we are here to discuss transbay block 8. the agenda i will give a presentation, then the developer of blockade related california and jonathan, the project manager will give a presentation, then we have sarah graham who is with strategic economicises a consultant we hired will give a presentation. >> the commission actions today are to find the developer made good faith efforts to lease the grocery space and to approve termination of the developer's obligation to provide a grocery store in transbay block 8. before we start, i want to step back a little bit. i want everyone to know that block 8 is one you have the cal tran's parcels that was a former embarcadero freeway parcel. the proceeds from the sale of that piece of land went to the funding of the transit center, and, you know, the goal of all negotiations and sales is to maximize the land price and get as much affordable housing as possible. for this project land price we were able to negotiate with $71 million and 70% of affordable housing. summary of the key findings.

early 2014, we had envisioned 25,000 square feet at transbay blockade. if you recall the original proposal included letter of intent from whole foods about amazon. based on feedback when we presented during the afp, feedback from the community recommended we contact the local grocers. their footprint was 5,000 to 20,000 square feet. notable names included buy right, gus and molly's among other also. based on that feedback we realized the size of footprint fell within the range accessible to grocers at the time in 2014. the project when we were designing it included accommodation for customer elevator do adjust the two level format. loading sign for a 40 to 50-foot long truck. loading zone when we worked with development team and other government agencies to accommodate. a loading dock, service elevator and back up house. here are diagrams to illustrate that. you can see the loading zone on first street for the longer loading truck. we have the service elevator to the right of that. as you move to the center you have the ground floor space 2700 square fee

they are unlikely to do major shop and get on bart or transbay bus to go home. [please stand by] squires as you. [please stand by] >> i want to go into the households. the types of households that are predominent. this compares the market areas. the majority of households of people living alone. there are few people with children in the area. 50% of the people living alone in the neighbourhood. moving on to 8. we also have about 60% of the residents are between the ages of 25 and 44 years old. that is 60% of the residents in the category. and again, there are few children. there are 20% of houses without children. it is likely the households are made up with couples without kids. we have an area that is made of young adult single and young couples. the demographic is more likely to eat out a lot. they are more likely to get takeout and they are less likely to do a lot of grocery shopping and cooking at home than other groups like families with children. so i have the slide on demographics and then we will finish up. this one shows median household income in the

oversight focused on transbay. we had a wonderful focus on opening the center in august and unfortunately did discover the cracks, but to some degree, that was lucky because we wouldn't have wanted to discover that in a different way, so it was fortunate that we caught it, and the tjpa is actively working with a peer review to understand the causes and to converge on a fix. the downtown rail extension, as i mentioned, made progress. we had done some tunnel track design peer review studies with a panel -- an expert panel that advised on whether we should have two versus three tracks reading into the terminal and conversion on the three and rusing the tunnel cover was very important as a result of that work, as well. we are moving ahead with the d.t.x. over sight and management peer review and we'll report back in the next few months -- or in the early part of this year. central subway makes progress. there has been some delay, but overall the the project is 81% complete, and we were able to backfill some money that

i will call to order the transbay joint powers authority for december 13, 2018.l the roll. >> clerk: i will go ahead and note that tilly chang is attending another meeting. with that -- [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chairman, you do have a quorum. i'll note that director tavares is absent today. with that, shall i call your next item? >> yes. >> clerk: with that, communications, i'm not aware of any. with that, item three, directors new and oral business. also not aware of any. >> none. >> clerk: with none, item five, executive director's report. >> good morning, director. i have several pertinent updating you this morning. to date, we have completed the temporary multilevel shoring system, and we have extracted and tested samples from the first street and the fremont street girters and as we continue to monitor them. as you know, the past identifying the salesforce transit center -- as we move forward from these elements, we are fully cooperating with the independent testing requested by the metropolitan transportation division requested by mayor breed and schaaf. g

. >> the transbay joint powers authority board of directors meeting for january 10, 2019. will you go ahead and call the roll. >> yes. [roll call] >> i understand director tavares is also en route. [roll call] >> mr. chairman, you do have a quorum. >> will you call the next item. >> item three is communications. and directors, i'm not aware of any. seeing none, your next item is item four, board of directors new and oral business. also seeing none. item five, executive director's report. >> good morning, directors, and happy new year. i have several updates for you this morning. i will begin by updating you on the progress we are making toward reopening the salesforce transit center, which is our highest priority. the two multilevel shoring systems remain in place at fremont and first street, and we have tested samples extracted from the girders at monitoring continues. we continue to find no additional issues at first and fremont street, and we have found no issues found at first street. the m.t.c. and review panel approved the design for repair at fremont street, which w

and other elements of the transbay program. it was to look at the refinements that have come about since the 2004 approval and the subsequent addenda that went through 2011. so, when you look at those specific refinements that meghan just described, there are only five resource topics for which new, significant impacts were identified. or we felt that they needed to be further examined beyond these were examined 2340904 environmental document. so, those five topics are outlined on this chart. the first topic concerns transportation and that primarily came up because of the turnback tracks that meghan described. there is an at-grade crossing at 16th street. there's a lot of concern about the amount of congestion, how it might conflict with the muni forward improvements along that stretch and so we worked very, very closely with the city and county of san francisco to fashion a mitigation measure that was accept tonight the city and involves cal-train and involves the cpuc. so, for that reason, we've identified that particular im

overall in transbay, monitoring the construction of the folsom approval project, schematic designs and draft construction plans for the parks. facilitate redevelopment plan amendment, and guidelines for transbay block 4, and monitor construction of blocks 1, 8 and 9, annine, and oversee the serv related to our block development. we anticipate expending $6 million in hpscp, largest on professional service, includes design, construction management, legal support, etc. we'll also be expending 4.7 million on infrastructure and retain funds on community benefits for things like scholarships and improvement grants and lease payments and the fund balance. so completing five public parks in phase one. finalize design for four development blocks in phase one also. we'll design, redesign candlestick retail center, monitor the navy retesting and clean-up of phase 2 parcels. in our asset management program, expect to spend 7.8 million for the mexican museum to fund tenant improvement and obligation developments outside the three major areas and implement the long range management plan, for the d d

i have a vision as a commissioner that transbay would be as vibrant as the heights. it would be a fun place for a san francisco person would want to go to eat. based on all of that and because we have a growing population of affordable households coming in, we want to creation. i don't want the area to be a financial district south of... there has been a fabulous job of what i consider -- one would consider the normal good faith efforts. not the good faith efforts that i think, i tried to impart directly. not in the complexity that i would envision -- that i would see as a commissioner when we came to this place. the approval or disproval, the release of the condition of the commission item, it is precisely because i was chair of the commission and i would foresee that we would have the conversation at the staff level and i wanted it at the commission level so i could have the members public speak to us, the way that they are. i do have perhaps an option, if you will. not an option but an alternative. i want to ask some series of questions. what i heard in the presen

the san francisco chronicle said the transbay power authority has been saving about $550,000 a month in their operating costs since that shutdown. the buzz the bus station has been closed since six weeks after the grand opening. >>> it is 6:10. and this is something you certainly don't usually see on the slopes. we'll show you what happened when a moose started chasing snowboarders. >>> and digging out in the sierra, after more than 8 feet of snow. see the work ahead that the homeowners have to deal with. >>> good morning. right now, we do see traffic that is doing very well. if you're driving on the bridges, like san mateo bridge, we'll tell you more about this straight ahead. >>> clear, cold for some. 40s, 50s for others. and temperatures, will they warm up or stay about the same as yesterday. we'll take a look. >>> welcome back to mornings on 2. it's 4:13. a rampaging moose in breckenridge, colorado scared some snowboarders. now watch. they were confronted by this large bull moose on a trail. it got too close for comfort. the moose charged at them and then everyone ran. they kept

. >>> there are new developments in the efforts to pick san francisco's transbay transit center.s been closed for more than 100 days since two fissures were discovered in steel beams. the transbay joint powers authority says a repair design has been approved by the metropolitan transportation commission. now a construction schedule has to be finalized, which should happen this month. we'll keep you updated on the timeline. >>> a lot more to come here. a stark warning from president trump. he says the government shutdown could last for months, maybe even years. how the democrats are responding. >>> governor-elect gavin newsom gets sworn in on monday, and now we know where he will live. >>> and the video was posted to mock her. see how a freshman congresswoman what'with coverage havinthroughout your home? how about having internet that can help you save on wireless phone service? xfinity gives you the fastest speeds from america's best internet provider to stream on all your devices. plus, with xfinity mobile included, you can switch your wireless carrier and save hundreds of dolla

that money will be automatically refunded. ( darya ) still ahead transbay transit there is still no word completely reopen. ( darya ) plus ... supreme court justice ruth bader ginsberg ... will not be on the bench for the court's first day of 2019. we'll explain. ( darya ) and after the break... the weekend's storm causes an unusual sight off the california coast. and more rain is in the forecast. ( james ) take a look at this incredible video off the coast of santa cruz. this waterspout popped up yesterday afternoon because of a strong cell moving ashore. the national weather service tweeted this video. waterspouts are tornadoes that form over water. (james)(darya) welcome back. let's get a check of the weather this morning... plenty more rain ahead in the forecast. today will be one of our lighter days as ran and wind tapers off before intensifying again tonight into tomorrow. highs will peak back up into a range of upper 50's and low 60's. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. no delays on wb 580 at the tolls ( darya ) happening today... expect

we have regional projects with transbay and managed lanes. you have chaired the policy and programming plans and programs back when we had those as well. they are so many things to appreciate you for. thank you again for your dedication and your leadership. good luck to you as well. commissioner cohen, who is not here, i want to recognize she led finance committee for many years. she served as our caltrain board representative for many years as well on that body. she has led so many initiatives including the caesar child a -- cesar chavez. and indeed tend, we had the bayview mobility study in the transportation study and the bayview moves and many innovative initiatives coming out of that district which has so many challenges facing them both from a traditional neighborhood standpoint and is all of this development that has been going on including in district six as well. thank you again. >> thank you. with that, we will go to our consent agenda. could you please read the next item? >> item 4-10 -- >> is there any public comment on the chair'

one is to do earthquake retrofit work to the transbay tube and the other is we're replacing cables in downtown san francisco. >> b.a.r.t. says sunday's schedules will vary week by week, so riders should check before heading out. >>> we have some of the roughest weather likely to move so far this winter, the storm coming tomorrow. it doesn't look like much now over the santa cruz mountains, but it's going to add up to significant rainfall totals in and around boulder creek. notice it's not raining in san jose, but just 20 miles away it is pouring. some light rain still for portions of alameda and contra costa counties. the heavy rainfall we had earlier today has lifted to the north. it's going to be wet tomorrow. it's also going to be windy. 24 hours ago i was telling you about a high wind watch. that's been upgraded to a warning for the coast and our mountains. we could see wind gusts around 60 miles per hour tomorrow eveng inasthe loiswer elevatiothns, santa rosa, south of san francisco, oakland and san jose, wind gusts could hit 40 or 50 miles an hour, enough to knock down trees or

a local bus and a transfer to a transbay bus. costs $5.40. now, driving during commute hours means paying $7 toll to cross the bay bridge. tolls at all bridges except the golden gate remember went up by a dollar on january 1st when voter-approved regional measure 3 took effect. the extra money is meant to fund transit and traffic improvement projects around the bay area. >>> and go online to share your ideas about what building a better bay area looks like. just add the hashtag better bay area to get our attention. >> okay. let's move to the weather forecast. we're in a bit of a lull now but more rain is coming. >> yes. spencer christian is here with that. spencer. >> it's a lovely lull, as a matter of fact. it will lull through tomorrow. here's a look at live doppler 7. and we have not much left from today's storm. just a few showers moving out into the central valley right now. we have lingering clouds here in the bay area and probably see a little bit of patchy dense fog for the morning commute. this is the view from our abc 7 exploratoriu

we also indicated that we got good -- we have gotten good support from the transbay terminal staff as well as their consultants and contractors and that continues to be the case. they've been very receptive to input by the peer review panel. so what i'd like to do is introduce dr. michael engelhart, who is the chair of our committee. he's a professional engineer, a professor at the department of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at the university of texas at austin. he is also the director of the ferguson structural engineering laboratory. he's got a broad array of background in this type of w k work. he is also to be commended on keeping the panel focused on what they're doing. they're spread across the united states, and they have committed to many meetings, both in terms of getting educated on the scope of the work as well as the structure and its cause. so michael is going to talk to you more directly about the makeup of the panel, how we've decided to attack the review and then, the status of that review. dr. engelhart? >> okay. >> if you could -- please. >> good

there is a new plan to fix the transbay transit center... when it will completely reopen. ( james ) and after the break... the weekend's storm causes an unusual sight off the california coast. and more rain is in the forecast. ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. checking the bay bridge commute on wb 80. your drive time is less than 30 min from the maze to fremont street after months of wearing only a tiger costume, we're finally going on the trip i've been promising. because with expedia, i saved when i added a hotel to our flight. ♪ so even when she outgrows her costume, we'll never outgrow the memory of our adventure together. unlock savings when you add select hotels to your existing trip. only when you book with expedia. coast of santa cruz. this waterspout popped up yesterday afternoon because of a strong cell moving ashore. the national weather service tweeted this video. waterspouts are tornadoes that form over water. ( james )( darya ) welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. let's get a check of the forecast. plenty m

i will start with the transbay transit centre fracture issue. a little bit of history here for clarity of the records. a fracture on flan to the steel girder was discovered. a second smaller crack was discovered on a parallel beam in the same location. today to, no additional cracks have been found. there is continued monitoring going on. at the request of the san francisco and oakland mayor's offices, the empty sea has convened a peer review panel to work with tjpa. the review panel consists of five structural engineering and materials experts. they are working with the key stakeholders, being the structural engineer of record, the general contractor, the steel subcontractor, steel fabricator, m.t.c., ourselves, a.c. transit and the department of building inspection. there are challenges to assess the load capacity, which they have done already. developing a sampling and testing plan, which frankly is almost complete spirit i want to elaborate further. determine the cause as everyone wants to know, assess the current condition of other structur

there is a new plan to fix the transbay transit center... but there is still no word on when it will completely reopen. ( robin ) and -- friends and family celebrate the life of newman police corporal, ronil singh... the emotional funeral service coming up next (robin) and after the break... the weekend's storm causes an unusual sight off the california coast. and more rain is in the forecast. (robin) and here's a live look outside...at the san mateo bridge. ( robin ) take a look at this incredible video off the coast of santa cruz. this waterspout popped up yesterday afternoon because of a strong cell moving ashore. the national weather service tweeted this video. waterspouts are tornadoes that form over water. plenty more rain ahead in the forecast. today will be one of our lighter days as ran and wind tapers off before intensifying again tonight into tomorrow. highs will peak back up into a range of upper 50's and low 60's. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from

when two cracks were found in steel beams on the bus deck above fremont streetsot christine falvey/transbay joint powers authority :15the repair has independant peer reviewers that has been enpaneled by mtc, so now the tjpa is purchasing steel to begin those repairs.a repair completion date has not yet been set, but even when the repairs are completed that doesn't mean the center will immediately reopensot mike engelhardt/chair, transit center peer review panel :37as part of our due diligence the entire team is looking at whether there are other locations within the transit center that have the potential for brittle fractureuniversity of texas at austin structural engineering professor mike engelhardt chairs the independant panel reviewing the transit center repair project. he says the panel has now started to review thousands of construction drawings to make sure no other parts of the transit center have the potential for cracking.sotour goal is to amke sure when the transit center reopens we have a high degree of confidence the structure is safe.standup dan kerman/sf 118 if the panel sees

the san francisco chronicle says the transbay joint powers authority has been saving about $550,000 aonth in operating costs, since the shutdown. the bus station has been closed since september. as workers repair two cracked steel girders that were discovered six weeks after the center's grand opening. >>> uber is looking at a report that claim its un put unfair pressure on employees. controversial memos outline conditions for the employees in the special investigations unit. according to the memo obtained by cnn, the 60-member team investigate close to 1200 cases a week, ranging from verbal theft, sex and assault. the memo said employees were so overworked that the working conditions could lead to mental health issues. in response, uber said it has taken action to improve conditions since that was issued. >>> a new study on the safest cities in california. >>> and we'll have to tell you what cities fall behind. >>> this afternoon. we've got partly cloudy skies. and temperatures are warming. i will show you when we will reach into the mid- to upper 60s coming up. at at&t, we believe i

the san francisco chronicle says the transbay joins power authority, which runs it, has been saving about $550,000 a month in operating costs since that shutdown. the bus station has been closed since september. workers are repairing two cracked steel girders that were found just six weeks after the big grand opening. >>> 10 minutes after 5:00. have you ever been skiing or boarding and then you see a moose? no? yeah, when we return, we'll show you what happened when a moose started chasing some snowboarders at a ski resort. >>> plus, digging out in the sierra. after more than 8 feet of snow fell in the last week. you'll see some of the work ahead for homeowners. >>> on the road to the tunnel right now. looks all right. if you're driving on 24. so far, so good. all the way to oakland. >>> well, 30s, 40s and 50s on our current temps. it will be a nice day, though. really not warming up that much. but maybe a little bit. we'll show you the forecast highs coming up. >>> welcome back to mornings on 2. something new for starbucks customers in san francisco. coffee orders can now be delivered. s

. >>> and the temporary closure of the new transbay transit center in san francisco has had at least one unexpected benefit. the san francisco chronicle says the transbay joint powers authority has been saving about $550,000 a month in operating costs since the shutdown. the bus station has been closed since september. workers are repairing two cracked steel girders there. >>> later today the mountain view city council is going to vote on a $5 million road improvement project. if it's approved the on-ramp to westbound highway 237 at middle field road would be moved. the idea is to protect pedestrians and reduce traffic congestion. money for the project would come from a city agreement with linkedin. >>> emergency and nonemergency phone lines are working again at the oakland police department. service went down yesterday afternoon but oakland police tweeted that it was up and running again just before 7:00 last night. at this point it does not appear that police services were affected during the outage and those calling 911 directly still got through to dispatchers. the department has

the transbay powers authority says the metropolitan trpgs commission approved a design. >>> happening now college football fever take over the south bay. two teams going head to head in the national championship game touch down in san jose last night. clemson on the left and alabama on the right. abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo cmos the frenzy. >> the championship weekend is here. the alabama criminalsen tide and clemson tigers kick-off monday night but the fans are getting started >> roll tide. >> here kitty. here yit. coming to get. >> you clemson. ♪ >> the turf is down at sen pedro sworn for the end zone aly. the broadcasts by our sister network espn. cross the acquire it's the playoff central and it's red and orange. >> there is nothing like clemson energy. >> that energy first felt when in 45-50 espn billboard touched sheericed downerslhe bring in the bay area. >> you all missing the spirit. this is all love. carolina, south carolina, conway, clemson, anderson, the whole area. >> we love college football. on the way out we were talking about this is the seventh national c

there's a plan to convert that into a bus boulevard and take you into the new transbay terminal. so you'd work with the city and we can be in contact with them about how we would land a bike path in that area with a switchback. and then we do see a strong demand for the project and to the advent of ebags and that mode is definitely been a rapid over the last several years. i think it does -- even though we have a fairly long structure coming from the west path, it is about 3 miles long. the existing east span is four or 5 miles long. so we have a line that from end to end, is over 7 miles long. but with ebags, it gives you the -- it gives you an opportunity to cut your commute down if you are on a bike. it is not just for hard-core cyclists but almost anybody can do that. and some of our modelling that we did, it does open up more of the east bay to get into san francisco. this is if you are just on a regular bike is what our consultants felt, how reasonably you could get into san francisco , but that does expand quite a bit with the bike and getting higher speeds on your bike wi