Art. And so those are just some of the highlights of the things they really noted as the best praks on the projects so i will have the report for the board in december. And finally i want the board to know that we have been working throughout the year as we have in years past on the rail extension on the project we have been working with the rail and the federal Rail Administration and we hear about the work and the advances on the engineering on the bath front and updated the cost and schedule and reviews the various delivery methods as a path forward to delivering the project. We have been asked, how can we deliver the extension and what are the options and you will be hearing about the various objections and sources later in the presentation. I should add that some time ago we briefed the board on a study that we asked sifel consulting to conduct. What benefits will come as a result of having a new Transit Center with the buses and rail and marks and the report has been completed an
Metal and incorporated the design which many people are excited about. And a number of elements saving millions of dollars for the project. Next month, we are going to publish the statement and expect to receive an unqualified opinion which is the highest level of confidence that any Public Agency can receive on the financial records and books and so we continue to do good work on that front. I thank our cfo and her finance team for the good work that they are doing there, we started as you know permanent construction of the station by pouring the foundation at the rail levels and we are joined by the board by our chair person kim and mayor lee and leader pelosi. , and so that was an mrirment and we also were awarded the steel contract and this month, we put out to bid, the current loft and skylights and so we are starting to move quickly now on all of the work that needs to happen to bring the station above ground and i want to let the board and the public know that we received a comp
Dont say for purposes we wont be where were not. The citizens have talked about the improvements and the numbers are fantastic. How about plenty of cops and theyll be everywhere. The number of officers in the San Francisco Police Department remains the same although the director ruskin mentioned that the board of supervisors are staffing United States we have about one hundred officers but the officers are discharged through the muni. Numbers of arrests in the Police Department are way up across the board the number of i dont have it handy but i can get it for you. No, but thats worth mentioning dan referenced with the people on the bus were so e. R. Grossed in the technology of their cell phones they didnt notice the gunman. We want to tell me to Pay Attention to your cell phone usage. Right so davids question what about the secondary market in cell phone its way too easy to move a cell phone. Thats why i said you wouldnt walk down the street carrying cash. In the the first time weve
Good morning, and welcome to the Transbay Joint Power Authority board of directors meeting for thursday, november 14th. Can we take roll call please . Sure, i will note for the regard due to the scheduling conflicts, sartipi and lloyd are absent and lee will join us. Harper, present. Here. Lee. Present. Metcalf. Here. And director reiskin . Present. And chair kim. Here. Madam chair you do have a quorum. Thank you, are there any communications today . Seeing none, any board of directors new or old business . Seeing none, we will move on to the executive directors report. Good morning directors and members of the public, typically we dont hold a december meeting because of schedule travel and so forth and november is our last Board Meeting given that this is most likely our last meeting of the year i would like to report on the highlights, in particular since director lee is joining us today and has not been with us this last year. And the various things that we accomplished and with res
Private. Okay. Any comments . I think ultimately this comes to two views and as the acting da said the views are not protected. Id make a motion to uphold deny the appeal. Uphold the permit on the boos that the planning and code im sorry what. Dont error. Thank you for correcting me. Im sorry its okay. We have a motion to uphold this permit on the basis its code compliant. On that motion to uphold commissioner fong is absent calling names thank you. The vote is 4 to zero and the permit is upheld on that basis. No other business. Okay. The meeting is hello, s lee here with activities worth buzzing about. There is much to do and see in sfrangs San Francisco and we like to do it in the cheap. We like to enjoy the arts. Join us for the korean culture festival from 114 00 p. M. And features dance and activities and fun feast of foods. Welcome aboard the Rainbow Warrior this sunday. This vessel is the newest generation of green peace historic fleet and the most environmentally Sail Technolog