Apprentice themselves. Thank you, that concludes my report. Thank you. And so could we call the next item, please . The next item is the Citizens Advisory Committee update. Thank you. And i see that our vice chair, bruce aggott. Thank you for being here. 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 th
Much more of a custom vehicle, and fewer options in terms of the kinds of vehicles that you could consider for procurement and so that is what is really driving our consideration, the need for 2020 and the spectrum of vehicles available. So most are custom and are there any that are off of the shelf . Are there 24 inches . Not that meet the operational criteria. Okay. That we are looking for. That is the challenge that we run into. I think that that is the challenge for both entities that they are both looking to get the broadest number of bids and the, you know, the broadest swath of the companies and it is different for either. And so there is going to have 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 const
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 project team, and thompson from the High Speed Rail Group and jillian the director of the policy of the city and county of San Francisco and this panel was moderated by dina,
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 consideration. Okay. Thank you so much. Are there any other. Director . If i understand from the prepttation, that the 50 inch platform gives you more speed. Yes. So, can i
Bridge toll plaza this morning where as you can see, it is quite wet. You can see the rain drops there on the camera. Rain is pouring down across much of the bay area. Causing problems on the roadways. Well have more on what you can expect if youre getting ready to head out the door. Welcome to mornings on 2. It is saturday february 8 im mike mibach. Im claudine wong. And lots of green behind you. You said it. Wet and breezy for the entire weekend. Heaviest over the north base. Parts of the east bay and south bay getting a break. Lets head to the north bay first, where we have moderate pockets in and around santa rosa. You can see moderate rain falling in between windsor and highway 28. Perhaps shifting just a little bit east over the next 10 to 15 minutes. If i get into and along the peninsula, we have steady rain falling here. San jose, light showers, but some areas along the east bay, again, actually seeing a bit of a break. Well continue with this rain on and off and on through the