the station. there have been previous efforts to look at improving the station and there are improvements that are on the way. some improvements that have already been done, such as the west side walkway project. and more that are on the way. but there is still room for improvement. this study, the circulation study that we are managing, is looking at ways to improve the overall circulation of the area. we think that one issue that hasn't been looked at in detail before is the issue of can we rearrange some of the circulation in the area relating specifically to how the vehicles access to and from i-2 80 at ocean and [speaker not understood] avenues and whether we can reduce some of the conflicts those vehicles are having with bus operations and pedestrian access. so, this study has also produced some initial products including planning those framework and existing conditions. we're in the process of generating preliminary concepts that include thinking about ways that we can modify the interchange system. for instance, can we close one or more ramps and, therefore, reduce the conflicts with buses

an improvement of the upgrade, improve modification #3, decreasing the contract by $178,000. a total contract amount of 200 -- 2 million, four hundred $43,000. -- $2,443,000. a payment for -- a payment extension of 63 calendar days and with a total contract duration of 316 calendar days. and and approved contract in the amount of $2,206,000 of which 1 million two hundred $18,000 is funded by waste water enterprise and 988,000 is funded by department of public works to the lowest responsible bidder. and contracts to risk -- to repair existing sewer piping at locations to be determined throughout san francisco for a total contract not to exceed $5,153,000. to the lowest qualified and responsible bidder. authorization to allow general management to execute a beat -- execute a lease in alameda county for cellular communications site for an annual range of $54,000 with annual cpi increases, and with a lease duration of five years. and awarding of the contract for waste water enterprise facility improvement contract number one in the amount of $6,378,000 to the lowest qualified res

, the open space improvements, the transit improvements, and so on, that are specified in the plan.last thing i will mention is something that i know is near and dear to your heart, which is the park shadow issue. this plan looks cumulatively at all the potential shadow impacts as well as the project outside of the planned area that we know about. i think your report has some information on that, and we are happy to go over that with you in much more detail. i realize today's purpose is really just to do an overview of the plan, but it is important, i think, to note that in spite of some of the heights of some of these towers, we think the shadow impacts are quite modest. we have worked very hard with developers of the project, though admittedly not all of them are designed yet -- we have worked very hard with them to make sure those shadows are minimized to the greatest extent possible. we're happy to hear from you about how best to go over those details. we will certainly be in touch with you on the details. with that, thank you for your time. i am happy to answer any questions. o

we are coordinating the improves on franklin and golf. we are supporting other projects on the planning and design. earlier on the agenda if you can recall two hours ago you made allocations to the ongoing safety programs. these include activities such as reopening closed crosswalks. the mta is working on projects such as the lower polk bike network and advancing planning for upper polk and other projects in the design phase. finally being very supportive of two key transit spines in the neighborhood of market and van ness, which are moving forward in the process or planning space to improve transit on the key corridors which are really the spines that the entire market and octavia neighborhood has plans around. with that it would be happy by to answer any other questions. i thank you for your attention at this late hour. >> mr. olagi. >> i just want to thank you for your presentation and look forward to the continued conversations on this issue. i worked on the market on octavia and it was pretty exciting as far as how it looked at all th

>> we would have to look at where the improvements where, make sure improvements are serving the priority development area. if we do all improvements out at 40th, we would have to balance those two things. >> okay. >> priority development areas, these are established at the local and regional level in 2007 and 2008, really areas that have land use plans taking on growth. >> i fully understand that again but i think from an equity perspective -- we can talk about that. in certain areas they say zero dollars of improvements, we talk about a lot of the board and commission here about making sure different areas of towns see improvements and see government working for them. district four and the streetcars that go downtown, i guess that is a question when you get back to mtc goals, i agree. that makes a ton of sense. how do you balance that out. when you talk about san francisco and how does that work pragmatically? >> again we have prior development areas, then looking at readiness. if there are projects that meet pda goals and provide access and are ready and gone through a robust planning

the low income people. they have made a number of recommendations for that system to be improved. you will be getting a lot of information about that and how we can do business differently. >> what rate are you assuming for the financing? >> we are assuming 5%. we have been very fortunate to get closer to 4% with our recent financing. we do not know for sure if we will get that lucky in the future. that is a very large potential swing of affordability to be conservative and show you, the policymakers, as well as the stakeholders, what it could look like. this is a possibility. it is a likely number. we could get lucky again but we are not guaranteed it yet. president moran: any other questions? are we ready to hear miss ellis tell us how people are going to learn to love this. >> as i introduce myself, julia ellis, not the savior. i am here to provide you with a preview on the approach we will be using for the public education and engagement program as part of the sources the engagement program. at the last two workshops, the importance of having a robust public education and outre

improving safety to two intersections in the park and include landscape and lighting improvements. i have a project summary to provide community members at their leisure. not sure how to give it to you. thank you. this proposal is the result of community im property during the assessment workshops which we held in 2010. the community had a lot of concerns and three other roadways in mcclaren park. we are currently working with sfmta and dpw on project funding and project implementation. as a team we are intending to go back with the proposalal. in closing i would like to thank the agency staff, sfmta and dpw for much needed support during the process and thank you for your time and consideration of this very important project. >> thank you. thanks for your comments. next speaker please. >> good morning, elizabeth stamp, executive director. we are excited this is moving forward. we were a big advocate for the proposition into include funding for pedestrian improvements and transit improvements. we advocated for its passage as well and it's been a long wait so we are excited to see it

the community is eager to see these improvements happen. i encourage you to move forward with this project. >> and is there any other public comment on this item. >> i am frank trisca. the ultimate outcome of the project was based on a very intensive community process. i was involved in 10 of the meetings. i think we came up a little short on the closure. the understanding was that there would be two kinds of trees removed, those that were hazardous and those that were required for removal. this amounts to 11 trees, and there is a list of the trees to be removed. this comes out to about 42. the highlight of the process was the trip when we walked around the field, and the staff talked about where the trees -- or the trails would be. what i would have liked to see, and perhaps it is not too late, is to have another community field trip and we can say, this tree has to be removed for this reason. and just go from tree to tree with everyone that will be cut. not everyone will agree but at least we can understand what is going on. right now ther

the overall park improvement plan was developed through that process. we are just going to be giving a portion of the overall project. the last time we were before you in august, the commission approved the guest of the trust for public land outreach and provided a tent -- $400,000 to do the process that helped us decide all of these pieces, where the tennis courts would go, how much bigger it could get, how we could make these pieces work together. we were directed to proceed with the development of the design. we had to additional meetings that talked about the design of the playgrounds. this is the area we are focused on today. it is a limited area of the park. it is probably the area you think of. there is a new entry pass, a larger play area, do tennis courts, a new access into the park. it is hard to get in right now. it's a canyon and those are the challenges we're working with. it is a complicated side and we're trying to provide good access. here is the design we arrived at through the detailed design. it includes the tennis courts and a playgro

the master tenant would have to be responsible to make improvements to the bulkhead and depending on the amount of pier shed proposed. under the master developer approach they would be responsible for making improvements for the entire pier 38 pier shed. once staff has issued and received these responses, we will evaluate them, and we will try to evaluate them and we would hope for issue... well, we will try, the... let me go back a moment. >> we have would evaluate them, the submitle deadline is expected to be in february. we would try to evaluate, these proposals in the springtime, and get back to you some time, i think, maybe next year, and maybe summer some time. and so some conclusion, the staff recommends that the port commission authorize and direct the staff to rehab and retenant the bulkhead building at pier 38 while possibly qualifying an entity to consider the long term reuse. if approved, again, we would like to issue this rfp, some time in october and the deadline, submital deadline would be in february of 2013. in conclusion, if there are any questions that you have, i'

the zoning. that money would be available to improve open spaces outside the plant area. in terms of shadows, this is a critical issue to consider. now that the plan and zoning are approved, this is the next step before they can move forward and provide the benefits for open space and other amenities. there are no open spaces in the plant area. a handful of the major buildings will be quite tall as we discussed, and you have the chance to add some modest shadows quite some distance from the area. the closest open space is about 1,200 feet from the nearest building. most of the open spaces are half a mile or more. spaces like union square. you can see the potential buildings located in their, concentrated in the plant area. the adoption of the plan provided a comprehensive and conservative analysis of the shading and that these new buildings might add. just to highlight some of the findings -- the most important is the shadows -- potential shadows from some of these plant buildings would sweep quickly through these open spaces. there are only limited times of year verse --

the situation in my community has not improved. what i want to say, we got our backs against the wall right now. you are forcing us into a corner. we have nothing to lose. we do not have jobs, we do not have appropriate housing. we have to fight infant mortality rate in the city, thanks to your waste management plan to and other public utilities. i think you owe us some sustainability. you owe us more than just lip service. you owe us some opportunities, whether it be community-based businesses, such as paint contractors, plumbers, you owe us some training, you owe us better services at southeast community college. [applause] you go down to southeast community college, they do not even have admissions desk. it is the only community branch of the community college that looks like a jail house. you always a lot more than just improving the sewage plant. i don't even know what to college, i was smelling it the other day coming from your sewage plant. i do not feel like it should be improved at all. i feel like it should be taken out of

we need to focus on the sewer system improvement project. some of the contractors are here and some of the contractors were here the last time i spoke. you have to look at it in a holistic way. they can get the opportunities to training so when the time comes to do the job, we have skilled workers because this is not only about temporary jobs. we keep saying it again and again and again. we need career jobs so our people can go to a better place. i was that the unions to initiate the laborers union, 761 initiation fees, this come about and the other. -- this, that, and the other. it kind of makes a young man feel proud. this time around, we are happy because they're going to be working for a company who is going to keep them for a longer period it. i am saying this, commissioners, because we have to play a role, too. we can come here and express our feelings. sometimes it gets a little bit ticked off, but the good leaders have to do what it takes to take our community to a better place. good leaders know the way. i want to thank you hi, ed. w

the way i understand the financial structure to work for the capital improvements to work, is that the net revenue -- is that going to be put back into paying the capital improvement for the first 20 years? is this revenue to offset the department of technology and mta, is that on top of this capital work? >> that is correct. the $2 million is in addition to the $100 million estimated for the actual capital production. that was a negotiated figure. we needed to create tolerance for sufficient moneys to the city that would at least assist in the relocation but not overburden the project and stretch it out. we wanted to have the capital project concluded as quickly as possible so net revenues can flow to the city quicker. supervisor chu: in terms of the financials, from now until 2036, that's going to be a time in which the city does not believe we will be receiving any revenue coming in from the produce market because that revenue is being put back into paying the debt service for the capital improvements through the various phases. after 2036 is what we expect to see that $1.5 million

the order of magnitude of improvements we are talking about here are much lower than the, you know, 30 million plus it took to construct the boulevard. they are seeking to leverage growth opportunities happening on the corridor, leveraging impact fee revenue and also simply the disturbance of those takes place to make sure we are not making anything worse whether it is because of a curb cut for a building or for parking management. some of these tweaks, adding a corner bulb, adding a few seconds to realize a safe crossing, making sure at some locations there shouldn't be ped administration ak chew waistings and should get a green light. this is something we need to do on an ongoing basis as growth happens and how many are using the facility and what the levels of congestion are. >> thanks. >> the final area of detail analysis we conducted may seem a little remote from study area but on the expressway segment of san jose, which connects this part to the 280 freeway. this cuts right in front the bernal heights and glen park -- >> bernal cut? >> precisely. >> which was way back in history

>> we would have to look at where the improvements where, make sure improvements are serving the priority development area. if we do all improvements out at 40th, we would have to balance those two things. >> okay. >> priority development areas, these are established at the local and regional level in 2007 and 2008, really areas that have land use plans taking on growth. >> i fully understand that again but i think from an equity perspective -- we can talk about that. in certain areas they

you want a very small piece of the salary improved. finally, we reached last year another very important reform in which the so-called was mainly oriented to pay to the teachers in order to how many you have. i don't want to make examples of what they were taken, but today, 50%, which is linked with the money they receive, 50% depends on the improvement of your own student. according to what we are doing a year after year. now, one could be for instance the past. in six years, we established our goal and we are reaching -- but overcome in 2009 should be the same this year. mexicans to, students that it fans the most. so in particular, in 65 countries, of course mexico is probably still today one of the last countries unfortunately. but we advance a lot particularly in math. we are measuring, for example, we had last year to this year, for instance, if our goal was to reach 40% of the good of bucks on students, we overcome our goal in that sense. we are not doing the same unfortunately vanish, so we have to improve a lot. talking about t

if the outlook for the labor market does not improve substantially, the committee will continue its purchasesf agency mortgage backed securities, additional asset purchased and employ other policies. can you define and describe more specifically what improved substantially means and what is the committee referring to when it says additional asset purchases and other tools? >> well, again, we're looking for ongoing sustained improvement in the labor market. there's not a specific number we have in mind. but what we've seen the last six months isn't it. we're looking for something that involves unemployment coming down in a sustained way, not necessarily a rapid way because i don't know if our tools are that strong. but we'd like to see an economy which is strong enough that it will support improving labor market conditions and unemployment that's declining gradually over time. that's essentially what we're looking for. in terms of the tools that we have, we have the mortgage backed security purchases which we can continue or expand or change in various ways. we could also purchase of course tr

. >> the improvement is not south of feld, it's north of feld. so the continue that is there south of feldwi wilwil wilwill remain. >> but south of feld, if you don't make that left turn restriction on feld-street. you will have a situation where someone in the morning hours makes a left turn you have one lane of traffic going northbound. >> the vehicles heading northbound on masonic as they approach feld. there are three lanes. >> what about after they cross feld? >> you will have restrictions. >> from hayes to feld, will you have three lanes of traffic? >> yes, it merges. >> where does it take place? >> mid-block. >> you see the concern, i appreciate the answer but i don't know how many are making that turn from masonic to north of feld. all it takes is one person and you are waiting for a yellow light. and you are reducing the option of that northbound traffic. not only affecting traffic flow and you have people changing lanes in pedestrian area and bike area. that's a concern to me. i have to say that's the only concern as i looked at this ver

the idea of perfection. but it is a serious question as to whether we should try to improve the health of humankind and to improvehe health of our children. if we can do that at a very early stage, if we can make people more resistant to disease, longer lived, healthier, i think that that is something that a good person would try to do. >> i'll come back to you. i want to ask ian about that. do you think there's something wrong with that vision,? >> i think it's an obscene vision we've seen in history before where it leads. on one degree we should credit professor harris because he's showing us that science is going faster than society can cope at the moment. and with the logical extremism we're seeing these ridiculous and grotesque views. there is presumption around it. it is purely a medical issue. secondly that somehow inferior. there's a secondary status to disabled people and therefore we should do what we can to eliminate them. the fact that a disabled person has a worse quality of life and therefore they should be stopped from living, in every single way it is extraordinarily grotesquely so damning and hor

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it is no longer mandating the landlords to the improvements but the landlords notify the tenants. understanding that all the nuances which individuals businessmen engage with us potential experts, so if a landlord were to say my entrance were not accessible and i am informing you the businessman goes to talk to an architect, and the architect says, you are doing improvements under the valuation threshold, so you are only spending $5,000, and you are going to spend it on the bathroom, that is fine if you do not do it on the entrance. they might be ill-advised aboutd the vulnerability, so i ask supervisor chiu to mandate they put out a brochure, because businesses are relying on individuals who know more about the codes, the regulations, and things of that sort and do not know who is fully informed or partially informed, and who is going to tell just a narrow window of information and not full information, so that will be a project for our office to be working on, and i would like to have the brochure done shortly after late september, and the law will go into effect january 1. next

in talking about the bicycle facility and the project really inspires to improve the safety and comfort of people on bicycles, acknowledging that there's a large number of bicyclists and that trend is rise we need to think of the role on market street. there are currently two options that we're considering for the bicycling facility. one on the left is the shared lane, in which the travel lane is shared with transit and autos. this is, in some places, how it exists today. with additional traffic restrictions, in other words additional car restrictions, which i'll talk about in a minute, this is a viable option. the benefit to this option is really that there's -- it eliminates the lateral movement and/or pinch points between bicyclists and vehicles so it's clear that everyone is to be in the same space. and we can use color and other markings to identify this more clearly. the cycle track, which is the second option on the right is a physically separated bike facility. the image shows a vertically -- i'm sorry, a horizonal implementation. in other words, the cycle track itself is slight