Want to get into a back and forth. If you need to put this on the agenda, we can. You have a written response. I do. You will send that out. It already has been sent out along with the entirety of the attachment of what was presented i just dont want any more discussion. Then my request would be to put this on the agenda because there were some issues. There were things that were in the letter from the Public Defenders Office and from d. P. A. That i think need to be we look at it on a future agenda. Next speaker. We have additional letters for the public should they wish. Thank you. You can put them on the table hello, commissioners. Hello, again. I stopped coming to these sessions a little while ago. We were participating in a working group with my colleagues , and the process was making progress. The process was taking place, the process of what matters. We are talking about transparency and accountability, especially. That is what matters. I think we should be forgiven for assuming the worst one i discussion about the challenges of transparency and compliance with state law is done behind closed doors. This Commission Just spend spent 20 minutes discussing the challenges of how to monitor implicit bias amongst Police Officers, and it was visibly frustrating to some of you. It was very boring to some people, but it was public, it was open. We know where you all stand. We know what you all think about the issue. We know none of that about the hearing that was held on august 23rd and 204th. It is all behind closed doors. And the process of transparency and accountability i think is maybe, i have read the letter as i was sitting here from director henderson in response and dealing primarily with 1421, but the bigger issue is the discussion of how to go about transparency. It seems to be there is no other reason it should also be transparent. So having that discussion hidden , not only from participation, but from observation, raises red flags where i think the public should know. Can i ask a question . I realize this will be put on the agenda, but when we come back, my confusion is, im sure your office has meetings about 1421, and director henderson, if he is right that this was not a working group meeting, what is wrong with his office having meetings about how to administer 1421 . I dont understand why you dont invite the public and director henderson to every meeting that you have about it, why there is a forum for you guys to get together and discuss this. Why cant they talk about how to administer it on their own as well because they are the ones and plummeting it . [simultaneous talking] i would like to know that at some point when we all come back that was my confusion. My apologies. I forgot to also make an announcement with respect to the 1421 status earlier, just so that everyone is aware, we did have the working group. We received all of the submissions. We are working on the language. We hope to have it on the agenda within the next few weeks. I understand our calendar is very heavy, so we are hoping to have a policy before the commission for approval within the next few weeks. It will probably be the beginning of october. Thank you. Okay. Any other Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Next item, please. A line item seven, Public Comment on all matters pertaining to item nine, closed session, including public on it on item eight, vote whether to hold item nine in closed session Public Comment on us going into closed session to discuss other items . It is closed. Line item eight, vote on whether to hold item nine in closed session. San francisco ministry of code section 67. 10. Is there a second . Second. Can we have the vote, please . All in favor . Aye vote whether to disclose any items held in closed session, action. Move not to disclose. Second. Aye. Everyone has moved and everyone has seconded. All in favour . I. Line item 11, adjournment. All in favour . Aye. Thank you. Shop and dine on the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of San Francisco by supporting local Services Within neighborhood. We help San Francisco remain unique, successful and vibrant. Where will you shop and dine in the 49 . San francisco owes the charm to the unique character of the neighborhood comer hall district. Each corridor has its own personality. Our neighborhoods are the engine of the city. You are putting money and support back to the community you live in and you are helping Small Businesses grow. It is more environmentally friendly. Shopping local is very important. I have had relationships with my local growers for 30 years. By shopping here and supporting us locally, you are also supporting the growers of the flowers, they are fresh and they have a price point that is not imported. It is really good for everybody. Shopping locally is crucial. Without that support, Small Business cant survive, and if we lose Small Business, that diversity goes away, and, you know, it would be a shame to see that become a thing of the past. It is important to dine and shop locally. It allows us to maintain traditions. It makes the neighborhood. I think San Francisco should shop local as much as they can. The retail marketplace is changes. We are trying to have people on the floor who can talk to you and help you with products you are interested in buying, and help you with exploration to try things you have never had before. The fish business, you think it is a piece of fish and fisherman. There are a lot of people working in the fish business, between wholesalers and fishermen and bait and tackle. At the retail end, we about a lot of people and it is good for everybody. Shopping and dining locally is so important to the community because it brings a tighter fabric to the community and allows the Business Owners to thrive in the community. We see more Small Businesses going away. We need to shop locally to keep the Small Business alive in San Francisco. Shop and dine in the 49 is a cool initiative. You can see the banners in the streets around town. It is great. Anything that can showcase and legitimize Small Businesses is a wonderful thing. San francisco and oakland are challenging each other in a battle for the bay. Two cities. One bay. San francisco versus oakland. Are you ready to get in on the action . Im london breed. And i am oakland mayor libby schaff. Who will have the cleanest city . We will protect our bay by making our neighborhoods shine. Join us on september 21st as a battle for the bay. Which city has more volunteer spirit . Which city can clean more neighborhoods . The city with the most volunteers wins. Signup to be a bay protector and a neighborhood cleaner. Go to battle fo good morning, everyone. I will call to order the transbay directors meeting. Can i get a roll call . Director brinkman is joining us as an alternate. Dr. Haney is in on route. [roll call] mr. Chairman, you do have a quorum. Can i call you next item . Yes please. Item 30 is communications. I am not aware of any. Seeing none, for item four, board of directors new and old business. Moving right along, item five, executive directors report. Good morning. Im pleased to provide you an update on the first three months of operating the Transit Center. As you know, we open the Transit Center to the public on july 1 st and resumed full bus operations by august 12th. Im happy to report that with close coordination and partnership with the transit operators has resulted in a good experience for transit riders. Peak hours are being managed well and transit riders are now accustomed to the Transit Center and navigating the bus plaza. We will continue to work with partners to improve the experience of the transit riders , including improving wayfinding signage as appropriate. Our security personnel and ambassadors have reported only minor issues and continue to be welcoming and reassuring to transit riders and the general public. Another milestone for transit operations was receiving greyhound and moving operations onto the bus stick next week, september 18th. In addition, im happy to report will continue to see a steady and growing use of pop up retail , specifically the food trucks and the bar on the rooftop park. It has been very vibrant up there. The rooftop park is well attended, especially during lunchtime on weekdays. As anticipated, we saw a slight dip in terms of one School Started and on cold days. We have introduced a variety of programming that is attracting i diverse crowd to the park and everything from programming from infants, toddlers, and senior citizens. We have also greatly increase the number of variety of free tours throughout the center, which is attracting people from all over the bay area. In addition, we are working with the travel industry to continue our work to make sure the Transit Center is a tourist destination, as well. We would like to see increased usage of the park especially during weekends and after hours. I would like to now update you on our work to the retail spaces on the Transit Center. We continue to see an increase in the retail spaces with the remaining 15 spaces having one or more interested parties. We currently have four leases encompassing five spaces and serious negotiations. I am pleased to present to you a major milestone for our entire retail leasing strategy, the leasing of the rooftop park restaurant. Approval of this lease will result in the Transit Center being 60 9 least. It is consistent with our financing Financial Plan and will result in bringing more people to the Transit Center while bringing a variety of points for visitors and creating a healthy and vibrant night and weekly presence. We will discuss the terms of the lease later in the agenda. Moving on to phase two on the downtown extension, this past month, i visited our state delegation to update them on the reopening of the Transit Center and our plans to be shovel ready for the downtown extension in the next two to three years. Our i visited senator scott weiner and assembly members. The update included our effort to complete the 30 design and update our cost strategy and risk assessment, value engineering, delivery method, budgeting, funding and our acquisition plan. We discussed, including the downtown extension in the bay area measure [indiscernible] all audiences were supportive everyone we talked to realized the downtown extension is a linchpin for bringing highspeed rail to San Francisco and realizing the Second Crossing to fruition. We conducted a peer review. The peer review is expected to be completed in the next few months or few weeks and resented to the board in october. I have already asked them to present the final report to the board in october or november when the report is completed. Finally, i liked update you on our office move to the Transit Center. Tjpa staff will be moving to new offices in the Transit Center above the bus plaza next week. The entrance will be from the beal street elevators. [indiscernible] there will be no impact to the public. Please come and visit us. [laughter] finally, you have before you the Quarterly Financial report. When you come to visit us, please do it two at a time so we can honour the [indiscernible]. [laughter] this completes my report. Next item. All right. Moving to your next item, item six construction closeout update good morning, directors. Im the director of design and construction for phase one. As you might have noticed, dennis did not join me today. Our progress voters were beyond that. As i mentioned last month, we are winding out of phase one and trying to clays pays out the punchlist, as well as close at the contracts. Just a quick update on the closeout status, one modification we have been reporting or following along the closeout of 47 subcontracts with web core. It came to my attention there were actually two relocation utility contracts that were also we should be following so we are up to a total of 49 subcontracts that we are pursuing to get to closeout status. Where we sit right now is that 22 trade groups are at various stages of final, whether it is in with review with our folks, but it has been submitted and requested, and through the review and approval process. Thirteen trade groups are expected to go to dispute resolution. We should be stepping into our first dispute resolution advisor meeting in the 1st week of october with mcguire and hester and web core to discuss the situation around the path and associated claims that have developed around that. So im glad we are starting to see a little bit of momentum towards marching through the dispute resolution. As i mentioned, theres 13 trade groups in that category, and we have actually closed out 14 completely behind us. With respect to [indiscernible] we have a fairly good momentum in the last month with closeout of closeout of status. We did nine and finals last month. I failed to mention that earlier and then the remainder of the 22 are in the final closeout review and sign off. The contingency tracking, most of the spin down on contingency, the 1. 5 of construction contingency and the zeropoint to million of contingency is pretty much a byproduct of closing out and resolving issues most of the field work is done except for punchlist items. This is just catching up or closing up issues that have been going on with review and closeout. No good moves there. The nothing new. Along with the budget status overview, a little bit of movement on the overall. We saw that the current budget remains. The expanded amount sits at 2. 16 , and we saw a little bit of movement of contingency to address legal costs with the extended time that we mentioned last month, as well as a little bit of 301 mission, saw some movement of money, but the bottom line current budget does remain as it has been with the estimated at completion of having a Program Reserve of 22. 3 thats pretty much it. We have been striving to close out the punchlist by the end of september. It wouldnt surprise me to see a little bit of activity leading into october, but that effort is winding down, and then i think in the next couple of months, mostly activity will be all around getting through d. R. A. And closing out those projects, and the ones that dont go through the d. R. A. Will have a longer path and we have yet to see where that takes us, but thus far we have had very positive, or at least not too contentious of of a backandforth with trying to resolve issues and taking a very bit very business approach to it, and sort through the issues. With that, i can take any questions. I have a quick one. The closeout, does not include all the work that has happened with [indiscernible] is that all wrapped into this yes. Everything is included . Some of the change orders have been unilateral credit to account for what was expended for the effort, and those are all in the mix now. If you recalled before, were isolating and identifying those that were associated with the girder and now those are all in the mix towards closeout. Thank you. Thank you. I can call your next item. Yes, please. Item seven is the facility operations update. Good morning, directors. I am the tjpa facility manager. I will give you a general operations update. Sydney will provide a security update and then i will finish up with the retail improvement update. On this slide, i was going to highlight a couple of things. The lincoln Administrative Team moved into the Transit Center this last month. They are located on the b1 level adjacent to the Security Operations center. They are now colocated with the cleaning team, the engineering and Maintenance Team and security personnel. What this does is makes for a robust onsite presence and collaborative managing of situations. And of course, when we move in, we will all be together. Greyhound has informed us that they are moving back into the Transit Center on september 18 th, next wednesday. We are happy to welcome them back. With regard to amtrak, my understanding is the negotiations continue and that they are a couple of weeks away from wrapping up. There was some Insurance Information that the tjpa needed to provide and that was provided a few weeks ago. At this point, i dont have a date. And i think i may have mentioned this last month, but the temporary terminal is currently now fenced off with the exception of block two. With the digital media, pro continues to look for additional Revenue Sources other than digital advertising. This last month lincoln was presented with a list of recommendations to review and act upon. Examples are using one of the vacant spaces as a white box for pop up retail use. They proposed adding another digital screen to the grand hall , and they are currently working with be r. V. On what they are calling watch parties at the at the theatre for major sports or other events and they continue to collaborate closely. We are expecting lincoln will be coming back to with recommendations on moving forward on these within the next month or so. With the park, activity remains robust with clear patterns as to favourites developing. Anything with make music is popular, the bar is extremely popular, especially on days like today. Exercise classes. This week, be r. V. Reported there were over 100 participants in one of the exercise classes. Toddler tuesdays remain popular. Aside from that, they report that they received daily inquiries into use of the park for film shoots and rentals. These are all