How to make the difficult trade offs. For me, i can promise to continue to update the public to be fully transparent and really to be brutally honest. This is going to be a really, really difficult two years. Perhaps unprecedented in the last 100 years. And the only way were going to get through this is by being honest, by being transparent, by engaging with the public and by coming back to our core values to make the tough choices. So thank you all for joining us. And well be back with more information as history unfolds. Thank you. And good bye. Roll call, please. Clerk all right. Ill go ahead and mention that director chang is sitting in as director haneys alternate. With that [roll call] clerk noting that director tavares is absent, with that, you have a quorum. Were going to change our agenda here in a little bit and start with the closed session. Before we do, id like to rerecu recuse myself for the closed session. Id like to ask that director hirsch, as i did so last time, take control of the closed session. So ill be back in the board room and hopefully come back out today. Good luck in closed session. All right. Thank you, vice chair gee. As he noted, we are going into closed session. This is an opportunity clerk all right. The tjpa board of directors meeting is back in session. And in item 8, closed session, there is nothing to report. Go ahead and move into next item . Please. All right. Item 9 is communications, and director do directors, im not aware of any. Item 10, new business. All right. Well go into item 11, the executive directors report. Good morning, directors. We have a busy morning, but before we get started, id like to update you with some items. First, id like to update you on the Community Response to the novel coronavirus. We have taken several measures to enhance the health and safety of all Salesforce Transit Center services, including coordinating with federal, state, and local Health Officials and other transit agencies. They include the San FranciscoMayors Office, our officers at a. C. Transit and muni, and the department of Emergency Services and transit and joint information center. We have also expanded our cleaning measure including the frequency of cleaning of the touch points such as door handles and sink handles. We have Updates Information on our Digital Screens and were posting the posters from the department of health San Francisco department of health all over the building. Information can be found in common areas throughout the Transit Center, public rest rooms, and staff areas, and we and as we all know, the situation is changing rapidly, so well continue to monitor and respond appropriately. Next, id like to update you on our way finding project. As you know, after opening the Transit Center, it was determined to anecdotal feedback that the current wait signage needs improvements. We have been working with the San FranciscoTransportation Commission and our operators to conduct a way finding gap analysis and these efforts are underway. The way finding Consultant Team has completed a general assessment through a deep dive into the existing systems, survey research, Public Public passengers interviews, pedestrian journey tracking, volunteer test journeys, and a series of interviews with everything, including our janitorial staff as well as the cap riders. The analysis is expected to be completed by the end of this month or early next month and once this is done, ill present the findings to the boards. Im happy to announce that phils has opened two locations. They have already added to the neighborhood, adding more vibrancy options. At this time, id like to ask rich payette from lincoln property, our asset manager, to provide you with a brief operations update. Rich . Thanks, mark. Thanks. As mark talked about, we are addressing the covid19, so we have a very good Janitorial Company thats working with us. Theyre a vendor, and theyre cleaning everything that people touch. Doorknobs, touch screens, elevator railings, and we do have signage up educating people. The third floor bus deck continued to operate at normal capacity with a. C. Transit, greyhound, and they continue to operate at the corner of mission and fremont. Onsite was our first tenant that opened, and they opened in november. Our anchor tenant, fitness s. F. , opened in december, and we have two fill coffees that are open today. A quarter after that, well have spring fertility and happy lemon, and later, well have charlies philly steaks, kaiser, and others. This slide just shows some of the activity of our construction. Fully built out s. F. Fitness, fitness s. F. , and things in progress, and Stores Coming opening soon. 69,000 of that square feet is already executed and board approved, so thats 81 . Another way of looking at it, 35 retail spaces, and 25 of those spaces have been executed and or board approved at 71 , and our committed rent is 98 of of what we projected. We have l. O. I. Promising l. O. I. S on seven of those spaces, but we have interest in all 11 spaces. The next few will just be kind of, like, site plans or floor plans of each floor. That might be a little hard to read, but this is the first floor. Anything in purple is already committed, and everything in green is still in negotiation. Heres the same thing for the second floor. Kaiser, fitness s. F. , springtime fertility, and they will have that lease signed this coming week. That will leave just one space, space 232, that were still working on. We have strong interest in that space, and we expect to have the second floor fully leased shortly. And then heres our third park level, same thing. The restaurant, fully committed, and then, were still negotiating on the pad. Now were at the point if anybody has any questions. Any questions from the board . Thank you for your report. Thank you. Directors, just to resume my report, we have a financial report. If you have any questions, aaron can answer them, and my last item, i wanted to update you on the m. O. U. With the metropolitan Transportation Commission, San FranciscoTransportation Authority, San Francisco transbay joint powers board to enhance the facility of the downtown extension. This is to implement a new organizational structure do i have it . To support the tjpa projects in the most efficient manner in collaboration with the Partner Agencies in the bay area. The goal is to is to be to take the d. T. X. To shovel ready status in the next two to three years. As way of background, in july of 2018, we received an allocation of approximately 10,000 million from sfcta tot resume work on the preliminary engineering on the downtown extension. That was suspended in december 2018 after a discovery of the fiss fissures detected in the tunnel under the street. After that, the sfcta initiated a peer review of that effort, and at the same time, the board asked me to initiate a peer review with the American Transportation association. The peer review was concluded in may 2019. That concluded in recommending that the tjpa have less reliance on consultants and have more depth on tjpa staff to have more institutional knowledge. But they also recommended that the tjpa consider retaining an independent engineer to assess and monitor the program and report directly to the board. The report that was done by afta was done by Public Sector leaders with proven experience in managing delivery of large complex projects. They included the assistant manager with the denver regional transportation district, including the receive Program Manager for l. A. Metro, including the Vice President and senior priVice President w lewis and berger. After some discussions, the sfcta review was adjusted to recommend a new organizational structure for a new tjpx under the sfcta. So so moving forward, the new organizational structure thats being discussed right now contemplates the formation of a new structure. The expectation is the Steering Committee will be driven by managers and executive managers of these agencies. And then, the first order of work of the executive Steering Committee would be to approve or recommend to the tjpa boards a work program that analyzes the roles and responsibilities of each entity, and give us a clearer road map how to get from where were at right now to shovel ready for the downtown extension. The the the under discussions right now with the e. F. C. Roll will be to made recommendations to the tjpa board, but the tjpa will remain having final authority over the downtown project, and they can accept or reject the report of the executive Steering Committee. The executive Steering Committee will meet on a monthly basis and can report to the tjpa on a monthly basis when theyre ready. So thwe welcome that, but itsp to them to do that. It would be composed of the same agencies and led by the tjpa project director. And the work plan will include items to be delivered, and whos going to be delivering these items, and whos going to be reporting about these items . On this is a draft organizational chart thats contemplated as part of the discussions that were having on the m. O. U. On the righthand side, youll see that this is a normal operations of the Transit Center. Tjpa, right now, we have the executive director reporting to the board, and the executive director is supported by the chief of counsel, facility director, chief security officers, and the c. F. O. On the righthand side, we will have, at the very bottom, the tjpa managers working on the on the downtown extension project. Theyll be managed by the project director, which is a tjpa employee, but he or she will be part of the integrated management team, theyll report directly to the executive Steering Committee, and the executive Steering Committee will report to the board. The formation of the o. S. C. Would provide another tool in the tool box and have leaders of various agencies, tjpa, high speed rails, and others, to really give the project a shot in the arm and the tjpa a shot in the arm in regionalizing the project and making sure were doing this in full collaboration. And itll also better position us in securing funding, especially at the states and the federal level and also helps us with resolving any any discrepancies or conflicts in the development of the project, especially when it comes to operations and other issues, so well have all the parties in one room, discussing in a formalized manner. Some of the challenges that this structure introduces, as there is no Single Person thats really responsible for the downtown extension, youve got a committee composed of six individuals representing six agencies reporting to the board, so when the board receives this recommendation, there is no one particular person that could be held accountable. The chair and the vice chair of the Steering Committee are not permanent members. They could come and leave, so two or three years later, the board will not be able to hold anybody accountable for these particular decisions. However, its also going to heavily involve the engagement of the executives, so theyll really have to free their time up and be involved in the project. And also, the success of this structure predicates on everybodys engagement. I want the board to know theres some costs involved here. That concludes my report as directors report and m. O. U. Again, i hope to finalize the m. O. U. And bring it to you for your consideration at the april board meeting. I do recognize, and im sure you do, that given that this changes the way that tjpa does business, we need time to finalize this m. O. U. Any questions from the board . Director chang . Through the chair, thank you, vice chair gee, and thank you for that. I wasnt aware that we were going to be discussing this, the potential for the m. O. U. , the hope that it comes out. On behalf of our prior work on the transportation committee, just want to highlight the goals for this effort particularly for some of the members and members of the public who may not have been following it over the past year. Its to regionalize the project further, but to further promote participation amongst the regional state, regional, and other partners who are already on this board and involved. Also, to boost capacity of the effort, and there are different way to see do that, of course, but this way, i think brings the benefit of the coordination that is sort of inherent about having all these folks around the table with the resources and to move this project forward, and to frankly try to accelerate it and make it receive more state and other funding. So those were sort of the intent behind it, and i think some of the issues that you raised behind accountability, we have seen partnership approaches to development. Its a fair concern, and i think something that we should be, you know, better able to address once weve finalized the m. O. U. , but i think there are better ways to address it, and the wa and address it in the ways that weve seen these partnerships work both nationally and internationally. Thats all ill say right now. Thank you. Sorry. My intent was not to highlight the m. O. U. In a negative fashion. It was just to highlight theres some complexity in the reporting structure, and i wanted the board to be aware of that. Thank you for this. We need the entire board aware of all of the hard work going on to create this m. O. U. As well as the public. As cited, the two previous reports in the peer review, and one of the greater reasons is transparency, so transparency to the board and to the public. Clerk and well move into item 12, the construction closeout update. Good morning, directors. Ron alameda, director of design and construction for the tjpa, specifically phase one. Also, the acting city architect for the city and county of San Francisco. We have were at that stage of the project where theres a lot of background activity and somewhat Modest Movement but steady movement. Most of you are familiar with this pie chart as we start trying to gray out the pie chart and achieve closeout on all of the 49 subcontractors which will clear the path for us to close out with webcor on phase one. As we sit today, weve got four trade groups that have moved into the final pathway towards four and final change order closeout. We remain with 13 that are in dispute resolution. Out of the 13, i anticipate six to seven will probably take the longer path of either litigation or mediation. Were aiming for may, but i think the trend is towards june to have a closed session legal briefing for the board as we move a little bit closer to that stage of the closeout. And that leaves out of the 42, weve got 39 that are closed out. I believe that was a movement from january of 29 total, to a total of 32. So as i said, lots of activity in fact background in the background, modest but positive movement achieved in that. As we look at the construction contingency, we look at the actions that were taken on closeout, probably the most thing to note of it since the last report, weve got 2. 3 million drawdown on construction contingency, and weve actually had a replenishment of 2. 4. Although weve been very successful with the d. R. A. , the resident path issue, which was originally earmarked as a cmgc contingency, the d. R. A. Recommendations are a result move that responsibility to construction contingency, so thats what youre seeing there on that slide. In summary, weve got a remaining balance of construction contingency of 1. 6 million. Getting a little thin, and probably an indicator of some movement of some reserve in the future, but thats to be shook out. Cmgc contingency sits at 5. 9, with an Overall Program reserve of 31. 8, totaling an availability of 39. 3 million to work with as we navigate through the remainder of the closeout activities, we takes us to the budget slide. Again, the total Phase One Program of 2. 21594 million stays steady. A little bit of movement internal, with an estimated at completion of construction sitting at 1. 454 1. 45482 billi or million and for phase one, a total of 2. 174 billion, and below that line is reflective of the unanticipated drawdowns on the overall phase one improvement, and that would be the tenant improvement and the 301 mission. So that was, in total, about 62. 6 million drawdown on the overall budget. But again, were Holding Steady to stay within our the confines of our overall budget despite all the ups and downs with t. I. Legal, cracked beams, and the such, so were bringing this thing home. And that concludes my summary right now. Thank you, mr. Alameda. Questions from the board . Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Clerk all right. Go ahead and move into your next item . Next. Item 13 is the Citizens Advisory Committee, and i did see derek holt, the tjpacac chair. Good morning, directors. Good morning. Im derek holt, and this past evening, we the c. A. C. Appreciated the updates from the tjpa staff, including christine, erin rosema, direct director zabaneh, and others. Several members have reached their term limits, and well miss their comments, their plans, and their analysis. Several applications have been placed for strong candidates. Our c. A. C. Utilized the Transit Center resources as well as the rooftop park, and we have stronger appreciation for the covid19 Safety Measures that have been put in place and the use of the website and other means of communication. We really appreciated the comments, and were excited by the Transit Center tenants that are opening in the next few months as well as later on this year. We do recognize that the temporary closures delayed some of the momentum that was building last summer, and we still believe that contributing guilty parties should still be held accountable. Our thanks to the High Speed Rail Team that presented to us thursday evening. Their 2020 high speed rail Business Plan looks strong, and they particularly focused on northern california, the central valley, san jose, San Francisco, and the role of the d. T. X. Ii project. I can tell you i cant wait for the option of taking a 45minute commuter train to fresno instead of the threehour drive that i had to make this last month. I think that the d. T. X. Will help with that from what i understand. Weve been helping you out. Thank you, thank you. I didnt hear the date. Noteworthy was the finance presentation focused on the 2020 tax allocation bonds by the tjpa chief financial officer. It was detailed, focused, and very clear that these strategic steps will save significant money, especially freeing up 35 million that can be used for the d. T. X. Project. It sounds like a very wise move to take advantage of declining federal treasury rates over the last six months or so. There was strong analytical discussion of the use of the money that could be saved. The csca took a vote, and it was unanimous. The c. A. C. Has gone on record to, one, request that the Financial Strategy be employed, and if second, if there were 35 million freed up, that could be dedicated to the phase two project. The c. A. C. Recognizes that the d. T. X. Plays a role in the San Francisco safety project that was presented at our meeting this past january. The c. A. C. Recognizes that the d. T. X. Has been voted on and approved on by regional voters, we recognize that the d. T. X. Is a significant piece of the Transit Center and the overall expansion of region. We, the c. A. C. Strongly encourage the tjpa to support the proposed d. T. X. Project. There was rigorous discussion by the 15 members of the c. A. C. Tuesday evening, and we acknowledge that the introduction of additional regional players could lead to preventing or resolving conflicts, keep the tjpa involved in daytoday politics, and theres recognition of the tjpa as a megatransportation in the region and the state, california, so we, the c. A. C. Are requesting the board to support the funding and strategy actions and do what you can to raise the influence of more regional influencers to champion the d. T. X. Project. Thank you. Thank you. Any questions from the board . And mr. Holt, please extend our thanks to the members that are opting out because of their service. Clerk okay. Next item. This is the time for public comment. I this is the time to address members of the public i see mr. Patrick. Id like to address the members of the board. This came out of the Transportation Authority of San Francisco and has effectively delayed this project two years. Out of this delay, weve studied the project, and weve said were going to put a new Management Structure between this board and the operations. That matters been structured who we composed of substantially the same people who sit on this board, or maybe one level down. This is a quid pro quo. The quid is we have to change the Management Structure. The quo is well then give you the money. I dont know about you, but i find that objectionable. Weve essentially delayed the project two years. Now as i look at this next thing, what will flow out of that, in my opinion, is a tremendous amount of money for transportation improvements as we need to gin up the economy and get it going again. We will be sitting with our shoe in our back pocket, not ready. I think this whole thing has been terrible, and its a boondoggle. Thank you. Clerk okay. That concludes members of the public that wanted to address you on that item. Move onto the consent calendar . Yes [agenda item read]. Clerk at this time, weve not received any notification that anybody wishes to have any items severed. Your items are 15. 1, approving the minutes of the february 3, 2020 meeting, 15. 2, approving the meeting of the february 20, 2020 meeting, item 15. 3, 15. 4, and 15. 5. Thank you, miss gonzales. Any questions or comments . Ill move approval. Is there a second . Second. All right. Theres a motion and a second. Clerk great. With a moved and a second [roll call] clerk thats seven ayes, and the consent calendar is approved. Thank you. Please continue. Clerk all right. We are ready to move into your regular scecalendar, and with concurrence of the board, well go ahead and all items 16, 17, and 18. Item 16, approving the issuance of not to exceed 315 million, and finance additional costs associated with the construction and design of the transbay terminal project. Item 17 is approving changes to item 17, Debt Management policy, and item 18 is amendment 1 and amendment 2 to the 2020 operating budget. Directors, this will be presented by our chief financial officer, erin roseman. Im not trying to influence your vote, but id like to thank her for her work on this program. So were here presenting to you the 2020 tjpa bond sale. This will be our inaugural bond sale, the tax allocation bonds. We have three main goals in doing this bond sale, and this is to refinance our tifia loan, to refinance any balance, and to execute our loans. We expected a loan in 2010 at an Interest Rate of 5. 7. It currently has an Outstanding Balance of 179 million with a final maturity in february 2051. We anticipate in this market that we would be able to refinance the full amount, the 179 million, still secured by net tax increment. Our good faith estimate as of february 20 had a has a saving or an Interest Rate of approximately 3. 5 . The market is continually moving in the last few days, its been rather volatile, but still moving in a direction favorable for us. We would anticipate level annual savings and a net present value savings of at least 10 or about 20 million based on that good faith estimate. This slide is actually stale now that weve gotten to this point. You have to get all your documents together, but as of march 6, the 30year m. M. D. Was 1. 52. It is dependent on the day of this week. It has gone down and up, and down and up, and today, its essentially been suspended, but the rates are still lower than our good faith estimate and kind of moving in our favor. Were hoping to be able to capitalize on this good market by the time we get to a june closing. The city financing is another debt that wed like to refinance. Out of the risk analysis the m. T. C. Did in 2015, we were able to increase our Program Reserves by 260 million for contingency. Part of this 260 million was city financing. There was 100 million from bota, and then, 160 million from the city and county of San Francisco. Weve only drawn 103 million out of the citys portion of this contingency. That 103 million had been secured by net tax increment, and it was on parity with our tifia loan. The Interest Rate on city financing is a variable rate interest. As a requirement of our tifia loan, since weve added the city financing, we had to get Interest Rate caps to the hedge the variation in the Interest Rate. We had taken on three different Interest Rate caps over the lifetime of this. The Interest Rates did what they were supposed to and kept our payments within reason. The city financing expires in 2020, so we had drawn 103, and weve repaid some to our Outstanding Balance, but theres no ability to draw anymore on this facility. We anticipate the city financing to be refinanced, one, through the citys own efforts to issue c. F. D. Bonds, or Community Facility district, at a fixed rate. We would expect their bond sale to proceed around the may time frame, and our bond sale to close around june. If there was any amount that the city wasnt able to capture in their financing, then our tax allocation bonds would take up the difference. Our third goal in this financing is to generate new money proceeds. Wed anticipate 115 million new money proceeds that would go towards tenant reserves, replacements, and then any other reserves, fully fund a debt reserve and the cost of issuance which would be final to the buyers, trustees, etc. The capital replacement reserve is an account that was required by tifia, and with the refinancing of tifia, we would like to continue with that practice and formalize it into our practices of tjpa and not just the requirement of a loan. So were attempting to fully or not fully fund, but fund a portion of capital replacement that we identified with tifia. There was a schedule that we provided to the tifia loan that programs are informed how much we should have over the life of the facility, and so we feel like 29 million is a good starting point. We should fund it to or weve committed to funding it to 193 million with the tifia loan, so 103 million is a starting point. 29 million is a starting point. If the rate will allow, wed like to go up to 40 million if the fund is available. So the total source for the bond sale, we anticipate generating 318 million from the proceeds of our bond sale, and another 176 million from the citys bond sail, for a total of 394 million, as a repayment to tifia, funding the phase one Program Reserve, funding the program cost of issuance, and slowly funding the debt service reserve. The structure of the bonds would be we in our documents, were asking permission to issue a par amount of not to exceed 315 million. We would expect the bonds to be primarily tax exempt. The only bonds that wouldnt be taxable would be the capital replacement reserve. All the bonds would be reserved with net tax increment. A term of 30 years, we would expect the bonds to be all fixed rate. Weve gotten indications that we would be green bond certified by the climate bonds initiative. Our building is silver lead certified, or were in the process of being silver lead certified, so it was an easy process in that record. The net revenues would be held by a trustee, and payments would be made by a trustee. Our good faith estimate assumes we would be able to achieve 3. 86 with the market refinancing, and if the downfall continues, that could belower. In order to achieve this, weve done our fee to secure underwriting syndicate. We went through an extensive to come to the selection of steve full and dean witter stanley. We felt like as theyre leaders in their industry, they would be best positioned to help us. Additionally, weve chosen morgan stanley. They have a great Distribution Network that can help distribute our bond. The finance calendar has this coming to you for your consideration, and then, wed move to the city and county of San Franciscos board of supervisors so that they could consider finding a resolution of significant public ben any time in this term of refinancing would be a net present value savings that provides a benefit to the public. So reducing the amount of debt, generating the 10 net present value, should be considered a significant value in regards of public financing. In addition, in april, we would finalize the Credit Ratings in discussions with our insurers and do the offering of documents in may and have a bond closing in june. Since the city is doing their bond sale in conjunction with us, there is a bit of a pause between april and may to have their bond sales matriculate from theirs to ours, so we know the exact amount that we need to finance of our bonds. In order to if we were successful with this bond sale, and in order to affect all the new proceeds and all the different changes, there would be a budgetary impact with all these this financing. The budgetary impact would require an amendment to the operations budget, an amendment to the Capital Budget, establishing and increasing a separate Debt Service Budget, establishing a tenant improvement budget. We would bring money in to phase one and take an equal amount of phase one so theres a netzero to the Phase One Program budget. It would also generate additional funds for or Funding Availability for phase two in the amount of 35 million, so it would be a shift of funds that now have an available use for phase two. We would create the capital replacement reserve and fund that. The next few slides are tables of just the changes, so theres more lines to the operations budget, the Capital Budget. But for brevity of the presentation, im only showing the lines that have differences. The totals on the columns agree to the amounts that were approved before in the original adoption or amendments, but were just showing the modifications. So the operating budget would decrease by 11 million, going from 37 million to essentially 26 million. The biggest difference would be taking out the debt service as a line out of the operational budget and then creating its own separate budget. And then, theres a series of revenue and expense adjustments downward by 5 million to recognize a delay in construction and a delay in revenue in the operational budget due to the overly optimistic occupation of the Transit Center. Theres an adjustment due to the reduction of residents. This shows or explains how the rearrangements happen. Theres proceeds brought into phase one for tenant improvement, and then, the tenant improvement expense moved over to its own tenant improvement budget. Theres money brought into the fiscal reserve thats created to to go into phase two, and then, additional bond proceeds brought in to support the tenant improvement Capital Budget with a contingency of the tenant improvements going into fiscal reserve. So a lot to follow, but im willing to help anyone understand what all were doing. In the Debt Service Budget, we initially contemplated just Interest Payments to tifia and city financing, and now as were doing these refinancing, this is a request expenditure approve to make the payment, so were adjusting the Debt Service Budget by bringing in the proceeds and expanding in t bringing in this in to expand the budget out. The next budget movement is the expression of the tenant improvement, so taking tenant improvement out of the budget and phase one, bringing in the bond proceeds, showing that the 35. 5 million that we had always anticipated is still the expense. Were also transferring a small amount of salary and benefits and marketing and leasing commissions and then putting 15 million into fiscal reserve for contingency Second Generation tenant improvements. Finally, this is a summary of all the movements to show the reserves, and so our total capital reserves would be 141 million im sorry. Skipped over one, the capital replacement reserve. Adding 21 million for capital replacement reserve for a total of 141 million. On the operational side, were requesting the operational reserve. Were asking for temporary use of the o. N. M. Reserve until were able to achieve the reimbursements from m. T. C. In order to all these budgetary movements, theres a couple of policy additions or changes as we have wanted to fund the c capital replacement reserve, its not listed in the policy, so were asking to modify the reserve policy to modify the capital reserve and fund it between 29 and 40 million and also add funding into the fiscal reserve through the budgetary movement. And ill take any questions if you have them. Thank you for your patience in walking us through that. Director forbes . Yes. The t. I. Budget, would those improvements come back to the board for review and authorization for actual projects of tenant improvements or is there further review . So with each of the leases that weve executed, there is a negotiation for each tenant on how much the tjpa is contributing to the tenant improvement for that specific space. So with the approval of all the leases, theres been this approve of the amount for all the tenant improvements. I see, so its cash were not performing the tenant improvement. Its an allocation to the tenant . So a portion of it is allocation to the tenant, and then, theres a base building modification to the tenants work, so it might be the floor, some of the utility relocation or bringing the utilities into the space. Director sesay or yeah, go ahead. Oh, similarly thank you, vice chair gee. Subsequently, there would be a budget action or any other actions to apply these funds, is that right . This is a tax allocation proposal, but whatever use would be reflected in the Agency Budgets or project budgets of the board. This is not a project afpprova, this is a tax allocation, that is correct . Theres three separate actions. One is the approval of the sale of the bonds, so yes, we could proceed with the bond sale. Then, theres the budgetary action. Oh, theres a budgetary action . Yes, theres an amendment to the Capital Budget creating and establishing a separate debt budget and establishing a tenant improvement budget. Those are the budgetary actions. Right. And its not necessarily a projectlevel budget. Im understanding it to be an agency action, correct . Correct. Oh, thank you. The Program Budget does not change, so the face one project of 2. 221 billion does not change. Theres money that goes in, money that goes out, but the thank you. Thank you. Director sesay . So i want to comment, the capital reserve, theres a footnote that you noted in your presentation that goes up to 40 million. So have we reflected that cushion in the authorized not to exceed amount . cause i know that youve made assumptions, so were assuming the tax allocation bonds does not payoff the city financing, but it funds these three different buckets, including repayment of t. C. F. And if the city does not generate enough funds im trying to think how that balances out . Do we have enough in terms of authority, nottoexceed amount for you not to continue on . Should there be an allocation be made to the result of the citys finance. Yes. Theres an amount that were asking for that could cover that difference. That cushion also includes a market contingency. If it moves outside of our good faith estimate, we would make sure that if the market moved so significantly that it wasnt advantageous for us to do this, wed come back before we closing. The city board approval process is so lengthy, you have to get it right the first time. In terms of the reserves that youve identified here, my understanding is are they, like, on board reserve so in the event that we want to withdraw from those, it couwou come back to the board to approve . For example, the capital reserve yes yes. So im just wondering whats not needed for phase one that goes into a Program Reserve, where does it get applied and what authority does the tjpa have over those dollars. For the Phase One Program budget, any withdrawals from the Program Reserve any withdrawal above 1 million requires board action. For the fiscal reserve, any withdrawal, regardless of the amount, requires board action. Contributions to the fiscal reserve in excess of 15 require board action. For a capital replacement reserve, the revisions that weve identified allow for the e. D. Or the c. F. O. To make moves in line with the Capital Asset replacement plan. And so the 193 million that we identified as tied to the life cycle replacement of the component of the building. Our guidance would be if its time for the kiosk to be replaced, and whatever that replacement amount is, that would be the recommendation, but then, we would also include it into the annual budgeting process so that theres always board approval for that. It wouldnt just be a unilateral sort of move. And then in terms of the disclosures that were identified here earlier, what most specifically, were talking about the capital replacement reserves that could potentially be on hand for longer than your typical spend down rule. So does that mean that would be a taxable leg so that youd have flexibility to bank that for longer than the threeyear spend down rule . Yes. Everything that would be identified for the capital replacement reserve would be taxable so were not subject to the i. R. S. Spend down rule. It looks like most of it will be respent, Program Reserves and so on. And then, in terms of the action that were taking today, the bond document identified, can you give an idea of what those are, just because thisll be the first time the board will be issuing the issuance of a bond and there are some Disclosure Requirements expected that we should be aware of. You called all the items together, and one of the items is the debt policy revision. So because we hadnt had a public sale before, our debt policy didnt necessarily address public bond sales, so weve gone through and added the things that are necessary for a public sale. So the first sort of action should be approving the debt policy so that it informs the bond documents or the sail of the bonds. In terms of the bond documents that you have that are included in the packet, theres the resolution going through the specific items, so not to exceed 315 million with a good faith estimate attached, so what we could expect by terms of Interest Rate and what were agreeing the terms that were agreeing to for this 315 not to exceed 315 million par. Then, theres a preliminary official statement thats attached, so that would be your offering document to your investors, but since we havent gotten fully through the structuring phase, there arent fill ins in the full amounts, but there are some good faith efforts of what those would be, and they wouldnt exceed 315 million. But you would refer to the actual statements, which is our investor documents. Additionally attached to it is the bond indenture, the disclosure certificate, and the continuing disclosure certificate. Continuing disclosure are the rules that we, tjpa, have to disclose to the investor community. Our financials, if theres any sort of material events in term of our credit changes, increases, decreases, so were committing to disclose to any investor our changes in our financial situation. The purchase contract is a contract between the initial underwriter and tjpa about the terms of the bond sale. And then, the bond indenture is kind of the full out terms of the description of the bonds and how the bonds will act. They wont be completed until we get through the rating agency, insurer conversations, and before we go to pricing, all the documents would become final and disclosed publicly. Thank you. Thats so helpful. And im going to go back to the numbers. So what were approving today in terms of the sources and uses, the 50 billion for t. I. 6, thats whats going to go back in the bucket. The Program Reserve of 35. 5 is the number. Yes. The 29 million is what we will adjustment. That is correct. And if theres moneys to be refunded to the city financing, that would be a separate line item . Yeah. Just im just making sure that what were finalized except for the nuance on the capital reserve and the city financing refunding. Correct. Okay. Thank you. I do want to also acknowledge my communications and actions on this is simply as a board member. As you know, im ocii, office of Community Investment and infrastructure. Im not obligating or committing the agency at this point because there are references to our role in the transaction, more specifically as how increment is facilitatds to the controller. Im just wearing my tjpa hat as an ombudsman. We will have comments on the o. S. And the preliminary shifting. Thank you. Director hursh. Thank you. With that, im happy to move items 16, 17, and 18. Thank you, director hursh. Theres a motion to approve. Is there a second . Second. Motion and second. Clerk great. With a motion first and a second on items 16, 17, and 18 [roll call] clerk thats seven ayes, and items 16, 17, and 18 are approved. Thank you. Congratulations on all the hard work. Now we want to know your ratings. Clerk go ahead and call your next item . Please. Clerk item 19 is approving the applicants to the tjpa Citizens Advisory Committee. Kristina falvo is going to present the item. We dont need a presentation. Do you need a presentation . I dont need a presentation. Ill move. Ill second. Its been moved and seconded to item 19. Clerk no members of the public wishing to comment on that. On item 19 [roll call] clerk thats seven ayes, and item 19 is approved. Chair hull, please pass along our congratulations to the new c. A. C. Members. Clerk all right. Go ahead and all your next item . Yes, please. Clerk item 20 is the election of chair and vice chair pursuant to the tjpa joint power agreement. Looking for a nomination. Looking for discussion pursuant to the nomination of the chair of this board. I would like to make a recommendation. I would like to nominate director sesay to be chair. As many of you know, director sesay has a long history of building the center and the downtown rail extension, and shes also one of the lead architects of the entire Financial Strategy for developing the transbay district which was a central element of the funding strategy for getting built what we have now, and laying the groundwork for the downtown rail extension. She is one of San Franciscos great leaders in Creative Capital financial tied to economic development, and her leadership is not only here but at the california level. She serves on the california debt and advisory commission. I cant think of a better person to lead this project forward than director sesay. I second that motion. Any other nominations . Seeing none, by acclimation, all of those in favor say aye. Ill pass this over to you. So i guess ill open this up for vice chair. Im also happy to nominate, particularly the role that san mateo and caltrain have played in ensuring that the Transbay Center is indeed a regional effort, its in San Francisco, but as weve seen from the way the Citizens Advisory Committee has formed, this project is completely dependent upon the cannoted leader upon the continued leadership of our commission with jeff gee, who has shown strong leadership in this project and for projects throughout the region. May i second that, as well. Okay. All in favor . [inaudible] i look forward to working with you. Thank you. And board in this new capacity as chair. Thank you. Wed shake your hands no. Clerk all right. So director, just to clarify, we have chair sesay taking on and director gee continuing on as vice chair. That does conclude your agenda for today. Okay. We are adjourned. Clerk thank you. My name is doctor ellen moffett, i am an assistant medical examiner for the city and county of San Francisco. I perform autopsy, review medical records and write reports. Also integrate other sorts of testing data to determine cause and manner of death. I have been here at this facility since i moved here in november, and previous to that at the old facility. I was worried when we moved here that because this building is so much larger that i wouldnt see people every day. I would miss my personal interactions with the other employees, but that hasnt been the case. This building is very nice. We have lovely autopsy tables and i do get to go upstairs and down stairs several times a day to see everyone else i work with. We have a bond like any other group of employees that work for a specific agency in San Francisco. We work closely on each case to determine the best cause of death, and we also interact with family members of the diseased. That brings us closer together also. I am an investigator two at the office of the chief until examiner in San Francisco. As an investigator here i investigate all manners of death that come through our jurisdiction. I go to the field Interview Police officers, detectives, family members, physicians, anyone who might be involved with the death. Additionally i take any property with the deceased individual and take care and custody of that. I maintain the chain and custody for court purposes if that becomes an issue later and notify next of kin and make any additional follow up phone callsness with that particular death. I am dealing with people at the worst possible time in their lives delivering the worst news they could get. I work with the family to help them through the grieving process. I am ricky moore, a clerk at the San Francisco medical examiners office. I assist the pathology and toxicology and Investigative Team around work close with the families, loved ones and funeral establishment. I started at the old facility. The building was old, vintage. We had issues with plumbing and things like that. I had a tiny desk. I feet very happy to be here in the new digs where i actually have room to do my work. I am sue pairing, the toxicologist supervisor. We test for alcohol, drugs and poisons and biological substances. I oversee all of the lab operations. The forensic operation here we perform the toxicology testing for the Human Performance and the case in the city of San Francisco. We collect evidence at the scene. A woman was killed after a robbery homicide, and the dna collected from the zip ties she was bound with ended up being a cold hit to the suspect. That was the only investigative link collecting the scene to the suspect. It is nice to get the feedback. We do a lot of work and you dont hear the result. Once in a while you heard it had an impact on somebody. You can bring justice to what happened. We are able to take what we due to the next level. Many of our counterparts in other states, cities or countries dont have the resources and dont have the beautiful building and the equipmentness to really advance what we are doing. Sometimes we go to court. Whoever is on call may be called out of the office to go to various portions of the city to investigate suspicious deaths. We do whatever we can to get our job done. When we think that a case has a natural cause of death and it turns out to be another natural cause of death. Unexpected findings are fun. I have a prior background in law enforcement. I was a Police Officer for 8 years. I handled homicides and suicides. I had been around Death Investigation type scenes. As a Police Officer we only handled minimal components then it was turned over to the coroner or the detective division. I am intrigued with those types of calls. I wondered why someone died. I have an extremely supportive family. Older children say, mom, how was your day. I can give minor details and i have an amazing spouse always willing to listen to any and all details of my day. Without that it would be really hard to deal with the negative components of this job. Being i am a native of San Francisco and grew up in the community. I come across that a lot where i may know a loved one coming from the back way or a loved one seeking answers for their deceased. There are a lot of cases where i may feel affected by it. If from is a child involved or things like that. I try to not bring it home and not let it affect me. When i tell people i work at the medical examiners office. Whawhat do you do . The autopsy . I deal with the a with the enou with the administrative and the families. Most of the time work here is very enjoyable. After i started working with dead people, i had just gotten married and one night i woke up in a cold sweat. I thought there was somebody dead . My bed. I rolled over and poked the body. Sure enough, it was my husband who grumbled and went back to sleep. This job does have lingering effects. In terms of why did you want to go into this . I loved science growing up but i didnt want to be a doctor and didnt want to be a pharmacist. The more i learned about forensics how interested i was of the perfect combination between Applied Science and criminal justice. If you are interested in finding out the facts and truth seeking to find out what happened, anybody interested in that has a place in this field. Being a woman we just need to go for it and dont let anyone fail you, you cant be. With regard to this position in comparison to crime dramas out there, i would say there might be some minor correlations. Lets face it, we arent hollywood, we are real world. Yes we collect evidence. We want to preserve that. We are not scanning fingerprints in the field like a Hollywood Television show. Families say thank you for what you do, for me that is extremely fulfilling. Somebody has to do my job. If i can make a situation that is really negative for someone more positive, then i feel like i am doing the right thing for the city of San Francisco. clapping. San Francisco. I think we have more companies anywhere in the United States its at the amazing statement were not trying to be flashy or shocking just trying to create something new and original were one of the things about the conduct our you enter and turn your your back and just so the orchestra. The most contrary composer of this time if you accountability his music you would think hes a camera come important he become ill and it was crazy he at the end of his life and pushed the boundary to think were not acceptable at this point for sure it had a great influence he was a great influence on the harmonic language on the contemporary up to now. I thought it would be interesting because they have e he was contemporary we use him on this and his life was you kill our wife you get poisons all those things are Great Stories for on opera. I was leaving behind a little bit which those collaborative dancers i was really trying to focus on opera. A friend of mine said well, what would you really want to do i said opera what is it not opera parallel. Why isnt it are that i have the support now we can do that. I realized that was something that wasnt being done in San Francisco no other organization was doing this as opposed to contemporary we are very blessed in San Francisco to have organizations well, i thought that was going to be our speciality you create a conceptual idea for setting the opera and you spear ahead and work with the other sdierndz to create an overview vision thats the final product felt opera. I was very inspired to work with him because the way he looked at the key is the way i looked at sports looking at the daily. So much our mandate is to try to enter disis particular work theres great dancers and theatre actresses and choirs weve worked with and great video artists is a great place to collect and collaborate. I had a model they have a professionally music yes, maam assemble and as a student i benefited from being around this professional on and on soccer ball and as a conductor id be able to work with them and its helped my growth i had a dream of having a professional residential on and on soccer ball to be an imperial it operates as a laboratory we germ a national the ideas technically and work with activity artists and designers and video all over the on any given project to further the way we tell stories to improve our ability to tell stories on stage. Thats part of the opera lab i was to investigate that aspect of renaissance and new work so thats why this piece it is important it was a renaissance composer. There were young people that are not interested in seeing traditional opera and like the quality and its different it has a story telling quality every little detail is integrated and helps to capture the imagination and thats part of the opera how we can use those colors into the language of today. So one of the great things of the stories of opera and story combined with opera music it allows people to let go and be entertained and enjoy the music instead of putting on headphones. Thats what is great about art sometimes everyone loves it because you have to, you know, really great you have to have both some people dont like it and some people do were concerned about that. Its about thirty something out there thats risky. You know, disliked by someone torn apart and thats the whole point of what were drying to do you never take this for granted you make sure it is the best if you can. Hi mayor. Good afternoon. My name is dr. Emily, the director of the San Francisco department on the status of women, the only department on the status of women in the nation. Since 1975, San Francisco has been the home of the strongest commission on the status of women in the nation. Its my pleasure to welcome you to the annual womens History Month celebration. This year we celebrate the National Theme of valiant women of the vote. We honor the brave women who fought for suffrage rights for women and those who continue to fight for the Voting Rights of others. Im very pleased to say were joined by many members of the family. If you could hold your applause, well give them a big applause after. Carmen chu, board of supervisors norman yee, catherine stephanie, sandra lee fewer, and fire chief nicholson, and police chief william scott. So lets give them a big round of applause for showing up today. [applause] i also like to recognize Womens Commissioner sophia and julie from the commission on the status of women. [applause] also joining us is president linda calhoun, and lisa of the friends on the commission of the status of women. [applause] and i just want to thank my associate director carol for her exceptional support for todays event. We are also joined by many Women Department heads, raise your hand if youre a Woman Department head. [cheering and applause] , as well as many Women Leaders serving on our commissions and boards. Can we have a wave from our Womens Commission and board members. [applause] so we mark 100 years since the passage of the 19th amendment. Its important to remember that as the sixth state to ratify the 19th amendment, california has played a major role in the suffrage movement. Newly uncovered historical sources put together by the neighborhood history project indicates that San Francisco was a site of the first ever suffrage march in 1908. Over 100 years ago, suffrage leaders picketed the white house, went to jail, endured intense personal suffering in order to secure the vote for women. I do want to note, this is my last womens History Month as the department head. I will be leaving my position at the end of the month, after 15 years of service. I had the honor to serve former mayor now governor gavin, the late great mayor ed lee, and the first africanamerican women and the second woman to be elected to be the mayor of San Francisco, the one and only london breed. She has made equity for all, including gender equity a hallmark of her administration. Shes working everyday to achieve a vision of San Francisco that is inclusive, fair, and compassionate, one that stands up and supports all its residents. She has a great team and i want to thank two members of her exceptional staff, senior policy advisor nicole and appoint secretary who helped with todays program. [cheering and applause] finally before i bring the mayor out, i want to thank the hard working staff of the Mayors Office of Neighborhood Services who makes these celebrations so special for the entire city. So, please join me in welcoming mayor london breed and happy womens History Month. [cheering and applause] thank you emily. I dont know if you all heard emily say this is one of her last women History Month events as director of the commission on the status of women and she has done an incredible job leading this department for so many years. Lets give her a round of applause for her service. [cheering and applause] and thank you to all the women who are here. They are not just women commissioners from the commission on the status of women, they are women commissioners who serve in various capacities in this city that has joined us here today to celebrate womens History Month in San Francisco. We know that there are still a number of inequalities that still exist for women. In fact, as a woman mayor, i still believe it or not, experience some of those when im even in meetings, even today, dealing with the challenges of the city. Questions that i get asked i know if i was not a woman, i would never get asked. The fact is that we made a tremendous number of gains. I look around and i look at the fact that so many of you serve in so many capacities. Even think of the history of our Police Department and we see now deputy chief and the other leading women who are basically running the Police Department in San Francisco. [cheering and applause] we see members of our board of supervisors, our fire chief, Jeanine Nicholson and so many other incredible leaders who continue to lead this city as the director of departments, commissioners, president of the commissions, and we also know that it shouldnt take 30 years to have the second female mayor of San Francisco. So while we come a long way, we know that there is still a long way to go. As emily has said, we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment giving the women the right to vote. It is time ladies that we exercise that right to vote. We know there is power when we serve on boards and commissions. We know there is power when we are at the table making the decisions that impact our lives. Just think about it. The fact that we are even discussing in the year 2020 a womans right to choose and we have to get out there and defend that, even in 2020 is absolutely insane. It means the work that we do now is important, more than it has ever been. I mean think about what San Francisco has done. Significant policies that the rest of the country is following, including our paid parental leave which people are still excited and talking about today. [cheering and applause] things that address the challenges of motherhood that people who may not have babies understand what mothers have to do in the workplace to of course make a living and take care of their families. There is still work we need to do. Todays honorees represent San Francisco values at their very best because the work they do highlights the need to do more, to get people to register to vote, to get more people interested in causes and policies that impact women, to help understand how our voices are important. When we come together and we vote, we make magic happen. We make change happen. We make the kinds of policies we know need to be here, even when were no longer here. We dont want 20 years from now the next generation fighting for a womans right to choose. We dont want the next generation fighting for the same policy that should already exist in this city that protect and support women. So todays honorees represent, as i said, incredible women who really have focused on advancing the rights of women, who are spending a lot of their time trying to get women registered to vote, to address what we know, even in San Francisco as we see a lower voter turnout, we know disproportionately that it impacts people of color and women. So getting women registered, getting them to turn out to vote is important and having organizations that are dedicated to that cause is also significantly important. Our first honoree is a local American Woman of color who is a child of immigrants who came to the United States. She worked tirelessly to engage women, register them to vote, and connect them with volunteer and civic opportunities. Have you ever come across people who say what do i do . How do i get involved . Whats the next step . People have no idea what to do. Nadia has been doing this work to help motivate and get women, especially women who have not been actively engaged, engaged. She volunteered a lot of her time during the 2018 midterm elections, traveling and california, speaking with people across the state and educating communities on how to get involved and how to register to vote. She has been working to bring women together and to take action. So please ladies and gentlemen, help welcome nadia roman and shes this years woman im honoring for black History Month. [cheering and applause] thank you so much mayor breed. Thank you for being a pioneer and modeling leadership in every way for girls and women in San Francisco, especially for girls and women of color. Mayor breeds work to cut red tape in city hall, take on the citys housing shortage, and end homelessness in San Francisco ensures that this city can truly be a home for everyone. Thank you for everyone who came out to participate today. Its great to see this balcony be full and see many familiar faces in the crowd as well. Thank you for participating in the celebration of womens History Month. 2020 is such an important year in so many ways and there is a lot to celebrate and look back on, including 100 years since the 19th amendment was added to the u. S. Constitution, finally giving women the right to vote. So securing that right to vote, we heard a little bit about everything that went into that. So the formal Women Suffrage Movement start in 1848, 72 years before that amendment was adopted into the constitution. 30 years after that, in 1878 was actually one of the 1st amendments that was introduced and it failed. Finally in 1920, a 100 years ago, it was adopted. Women and their allies secured the right to vote. So as we look ahead into the rest of 2020, were already in march now. I ask that we all be attuned to the time that were in right now. Mayor breed did a great job of talking about how our Civil Liberties are under attack and thats particularly affecting women and also women of color, specifically. So lets be intentional on how we choose to spend our time this year. Its of critical importance that we Pay Attention and do the work of winning elections for people that share our values. San franciscan values of equity, inclusiveness, and radical acceptance. If the suffrage that worked towards their goal for decades, for 72 years in a formal way across multiple generations of women and men, we can commit to eight months to get us to november 2020, right . Yeah. [applause] so im going to conclude my remarks with and ask of you all. Please push yourselves harder this year. Pay more attention, be more informed, push yourself to whatever your personal commitment to Civic Engagement looks like. That can be calling a friend or a relative tomorrow to remind them to vote in the california primary. That can be canvassing for a candidate that inspires you in a swing district in california or a swing state somewhere in the United States. Lets all commit to being as informed and engaged as possible this year and lets hold on to that beyond november 2020 so we dont find ourselves back in this place ever again. If you ever think about tuning out or turns off this year or in the future, please think of those who worked for decades for the right to vote. Thank you. [cheering and applause] thank you. So, the next honorees for today are a group of incredible, Inspiring Women who decided after the election in 2016 when the other 45 was elected, i dont know about you, but that night i was campaigning for my reelection for supervisor district five and i was Walking Around the neighborhood and i ran into a young woman who basically was in tears and so many people were hurt. I mean i won that election, but i was still devastated by the results of what happened as a result of that election. As a result of that, these incredible women got together and they said you know what . Were going to do something because i dont eastbound even want to talk about what we all know that this president has done, that has not only been offensive to women, but continue to roll back many of the gains we have made. They came together and they really started a movement. The womens march has really been a place that has brought so many women together for inspiring speeches, to connect with other women, and yes there are some men that show up too. Theyre always welcome with open arms, but what i notice about the men that show up, theyre showing up with their daughters. Theyre showing up with their moms. Theyre showing up with their family members in solidarity for what we know we need to call attention to the challenges that women continue to face in this country. Its clear that no matter what political spectrum you are on, there is a sincere need for women to come together for the purpose of talking about the things that matter to us the most. So this has created a platform, the womens march has just really taken on a whole other dimension. Its not only expanded to other cities throughout the country, where they even had a womens march in napa. I was thinking because i love wine, i was going to join them. I was already committed to San Francisco. Theyre not just focused on a womens march, theyre focused on advocacy and support year round, in helping to outreach, to get more women registered, to get more people actively engaged, to make sure theyre turning out. So they are all volunteers spending their time in order to provide a platform for women all over the country. The people here in San Francisco. They do it with a lot of love and lot of complaints from other people. [laughter] but they still try to provide the opportunity for people to be heard and to be recognized, and diverse community, and i know its a lot of work, but you still do it every single year, even though sometimes it may feel like oh, i dont want to do it again this year, its a lot of work. Were with you, we appreciate what youre doing and as long as were here in San Francisco, well be there to sported support the work you continue to do. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time i want to invite up one of our commissioners from the commission on the status of women. Sophia andari and ann to say a few words and to really thank them along with theres a bunch of women who helped to coordinate this event every single year. So after these ladies say a few words, were going to ask them to come up for a photo. [cheering and applause] good afternoon. My name is sophia, im a Founding Member and cochair of womens march San Francisco. Im joined by Founding Member elizabeth, kelly, martha, heath heather, janet who is here in spirit, shes working, and cochair ann. We have other leads of womens march San Francisco as well. Were all right here. On behalf of womens march San Francisco, thank you mayor breed for this incredible honor. Thank you so much. A group of 10 women came together right after the november 2016 election, not knowing the impact that we would have on each other and our communities. Over 100,000 marched on january 21, 2017, in the pouring rain. Pouring rain, yes. To affirm our commitment to womens rights, human rights, Civil Liberties, and social justice for all. Since then, we have partnered with Numerous Community organizations to continue that work through events, marches, and action to keep our communities civicically engaged. Stressing the importance of voting, getting involved in local and national campaigns, and empowering women to run for office and take on more leadership positions. Commissioners, more commissioners, now regardless of the outcome of the upcoming election, we cannot afford to be idle anymore. We need to show up with our votes for our most marginalized, elect more women, especially women of color, run for office, and take on more leadership roles so that women take 51 of seats in local government in the senate and the house, in boardrooms, and in all rooms where decisions are being made. [cheering and applause] thank you again for honoring our team to the mayor and the Mayors Office and the commission on status of women. Im going to hand it over to my cochair ann. [cheering and applause] again, thank you so much for everybody whos come out today. Im the cochair of the womens march with sophia. As sophia highlighted, none of the womens marches accomplishments over the last four years would be possible without the volunteers and the partners we had working an organizing on nights, weekends, and any other moments of time we could find. I would like to thank our Leadership Team that we have here today. Crystal, robin, ariel, and all the talent and hard work you bring to this organization. I also like to express our deepest thanks to the partners that helped us put this together. This includes planned parenthood of northern california, the womens building, the js c. F. S. , glide, care f. S. , and the league of women voters in San Francisco. [cheering and applause] our mission is to empower everyone that stands for human rights, Civil Liberties, and socialing social justice for all. We will continue to organize to march because the most marginalized among us is defending all of us. In 2020, this marks 100 years of women gaining the right to vote. The women that demanded this right were extraordinary in their conviction and ordinary in the fact that it was a Critical Mass of people coming together to demand more. To all the women that marched for us, who were arrested for us, who gave their lives for women to have their voice and votes be heard, we honor you today and we promise to humbly continue in your footsteps to all among us achieve equity. Thank you all for having us to celebrate. Thank you mayor breed and happy womens History Month. [cheering and applause] so thank you. As the women who are on the board for the womens march come forward so we can take a photo together. I just want to take this opportunity to thank all of you for coming out today to celebrate these incredible women, to kick off womens History Month. Tomorrow, the board of supervisors will be hosting their owner is moan ceremony starting at 2 30 where i know theyre going to be honoring some phenomenal women like we are today. So thank you all so much for being here. After this photo, i also like to take a photo with all the women commissioners and Women Department heads that are joining us. I want to take advantage of this incredible opportunity. You know, i know that it feels like there are challenging times ahead of us, especially in San Francisco and throughout this country. When i look around this room here today, when i think about so many of the incredible inspiring leaders that are with us right here on this balcony, i cant help but be excited about what we are going to do to change the future for the better because we know that we are stronger when we come together. There is nothing we cant accomplish. So we want to keep that in mind as we move forward with these challenges. We are going to take it all head on. We are going to do it because you know what . When women are in charge, great things happens. [laughter] thank you all so much. [cheering and applause] the meeting for april 14, 2020 is now called to order. Role call, please. Pair role call . It looks like were missing one board member . Miss collins. Do we know