Questions you might have. Thank you. Thank you very much for that overview. I know that our office work add lot on the registry issue. Given that a law was passed but we also noticed that it wasnt really updated as well. And i think as we go on into our other presentations, one of my observations now is that even if we were to have this wonderfully filled database of all the vacancis that that still might not address the issues that were dealing with in terms of the changing nature of retail. I really like the suggestions that were offered in this report. Supervisor fewer . Thank you very much. I just have one question. You mentioned that the city of chicago charges a vacancy property Registration Fee every since months if property is vai cants with higher fees charged if the property is reported by complaint rather than selfreported by the owner. Cefjs im wondering has the city of chicago spaoefrntion add decline in vacant store fronts since it has implemented higher fees and properti
Meeting to go over their overview with our project leadership. They have delivered a project plan which we will be finalizing over the next few months. And they have also delivered their directionsetting schedule so we could start scheduling our people to meet and go over the direction setting. please stand by . But were going to make sure everybody is on the same page. Well be on boarding the employees that will be transfering to this effort. Groupwork and key organizational scoping questions are being answered right now. Preparation for direction setting, that is happening at this time. So we have a lot of work to get ready to build. But we have to have a lot of questions answered and we have to get everybody ready. So, we do have some risk. And the leadership is aware of this. So, i believe this is something that we could manage and what is a risk this is not a showstopper risk, but one other big risk is the upcoming direction setting session will require significant Time Commitment
Enter contest. If we build it will they come. Yes. All right. Colleagues questions or comments okay. Seeing none then i think well go to Public Comment on this item theres a lot more work to do on item 10 . Please come on up good morning im tim ive been involved in this for 20 years i think the staff report is very good but i urge you to drill further into f it when newsom was mayor a threat well have a billion dollars business station with no train he directed a task force to create when ruled in the increase in pipelines pipes and zoning in the area that helped to fund the melrose district to provide fund for the downtown extension now the melrose funds turns out to be more wonderful than we thought and a chunk into the increasing costs of terminal you now look at we are on the road to a 2 billion bus terminal with two no extension i cant imagine the transit will not scream like a stuffed pig in not having their bus storage yard theyre a partner but cant be dismissed why not dismiss
Other departments here but i want to know which departments how many of the city departments are having this as a measurement . Because i think its important to gauge from a Customer Experience standpoint how much time it takes for people to go through the process . In the report it says on average someone i think went through a process and took four months but we see cases someone went through and waited two years to do a full build out. Yeah, we didnt find that i recall and my team can speak to this maybe any departments that could readily produce that information. There were some places where you could discern part of it by digging deep through the data but it wasnt a top line item for any of the departments that we spoke with. Okay. And second question is based on one of the recommendations as well is to link the low awareness permits and have them packaged together with the critical to open permits so applicants can apply for them simultaneously. There was an example pointed out a
Miser. Its like saying goodbye to the tin man. Weve been working on 6 years of working on this museum. Perkins and wills contribution. The number of the architecture and design. I do want to call them out. And, [ cheers and applause ] i didnt forget that. There was a series of architects who were working the set and this had to do it during a construction period was matsushida. You did all the the stress work. Thank you very much. [ applause ] and then of course we had to have someone supervise construction. And everyone knows contractor stories and people have the Horror Stories from their house and wherever you go when you go a people have that story. We dont have that story because we use webcor. You cannot believe the professionalism, the quality. Eric was sending emails multiple times seven 7 days a week. The organization of this project could never happen without webcors pro bono support and the dedication of those individuals. We want to call them out and thank them. [ applause