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Thats a living system. When San Francisco first bought this land in 1999, it was home to a state Office Building. This was an old eightstory Brown Building the state owned and the workers comp people were in that building. It was an old dee correctvth it building for decades. When i was a member of the board of supervisors, all of us wondered why we hadnt done anything there and the mayor thought the same. If an earthquake happened, the building was uninhabitable. It sat there vacant for quite a...

Architectural firms ked to build one of the greatest Office Buildings in america. Thats more than a building. Thats a living system. When San Francisco first bought this land in 1999, it was home to a state Office Building. This was an old eightstory Brown Building the state owned and the workers comp people were in that building. It was an old dee correctvth it building for decades. When i was a member of the board of supervisors, all of us wondered why we hadnt done anything there and the mayo...

San francisco is home to some of the most Innovative Companies of the 21st century. This pioneering and forward looking spirit is alive in San Francisco government as well. The new headquarters of the San Francisco Public Utilities commission at a5 25 golden gate avenue is more than just a 13story building and office ablation. Instead, city leaders, departments and project managers join forces with local architectural firms ked to build one of the greatest Office Buildings in america. Thats more...

All right. How about a big round of applause for all our honorees. Thank you dancers. Thank you singers. That concludes our program. Were going to celebrate filipinoamerican History Month in San Francisco by doing what mayors always do, especially after being solely instructed by hydra as our Education Advisor to present the proclamation declaring the month of oct filipinoamerican month in San Francisco. Come on up here. Get up here, so everybody can take a picture here. If i may, i just wanted ...

Across america, cities and towns, homes and businesses all depend upon one basic resource. Modern civilization and life itself would be impossible without it. Woman okay, so today, were going to look at how do we get our water . Narrator and today, its a matter of simply turning on the tap. So often, we forget about the value of water. Water is a commodity that is essential to life. 100 years ago, it would have been hard to imagine turning on the tap water. And now, its an expectation. Narrator ...

By late 2008 the project, as we got the contractor on board and we were able to start pricing it, were a multi, multi, multimillion dollar over budget. The story a lot of people dont know after we got select today do this project, the first price we came in with was 180 million. And the city said, you know, this is a great building, but we just dont want to spend that much money. So, the project was on the verge of being canceled. If youre looking at why this building came to be, in many ways it...

Represent them. My name is juan, and geonberg is the other presenter and we are going to split the time. Three and a half minutes. This is something that we just wanted to show. And you can put it up there. You can put it sideways, otherwise we cant see it. That way. And it depends on what you are going to do with it, i would not mind having it closer. And are you going to refer to it as you are talking . Why dont you. And okay. Lean it against the podium. And facing this way and you can still p...

And we dont have anything further to add. I have a question. My understanding is that your issues are really more about the tenantcies than they are about the work that is being done, in that the how is the work going to impact their current tenant and their future and their right to return . In essence, yes, but there is a concern about the scope of the work because it seems to be a changing target, they have now added in the plumbing and electrical, yesterday, for the first time. Today, for th...

And stormwater making it safe enough to discharge into the San Francisco bay and pacific ocean. In 2006 the puc was planning a Record Number of projects. The Public Utilities commission is a very infrastructurerich organization. Were out there rebuilding the water system. Weve budget working on Power Generation in the country. Weve been doing sewer for the city. Were looking at a brandnew rebuild of all watt systems in San Francisco and we havent had a home thats been other than mental. They sta...

Across america, cities and towns, homes and businesses all depend upon one basic resource. Modern civilization and life itself would be impossible without it. Woman okay, so today, were going to look at how do we get our water . Narrator and today, its a matter of simply turning on the tap. So often, we forget about the value of water. Water is a commodity that is essential to life. 100 years ago, it would have been hard to imagine turning on the tap water. And now, its an expectation. Narrator ...