Present. John baptiste is not here but expected. Director lipkin. Why present. Why director syed. Here. Director tumlin. Here. Vice chair mandelman is not here but expected and chair gee. Present. We have quorum. Next item. Communication. We would like to note the process for members of the public to make comment members may comment during Public Comment in person or remote. Call in line is a courtesy and availability may be disrupted due to technical difficulties and in person will be taken first and remote taken after. The call in line is on the agenda and dialing instructions should be scrolling on the screen on sfgovtv. There are other communications . I want to say thank you to director shaw. Come on up. Thank you for your service on tjpa and all you criminalitied to the board and to Sales Force Transit Center and positioning the portal project for success. And wish you well on your next assignment the mtc committee. And we know where to find you. Questions and comments and though
Present. John baptiste is not here but expected. Director lipkin. Why present. Why director syed. Here. Director tumlin. Here. Vice chair mandelman is not here but expected and chair gee. Present. We have quorum. Next item. Communication. We would like to note the process for members of the public to make comment members may comment during Public Comment in person or remote. Call in line is a courtesy and availability may be disrupted due to technical difficulties and in person will be taken first and remote taken after. The call in line is on the agenda and dialing instructions should be scrolling on the screen on sfgovtv. There are other communications . I want to say thank you to director shaw. Come on up. Thank you for your service on tjpa and all you criminalitied to the board and to Sales Force Transit Center and positioning the portal project for success. And wish you well on your next assignment the mtc committee. And we know where to find you. Questions and comments and though
Present. John baptiste is not here but expected. Director lipkin. Why present. Why director syed. Here. Director tumlin. Here. Vice chair mandelman is not here but expected and chair gee. Present. We have quorum. Next item. Communication. We would like to note the process for members of the public to make comment members may comment during Public Comment in person or remote. Call in line is a courtesy and availability may be disrupted due to technical difficulties and in person will be taken first and remote taken after. The call in line is on the agenda and dialing instructions should be scrolling on the screen on sfgovtv. There are other communications . I want to say thank you to director shaw. Come on up. Thank you for your service on tjpa and all you criminalitied to the board and to Sales Force Transit Center and positioning the portal project for success. And wish you well on your next assignment the mtc committee. And we know where to find you. Questions and comments and though
Sitting in and note this director baptiste will be absent due to scheduling conflict. Directors,il call roll. Director emeltansy. Forbes. Present. Director lipkin. Why present. Director ruiz. Present. Director seyed. Present. Vice chair mandelman. Present. Next item. Item 3 is communication. We would like to note the process for the public. Members of the public may comment on the meeting during Comment Period in person or remote the line is a courtesy and availability may be disrupted due to technical difficulties or otherwise. In person comment first. Remote comment taken after. The public call in line is agenda dialing instructions scrolling on the bottom of the screen on sfgovtv. Are there communications . I will check for public ment in the room. I will check online. Seeing none online i will proceed to the next item. Director item 4 is Board Directors new and old business, im not aware. Item 5 is the executive directors want and director adam van de water will present the item. G
In a very contemporary fashion. That base, that thicker base is at the lower five floors and the additional metal depth also does a couple of things for us. It helps us mitigate the effect of wind shooting down the exterior of the building. So imaging that this will be a very calm environment when it comes to controlling wind. And it also allows us to address the whole issue of how to avoid birds flying into the structure. That extra depth and and keeping the birds from hitting the building. If you look across first street you see one of the key retail lobbies of the center at the street level. And you see the entrance to parking and you see the relationship between the north edge of the Transit Center and the south edge of the tower. Now, you are standing across mission street. At the corner of mission and freemont. Once again you see the heavier metallic work at the base of the tower and you see the grove of redwoods and the sculpture at the corner and you see how lively and prominen