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General. I think its important to note that its not just about hiring veterans. Its about retention. And making sure that they succeed. And so on that note we have actually been looking at ways to ensure that they are going to succeed. Just as a best practices note from all the research i have done, we found that veterans need each other once they are back from their tours of duties. They actually should retain a cohort, which they can find of hang out with and be together. That is what were attempting to create with this whole construction hiring process as a way for them to still, like there...

Has been plenty of discussion on that. We run 63 on local labor and continue to hit the similar numbers throughout the general areas. San francisco still contribution about 20 of the labor to the project. And these around the house are the trades that are currently working and the numbers. Any questions . Director reiskin . Great news, that is more than 10 reduction and you suggested a little mvp might be coming bab, is that a significant analyst . The way the contract is written, that it was a price for the installation of the 125 and the change order to add the 72 for a total count of 207. E...

Morning and welcome to the Transbay Joint Powers Authority for the board of directors for thursday, february 14th. Prior to taking role. Ortiz may be late. Metcalf. Present. Ortiz. Present. Kim. Sartipi. Kim here. And are there any communications. Not that i am aware of. Any new or old business from the brord of directors, seeing none we will move on to the executive directors report. Good morning, everyone, first i want to have good news, all three butress have been poured and i want to thank everyone who has worked six days, you know, a week, nights and weekends and all sorts of inclement we...

Moving the project forward. Mike was a member of the caltrain board of directors and also a former San Mateo County supervisor, mayor of daly city and San Francisco Police Inspector and not only served on our board, but numerous other regional transportation boards and well always be appreciative to mike for all of his work in the area of transportation, as well as his commitment for those in need. We extend our sympathies to mike and his family. I would also like to thank director reiskin, because a few Board Meetings ago director reiskin suspected that suggested that we look into that and fo...

Working to support veterans, but nobody is really talking to each other and they are trying to individually reach out to employers and not really in a cohesive fashion. With unions and companies and cbos we needed to develop a more cohesive hiring process and that is what we worked on. We had a Success Story working closely with the Carpenters Union, where we have two returning veterans, i think from afghanistan, to essentially prescreened through a communitybased organization out of a group of 75 possible veterans through a craigslist ad and got them in for an interview. Liked their attitude,...