floor seismic upgrades to move tenants. there may be something special here. i don't know. >> i have a question. i seem to recall that we have had cases like this come before us where the work was to be done in a non-habitable or non-inhabitted floor, and i think you've told us before that there are ways to keep the dust and debris and what-not from seeping through into the upper floors? >> there are people who can do containment with plastic and other things, vent lakes and dust control. it is possible. there obviously will be some impacts of construction, especially a big project like this. this is not just a minor seismic upgrade project. we are putting in some braces. this is a really major and significance seismic upgrade program, more than the minimum standards we might be promulgating through the forthcoming legislation. because there is so much work in this one could well have greater impacts on the upper floor tenants. >> how long would you anticipate this work to be in reasonable -- >> i can only say that work is

the intent is to do a seismic upgrade. perhaps we should have been slightly more in tune as to we presented the scope and implementation of that scope. having said that, anything is possible structurally, but it costs a lot of money. a did he formation of 11 inches of one corner is not marginal. if we were to jack up that one corner, that would generate a dramatic c.a.c.ing of the building. it would be a different thing to explain to the tenant of that unit how we can prevent windows from popping. this particular exercise in this building is unusual in the since there were two buildings that were combined in 1918. so we have a national hinge. structurally this is a very complicated project. what is in front of you is a seismic upgrade that has been fully permitted by the city and has been studied carefully. wyoming not an expert on tenant-landlord relationships -- i am not an expert on tenant-landlord relationships, but i am an sexernt in struck turel work. something needs to be done. commissioner garcia mentioned the fact

once it is seismically upgraded, it is safe, right?> when you seismically upgrade it, it is to a standard it doesn't collapse, but it may not be reusable or repairable. >> it was an economic decision of how much money the city could afford versus the benefits to retrofit the buildings. >> we have done about 90% of the upgrade. the standard is low enough that in a major upgrade most will have to be replaced and we lose these beautiful buildings. many of the details are not what they appear to be. these are sheet metal details and trims. sheet metal cornices. san francisco was famous for the sheet metal work. when you go into the sheet metal shop, the whole front of the building is made of sheet metal. that is pacific? no, powell. >> i trick on how you can date old brick buildings, after the '06 earthquake they made windows with steel plates. before that earthquake if you see an arch, it is a pre '06. it is an easy way to date the buildings. >> you can see the great depth. that indicates these are exceptionally thick walls which indicate

i am delighted that some tenants are supportive of the seismic effort. there have been efforts through the years and this is exactly the type of building that we need to be upgraded. the structural drawings are in your template and they described the effort and what has been done to this space. all work would be done below the floor. this is all part of new perimeter footings. the actual condition of the building is deplorable. this exceeds 11 and a half inches. this is substantially weakened. i was retained about 18 months ago to work with the building and property owner. in regards to the relationship between the project sponsor and the tenant, the attendant has ever been evicted. i just heard from ms. fox that she some read the click 15 -- that she read the conflicting report. if they have no issues with the permit, why appeal it? they call me, we can meet. can we get the project sponsor to meet? it does not make any sense that he will appeal a permit that you are fully supportive of. why appeal? they made some statements in regards to mr mccarthy we

the people in the building and construction strayed, all the engineers, all the seismic experts, all those consultants that helped bring us to where we are today. i have got to admit -- three years, $77 million, and a new bridge and a transbay terminal is pretty impressive. i want to remind you it only took three years to be imagine the day by building this bridge. here we are with a $1.43 billion self-anchored suspension with a component of a 6.2/$6.3 billion project just for a portion of this bridge that has taken a little bit more than three years. i have to be honest -- i, at a point when i was a city supervisor, thought this would never happen. this thing that caught up in politics, the likes of which i could never have imagined. we had a new mayor on that side, new mayor on the side, one has strong opinions about where this thing would take off, and another had a design issue. the two governors, one that had left, and finally, greg davis said enough, stop, we have to get this thing done, and basically broke the impact and got us moving. i know folks do not like to hear that, bu

secondly, the whole argument about seismic compliance is fraudulent and cpmc has been in the capitol logging for a bill that will extend seismic deadlines and they were telling people in the capitol that we don't want to have to rid -- we're not going to be able to comply because there's too much opposition to the plan and we need an extension. they are completely capable of complying with the seismic deadlines if they're willing to resolve conflicts. but rather than doing that, they're risking that the building fall down on patients. we don't think cpmc should get preferential treatment on seismic deadlines compared to hospitals that have worked out issues in order to get the buildings approved on time but it gives a lie that there's an issue that there's a concern about the hospital being seismically safe. thank you for your time. president miguel: thank you. >> we're going to take a 10-minute break.

we have completed the second phase which completed all of the technical seismic work, the exact seismic work. we still owe a debt of $518,468 on that phase, which is completed. that would be the first part that we would use the proceeds for to get ourselves out of debt from doing this. there is another $700,000 to $750,000 worth of work which is needed for required code work. this is primarily a.d.a. and other life safety systems, putting in an elevator and so forth and then there is the general maintenance plan even beyond that, which the attorney clint cowan had referred to. i don't think we'll have any problem using the proceeds entirely in terms of preserving and maintaining the building. it's important to do this because of its historic importance, because it's such a tourist attraction. we have a lot of tourists there and because of the way it serves the community, one of the largest sites for 12-step programs in san francisco with all of the businesses and offices around there. unfortunately, there was a great need for that. our feeding programs, noontime concerts, all the kind o

contractors do not do seismic design work for the most part.there's minimal things they can do and we'll see that in a minute. here's some kids standing outside of one of his builds where we have a pair pet up there. people hang outside on the sidewalk. it's important to protect the public. >> after the event if you're going to go somewhere, do not g right in front of the building. maybe go to the center of the street although you're going to have to watch for cars, but it' not necessarily the safest plac to be to run out after an earthquake and hang out underth earthquake. we also have something called after shocks, so you want to be careful about where you go. >> so i picked a house in my neighborhood to look at in a little more detail. i think this suz built right after Ñithe 1906 san francisco earthquake. this is a wood frame building, it's basically a soft story building because it has a big garage door and next to it is a hole where the sair way is, but it's supported by the houses on either side to some extent. so let's take a look at th

. >> -- supervisor maxwell: so, the money would go into their seismic program. >> correct. supervisor maxwell: is it going there because it cannot go anywhere else, or because that is where they wanted to go? >> that leads the next component of the changes. they are putting their money into the property because they have to for this building to be seismically stable for the next 100 years or so. currently the program does not have any provisions as to what the proceeds of the money need to go to. technically a property owner could become eligible by selling it to another property and purchasing and lottery ticket, there is no restriction as to what the proceeds should be used for. one of the components being added to the planning code is to have a very basic requirements that whoever sells those proceeds, they will provide basic maintenance and repair plans. if there is an associated and larger project, we will have the permits to show it. but while essentially say it guarantees do some funds left over who so that the building will be well maintained. such as checking on th

this system exploits the difference in speeds of seismic waves.r primary waves travel about 10,000 miles an hour. s sheer waves about 40% slower. the most destructive surface waves, like ocean waves, are even slower yet. so depending on how far you are from the earthquake rupture, you could get from moments to maybe a minute warning. watch these two men in a japanese convenience store. they apparently feel the p wave seconds later intense shaking. and the dog left center ran out six seconds before people felt the shaking. allan beliefs the dog felt the p wave. back in 1989, scientists created a rudiment are you early warning system to alert the rescuers to after-shocks. >> in a medium case we had 10- 20 seconds of warning depending on where you were in the bay area. >> reporter: right after the 8.1 quake in mexico city 25 years ago, officials there set up a public quake early warning system. it broadcast alerts on t.v. and radio averaging almost a minute before shaking starts. their advantage is big faults are off the pacific coast 180 miles away.

and there's other options available to government with extraordinary resources we have in the seismic area with organizations in the east bay that could do a very competent evaluation of the question of the isolation. so i'm sorry i ran out of time. but i do want to raise that because i am concerned about development on this corridor and the lick which faction problem. president miguel: public comment where the agenda has been closed. is there any further public comment on this area? closed items. >> yes. i'm a resident of 246 second street and i'd like to comment on the e.i.r. for 222 second street. i think everybody knows the transbay terminal broke ground yesterday and the terminal. associated commercial development, the high speed rail, are certainly some of the most exciting and important projects in san francisco at this time. so, it's disheartening to see potentially significant impacts from this project that the transbay joint powers authority brought to light, inadequately addressed in the responses and ignored in the conditions for approval. most significantly which is the i

phase two of it will make sure that this meets the seismic standards. it will also assure that the national park can have access to the presidio, which is sorely needed. the battery is to our left. that is one of two short tunnels that would connect the highway with the presidio. the top of the tunnel will connect the historic battery to lincoln boulevard and the national cemetery and give access to bicycles that go to the trails behind us. a temporary bypass would be built to allow traffic unimpeded during construction. the contract is funded entirely by the american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009. it started sooner than expected thanks to governor schwarzenegger's efforts in expediting this and getting it funded. this is getting construction workers back to where they belong, improving our aging transportation infrastructure. from this location, you can see the construction activity this project has created. the structure was built in 1936. the new one will accommodate future transportation needs and improve safety with wider lanes a continued

wanted to also point out a challenge on the seismic upgrade of pipeline three and four.studies performed by our design consultants have revealed that pipeline four could fail under a major seismic event. because of those studies, we have had to revise our design to include additional improvements in that area. we are also having to relocate some lines, so those changes have extended the construction period for the project by three months and added $3 million to the project cost. finally, i wanted to highlight the fact that we are continuing through our real estate staff to work closely with the sec -- with the lessees at the horse stable prior to construction, which is scheduled for the beginning of next year. construction challenges -- we issued our first ncp on the irvington tunnel project in july. what we're doing, because of the permitting issue that i talked about earlier, some of these permits are taking longer to secure. what we're doing is following an approach here where we are issuing --h we negotiated with the contractor to issue multiple ñrthe first allows th

the base isolation is going to make sure that this hospital is seismically safe. it allows us to make sure that the way that we are designing this is a way that we can also build that in a most efficient and effective way. it allows us to get ahead in terms of bidding for certain parts of the project. we just were able to bid the steel package, for example, pitting what we believe might have been the very bottom of the steel market, which is going to save us about $5 million from what we felt we were going to have to pay. again, i just want to reinforce the foresight that the mayor and the board had in providing this pro development funding to enable us to work collaborative lee and ultimately to get an accurate price, to save money for the city and enable us to deliver this project. what we bring is the project management, and to do that, we looked across the bay, and there was a guy who was finishing up getting the highland hospital built over in alameda county, and we recruited him here, so our lead project manager is ron allen need a. i want to acknowledge 10.

we're going to be looking at the seismic records to see if there could have been some seismic activity that related to the breach of the pipe. we have started to receive some of the tox tests for some of the pg&e employees, the alcohol and drug tests, and so far all of them have come through negative. >> reporter: there you have christopher hart giving us the latest details into that investigation, the investigation of the 30-inch gas pipe that exploded thursday night in san bruno. part of that pipe is being sent to washington for investigation. meantime the investigators there looking at the area surrounding the pipe and what seismic activity could have happened that may have caused, may i should say, may have caused that explosion. but it's all speculation right now. while that investigation continues, we're learning more about one of the youngest victims of the explosion. 13-year-old janessa greg. she wasn't even supposed to be home that thursday night. she was killed along with her mom, who worked for the california public utilities commission. ironically jacqueline was working on

. >>> the seismic upgrades may meant end of a decades-old end norm horse. stables sit on land owned bit public utilities commission and stand in the way of a retrofit project. ktvu's christien kafton is live with more on skyline stables. >> well, take a look behind me barn here's at skyline stable are perfectly sixiated between branches of earthquake faults on the peninsula. so now the public utilities commission is saying these barns have to go to make way for a new emergency water system. christian hanson and woody have called the skyline stables in millbrae home for five years, but in a matter of months, the barn here will be just a memory. >> we're pretty much the last stables out here, and once we're gone, you know, the stables aren't going to come back. >> reporter: the san francisco public utiliti commission is finalizing seismic upgrades, scheduled to be completed in 2015. the new $250 million project includes a reservoir and emergency power generation plant, the budge of those new facilities will have to be located oat the site that puc has targete

the second one is various improvements in seismic and various facilities. a third component is a substation from pg&e. this is the status of the environmental review. we have released the eir back in november, and we closed the bid. eir was considered by the planning commission and certified. sfpuc adopted it on may 11. budget and funding. the total project cost estimate is $192 million. certain cost is estimated at $147 million. we are in agreement with the budget analyst recommendations. for corporations. major milestones of the project. we total lies the construction bid last june. we expect it due on august 12. we extended the bid psycho because of the complexity of the projects. we hope we can achieve the award in september and begin in october. in total, this will be about 36 months at a totatotal construct. construction would be finished a bit earlier in october 2013. >> how many proposals have you received so far? >> we have not closed the bid to get, so we do not know. i will be happy to answer any questions. >> thank you. let's hear from the budge

out and nonis in the building, how long would it fake to affect what you need to do to make it seismically safe? >> right now, probably no less than six months. every time you ask a structural engineer how long it will take, we always respond six months, but in this case it actually would take six months. there is the retaining wall, the staging and the curing process, and the structural steel. we are ordering the structural steel ahead of time. as commissioner garcia mentioned, we will be working closely with a reputable, fully bonded and insured contractor that is going to be keeping up abreast of all the elements of construction. we in turn will tell the tenants if there are any deviations from the previously agreed schedules and plans. >> can you estimate sort of by percentage how much the cost would increase if the tenants were to stay in the building? >> that is a good question. i think it was asked, and given the nature of that settlement, i want to venture to say it could be maybe 25% more than we would in order nearl spend for an effort like this. there is nothing easier than a re

having a seismic investigation and survey committee. we have a lot of other seismic hazards, the groups that have been developed through the city. that is purely a superfluous, believe. we had some changes to the use of the code reinforcement rehabilitation fund. dbi money going to the office of housing. now we are retaining some of that money to do some code enforcement, which i believe is a good strategy. we have fees and fee adjustments to be done on a separate time ordinance. we do not generally tried to do all of that related stuff. that is part of the code cycle. that has a different review process and timeline. the director will be bringing forward something in the near future. the housing code is simply carrying over the previous code. we are simply keeping our the updated based on the changes in the safety code. although, i understand part of the future plan will be to review the housing code and make sure that it is up to date. we are getting ready to do that. the next steps in this are updating the administrative bulletin, tr

we will begin that next phase of the investigation and the seismic records. perhaps if there was a seismic activity related to the burst of the pipe. >> we started to receive the test pg&e the alcohol/drug tests and so far, all of those and then-. also, we will begin interviewing the pg&e witnesses, and any information they can help us with this investigation. that is all the additional informational i have right now i would be happy to take any questions you might have. yes please. >> i did not hear your question. >> clairemont? >> the question was if there was activity in clairemont and i do not know what that was i would not have to ask my investigators to find out what was. >> the question is can i describe this situation of the other utilities relative to the gas pipe. and at least two lines are going under, perpendicular to the gas pipe in the explosion area. i believe one was a water line, one was a sore lying. >> and the 2008 project to the power the impact. >> the question is are looking at the 2008 project and the impact it had on the store project.

the initial proposal for this project stated that if the seismic upgrades needed to land where our bonds are located, that we would be relocated. we do not oppose the project. we have only ever asked to preserve the current recreational use. in our association with sfpuc staff, we have run into the same problem. they want to break our lease and destroy our barnes. they say they have no obligation to be looking at us. we are running out of time, and we need your help. we are the only non-profits stable on the peninsula. the draft eir claims that we can be absorbed into surrounding stabling, but this is absolutely not true. all the other existing stables are more expensive, most of it well beyond the capability of our working class group of horse owners, and most of these places are already full. please remember that the san francisco general plan states, "public access should be provided by the san francisco water department two portions of its watershed lands, which have high recreational value, subject to restrictions required to protect water quality. we do not expect, nor are we askin

. >> the board of supervisors approved the charter amendment to the bond for the seismic grant program and for low-income housing and affordable housing and for some public buildings that need seismic retrofitting work on them, so this was a big advance it towards our soft story legislation and our mandatory stop story legislation. it was approximately $46 million, $47 million, in that range, so a very robust program that will move some of our recommendations forward, so thank you for -- thank everybody for working on that. >> how long do we get to pay it back? >> usually 20. some of it will be loans, and some of it with the grants -- some of it will be grants, from what i understand. >> any public comment? 3c is of data and permit tracking systems. >> we have all of the input back from planning on the new rfp we are putting out -- we have an update some planning. we have changes at our apartment once. we are in the process of merging them together, and we will be sending them to all the city departments prior to the issue in some of therfp. -- issuance of the rfp. this will be supplyi