dark. there are very few locations that you can find. that means our relationship to the sky, there is a way where we dominate the sky. we cannot see anything really. we are blinding

it could of god to seismic reinforcement, building features, or other things. the city has chosen the most cumbersome, most expensive, and most time-consuming process that can be imagined. the result of it is that it discourages any type of increase to residential housing. >> i have a field services director helen partnership with the preservation. i worked with the organization have a local government streamlining and demanding ordnances for educating of the benefits of historic preservation. organizations have existed in california for the distinct purpose of preserving the history of california and the resources to reflect the history. the goal of historic preservation like many other planning tools is not about stopping that change. it is about managing the change. it is about the sense of community pride, for future generations to enjoy. >> it will have clear processes and the incentives [chime] thank you. >> my name is sarah haden, i've worked in construction where i currently live in district 8. i like to emphasize historic preservation or sustainability

just explain more about the phasing of the infrastructure to protect the residents from potential seismic or other natural disasters? >> have a the schedule of performances. they have the terminal infrastructure. the transfer the land to to block trucks. they are obligated to build the infrastructure associated with the development as was the adjacent parks. as the infrastructure is there, they are also constructed at the same time. the rest of that is primarily borne by the developers. they will have to front the money to build the infrastructure tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. they don't get reimbursed for that until we issue the infrastructure financing bonds start when that is starting. we can issue bonds. it could be years between the time the developer from some of the funding. supervisor mar: i will raise the questions i have indeed discussions. they have raised serious questions about the government structure and whether it is an accountable body had whether they have the capacity to properly manage in the way that the redevelopment agency did in the past. did you respond

that's because of the seismic retrofit work. a bicyclist this morning told us he is not sure it will work. >> they don't pay a lot of attention to us. i have see people enjoying the walk here. we're behind them. so unless you have a bell or whistle -- i usually have a whistle on a back pack i carry. you have to get up on them. wait a couple of second for them to notice you. >> alex, they are telling me that just last week he got a citation for bicycling on the east side of the bridge when he wasn't supposed to be over there. now starting today he has got to be over there. it's a tough ticket for him. there is also talk of maybe having a speed limit for bicyclists on the any side of the bridge. it might be more important now. the bridge authorities are expected to take that issue up this month. actually, next month. june. live at the golden gate bridge. terry mcsweeney. >> they are offering a new warning to anyone buying items from craigslist after a series of gun-point robberies of used car buyers. may 12, two san jose residents