Commuters are anxious lay waiting word on how long bart trains will continue to roll. Good evening, im dan ashley. Bart workers could walk on a moments nlts but tonight theyre at the bargaining twaibl out the pressure of a strike ultimatum. Here is what we know. Talks resumed this afternoon after a marathon session overnight lasting more than five hours past the strike deadline. The chief bart negotiate jor not at the table tonight but executive director is. And now, leading the process is a federal mediator with a track record for resolving high profile zuts disputes. Laura . I can tell you at this point the a lot fewer fire works than yesterday here at the caltrans building perhaps both sides are tired, or they may be making some real progress. As you said, general manager is at the table ask just returned from a short break that. Is something unions wanted theyre also three federal mediators working with two sides. Both said the of george cohen made a big difference. Beyond that, ba
2013. San Francisco San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board of directors director reiskin, rubke, nolan, ramos. We have a quorum. Item 3 for sound producing devices. Please be advised that cellphone and other devices are prohibited. One going off in the room maybe removed from the meeting. We respect they be turned off. Item 4. Motion to approve the minutes. All in favor say, aye. Aye. Thank you very much. Please be advised that item 10. 2g on the consent calendar was removed from the agenda at the request of staff. In addition, please know that a number of members of the public are here with respect to tour bus restrictions in the vicinity of alamo square. That matter is not only agenda and will be on item 9 on the agenda in the future. Item 6, introduction of new or Unfinished Business by board members. Any Unfinished Business . No business. Item 7, directors report. Good afternoon, mr. Reiskin. Good afternoon members of the board and staff and the public. Really just one
Where it exat the extends close to the ship. That will be a piled in structure and so there will be a series of piles. All wait around . There will be at 9 different locations where each of the fender are and those are offset from the face of the wharf and connected by a brace back to the wharf itself and so those fenders in turn, or those piles in turn, support the floating fenders, okay. Okay. The effect of moving these fenders upward is that the existing shore power system cables are not long enough. And this is a ceremony and 2010, showing our first hook up to one of the princess ships, the blue structure in the center is the dabit system that supports the power cables which are the black cables hanging down, and connecting through the door on the ship on the lefthand side and so these cables have to be extenlded in length and the dabit system itself, at the top where there is a horizontal beam has to be extended to provide the reach over to the ship. And we estimate the cost for t
Piers. Now, i will talk about the side and the liquidfaction issues. The ground below the structure resulting in sliding if you recall, joes presentation, and the original coast line was somewhere along the western edge of the embarcadero and the space between the coast line and the existing coast wall is filled with soil, and several feet of ground and sliding of the sea wall, is expected, during the major seismic event and, although the flight risks associated with the Sea Level Rise are expected to open gradually and either seismic event could happen any time, and the wide and spread chaos and destruction, and rebuilding, and this picture shows what could happen along the water front if we get 7. 9 on the earthquake, a new building after the event will not be easy, it will be very expensive and it may take years. Next to slides, shows enough time line of addressing Sea Level Rise and seismic issues. To prevent the water front from flooding and associated with Sea Level Rise of 15 in
Has to follow for 2100 . In other words, if we think about it, you know, you do step one and then you do step two, and one thing, you may not be able to totally answer that question and just saying it on the approach and the second thing is that it is a huge problem, right . If you talk about the arena and if we were to extrapolate projects that are current on the water front and the upcoming leases and the projects like the arena if you start to bite at the apple so to speak, could have the whole thing address and trying to address the whole thing at once is a daunting task and the last piece, i guess was, you know, we are not only, the only ones worried, about, it regionally, but there are obviously federal, land, involved here, and in marina green and fort mason and all of that area, and they have to face the same issues and so i guess how we are coordinating with either the federal or state level in terms of other areas that are related to area. And something that was jointly, you