There we go. I think that it is important to note that the recommendations that came from this report, were really are not confirming what we already knew. And the specific recommendations are that we actually implemented, were in the works prior to the report being issued. So there were really not any surprises for us and the first recommendation that came out of the report was that the construction estimate be updated at the time that the estimate was over 2 years old. And we received 100 percent construction drawings last april and our 100 percent cd estimate was completed in february and reconciled with the other estimates of tjpa. And the second recommendation to review the construction documents and bit manual to eliminate the design build and response responsibility and that was really with the bid packages at the time that were originally issued, the documents were less than 100 Percent Complete and it was unclear as to what extent the bidders will be required to fill in the bl
Meeting on september 11th. And the first item is regarding the formation of the special task district for the transbay, district, and it is disappointing the developers, backed out of the tentative deal, discussed in early september. And however, we are pleased and we want to thank the board of supervisor and all involved for approving the resolution, for the formation of the special tax district up holding the cfd tax rates as outlined in the tcpd and it will be unfortunate and disappointing if the developers move forward with any lawsuits that will jeopardize the completing of the transbay, Transit Center, and the top park and the downtown extension and the improvements and on the second item, regarding the opportunity to revisit the uniform height and level boarding for cal train and high speed rail, i attended the cal train rail panel discussion, in Mountain View on september 29th. And the panel members, were dave cal train, and ben from high speed rail and brian from the tjpa proj
To be a give from one or the other, or there is some Creative Solutions that i can cant conceive of in terms of how to get that and i think, you know, just speaking from San Francisco, and from transbay joint powers authority, you know, our highest preference and need is really a common boarding platform, just because we are constricted in spa is space for the tunnel and the under grouped and we cant change that shape and it might be possible in san jose, and i dont know inaudible at all to add tracks, and with the different boarding platforms but that, and we are not going to have that same flexibility and i would reiterate that from our end that we have to see a common platform and i am glad that you are country confident that we are going to get there in 60 days. You mentioned the cap and trade funds, are these funds to pay if there are different for the different in the cost of the high platform trains . That is part of what we are investigating right now, and it is certainly a con
Other bid is coming in above estimate this was one quite below estimate which of course is good news . And any concerns with that . And the second question is about operationally all of this bol lards and blocking mechanisms and explain how they actually function and only when the facility is closed or how is it going to work in terms of buses coming in and out of the facility all the time and perhaps why we even need them. The fact that we have the bids under budget thats a [inaudible] all of us. Great. What were seeing is what we sought all along in cases we had several bidders and with the bollards and barriers we had four bidders so we had competitive bids. We had high bids but the remaining three were competitive so thus far every time we had four bidders we had good numbers and competitive bids, and as they do aggressive outreach in order to maximize the number of bidders and if we continue to get three or four bids more we expect to get good results. If not we expect to see high
This report will focus on two items as a focus to the report at the last Board Meeting on september 11th. And the first item is regarding the formation of the special task district for the transbay, district, and it is disappointing the developers, backed out of the tentative deal, discussed in early september. And however, we are pleased and we want to thank the board of supervisor and all involved for approving the resolution, for the formation of the special tax district up holding the cfd tax rates as outlined in the tcpd and it will be unfortunate and disappointing if the developers move forward with any lawsuits that will jeopardize the completing of the transbay, Transit Center, and the top park and the downtown extension and the improvements and on the second item, regarding the opportunity to revisit the uniform height and level boarding for cal train and high speed rail, i attended the cal train rail panel discussion, in Mountain View on september 29th. And the panel members,