i am a property owner close by this tjpa project. there's a proposal out to have a marijuana or canada's club build -- cannabis club built about 700 or 800 feet from the project. i believe you represent the ownership of that property, and i do not believe it is a good use in this area, and i encourage you -- and this was to go before the planning commission in november -- to take a position that this is a bad thing for this area. we do not want people taking the train from los angeles, san francisco, to get a joint and then leave. i would like you to take a position saying we are not in favor. thank you. >> thank you. ok, that does conclude that item. director kim: thank you. could you please call item seven, please? >> yes, we will move into the regular calendar. item seven, presentation of the proposed project labor agreement with the unions, the san francisco building and construction trades council and the contractors with respect to the trans a transit center program construction project. >> we entered into a contract, being bro

administered by the tjpa. there is a joint administrative committee established in the agreement that would have two representatives from the tjpa and two from the trade unions. the joint administrative committee would meet quarterly just to review the overall status of the program, promote dialogue between the trade unions and the tjpa and also can serve as, it parties mutually agree, as a first step for the resolution of disputes before going to the arbitration procedures that are included in the pla. the pla includes a number of different arbitration and dispute procedure resolutions. one is if there is an issue that would normally lead to a work stoppage. again, that would be built through the dedicated arbitration procedures in our pla and not through another conventional arbitration procedure that is set up underneath the schedule. one of the advantages is we are looking for expedited pay resolution as well as the jurisdictional disputes between unions. we have specific provisions if there is a dispute b

the tjpa will be bidding. certainly, if there is a major policy consideration, we will not proceed. >> i think that is great and will be helpful. i think it may be great that there are specific benefits we are all hoping to get from pla. i think it would be good for the committee to identify what specific metrics they need to be able to evaluate whether we are getting or whether we are realizing those benefits. i also wonder if quarterly will be frequent enough to review, but something to consider whether we want to get more explicit on how we are going to handle that committee and ultimately evaluate the pla. and then, my last question has to do with something we touched on a little bit earlier, which is local hiring, which is an important interest for a lot of folks. i know the current federal regulations under which we operate not permit local preferences, but there are potential changes coming. the american jobs act, for example, gave much more discretion in that regard. i am wondering if there are changes

tjpa, the building trades council will be partner with the school district remote pre- apprenticeship programs, including a multi-trade core curriculum in district classes, educational tools for students of our project site, internship opportunities, tjpa participation in a printer should job fairs with the schools. through the unions, into their apprenticeship programs for graduates of the school district program. the program also extends to adults. we're trying to work with the unions to try to promote opportunities for underprivileged and up -- underrepresented membership in the unions, working with cdo's to identify candidates for those apprenticeship programs. on apprenticeships in general, state law out lines provisions for apprenticeships hours, pay rates, so forth. a threshold here is to have one hour of apprenticeships labor for every five hours of german labor on the project. the apprentices will be graduates of state certified apprenticeship programs that are administered by the trade unions. we plan to come back, as maria mentioned, to the board, to provide quarterly repor

california public employees retirement system to continue providing retirement benefits to employees of tjpa , and the resolution authorizing the employer pick up of employee contributions. >> we contacted with local

i should also point out that the tjpa and the public sector with your partnership in the city is the only entity in the country that is actually investing real dollars to support high speed rail. since the plan would increase height and density limits in the area, it was important for us to look at the skyline. bear with me on our planning talk for a few seconds, but it was important for us to look at when we talk of the buildings up to 1,000 feet what this will do to our skyline, what it will look like, how to maintain and make more distinct the city skyline. the city skyline today is characterized by what we most see -- the transamerica building, the bank of america building, leaving conte hours, and a lot of similar height buildings. the terminal and the project the transit center will create a new focal point for the city in exactly the places where it should be and create a kind of new heart of downtown south of market which is exactly where we have been thinking it should go for the last 25 years. as seen from treasure island as well, the idea is to really create a punctuated s

the fact we are going to cooperate through trades and tjpa, helping those shop programs, is great. i know the district is thrilled by it, and so are we. thank you for your work. we look forward to your approval of this document. director kim: thank you for being an advocate at the schools for bringing shop class is back. is there any other public comment at this time? seeing none, public comment is closed. we will open back up for discussion amongst directors. director reiskin? director reiskin: thank you. i will join in commending the director and staff, the labor unions working together on this. it was a tremendous effort in a relatively short period of time to come up with what i think was a very good framework and document for moving those projects forward and provided good opportunities in the process. i agree with almost all the public speakers, that there are great benefits that will come from having this pla in place. i am very appreciative also to the staff for the work that was done between the last meeting and this, working with mike and the school district on the appren

tjpa, the building trades council will be partner with the school district remote pre- apprenticeship programs, including a multi-trade core curriculum in district classes, educ

tjpa, the building trades council will be partner with the school district remote pre- apprenticeship programs, icl

california public employees retirement system to continue providing retirement benefits to employees of tjpa , and the resolution authorizing the employer pick up of employee contributions. >> we contacted with local government services to provide benefits, medical and retirement benefits, but now that we have grown, we are working to zero we save money and be as cost- effective as possible. we now have the ability to adjust contractor rep we wiconth calpers, and that it does all it really is. we save money now and now have -- the long route to go through a middle person. supervisor kim: any questions on this item? director risk iesiskin: the actl numbers seem to be somewhere out of line with where the rest of the city and state are headed in terms of generosity, and i do not know if in this action here or affirming or establishing those, and i recognize the difference between existing employees and prospective employees, but 2% of 55 based on a one-year final year compensation and 7% pickup seem to beat very far out of line -- seem to be very far out of line with where this is -- were the c

implementation of the pla and work of the joint administrative committee, the report requirements of the tjpa contractors. now i would like this and bob to present the details of the pla. >> the proposed product labor agreement we have, with all product labor agreements establishes a general terms and conditions for work. all work on the project site. it is not -- does not restrict contract and opportunities on the program to only union contractors but provides provisions for inclusion of small and non-using contracts. the effort that we went through with the unions, negotiating the document, bringing it to the board, began over six months ago. we presented last month as you are were aware, to receive public comment. we now bring it to you for approval with the consent. labours, carpenters, operating engineers, trade council, or lead in negotiating the pla with us. pla is a benefit to the program. because of our scope, complexity, duration, having a pla to regulate the issues that may arise whether it is between our contract community or the unions or between is essential to make sure that we

the investment by the public agencies through the tjpa gives us the opportunity to do this for the first time and add to fulfill several objectives. it creates huge new job capacity. our analysis has been showing that given the downtown build out that we have experienced over the last 30 years, we were getting to a place where we had a 10 or 20-year capacity for new office space in the downtown, and this plan helps us increase that capacity for several more years. it creates a dance band -- as i said, perhaps the densest district outside the country outside new york on the terminal that can take advantage of and support the investment made in the terminal. most importantly perhaps, it actually creates a revenue source for completing the transit center by creating the opprobrium that it is and to allow the development to help pay for that transportation infrastructure. it actually takes advantage -- excuse me -- it actually takes advantage not only of the previous parcels that were occupied by the embarcadero freeway, but it weaves together the extraordinary effort of bringing transportat