department of public works, public into this commission, 55 page report which have to do with undergrounding utilities, popular with the citizenry. i want to note the date, small to see. submitted in good faith in january, 2007. i urge you as you think about budgets to put a completion of undergrounding public utilities on your high priority list. you are the stewards of the city. the city deserves no less. thank you for your attention. >> president chiu: thanks. next speaker. >> good afternoon supervisors, my name is oscar james. i am a resident of -- point. i served on many committees. my concern is election of the new committee. i have problems with what i have gotten on my computer saying that the city will select 12 members to represent -- the residents of our community. i served in my committee since 1968, first and the eeoc board, joint housing. we were all elected by third of residents. i asked that this be rescinded and that the residents have preference and selecting who they want to serve on cac. i also surf the mayor's task force. we have never allowed anyone to come up in our community an

. >>> hello, my name is annie elizabeth cromwell, i live in district 6 where we have undergrounded utilities. i'm here in support of that. i believe for our safety and for our tourism industry that it would best serve our community to have the entire city underground utilities. thank you. >> next speaker. >>> mr. president, members of the board, as i sat there a few moments ago, i listened attentively to representative for district 9 and the nice words that she spoke about that lady who, in my humble estimation, [speaker not understood] to help [speaker not understood] people arrive at their destination in life. what came to me was a poem, part of it say that life's great men all remind us we must make our lives sublime and leave it -- and part and leave behind us such faith in [speaker not understood]. that lady that was spoken of, she surely did leave a great legacy that although she is not with us today, she can be highly be spoken of and i compliment you, supervisor, for district 9. thank you very much. >> thanks. next speaker. >>> tom gilberti, [speaker not understood] apartments. last

but undergrounding utilities across the city. the next slide gets a little more detail. what is in the pay as you go program. so, for the general fund i mentioned there are three sources we have control over. one is the cash that we put in every year. the other is the geo bond program and the other is the general fund debt program. so, the geo bond program, we made a commitment back in 2006 with the first capital plan to grow the amount that we set aside for [speaker not understood] by 10% a year. this year we've add today that. this new capital plan, we added to the policy to fund streets and reach, stay at a pci of 70. we will not reach it right way, but by the end of the capital plan, by 2023 we should be at a pci of 70 and should cost us less to maintain it, maintain streets at that level. which is considered a good level, i should say. it's not a great level, not a super high level, but we think a responsible one. if you look down on this list here, you can see that we've kind of outlined in red a little bit some of the transportation related improvements because th

and i know for sure unless that quest to underground utilities in san francisco is completed with prioritizing, there will never be any funding for it. ~ so, i just commend this to you for the future of the city. and thank you for your time. >> thank you for your time. next speaker. ~ buggy whip >>> my name is eugene gordon, jr. rejoice social cultural revolution taking its mean exchange in diametric materialist i can matter, [speaker not understood] social culture condition applied, radiant in its universe, not a supernatural blessing. we dress to corroborate homosapien need to answer an inability of the state to orient minimal work time, medical health disability recognition, in exchange for healthy basic needs. just written as abbreviated by the measure is sharing with me to production out laws racism [speaker not understood], capital [speaker not understood], market speculation, commodity value exchange and manifestations, public ownership of means of production is organized collective labor, constructive evaluation, qualified skilled products, rejoice to labor more than one minimum work t

and i know for sure unless that quest to underground utilities in san francisco is completed with prioritizing, there will never be any funding for it. ~ so, i just commend this to you for the future of the city. and thank you for your time. >> thank you for your time. next speaker. ~ buggy whip >>> my name is eugene gordon, jr. rejoice social cultural revolution taking its mean exchange in diametric materialist i can matter,

i'm coming today to encourage my supervisors to make undergrounding of utilities a priority of all of san francisco for all of us, the residents, the visitors, the world. the time is now to start a plan to get this done to finish the job we started. thank you. thank you, next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is douglas, and i have lived in san francisco for 61 years. hopefully the carnival is successful. if it isn't, i'm going to chalk it up as a continuing process. second, there is one person missing from the seat. the same person in my opinion that led to the cancellation of last week's 2 committee hearings. in my opinion that is real disservice because that is such a public and important committee and also for the record, i would like to ask the mayor how he chose those two supervisors for the irish trip rather than the other supervisors. i would like an explanation on that. in regards to cronyism and nepotism, many have seen a pattern in district 4 and 7. in my opinion, that is what it's been. i encourage to make a change in district 7. district 7 has controversial

evacuated near bank highway nine close for several hours this morning a gas leak was traced to an underground utility box firefighters discovered the dead squirrel. >> apparently the squirrel crossed a circuit somewhere and wound up causing a short circuit which shut down power to most of the complex. not too long after that we had gas inside the structure, natural gas. >>>reporter: it is not exactly clear how the short circuit led to the ghastly themes found their way inside the bank leading to the evacuation order and the alert traffic along highway nine santa cruz avenue in nearby highway 17 were affected by this. >> under the students at a high school in antioch tested for tuberculosis today. this comes after one student diagnosed. >>>reporter: the reason why. entire school was not tested only a few hundred because the health department pinpointed the students share classrooms or clubs of the student who was diagnosed back on march 25 of tuberculosis. a simple blood test, results should come back in about two weeks from now we got a chance to talk about the health department here is what she had

of the neighborhood associations to propose to the board that we complete the job of undergrounding all the utility overhead lines in this city well before my lifetime, which i don't have very long. so, the next 20 years -- before 20 years are up. as you can see, this is just one block within my neighborhood. on the left it shows 28th street. on the right it is duncan. next to each other, one is underground, one isn't. and we have this throughout the entire city. we would like to see all of the city's overhead lines undergrounded so we can leave a legacy much beyond our lifetimes. several major cities have already done this. san diego has already got a task force with the force of law to make this happen. san jose is doing it. london, berlin, pares, all the major cities have done this. so, i'd like to urge the board of supervisors to have a plan to make this happen and happen quickly. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> my name is eugene gordon, jr. redress conditions reflect environment review. dictionary tends to provide dictionary -- dictatorial [speaker not understood]. we the people hav

two curb ramps on 37th, which will be completed as part of the san francisco public utilities commission underground system project. those programs will be completed in august 2014. the sfmta has also requested prop k substep for the construction of five two way bicycle greenway facilities along the existing bicycle network. the specific lists of locations can be viewed on the site as well as on page 55 of your enclosure. these greenway facilities will modify signal timing so the bicyclists encounter a series of green lights as they progress down the corridors. locations were designed and selected through a previous [speaker not understood] projects funded by prop k. locations were prioritized that had bike lanes in high numbers of cyclists. sfmta staff plan to conduct before and after study to evaluate effectiveness of these facilities and construction anticipated to begin june 2013 and complete by march 2014. the sfmta has also requested prop k funds to purchase and install 210 bicycle racks. the bike racks will be installed based on the request of residents and businesses. sfmta staff will evalua

of the neighborhood associations to propose to the board that we complete the job of undergrounding all the utility overhead lines in this city well before my lifetime, which i don't have very long. so, the next 20 years -- before 20 years are up. as you can see, this is just one block within my neighborhood. on the left it shows 28th street. on the right it is duncan. next to each other, one is underground, one isn't. and we have this throughout the entire city. we would like to see all of the city's overhead lines undergrounded so we can leave a legacy much beyond our lifetimes. several major cities have already done this.

>>> the sheriff's department is investigating two acts of sabotage on utility equipment in southern santa clara county. underground fiberoptic cable were cut yesterday morning. it disrupted some 911 services. at&t is offering a reward in hopes of finding a culprit. also gunshots damaged several pg&e transformers and caused a hazmat leak near metcalf road. >>> the family of saratoga teen audrie pott who killed herself after an alleged sexual assault at a party is suing for damages against the homeowners where audrie was allegedly abused. court documents show those homeowners left their daughter home alone and unlocked the liquor cabinet. meanwhile sources tell kpix 5 the three teenaged boys arrested for the crime are back home. >>> cam transdid not -- caltrans did not conduct tests that could have revealed problems with the bolts that failed on the new eastern span last month. the "san francisco chronicle" reports the tests were originally ordered back in 2008. caltrans also had some quality concerns with the maker of the bolts, dyson corporation out of ohio. experts believe the bolts failed because they weren't pr

. >>> steeves investigators are looking into two acts of sabotage on utility equipment in southern santa clara county. underground fiberoptic cables belonging to and the were cut near month tray highway yesterday morning disrupting some 911 and other services. at&t is offering a $250,000 reward in hopes of finding the person responsible. >>> we'll get a look at the new budget plan for oakland. mayor and city administrator plan is to discuss the budget. they will take it to the city council april 30th. it's for the fiscal year 2013- 2015. >>> it's a big day after pier 15 in san francisco. >> i know. i'm so excited. the much-anticipated brand-new exploratorium opens a little later this morning. and that is where we'll find kpix 5 reporter elissa harrington live this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes. i'll very excited to go inside too. behind me you can see the new exploratorium. the exterior of the building which also serves as a video projection wall. this is a big day. there's going to be a lot of celebrations ahead. the party started yesterday with this concert. [ music ] >> it was put on by

and many utilities can identify with the struggles that come with maintaining underground assets to support a growing population. one of the most common issues that municipalities share is water loss. melosi: because it's not a catastrophic issue, we don't think much about it. but there is a 10%, 20%, 30% water loss or leakage in some systems. allbee: already treated water that you've invested money in, you're losing before you actually delivered it. narrator: so many utilities are employing the business strategy of asset management. it's a paradigm shift in the approach of attaining a sustainable water infrastructure. man: it's not construction of new pipelines. we are talking about maintaining, sustaining the infrastructure we have. you've got to know what you have, where it is, what condition it's in, and how long you can expect it to last. melosi: we have very little choice because we've invested in a system that cannot be readily changed. we don't leave a lot of flexibility to dig that all up and replace it with something else. sinha: so we have to also teach our students, the workforc

. >>> sheriff's investigators are looking into two acts of sabotage on utility equipment in southern santa clara county. undergroundtic cables belonging to at&t were cut near monterey highway heads in morning disrupting 911 and other services in the area. at&t is also offering a $250,000 reward in hopes of finding the suspect. gunshots damaged several pg&e transformers and caused a hazardous materials leak near metcalf road. >>> a big day if you want to head to pier 15 right here in san francisco. >> i know. the weather is going to be gorgeous now we have the much- anticipated brand-new exploratorium that opens a little later this morning. but the party really got started yesterday. >> the concert was put on by former grateful dead drummer. a member of the exploratorium board of directors by the way grand opening is later this morning. the ceremony includes gavin newsom and, of course, the mayor ed lee there as well and cate caugiran was there last week. she had a ball. there she is. we had to pull her out of there. come on. go check it out. >>> coming up the big name bands headlining this year's outside lands musi