as you went this is a transbay project.he transbay project was adapted in 2005 with the purpose of redeveloping 10 acres including block 6 that were owned by the state of california to construct is new transbay center and meet the assembly bill requirements. this is an enforceable obligation for the successor agency for the units are affordable and occupied by low, low and moderate incomes. this is an enforcement or enforceable project that includes affordable housing. so in july 2011 pursuant to the implementation agreement it was requested that the development teams to develop a mixed income on blocks 6 and 7 in the project areas. in december of that year after a competitive process staff entered into negotiations for blocks 6 and 7 with the development team of mercy housing california last year d da developed a project with block. ocii now has to occupy the contract for the units it will have one and two bedroom units and contain retail space on the corner of folsom and beale streets this is the site plans for blocks 6 a

we just recently completed a preliminary face of the transbay two. we're about to embark on a large project to improve the reliability and that's an 8 to 10 year project. i'm struggling to find a balance between good customer services and providing more capacity. and we've got a delicate balance. i work with our customer service division and government community relations and maintenance and engineering. we're produced of the service we deliver. we understand the needs of the region, and what we're trying to do is maximize the relationship with our partners to provide the best networks of services. we know there's gaps and we're eager to work with all our mta partners to find a way of expanding the opportunities that are available to everyone >> thank you supervisor kim. >> thank you. i want to be sensitive to the time i know that a lot of people are waiting to speak so i'll leave my statements as comments. but i think it's a choice that bart makes when workers are prioritizing so you want to have shorter times. so i think it would be helpful to get

fall into four projects either sfmta communication system computer aided dispatch replacement the transbay transit center downtown estimation and the parkway. we're working on maintenance improvements and pedestrian and bicycle projects the personnel costs the salaries for the 33 positions at the transportation authority. in terms of salaries there's no change from the previous years we have a small increase to offset the medical premiums that's enabling that we anticipate in the next year. in terms of non-personnel expenditures that the 1.4 percent we have per cost for our audits and rent and office supplies nothing administration related this is our enterprise planning implementation of the be accounting system. in addition to rent that we are anticipating increase in amazes of rent due to the fact we're not longer subsidized for rent this information item we have a 6.7 percent administration costs limitation to the transportation authorities administration funds because of the e rp we have looking at to increase that to 8.4 percent and late item is the debt service expenditures this is

we just recently completed a preliminary face of the transbay two. we're about to embark on a large project to improve the reliability and that's an 8 to 10 year project. i'm struggling to find a balance between good customer services and providing

the capital products division handles the central subway project and the transbay terminal and caltrain capital improvement program in addition to leading a handful of projects the partnership with the yerba buena islands with the lead agency we're developing a west ramp with caltrain's and about to go out for construction work in the folsom off-ramps and tracking the use of our prop k funds especially we have numerous needs of investment for muni and other vehicles and guide ways. ultimate indication and thank you, supervisor on the question on high speed rail we're staying in coordination with all the recreational partners and locally insuring that the work we'll see the extension built as well and the gary corridor in the capital definition is being supported we're looking at general feasibility from an engineering standpoint as well as a financial standpoint. treasure island represents an exciting initiative for our agency this refers to the system design and development and eventually the chart idling transportation project. the third street phase 3 represents one of the ways we're

there are many ideas we can look at just last month the massachusetts transbay authority includes extend late night services and seattle and sidney have late night taxis. and vancouver and seattle allows the patrons to pay for parking meters. no solution will address you'll see san francisco late night transportation needs we need to gather the information. so psyching will be a win-win for the neighborhoods in which the businesses are located. and look forward to working with you supervisor wiener and the board and with our transit providers as we moved >> has there been any thoughts given to the mta to do surveys in another come up of areas great in lower polk but maybe in the marina and castro. >> that's certainly feedback in talking about it with the night life bus owners i think that's certainly worth exploring. we're fortunate to have mta team to do the survey and got out on polk street on a late friday night >> and then i also and i'll be asking the gentleman from mta in terms of making sure we better inform people will be the late night services does exist and how overnight servi

did a lot of work-related to the deposition platoon what it was going to be for the evaluates in transbay shipyard and mission bay and all the ones we've presented in workshops and we're summarizing the property management plan in november. and we also developed a capital financing plan for shore view park and hopeful that financing plan will transfer that to the city. we also did a lot of work working with the city to make their records and their system match what our records are what we own. they submitt

plan and set up to prioritization and capacity improvements for consideration in the next regional transbay plan in 2017. on a related note i attend on update from tom and gras who presented at a recent breakfast event to the community both their plans to improve bart and for anyone who has taken bart those places are exploding many ridership. so bart discussed they're big 3 projects to shore up capacity for maintenance facility and i'll keep you posted on that we'll know by summer. we attend a spur panel on highway 101 to present on san francisco to see how we might develop a more efficient carpool lanes and possibly even explore an express lanes where the drivers will pay a fee for the project. i'm pleased to introduce defied our new planning director. we were pleased that david joined our agree and has gotten out in the community he comes from the offices where he led several bicycle sharing procurement as well as expansion projects for the brt system david has an extensive transit and planning background he worked in the city with the transportation and research institute. he studied en

if he were reliable transbay transportation many of the young people would be on bart and the party buses would decrease in you

the capital products division handles the central subway project and the transbay terminal and caltrain capital improvement program in addition to leading a handful of projects the partnership with the yerba buena islands with the lead agency we're developing a west ramp with caltrain's and about to go out for construction work in the folsom off-ramps and tracking the use of our prop k funds especially we have numerous needs of investment for muni and other vehicles and guide ways. ultimate indication and thank you, supervisor on the question on high speed rail we're staying in coordination with all the recreational partners and

an equipment problem has been delaying trains in the transbay tube. kpix 5's ryan takeo with the little boxes that are causing big problems. ryan. >> reporter: high, liz, we just learned within the last couple of minutes there's now a 15- minute delay in the transbay tube heading from san francisco over to the east bay. we think we are waiting for confirmation that this is a -- just the latest in today's issues that they are related. now, bart said this morning that it was just going to be a couple of hours that this would be fixed but the delays have lasted into the afternoon. we just took this video over at the embarcadero station and sf. all day long bart has been trying to bounce back from these delays. these delays started about 9:00 this morning. ever since crews have been trying to figure out what's wrong. the longer delays are because of a new safety protocol systemwide. right now we'll show you a picture not far from here. this is between the west oakland bart station and the transbay tube. bart crews are trying to fix what they call mux boxe

the capital products division handles the central subway project and the transbay terminal and caltrain capital improvement program in addition

if he were reliable transbay transportation many of the young people would be on bart and the party buses would decrease in you numbers. please know that the operators of night life industry appreciate the taxi for providing service to their patrons. i look forward to many great ideas that i know will come from our transportation experts and the late night transportation plan >> thank you, ms. joseph. i'll note at the conclusion of this hearing or in the next week or so will be getting a resolution to the board of supervisors to convene a working group to come up with a transmission plan. so next, i want to call up the person from the office of workforce development to really take into account the economic benefits of night life for you our economy arrest i'm ben i'm the project manager in the office which workforce development i work to support the night life that's been noted an over $4 billion industry in san francisco. but despite this city's significance we face changes and the limited night transportation is one of the challenges. the need for improvement is not about just adding co

to the things we need to get done in the city. >> reporter: the tower is located next to the new transbay terminal also under construction a project congresswoman nancy pelosi convinced the feds to help support. >> i can get what i get for the city is not just my being able to sell something. it's the consensus that it's here, the model to the country that san francisco has always been a public-private nonprofit partnership. >> reporter: this is one of several locations forced elsewhere in downtown san francisco. when this tower is open the company will have over 2 million square feet of office space. live in san francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> two san francisco 49ers due in santa clara courtrooms today a little more than an hour from now. cornerback chris culliver faces charges of misdemeanor hit-and- run. and he will go there -- also 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick is, uhm, involved in an investigation. he is taking to social media media now talking about that investigation. a woman in florida apparently says she was in a hotel room last week with kaepernick. teammate quinton pa

and passengers from a mechanical issue dealing with the transbay tube. ktvu's john fowler learned crews left the tube. what is the latest john? >> reporter: right now transbay trains are running but slower than normal through the tube and they have still not yet fixed the problem. it happened about 9:00 a.m. when electronic train control device failed in the tube. crews could not fix it. some commuters had to change trains, delays stretched over 20 minutes. they t got better through -- it got better through the day. an hour ago b.a.r.t. pulled the crews, running trains on slower manual mode. they will go back in and try fix the equipment later tonight. >> manufacturer that made them no longer makes them. b.a.r.t. is trying to replace the system, it will be hundreds of millions of dollars. >> tells me there is a lot of things messed up with the b.a.r.t. system. it is difficult to deal with. >> the part that failed, you see here, crucial for computer train control. they failed system wide. a official told me today maintenance is a continuing problem that t

implemented this year what we adapted last year including the san francisco transportation and the transbay area and the emerging studies are the capacity study we'll be bringing and the freeway management study really how san francisco, california connection erection with the carpool lanes and in addition to strengthening the major bart and muni and ferry and agent transit. the capital promotions you've seen through the years the gar brt which is the final draft we hope to bring in and the brt is moving along it includes a small rail component on geneva boulevard and the transbay transportation i've mentioned. vision zero is a cross division he effort the first committee meeting is on wednesday. the crop of the transportation neighborhood efforts the katrero hill is happening and the chinatown transportation plan looking at a whole range of improvements including what to do to alleviate the conditions on venus and broadway. the western transportation plan we hope to beginning this year as well and the 19th avenue ocean i've mentions will be part of this year's work program. the technology

>> the most immediate example that comes to mind is the joint transbay power authority, the folk operating the new transit center. they've recently become a new customer of ours. that agreement went through the board approval process and we'll be serving them in 2017. so, we'll see additional revenue from that customer. other sites that we have performed evaluations of, feasibility studies of pursuant to the charter are the hunters point neighborhood as it builds out, the shipyard area, the -- >> i think it has a new name now. >> i'm sorry, i'm probably not up to date on what the -- >> it wasn't a good name, it should be shipyard, but go ahead. >> okay. we were talking about it as a new green community when we first started our engagement with them. the other types of customers could be other public agencies that currently self-procure who have expressed interest in potentially working with us as their power provider. so, we're exploring all of those options and pursuing those options. i've redirected some of my staff effort to that in order to bring the dollars in. >> yeah, and i just wan

you can get on a train, you're just going to go throughout the transbay tube. there are reports of six-minute delays going into the city. the important thing is no delays into the east bay. >> there are two fans heading out to the coliseum, what advice to you have? what do you think? >> it's too soon to say. right now we have the same amount of trains we have. and longer trains for the a's game. now, we think things are going to be fine. >> thank you. alicia is live at bart. >> today's problems in the tube are the latest nay series of recent troubles for bart. in october, two track workers died after a train hit them the tragedy happened during one of two strikes last year. a train derailed february 21st, and you can keech track of the progress the coverage continues now on the abc7 news app as well as on our facebook page. >> now, to the fallout from deadly san bruno pipeline explosion. today, abc7 news got a top executive to face our cameras. >> this response left an attorney fuming. laura? >> hi, hairy of the anthony early wants to move forward. they say not

of the city on the resolution to consider a ground lease on a parcel on beale street known as the transbay project with the housing. mr. president, i'm asking for a correction by sdrooik the date to approve the committee at a may 6th >> colleagues, can i have a motion to that effect to change the date that our clerk has asked for second by supervisor tang. we'll take that without objection. the amendment passes and under the underlying motion same house, same call? . we'll take that without objection. it's approved. madam clerk, call the memorials >> on behalf of the supervisor avalos. the late regina >> madam clerk, any other business before this commission? . >> no mr. president, that concludes our business. >> with that, ladies and gentlemen, we're >> >> it is tuesday april 15, 2014, our clerk is miss erika cheng, could you call the roll. >> item one, commissioner breed? >> here. >> present. >> compass. >> present. >> kim. >> here. >> mar. >> present. >> commissioner yee? >> yee, present, we have a quorum. >> thank you, would you call the next item. two, approve the minutes of the march

. >> sales force could be if talks to take over the new transbay power in downtown san francisco.he business times reports that they will make an announcement this morning with the mayor and house minority leader pelosi. the announcement described as "historic investment," on the 25th floor of fremont street building where sales force is the major tenant. >> sony is warning owners of batteries that could catch on fire on some laptops and how to check if you have an affected model. 25,000 have been told since the day but this year but only 500 have been sold in the up. switch up the lap continue and stop using it. immediately. >> married couple could have a royal fight but this is a royal row in new zealand prince william and kate went head to head compete again each other in a yacht race and the duke and duchess ducked it out in america's cup sailboats but william was no watch for kate. he lost. twice. smart guy. >> little rinse judicial was with his nanny. the family is on a three week tour of new zealand and trailial^. >> jimmy kimmel sent his prays to soon-to-be rival stephen c

sales force will lease half of the 61 story transbay tower which is going up in the south of market areasswoman nancy pelosi and ed lee helped unveil the model of the tower which will be named sales force tower. >> sales force tower will be the house of our urban campus. it's also the front door to the new transbay transit center which will not only benefit those of us here in san francisco but the entire region. >> sales force.com has 14,000 workers. 4,000 of them in the city. >>> our coverage of that deadly bus crash continuing after the break. in a live report, what we know about the dozens of high school students aboard that bus all weighing big choicing for their future. >> also police in the bay raising concerns of a big tool. >> no wirethey're big. fast. andome. dependable. and at net10 wireless, we let you tweet, text, talk and surf... on those amazing nationwide networks... without getting locked into a pricey phone contract. america's best 4g lte networks for half the cost. that's wireless your way. unlimited* talk, text, and data starts at just $40 a month. and now android sma

sales force will lease half of the 61 story transbay tower which is going up in the south of market areasswoman nancy pelosi and ed lee helped unveil the model of the tower which will be named sales force tower. >> sales force tower will be the house of our urban campus. it's also the front door to the new transbay transit center which will not only benefit those of us here in san francisco but the entire region. >> sales force.com has 14,000 workers. 4,000 of them in the city. >>> our coverage of that deadly bus crash continuing after the break. in a live report, what we know about the dozens of high school students aboard that bus all weighing big choicing for their future. >> also police in the bay raising concerns of a big tool. >> no one knows the time and the place these things are going to fail catastrophically. >> the push tonight to strengthen what some officers call a lifeline. >>> back now to our continuing coverage of that deadly bus crash that claimed the lives of 10 people. the tour bus was carrying dozens of students from southern california to visit humble state universit

. >>> there are reports that sales force could be in talks to take over parts of the new transbay tower in downtown san francisco. sales force will make an announcement this morning with the mayor and house minority leader nancy pelosi. they celebrated the 15th anniversary last month. this is described as an historic investment in the city on the 25th floor of the fremont state building where they are the major tenant and across the street from the new transbay tower construction site. >> do not expect to have amazon orders delivered by drones. c.e.o. laid out future in the letter to shareholders and says they are testing the unmanned aircraft but it would take years before the technology and federal regulators are ready for such a thing. he says that amazon plans to expand the grocery delivery service to more cities. the same day service is currently available in san francisco. >>> major internet stocks are hoping today to make up the lost ground on wall street. >> they tanked year. >> here is america's money. >>> topping america's money, a rough ride on wall street. facebook, google,

this means one size won't fit all whether in the castro or the inner it includes shuttle buses and transbay traffic and we'll have the ultimate goal of bart twenty-four hours service. the san francisco population was near 8 hundred thousand and will be increasing to over 1 million so the thousands off people that commute to the city with the tourist populations of one hundred and 33 thousand and one dense and growing 49 skrierlz. the residents are young and go out to bars and restaurants mull mississippi multiple times a week and the new generation that have moved back are enjoying the benefits in the city. but regardless of age and income level they'll need to get home after enjoying themselves. the transit industries should consider between the late and early hours like a giant special giants game or other events and plan the option according. we know this can be done and the transportation plan will benefit everyone. the mayors 2030 plan that maybe on the ballot in november it should include this transportation priorities and additionally we'll this hearing be one of many. i want to give

and our map experts have come up with the recommendation is we invite dhs to come and look at it transbay and give us a second opinion and eventually decide how much we need to spend >> okay. this includes the members of the public this is the - we can move into our regular calendar. item is to award the subcontract for 8 million plus for t g concrete super structure package and increasing the districts costs and increasing the authorized construction fee by 3 million 950 and authorized the sub garden insurance policy to 44.90. directors mark will report >> good morning mark with the program manager. we advertised the super structure back in 2013 to basically complete the balance of the structural concrete work for the center which is the completion of the 10 foot wall for the sandbox. also the ground floor concrete slab and the other slab the bus deck and as well as the roof-deck there are 37 feet of concrete work. the bids were open february 11th and the estimate the budget it was approved in july of 35.5 million and it was updated to $33.3 million the estimate that we complete at the e

of the city on the resolution to consider a ground lease on a parcel on beale street known as the transbay project with the housing. mr. president, i'm asking for a correction by sdrooik the date to approve the committee at a may 6th >> colleagues, can i have a motion to that effect to change the date that our clerk has asked for second by supervisor tang. we'll take that without objection. the amendment passes and under the underlying motion same house, same call? . we'll take that without objection. it's approved. madam clerk, call the memorials >> on behalf of the supervisor avalos. the late regina >> madam clerk, any other business before this commission? . >> no mr. president, that concludes ourfolks. >> welcome ladies and gentlemen, i'm rick i'm the senior manager of digital learning at the academy of science it's wonderful seeing our folks logan and aboard i want to inside of the up the teacher and youth director at the educational academy (clapping.) thanks rick first of all, i want to say on on behalf of the entire science including gregory our executive director and alison our ch

amy hollyfield is in front of the future transbay tower. amy? >> kristen, this just happened, city officials say the hose was just signed yesterday. i am sure you have seen this construction here before at mission and fremont but new we know who and what will be here. take a look at model just released moments ago at a press conference at headquarters, with house minority leader pelosi on hand to applaud the announcement of this if you towers, sales forces will lease more than half of the power at the center. it will be called the sales force power and they will add 1,000 jobs here in san francisco. i asked the mayor how he brokered this deal? did he promise tax breaks? he said no, he just found out this week. >> it was a surprise announcement to us in san francisco government. we didn't know they were going to expand until they told us. we received it with, wow, really? the staff explained that "this is our home, we feel so comfortable here." >> whether it is the ripple effect, really strong ripple effect this will all have, we are very, very b

for example that was very out of scale compared to the health risks forcing the transbay transit centerhat has several buses a day my for 689s or analysis for the t e p one corridor an additional 4 hundred buses would have an book of less than 10 in and million where some of the scenarios that the project sponsor found impacts higher than that i'm sorry the appellant not the project sponsor >> thank you after that. and i guess one more question i don't know if this is for director reiskin >> again talking about the impacts on the transportation system there's been reference to enforce on the red zone make them use the white zone instead. if we were to creatinine muni bus stops you have to work with the mta to get the permits for white zones to create those separate stops say for 2 hundred stops how many parking spaces would that take away. if you look at the bus zones i know there's a range a number of parking spots in each the e extinct how many parking spots in san francisco would lose if we say no, not going to let you let's tech workers everyone loves the tech workers cannot use the