the transbay terminal is, is absolutely critical to the future of transportation. not just for san francisco, but for our region and for our city and it's very exciting as terminal moves forward, particularly in the context of our high-speed rail system that we will have in the future. i'll be supporting this today, and i'm a strong supporter of this project. but i do just want to note that we -- transbay terminal does not exist in isolation. so, the reason that we are making the investments that we have been making and will continue to make in the building the transbay terminal is so that we can have an extension of caltrain high-speed rail to the transbay terminal. that's why this terminal is going to exist. we're not building it for the sake of building it. and it is essential that we make sure that the extension happens. this mello-roos does -- will provide funding for downtown extension also known as phase 2 of the project. but i will say that it is going to provide less than we had anticipated. and due to increased costs of the transbay terminal which have be

neighborhood dlug a new park and freeway anarchies and he served in 2007 assisting the transbay joint powers authority on the transit power in 2008, he led the site planning planning and section process for many blocks in the transbay planning area including requesting are r requests for proposals and reviewing the projects for or with a combined total of 15 hundred market rate and 15 affordable housing for formerly homeless individuals completed in 2013 and generating hundreds of thousands of money for the tjpa. he assisted the tjpa in closing a hundred and $71 million finance and innovation loan for the transit center in 2010 and worked cholesterol's with the toppling to adapt the district plan in 2012 resulting in tight limits on parallels around the center and new impact fees in hundreds of millions of are dlrgs force of the city after the dissolution and the association ocii he worked closely with other ocii staff and toppling to secure a determination for the state of california to protect the transbay affordable housing program and the funding for the transit center and finally

[gavel] >> items 42 through 43 related to the transbay transit center. >> item 42 is a resolution of intention to incur bonded indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $1,400,000,000 for the city and county of san francisco community facilities district no. 2014-1 (transbay transit center); and other matters related thereto. and item 43 is a resolution of intention to establish city and county of san francisco community facilities district no. 2014-1 (transbay transit center) and determining other matters in connection therewith. ~ the transbay transit center. >> supervisor kim. >> thank you. the two items before us today finally establishes the transbay transit center on community facility district in order to finance the cost of public infrastructure which includes the rate and method of the special tax with new developments that take care of -- that take advantage of the additional height and square footage allotted in the new transit center district plan which was passed unanimously by this board in the summer of 2012. with the additional density throughout this district, we will

sir >> i'm going to turn it over to scott from the transbay joint powers authority transbay joint powers authority to talk about their funding program. >> sir. hi good afternoon scott with the transbay joint powers authority i'm there the first phase is the construction of the center itself curling in the downtown we broke ground in 2010 and finished the demolition of the form terminal in the fall of 2011 last february we completed the excavation roughly within beale and do you only we're about three-quarters of laying the foundation of the transit center and our next construction progress will be the beginning of steel construction starting in september so roughly a year from now a skeleton of the facility that emerges from the ground. we do in july of 2013 have a to do a budget adjustment to phase one it was roughly one $.6 billion that was increased by over $310 million that was primarily due to account for changes in two areas we did a risk and jushth will assessment of and at that point the project with the conceptual design phase so we're going to do another adjustment so we did a

help complete and support of the phase one terminal project and the caltrain extension into the transbay center. the cf defense is financing and funding mechanism that will help to provide the $3 million for the improvements for the small businesses in transportations network. revenues from the cf have been assumed for the downtown extension plan and this action helps to close the gap on the phase one $1.9 billion terminal project together with the other agencies will be keeping on eye on the remainder funding for phase two the downtown extension of caltrain on vision zero thank you for the board of supervisors for the budget city providing over one $.3 million in general fund for the vision zero in several districts our staff along with mta will be coordinating to figure out how to best use the monies. in fact, today, you'll be considering the approval of practicing that improves this bicycle and signals that are funded vision zero a really good project. our hope by the september meeting to bring back a plan for how the city agencies will put the funds to use. turning to the geneva as y

transbay 2. tens of thousands take bart's transbay tube every day into and out of san francisco. new at 6:00, ktvu's john sasaki live in oakland with the reason millions of dollars in federal funding is headed our way. john? >> reporter: frank, here in west oakland, thousands of people have been coming out this afternoon, after coming from san francisco under the bay. they took the transbay tube, which is now the beneficiary of a big federal grant. thousands of people do it every day. aboard a bart train heading between san francisco and the east bay. >> on the tube, you're there in a split second. >> reporter: it's a quick, albeit, noisy ride through the transbay tube. >> quite a bit. i don't mind taking bart back into the city to go out with friends. >> reporter: east bay congressman announced a new $17.4 million federal grant is coming to bart. he said this grant is a smart investment that will enable bart to enhance security of its critical infrastructure against a potential terrorist attack. the failure to do so could cripple the bay area's economy. >> i live in fremont. tha

project it's currently in the legislation mostly the responsible of an obscure agency called the transbay joint powers authority i recommend you have a task force who's sole job to figure out how to get the train downtown to 6th and maybe south and dale with all the agencies not in the hands of a small obscure agency >> any additional comes on three or four. >> seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues do we have a motion? okay. the motion is forward items 4 three and four with positive recommendation supervisor kim >> i want to make a few comments first of all, i support this moving forward and want to thank the transbay joint powers authority for being an advocate for the funding and also working closely with the mayor's office of economic workforce development on this mel ruse plan i want to give a special thanks to tim rich in the office i know it's been two years in the making excited we're able to pass a plan in 2012 that had unanimously support the united support around the city for a plan it's going to increase transportation i was happy to see we were able to work through

on june 30th was a resolution to establish the transbay center the proposed legislation includes the two resolutions and support document they presented the documents consistent with the transit joint authority talked about the project and community members asked a number of questions proirl regarding the funding and supervisor wiener expressed concern with the funds will be used toward phase one the rooftop park and leave less funding for the downtown rail expedition and ken rich talked about the rooftop park supervisor wiener hesitate you hesitate officer got a letter had raised a number of concerns regarding a the tax. there's one public comment in support jim harassing the item was forwarded to the board with recommendation. also the general planning code amendment for schlage lock perverse nor the predevelopment and this ordinance came to the commission on may 8th and recommend approval. the particular reason at the land use committee supervisor kim had questions about how you the department choose the land and all the committee members having had questions about the cost and un

this project to the transbay terminal even though we call it phase one and two we're not going to build something massive and not send a train to it, it's incongruous acceptable there's no way we would agree to build that terminal without the few information we'll wish having that train go throwing so fast two the fact on my roll at the m t c helped to come up with a reasonable mou stating wire doing the rail to downtown san francisco when regionally there was a push to say fourth and king was good enough and we put our foot down and is said no way. we're on a positive path i have serious concerns about the funding we committing to making it happen but because the significant costs increases we're seeing money funds that would have been used for d t x moved over to the terminal itself. in terms of the d t x the current budget is $3 billion >> under the traditional design bui built. >> yep. and you said how much >> the of 50 in new starts once we'll move through the $300 billion increases for m t c you add the $600 million there's a a couple of others to rounding run through. >> obviousl

requests for the scheduling and we had specifics on how the caltrain would be configured with the transbay center was not limited to and this item passed unanimously with support from the cac. item 7 deals with the adaptation of 142014 prop k utilization programs this took place a lion's share of our time at the cac i had concerns with the connect our road under the 5 p heading and asked for clarification my concerns were rather than the proposition not to fitting itself eligibility requirements for the transbay remits and at the end of the day it's perplex being in danger because of this. erick ruth linkage talked about the projects funded through an increase in the vehicle licensed fee the cac was assured the planning efforts would continue and not the only source of funds. john larson questioned the project in light of ocean beach that calls for closing the highway because of erosion and look forward of the cac promised a followup discussion during public comment the gentleman in the audience 3wr5ub9 up the access to the caltrain station at the as the importance to riders who board ther

life of the project and seeing financial securing federal and environmental clearance through the transbay improvements in an effort to create investment in a transit originated neighborhood. overall the new demonstrate will invest in new infrastructure to reconnect the site the city and region with the rapid bus and he worked closely with the developer and the hunters view project committee and the san francisco planning department to certify the environmental impact report for the project in 2010 he drafted the community benefits plan to allocate more $3 million for the benefits to dine to improve the qualifying quality of life for the hunters view it included $27 million and 8.9 for the workforce development fund and $10 million for upgrades to existing educational certifies and for a health services and a scholarship fund and the continuation of the assistance insurance program for the bayview contractors it has dedicated space for the international marketplace he initiated the land agreement were the port of san francisco and the california rec and park for the purpose of securing the

so then specifically with regard to what we're referring to asia the transbay loop.he purchase is to construct a transit loop for the t third light rail that goes between 19 and third illinois. it's to serve the emerging job centers in the area that we spoke about not only the job centers but the residents and the entertainment uses in the area. this loop location has always been pardon of the t third service plan including the center subway under construction it provides a short line that b will enable us to increase the trekcy more so in the areas that have the highest decent to serve the t line properly as well. so negligence of history. there is a lot of history associated with the history that dates back 20 years when the four corridors transit plan was developed in 1995 that's what gave genesis is to the program to the van ness bus rapid transit projecting program but it was there that the third rail had it's beginning in 1998 the toolbox third project was approved and that approval included did mission bay loop so 1998 in anticipation of this development that

the general plan for visitacion valley were continued until next week as well as the transbay district that was continued null july 31st. the police and planning codes were recommending tommy's law. anyone know? okay. it was supported by supervisor london breed and supervisor wiener the ordinance reduced the restrictions on the location and lessens permits for the mechanic devise like pinball machines and they removed the obsolete codes the planning code and it will amend the planning code to eliminate them in the district 8 and the planning code amending the resident unit and a conferee requirement to amend the residents unit and clarifies the residential conversion of the single resident room and can i ask sdrirm controls when their passed any provision for grarthd how does it subcontract with the pipeline >> like all planning code amendments once it becomes legal everything is subject it that. >> okay commissioner antonini. >> yeah. a couple of questions for the future we just would be interested in hearing about funding sources for phase two the extension of the rail line to the tr

40 feet that will be a comfortable area for residents enjoy this is from rhine come north to the transbay district and the financial district as arithmetic we don't get this challenge but 6 thousand foot of floor play it is a a slefrnd way its unique about the building in the district this other buildings are much bigger and wider this is a slender eloquent light detailed building we think it's going to be pretty exciting especially how the sun plays against that with that, i'll thank you if you have any questions >> first public comment if that's the end of the presentation. okay ac public comment on this item (calling names) >> good afternoon, commissioners joel san francisco electrical construction industry. i'm here on behalf of the local 6 and the san francisco electrical contractors association we're really eager to get started on this project we're here in support. thank you. >> commissioners michael with the san francisco building and san francisco trade commission it's been a while thank goodness we've been busy but what's important to speak on behalf of crescent heights they've

our work is now solely focused on completing the transbay and shipyard and we had to abandon our other work. our workforce was reduced to less than 50. this was not easy, but we got through it. mainly thanks to our great work of our executive management team led my stephany bowey. i continue to be proud of the work of the agency, but i have to say it's strange to be working on projects that are so important to the city and at the same time not be a city employee. right now, when redevelopment projects end, our careers end, and it would be really detrimental for the city of san francisco to lose the individuals who work on those projects. the institutional knowledge and experience would be a great loss and we have lost two people in the last month. my co-worksers have put in years of work to improving the quality of life and would love to do so in future, which is why the proposed charter amendment is before you. it would allow for a smooth and fair transition of less than 40 employees owhose salaries are covered by private developers and tax increment. thank you. >> any other public co

proposal to ship those out but working with mta we've keep the the year of programming intact on the transbay center we congratulate the city on the establishment of the ma la recuse and supervisor kim with who chairs the ma la