Francisco county Transportation Authority meeting this morning at 10 00 am. , tuesday, april 16, 2024. welcome to the San Francisco county Transportation Authority meeting this morning at 10 00 am. , tuesday, april 16, 2024. Im chair mandelman i serve as and thank you, sfgovtv for their help and also want to thank our clerk madam clerk. Commissioner chan present. Commissioner dorsey present. Commissioner engardio present. Chair mandelman present commissioner melgar present commissioner peskin absent. Commissioner preston present. Commissioner ronen absent. Commissioner safai absent. Commissioner stefani absent. Commissioner walton absent. We have quorum. Um, thank you, madam clerk i think you have a Public Comment announcements. We welcome you location legislative chamber, room 250, city hall watch sf cable channel 26 or 99 depending on your provider channel 26 or 99 depending on your provider or may visit the sfgovtv website www. Sfgovtv. Org to stream the live meeting or may watch th
The order of 20 million on a preliminary basis. More flexibility with Priest Reservoir supply and also hydro power benefits which are currently under evaluation. And so the schedule for this project would be essentially to begin our ceqa and nea process immediately. That would take a little over two years. In parallel, we would do our design process and also the rightofway accusations that are needed for the project for staging areas and access and we would expect to issue notice to proceed on construction in the spring of 2020. At that point, the contractor would mobilize and start doing the excavations necessary for the downstream control new portal at priest. They would do that work in isolation from the existing tunnel and then in 2021, which is our first shutdown, which is shown in red on that chart, we would tie that new downstream control facility into the existing tunnel. Now that is a 60day shutdown. If you recall, before we had that control, we have to drain Priest Reservoir.
Conveyance capacity benefits, operational flexibility, maintenance, reduction costs excuse me, reduction in maintenance and Operations Costs over the 100year life of the tunnel, expected to be on the order of 20 million on a preliminary basis. More flexibility with Priest Reservoir supply and also hydro power benefits which are currently under evaluation. And so the schedule for this project would be essentially to begin our ceqa and nea process immediately. That would take a little over two years. In parallel, we would do our design process and also the rightofway accusations that are needed for the project for staging areas and access and we would expect to issue notice to proceed on construction in the spring of 2020. At that point, the contractor would mobilize and start doing the excavations necessary for the downstream control new portal at priest. They would do that work in isolation from the existing tunnel and then in 2021, which is our first shutdown, which is shown in red on
Flow rate to be implemented much faster than they are currently. And then lastly the tunnel could be dewatered for entry without draining Priest Reservoir, which has a substantial benefit for both people and fish during critical outages of the tunnel. And so the benefits of downstream control include Water Quality benefits, conveyance capacity benefits, operational flexibility, maintenance, reduction costs excuse me, reduction in maintenance and Operations Costs over the 100year life of the tunnel, expected to be on the order of 20 million on a preliminary basis. More flexibility with Priest Reservoir supply and also hydro power benefits which are currently under evaluation. And so the schedule for this project would be essentially to begin our ceqa and nea process immediately. That would take a little over two years. In parallel, we would do our design process and also the rightofway accusations that are needed for the project for staging areas and access and we would expect to issue
Reporter it feels a lot colder out there, it feels like the season. Looking live on sky6 live hd, the center city skyline, the strong gusty winds for the most part have subsided and the temperatures have dropped off, we dont have much in the way of cloud cover up there. Overall it promises to be a nice, quiet weekend. Allentown, 34. Lancaster, 31. Philadelphia, 39 degrees, some areas in the surrounding suburbs dropped into the 20s. 27 in millville. They are freezing in trenton. 29 in Atlantic City. And 35 degrees in dover, the 24 hour temperature change anywhere from ten to 21 degrees colder than the same time yesterday on top of that we have windchills in the 20s. A large portion. Viewing area. Its blustery out there this morning, youll need a heavier coat and gloves, but we have no clouds out there. High pressure in control, that means a ton of sunshine expected today. Look at the forecast, 46 degrees by 11 00. 48 by 1 00 p. M. 50 by 3 00 p. M. , walltowall blue skies, mostly sunny s