how are we doing on transbay? thanks to her staff and to the people of california, we are here today because of that kind of leadership. speaker, thank you for holding our feet to the fire on this and making this happen. i can tell you senator boxer was also very tenacious on this. i met with a lot of members of your delegation. as a result of that, we are making this a great announcement today, launching this important project, the first in the state. you have your act together, here in california. as usual, california is way ahead of the curve. everything has already been said, just about everybody has said it. i have said what i wanted to say. congratulations, california, to the governor, a delegation, speaker, you are in the catbird's seat because of the kind of leadership that you have in this state. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, mr. secretary. now in is an overwhelming joy and honor that i introduced speaker nancy pelosi, who has been a role model and inspiration for me and come was women across the co

in the director of the transbay joint powers authority. [applause] on behalf of the tjpa, i would like to welcome everyone to this historic occasion -- the groundbreaking of the first high-speed modern railway station in the united states. [applause] today marks the culmination of a very long journey and an enormous amount of hard work by many people to make this day a reality. there were many challenges along the way, but we had a great vision, a huge optimism, remained focused, and most importantly, have the ongoing support of the public to fulfill their expectations. here is what we are delivering to the public starting today. the first new high-speed rail station in the country, the first modern regional bus station in more than 60 years. after more than 100 years, a downtown san francisco train station, all line one modern landmark building designed by world-class architects and engineers. that will be surrounded by new residents and new workers. this will be a 21st century building for a 21st century region and state and a world- cla

recommend approval of the adoption of a baseline budget schedule and funding plan for phase 1 of the transbay transit center project. this is an action item. >> the project has three phases. the extension is referred to as phase two, and the redevelopment plan. in november 2007, the djba adopted a budget of 1 ,189,000,000. that included the foundations to prepare for future construction of the terminal. in this diagram, we show the bottom part boxed in gray would not be part of this initial scope. basically just the above ground portion, the foundations. the transbay center project is among san francisco's highest- priority project, identified as such in 3 plans. february last year, this board adopted the funding and supported the transbay transit center project to receive funds. the project has received support from the mayor, governors, and congressional delegation. in january 28 of this year, the department of transportation announced a grant of 2.25 billion dollars in ara funds for california, and included $700 million for the transbay transit project. the federal agency of the department

transbay also takes a novel approach to water management. water will be recycled on a scale like never before seen in the country. it will be filtered and clean by the plant life in the park. the first rooftop where land in the united states. there are a lot of things that we are employed with the design. and of course, one of the most exciting elements, this 5.4 acre park. there are two reasons for the park. one was our commitment to sustainability. not only will it reduce our consumption, but it also promotes a holistic design, where grain features are integrated into the design. at the west end of the park, there will be a 1000-person amphitheater, similar to the shoreline mountain view and the theater today. there will be conference, movies playing. when not in use, there will be a lot where people can relax, read, -- lawn where people can relax, read, do some work for the day. in the front of the park will be the welcoming building. it will be a beautiful setting of foliage. there will be planting from bamboo growth to larger strayed tr

the transbay joint powers of authority. this came up because there was a question from within of our very highly placed elected officials and the federal government who is asking about the glass that is going to be in the transbay terminal. so we asked mr. beck to come here and give us a short presentation. thank you. >> thank you. it is not only a question that comes up from elected officials. it is a question that we get in many of our public meetings ads well. and -- the -- this is the design and it is a little dark in the image to pick it up. but for the new transit center that is going it replace the existing transbay terminal and you see one of the major features of the facility is the park that is going to be on top of the facility. and just for context, our program, we're replacing the transbay terminal with the new transit center and -- extending caltrans alignment from the existing terminal by 4th and king into the center for both caltran and especially -- eventually for california high-speed rail. the second majo

my association with the transbay project for me feels like one of the highlights. because you are bringing online to the city a building that will be iconic, that will be a landmark for generations to coming and it has just been such a pleasure to work with the architectural team of pelley clark pelley, and their vision for this phenomenal facility. and the way we have been able to select these fabulous artists to identify works that complement the building. when you see how it excos with the concept of a park and the garden that is on the roof of the billing. when you look at ned kahn's interactive water fountain display and the way that it in realtime reflects the movement that is taking place underneath that garden and highlights and manifests that movement symbolically for the visitors, you see how the architecture and the art really are working together. so it has just been, i think -- i'm urging you to approve. this although the san francisco arts commission doesn't have any jurisdiction over this project. we did, however, present all of the artists and their

currently, they are leasing 20,000 square feet of covered space in the transbay terminal. they are paying $20,000 a month rent. this lease would have greyhound renting approximately 7538 square feet of space in the new building the temporary terminal. the annual rent will be $20,000 a month. the terminal lease with the seven years. the basis of the $24,000 ranch was that it would be similar to the rent that greyhound is currently paying at the trans bay terminal with an increase of $4,000 a month, and under greyhound's business model, they are paying approximately 4% of their gross sales for similar markets as san francisco. this lease would have been paying 6.7% of their gross sales. for the year space at the temporary terminal. they would have exclusive use of the western portion of the building at the temporary terminal and shared use of the central space with another carrier that the tjpa may choose to put in the eastern side space, 1022 square feet. greyhound would have exclusive use of four of the eight bus bays an exclusive use of two of the remaining four. outside

i think everybody knows the transbay terminal broke ground yesterday and the terminal. associated commercial development, the high speed rail, are certainly some of the most exciting and important projects in san francisco at this time. so, it's disheartening to see potentially significant impacts from this project that the transbay joint powers authority brought to light, inadequately addressed in the responses and ignored in the conditions for approval. most significantly which is the impact of the cal train downtown extension created by 22 having a -- 222 having a match foundation rather than a pile-driven foundation. a brief explanation, if you drive the piles down to bedrock, you set the building on top of that, it doesn't really matter what's adjacent to the building or what happens around the building, it sets on that bedrock where as a mat foundation has a high capacity for displacement of adjacent soils and the letter from the transbay joint powers authority pointed out that having a mat foundation on 222 second versus a pile-driven foundation is going to creat

we have the transbay, we have the high-speed rail that may or may not happen. we have ironically 201 second street across the street that you've approved for a high-rice residential. we have the mosconi center that probably will expand. we have s.f. moma that will expand. 149 new montgomery, which is approved right across the street for residential. we have even the palace hotel that may or may not get condominiums approved. and with all of those things, that neighborhood -- our neighborhood will be "developed." of course, there will be more changes, but we're in a transitional stage right now. as a neighborhood it's really only been 10 years with residential down there. the residential is great. you see people walking their dogs. you heard mention of kindergartens. you see life on the weekends. ironically a lot of people who work in this building will also live in the neighborhood. so to me it's part of building a neighborhood. i think the exceptions are relatively minor, and if you were to build a project strictly by code you'd have a worse building and not a

transbay terminal. truly, the grander central station on the west coast. i do not even like to be compared to grand central station because this is a much more extraordinary vision. i am sure maria will have slides, and all of you will walk away thinking, wow. high-speed rail. the fact we got $4 million in stimulus money allowed us to move forward on construction of this site. this is real. secretary ray lahood was out here with speaker pelosi. the temporary facility is open. you know this. the only press we are getting is a bad press, that there are not enough benches. by the way, everything that we did was -- in housing was for long-term shelter. 12,000 human beings are off the streets since i became mayor. i know what you say, it does not feel like it. but the last survey we did in january, 44% of the people on the streets had been there for less than 90 days. think about what that means. as soon as we house someone, someone else is arriving. real progress, 30 years like this, we are finally moving in the right direction on homelessness. we are not givi

what were the loads expected for the transbay,

what were the loads expected for the transbay, and who is testing it on our behalf?s being tested with the owners and those who own that line. it is being tested with oversight from the independent system operator, from the iso. president crowley: thank you. >> you are welcome. secretary housh:

what were the loads expected for the transbay, and who is testing it on our behalf? >> it is being tested with the owners and those who own that line. it is being tested with oversight from the independent system operator, from the iso. president crowley: thank you. >> you are welcome. secretary housh: we took this to mean that it would be good to tell you about our automated water meter project, so we can show that and differentiate that. >> and i get to talk about the pg&e smart meter part, and he will talk about our water program. as you know, pg&e has been authorized to install a smart meters and to implement that program throughout its service territory. the california public utilities commission authorized $2.20 billion on the program. pg&e was scheduled to begin deploying meters, smart meters, in san francisco on july 1 of this year. they have received since beginning deployment, in november of 2006, they have deployed a 6.6 million smart meters -- deployed 6.6 million smart meters, and 3.9 of those were installed in 2010. over 1300 pg&e customers filed compla

tube. >> this is going through the transbay tube or between 24th street and 16th street, that's one of the spots where there's lots of curves. it's noisy. but we have four of five lines going through that area. lots of curves and inclines. lots of trains. it's noisy and it's in the tube. >> the solution to reducing the noise? rail grinding machines that b.a.r.t. purchased several years ago. the grinders smooth out the ripples on the tracks nightly that cause all the noise. >>> the union city man accused of shooting a fremont police officer made his first court appearance today and he had plenty of company. dozens of fremont police officers packed an alameda county courtroom intending to show 20-year-old andrew barrientos that they expect justice for their wounded colleague. jodi hernandez was also in court a little intimidating, jodi? >> reporter: that's right. the 39-year-old officer remains in the hospital with his wife at his bedside in a coma so they were not in court but his brothers in blue made sure they were represented. they want the suspect to know they want him prosecuted

after lengthy discussion about the possibility of improvements, it was decided because of the transbay transit center upplanning, that they didn't want to do any higher buildings on this site and we worked with dean and larry and craig for months on this simple shape that went up and this is the fall of 2006. the office economy in san francisco is hot. so not only have we paid dealer for the piece of land and bought all the t.d.r.'s, but we're actually in full-blown design development drawings. tom and i went to portland to look at this skin. we built this skin that's on the building in benson's yard in portland. and, you know, we were dish think it was a very different building, it was a very exceptional building, it would have been very unique and finally after a year and a half dean came back and said, look, you know, because of the way the downtown plan is written, we need something that is much more compliant with the downtown plan. ok? so we stopped, we redesigned the building, we came to the department with a building where there were seven different masses. we had a whole serie

. -- transbay cable. president crowley: if you drive out there, there is just a lot of drunks.significance. -- there is a lot of junk. commissioner: i have some questions. questions. what were the loads expected for

and if you have ever ridden on the transbay tube you know that once you are inside the tube the noise that the train makes on the track makes it hard to talk or even be heard. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: according to a story in this morning's chronicle the noise levels along parts of the system's 208 miles of track can reach unhealthy levels but are not sustained long enough to actually cause ears -- damage to the ears, according to the national institute for occupation safety and health. noise levels are measured in desbells, and there are 23 points along the track that reach levels that sound like a construction site. it has passengers thinking about their ears. >> i am not really sure. without a professional opinion, you know, loud music when you are young affects you too, so they say it is -- >> the desbell level is that of a jackhammer inside the tubes. >> every day. can't be good you think the loud noise affects your hearing. >> no, not really. it is not that loud. >> not rally. >> no, sometimes it gets louder than others but it is tolerable. >> so here is a list of some of the n

project for us for the exploratory and, the chance they terminal, the chance of a joint authority --transbay terminal, a joint authority. the puc with their new office building, brought in revenue this last year for our planned review. what this means to me is that we did a good job and in terms of revenues of the ongoing height of service, and because $1 million of the increase -- the $1.3 million increase was for the intergovernmental. we also have had a roughly $679,000 of refunds. this is -- the concept of the refunds is basically, we are paying current year revenue for prior year -- some current year, but prior year plans. so people who have committed -- submitted a plan for inspections and paid s in the prior fiscal year, we're refunding them in the current fiscal year, so, hopefully, this will kind of ratchet down. the refunds are very time consuming for our staff. they, you know, are difficult in their own way, and we are really hoping that that will decrease when the economy starts to get better. when you exclude a mou's from the overall revenue, we're looking at 1.7% increase. that

through the transbay tube you've heard this sound. a story in today's "chronicle" successes the intensity of the sound as measured in decibels is unhealthy. >> i seem -- i see people with headphones. and i always think i should get some but i never do. >> reporter: what do you think of the noise? >> what? [ laughter ] >> it's loud. >> reporter: they mushed decibels at 100. that's the sound of a jackhammer. >> this train -- any train system in the country is gonna make noise. >> reporter: but not loud enough for a sustained period of time to cause hearing damage. the a study says a person -- a study says a person would have to be subjected to these noises for some time before it would take an effect. train operators wear ear devices or ear plugs. b.a.r.t. fights train noise with train noise. b.a.r.t. has two rail grinders to help reduce the noise. they can shave off the track to help amplify the noise. b.a.r.t. says the reason is primarily safety. while none of the track noises are established lock enough to affect people with normal h

if you take just one of them, this is the transbay area today. with the plan, significant growth in that one district. as we look at what this means for the downtown areas, market areas that are all thesalready congested -- what this means for our streets is at least 20,000 more peak period vehicle trips. if we think about how we might accommodate those trips, we will end up with a much longer and severe rush hour, an increase of 20% in our! 30% by 2013. if we look at the complement of all of these things, we know we need a robust solution for demand management and generating revenue for infrastructure and investment. in need to be both together, not just one tool, and a comprehensive measure. this is one of the things that we will be looking at in the plan as it is launched later this fall. as we look at the scenarios that we may consider for san francisco, we look at where congestion is, where it is worse, and other options for people where we could improve for the travelers who decide to drive or travel by other modes. we have been looking jus

also included transbay service. and all of this begins on september 10.started december 10th. >> it's crazy. >> reporter: not unless you want to do walking to get to the bus that will run. >> that's not convenient. thank you. >>> was he a good dad or a bad cop? a south bay family accuses a san jose officer of false arrest. they say he handcuffed a teenage boy for fooling around with his stepdaughter. there could be serious consequences. >> in my opinion, he committed a kidnapping, he committed a false imprisonment. >> reporter: tony boscoe,witz represents the boy. >> it wasn't smart to mess with the cop's daughter. >> reporter: we're not naming them. he claims on august 30th, the veteran motorcycle cop confronted the teen's parents at the front door. >> in full uniform, gun, duty belt, boots. essentially demanding entrance. >> reporter: it's unclear if he was on our off duty. what is clear : >> the officer is on paid administrative leave pending the investigation. >> reporter: investigating whether the cop acted under color of authority. using the uniform

transbay redevelopment. the goal of the project team is to coordinate with staff on all of these efforts to make sure that we are integrating finding from those studies and visa versa. public up -- is -- outreach is a priority. the technical advisor recommit the which will include staff, and a set a path designed advisory committee, and more high-level design committee. we intended to traditional outreach in terms of community meetings and workshops. we also plan to do simulations and digital as asians, and other media such as websites, social media. this is something we are leaving open to outreach leaders. i will turn it back over now. >> thank you. the project schedule we are talking about is to develop the project for the 2015 implementation. the current request is through 2010 and2011. 2011. the project cost in this first stage is $1.9 million. that $790,000 is for the consultant participation, as i mentioned. that will be combined with the city budget. the full study to the environment will cost $3.4 m

. >> the loudest spot on bart is the transbay tube heading westbound. and the ride is nearly as loud eastbound between glen park and 24th streets mission stations. the quietest ride southbound at hayward station came in at 37 decibels. the 73 decibels. a study named the system the quitest in the country. >>> a man who had the whole bay area watching him yesterday says he is not done scaling buildings. dan goodwin from north lake tahoe climbed the millennium tower in san francisco on labor day. he calls himself "skyscraperman" or spider dan. he is trying to raise the awareness of cancer and terrorism to skyscrapers. >> i felt like it was my moral obligation to do something about it because i feel that our country is really vulnerable to another attack. and that's why i climbed. hey, look, i'm not a terrorist. don't worry about me, i'm not going to commit suicide. this is about something much higher than that. doing it for all the cancer survivors out there all the people fighting for cancer, i wanted to be the rallying call. >> it took goodwin 3.5 hours