he used to be downtown in the city by the embarcadero freeway. it used to have this very building itself in this repair. we believe this revitalizes the waterfront. we have already done a number of those projects that would involve changing the waterfront and the changing of the embarcadero freeway and roadway. some of those projects were done as a public/private partnership. some of those words oere the fe building itself. the building of harry bridges plaza. these are pretty significant changes that have happened in that area. these have all been pursuant to the waterfront land use plan that the port completed an extensive public process with many stakeholders, including many neighborhood groups and various people in the city. i just wanted to take a moment -- this is the building as it used to be. i just want to take a moment and acknowledge there were a number of wonderful things that happened as part of the process of building. we have had great public partners -- private partners. i want to acknowledge the work they have done and making it a

guy said that this product is consistent with the northeast embarcadero study. also, i believe that the project sponsors architect said that the project implements the study. it seems to me that, if the project implements the study and is consistent with the study, it is, in some way, a land-use plan. the cnr document denies that but i do not believe it is true. secondly, and i am not a ceqa expert here, but the response to the ceqa section guidelines at 15262 says that a project involving only feasibility or planning studies for possible future actions, which the agency board or commission has not approved, adopted, or funded, does not require the preparation of an 10th eir or negative declaration. but we did fund this study. outcome is not subject to an environmental report? i think those points were made earlier. it is also contained in the letter we received. i think -- i appreciate leaving the cnr documents in appendix c, the video simulation of the proposed project along the embarcadero. for me, it was rather revealing in many ways. it somehow more clearly

well-seeded and brilliantly planned for the embarcadero. this site is the ideal location for higher density housing on a major transit corridor with open access to the waterfront. the existing golden gate tennis and swimming club represents an integrated urban paradigm that serves to privileged few. it privatizes the waterfront that should be shared by all san franciscans. remove a portion of the private tennis courts in exchange for public open space is inappropriate, civic-minded compromise. -- is an appropriate, civic- minded compromise. this will change our city into a walkable city, connecting jackson square, north beach, and chinatown to the embarcadero, encouraging more pedestrian and bike traffic to and from the waterfront. in closing, no development is not better development. this project embraces a larger planning considerations that will activate our waterfront, providing a vital link to the embarcadero's urbanism, as well as engaged design excellence and standards that will look forward, rather than backward. [bell rings] assurin

they seek new development along the northern embarcadero. in the column "san francisco," -- "ever tumor i give my duty, first in rapture, first in ud, glad of the light god gave, cleanly and strongly she is my cool grey city of love." thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is sarah and i am it proud to stand before you today in support of the 8 washington project. we believe this development is a significant improvement on a key intersection of the city's no. waterfront. this project is, as you heard earlier, of the city wide importance. many people testified the embarcadero is a tool. is -- a jewel. the 8 washington project proposes to provide publicly- accessible open space, housing, renovated clubs, and underground parking. not surface parking, but undergrad. we are pleased with the design of the project, which includes the addition of green roofs to the project and playground area. we support the current project, which we believe are perfect for the area. the project sponsor has made adjustments to the design and scale of th

its street frontage on the embarcadero may err on the side immodesty. finally, it should not simply be so difficult to build something of such excellence in our city. this project should be a cause of rejoicing and celebration, not controversy and obstruction. most respectively, daniel solomon. thank you. >> thank you, commissioners. i am president of the mark company. a key focus of our business is doing research in the residential real-estate market, is this ability -- specifically in san francisco. we have a standard research report each month, quarterly recaps, and annual recaps. i want to talk about the dire need for housing and why do support 8 washington. in the year 2008, which was a peak, there were 34 projects that were actively selling and had 10 units or more. 34 in 2008. today, the first quarter 2012, there are only nine projects in san francisco with 10 units or more that actively selling. that is a decrease of over 70% in terms of the number of projects. if we look at the number of units, the peak was 2007 with 3000 units where you could

already cleaning up the area. embarcaderonow at least open, one lane in each direction at green. of course we'll keep you posted. the other thing we've been tracking is that this is right on the muni f-line. expect delays on the f-line. we are waiting to here what -- waiting to hear what muni plans and how long this will effect the muni delays in the area. >>> still a few showers locally, most of the activity in the sierra nevada, temperatures mid and upper 30s, snow reported. winter weather advisory there through tomorrow. the rain into the valley now around manteca, east of tracy, a few showers, showers pulling out of the south bay, wet around morgan hill. things slowly quieting down. don't get used to it more energy later today that means more showers, mild start in the upper 40s to near 50. >>> a father and daughter from concord will be laid to rest today. they were hit and killed by a teenager driving an suv saturday. that teen has been released from jail. amy hollyfield has the video. >> reporter: he was released from j

part of it will be higher than the embarcadero freeway was when it was up. the wit of this project is as wide as a football field. the comment had been made by others earlier that this project sets a precedent for the future. the eir says there is nothing pending nearby. that is just flat out wrong. many of the same entities that are involved with this are also involved with a pending project which is before the planning commission that would tear down 75 howard, replace all of that with a residential tower. that would be a precedent. along the waterfront, you will have a cumulative impact of not only a massive project at 8 washington but also a proposed project at 75 howard. you move on a little bit, you have a restaurant that will be moved again at the corner of broadway and the embarcadero. all of which will impact the ferry building which is an icon and critically important as well as the exploratory of which it be a good project for the city coming forward. we can and should do better. this project sets a precedent and it will have a profound impact and

and the embarcadero would be really an escaped and widened. and you open space, also known as pacific park would be subject to the north lily site. it would measure approximately 11,500 square feet it is proposed to include grass seating areas, and children's play areas, as well as seating for an adjacent cafe. these bases would strengthen and expand an existing network of richly-landscape pedestrian connections. the project also includes 255 parking spaces within the garages that would be accessible to the general public in order to restore the health club and other resources on the site and to provide parking and other waterfront uses in the vicinity. several other parking facilities have been recently removed or proposed for future removal. therefore the amount of non- residential is appropriate for the project. however, in terms of residential parking, a project proposes 134 parking spaces to serve it well unit, and they are requesting a modification to the limitations maximum of 54 residential spaces provided within the district. given the

this would be the high increase along the embarcadero. to give that big give, what is the city getting back? is there enough public benefit from the project? with regard to the shadows on the park. there are no shadow limits set for the park itself but the embarcadero plaza going north was part of the original list that has the no shadow increase. embarcadero plaza is closer to the embarcadero and on the northern edge of it. , i have some questions about giving exception to shadows for something that is not an exceedingly great public good again. i have seen the shadow exemptions. i have not seen it done before for something that is not an affordable housing project. the pud allows the developer to ask for a number of exceptions with regard to zoning or parking. parking in particular, the existing zoning on this site is rc4. because the pud, the developer is able to ask for something that is similar to parking regulations. the question is why, what is the overriding public good? i know there is a park or an open space considered on part of

looks at san francisco bay, and did particular, the embarcadero, and the location of 8 washington. the study predicts there is a probability of one-sixth of flooding at 8 washington within the next 80 years. one-six is a very high probability as persons who participated in russian roulette would tell you if they could. flooding of lower-lying areas would result in water flowing down the sloping interest -- entrance of the low-car garage accumulating in water up to 40 feet deeper. that does not mean 400 cars parked in the garage would get wet. they would be floating. as for being prepared, what would be the reaction, and what should be to these projections? by lenders and particular, by insurers, and by the voters who see if there neighborhoods could be affected by projects such as this as well. my answer would be that the project this regard for the greater good of san francisco. it think you. -- thank you. >> good afternoon. i am with the ring, point favorite association. you were all san franciscans. i assume you all know where it is. we are in other segments of the community tha

along the embarcadero, the project is lower than the existing 84-foot height limit. the urban design scheme came from the publicly sponsored ne waterfront land use plan study. that is what set the highest -- the public process. i cannot think of any project that has gone through more public participation than this one. there is no reason why this project should not go ahead and malfeasance -- many reasons why it should. the benefits to the public are huge. $9 million to the mayor's office of housing for affordable housing, and as we have heard, this is virtually the only source of money for moh that we have today. an additional $5 million in initial revenue. $30 million to the infrastructure finance district. $83 million in resources. 3/4 of an acre of open space, and a superb urban design and architecture statement. furthermore, activated sidewalks, and a developer that has a sterling reputation based on their past waterfront projects. as a professional planner, i am absolutely confident that it is complete and accurate and should be certified today that the ceqa fi

>> we have this crash on the embarcadero at green street. urned vehicle has been righted now. and you can see the license plate now. this looks like the car at the scene it looks like it has a little boston red sox license plate frame there. you can see the traffic on the embarcadero is running there but the f line is blocked. let's go to 237. we have an injury crash at the lawrence express way. it may effect traffic here in a few minutes here as the lanes are still block up ahead. now back to the desk. >>> there was another giant earthquake just hours ago. indonesia pit by a big one. >>> what do we know about the too much of oikos university. >> rain has ended but we not done yet.

again, suv that has crashed this morning on the embarcadero sitting in the middle of the muni line here. police trying to clear this scene. we are working to get more information for you. for now we are live in san francisco alex savidge. >>> 6:03. a freight train hit a car on the tracks and killed a driver. this happened late last night at the train crossing on castro street. it doesn't look like the driver was trying to beat that train. it doesn't appear to be a suicide attempt. investigators want to know how or if the driver lost control. no one else was hurt. >>> there was a big sigh of relief coming from southeast asia. a tsunami watch was lifted for most of the indian ocean. that earthquake hit just after 1:38:00 a.m. pacific time. people poured out of buildings and on to city streets. some terrified people were crying and clutching loved ones. at this point there are no reports of casualties are major damage. a tsunami warning does remain in effect for india and sri lanka. these quakes hit the same general area as a 9.1 earthquake that triggered a tsunami back in 2004. nearly a q

these historic street cars on the f line which have already helped transform the northern embarcadero, enabling the star attractions, will help mayor lee in his initiative to revitalize mid market. streetcars are a colorful connection between the mid- market neighborhood and vibrant communities elsewhere along the route. with some creative promotions, they can bring more people to bid market, which i call the heart of market, and helped drive the artist and technology communities now getting established there. our nonprofit pledges of our help to you in helping put the existing service to work to help you meet your mid-market goals. we also look forward to the permanent implementation of additional streetcar service along the whole wing of the embarcadero, the e line that mayor brown foresaw as being a powerful tool to help develop the unmatched waterfronts of the poor. finally, we look forward to expanding on the original vision of senator feinstein from her days as mayor. leveraging this investment, we have already managed to attract maintenance facilities any historic street cars l

traffic has been reopened in both directions of the embarcadero. this is embarcadero at green everything reopened through the intersection a couple blocks north of broadway. good news there in the south bay westbound 237 four-car crash on the shoulder at the laurens expressway traffic slow at the scene they need tow trucks. you can expect a slow ride heeding -- heading into sunnyvale out of milpitas. northbound 87 headlights water splashing up roads still a bit slick that's why we've seen a few accidents. at the bay bridge toll nearing lights on traffic starting to back up beyond the end of the parking lot. >>> 6:19 now. >>> it is considered one of television's biggest secrets. this morning it appears to have been revealed to the world. >>> the star who will now be enjoying the view from the sidelines after being voted off "dancing with the m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m

they are not looking at the fact that there will be no sun along the embarcadero because this project is shadowing it. thank you very much. >> members of the commission, i want to talk about a couple of reasons you are being given for why this is a justified act. one is that this is high-density residential, and the other is that it is housing helping the city meet its housing needs. is it really high-density? your staff says no. in a preliminary project assessment last year, pointed out that not 600 units as you heard a minute ago, the 693 units were allowed as of right on this site. that is more than four times what you have before you today. staff said increase the number of units, and what did the developer do? went from 165 to 145 to now 134, taking an already low density for this site and made it 20% lower. does this really help the city's housing needs? the answer is no, and it is in your housing element. the city housing element lists what areas we need more housing in. i will not bore you with the chart, but for market-rate housing, which this is at the high end, we are at 15

the leak on the street actually occurred right at mission on the embarcadero. it was just short of the ferry building. we currently have the elite under control. this is the weekly had a year ago, over a year ago of a near jackson streets. this is the same fix that we implemented here at mission street. what you see are compression bands and rubber seals. against all these things. -- they installed these things. we had to dam the sewweer system at samson and jackson, that allowed us to pump about 3 million gallons a day into the central basin, and you see them at their where we were blocking stevenson for a time. this is a pretty monumental effort between the water department and waste water crews. this allowed us to make this happen. they were blocking deliveries to the system, there is a little picture here. we have moved to the pump around with a wheat field test, we are still monitoring the situation, we are going to get out there and do more detections in the next week to verify that we have gotten yet. we addressed in the big leagues of was coming up on th

so two collisions on the embarcadero that happened within minutes of each other. the police have blocked off the southbound lanes and drivers are being forced to take alternate routes. >> alan: easter services today also included a time to pay respects to the victims of the mass shooting at oikos university in oakland. sir overquintana is live at the university tonight. >> reporter: for the last six days, oikos university has been the epicenter of a whole lot of tragedy and pain. this massacre reached into several communities in the east bay and because nearly everyone involved is an immigrant, it reaches into communities around the world, so on this holliday, -- holy day pastors are hoping to start the healing. according to the tibetton association it was a funeral for one of the people gunned down one one geo opened fire in a classroom at oikos university. throughout the week a series of memorials have been conducted by several denominations and faiths honoring the seven victims. people who came from around the world to live in the bay area. >> it was an internat

a witness spotted him and eventually followed this driver all the way here to the embarcadero, where eventually he crashed his suv on the muni tracks and i did talk a short time ago with a man who works nearby who says he ran over after this accident, heard it happen and went to check on the driver, a man he said seemed very confused. >> he was wondering where the driver was and he -- the officer is like, you were the driver. the officer was like, you were the driver. he said no, i wasn't driving. where is the driver? he was loaded out of his mind. >> reporter: again, san francisco police telling us this morning that driver who crashed his suv here along the embarcadero this morning on top of the muni tracks did appear to be under the influence being treated at the hospital but obviously facing dui charges. again, we did check in with muni, they say all of their trains are back up here and running, the f-line is all clear and the trains are running along the embarcadero along the crash. we're live in san francisco, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> there are no reports of casualt

we will move over to the administration building on the embarcadero. the demolotiion -- demolition team will demolish. structural steel is underway. in fresno at olson's deal. it is 50% complete. you see the shop fabricating some of the beams and girders. i am pleased to announce that we obtained 350 tons of steel for the bones of the terminal which is produced in arkansas and indiana. steel started arriving on site at the end of this may. and it should be complete by the end of the summer. port staff proposes to amend the joint venture could design -- a joint venture design contract to increase the contract amount by $776,000. we have a 40% lbe participation. most of the increase is due to design work to increase north point changes which i just discussed previously. all this was not in our scope. most of the scope will move into phase two of the terminal which -- of the project which is non- terminal aspect -- non-cruise terminal aspects. the requirements affecting the northeast wharf plaza design, the north tip design, access from the embarcadero to

. >>> please investigate to crashes along the embarcadero. he first that in two hours goal when i gently ran into a museum light rail. for people in the car and taken to hospital no one was hurt. the second crash happened four minutes later at the bread and street intersection. that involved two cars, five people taken to hospital. one car had leaking gas but crews contained it. traffic along the embarcadero and as heavy as investigators work the crashes. concord police are investigating whether a teenage driver was on his cellphone and slammed into a family of cyclists. they're testing is legacy of drugs or alcohol or involved. anne makovec reports. >>> i could not sleep last night it was keep coming to my eyes >>> a common scene two anyone who what is the crash a teenager drove this s u v into a father and his two daughters into a bike ride yesterday morning. >>> i heard the crash and screaming a little girl was screaming me and my customer ran out there and saw people on the street. we try to help. >>> the 41 year-old father died immediatel

we do have some parking lot revenue, one of the parking lots done on the embarcadero. eliminating positions the been the agency for the last one or two years. we hope to eliminate a number of those including some retirements that we have had recently. we are exploring some realignment in terms of our identical collections. lee will be looking at trying to work something out with them. challenges and opportunities of the next few years, as many of you know, we continue to relinquish trees. as we relinquish trees, they are in the process and we need to make sure that those trees are turned over and ready for acceptance. we are starting to see -- those are some of the challenges that we have. we're hoping to relinquish 6000 trees. the total number is 23,000 trees over 67 years. that is one of the big challenges. supervisor avalos: there is bound to be a question on relinquishment, and we just had a tree planting of that in my district. -- event in my district. it was a fluff event. there was a chronicle reporter that was their writing about how great it was, but actually w

we are going to have to do a bit up on the embarcadero. this is a challenging progress -- project for us. there was some kind was in the way for some other utilities. we were coming before the commission for april 10th to move that contract forward. it looks like we will have to speed that process up until we have declared an emergency for the current work and we might have to do another one to get this replaced. we will be going in and shooting a ball inside of the line to get a closer look and see if there is any possibility that we can be less disruptive to citizens. we are exploring all options. however, i'm afraid that if those efforts fail, we will have to do a dig up and it will be a relatively expensive fix at this point and time. i will take on any questions. after we wrote it, we will come back and use it. unfortunately, we never got to that piece. i will take any questions. >> thank you. >> commissioners, a brief update on the water system improvement program. >> good afternoon. the general manager for infrastructure. i am here t

police say car was leaving a radically in and out of traffic on the embarcadero when it hit one car and bounced off the second and then hit a third car before smashing into the side of a restaurant. the driver and four other people were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. officers are investigating the accident as a possible d u i. there's no connection between the two collision's other than their proximity. about 200 people attended a memorial tonights in concord for a father and daughter killed by an out of control s u v. meanwhile police are investigating whether drugs, alcohol, or cell phone use were factors. ann mackovic shows us that people that saw the accident are haunted by the horrifying images. >> i could not sleep last night. you know, it was just keep coming to my eyes. >> a common theme for anyone that witnessed the crash. a teenager drove his s u v into a father and his two daughters out for a bike ride the yesterday morning. >> i heard the crash and screaming. a little girl was screaming. we both ran out there, and we saw people on the street. so we

>>> what does and as the commute i believe we have some live pictures here show you this is embarcadero where everything is back to normal this was a different story is a few moments ago this was some video of the top are photographers set as they are clearing an earlier rollover crash we're still much more about the extent of injuries that at one point that greasy was on its roof only one lane of traffic is getting by and causing some delays so again only internal open the photographer learned from chp in the driver may be going too fast so the roads are still slyke you may want to be just alike to carefully and say no. accidents by the lawrence expressway that is not clear to the right shoulder but obviously still pretty sluggish across that area so maybe is a visual at this point the bay bridge this on the metering lights but is around this time they turn them on this the san francisco site of the spans the ones to pass treasure island to you can't the top speed this morning and into san francisco will let you know that delays but in the page as soon as they turn on this meeting migh

the motel for hours as police and suave set up a massive perimeter of the amtrak service along the embarcadero that is fun police say things got weird inside the motel. >>> they tried to disguise his appearance to evade police detection by changing its women's clothing. >>> crews wouldn't work police caught on to his plan after a battle in the most talented in the entire place on lockdown and an hour into the standoff by the suspect's girlfriend adding tax the men themselves stranded three hours after it all began police believe he might of an armed with assault weapons but now appears his only weapon as a wardrobe change. broadway reopen an amtrak was running again shortly after the standoff ended did searched the motel for any sign of assault weapons unclear what they turned out in oakland cbs five. the stanislaus county sheriff says the body found in the burned out apartment this afternoon is the gunman who killed a sheriff's deputy at the locks and yesterday the apartment let up in flames as of 410-9 during a 12 hour standoff with the suspect. investigators say the gunman shot deputy rober

one crash was at the embarcadero and brandon street. plus say a drunk driver and speeding suv crashed into a car and struck another. >> i've never heard such a loud crash before. and then i heard this scream. >> the second crash was near harrison street. the driver of a red car made an illegal left turn. there were three injuries in that accident. five in the other street at brandon street. >>> a 73-year-old man is dead after a crash on a south bay highway. he lost control of his car on interstate 280 in san jose. the man skidded on an embankment and hit a tree. he was pronounced dead at the scene. police have ruled out alcohol as a factor in that crash. >>> someone has been tagging san francisco homes with racist graffiti. the san francisco examiner reports the n-word was spray painted on several homes near 23rd avenue and lincoln street in the sunset district. the homes were vandalized sunday morning. police say only a few homes were effected and they are investigating. >>> one week has passed since that deadly mass shooting at that oi

traffic is closed down in both directions on the embarcadero and muni street car service in the areaeen stopped. >>> going into the final round of the masters, looked like phil mickelson was headed for his fourth green jacket instead it would go to another lefty in a sudden death playoff. can bees were perfect at augusta national. show was the south by louis oosthuizen. from 260 yards, his second shat shot takes a bounce and rolls to the hole. [applause] >> oh, come to papa. yes! >> a rare double eagle. only the fourth ever at the masters. that bolted oosthuizen into the lead by two mickelson's chances took a huge hit on four. his shot landed in the gallery. peter hanson had a one streak lead bud then quickly faltered. then bubba watson climbed up the leader board and catches oosthuizen by making his fourth straight birdie. they go to playoff, and then watson wins it with a short par putt. an emotional watson celebrates his first major. later on in butler cabin he put on the coveted green jacket. >> mickelson finished two back in a three-way tied for third place. tiger woods capped o

the board not accept. thank you. >> good morning. my name is marie and up. i work in embarcadero center -- center just a block from the proposed development. i wanted to focus this morning on one aspect of the development, and that is the elimination of the tennis courts. in concert with that, the development of a new expanded fitness facility. i think this is a bad trade. the tennis courts offer unique, outdoor recreational space. it is well-used by people of all ages who live and work in the neighborhood. in contrast, the proposed private indoor gym would simply duplicate facilities that are already abundant in the area. by my count, there are already 20 -- 20 indoor facilities in the financial district. all offer pretty much the exact same thing. they have aerobic machines come a week equipment, and they have the group exercise class is that include yoga in spending. -- and spinning. the problem is not everyone enjoys boot camp workout. if people want to go outside and play a sport with friends, the only option anywhere nearby is the gateway. furthermore, private indoor facili

and since that standoff ended the embarcadero is it reopens an amtrak is running again authorities did searched the motel for any sign of an assault weapon is still unclear what turned up live in oakland kristen cbs five. a bay area landmark vandalized. trashed and turned into a party house the fight to restore the historic home. >>> in a treatment for parkinson's disease the experiments that may turn into a life changing their before millions. plus. >>> we've heard this big malaise. and this is what they saw how families were able to get out of the,,,,,, millions of north koreans don't have enough food the east now because their governments defy the international community by launching rockets the u.s. is withholding millions of dollars of food aid yesterday's rocket launch didn't go well in fact it failed shortly after launch. the u.s. and north korea had a once promising deal to exchange food aid for nuclear concessions the white house says that the north can no longer be trusted to keep its commitments. >>> in syria today a fragile cease-fire shattered when government forces fired

the second was just two blocks away on the embarcadero. a car collided with a muni train in the first accident. police say the driver of the red jaguar made an illegal left turn and was broadsided by the train. the driver of the car had to be extricated. around the same time an suv police believe was speeding hit three cars before ramming into the restaurants. all of the injuries were minor. >>> also in san francisco, an out of control suv wiped out a bus stop. the car sheared off a fire hydrant before slamming into the bus stop. police had to close the street and postpone bus service for a short time. >>> uc berkeley selected its students for the fall, and at least one activist group isn't happy with the make up of the class. lilian kim joins us with a look at what they want. lilian? >> alan, demonstrators who showed up want the university to accept more under represented minorities. they say public schools should reflect california's population. >> designated as top student, and they were selected to be a national scholar. >> she thought

downtown plan was adopted until the last episode, it was ringed on the east and south side by the embarcadero freeway. it was removed, and that caused some reconsideration of the adjacent district on the southern edge of the downtown. as you know, in 2005, this commission and board and redevelopment commission adopted a couple landmark plans, one of which was the rincon hill plan. and the development plan, which together created a blueprint for a new high density neighborhood just to the south of the terminal of over 10,000 new units and supporting infrastructure. since then, and sort through that process, there has been another major change taking shape in the downtown, and that is the construction of the new transit center to replace the old terminal. the project, which also includes the rail extension is a multibillion-dollar product, which you are all fairly familiar with, but it will both reshape this area, create a new public amenities, substantially increase the transit capacity in the area as well as cause us to rethink some of the patterns in the area and whether there is an even fur