timma, ticd and tida, is the procurement plan. we believe that initially we'll go with a lease option. it's lower up-front costs, lower capital expeditures, and doesn't lock us into any particular boat for the early years. we want to get what we think is a right-sized boat, probably 100-passenger boat and operate that for the first few years. we'll see how the demand goes and re-evaluate potentially purchasing a vessel later on. the initial service will likely be through a lease process. as i said, timma, ticd and tida will be working on this procurement plan and we'd like it have something in place probably by early 2019. it takes approximately 12 to 15 months to build a ferry vessel, even the small ones. even if we go with a lease option, there are not a lot of vessels available right now for someone to contract. it's likely that vendor will have to perfect a vessel. and with a 12- to 15-month lead time and shortage of availability of shipyards that have capacity to build, it may take 6 months, 8 months, to get in and get the building started. want to give ourselves two years lead t

himself to the board. >> good afternoon. thank you very much, bob. members of the tida board, i'm will fleiseg. it's a pleasure to be here. this project and the work you've been doing and the direction of this land and creating incredible public realm housing, affordable housing, and a signature project in the sustainability that board member tsen mentioned, very, very exciting. i've lived in the bay area since 1980. i've had stints in other places, most recently in toronto, where i was c.e.o. for waterfront toronto, a redevelopment of 2,000 acres of the waterfront there. for me and my family to come back to san francisco and to take on a project like this is just amazing. so i look forward to working with bob and his staff and you and seeing you on a regular basis. again, what is so timely for me to be here and for this organization is the clear recognition that implementation is well under way. you've been working on that. now from the vertical, the transformation of the surplus property into the vision and making that happen is under way. so it's a very key time. and i look for

to be transferred from the navy, technically belong to the navy. tida of the p.u.c. at maintain all the infrastructure without distinction. the only differences are reporting obligations to the state if, for instance, there is a sewage backup on navy owned land to, the navy reports that to the state. if it is on our land, we report that to the state. in terms of the day-to-day physical operations of the infrastructure, that is all through tida and the p.u.c. >> commissioner richardson: thank you. the second thing is that you mentioned that the relocation of the commercial tenants, what is the timeline for the utility improvements? >> we have begun the abatements of buildings in the area where those utility improvements are going to be constructed. and the tida plans to have the contractor demolish those structures in the vicinity of the gas regulator in the spring of 2019. and then began the geotechnical work in the summer of 2019. the work at the treatment plant site has been paid and is under contract. but those contracts will be expanded to encompass the utility side as well. the

tida board and the direction you gave at that point was regarding things shown on the slide here. that both residents and visitors would pay the toll. not just residents. the toll would operate in both directions. that is consistent with all the pass plans dating back to 2006. that the transit, any transit that is registered, that could be a private, nonprofit van pool or public service, are exempt from the toll. and that there should be an affordability program. at that point, what you are asking us to come back to with recommendation, including the idea that longtime residents, folks who are predda have lived on the island since before the development agreement should be given special consideration. i want to show you two concepts for the toll. this one, the first one, as for your information. just to illustrate some of the trade-offs that we looked at in our analysis. the next one that i will show after that is what we propose. this, i am calling the baseline. this shows some of the trade-offs between transit service levels and toll levels that we looked at in our analysis. i