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 project team, and thompson from the High Speed Rail Group and j
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 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
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 the improvements and on the second item, regarding the opportunity to revisit the uniform height and level boarding for cal train and high
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