why not transbay? at this point, it is not a viable option. we have been in the communications with the project over several years. the vision -- the coordination has evolved. right now, our long-term vision for the transbay facility would include a unified regional transportation center, which there has not been even in the planning stage right now. other agencies have not been brought on board with that. we would need a funding plan. the timeline must work to coordinate with central subway, radio, and our other projects. there was a recent policy decision between transbay and sfmta to have those projects go forward on a separate pacts, and transbay is no longer being pursued on our planning horizon. >> about the expenses -- supervisor chu: about the expenses you expect on transbay compared to the current proposal. >> we did not have a detailed cost estimate for the transbay center. we did recognize when we took up the consulting contract last year, we included as an option a task to go into a conceptual design for transbay. supervisor chu: y

the one issue about transbay is important. i would like to understand a little bit more about the funding for the project. it says here that it is fully funded. i want to make sure that is the case. finally, one last piece about what an integrated facility would actually do for operation. those three areas. >> so i will skip over this. there is a slide on transbay i'm going to bring up. let me talk a little bit to this. sfmta's functions -- when you ask about the operational efficiencies we are going to realize, it is very hard to quantify what the value of something like that is, being able to marshal the taxi fleet to address a specific incident, but those are the kind of things we will be able to do better. plus, in the facility, we will have much improved systems. video walls throughout the facility, and we will be able to display much more sophisticated blend of cctv images and other images of the overhead system, the train control system, and be able to change that as needed and bring up all of the information in an orga

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>> transbay would have rental payments as well. we do not know what those would be at this time. we had a site tentatively identified. we have been in very preliminary talks with transbay, but that space in the terminal has since been reallocated to other uses since the separation of the two planning have, so if we were in the future to go back to transbay,would have to be identified. we are not sure that there is appropriate space, and we would have to renegotiate. we did not know what that cost would be. supervisor kim: just another quick question -- why is it that you would only begin construction after transbay had been fully billed out? -- build out? >> basically, we do not have any funding to do it. we are pursuing one project at a time. i do not think the agency is really in a position to build two control centers simultaneously. we will have a lot to do -- supervisor chu: i agree with that. supervisor kim: ok, thank you. >> anything else? supervisor chu: know, your completed with your presentation? in terms of the capital funding, you had talked about the $32 million bein

but to say we will never be able to put in transbay terminal is inaccurate. i hope we do it inthat conversation in the long-term. my concerns were these. it was not the center itself. i wasn't convinced by the process -- although it could have been we found the best space possible, but i wasn't convinced that we necessarily found the best space given the price of the building we will be doing the lease in. currently we spent from there are 3,2,000 a year up to $78 ,000 a year on current real estate. this is going to had another $1.4 million annually towards what we spend on real estate. on howard street, i think that is a positive step forward. i am worried about the additional cost. i wonder if we could have negotiated a better deal. i am also curious as to why, and i brought this up as budget committee, when we looked at around 10 other sites, all of which were owned by the city, there were at least three hours that did not score that much lower than 1455 market that were a lot cheaper that i felt like we could have put our space in. i know there was an arg

this is transbay. people should not sit on things 20 years and the department should not sit on things 20 years. the history of me sending e-mail asking you to schedule this is lengthy. it probably goes back seven, eight years. i diseases that -- i appreciated being calendared now. thank you very much and that you for correction. president olague: any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner moore: your report is so clear, i move that we support the department recommendation for revocation. vice president miguel: second. secretary avery: on the motion for revocation -- [roll-call vote] secretary avery: thank you, commissioners. the project has been revoked. commissioners, you are on item number nine, 2010.1118dd, 952 mission street. >> this is a request to develop a medical cannabis dispensary at 952 commissions -- 952 mission street. the site will be the second such location for grass roots, which is at a facility at 1077 posts street for 10 years. the project is

supervisor kim: just another quick question -- why is it that you would only begin construction after transbay had been fully billed out? -- build out? >> basically, we do not have any funding to do it. we are pursuing one project at a time. i do not think the agency is really in a position to build two control centers simultaneously. we will have a lot to do -- supervisor chu: i agree with that. supervisor kim: ok, thank you. >> anything else? supervisor chu: know, your completed with your presentation? in terms of the capital funding, you had talked about the $32 million being fully funded. that is something you have a dinner by funding completely for, correct? >> yes, that is completely funded. supervisor chu: with regard to the parallel system improvements you talk about, how was that funded at the moment? >> the last piece of funding for that is going before the sfcta in the next couple of months. that had been fully funded, and then there is a swap for central subway of funds, so we are going through that -- it was fully funded, so we are going through the final fund swap approval to get

where we have acquired all the properties for phase one, which is a really big milestone for the transbay authority that clears the way for us to move forward with the first phase. on the design front, we are working closely with pelly clark pelly. we're targeting having 100% of the documents completed next year. we're working on everything from material design review, retail design review, the bus ramp design review. we're also working closely with the seismic safety review committee to make sure that we have all the final approval and permanent for the structural design so there are no delays. and, of course, we continue working with our stakeholders of adjacent properties and the agency. most recently, we met with the problem of building inspection and the fire department with respect to the firelight safety on the bus level in the transit city -- transit center. we are also working with the municipal transit agency and planning on the bus plaza and the design of the overhead system for that. also, we are working closely with high-speed rail on the design of the lower rail levels. we h

." >> [inaudible] >> called this meeting of the transbay joint powers authority board of directors to order. would you call the roll, please? >> i like to know -- note directors ford, sartpi will not be with us today. >> thank you. i would like to add that it is nice to be back. all i can say is any meeting at which you have to pass a budget and the chair and vice chair are so comfortable that they needn't be there, that is a pretty good organization. i feel pretty confident here. ok, so communications. what we have? >> let's go ahead and finish out the role -- roll. [roll call] you do have a quorum. >> indications? anything? anybody? no communications. new and old business -- anything there? executive director board -- i'm sure there is something. >> good morning directors, members of the public. most of our presentations now, director harbor, for your benefit, focus on the construction of date because we are in the midst of construction work, so you will be hearing more about that from steve rule of turner construction, but i wanted to report on a few more items, and that is that we

. >> the regular meeting of the transbay joint panel is called to order. madam secretary, please call the role. secretary: i'd like to know that we're running -- conflict -- the mayor can we do the next one? >> we continue to make good progress all around in the program. our construction documents are 100% -- 100% of them are still on schedule to be delivered by the end of the year. since the bulk behalf we're doing now is involved construction, you hear more about our construction progress in a moment, but in the meantime, i did want to report that at our last board meeting, a member of the public asked about whether or not the transport authority could work with the various city agencies regarding pedestrian safety at the crosswalks in district six. and we know that the san francisco municipal transportation agency is working with supervisor kim in assessing the pedestrian safety priorities for the entire district, and we're also working with them as well on that. in addition, i did want to mention that, with respect to our construction and we'll have mo

here are another two projects of particular note, both in the transbay area, both very old allocations, and both which you will hear about. both were called out in 2009 as being an active, and as far as we can tell, 48, and 525 howard continue to remain inactive. putting aside the projects we have just mentioned, these projects are the only office allocations that are in excess of their 18-month timeline. for the most part, they are not substantially over that limit, but unless they are questioning with respect to their conditions of approval in the planning could. the department has received updates from some project sponsors, indicating that despite being slowed by the current state of the economy, both projects are in fact moving forward. barry last slide here -- 350 bush, 500 kind -- these are two connected project located between montgomery and current street. together, they account for about 400,000 gross square feet of office space. as requested in the commission's most recent policy statement, we will hear an informational update from the project sponsor as part of this item in

we move to item 13, approving the recommend applicants to the transbay joint powers authority citizens' advisory committee. >> i just wanted to say that at the last board meeting, ortiz vice, and director -- vice chair ortiz and director kim asked that we do a little more outreach, and we did. with the further out -- it, we have some new members to recommend to the board, and bob will give more information on that -- with the further out reach we did. >> we do have eight positions on our cac up for appointment or reappointment. we have 15 total members of our citizens advisory committee. as maria mentioned, after bringing an initial slate for recommendation to the board, we did go back and do additional outreach , including advertising to a number of different publications, and re- circulation to our partners. the solicitation resulted in an additional six applications. after reviewing all of the applications, the various constituencies that they represented, we have incorporated three of those additional applications in the group that is being brought forward for recommendation, so wi

executive director to submit an application for statewide park program (proposition 84) grant funds for transbayty park. >> good morning. this item we are adding for authorization to apply for a state park grant program. it was authorized under prop 84 and they have recently begun a solicitation process. these are due april 1. we're looking for a 2 $5 million for a grant for the city parks, a rooftop park. the approval authorization is attached to your item. >> is there a motion to approve the resolution? >> second. >> all those in favor? opposed? passes unanimously. >> item 11 has passed without any members of the public wishing to address you. item 12. Ï»¿annual review of board policy no. 009, investment policy, and approval of minor changes to the policy. >> sarah will be reporting on this one. >> under our investment policy, you are required to review the policy every year. we are proposing just minor changes for your review this year. our investment policy continues to have the same three objectives that any governmental investment policy should have. first and foremost, safety of the princ

transbay terminal, which is a voluntarily effort on the joint powers authority to set aside major space and support for public art there. what are some of the other ones? >> [inaudible] >> the public safety command building that is under way. >> [inaudible] >> there are numerous rec and park bond issues coming up. supervisor chiu: if i could ask, one of the things i would like to see is how we spend our time? we have 11 full-time people managing this project, which on top of the arts component, we have a ton of public employees who were also a managing the project, so i would really want to understand why it is we made 10 people, even people to do that for those are to -- why we need 10 people, 11 people to do that for those projects. in >>> there are quite a large number of projects, and many do not begin and end with in a two- year period. as you know, capital projects extend overtime. one project manager is handling on a typical spaces between 15 and 18 different projects simultaneously. there is a tremendous workload that is being addressed by these individuals. supervisor chiu: and

our budget as a nonprofit workforce organizations, and in other jurisdictions like mission bay, transbay, and the shipyard, so we increased funding in that area because they were serving our area. but over all, we are on target and will probably exceed funding. >> appreciate that. we try to help individuals with multiple barriers to employment. that is really important for our residents. supervisor chu: thank you, supervisor, and thank you to the redevelopment agency for working with our budget analyst to come to agreement. we appreciate that. ok, moving on. department of building inspection. >> good morning. the department of building inspection has actually agreed with the budget analyst's decision or the budget office's decision, and we have gotten complete agreement. supervisor chu: sounds like the department is in agreement with the recommended changes that would result in a reduction of $984,000. >> yes. supervisor chu: with regards to the close out of prior year budgets for projects, $27,000 worth? >> yes, we do agree that. supervisor chu: budget analyst, any comments? >> i have n

we loved1 south mendes, transbay, we looked at the overhead lines building at 1455 division street, we look at retrofitting lennox. we looked at using the central subway transit-oriented development, one of the sites they are acquiring. we looked at muni metro east on some of the new acreage that is undeveloped as of yet. and we look at a tbd green field, acquiring new property, the costs there. supervisor kim: where is the greenfield? >> it is a tbd. if we were to go out and require new real-estate and develop a facility there. it was sort of a control that we were reusing in the study. supervisor chu: out of the nine sites, why would this one b preferred -- be preferred >>? there were 12 criteria that were traded against. this was the lowest capital cost. operating cost, security, proximity to the subway, operating cost. i do not have all of the criteria in front of me but they are in the study that is attached to the item. so in aggregate, this site was a valley with the highest of all of the sites we looked at. the proximity to the headquarters is also a very attractive feature. th

we are aware of an additional 2.8 million square feet projects associated with the transbay development that have not formally requested a location yet but are in the pipeline. to sum this up, as of today, 4.1 million gross square feet total in both the small and large cap awaiting allocation. looking forward, looking ahead, even if all the projects in both the small and large caps that are currently on file were to magically be approved today, there would still be a huge

. >>> bart service suffered an interception this morning after part of the transbay tube was shut down to investigate the report of a fire. a train operator reported what looked like a small fire at 8:45 this morning near the embarcadero station. bart crews went out to look but didn't find anything. one passenger on her way to work took the matter in stride. >> i have an hour so i was hoping to get there early. and usually it is fine on a sunday, you know, very low-key and not crowded. >> bart says the incident caused delays of as much as 20 minutes. bart says normal service was restored at 10 to 10. >>> current lieutenant governor and former san francisco mayor gavin newsom and his wife have a new addition to their family. hunter was born this morning in san francisco. he weighed in at eight pounds, four ounces and is 20 and a half inches long. this is the second child to the couple. their daughter montana is 20 months old. >>> well, the creators of south park have stormed broadway with their musical "the book of mormon" winning nine tony awards tonight. ♪ i believe ♪ >> it is both pr

. >> bart shut down part of the transbay tube to investigate a report of a fire. a train operator reported what looked like a small fire at about 8:45 this morning. bart crews went out to look but didn't find thing. one passenger on her way to work took the matter in stride. >> i have an hour so, i was hoping to get this early. low key, not crowded. >> reporter: bart said only pittsburgh, bay point trains were howed to use a single track and that spelled delays for riders as much as 20 minutes. bart said normal service was restored at about ten to ten. >> a five hour search of the oakland hills led to the rescue of an elderly hiker. the 88-year-old had been hiking her husband when the two got separated on a trail. her husband called the police. emergency workers with east bay regional park and volunteers from the sheriff's office searched the hillside and found her about ten. she was reported in good condition but was taken to the hospital as a precaution. >> we seem to be slowly inching forward to summer like weather. mark joins us now with the first look at the