item 4, communications from tida. there are several news publications and newsletters, among others. >> president tsen: comments -- i would note in that packet that there was an article on the artist from new york and he donated his services. i was out there. i saw it. and i think, you know, treasure island is just going to become this wonderful place with the murals being done there that people have a whole range of art, from local art to the sculptures. all right. >> clerk: item 5, ongoing bisbee board of directors. >> president tsen: any ongoing business? >> yes. good afternoon, everyone. to those in the audience and those that are watching remotely. this statement i'm about to make is repeating the fact that we have most of the people from the world coming to san francisco to attend the world global climate. i had the privilege of attending the mayor's conference. what is important here is that it was unfortunate that there are signature contracts, the treasure island and yerba buena island development. this proje

the other thing that we'll continue with timma, ticd and tida, is the procurement plan. we believe that initially we'll go with a lease option. it's lower up-front costs, lower capital expeditures, and doesn't lock us into any particular boat for the early years. we want to get what we think is a right-sized boat, probably 100-passenger boat and operate that for the first few years. we'll see how the demand goes and re-evaluate potentially purchasing a vessel later on. the initial service will likely be through a lease process. as i said, timma, ticd and tida will be working on this procurement plan and we'd like it have something in place probably by early 2019. it takes approximately 12 to 15 months to build a ferry vessel, even the small ones. even if we go with a lease option, there are not a lot of vessels available right now for someone to contract. it's likely that vendor will have to perfect a vessel. and with a 12- to 15-month lead time and shortage of availability of shipyards that have capacity to build, it may take 6 months, 8 months, to get in and get the bu

tida of the p.u.c. at maintain all the infrastructure without distinction. the only differences are reporting obligations to the state if, for instance, there is a sewage backup on navy owned land to, the navy reports that to the state. if it is on our land, we report that to the state. in terms of the day-to-day physical operations of the infrastructure, that is all through tida and the p.u.c. >> commissioner richardson: thank you. the second thing is that you mentioned that the relocation of the commercial tenants, what is the timeline for the utility improvements? >> we have begun the abatements of buildings in the area where those utility improvements are going to be constructed. and the tida plans to have the contractor demolish those structures in the vicinity of the gas regulator in the spring of 2019. and then began the geotechnical work in the summer of 2019. the work at the treatment plant site has been paid and is under contract. but those contracts will be expanded to encompass the utility side as well. the intention is to have the gas regulator

you took action on this topic most recently in 2016, as did the tida board and the direction you gave at that point was regarding things shown on the slide here. that both residents and visitors would pay the toll. not just residents. the toll would operate in both directions. that is consistent with all the pass plans dating back to 2006. that the transit, any transit that is registered, that could be a private, nonprofit van pool or public service, are exempt from the toll. and that there should be an affordability program. at that point, what you are asking us to come back to with recommendation, including the idea that longtime residents, folks who are predda have lived on the island since before the development agreement should be given special consideration. i want to show you two concepts for the toll. this one, the first one, as for your information. just to illustrate some of the trade-offs that we looked at in our analysis. the next one that i will show after that is what we propose. this, i am calling the baseline. this shows some of the trade-offs between transit service l