Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20240714

As we grew up, we eventually had a small business. I very much grew up in a family of immigrants, where we helped to translate. We went to the restaurant every weekend helping out, rolling egg rolls, eating egg rolls, and doing whatever we need to do to help the family out. It really was an experience growing up that helped me be the person that i am and viewing Public Service the way that i do. One of the events that really stuck with me when i was growing up was actually the rodney king riots. We lived in Southern California at the time, and my parents had a restaurant in inglewood, california. I can remember smelling smoke, seeing ashes where we lived. It was incredibly scary because we didnt know if we were going to lose that restaurant, if it was going to be burned down, if it was going to be damaged, and it was our entire livelihood. And i remember there were a lot of conversations at that time around what it was that government to do to create more opportunities or help people be more successful, and that stuck with me. It stuck with me because i remain believe government has a role, government has a responsibility to change the outcomes for communities, to create opportunities, to help people go to school, to help people open businesses and be successful. Make sure to be safe, and of course to have fun. And then, i think as you continue to serve in government, you realize that those convictions and the persons that you are really help to inform you, and so long as you go back to your core, and you remember why youre doing what youre doing, you know, i think you cant go wrong. Its funny, because, you know, i never had thought i would do this. I became a supervisor first for the city under very unusual circumstances, and i can remember one day, im shopping with friends and really not having a care in the world about politics or running for office or being in a public position, and the next day, im sworn in and serving on the board of supervisors. For many of us who are going through our Public Service, its very interesting, i think, what people view as a leader. Sometimes people say, well, maybe the person who is most outspoken, the person who yells the loudest or who speaks the loudest is going to be the best leader. And i think how i was raised, i like to listen first, and i like to try to figure outweighs to work with out ways to work with people to get things done. I hope that time goes on, you can see that you can have all sorts of different leaders whether at the top of City Government or leading organizations or leading teams, that there are really different kinds of leadership styles that we should really foster because it makes us stronger as organizations. Take advantage of all the wonderful information that you have here, at the vendor booth, at our seminars and also the oneonone counseling. I wouldnt be where i was if i didnt have very strong people who believed in me. And even at times when i didnt believe in my own abilities or my own skills, i had a lot of people who trusted and believed i either had the passion or skills to accomplish and do what i did. If there was one thing that i can tell young women, girls, who are thinking about and dreaming about the things they want to be, whether its being a doctor or being in politics, running an organization, being in business, whatever it is, i think its really to just trust yourself and believe that who you are is enough, that you are enough to make it work and to please stand by please stand by please stand by please stand by preston please stand by please stand by please stand by please stand by its a pleasure and honor and a joy to be part of this celebration. When we do these grand openings, theyre celebrations and they are also acknowledge. No one institution can create the Affordable Housing we see here and so i want to begin by asking mayor breed, thanking you for your support and to share a few words. Yep. [laughter] thats it. All right. Wow. Thank you all so much for being here today and im really excited about this project. Especially because i used to serve on the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency commission and i remember when mission bay was just taking shape in San Francisco and the conversations around the housing that we know would be built here and we fought really hard and because of that fight, 30 of all the new housing will go to support families that are low and middle income residents. Which brings us here today. 143 units of Family Housing and Senior Housing for people who in some cases were displaced long ago. I grew up in the western Edition Community and there were a lot of mistakes in that community. Homes were torn down. Promises were made and no housing was provided for those people and families. In these 143 units, of Affordable Housing, we have 10 certificate of preference holders. Which is absolutely amazing. [applause] when i served on the San Francisco board of supervisors, i was excited to help pass legislation to address a real problem around displacement of residents through either owner movein elections, ellis act evictions and sometimes in the cases of fire. Because of that, we are residents who are asking living here who fit the bill and qualifications and now have a space affordable clean, nice, beautiful things place to call home. Providing Affordable Housing is not providing a place for people to stay. Its about building a community. Its about supporting a community. Making sure there are creditable services that provide resources to the community. Im excited about a26 va lynn see a and well join the ground floor to support young people in this community. This is absolutely amazing and i never get tired of coming to events where we are celebrating housing for families, housing for seniors, housing for people who need it the most. What is even more exciting is the fact that this property, unlike so Many Properties that we see being developed in San Francisco has two and three bedroom apartments. I know that was such, i read the stories from so many of the residents who talked about their challenges and their experiences and their need in terms of the displacement but also their need to make sure that they have housing and enough room for their families. And so thats why this project is so exciting. This is really an example of what we need to do to provide Affordable Housing to families and folks from low and middle incomes in San Francisco all over this city. So i am just here to celebrate with all of you and to i guess people have already moved in so well do a ribbo ribboncuttingy because why not celebrate such an incredible milestone because it means a better life and future for so many families. It means an opportunity to be part of this Amazing New Community with ucsf and the t3 line and t third. Whatever they call it now. And all of the great amenities that exist right here in mission bay. So so much to don falcon for all the work you all continue to do not just be a nonprofit developer, but be a Community Builder. A Community Builder that sustain communities for years to come and thank you for being here to celebrate this incredible milestone, the architects, the developers, the engineers, all of the people that make this a place we can call home. Thank you so much for being here today. [applause] thank you so much mayor breed. You honor us with your words. Please, welcome one of the Community Residents here, jesus. I want to share a story that has helped me move forward. 400 in the 1992 olympics in barcelona, a young man was able to win the race and the gold medal. However, at around 250 meeters. Judge s. L. Neal meeters into the race, he was in pain. While the medics made his way to him he had to decide if he will finish the race in pain or just stay down and give up the race he had trained so hard to win. So despite the pain he stood up and began to limp along the track, even though the pain was unbearable he finished the race. His name is deric redman. This is a story that has inspired me to my darkest moments. Let me share with you a bit about how my journey began. My name is jesus and i am mexican immigrant. I left my home in mexico in april of 1992 to come to america and seeking for a better life. I came empty handed with only the clothes on my back. However, in may of 1992, my life changed in a second. I was hit by a train while on my way to seattle, washington to work in the fishing industry. It was around midnight so they didnt find me until the next morning around 7 00 a. M. They took me to Highland Hospital in oakland where they told me i will never be able to walk again and i was going to be paralyzed. I spent two years recovering at highland and at the facility. Not knowing what was in store for me in the future. When i was discharged, my eyes were open to my new reality. I realized i was homeless, no skills related to work because of my disability. I was all by myself, no family or friends. Eventually i was connected with a Booster Program that helped me get a stable housing unit. My Mental Health however didnt get better. I was living by myself and feeling isolated, depressed and hopeless. I also tuned to people for support. I ended up using alcohol and drugs to cope with my depression to help my life and my time living alone. Fortunately, with the social work program, i was referred to 626 Mission Bay Housing and this great organization. Here i am blessed to have a apartment to share with my mom and dad which allows me to have a Family Support system that i needed to be able to focus on my goals and recovery. My social workers has also been tremendous men doesltremendousl. Its never too late to obtain an education and be a member of the society. Now im beginning to dream again. Currently i have returned to Community College and take classes in hopes of becoming an architect. My hope is to build shelters and for those facing homelessness in the city of San Francisco. Because of the support and safe housing im able to focus on giving back to the beautiful city that has given me a lot. My current goal is to volunteer at the local ucsf Childrens Hospital at 826 valencia next door. I want to thank my church and pastor, social worker, parents and my whole family for always believing in me, even through my darkest episodes of life. Remember, when the darkest hour comes to you its because a light bright of a new dawn is approaching. When the storm is hitting the hardest its because the clouds are approaching. Dont give up. Finish the race. [applause] thank you so much, jesus. Every person in this room is here because of you and people like you. Thank you. Please, join me in welcoming supervisor matt haney. [applause] well, first of all, thank you jesus for those powerful words and thank you to all the residents and all the staff who make it a tremendous place for residents. I want to give a huge thanks to tnbc and to don faulk. Ive been supervisor for five months and ive been to two ribbon cuttings and they both have been tndc ribbon cuttings. Not only that, both have not been in the tenderloin so i represent the tenderloin. We had one in south of market and one in mission bay and it demonstrates how critical and important housing developer you are and not just in district 6, not just in the tenderloin but through out our city. Thank you so much mayor breed. I know you are working hard to make sure we have Affordable Housing and Affordable Housing for families. I have the opportunity to serve on the board of education for six years and the thing that i heard more than anything when i visited our schools, is that our families and our kids are struggling from housing and stability, if you dont have a safe and stable place to live, its going to be hard for a young person to achieve in school to be well socially and emotionally and so investing inhousing, especially for families is one of the most important things we can do for the future of our city. Im so excited that the Mission Bay Community is going to be a place that has a balance of affordability and we have made amount of mistakes in the past when it comes to housing and displacement but when you build a new community, like we have here in mission bay, we have the opportunity to actually get it right. So thank you to ocii, thank you to everybody who has made sure that we have affordability in mission bay and that mission bay is being built through families. Right here will be such a hugely important thing to make sure that families can thrive here in mission bay. And the last thing i want to say is not only do we have 826 valencia here in this building, well have a School Across the street. It was one of the last things you can clap for a new school. [applause] this will be the very First Public School built in San Francisco in about 20 years and its going to be right here in this community in the parking lot. Theyve gone out for design and architects and all that so its happening and the funding is there so i cant wait to see when i and down here and we see kids who can walk directly across the street from this building to their school here right in mission bay and a wonderful, beautiful building in a community that is going to be such a fantastic place for families and for all of the residents who get to call this place home. Thank you to everybody who made it possible. [applause] thank you so much supervisor haney for all your support in this work. Wells fargo played a crucial role in the development here. Please welcome geoff bennett. [applause] thank you so much. Its a pleasure to be here. Were thrilled to be part of this wonderful project and congratulations to tnbc and the city and for all those who worked on this project. I was kind of in the trenches with a lot of the details for the loans and i know it was not an easy task. We spent a lot of hours and a lot of Conference Calls and worked through some challenging issues. Im looking at colleen who did a lot of work on that and did a terrific job. [laughter] weve had a great relationship for 25 years now and done some Amazing Things together and we always lev working on projects so thank you for having us on this one and just a couple words. Were the construction lender and were also the low Income Housing tax Credit Investors and well be a limited partner for 15 years on the project and we provided the equity on the project. Other ford able housing a big deal and its been decades and we take it very seriously and its a big commitment and i work in a group that does nothing but Affordable Housing everyday of the week and were putting up big numbers. I know we should put up bigger numbers but just to give you a sense we have a billion dollars to Affordable Housing in the bay area that covered about 42 developments and were finances six new projects here in the city right now. About 400 minute yu 400 million. We got a new one from don yesterday. Were hoping to do a lot more in the city and a billion dollars has been committed through 2025 for grants, which is a big deal. Were happy to see that and yes, wore thrilled to be involved in big projects like this. I have been a longtime San Francisco residents and im a homeowner here and its just extra special to attend things like this in my backyard. We appreciate the opportunity and we look forward being into a lot more like this. So thank you. Thank you, jeff. Stephanie, please come up. [applause] i moved here to reunite with my family and immediately i was struck by the level of homelessness in the bay area. In 2016, a series of unfortunate events involving family and friends and a former employer left me and my family scrambling for help. Through a patchwork of shelters and social services from as far as richmond, i was introduced to tndc. From that moment, my life changed drastically. Our journey from being homeless to being housed was over. Having a place has given my son security and stability to perform well in school and consistency for me to complete my degree. 626 mission bay is more than just an Apartment Building for us its a launch pad to become positive, productive members of society. Thank you. [applause] thank you. Thank you so much, steph know. Yostephanie. You give meaning tod we really appreciate you. I hope you will join me in welcoming colleen ma who was a project manager for 626 mission bay boulevard. [applause] ill try to keep it short. The beautiful building was made possible by all of our amazing partners. From our partners at wells fargo and the Federal Home Loan Bank to our architects and studio and our general contractor its been years in the making to get to finally celebrate the completion of this building. Its pretty wild but i hope you get to look at the acknowledgment list but it scratches the surface of people, staff, engineers, women and more who have worked to make this project a reality. And now that the building is complete, ive had the honor of watching my peer, our site staff work there magic. Marry ellen and tino who are hiding in the crowd or offices have put in countless late nights and weekends to get this building leased. [applause] and they continue to put in the time to keep it running smoothly. Clifton, johnathan, jesse and terry have run miles in this half city block of the building. [applause] to make sure this building functions properly. Key key and natallia meet tenants where theyre at to provide resources and materials. [applause] for some of these tenants, this is their very first home and being presented with such a new space and such a new neighborhood like mission bay, can be isolating and terrifying. Our site staff have done an amazing job of welcoming the space and to this neighborhood. There are around 150 children in this building and growing. Right around movein time last year at least one small child maybe three feet tall was running around dragging their hot cheetos along our white walls. The reality of having families and children in the building hit me. This is no longer just a construction project but this is becoming a home. The partnerships that built this building and freight this building have transformed it no 143 new homes for families and future generations of san franciscans. Its been an honor to be part of it. [applause] thank you, colleen. So theyre just a couple of things i want to say in closing. I think beta is here. Thank you. Can you just raise your hands high. So we are so proud and grateful for 826 valencia and were so proud you decided to come and join us here in mission bay. We have an after School Program and we have been working closely with them for a long time and we just appreciate you. Thank you. The feeling is mutual. I want to convey. We as an organization are very privileged to be in this center of this kind of work. We are not heroes. If anything beer a grateful organization. Thank you to all the people. All the institutions, the staff, the residents, everybody who makes this happen. We appreciate you. Thank you. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 this neighborhood was lived for approximately 22 years. Yeah, like 21 years. 21 years in this neighborhood. In the same house. We moved into this neighborhood six months after we got married, actually. Just about our whole entire married life has been here in excel. The owner came to the house and we wanted to sell the house and we were like, what . We were scared at first. What are we going to do . Where are we going to move into . The kids school . Our jobs . My name is maria. Im a preschool teacher for the San Francisco unified school district. My name is ronnie and i work in San Francisco and im a driver from a local electrical company. We went through meta first and meta helped us to apply and be ready to get the down payment assistant loan program. Thats the program that we used to secure the purchase of our home. It took us a year to get our credit ready to get ready to apply for the loan. The whole year we had to wait and wait through the process and then when we got the notice, its like, we were like thinking that. When we found out that we were settling down and we were going to get approved and we were going to go forward, it was just a really we felt like we could breathe. We have four kids and so to find a place even just to rent for a family of six. And two dogs. We were going to actually pay more for rent and to own a house. It feels good now to have to move. It feels for our children to stay in the neighborhood that they have grown in. They grew up here and they were born here. They know this neighborhood. They dont know anything outside San Francisco. We really have it. Wed love to say thank you to the mayors office. They opened a door that we thought was not possible to be opened for us. They allowed us to continue to live here. Were raising our family in San Francisco and just to be able to continue to be here is the great good morning, i would like to call the meeting for thursday thursday, june 13th, 2019. [roll call] mr. Chairman, you do have a quorum. Can i call you next item . Yes, please. Item three is communications. Due to a conflict, well be looking to reschedule your july Board Meeting, so i will be reaching out to firm out a date. Okay. Anything else. I probably have to leave the meeting when a get called. We have a Budget Hearing so i will have the vice chair run the meeting. Thats right. Okay. Next item. Yes, please. Item four his board of directors knew and enrolled business. I am not aware of any. Executive director report. Good morning, directors. I am pleased to provide you with our plans to seamlessly open the center to the public. As you know, we discovered a fisher with two steel girders over fremont street last september. We committed to reopening the Transit Center only after finding the root cause of the fisher for sure. As you all know, all these steps are now complete and all the experts involved have compared have confirmed that we can open it for operations. I would like to think mayor breed for their leadership to help us reopen the Transit Center with a high level of confidence to the public. I would also like to thank m. T. C. For empowering independent and highly respected and nationally Renowned Team of experts that oversaw the robust and exhaustive review of the Transit Center. We will hear directly from the chair this morning about the findings and the conclusions of the review. You will also hear about our ongoing plan to reopen the Transit Center the two the public. Our goal is to reopen the Transit Center and exceed the publics expectations. We owe them gratitude for their patients. We know that this temporary closure was significant inconvenience, and we plan to open and have the Center Better than they remember back in september. We continue our work with the transit operators to ensure a smooth transition for transit riders. Bus operations will not begin july 1st, but we do Everything Possible to have have bus operations ready after that date we began a rehiring plan last month and we now are fully staffing up for operations and conducting final testings of the building operation system so we can be ready for july 1st. I want to thank you for your leadership and support over the last eight months as we conducted an exhaustive review and fully cooperated with the m. P. C. Independent review panel. At this time, i would like to ask christine if she could come and share with you our plans for communication for the reopening. Thank you, good morning, directors. I just wanted to briefly go over our plans to communicate with transit riders in the public as we reopen the center. We have already, with our goals, we want to reassure transit riders and the general public about the robust independent review that we underwent, we want to reaffirm the centers importance to the region, to the city and to the transportation for our entire region. We will be doing a lot of the same communications we did a few months ago, eight months ago when we opened the center, really highlighting the need for the Transit Center, but we need to first start and win back peoples trust. The first thing we will do is provide comprehensive multilingual outreach to the public and to transit riders. We began that this week with the announcement of the reopening. We have done some media tours and we will be doing that over the next few weeks with the goal of showing people the center is better than they remember and our goal of opening as seamlessly as possible and winning back their trust, showing what a great job that the staff is doing to welcome them back and have their experience seamless. We are our Campaign Began this weekend were launching a social media campaign. We have relaunched the website with a very simple to understand timeline of exactly what happened from september to today people could go to the website, learn what happened, learn what we did about it, learn about the independent review and why we are reopening now. All of our social Media Channels will be reinforcing that message and driving people to the website to learn about the temporary closure and the reopening, and also everything the Transit Center would like to reopen. Im working with the transit operators transit operators for early july. What tjpa will do is offer a temporary or limited Ambassador Program, so you will see the ambassadors who were usually at the Transit Center, the week before, educating transit riders , and bus service has not yet begun. We will have ambassadors out in the morning and the evening, inviting people back to the park , the amenities, the food trucks, the grand hall, and letting them know to check in with their Bus Operators for when that service will start. Ive also provided the Bus Operators, marketing and Communications Communications team with a toolkit that includes confirmed facts, saq, fact sheets and timeline, to communicate how they want to communicate but they have all the facts, dates, and figures they will need to be able to do that, and make sure no matter what Transit Agency is speaking, we are all speaking from the same facts. About two weeks before the reopening, you will see it see ramped up social media messaging. You will see more of that. You will also see the mill marketing going out explaining the closure, thinking people for their patients, apologizing for the temporary closure. Physically at the temporary terminal and at the Transit Center, on july 1st, you will see physical signage as well. What people are walking by and see the doors open, they can see theres no bus service yet. When there is, we will alert them to that. I have heard from the several transit agencies that they ramp up for transit operations that they will have their own Ambassador Program talking to their writers in easing the transition for them. With that, i am happy to take questions. In regards to the leasing front,. [indiscernible] this will be used as a clinic for the residents and the workers in the area. By approving this lease, the lease count would be 60 based on the Square Footage parked. We assume that this effort will be picked up now that we are reopening it. We have addressed all of the comments and we have been provided with additional documentation. We do have a meeting with them on the 17th. We hope it will be the final meeting before the approval of the process. I am very hopeful that by the july Board Meeting that will be concluded. In regards to the status of the peer review by the San Francisco transportation authority, the Consultants Team continue to hold workshops as planned, both both based on the current schedule, the peer review is expected to be repeated later this month on june 25th. We will present the results of the peer review to the board at the july Board Meeting. At the last Board Meeting, the board requested that the peer review members meet with the peer review members from that presented their findings last month to you, and working with director chan on arranging them. Finally, we have a front for your Quarterly Financial report. If you dont have any questions, this or concludes my report. Any questions from Board Members . No questions. All right. I will call your next item. Item six is the ten break closure of the salesforce Transit Center. Good morning, directors. We will give this months construction and temporary closure update with an emphasis on the preparation for reopening on july 1st. I will cover the results of the facility wide validation that we have been tracking for the last few months regarding the structural steel item. Also facility wide readiness for reopening, which will basically i will talk to the staff report that was submitted under this particular agenda item that work to complete in the wrong contract closeout and legislative. We have been presenting this graphic for a few months now to show the Extensive Research and investigation throughout the entire Transit Center as it relates to the structural steel items and the review for the structural elements. I am pleased to show this funnel that started as with a very large, wide evaluation criteria, that worked through a more detailed, down to various onsite visuals at the very end and as you can see, i am showing with the graphic that all of our items are closed and i will touch on that a little bit in the next slides. This closes out this particular graphic that i have been showing out for months on the structural steel health check throughout the Transit Center. Through that building wide review, there was 47 details of complex and susceptible nature to fractures, it was needed for thorough investigation for each and every one of those 47. Even we went onsite, 175 locations onsite were opened to ensure with visual, nondestructive testing, particle testing, to confirm all the information, not just on paper, but physically in the field. And extensive analysis for fit for service was done as well for each one of these, or at least specific ones, and basin all those test results, the engineer of record and our independent experts peer review concluded we closed the last one last friday, and any anomalies inconsequential, and that there are no concerns for Structural Integrity in the building. That was clearly stated in the letters that were provided throughout the last few days. I want to touch on the elements of the staff report. The staff report was a followup to the request by the board to give a comprehensive report of all the elements that were identified throughout our findings. The key entities is the first part. This report, the staff report, you will notice there is no less than 2222 attachments no less than 20222 attachments, so it is in one spot to tell this entire segment that happened over the last eight and a half months. It addresses the key entities, the contractor side, the design side, the peer review through m. T. C. , l. P. I. , and then the use of isi through that process where the key elements. Identify through the staff report, the timeline starting on september 25th of the crack itself, and how we worked through that. This temporary jacks that we put in place. The implementation of the peer review, and then there various elements of scope which are, you know, the chair of that committee will reference in status here later this morning. Eventually, the installation of the permanent ensuring that was in place. All of this was reviewed by d. B. I. As well. We actually had an independent overview for the shoring and also it was submitted to the peer review. Bringing l. P. I. Onto the board, through the tjpa, so that there was they were not from the design side or the contractor side. All parties, including the peer review, agreed on the l. P. I. s sampling and testing. This polemic results were submitted in december and presented to the board. Based on those polemic findings based on those preliminary findings, it was created and blessed and procurement of materials started, and all throughout that, the d. B. I. Also did their review of the design times design plans and ensuring compliance to code. By march, we were installing those plates, and by the end of april, april 19th on fremont, in april 27th on first street, the repair was installed. And then it was signed off and the shoring was removed. I touch on that in the staff report. I also go into the other efforts , the building wide review, the funnel, that also is heavily addressed in the peer review and in the staff report, and then providing all the milestones and how all 47 elements of that building were satisfactorily closed. Also in there, the identification the structural and seismic review committee items. I have their original letters, their original design review, the original d. B. I. Signoff of the original design. All those letters are in there as well, up through 2014, and then we even brought that same, two of those members back to the board to refresh what they had already reviewed, and look at the current situations back in january. That presentation they gave is also linked. And then on top of that, we had our cmo do that building wide nonstructural seal review, that was when steve came in and gave a presentation on all items such as structural concrete, the bolts, and all other items not associated with the peer review investigation. All that was put together and was put in one spot, to come to the conclusion, that based on the study letter issued that the structure is sound, in the building is ready for reoccupancy, we received the letters from the Peer Review Panel issuing concurrence to the m. T. C. Both letters being submitted to the mayor and also the nonstructural steel elements verifying the rest of the building is sound. Based on those elements, we came to the conclusion that we are ready to open on july 1st. That is what is in the staff report. And i wanted to just hit on that following up on that, and the close cooperation that was noted , the munimobile bus plaza will be open next week for reoccupancy for the operators, and then the bus staff will be ready for training in july, and available for full operations by august. I will allow martha, our silty manager to go into that in more detail in her presentation that will follow us. In addition to this, we are also doing adding instrumentation in various specific spots that is being modelled and tracked through l. P. I. As well. There is a picture of some we had the convenience and opportunity of the locations that we opened up for the building wide structural steel review. We were able to add monitors so well be able to go back and keep track of and monitor various elements of the structural steel and basically correlate various design assumptions as well, as the buses start rolling again. We took part of that opportunity as well. We call that the fatigue analysis, as were Going Forward over a long term review. Switching from those parts, going back to the base contract work, i want to give you a quick update on that, on the breezeway , the alley, and on our signals, in the ceiling panels, and the pathway, and ultimately, the bus ramp. We continue to make progress. This is at the far west end, the breezeway. It looks essentially complete. It will be ready for the public through there starting july 1st. This is the far west end. Shot alley, that is the jamie carpenter art display called linear art, that will be ready and available for the first time on july 1st as well. We are making the final cleanup on that. This is real close to where the food trucks were last year and will be there this year. It will be very effective, especially in the evening hours. Our signals, pg and he promised they would be installing that fuse limiter and it is the 13 th and we have not seen anything yet, so m. T. A. Is on hold, waiting for them to do what they need to do, and waiting for these parts to show up, and in the meantime, m. T. A. Is trying to do all they can to ready for the signals to be activated, so we are still waiting for them. We are reaching out at all levels has not got these parts here any faster. Hopefully they will be here soon the remaining work is very little. And then ceiling panels, there are miscellaneous ceiling panels that will need to be put back, especially on the bus deck. Those 175 locations that i noted , a lot of those were on the bus deck. Taking covers off includes taking ceiling panels off and putting those all back together. It is happening. A common term we have been using his stitch back of all of the elements related. Those are also happening at a very expedited pace at this point out there. And then the pathway, we reported we were in the process of replacing the path, the concrete, which was the chosen material, has been installed and looks great, and we are now in the process of prepping it to put a good sealant down, and that will absolutely be ready for july 1st as well, too. And then very close to the food trucks, the last item here, is this is where the bus ramp comes in. There is a very elegant ramp that is being put around the 50 foot section that goes over the walkway that is being installed. That will also be ready for the july 1st opening to the public again. With that, i will turn it over to ron to close up the rest of our presentation. Thank you. Good morning, directors. I will probably be rather brief, as you can imagine, the rest of our activities have been out in the field to get things put back together and secure, and i want to express my gratitude to dennis and all of the field staff who have been earnestly working all month to make sure we get everything done and ready for opening. With that, we have had some activity towards the contract closeout. On the slide, you will see we still have 21 trade groups in various stages. In the last month, we had about nine that met full and final, and that was about the movement in terms of the pie chart. I expect now that the girder repair is complete we will start seeing some of those trade groups that have been involved with the girder repair be positioned to begin discussions and closure processes. Again, we have 13 trade groups that are in the process of dispute resolution. We are hopeful for july, but it looks like perhaps august we will initiate some of the d. R. A. Meetings with some of those trade packages. There has been a little bit of back and forth on terms of the d. R. A. , and in terms of the legal and litigation aspect. You will hear more in closed session later today. In terms of budgeting contingency cost drawdowns, we pretty much a zero doubt on construction contingency and Program Reserve in the last month. There was some, as you can see in the slides of the bullets below, some construction related drawdowns, but they were balanced out with some captures of cost, some of which were allowances that were carried that were unrealized risk. All in all, the contingency is the only thing that shows a net drawdown of 2. 4, and much of that has to do with the pathway and some other elements of which we will be dealt with in the d. R. A. Format of our form. In terms of budget, we are squeaking a little higher. In terms of overall c. A. C. Construction, i think we had a 50 milliondollar uptick as we started to reevaluate the risk and exposures in front of us, and some of the things that are construction related. With the 34 milliondollar uptick on the overall budget, including t. I. And legal work, so that brings us to an c. A. C. With t. I. And legal to 2. 397. 1, just below our overall budget, but maintaining and managing that despite the protracted timelines and other challenges that we have all lived through in the last eight and a half months. That concludes my part of the presentation. We can address any questions on this aspect. Board member questions . Thank you. I have one brief question for ron and then some for dennis. On your contingency slide, you showed four forecasted use of 2 million for Design Services related to nonconforming steel girders. It sounds like a cost that ultimately we should be recovering. Yeah. We have already started to do some of the recapture in terms of deductive change orders and what have you. It will all be in the mix. That is why we see zero out on drawdowns this month. I guess my question is, should we need that to millie dollars of contingency to front for Design Services related to nonconforming steer girders . Are you expected to recover that generally, yes. Okay. Thank you. So my mac [please stand by]. I know our chairman has in play trying to schedule meeting with pg e, so its been elevated on all fronts not only for this project but all the other activities we have going on out there. Weve been all plagued with pg e issues. Well, if more voices would help that conversation this, one is definitely a challenge when we opened the first time, and ended up having to barricade off the streets, and thats just not i Cedar Darrin Klein had no real answers, and i was underscoring it is a safety issue and nice to have us here, but we want to see some results. We will send you the details. Would be happy about that. We have been trying hard, but like you said no, and i dont mean to say its for lack of effort. Sometimes maybe from more angles would help get it over the finish line. A we are experiencing the same on many of the projects, so i certainly understand that. This one, there is no excuse for this at this point. And then on the on all of the reviewer, i want to appreciate the work that you all did and the whole team to get us to this level of confidence. I know that this board asks you to do more than you originally were planning and extend the timeline, but i think it was important such that we can such that christine can have good talking points in terms of restoring Public Confidence for riders and the general facility that the and the general public that the facility is safe. And it was worth it and then two specific questions, and so the 47 complex welds and the 175 places that you opened then up, i think you said there was visual inspection . Did l. P. I. Do anything beyond visual inspection . You can probably describe the techniques better than i. 175 welds were opened up basically taken and what i mean by that is taken off the fireproofing so you can start with a visual and then majority of them, if not all of them, had additional nondestructive testing done depending on the type of weld and whether ultrasonic testing or mag particle testing. And then on top of that, we also have l. P. I. Director vecchio was out there doing the reviews as well. And ultimately depending on the weld and the criticality, even a fit for Service Model was made to ensure that each one of the locations was fine and to the point where were able to close out with confidence. So there was multiple levels depending on the type of weld and access to the weld and that is why we opened up so many so we could have that very high level of confidence. Who would be the consequence should one of those welds at some point in the future since you said they were identified because they are susceptible to being brittle if at one point one of those in the future developed a crack or failure. What would be the consequence to the Structural Integrity and the building. I could probably defer that to dr. Vecchio if needed, but it was determined even if there is because these welds that we ended up looking at especially on the bus tech were related to seismic type elements because we are looking at the welds, just the transitions between two pieces and it wasnt base metal that we were looking at. Just a weld transition. So it was from strictly seismic concern that we were