I was with mr. Roosevelt in casablanca. And i was part of the victory in north africa. I was a success. But thing that makes me a success most of all is this. Ive made a friend. I the soldier. Wherever you see one, i guess the other wont be behind. And that goes for now. And then fighting together. And for after the war, when well be building together. Because the rumor is going around right, that, gee is here to stay. Weve got a great conversation to cap off productive and engaging day. And then you certainly are program this evening and well continue in that honor but we have here author and historian from the jenny craig institute, dr. Mark calhoon neal discusses his book. General Leslie Mcnair unsung architect of the u. S. Army. Now, marks book seeks to restore the general known as one of marshalls forgotten men, to his place in American Military history. Now with us on stage is dr. John mcmanus. He will lead the discussion john, as you know, had a great conversation yesterday with
All right, madam vice chair. Sorry everyone, for the difficulties. All right. For members of the public, we are on item number two. Public comment has been closed and we were taking action on the july 21st minutes. Madam vice chair. Um, i believe commissioner williams moved to approve the minutes. Oh commissioner preston moved to approve the minutes. Do i have a second . Second . All right. On the motion moved by commissioner preston, seconded by commissioner williams. Commissioner preston. Hi, preston. I commissioner williams i. Williams i vice chair fielder i fielder i. There are three eyes. All right. And madam clerk, can you please call item number three . And the minutes are approved as presented. Item number three is electric bikes for delivery workers. Pilot Program Update members of the public wish to provide comment on this item should line up to speak now or press star three. If you are joining us remotely. Madam vice chair. All right. We will now hear from anna cerrudo and c
The order of 20 million on a preliminary basis. More flexibility with Priest Reservoir supply and also hydro power benefits which are currently under evaluation. And so the schedule for this project would be essentially to begin our ceqa and nea process immediately. That would take a little over two years. In parallel, we would do our design process and also the rightofway accusations that are needed for the project for staging areas and access and we would expect to issue notice to proceed on construction in the spring of 2020. At that point, the contractor would mobilize and start doing the excavations necessary for the downstream control new portal at priest. They would do that work in isolation from the existing tunnel and then in 2021, which is our first shutdown, which is shown in red on that chart, we would tie that new downstream control facility into the existing tunnel. Now that is a 60day shutdown. If you recall, before we had that control, we have to drain Priest Reservoir.
Conveyance capacity benefits, operational flexibility, maintenance, reduction costs excuse me, reduction in maintenance and Operations Costs over the 100year life of the tunnel, expected to be on the order of 20 million on a preliminary basis. More flexibility with Priest Reservoir supply and also hydro power benefits which are currently under evaluation. And so the schedule for this project would be essentially to begin our ceqa and nea process immediately. That would take a little over two years. In parallel, we would do our design process and also the rightofway accusations that are needed for the project for staging areas and access and we would expect to issue notice to proceed on construction in the spring of 2020. At that point, the contractor would mobilize and start doing the excavations necessary for the downstream control new portal at priest. They would do that work in isolation from the existing tunnel and then in 2021, which is our first shutdown, which is shown in red on