the transbay project is a national model. it will bring 11 transportation systems under a single roof all in close proximity for the jobs, housing, retail and recreation and open space. this high density development will not only foster the economic growth that i said, it will be the center piece of that economic growth and reduce congestion and greenhouse gas emissions. we are creating a bicycle community and safe public transit and full range of neighborhoods amenities. i want to thank the residents of district six and acknowledge bruce who is here who is our representative of the neighborhood on the transbay advisory committee. our residents have invested in this neighborhood early. knowing we don't have all the amenities in yet but also to advise on the city government and making sure this is a neighborhood that works for all of us and is the promise that we have made to them. this smart development it was city's goal when the board of supervisors enacted the transit center that both maria and the mayor had mentioned last

leaders in businesses are behind the transbay center. that's why i'm so proud that the recovery act had $400 million for the transbay center in it. that doesn't count for the central subway, all of the other transportation issues. as i always say to the workers, who make all of this possible as we thank you. our hopes are riding on you because you make all of this possible. so let us again salute the men and women in hard hats who make this all possible for us. [ applause ] standing together, these leaders are keeping san francisco at the forefront of good jobs. prevailing wage, good paying jobs and growing economy and thriving middle class, keeping families in san francisco working together as the men and women pouring concrete today and the laborers continuing the work in weeks and months to come will keep this city in the cutting edge of progress. thank you all, each one of you who is here for your leadership, thank you to our workers for this partnership, for this commitment to the transbay transit center. i can't wait to tell the pr

we do appear before bodies when it involves the transbay project. >> i know tha, is what i am asking. >> and ask, and we are asked to give the presentations on our projector we are asked to respond to the questions when most recently, we have received the funding from mtc and that is when we appear. >> if we are asked to appear and there is a funding element. and we have an update on the project to appear. >> okay. >> does that answer your question? >> sure does. >> okay. >> i wanted to just confirm that i understand this correctly. and and negotiated with the original amount so that amount has not changed. and on the $12,500 per month, originally it was 12,000 per month but it was negotiated at the time of the original contract, so there was 12,000 a month for the first three years and up to 12,500 for the next two option years and if it were extended there is a small increase for the last two option years and >> it is a monthly retainer so that does not mean that we get a statement of the hours? >> and one of them, and just a trait line, although there is a weekly call and so we do

estate, legislation, that would in any form or shape change the qualifications of funding for the transbay. something may become a barrier to qualify for certain types of funds? >> what they do is keep us informentd of upcoming opportunities and for example, and what would, if we notice an area for example, the department of homeland security and they give us funds for security and if we notice that we are not, and for example they tend to give money to projects that are already built or in operation, yet there are a lot of projects that are being constructed right now, and rails, and facility and bus facility and so we will ask for example, can you let us know if there is a possibility that projects that are in construction could at some point qualify in addition to the existing projects that are under operation and they do those kinds of analysis and let us know when the upcoming bills are coming up and what is in them and so they let us know about, upcoming measures that could impact our project. and they let us know and keep us abreast of the imminent domain, and anything that is relat

and he is a resident of district six and the transbay neighborhood and he is also the co-chair of the real estate committee of the california state bar association and as well as a member of the community and an environmental tifts and we are recommending the reappointment of mar la wilson and she serves in the has been a member in good standing, and since may of 2011. and mar la is an environmental program fellow at the san francisco foundation and also a member of the directors of walk and bike oakland and she is a new member of the ac transit, and transbay rider task force, and what we rec end today is the reappointment for ma la is a two year term and patrick be appointed to finish jay morrison's term that goes to march of 2014. and patrick is here today if you have any for him and i am happy to answer any other questions for you >> thank you so much. >> and i do want to give they opportunities. i assume that wilson is not here, but i do see mr. valentino. >> and thank you for the consideration and thank you for scott and you you gave a great summary without looking at notes and i

the new transbay fees -- >> that is what i said. that was our assumption. we've learned today that they are deferable. and being a developer, we'd like to defer them. [laughter] >> right. but if the economics of the deal were based on the fact you weren't going to defer them, i mean, we were going to get them -- will you continue on with the deferral or are you willing to nonapply for the deferral for the remaining six floors? >> it's not something that i'm free to simply say. i need to talk to the clients at kill roy and make that decision. they certainly don't want to create ill will with the planning commission, but it's an economic decision. >> right, it's economic, although you're basing whatever pro forma you did in the economic space of not deferring the fees. you know, that's the report we got. i didn't want to continue this. you want to get the project entitled and built and i think you have support on this commission to get it built. we all came into this hearing with the understanding you weren't going to defer fees or they weren't deferable. why

this parcel is part of the transbay redevelopment area. in 2003 an agreement with the transbay joint powers authority and the city, the state agreed to transfer approximately 10 acres of state-owned property in and around the former transbay terminal to the city in order to help fund the terminal which will soon be the home of many of our public transit lines, caltrain, and hopefully high-speed rail. tjp was given the power to sell the state owned parcel and use the sale of revenues to finance the center as i just mentioned. we just achieved a major milestone. the beginning of this month with the cement pouring with our representative nancy pelosi. as i mentioned, this is a former redevelopment area plan and pursuant to those requirements, 25% of the housing that is built in this area plan must be affordable to low-income and an additional 10% must be affordable to moderate income residents. we do have mike rizzo who is a senior project manager of the office of community investment and infrastructure here to give a brief presentation on th

wonderful transbay terminal when it is finished. i look forward to that day. the additional floors requested in this proposal will significantly increase the shadows over mission street. let's just go ahead and put that on the table, shall we, because it's going to throw a shadow. it's going to make that creepy tunnel effect thing happen. so, i'm happy that we can kind of just chat about that. it's 100 feet higher than it is today, what is before you. by increasing the height of this project, it seems kind of inconsistent with the plan that will add office space to the detriment of residential and commercial occupants. i'm rather curious what was wrong with the original proposal. i thought it was a very well apportioned building to a building that was right next to it on mission street. i thought that looked very, very well. i've also been told this is a done deal by a lot of the people i've spoken to already. and i'd like to think that that is certainly not the case. and i'm hoping that you will reconsider and keep your approval of course to the original proj

this parcel is part of the transbay redevelopment area. in 2003 an agreement with the transbay joint powers authority and the city, the state agreed to transfer approximately 10 acres of state-owned property in and around the former transbay terminal to the city in order to help fund the terminal which will soon be the home of many of our public transit lines, caltrain, and hopefully high-speed rail. tjp was given the power to sell the state owned parcel and use the sale of revenues to finance the center as i just mentioned. we just achieved a major milestone. the beginning of this month with the cement pouring

today the market street transit corridor and in the future the transbay transportation corridor.he access by pedestrian is both by the street and also by the presidio that runs on the east side of this project. this is the rendering that jim showed you with the building as it is designed today at 24 stories. and this shows the increase of the up to six floors. again, just a bird's eye view of the same. today we're at about 375 feet and the adjacent structures are all taller. 350 beale is slightly lower. and here we have the up to 6-floor version at 455 feet. again, nominally slight change in the height of the building. this is the existing elevation of the building. this is the extended elevation. a rendering back to the building down fremont. and a view of the building down mission. in each case it shows the existing condition on the left and the proposed extrusion on the right. the building is unique in the sense that it sits directly across from the transbay center and we've looked at creating a really unique and public space at the lobby level, a 52-foot lobby, which is focus

but with the transbay and the elevated park and who is responsible for it and not responsible for it. it seems to be in public's eye so to speak. >> and i appreciate with increased property comes the increased maintenance burden and frankly more money for us to be able to do our jobs. and it would appreciate the acknowledgment of that. >> i wanted to thank sarah to coming in and we were trying to establish an earlier involvement for planning in the parks and there have been issues that come up under the parks that are historying resources and so we are trying to improve that process. and i think that we are doing a better job of kind of flagging the issues earlier, than we did in the past. and i think that the point about new open space with new development and growing areas is one of those things that we are very much aware of. the transbay plan besides the roof top park has five or six acres of new park land that is proposed. it is not clear yet if rec park will be the owner or the operator of any of those parks but it is still a possibility and i think that is something that we wan

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this is what the iconic transbay tower will look like once the project is complete. you can see how it will change the san francisco skyline. abc7 news transportation reporter heather ishimaru reports from the transit center at mission and howard streets. >> 100,000-year-old bay mud came up from the bottom of the hole that will one day house the lower levels of the new transit center. workers expect the last three years demolishing and digging down through layers of history. now it's time to start building up. >> we've gone back through times when ships were born here and sharks swam here. wave gone back to a place where woolly mammoths grazed here. >> 65 feet below the level concrete is poured. it is five feet deep. it's the foundation of the transbay transit center. the old build wags hardly more than a terminal. the transit center will be an entire multi-level facility with nearly a dozen transit agencies circulating in and out, including caltrain and high-speed rail, as imagined in this rail authority animation. >> there will be 27,000 permanent jobs attached to

it's the foundation of the transbay transit center. the old building was hardly more than a bus terminal. transit center, as depicted in the animation, will be an entire multi-level facility with nearly a dozen transit agencies circulating in and out. including caltrain and high-speed rail as imagined in this rail short animation. >> there will be 27,000 permanent jobs attached to this transbay transit center. ongoing, sustained. >> the city got $400 million in federal funding for the transbay funding and has parlays that into revitalizing areas around it. >> six million square feet of new office space. housing and 1,200 housing units are going to be permanently affordable. >> the transit center will include a new 61-story high rise housing businesses only. all around private investigators -- investors are building retailers and housing. >> we have 19 building in construction because of this site. these 19 buildings would not be coming up if it were not for the terminal. >> target date of completion, 2017. abc7 news. >> 83 degrees yest

. >> forget the bay bridge, the next build is the transbay terminal. will it come in on schedule and on budget? >> weather, the fog cleared out. how much a temperature bump you can expect for friday and the hottest day of the weekend. >>> google was in court to make a case for a controversial practice. they want a lawsuit thrown out that claims they vilated law withilities -- violated law. ktvu's rob roth is live with the expectation of privacy is being debated. >> reporter: google asked the judge to throw out the case against it. >> reporter: here at this cafe in san jose customers were doing research, checking e- mails. many were kerned about their -- concerned about their online communications. >> privacy. things i need to protect myself with. >> reporter: it is such privacy concerns that has google defending itself in court. they are facing a lawsuit claiming it invades the privacy of gmail users to sell to advertisers and collect profiles. the plaintiff opportunity said just before a person use e mail privacy shouldn't be diminished. google said r

payments, and so, for instance, in the shipyard, you know, the depositers and reimbursing or in transbay, the developer is making the payments that will be used for the affordable housing through a payment, from them verses using the property tax and that is what in that category as well as the state and federal grants as well. >> they are just lumped altogether. anything that is not prompt property tax is not reserved in the bonds. >> okay. >> thank you. >> okay. >> i mean, this is a pretty thorough and i know that the over site board will have the more specific questions because they are going to go line by line. nothing jumped out to me and i definitely bring it up to somebody if it does and does anyone have any? >> i don't have a question, but, i again, i am intrigued to see or perhaps understand and maybe this is not the point, where we talk about this, but there are a couple of items related to the western addition, outstanding loans. by, yosi, with josi, and with the resoles and the (inaudible) long and 1300 fillmore and i understand why they are on this schedule. and just so that

supervisor kim, thank you for your leadership as a transbay joint powers authority chair as well as aember of our board of supervisors. michael from the building and construction traits council, of course none of this would be possible without the building trade. your leadership has been essential to our success. thank you for that. and as i acknowledge leaders who are here tim, a know that willie brown and gary newson would be proud. i know it's been a catalyst to bring this together whether it's about enabling this to go forward or tax policy or enabling on construction and attracting other businesses here. ed lee, thank you for your leadership, mayor lee. as i acknowledge the dignity reese who are here, i want to thank our president break barack obama. he's helped with many other projects in the city. i hope he can visit soon so he can see the fruit of the american recovery and reinvestment act. when we arrived maria was telling us that one of the, there was evidence when the construction began as ships arriving in san francisco at the time of the gold rush. at that time, people ca

. >>> construction of transbay transit center reached a milestone as a first permanent foundation was laid. we show you how the future transit center may provide a boost to the entire area. >> today, helping lay the foundation for the city's $4.5 billion transbay terminal, is set to open in four years. >> this is going to be the future. >> the future, according to mayor lee, includes tens of thousands of permanent new area jobs attracted by the bus and train service which its hopefully include high-speed rail. over budget and years behind schedule. >> the foundation core is 5-foot 6. >> face one, which includes a massive foundation 60 feet below street level is on schedule. >> but this project, often has trouble with costs creep. >> planners revealed the project was $300 million over estimate. >> now the economy's heated up and there's so much more work out there, we're struggling to keep the bids at estimate. >> federal funds and the sale of 12 acres of neighboring land to developers is helping to pay for the project. money from the second phase of the build is being shifted to pay f

. >> pg and e maintains the transmission serving the city with the exception of the transbay cable. most of it coming up the peninsula. they have proposed a new 230 kv transmission line to provide redundant see to downtown san francisco. you remember there were rolling blackouts that affected downtown and we had reliable services for the cities and supervisors got involved and we're looking at a number of transmission upgrades to the city and endorsed upgrades and this is one of the most important upgrades. right now downtown is served by kb system that runs from the patero substation to the embark substation and there's major concerns if there's an earthquake that happens that that transmission line can be severed and it will take some time to get the power surface up to downtown san francisco. there are a number of proposed routes for this redundant see upgrade. one would involve submerged port property and i'll show you that route. as i mentioned before the port commission has previously endorsed a term sheet for the proposed project. and we have negotiated significant changes to

and we will pay down the preexisting loan on south of market and then in transbay, the block, six and seven projects are under way and we will be providing that predevelopment and construction funding for those, projects and then, block nine, which is just under way in terms of selecting the developer and working in the predevelopment that we will hope to be providing the construction funds by the end of the fiscal year as well. that is 132 million in payments for the housing projects and again a majority of that is for the bond programs in hand and plus the new funds coming in. >> in terms of our asset management areas, this includes the western addition, the center and gardens and south beach, including the harbor, and i mentioned we have asset management costs related to the fillmore heritage site in terms of operating the garage and the commercial space, and obviously the biggest use of funds is the gardens and so, we have capitol property management, and cultural programming costs. and the jessy square garage and operations and debt services and the payments related to other cult

it is the undeniable truth that transbay has been the catalyst for this city. i look forward to working with everybody here for the future success of this program. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you, director kim, supervisor kim for those words. our final speaker is one who has been in integral to this community. mike has been at my side for the last 15 years helping to make this project a reality along with all the members of the labor community, the carpenters, operating engineers and everybody. mike has been a member of the workers union since 1985 and has represented the workers from san mateo and marine and other counties. he has been voted by his peers and elected the treasure since 2005. he's been with us since the beginning. the transit project labor unit has been a model for other projects for success. all 20 units signaturary have signed on and we have been able to work with mike to create a program to mentor our youth both students ranging from 5 through high school and college. teaching them about engineering and architecture and all of