robert beck with the transbay joint powers authority. i want to thank the sfcta and the mayor's office of for establishing and leading the technical group to affirm the city's support of the transbay transit center at the only acceptable terminus for high- speed rail in san francisco. we welcome the end of the city on alternative strategies to fully fund the dtx. the city has been instrumental in funding the development of the transbay program throughout its life, beginning with the cooperative agreement with caltrans, the commitment of funding for proposition k, the transit center district planning that has been prepared by the planning department, and the preservation of the transbay we developed area with the bodies of the redevelopment agency. the full funding of the dtx and completion will require a complete support from the mayor's office, the ta, the board of supervisors, and city departments. on the consideration of an additional opportunities to reduce costs for the transbay program, we're excited about working with the ta on wa

the commission believes the system must terminate at transkei --ko transbay çtransit center in orderhe system. further, supporting caltrans electrification as a means to make the system compatible with the coming train. you may have read about this notion of what is called the startç program, which to -- whh weç have been working for with the transportation authority, the mta, which would be an early first phase of the rail that would involve electrification of california train -- of caltrain. it is important in our planning efforts to terminate at transbay terminal, rather than the current station. i would ask for your consideration and adoption of this statement. thank you. çpresident miguel: is there any public commentok on this item? i]ç>> suñre hester. i take high-speed rail all the time in europe and loved it. i could not find anything when i went through looking for this hearing. i do not know what you have before you. i wanted to talk about something iç want you to pay attention t, which is we have a terrible, messy intersection at seventh streetxd and 16th street. resul

and talking about transbay, central subway. -- i am talking about transbay, central subway. we will continue to advocate for the release of those funds. a high-speed reaail funds, the connectivity funds have been vetoed twice by two different governors in terms of distribution to recipients by formula that have been specified early on in the process. that has had an effect, not just on the project, but on the program that has had to supply the funds to make sure the project can't contin continue mg forward. there are a number of activities we see coming up. as you all know, there has been a significant amount of activity, even in the bay area, with the mayor's interest in the topic, but we also have a significant amount of activity going on in san francisco with the legislature. the legislature is getting ready to consider the next version of the draft business plan proposed by the high-speed rail authority, and will continue to advocate for the investment of high-speed drill funds into a starter segment that we call fast start in the san francisco bay area, in particular on

the place will be approximately 2,000 square feet, large windows looking out onto the new transbay center and the park across the street. it will have large community tables. and what this neighborhood is going -- there is a number of large residential projects going into the neighborhood in the next 10 years, already built in fende tower, millennium tower, and what the neighborhood unfortunately lacks is any neighborhood focus or any casual environments that serve as a neighborhood meeting place for a community hub. that is exactly what my client intends to do with this location. basically, my client is here for any questions. my letter to the board on october 14 lays it out a little better. but i would like to just summarize that we think this will be a great asset to the greater san francisco community. it will upgrade a historically significant buildings. it will increase business to other businesses in the neighborhood. it will serve unique beers and non-alcoholic beverages, as well as be in an informal setting and will be a great community gathering spot. thank you. supervisor chu:

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director kim: hello and welcome to the transbay joint powers authority meeting. please call world. >> prior taking roll, i would like to note that director metcalf had a conflict and will not be present today. madame chair, you do have a quorum. director kim: thank you. please call item 3. >> item 3 is communications. i did want to announce that item 7 on the regular calendar will be considered at a future meeting. director kim: thank you. item four. >> board of directors new or old business. director kim: seeing none, item five. >> item 5 is the executive director's report. >> [inaudible] on the design side, we are on schedule with our construction documents. i will ask now for steve to give the presentation on the bulk of the work we're working on now which is construction. thank you. >> good morning, directors. providing construction management oversight. we had a great amount of progress out in the field, really starting to transition into the excavation process. this again is the time line on the main work that is going on right now, which is the buttress, s

it does not imply we're not going to go to transbay terminal. a question at hand was -- with our existing tracks, what could we accommodate? then we also tested the idea of passing tracks. this is for a segment of our corridor -- a corridor is approximately 50 miles -- we know that it was not supported by our local folks in the peninsula, but we did say if we added tracks for a segment about eight to 10 miles an those tracks were utilized by high- speed rail trains only to bypass the caltrain trains, we have to continue to make our stops. high-speed rail needs to go faster. could that bias more capacity? we also studied that option. this is the slide that luis had. the model shows us that we cannot operate such a service plan. we are building on top of the six caltrain trains. we can support up to four trains. up to two that the passing tracks and up to four with the passing tracks. this is what the model has spit out. the model is credible. we are continuing to work with high-speed rail to make and model output and bridge that to the reality of

call fast start in the san francisco bay area, in particular on the peninsula corridor between the transbay terminal and this station in san jose. we're talking about the extension into downtown from for thinking and separations along the way. in terms of related topics, there is the advocacy on increase flexibility on project delivery. the idea there is more than one way to deliver projects, and the focus should be on on-time delivery, reduction of risk, on- budget delivery, so that the electric can support revenue- generation measures for transportation, and also for the case of cost reduction and scheduled certainty. we have come as guidance from this body, to continue on the implementation measures related to climate change, and also, as it relates to how climate change or communities may shift the discussion about regional governments into any of the to discussions that involve changes in representation in and governors in the region. our legislative advocate from sacramento is here. he will be able to give you more detail on any of these things as you wish. on the federal program, i w

there is a little bit of existing transbay terminal demolition left to do along first street. they cannot take that out until they put in the traffic bridge and start the excavation at that end, but essentially, the underground foundations are completely gone now that were left over from the earlier transbay terminal, and we are well into the level of excavation. the buttress work continues. but you haven't -- to give you an idea of how the site has changed a little bit, it is hard each month to see a lot of noticeable change on the overhead from the buttress, but we are moving along. we have completed as of+ last week 40 buttress shafts. the work continues this week on new shafts with 167 remaining. some highlights of the buttress work -- in the picture on the upper left, you can see some of the sound and attenuation in the material we have put up to try to cut down on the noise. the rest of the site is progressing into the excavation phase, as you can see in the far west end of the project. the difference between where we were at the end of december and now where we are at

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 commissioner wiener's initiative on high-speed rail for a unified product delivers the downtown extension of electrification and separation along the peninsula. the next slide talks about the initiative that the chair moment -- mentioned a moment ago related to a fast start concept to high-speed rail. we are working with the mayor's office and involved agencies, including the high-speed rail authority, a ticket to a project that serves our needs and meets the requirements of getting to the transbay in our lifetime. central subway is also making tremendous progress. a grant of $57 million in prop k this year for tunnel construction. there is a $233 million tunnel construction project awarded already. the mta received a letter of the prejudice thi

and talking about transbay, central subway. -- i am talking about transbay, central subway. we will continue to advocate for the release of those funds. a high-speed

but we still have to figure out how are we going to fill that big hole that is a transbay? where are we going to get all the moneys? and when i travel in my various travels all over the world, there are trains and systems that are much more efficient than we have had here in california. finally, let me make a few comments about the mayor's office of economic development, trying to bring models like ifd's and tax increments, trying to figure out how land by the tracks can be zeroed in it to make money. we need to be very leary of goldman sacks -- goldman sachs, j.p. morgan chase, and in the private side of the enterprise that we deem and we think may help us when they had felt as in recent history. thank you very much. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, a commission. joe boss. about a year-and-a-half ago, i helped put together what we called the stakeholder, and it consisted of people in mission bay, people who own property in a showplace square, potrero hill, and so forth. it also included ucsf, the redevelopment agency commissioned a dev

that will be supported and overseen as part of the year's work are of course central subway and transbay coming in there are a number of smaller projects. there will be engineering support for our own planning efforts. balboa park station. prop k projects and studies, as well as bike studies. the planning section has a full plate with two brt efforst ots e the way. the 19th avenue transit corridor and as the study, which you heard about earlier. about the move of metro line to the west side of the street. parking regulations steady. participation in better market street. in as well as a number of other initiatives, including the new role as treasure island mobility management agency, and a coordination role as the lead partner in the transportation amendment partnership project. we are also very involved in the long-range transportation -- san francisco transportation alal plan. and several other efforts in the county, including oakdale caltran ridership in mobility solution study. of course, a significant amount of involvement from representatives of the stable community strategy and up

the $4 billion transbay terminal project is under way with new construction coming under the ground in months. mayor lee, if you think san francisco had lemons this past year, you should talk to mayor quan. here is a lemon. here is another. he is it -- here is an even bigger lemon. it is time to start thinking about making some lemonade. no, required here. here is a more limited with the soon-to-be completed new east span of the bay bridge, which lights up every morning, which i saw this morning as i drove over. also, to the "new york times, oakland making it to the no. 5 on the "new york times" top 45 places to go in 2012 list. [applause] open's revival of its uptown district by restoring the historic box theater and the magnificent paramount theater for future and current generations. adding thousands of residential units to the urban marketplace with the housing plan and revitalize nightlife with sophisticated clubs and restaurants. and kaiser permanente at a close to 600 beds to the much-needed stock of medical facilities in oakland. let's also talk about a few trends occurring in

. -- transbay area 1. there are four other taxing entities that will also get the funds as they would normally. >> good afternoon, commissioners. emery rogers to give you your weekly review of the board of supervisors as they pertain to planning and land use. i would like to start off with something that happened at the rules committee hearing last week. one of which requires analyzing proposed legislation that might negatively affect jobs. and in those circumstances this charter amendment would be required for the small business commission to review the economic impact. last week that was amended to include the planning commission in review of anything that might negatively affect job loss. and that piece of ordinance will be heard later today at the rules committee as it has been amended. this week at the land use committee hearing they heard the glen park community plan come in this would be an ordinance for the plan. this is culminating approval for 10 years worth of community planning. the commission

transbay service resumed on ac transit, still extra service on the ferries out of east bay.liday schedule today. ace train number 1 did not run, number 3 and 5 expected to run. number 3 is a minute late. cal train on a holiday schedule no delays for sam trans or vta. fatal accident where a van drove off north 101 off and on-ramps capital expressway to 101 blocked. north 101 flowing we well no slowing in the southbound direction. another accident northbound 17 at laurel should be cleared soon. traffic should be fine coming out of the santa cruz mountains. >>> 6:20. >>> it is a matter of money? the raise many hope will stem a growing controversy for apple. >>> how the pentagon is hoping to turn movie magic into a ♪ beth! hi! looking good. you've lost some weight. thanks. you noticed. these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right -- whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multi-grain cheerios -- 5 whole grains, 110 calories. creamy, dreamy peanut butter taste in a tempting new

ac transit has resumed transbay service, ferries extra service today from the east bay.i on a holiday schedule. for ace train this morning no number 1, three and five operating. cal train on a holiday schedule. >>> 5:39. >>> still ahead, nuclear inspectors arrive in iran for a high stakes poker game over nuclear weapons. >>> rising resistance in syria. rebels go on the offensive against the government. >> good morning thanks for watching, 5:42. you are looking live at the bay bridge which is more glorious than ever traffic flowing in all directions because caltrans finished its project early. maybe a little rain, but at least you can move forward over the bridge which is better than nothing. >> it may be slower, but it is there. in the news this morning, egypt is now the latest in the series of arab countries to withdraw its ambassador from damascus in protest of the government's brutal crackdown against protesters. right now reports the syrian army is sending reinforcements to the city of homs in a possible effort to storm the rebel stronghold. opposition reports say at

the work in transbay terminal, you see it right now, dianne feinstein, work that is being done or soonl be done on treasure island, dianne feinstein. you drive around this city, cities large and small. and on a muni bus that goes on time, dianne feinstein, you will enjoy third streetlight rail. dianne feinstein, willie brown, nancy pelosi, i can go on and on and

transit transbay buss are driving passengers to bart stations. for complete coverage for the closer stay with abc7 news. you can also go to abc7news.com or check abc7 news bay area anytime on twitter for the very latest. it is in the just traffic that might be keeping some people off the roads this weekend, gas prices are skyrocketing. the cost of filling up is the highest its ever been at this time of year. well over four dollars a gallon in the bay area. it's left drivers in a bind. some are cutting commutes and others believe oil companies simply have them by the tanks. >> we have to find an alternate fuel source. that's all we've got. >> its ego cost me $70. you have to pay for it. need it no matter what. you have to get around. >> we don't spend a lot of time in the car fortunately or we would go broke. >> you can blame the pain at the pump on rising oil prices and some lows refineries. don't expect any difference anytime soon. some predict the spike could hit five dollars a gallon by memorial day. >> a 20-year-old man is hospitalized in cri

. >> all ac traps sit transbay routes are rerouting them to barret party -- b.a.r.t. stations. ridership is already higher than usual. overnight when b.a.r.t. is normally closed, 3700 people road the train across the bay. some for the first time. >> it was pretty easy. just followed the direction, and got here. >> ordinarily you have driven? >> yes. >> reporter: others would have preferred their usual mode of transportation. >> i would have been home by now. >> if you had driven. >> yes. >> sometimes driving is more convenient. >> reporter: the ferry is another option, which commuters found saved time. the schedule shifted to accommodate more travelers this weekend. >> only takes 20 minutes minutet from alameda to here. >> the ferry was a lot more fun than taking them fresh b.a.r.t., turn stiles and all of that. should i would say it was a success. >> progress is based on the weather, which means the bay bridge could open sooner or possibly even later than tuesday morning. live at the toll plaza. lisa amin gulezian, abc-7 news. >> alan: traffic on the golden gate bridge has bee

transbay for example, when you're studying how streets would change in the neighborhood, the planning department can still look at how autos flow and move. it wouldn't live in ceqa anymore. therefore, it wouldn't be subject to ceqa lawsuits. probably of interest to this commission, if with these changes in place, all projects, all new development projects, whether they're retail, whether they're industrial, whether they're residential would be relieved of doing cumulative transportation impact analysis from the date of adoption forward. so to give you an idea, some cases, those studies can take up volumes of paper and add a year to a year and a half to approval processes. it's a big deal. project specific design issues would still be studied. where your curb cut or garage opening is, how the front of your building integrates with the streetscape or bikeway. those site-specific design issues will, of course, still be studied. it's the cumulative analysis that would no longer be necessary. all land uses would pay the fee including residential and, again, this fee would fund this cumulat

there's no transbay service on a. c. transit but they will stop at a better stop so you can get across the bay that way. and extra ferry out of vallejo and the east bay. there's a new juriry crash in san jose. apparently it's a rollover crash and traffic still getting by okay. terry. >> thank you, francis. major changes may be coming to the south shore of lake tahoe. a grand plan is in the works to overhaul many of the old developments and improve the development at the same time. in this morning's assignment 7, abc7's dan ashley tells us the business community has a vision for luring investment into tahoe's future. >> reporter: lake tahoe may be rich in natural beauty, but it's economy is in trouble. >> the community here has imploded. schools have closed, the population has declined. it's really a tragic situation. >> mike bradford owns lakeside inn, a casino at lake tahoe. for 50 years casinos were the economic engines that drove the tahoe area. in fact, when the casinos were first built, the idea was to make visitors

ac transit's transbay buses will drop you off at the west oakland b.a.r.t. station. if you must drive, there are detours around the closure but it's going to tame time. the distance from at the east end of the toll plaza to the ferry building is six miles. if you head nord to the richmond san rafael bridge and through marin county, you'll drive almost 36-miles to reach the fer re building and probably spend even more time behind he wheel going south on interstat 880 and highway 92 to the san ma dayow -- san mateo bridge. that is 46 miles. here's a look at the detours. sky 7 is over the richmond san rafael bridge, and here's a look at the traffic on westbound interstate 80 through emeryville. it's backed up to all the way to berkeley. traffic is heavy on the westbound span of the richmond san rafael bridge so you're going to have to give yourself some extra time if you're traveling on any of those alternate routes. >> our exclusive traffic tracker helping a lot of you navigate round the bridge closure. take a look at the richmond san rafael bridge, at the top of your

transit transbay buss are driving passengers to bart stations. for complete coverage for the closer stay with abc7 news. you can also go to abc7news.com or check abc7 news bay area anytime on twitter for the very latest. it is not just traffic that might be keeping some people off the roads this weekend, gas prices are skyrocketing. the cost of filling up is the highest its ever been at this time of year. well over four dollars a gallon in the bay area. it's left drivers in a bind. some are cutting commutes and others believe oil companies simply have them by the tanks. >> we have to find an alternate fuel source. that's all we've got. >> its going to cost me $70. you have to pay for it. need it no matter what. you have to get around. >> we don't spend a lot of time in the car fortunately or we would go broke. >> you can blame the pain at the pump on rising oil prices and pump on rising oil prices and some refinery closers. don't expect any difference anytime soon. some predict the spike could hit five dollars a gallon by memorial day. >> a 20-ye

regional improvement program funds committed to prop k signature projects for presidio parkway, transbay terminal, caltrain, central subway, funds go to the safety campaign and conversion crosswalk project. there has been quite a bit of progress in terms of the bicycle program coordination with the lifting of the court injunction against the bicycle plan. following this board's policy action, we will work with bart, caltrain, mta, and dph, with input from the bicycle committee to ensure a steady stream of projects ready to be implemented. we prioritize funds for by product planning and design. among those, the open field bikeways, cesar java's, masonic avenue, and market street. we revisited and approve the five-year prioritization program for the bicycle project, in addition to the one for traffic signals. on the next page, we've also have a record of projects funded using the transportation fund for clean air, which is the funding source that comes from the bay area air quality management district. in 2011, we program over $1 million in funds to pedestrian and commuter benefits, right

that we take on, and we also have to keep on working regionally to make sure high-speed rail to the transbay terminal it becomes a reality. i am very excited to take on this additional responsibility and i look forward to working together. thank you. commissioner campos: please, item six. >> item 6. allocate $14,869,901 in prop k funds, with conditions, to the san francisco municipal transportation agency for the central control and communications integrated systems replacement phase 1 project, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedule, and amend the guideways 5-year prioritization program. this is an action item. commissioner campos: this is an item that comes from the plans and programs committee. if i could not turn it over to the staff -- now turn it over to the staff. no presentation. before we take action on this, is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? please come forward. >> commissioners, this is $15 million that you are going to spend on a technology that is supposed to improve our light rail and other systems work. i was s