The tricky contractural straits he needs to navigate to deal with supplementation of subcontractors, so, and we are shoulder to shoulder to ensure that we get as much activity as soon as possible on the site, on the project site. I have seen a good uptick of electricians on evening and night shifts, encouraging to see, and again, you know, an uptick on concrete work and really focussing on cleaning up and buttoning up the perimeter of the site, and get the first bus running in december and then lean into the grand hall and the bus deck as well as keeping the roof park going, which is grading up very nicely. With that, i could take questions or actually, why dont i invite dennis, as he mentioned, you know, theres a number of elements that we are struggling with, both inside and outside of the projects limits and been a lot of discussion and a bit of controversy around the merge around exit street and the off ramp on to the bus deck from the bay bridge, which is just outside of our project limits, but is a point of discussion that i think bears needing clarification, so, dennis has a good history and background on that, so hell share that with you right now. Good morning, directors. Per request, i have four slides that will close out the construction update go through with the bus merges. As you see on this picture, it shows this is where the merge area is to get oriented, on the lower deck main line as you are heading back towards the east bay. This particular picture was taken around 2009. This particular configuration after the mashup and the reconfiguration, a. C. Transit and essex ramps were used until the terminal was put in place and the old terminal was taken down, until about late, 2010. To put it into a plan view, this shows you where we are at, when you have the first and essex ramps, 1ststreet is the number one lane on the lower deck, essex is number two, which merges with the bus ramp merge, which is right there. As i would call it main line lower deck. This picture shows where the tjpa, the bus ramp scope stopped and conformed, on that lower area in the yellow oval, so the bus ramp, the bus ramp project and the design plans reviewed stopped and conformed well short of this merge, so this merge was in place prior to the tjpa out there at all at this point. Dennis, can you point out where the caltrans substation is . Its way back. I would put it, its at least a couple hundred feet to the left of where that oval is. And thats, some of the items brought up, whether the busses were on the left hand or the right side, its so far ahead of this merge that in some ways i think the current configuration takes it to the right and around gives more visibility to the merge, which, but its almost 500 feet from the merge itself, so its its a very Long Distance between those two. But yeah, but and that was part of the bus ramp project. So, when, coming, you know, when we started to do the bus deck and the bus ramp testing, that was done early part of 2017, so about, you know, what is that, nine months ago, we got information that there was concern about this particular merge. That came in around march time. We did the bus testing in april. And then after that, the team got together and determined there was concern. Caltrans had some proposal, they proposed a flashing beacon with the loop detection activation. And other elements that related to the striping. Theres been many elements that have come and gone that have been in or out of this particular issue. This is all that is in the plan and this is what we are moving forward with at this point. We have had commitment from the deputies of design and operations of caltrans this is the plan. A. C. Transit designer is working on this as well, and it really, it keeps it very straightforward with the flashing beacons activated with the loop as the bus comes close, the beacons will flash and with the striping, whether its refreshing the, some chevrons or all those are implemented and at this point, this is whats going to be in the application to caltrans, and they have committed to expediting, so at this point with conversations between the team, the entire team, at this point i would look at caltrans, a. C. Transit and tjpa, thats the plan, thats the scope of it. It will be submitted, moving forward with that design, commit to expediting and to complete it, tjpa will implement it under the construction, the bus Storage Facility implement. Also im working with a. C. Transit staff to advance maybe some long lead items as well, too. Control, cabinet, poles, maybe released early on from the design so we can procure sooner to ensure this is in place before full bus operations. Here is what my bus drivers are telling me, because i pushing back on them, whats your problem, whats your problem. And they point out first of all that the station, the new station is a block, you know, further west than the exit from the old. So the whole ramp used to just sort of parallel essex. And so they were able, and the cars on essex, presumably, able to gauge the merge a long time in advance, and during rush hour it was important to figure out who was going to make that short, very short intersection when. And now that its going, coming from further west and coming in and coming around, what they say is a building, the caltrans substation there, that blocks their view and of the people on essex from the busses, thats whats necessitates this, because the merge distance is the same, the short merge is the same, but dont have the ability to gauge whats happening on essex street until its very late. And so its thats the problem, but i dont think thats being communicated adequately. From these things, it seems like everything is the same. But whats the same is the last, you know, 40 yards or so is the same. Up until then, its very different ramp, and thats what the drivers are saying makes their job more difficult in figuring out whats going to happen when they really do have to merge with essex. So i just, i was told to put that out there, so everybody would understand that theres genuine concern and that these guys do know their job and they do remember their job and they are not just belly aching for no reason at all here, and this will help. These loop things will make it a lot better. Its most dangerous, you know, they say, when the speeds on the bridge get up pretty high. Ultimately both of them very quickly are having to merge with bridge traffic. Its the nonpeak. And the busessex accident there, things would jam up all the way back into San Francisco so quickly. So, you know, im kind of in support of yeah, im glad they brought it up. And im glad its going to be taken care of. Because from what they describe, and i have never driven it, of course, but they do, on ramps, everybody gets on an on ramp, judges the traffic from some time back and the longer they have to judge, you know, the better. We have 23rd avenue thing on 880 that is harrowing right now, you know, that on ramp is boom, you are there. And they say that thats, with the amount of busses that we want to pull out of this place, its going to be its important for essex street to understand that. Thats why we are committed the whole team is committed to implementing the plan. And on the whole thing, with mr. Patrick saying a. C. Transit is dragging its heels. You have to understand from our standpoints that the building does not just have to be constructed, it has to work. And the other thing is that we have to commit way in advance of that time in which we know the station will be, for us its a terminal, its not a bus stop, a terminal, when the terminal will be working for all intents and purposes so we can do it. Thats why we have been saying and warning, look, we have a long training period we need to get our drivers familiar with. Im glad its being worked out. But sometimes the pictures on this thing, i was afraid, was giving the wrong impression that a. C. Transit is just picked up on some issue that it shouldnt have because its the same exact thing as it always was, and drivers tell me otherwise. Thank you. Question . Yeah. Two schedule questions. One is that we heard a number of mitigation efforts, which sounded good, bringing in a second Electrical Contractor in particular. I guess my question is, does the schedule reflect those efforts, and im asking because the substantial, overall substantial for the Transit Center has not changed. So im wondering if these efforts are just what we are doing to not continue to lose ground or will a subsequent schedule show us bringing the substantial back . Yeah, and the intent is to pull us back. Thus far its only so much is maintaining, you know. Theres been some activities that kind of during the month pushed out and been pulled back in, so the intent is to pull it in as sooner rather than later. However, a pattern over the last few months, is just kind of treading water and holding where we are. I think now that we have kind of gotten through the latest round of tussle between web core and fisk as to transfer of scope, i think we will see an uptick of rosen activity and expect some improvement on that. And just one suggestion, seeing the vertical transportation slip, i know one of the challenges that the industry is having because of all of the construction work is not just on the contractor side, but on the state inspector side, so, im sure you guys are already doing this, you may want to be in contact with the state early to kind of preschedule so they dont become on the critical path. Yeah. Of the transit side. They quite often are a bottleneck. The two agencies that get the bigge biggest gripes are elevator inspectors and p. G. E. , and to be honest, my experience with both have been rather good on all my projects. So, but they tend to always get get gripes. Glad you are committing to bring your good luck to this project on those counts. And my final one, i guess, more of a comment than a question. I just wanted to seeing the sfmta, muni full Service Vertical on here, i was a little surprised at where it landed, and i just want to where i had left it with my staff directing them, that we will be ready as soon as tjpa is ready for us, and as greg said, we need certain infrastructure to be in place, amenities for employees and passengers to be in place, we need time for training, but i was last told but my staff that they were told from tjpa, now trending towards june. And this is showing april, may, again, we will be ready and if you guys can create the space for us to be ready even sooner, well be ready sooner, so i just want to continue to be sure its clear, we will be ready when yall are. And we have had some good discussions with john katz along those lines, april, may, holding a tie of no further separation between a. C. Transit and muni being about twoweek separation and standup. Thats driving the may right now. And you know, across the board we are all trying to get to the right place and get the most enriched readiness as possible. Unfortunately, you know, some of the activities are pushing us into june and they do kind of focus on some of the training and testing activities. You know, we still need to get electrical and mechanical in place, so its a true statement. We are either getting pushed or pulled to june, and as soon as i entered that, people kind of locked on to june. But im trying to reinforce to keep our eye on march and drive towards that. Ok. And just be mindful of the i understand the gap in time between the full muni service and a. C. Transit being a factor, but also the time between the partial muni service and the full muni service. So we will have our five fulton and five rapid fulton starting in different places during this period, which is not great for our riders, and also our hopeful, or expecting that our riders who are starting to use the center in december wont feel they are being dropped off on a construction site. So, hoping, expecting the site will be ready and decent for the folks and the operators. With security, lighting, the perimeter, thats why we are putting so much focus on buttoning up the perimeter, not only at the plaza but also along all the other streets and trying to, you know, keep the follow on, or the continual construction as much as possible internalized to start reducing the impact to the streets. Ok. Thanks. And great the way you have put together all the schedule elements and the presentation, makes it very easy. Thank you, good support on that front. Director gee. Thank you. Backing on director thank you the entire team for putting this all together. It becomes clear where some of the issues may be and where they may be lurking. Also emphasizes how complicated this project is and as everyone pushes towards, whether its march, partial service, whatever the different milestones are, for me, as illustrates that you, im sure you are working on this already, but to minimize disagreements downstream is have agreements of when we take control of certain parts of the facility and when the Warranty Period starts on certain elements. I can imagine probably dozens of different warranty start periods for different pieces of this project, and that is going to be very complicated to come to agreement who is in charge, who takes over what, when, and when the oneyear Warranty Period starts. Yeah, and thats why im grateful that we have online kind of a full and enhanced commissioning program which lends some sanity to all that. And some rigor to it. Its going to be complicated. Yeah. No question about it. Good job, thank you. Thank you. Questions . Ok. Go to the next. Item ten, Facility Readiness update. Martha valez will present this item. Good morning. Facility manager. So the areas im going to cover are the Lincoln Tenant provements, lincoln facility maintenance, p. R. I. Retail transit and sydney will cover security. So these are just a few progress updates as we move towards construction of the focus areas in late march. To let you know that the teams have started discussions on finishes and selections, meeting with d. B. I. Was held last month to work out the permitting process, to enable lincoln to directly pull perimeter starting with the retail areas. The followup is going to be either an amendment of the existing agreement or creation of a new intergovernmental agreement. Operational areas, meeting on the layout were held, in particular, equipment, this impacts electrical and the selection of the general contractor was discussed earlier and ill give you more detail on the information on the r. F. P. On a subsequent slide. So, on facility maintenance, the primary update is not directly related to maintenance but getting the project started, the purchase of domain names. Aside from salesforce Transit Center retail. Com, also purchased salesforce Transit Center. Org,. Net, and. Com, and will be used and working the appropriate expert to build Site Specific website. Examples of the information on the website for brv, schedule of the park programming, activities that are open to the general public, information on how to sponsor an event, information how to book an event, similarly for pearl, it will contain information about Advertising Opportunities for the retailers, store hours, events, sales, and then for the tenants, an access, portal access to the work order system. Finally, it will also include links to colliers and p. R. I. Websites and youll be hearing from p. R. I. Later this morning. This needs to happen soon because meeting, already meeting with potential partners and add ties advertisers so we need a site to point them to for information. As we move through each month, this slide will change when contracts are completed. Last month we talked about the architect selected, but this is the Financial Information on, informing you of the competitive pricing. So m. B. H. , commenced work and are moving quickly on amtrak and greyhound. Apples to apples pricing comparison was based on a provision of that limited scope, plus a comparison of hourly rates. The second one is the general contractor. It is close to being completed. Because each individual construction job will be put out to bid by the general contractor, the Price Comparison is based on hourly rates, fees, general conditions over a twomonth period, with both the architect and the general contractor, the highest rated bidder in terms of quality was also the lowest bidder in terms of price. This is the contract that lincoln has in the pipeline. This slide will change as contracts are completed. The one in the pipeline right now is the waste and recycling vendor. This one is time sensitive because we need to complete it in order to start working out the logistics of the trash removal equipment in that it has a long lead time. This slide is familiar to you, its again this will change every month as the, as we get through the issuance of r. F. P. S. The one thing i want to highlight though, lincoln decided to extend the due dates on some of the first batch to november 16th for various reasons. Additionally, lincoln is rethinking its Small Business outreach at the tjap encouragement, so some of that is extending the dates a bit, to make sure we are doing the appropriate outreach. So with b. R. B. , the roof park, focus on a few points. As of yesterday, b. R. V. Has identified more than 130 potential sponsor partners. They have contacted more than half of them and have conducted a handful of tours. Of these, their experience is about onethird of them turn into actual partners and the list continues to grow every day. Some of the tours were in partnership with pearl, colliers and p. R. I. Im not going to broadcast the names but would be recognizable. Over the last month the communication between b. R. V. , pearl and colliers and p. R. I. , formally structured through monday afternoon transition meetings so that they can share information on the prospective sponsors and retail tenants. This has led the teams to conduct joint tours as warranted, so an example would be a Bank Interested in putting an a. T. M. At the Transit Center, this naturally lends itself to discussing sponsoring park programming, as well as placing ads on the digital screen. In parallel, b. R. V. Is refining the programming plan. Similar to colliers, detail planning follows the general vision. Five main areas of activation have been identified and segmented. They have been mapped. They have been measured. Each area was then further sliced into what b. R. V. Called nodes, and each has a main activity like arts and culture. This was followed by drafting a programming calendar that indicates activities all day and every day, and they have also drafted an equipment budget which we need to review and then decide how we are going to move fo