Test test test i pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. To the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [reading items] we do have speaker card. Aaron thorton and then kevin carol. Hello my name is aaron thorton. I am from stacy architects. Im speaking on behalf of of the project today which has been continued. Im here to speak anyway. Ive been to the groundbreaking of the ground project that came before the Court Commission about a year ago. Really excited to see that project started on a really look forward to the groundbreaking. They have been great partners as we have been developing the project area im excited to see that freeway site developed. I just wanted to add our support to the project. Thank you very much. Thank you. Kevin carol and then bill hannon good afternoon commissioners. I am the president and ceo of the Hotel Council of San Francisco. Im here to speak in support of the project and
But i think our conversation, when we were developing the work plan with you for the current fiscal year, was that each bond program would appear before you twice in a year. Once you would have a formal report from the bond Program Managers of the type that was just given on the Public Health bond. In the opposite six month point and the calendar, you would have a liason report, like mr. Lurkin gave, and the advantage would be the forcing function of having the liason have an opportunity to anticipate that item, set up a meeting with bond Program Managers, ask any questions they had, so that the content could be focused on things that are of most of interest to goback. And there was a concern you would get detailed reports and pretty pictures, but not much of a chance to focus on issues that are of concern for you. The liason focus was a test. I should have also reminded the m. T. A. Program manager that having that Program Manager appear during the agenda item would be an expectation
Developing the work plan with you for the current fiscal year, was that each bond program would appear before you twice in a year. Once you would have a formal report from the bond Program Managers of the type that was just given on the Public Health bond. In the opposite six month point and the calendar, you would have a liason report, like mr. Lurkin gave, and the advantage would be the forcing function of having the liason have an opportunity to anticipate that item, set up a meeting with bond Program Managers, ask any questions they had, so that the content could be focused on things that are of most of interest to goback. And there was a concern you would get detailed reports and pretty pictures, but not much of a chance to focus on issues that are of concern for you. The liason focus was a test. I should have also reminded the m. T. A. Program manager that having that Program Manager appear during the agenda item would be an expectation so that any questions could be answered. So
Liason report in the format we talked about for this fiscal year. There has been a little bit of confusion about how to deliver this content, but i think our conversation, when we were developing the work plan with you for the current fiscal year, was that each bond program would appear before you twice in a year. Once you would have a formal report from the bond Program Managers of the type that was just given on the Public Health bond. In the opposite six month point and the calendar, you would have a liason report, like mr. Lurkin gave, and the advantage would be the forcing function of having the liason have an opportunity to anticipate that item, set up a meeting with bond Program Managers, ask any questions they had, so that the content could be focused on things that are of most of interest to goback. And there was a concern you would get detailed reports and pretty pictures, but not much of a chance to focus on issues that are of concern for you. The liason focus was a test. I
Or are there some programs that you report on, for whatever reason, are undergoing a cleanup . I mention this because this terminology has been used to question how far along the testing, if you will, or the fixing of our Financial Reporting system is. And since then d. P. W. Is by far the largest department, having the most numbers to actually report, im bringing these questions because we wanted you to share how comfortable you, as project managers and Program Managers, are in looking at the numbers reported from below, and aggregating it to report it to the public and ourselves. What ill say is, i, myself, is not the expert in the financial system, the next time we can have our Deputy Director of finance, and her name is julie dawsen, and she can definitely provide a more indepth analysis of what we are. The term you use, cleanup, refers to us going into each project and trying to assess, i think, some of the labor side, where there has been ongoing effort to true up some of the ove