having sat through the seismic issues it occurs to me what's at stake is not related to the seismic issues. we are astonished that a project that proposes to deliver something on the order of $5 million to the stabilization fund something approaching $4 million of impact foes and $15 million to the mayor's office of housing by your calculations is 70 to affordable housing there's a engross disparity this is an important project and been through years of progress and vested again and again and permit renewed so they could start construction. i fail to understand what further benefit comes from delaying this project >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening madam president and members the commission i'm e timothy i'm with the local folks this project as the gentleman before me as said it's been approved it's been through the ring are. we have members who are ready to go to work on this project now brothers and sisters in this room it can be vetted again and again but we're ready to go now, it's economic viability for some of us this is a job i can actually work on we build those bu

there's another 463 million dollars in what we call conditional seismic work and that may or may not be required to be made over the 10 year period. so as such we treat it, we show it separately but we don't add it into the total need and i'll talk a little bit more about what triggers seismic. in the pie chart it shows a breakdown of those elements again as maintained in the data base for state of good repair, our 1.6 billion dollars is broken into the three elements, the backlog, which essentially equals our deferred maintenance, what's already on the books, what we haven't done, it's not the same as the capital appreciation number that elaine referred to. in fact, this number isn't part of hers, hers really reflects the next item, which is the renewal. so as we go forward over the next 10 years we expect some systems to wear out and have to be replaced, that's what the renewal costs represent, costs we will incur for our existing facilities as they age and as they require repair or replacement. there's also a category called one time. these are non-cyclical items, i'd note that fo

then turning to agenda item 7 and 8, these relate to the peninsula pipeline seismic upgrade. this project is to upgrade several critical pipelines on the peninsula including san andreas pipeline 2 and 3. it addresses critical fault crossings and ground shaking and liquefaction on six different sites on the peninsula. the request is to adopt ceqa findings and overriding considerations and to ask the committee to release the remaining reserved funds to fund construction of the project. >>supervisor mark farrell: okay. thank you very much. colleagues, any questions? okay. thanks. we might be back in a minute. mr. rose, can we go to your report, please. >> yes, mr. chairman, regarding on the committee regarding item 6 under the proposed 2nd amendment between the puc and hrd which is the contractor. hdr, the contract amount is increased by $1.5 million as the department has testimony and that would be from a $26 million to $27.5 million the contract between the puc and hdr for the peninsula region projects. on the bottom of page 31 shown in table one on that page the proposed budg

i'm not an expert in caesar's seismic risk of a high-rise structure i've hired people to do so. at this point i'm going to turn it over to our attorney mark white who will go through the details of the matters. thank you >> good evening, commissioners thank you. just an administrator matter we're going to be showing some slides continuously so i'm going to ask the clerk to keep us open delay. straightforward for the 21 minutes i'll ask for that is it acceptable >> yes. >> i think the first one i'd like to he'd is the main or pivotal issue on those appeals. we'll start with the site permit. from which we've appealed. the site permit deals with the facility as a whole. it authorized the construction of a 42 story high-rise on top of a podium. we're focusing on the issue whether the developer has demonstrated that the projects seismic design is fully compliant with the policies. that's in part taken from the text of the developers attorney. this is not something we've unilaterally concocted. this is the standards that have been enacted in san francisco in the last few years if you

we've met our seismic upgrade goals for the project. the green are the projects under construction. you can see the tunnel and the bay tunnel currently in construction but we are about 90 percent complete on both projects. we still do have a few projects in the peninsula that are still under construction. again, the bay tunnel, we hold through again last year and the pipe is placed into tunnel and it's pretty exciting to see this tunnel come to shape and it's going to be quite a remarkable accomplishment when we see this go into service this fall. i must say, the biggest challenge of the program going forward is the calaveras damn replacement project. this project you heard about in the past is the largest project in the program one of the most complex. in 2012, we discovered an ancient landslide during construction that increased the amount of volume needs to be excavated by more than 3 million yards and you can see the an excavation being made. there is a large cut that is about 500 feet high that you can see. to date we have another 200 feet to go to the bottom of the valley. in

> i don't here the last part of the sentence and the client the metropolitan is designed for what seismic. >> we've tried to find out. my client the homeowners association was not in contract with the design firm the same design firm that worked open 9 museum and is working on 340. we have some understanding but not a complete understanding of the performance goals for that design. we've asked they share their calculations they've chosen not to. we've tried to investigate san francisco has something called the board program which is an emergency program for the homeowners that requires a preliminary assessment of and characterization we need that design information to take the nifrpt to protect the homeland security and facility against dangle. that's the kind of information that should be available >> i actually have a question so who determines the classification those 3. >> i know it's the initiative is wise with the design professional that's what you're design and procedures it's indicated in the original design basis is that the structural engineer used to get the proposed classific

seismic up grade beta vision pipeline three and four. the good news about this project as you may recall at the last meeting that was reported there were concerns regarding an additional fault discovered during construction during the excavation for the pipe. seismic geologist have investigated those areas and found them to be inactive and there are no major changes to the project so very good news. this slide shows the excavation for the articulated box structure that will go in the ground. the slip joint is currently being fabricated. this is a rendering of a slip joint. it's a one-of-a-kind joint fabricated in texas and will be ready for pick up by the contract or m march of this year. moving on to crystal springs san andreas. there were some delays in construction of this project. the major challenges going on are working on issues with the contractors as we bring this project to completion by this summer. lastly, i would like to say that the tracy water treatment project is going extremely well. we completed a major shutdown last fa

because the current jail, the building is not seismically sound and when you speak to the vulnerable populations and obviously the incarcerated are vulnerable populations they are not asking for another jail in addition to the 6 and 7th floor. the 6th floor has no prisoners, the only prisoners on are the 7th floor, and so the new jail will be significantly smaller but it will be seismically sound and it would not be the line jail that they have upstairs, which i think that everybody is agreed needs to be vacated as soon as possible. >> yeah, that building and the fact that there are other members of the public safety family in particular the da's office given the seismic challenges is difficult for the people whose loved ones go to work every day and hopefully we can get everybody to a place where we can work in a safe place and so thank you for your presentation. >> any further comment? >> not public comment, from the commissioner in >> i just want to say, that want to thank the mayor and the board of supervisors and the chief and by keeping with this process of hiring new officers,

while it included seismic retrofit before, i was curious as to what it's been like over the last program started. >> sure. what we had to do was adapt the city's green finance program through several pieces of legislation and the approvals were predicated upon one another which is why this is the fifth in a series of ordinances that have come before this committee. the purchase is to get people together into a pool of buildings. so, we have a dead line r line we've established by april 18 ferment so members that want to qualify for the first pool of financing have to complete an initial application which we've done with the department of environment and their assistance. that information would be submit today their quick safety implementation program and all these properties are pooled together so we can come up with a total dollar amount that needs financing. from there we'll have to vet the applicants to make sure they qualified. from then the bonds will be issued and sold to the investors and we would have a pool of financing to offer very low interest loans to folks over a long term.

county of san francisco special tax district no. 2009-1 (san francisco sustainable financing) for seismic safety retrofits to certain privately owned buildings or real property; and directing the clerk of the board to publish a notice of public hearing and other matters related thereto. ~ retrofit >> and pat pa* trick otellini is here from the mayor's office for item number 1. >> thank you for having me. i appreciate your patience as we go through -- created the software and financing program. we're at the tail end here and i want to thank for the unanimous support we received at this committee and the full board. important to note two weeks ago quick retrofit fair over at bill graham civic auditorium, as well as 150 vendors provide the necessary services for folks could complete their retrofit in the time allowed by the ordinance. i want to note we had almost 3,000 members in attendance, noticeable for soft story. i want to thank you for your continued support for providing comprehensive menu of financing optionses for the folks under this ordinance and happy to answer any questions. >>

. >> that's where the size i seismic activity will occur.hem, determine if there is damage, if there is damage, it can be cut out and replaced. >> below me are battle erd piles, eight and a half feet in diameter and 300 feet belong and there are 360 of them buried beneath the bay. these are new for bridges but battered piles have belong been used on are oil rigs in the ocean. they stand at an angle rather than up and down. earthquake crumple zone technology is now being used across the bay area. so the future looks bright and safe in earthquake country. if they can build a safe bridge in the middle of two major faults, the thinking is, anything can be safe. >> do you see a day when all new buildings and structures would implement some of this new technology? >> we hope. we would like to think when cities when a large earthquake comes, it would be an inconvenience, rather than a disaster. and we think these rocking frames are one solution. >> that was fascinate being. we have looked at tornado technology and what they tend to do is build very

i heard from a lot of folks i respect i worked on seismic issues in the department and i think that the neighbors and everyone that's heard about this deserves to have confidence it won't get worse and it's secure so - >> commissioner lee. >> i just have two questions one is the structure stable right now? and if it is are we monitoring it everyday and lastly do we have is a geolift monitoring it. we're fortunate we haven't had rain >> before you answer the question anybody? i think the open cut made safe is the terminal we need to address here. i think the commission would stress to the department that above all the other actions that are going to be taken we must reinforce the neighbors and the public this sight is secure and safe until it's safe with the cafeteria in making the site secure and safe doesn't translate into the interpretation that the project has somehow started that's not the case. we want to make sure with the neighbors feel safe and the project is safe one hundred percent >> and we don't want the problem public to feel we're disrupting any evidence. >> yeah. with a s

it's found that some welds may suffer that damage but the overall bridge will with stand a major seismic event just as it was designed to do. >> the bridge is safe. that this issue of minor misalignment at only ten of the 26 connections and of that only about 7% of those connections is not an issue for the structure, for seismic performance, or the 150-year life span. >> reporter: caltrans engineers say the sections of the bridge which were manufactured in china were not completely aligned once they were assembled here. the alignment is off in some places by as much as eight millimeters, something caltrans calls a very small error. yet some engineers say that has caused caltrans to violate its own standards which almost everyone agrees are very rigorous. caltrans also addressed water seeping in through the section of the span near the pedestrian railing. it says of 2600 bolts, 30% have become wet. >> we are still determining exactly how the water is get intoght barrier rail. we're still chasing that back. it's supposed to rain this weekend. that might yield some additional information as

about the seismic safety of the eastern span of the bay bridge. >> pam: cal trans says some of the weldsng 10 of the bridge's 29 steel road deck sections, under the roadway, are not up to code. >> pam: cal-trans also says, it allowed exceptions to its own rules, when it turned out, some of the structures did not line up like they were supposed to. >> pam: some of the joints are off. as much as 8- millimeters. >> pam: in fact, four years ago, the bridge's lead designer warned. these welds could suffer local damage during a major quake. but the work went forward >> pam: anyway. >> pam: we spoke to a u-c- berkeley structural engineering professor who says, the mis- alignment and the non -standard welds. could cause big problems >> pam: when the next big one hits. >>of this bridge >> pam: a cal- trans spokesperson says, their engineers and outside experts. signed off on the safety of the non- standard welds. they said, the work will not affect the structural stability. or the seismic performance of the 6-point- 4 billion dollar project. >> pam: of all the bad news we hear about the health of

if there's any kind of seismic event, i will be traumatized. i hope there is something in the bill -- the bond to deal with this issue. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> i'll address the general obligation safety, right? okay. i remember back in '89 -- excuse me -- the earthquake loma-prieta earthquake and, boy, there's something about an earthquake that really gets your attention. i remember the a's and the giants were playing and all of a sudden, you know, god magnified that and we instantly around the world realized we were having an earthquake. i was listening to barbara shim on kfo 560. if we have an earthquake, the new bay bridge is built -- the entire thing comes down. and i don't know if we can do anything about that. but back when we had the quake back in '89, we just had a section of the bay bridge fall down. evidently because of the, you know, all the money involved [speaker not understood], they have their wicked for to bush and policy over there. there's a lot of money involved. it's difficult to stop a project, you know,

and then there is the ert that we are leading is for the seawall in particular seismic risk and we are following direction given by mayor lee, we are putting to the an interdepartmental task force to work on what does that program look like and how do we start to assess what the need is. i don't for myself see us having concrete numbers by the next capital plan update. we might have some very large projections, but the work is getting underway and we will be coming to you to retain a consultant to help us analyze that work on the seawall. that responsibility has been designated to the port to lead. >> thank you. >> so there will be a lot more coming to you on these topics as they evolve. >> to that point, one request i was going to make, i want to thank staff and also appreciate, usually give you short slift with these items at the end of the agenda so i appreciate your coming at the beginning but now you have to suffer with more of our questions, i think, than usual. but one thing i would like to say if we could, we talked about the sort of funded items in the capital plan but if we c

debt of the city and county: $400 million to finance the construction, acquisition, improvement, and seismic retrofitting of neighborhood fire and police stations, the emergency fire fighting water system, seismically secure facilities for the medical examiner, the police department's traffic company, the police department's forensic services division, and other critical infrastructure and facilities for earthquake safety and related costs necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes; authorizing landlords to pass-through 50% of the resulting property tax increase to residential tenants in accordance with administrative code, chapter 37; finding that the estimated cost of such proposed project is and will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the city and county, and will require expenditures greater than the amount allowed therefor by the annual tax levy; reciting the estimated cost of such proposed project; fixing the date of election and the manner of holding such election and the proceand other infrastructure and facilities for earthquake safety a

. >> this would be a seismic shift, would it not?ould be too ear call it a seismic shift, because this is just a one depth in the process of bankruptcy. talking about liens and some other priorities that the court has. we want to take a look at se eing what those are. ones would treat the bonds as unsecured, in which one do not? road back detroit's will be very long. it took a long time for them to get to this position in the first place, and it will take a long time to get back to the capital markets with the standard & poor's rating. in terms of how it would've impacted other places, we are looking at state statutes across the country to see what kinds of similarities there are of and what kinds of differences there are. >> we will have more on the crisis in detroit. stay with us, we will talk with you after the break. ♪ be sure to check out the latest edition of bloomberg you can read it on the go with our new business we cap -- week app. thank you for staying through the break the why is detroit unique? >> detroit is unique for q