the order of priorities is shown on page five of your package. presidio parkway, central subway, and then caltrans downtown extension. but the proposed remaining commitment table is the second one on that page. proposed, revised, remaining commitments. commissioner kim: what is currently the top priority for rip funds? i assume there was a different place before in the recommendation to change it. >> commissioner, presidio parkway is the first priority, as shown on the table. this is simply clarification that the repayment of funds, $34 million in advance that the mtc is providing, would only happen after the central subway. it is not happening after the local projects. it is just making sure that it is clear the repayment of the $34 million would happen only after the central subway commitments are filled. that project is already under way -- commissioner kim: prioritize after the presidio parkway repayment? >> yes, it does not change the priority of the commitments that the board said originally. we just have this event from the mtc and need to clarify

the other thing i wanted to mention is that part of the presidio parkway will be done. this is a long-term, low interest loan. i am very very delighted to let you know that the credit council on march 16th recommended approval of the $250 million. the action alone is with the secretary and i am very confident that we will have that officially approved, probably in the next few days. that would insure that we would have financial flows in may which is really a tremendous conclusion to 8 decades loan sagas to see this project finally done for the benefits of the public and also to the benefit of improved access and improve conditions at the presidio. the subway is making a tremendous amount of progress, it is nearing completion of the final design the contract is at 85% complete. completion is expected by may of this year. the second notice to proceed, the construction of the lunch box was issued on march 14th, the same day that the senate approved the surface transportation act and the fourth and final notice to proceed is anticipated to happen in july of this year. that

al wanted me to say that you were the mainstay of presidio during his years there. there, as a teacher, becoming a counselor and head counselor, assistant principal, and the last several years, the principle of, you have nurtured other people's leadership as well. al said you definitely deserve a longevity bonus if we had something like that. if you continue to be the heart and soul of presidio middle school, one of the treasures of the school district. on behalf of the teachers, parents, counselors, families, it is my honor to acknowledge you as the woman's day honoree for the richmond district. thank you. >> i want to thank you for this honor. i cannot sing you a song but i can definitely seeing your praises. as a parent of three children that attended presidio middle school, i can tell you that she is the backbone of that school. she has brought her leadership to that school and it remains our top middle school in the city of san francisco. she has convinced me to be a pta president for six terms at that school. it is because of the inclusiveness of community and

be for the seven but are there any other laboratory and we have had them work on projects like the presidio parkway, the nine -- 19th avenue project, and another one in the gary with two monitors that the city uses for their annual audit, increasing that amount by $149,180. the next contract that i have is for an arrest and associates, and to provide consulting services. we anticipate that they would continue to provide a sense with workforce development programs and small business campaigns and this is the final renewal option for $95,000 and how may tip of the work on this in a court or except in traffic? this is for whenever we need help with this. before i forget, this item was brought before the cec on february 22. in terms of a fiscal impact, the total is equal to $1.7 million. it would be funded by a variety of sources, including prop k from various city departments and agencies and a grant funding required from federal and regional. with that, i am available the contract by mentioned >> continuing with the existing firms in the said the -- what was it? [unintelligible] what exactly

revise the authority's funding commitment to the presidio parkway project to fully fund the project and make related changes including amending the authority's 2012 regional improvement program (rip) priorities; accepting an advance of $34 million in surface transportation program/congestion mitigation and air quality improvement funds from the metropolitan transportation commission; amending the prop k strategic plan to program an additional $9,680,000 in prop k funds to the project; and revising the authority's rip commitments. this is an action item. commissioner campos: colleagues, we tried to minimize the number of special meetings, but the timing of this matter was such that a special meeting was required. i will turn it over to our executive director jose moscovich to explain what we're doing and why this action needs to be taken. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good morning. i will ever know the chair's comments. i appreciate your appreciate -- patients in accommodating another meeting. let me review the item quickly and open it up for questions. the development of this, in may 2010

this is $160.5 million for capital projects, consisting of large projects like the presidio parkway, transbay terminal, central subway, the radio communications system, and as you heard today, the better market street project. the next largest amount of expenditures we plan to incur is 3.2% for personal cost. the amount we have estimated has not changed from previous years. salaries have not increased at all. the salary structure was established back in fiscal year 2007. the only change to this is really the cost of living and benefits. the other two small percentages we have relate to debt service of 1.5%. this is the cost to keep our commercial paper program. we also have 1.2% for our non- personnel expenditures, and that relates to office supplies, our equipment, our audit services budget, our legal services budget. one item i should add is we also anticipate a $295 million bond issue in late spring of fiscal year 2013. we will reevaluate the need for a bond at the midyear budget of the net. if it was needed, it would be brought before and finance committee for approval before any

looking back from the golden gate bridge to presidio, you are more aware of the park land and less ofthe viaduct will parallel the existing one and to the south and can be built while the existing one remains in operation. and the two bridges there with open space between them and your views constantly change and not aware of the traffic in the opposite direction and notice the views more. and the lanes of course are a foot wider than they are today. and they will be shoulders and if your car is disabled, you can pull off to the edge. and the next area, the tunnel portal will have a view centered on the palace of fine arts and as you come out, you can see alkatrez island and bay. and the next area is about 1,000 feet long. and when you come into one, you can see through the other end. it's almost like driving through a building than through a tunnel. and noise from the roadway will be sheltered. and the traffic will be out of view. >> when you come out of the last sort tunnel and as you look forward, you see the golden dome of the palace of fine arts and what more perfect way to come

the chair already mentioned the agreement on the presidio parkway second phase funding. i will not review that again. we also have underway the process for getting the van ness brt project on the ground, the draft eir eis was released in november 2011. the project has already been mentioned, named the top performer for small start at the federal for the third year in a row by that ftfederal transit administration. there will also be a parallel decision at the mta board. we will be working with them to have that be the best course of the city. a total expected cost of $125 million. geary corridor has also made progress. they are essentially hoping to present designs in spring 2012, the cost expected to be around $215 million. transbay transit center has made a lot a progress this year, $70 million demolition contract completed, 185 million contract excavation for the but his work. that is under way. above grade construction package is 90% complete. we are essentially all go on the first phase. the second phase, however, we have a shortfall. that will be the focus of commis

also want to introduce -- i will turn this back over, but parents hall, the division chair at the presidio, and deborah frank is the superintendent. of promised with a photo to help in future elections, i would be on this side of terrance. chairperson nolan: on behalf of all the people in the city, thank you for your help. this is a wonderful story. thank you for your hard work every single day and the extra grace to bring to it. gentlemen? mr. white, mr. macarthur? >> i am cedric macarthur. i would like to thank the board for recognizing our work, considering the fact we all do an honest job on a day-to-day basis. everyone appreciates standing before all of you today. it was a wonderful story, and it was unusual, but i have to thank my colleagues, my co-workers, and also james white. we share the same line. i believe the efforts and strength that we work together honestly and nobly -- we can have success stories like this, which makes us feel more appreciated, to come in every day and do a job well done. i want to thank the superintendent, james frank, my wife, who fixes lunch and breakfa

, we have some issues that come out -- came up in terms of the funding of the second phase for the presidiokway. we just had a meeting with the mayor to discuss that. as you may be aware, that project will be delivered through a public-private partnership. we are very excited to see that move forward. as you know, the first phase is nearing completion. the public-private partnership provides an opportunity to demonstrate that we can deliver on time on schedule, and frankly, transfer and a majority of the risk to the private- sector while at the same time capitalizing on the benefits that they provide. we have a funding strategy for closing the budget cap that has been identified. i did not want to go into the specifics of that but i want to thank the county transportation authority staff for their work in making that happen, as well as the mayor's office, for their collaboration and assistance from the mtc > let me also -- mtc. let me also talk about what is happening around high-speed rail. i want to thank commissioner wiener and his staff for highlighting the issue and forgetting all the

not to exceed $167,700, for citybuild services to promote workforce development for phase ii of the presidio parkway project and authorizing the executive director to negotiate the agreement terms and conditions. supervisor wiener: thank you. for the record, commissioner david chiu will be joining us for the last item in commissioner mar is now present. >> good morning. i am a principal engineer in the capital group, with authority, and i am here to present to you item #4 of the agenda, which begins on page 13 of your packet, beginning with a memorandum of agreement on page 13. in the past, the authority and office of workforce development have collaborated to track local lock -- local opportunities within the city and county of san francisco. as a matter of fact, they were one of the main proponents of supporters of the city build program, which had been active and effective in reaching neighborhood groups through outreach in training programs, developing for what local residents located within upcoming construction prague -- projects. we will provide local outreach and develop skills for -

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the next highest percentage increase was in treasure island, then the financial district, the presidio, potrero hill. at the bottom, mission bernal heights had a 14% decrease. visitation belly had a 13% decrease. -- visitation valley had a 13% decrease. chinatown had a decrease. chairperson farrell: for folks looking at the screen, are trying to -- the neighborhoods higher on the chart have seen the highest increase in percentage of children in their neighborhoods. is that correct? >> that is exactly right. on the column to the far left is the name of the neighborhood. the next column is the current zero through five population. the next column is the overall% of the city population. the third is the percentage change the last column is the increase in sheer numbers of children from 2000 through 2010. again, it is often reflective of other kinds of issues occurring in the neighborhoods. often, in south of market, there was a huge increase in development in certain neighborhoods. this was just a quick chart to show within the different income brackets if there were differences in the pe