There was some feedback on the c. A. C. That they were eager to see amtrak move over, as well. Theres some conversation ongoing, and i hope that conversation is resolved soon so all activity can move to the Transit Center. Theres a great review from the sfcta just in terms of how to think about sort of the organization for the tjpa Going Forward for phase two. I know we all found it very helpful. A few takeaways that i found interest, as well as the rest of the c. A. C. , its a regional initiative, not just San Francisco, to see this through. Definitely agree that we need champions at all levels. Thank you, director chang, for giving some feedback and answering some questions for us. We know that we need to be creative and find what are alternatives that are available because you recognize that funding is the biggest blocker in moving this forward. There is a conversation from c. A. C. On what would continue to be able to help. Im a daily caltrain rider of the c. A. C. Speaking for myself, ive been taking the caltrain for a number of years. My sister took it for a number of years before me, and when i told my sister that there was a plan to have the caltrain dead end in soma, and downtown, you should have seen her eyes light up. Because for years and years, they would get to sort of 4th and king and have nowhere to go. There was definitely a conversation as well, and ive heard from my own social channels, as well, the feedback on the roof park. Thats been really positive. Lots of really good conversations around the park. As you know, theres definitely a draw to public spaces that people feel are accessible around the city. I think its good to point out that 700 and 1500 people on the regular is pretty exciting. And we think that once a. C. Transit is there and hopef hopefully amtrak, it will become a hub for the city. If youre like me and directionally challenged, i cant find my way anywhere. I think especially the more we can do there, the better, and the coming soon banners are a great way to get the word out. I think we definitely appreciate all of the local businesses that are sort of taking a chance, sort of always been interested in seeing the tjpa through. I think the banners are a great idea. In terms of questions and requests from the c. A. C. , there was a request to see what the rail yards as the d. T. X. Progresses. I think therell be discussion as well, but definitely just want to be helpful. Any questions . Thank you. Clerk go ahead and call your next item. Public comment. This is an opportunity for members of the public to address the authority on members that are n matters that are not on todays calendar. Roland brum. Good morning, directors. So what id like to do is follow up on the stress gauges that you had installed to monitor dozens of wells which you had designated as being susceptible to embrittlement. On this topic, i would like to inquire about why a low emissions train was considered, given this is the only method to predict crack formation before they occur. Moving on to the d. T. X. , id like to remind the board that a new transbay tube is in plan bay area 2050, and that the current d. T. X. Alignment as approved by the f. T. A. Would make it impossible to connect Transit Center to the east bay without approximately 2 billion in Collateral Damage between main street and embarcadero. In closing, with regards to the c. A. C. Comment and caltrain, i personally have given up on using caltrain between san jose and San Francisco. Because b. A. R. T. On the east bay is faster and is less expensive. If i go to warm springs. Its going to be even more so when the barrier expansion opens on the way to san jose, and a lot of people are essentially doing what im doing. The only reason i took caltrain this morning is i wanted to watch the progress of the daily ele electrification. The only thing that can compete with b. A. R. T. Now is the b. A. R. T. To market. That is going to change big time once the d. T. X. Is complete, and caltrain and everybody else had better be ready to this because youre going to have a huge shift from caltrain in the east bay. Clerk all right. Go ahead and call your consent calendar . Chair nuru please. Clerk all matters listed are considered to be retune and acted on by a single vote. There will be no action on items unless a member wishes to discuss an item separately. You have no items to be heard separately. So moved. Clerk a motion and a second. [roll call] clerk thats seven ayes, and the consent calendar is approved. Well go ahead and call item 14 as we had discussed earlier first on the regular calendar, which is going to be the resolution of appreciation for director ed reiskin. Chair nuru so on behalf of all board of directors, i think i just want to extend my appreciation just working in really all the insights and participation and leadership that director reiskin has provided our project. I think weve gone weve had some ups and downs, and things are looking much better. Its your work, your commitment, experience as really byebye vital in getting this station built and really connecting transportation, not just in San Francisco but the region. And so i know other Board Members will have a few things to say. But from the bottom of my heart, its been a pleasure, not just working with you on the m. T. A. , but many projects. I just want to thank you for your leadership, and thank you again. I want to add my personal thanks as a firsttime new c. E. O. , eds been somebody that i could pick up the phone or email and get immediate help. Hes been an instant partner at the salesforce Transit Center. Im sad to see you leaving, but im thrilled that youre coming to the city of oakland. Thank you, ed, for your hard work and leadership here. I think id like to jump on. Youve been helpful in advancing highspeed rail here in california and in San Francisco and weve certainly valued that partnership and the guidance that youve given us and advice along the way. And obviously seeing this and every other piece of work that youve been involved with, ive had a chance to deal with you directly, but also having watched from before, youve been a good role model. So want to thank you for that. Youre not going far. We know how to find you, so youre not getting too far away from us. May i also just echo those comments from colleagues and appreciate director reiskin and leadership on this project and the region and for transit, really, our industry. Thank you, ed. You are one of the past president s of nacto, as well. In addition, i just wanted to acknowledge theres not the transit connections, but the street connections, all the traffic safety, the street management. Its due to your leadership and management and your staff, so thank you. Yes. Ive known ed for quite sometime and various capacities, and ive just come to enjoy watching him in this. As a board member, ive relied on your leadership. Ill definitely miss you. Its bitter sweet, a loss to the city, but at least youre just across the bridge, so we know where to find you. Greatly appreciate your leadership and support in everything youve done over the years. Ed, along with all the thank yous, what youve done not only for the city and county of San Francisco but for the region is priceless because the things that weve just talked about dont observe city limits or county limits. They extend across the bay, the state, and even across the country. Because of where the money comes from, the connections, the alliances that have to be made, and the passion and commitment that you bring with you as a person comes from inside, and it cant be replaced by, you know, just changing people or changing job descriptions or anything like that. So my compliments to you and my appreciation for you for what youve brought to our region to help move us along the spectrum of transit, of community, of place, and the good thing is, as everything has said, youre not going very far away. You will continue to make a difference in the region, knowing just who you are. Youve been a great partner and a great colleague, so best wishes. Thank you. If i could just add that director reiskin, thank you very much for your leadership inside and advice. Youve been invaluable to me as i move forward to deliver move forward to deliver the program and work with ron, so your advice has been very valuable. Im glad that you decided to stay in the bay area cause the bay area needs you, so thank you very much for your leadership and hopefully, we can connect the d. T. X. Into the transbay tube and connect to oakland, as well. He agreed. Im sure hes going to make it happen. Chair nuru director reiskin, would you like to say a few words . Wow. I wouldnt have come if i knew this was on the agenda. Thank you, any way. I dont think when i was appointed transportation director as the city and county of San Francisco that this was part of the job. I was familiar with the project from a construction standpoint from having been at public works, but came to appreciate i mean, it makes a lot of sense because this program is the single most important regional transportation project for San Francisco, and i appreciate the c. A. C. Vice chairs comments that it is truly its a regional project. The more people that we can get in and out of San Francisco on transit is good for the whole region, and thats what this program is about. Its the whole program. Its not just phase one, but phase two. Its been a humbling experience, sometimes frustrating experience, but a rewarding experience, for the past eight years, sitting on this board. Im glad that i came back today because today was phase one report, its the best report in my eight years of being here, so thanks to you all for that. To see everything clicking, the closeout happening, the park, the tenants leasing out. It looks better in the renderings or the videos from six or seven years ago that looked like fanciful. It looks even better. The real prize is getting the trains here, so i cant wait to be riding yalls systems, and the final prize is getting over to the east bay. So i can continue to be a san franciscan. So when i become a civilian next week, maybe one of the first things ill do is reach out to my Transportation Authority commissioner and request my release of the sales tax money so the work on phase two can resume and accelerate also, the great news about getting the rod. Thats great news and milestone for phase two. But i will continue to do what i can to advocate in the east bay for this project because it is the most important projector among the most important projects for the region. Im happy to have played a tiny role. But all the good work is not because of me. Its the staff, the consultants, the whole team thats been working on this, including the Transit Agency staff thats bringing the place to life. I look forward to being a frequent patron of the center and hopefully riding the trains there soon, so thank you. And im abstaining if theres a vote. Not voting again. Move the item. Second. Clerk a first and a second. All those in favor . None opposed. Well take your absentia. Chair nuru so did you want to take a photograph . Sure. Chair nuru the board should take a photograph. Yes, mr. Chair. Clerk all right. With director nuru leaving, vice gee will take over. [agenda item read]. Directors, as part of the purchase and Sale Agreement for parcel f that we negotiated with f4 partners in june 22, 2016, we executed an option agreement for them to buy block 4 for 44 million or a price decided with an appraisal, and that option agreement expired, and this amendment basically extends the option agreement to allow them one more year to negotiate with ocii on a development and disposition Disposition Development agreement, basically, a d. D. A. For block 4. If theyre successful, theyre able to participant and build the housing combined, both below market and market housing. So this agreement this amendment extended it by one more, but this amendment does take away take out the requirement that if the site is not available for them, the cost of the land will be reduced by 3 million, so thats taken away, even though we expect to be able to turn the site for them this fall. So if you have anymore questions, then any questions . This is extended to the end of next month . Next year. I thought i saw september 2018 in the staff report. It is, but the director can extend it an additional year, as well. Okay. Counsel . The executive director of ocii has the authority to extend it for one additional year, which she already exercised. While it was set to expire at the end of september. So if thats already happened, were just formalizing, essentially . Yes. So the option agreement has been approved by ocii sometime ago, and she exercised her Authority Pursuant to that document that were extending the determiterm. Well, im just glad its Going Forward. I think theres a lot of question whether this option could be made. Yeah, its progressing. The option to extend for one year, what happens if they dont do it in that year . They lose the option to buy block 4, and that could impact how they develop parcel f. Okay. But who does that control of the parcel comes back to . If this option agreement expires . Yeah. They would have to work with ocii on parcel f on how to develop it. Okay. This just gives them an option to buy parcel 4. Can you repeat if no, the agreement original agreement stipulated a 3 million reduction if we didnt turnover the block 4 by september 2018, and also, they had to reach a d. D. A. By june 2018. We were not able to turn it over by june 2018, but to be clear, they were not able to negotiate a d. D. A. By june 2018, as well. Any other questions . Move for approval, and second. Clerk approval and second. [roll call] clerk thats five ayes. And item 11 is approved. Hold on just a moment. Well get director sesay from the back. All right. Go ahead and call item 12 . Please. Clerk authorizing the executive director to increase the Legal Services budget by 3 million to a total of 20 million for the providing services in their respective practice areas on an asneeded basis and extend the term of the agree by one year. We have Nixon Peabody for maintaining the loan. What this does is provide 3 million next year to maintain or Legal Services as needed for the bench. I think this is the last extension, and we will be going with an r. F. P. Before the end of this a year from now between now and a year from now to secure Legal Services for operations and downtown extension and other things. Any questions . Ill move approval. Second. Moved and second. Clerk great. First and second. No members of the public wanting to comment on the item. [roll call] clerk thats six ayes, and item 12 is approved. Call the next item . Yes, please. Clerk item 13 is authorizing the executive director to execute an amendment to the professional Services Agreement for Legal Services to provide Litigation Support services in actions against the tjpa arising from the movement of 301 mission street, increasing compensation from 15. 7 million to 18. 1 million. Any questions from the directors . Is there a motion . Move the item. Second. Clerk first and a second. No members of the public wanting to comment on the item. [roll call] clerk thank you. And thats six ayes. Item 13 is approved. As we noted, we took item 14 earlier. We can appreciate him again, though. Item 15 is the California High Speed Rail Authority preferred alternative presentation. So this is going to be a presentation by james tung, whos our manager for the San Francisco to san jose production. Ill give a twosecond introduction and turn it over to james. Were kind of behind in d. T. X. Were in the process of taking our next big milestone in step in going through the environmental process in order to clear the system in Northern California and bring some highspeed trains to the downtown extension, as well. So our next milestone is identification of the states preferred alternative, in our two project extensions, san jose to San Francisco and San Francisco to merced. James will cover the staff recommendations that weve put out into the world and are looking for feedback from a variety of public agencies. Were Holding Community working groups, open houses and other outreach during these couple of months and bring that back to the september Board Meeting with the draft environmental documents, so with that, ill turn it over to james. Okay. Good morning, council members. Let me just set the stage by providing some context and why the california voters voted yes on proposition a. When you think about traveling, for short road trips, theres plenty of options. You can ride a bike, you can take a car, you can take public transit. And then, for longer modes, 600 miles or more, for example, the distance between los angeles and San Francisco, theres air travel. So highspeed rail is really meant to fit that inbetween section. Really, when you look at that map of highspeed rail, the phase one alignment is shown in blue. Thats from San Francisco to los angeles, and then, in yellow is phase two, stretching up to sacramento and down to san diego. The stations that you see here are shown on the dots, and the distances between the station cities range anywhere from 30, 40, 50 miles, so thats really our target audience. Its its a distance thats a little bit too far to have a comfortable drive, but its too short to buy a plane ticket. We see this as a muchneeded alternative, especially when you consider that the population of california is rising. By midcentury, we expect the population to grow by 20 million people. To put that in perspective, thats about adding the population of Washington State and oregon state to the existing california pop