the m.t.a. can probably answer this but do you know what is the plan for [inaudible] where that will get done or is that in the plans? >> i don't believe so. what they did. it was in the original plan and when they started running out of money on the third street corridor they took the money out and put it over there is what i was told. chairman avalos: thank you. for the m.t.a. >> all i would like to see is they hire the guys. chairman avalos: thank you. from folks on the m.t.a., you have a plan to increase work on bredas there. you may not be the ones that know that. >> we are not aware of that. chairman avalos: thank you. if there are no other members of comment we will close public comment. the matter is before us. commissioner mirkarimi: motion. >> motion and approval. we will take that without objection. mr. young if you could call items three and four. >> number three resolution approving authorizing an agreement for the purchase of a permanent abscess road easement totaling 751 square fee

in terms of the sole source contract, i would note that the m.t.a. did look at alternatives trying to do the work in-house themselves but they were feeling that it would take away from the regular scheduled maintenance. they also looked at the potential of competitively bidding it but because ansaldobreda has the unique equipment and materials and they are the only one that has manufactured these vehicles, they are recommending approval as the sole source contract. chairman avalos: these were the same considerations we made in approving the other sole source contract was the cost of in-house and putting out to bid what that would be in terms of not having somebody who is familiar with the vehicles. >> therefore we are recommending approval based on those considerations. chairman avalos: thank you. commissioner mirkarimi: to m.t. m.t.a., in the information, the documents that we were given, it says that these vehicles have accumulated significant damage due to collisions. is that correct? >> that's correct. commissioner mirkarimi: it also says that the

for the m.t.a. i'm kurt kroncke. now back to john collins. good morning, john. >> good morning, kurt. we had all of the stormy weather and the tornado damage in northern baltimore city and county next to the city line did turn out to be a tornado, f-1. 100-mile-an-hour winds. 250-yard path, almost a half mile long. 1:35 wednesday morning. here is the radar image. here is the baltimore city limit and there is the line of storms. this little thing is the hook echo that occurred at 1:33 on this i will major from the radar at b.w.i. showing that little tornado that was moving kind of in this direction. not long lived but enough to cause problems there, a lot of damage. they don't have to be big storms to do damage. guys quiet -- nice quiet morning, nice recovery. 43 at annapolis. 45 cambridge. parkton 41. temperatures at freezing in far western maryland. a couple of clouds. you see the gray here and there but fair weather. clouds producing any precipitation is light. up to the north of us in new york state and pennsylvania big area of high pressur

let's get the latest on buses and trains with kurt kroncke of the m.t.a. hope you had a great weekend. >> i did. we are looking at a smooth commute on the rails right now. light rail metro on schedule. marc trains on time on penn, camden and brunswick. buses 20 and 30 buses diverting at old frederick due to construction. for the m.t.a. i'm kurt kroncke. back to tony pann. good morning, tony. >> good morning, everyone. a little bit of fog to start the day. not a big deal but keep it in mind. could affect the drive time a him bit. 48 at the airport, 46 in westminster and 45 in randallstown. fairly uniform temperatures. we could see low clouds thanks to the east wind that is developing. it will take a couple of hours to break up. this morning and early in the afternoon we will have sunshine to break that you. we could see rain on the other side of the mountains. those showers will catch up to us tomorrow afternoon and some snow in the northern plains. there is seriously cold air moving out of the southern part of canada. northern plains right now are below zer

from folks on the m.t.a., you have a plan to increase work on bredas there. you may not be the ones that know that. >> we are not aware of that. chairman avalos: thank you. if there are no other members of comment we will close public comment. the matter is before us. commissioner mirkarimi: motion. >> motion and approval. we will take that without objection. mr. young if you could call items three and four. >> number three resolution approving authorizing an agreement for the purchase of a permanent abscess road easement totaling 751 square feet over a portion of assessor's parse number 016-002-011 and 016-002-012 located in stanislaus county, required for the san joaquin pipeline system project number cuw 37301 for $500. item number four resolution approving and authorizing agreement for purchase of a permanent access rhode island easement over 398 square feet over 016-002-048 in stanislaus county for the san joaquin pipeline project system number cuw 37001 for $2,500. chairman avalos: thank you, mr. young. presentatio presentations? >> good afternoon. i'm w

with the m.t.a. i'm kurt kroncke. back to sandra shaw. >> good morning, kurt. happy you are doing well. things are high and dry over the mid-atlantic. high pressure is dominating not only the mid-atlantic but all up and down the east coast. that means plenty of sun throughout the weekend and mild are than normal. very atypical for november where we tend to see gray skies and chilly conditions. there is a front to the west that won't affect us until sunday night. it won't give us a chance of rain until late on monday and more so tuesday into wednesday. meantime, temperatures a wide range. anywhere from 30 near the state line to 31 at the airport. 48 downtown. you have the influence of the inner harbor. any time you are closer to water you have a more moderate temperature. for the statewide forecast it will be beautiful with abundant sun all the way from the mountains with a high of 60 to about 63 to 65 here in baltimore. we were 62 yesterday. it will be milder today. winds will be light so it will be great to do anything outdoors from 10:00 on. this morning you w

the reason that we are doing this is the m.t.a. decided to use other sources of funding for the right of way phase. there for these funds became available for the utility's contracts. there are some special conditions on this contract allocation. the first one is that the allocation is up to $22.6 million. once the contract is finalized and awarded, the mta will obligate the surface funds are around $6 million. also that the mta will provide additional funds with delayed expenditures to the extent possible which, as usual, with most of our locations there is the condition that the authority is included in all of the meetings. that completes the presentation. i am open to questions. any questions -- supervisor campos: thank you. any questions? we welcome -- we will open this to public comment. >> savenuni.com. backup plans are needed for this project besides the financial backer of plans. we all recognize the republican congress'attitudes, which may be vindictive, very political. they are looking at challenging high-speed rail. certa

primarily the reason for two presentations are to address the specific issues from the m.t.a. site from which the mtc was not directly involved. they did support us in oversight. the automatic fare collection program, the project utilize two contractors. ours was the one that did all the infrastructure to get all of the old gates disconnected to get our systems and infrastructure preparations done. that is on track at about two and a half million dollars. the second contractor that is utilized for the installation is cubic. they perform the installation of the fare gates, the ticket vending machines, both displays for the subway stations. that contract value is roughly at $90 million. the demolition and infrastructure preparations began earlier this year and were substantially completed in july. equipment installations began on august 2 and were substantially completed earlier this month. just a point of clarification, i think there was a lot of information in the media about the program cost being $30 million. i believe the publication or directing the cost at cubic. if you th

thinking of people like tom and i'm interested to know why there isn't any kind of advisory seat for the m.t.a. >> we discussed that when the program was started 20 years ago. the budget for the entire program is less than half million dollars. it isn't something that has been of particular interest to many elected or appointed officials. there's been no barrier to their participation, but it's a very small, privately funded organization that works very hard on these plans with the planning department staff and that is why there hasn't been that type of involvement to date. >> thank you. commissioner antonini? commissioner antonini: i think we mentioned this is all privately funded by the firms involved in it and any other firms that want to join. so it's a lot like a business improvement district so i think that is a good reason why they are the ones who are putting up the funds and they can find out the solutions and they're doing good work, regardless of who's involved with it. so it works for me. >> thank you very much. thank you. >> i will just say two things, one that kim always came to

select committee on the 18th talking to the -- on the 16th and we have met with and talked with a lot of individuals from different city organization m.t.a., the biking coalition, the department of public health, they are on a mailing list that we have. we're going to have another meeting with them in a few weeks. at the same time, the questions that we have and if you look at the last -- the last page of the document, it is -- it has -- the first piece is alternatives to yellow bus transportation because through our discussions, we have learned about a about at parent-initiated alternatives. for example, there is a share a ride, a 5.1 school massing -- school matching program. instead of saying 555.org, it whoudshould say 511. some of our students to car shares through that. there are also walking school buses -- and by trains. -- and bike trains. over the next couple of months, or by december, we will inform the community about the objectives. because we do not have information available -- as soon as review, we will share that. in the meantime, with each week that goes by, we will have more information. the questions outlined on pages

use collective bargaining agreement and binding arbitration and make additional changes to the rules for m.t.a. employees. >> i'm here with san francisco supervisor dufty: -- san francisco sean else bernd. can you tell me why you support this pop -- proposition? >> sure. right newspaper they are the only group of city employees who have their pay set by charter. by taking the guarantee out of the charter we will ensure a fair and even playing ground when we negotiate contracts and that is to the beven the riders. it is not fair in a climate like this. we raise fares, cut service, yet our drivers because of the charter received a 5.5% pay raise. it's just not equitable and we need the change. >> ok. if proposition g were to pass how would it impact san francisco citizens? >> it will impact san francisco citizens by improving the efficiency and just overall improving muni service, by removing that guarantee and pressing the reset button on all the work rules, like our inability to hire a single part-time driver. san francisco is the only city in the country without a single part time driving the

the next hearing is december 9. that will be at san francisco state and will focus on housing issues as well as transportation issues. we will have m.t.a. there to talk about transportation. the next hearing is december 16. we will talk about the -- present the findings from the economic feasibility, and we will cover other questions or issues that have arisen. there is also the initiation of the amendments necessary to move forward with the plan so you can consider them in future hearings. the hearing for action, the last time we were here, it was scheduled for the 20th. that was moved back to the 27th of january. it will be more than a month between the last informational hearing and a hearing where you are asked to consider action. so, we will start with the urban design and open space discussion of the project. following a request, we will have the project architects make the presentation, going over the details of the urban design and open space program, and then michael will get up and talk about the development agreement and the open space component of that. i will turn it over to leo. >> commissioners, before they start, if i c

the transportation authority fund sponsors many of the capital projects with caltrans -- i'm sorry caltrain, with bart, with city departments such as m.t.a., b.p.w. -- d.p.w., and tjpa. all they are passioned through these sponsors, but the assets for building these projects are not an asset we book on the authority's books. instead what we have is $150 million commercial paper we issued back in 2004 to fund all these projects. as a result of that where we don't have the option to record these assets on our books, all these assets are recorded on the respondents' backs and leads to a negative number of $108 million. in c0r ands with the budget approved in june, we intend to -- in accordance with the budget approved in june, we will have a positive enough. supervisor mar: let's open up this up for public comment. seeing none, poub comment is closed. colleagues, can we move this forward without objection? >> this is an informational item. >> mrs. cheng, could we have the next report. >> a report on the results of the november 2, 2010 general election. this is an information item. supervisor mar: i know mr. watts has some interesting news.

shut down i-95 between mountain road and route 24 yesterday to investigate, but in the end they found nothing. >> m.t.a. police are investigating an early morning crash in cecil county that happened on route 40. police say a vehicle lost control, struck a -- crashed into a structure near the toll plaza. traffic was redirected for four hours. the victim's name has not been released. >> the search continues for a gunman that shot and killed a 19-year-old man in southwest baltimore. the victim was shot 5:00 saturday evening in the 6 hookup hundred block of swan avenue. he was rushed to a local hospital where he later died. no word on a possible motive. >> also police are investigating a triple shooting that killed a 29-year-old man. police say they were shot. one man shot in the chest. he died from injuries the -- injuries. the two other men were taken to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries. >> a major turning point in the war in afghanistan. president obama said he wants troops to be done with major combat by 2014. the date was agreed upon yesterday in lifment isbon, portugal. >> at their

the planning department. we look forward to also working with other departments like d.p.h., m.o.h., m.t.a. and etc. so hope you will vote no on this disapproval recommendation and help us move forward to strengthening the s.u.d. this will benefit the residents in the neighborhood because this is something that they wanted, so i hope you will consider that. thank you. president miguel: thank you. is there additional public comment on this item? if not, public comment is closed, commissioner olague. vice president olague: this is complicated because south of market, i mean, as anjelica and april and staff knows, they have been under so much pressure from development that there is a certain kind of urgency or nervousness around displacement of existing communities in that area. so i can understand where this is coming from. one time before when we were looking at it, we thought, well, maybe by i think when 900 follow some came up, there was a discussion, that's when sort of like when you pass these ordinances or you find out that there is limitations to its strength or whatever, there is no teeth and s

m.t.a. officials say they have reviewed the ideas already and they would not to work. officials admit they are open to considering ideas by muni on other issues. it another way bay area transit companies could be losing money as loopholes and the clipper card system that allow users to go for a long ride without paying the full fare. stanley roberts shows us the problem in today's edition of people behaving badly. >> on your screen is a negative $6.10 sent ballots on the clipper card a car that was used to travel to sfo on bart. it was purchased at paul st. nummi station for only $2. here's the to the card. this allows someone with the clipper card to enter the guard station and wait for the airport train. after boarding the airport or a train you write for about 35 minutes until you a ride at sfo. as the doors open to the train and head to the fare gates. wait he only put $2 under clipper card. does this mean you're stuck as a full bart station the answer is no because even with $2 on your occurred the gates will still open. why? because the clipper card allows bart r