happy new year. >> i missed you all for the january meeting so happy new year welcome to the year of the dragon and happy pie day for the discounted prices transbay joint powers authority board of directors meeting this morning at 9:30 am., thursday, march 14, 2024. roll call. >> vice chair mandelman

present. >> director john-baptiste present. >> director lipkin present. >> director syed present. >> director tumlin here and vice chair mandelman present and chair gee present as well we have quorum should you. >> call the next item. >> . >> communications. note the process for the members of the may comment on the meeting during public comment periods. tjpa also plans to provide a call-in line for remote public comment at the meeting. we may have technical technical difficulties or otherwise. in-person public comment will be taken first; remote public comment will be taken after. at the bottom of the screen with that, any other communications directors? >> seeing none.

>> call the next item. board of director's new and old business. and. >> 5. executive director's report. downtown rail extension (dtx)/the portal update. good morning directors nice to see you after a month away chair covered the holidays. the an eventful two months and i'll be covering a couple of temples in the report starting on dtx positive news for the world program starting last month with the fta of the medium high rating about 63 to 65 projects in the pipeline and have a rating only 6 have a medium high rating so the medium high sounds like kind of okay. but the one is higher nationally with that

the mayor is blessed to have two of them. that is of 0 you are first piece of good news on monday the billing's budget for $500 million for the project so this is money coming to the agency but there are two things need to happen before we get the money with occasional approval and two a down payment on the funding grant agreement we reported previously our goals have been to close up to 25 percent of our funding plan. but with this comes a federal partner and commitment the signal they're in the engineering phase and confirmation we asked for 49 percentage the total cost is $2 million with the train box

and we'll get that confirmation to the channel. with that, confirmation with the committed sources brings up three quarters of a way fund a puts us on a path for frurment of preconstruction ultimately construction and of the long held regional pirate a huge support and put some pressure on us to close that remaining gap we previously recorded a number of sources with the city partners with the local remaining land sources and impact fees thank you,tion an enrollment in the transportation commission with the transit enterer capital program and our

fringes carried out the fund in their business plan for the capital and spent time in sacramento tangling with legislators and administration about the extension of cap and trade and looking forward to a discussion at the end assembly on that course of this year and eventually next to extend that program for greenhouse gas emissions reduction programs like the portal we'll be coming to you in the may meeting with an update to the schedule funding plan as a result of that conversation and ultimately for the procurement and right-of-way schedule so we're working to filter through the will likelihood and the timing of

that grant amendment coming to you with those details in two months time. so we were up in sacramento the news of $500 million was well-received by the state we have that federal partner and at conversations identified that match and access to those funds unfortunately, we have applied for several other federal grant (coughing) some are reported to you so the federal and state issued by the federal rail modification and administered by the office of secretary for the department of transportation and competitive national grants were well-received not successful those will impact the funding on the may timeframe we continued to advance with the approval

request for kwfblgsz for the progressive design build contractor the large contractor for the hot and heavy tunnel contract for the transit center that rfq was met with a strong response we're happy for the team that responded to it request for qualifications those are internationally contracting and design and that our team in coalition with the transit authority so have a contract for commit and review within the coming weeks and then we'll hope to come back to late this calendar year with a request for issue for the proposals to those teems times hopes in getting that contractor on board in the next year this is one of the priorities focused on delivering

in project to collaboratively and transparencyly be successful one of the partners not at the table to get that contractor on board and figure out the phasing start and center at the rail yard simultaneously and also validing our design for the production of virginia senate finance committee and to start it is our priority we need to present to you the updated funding plan and schedule. and identify enough funds to proceed and enabled to do that task we'll come back to you later in the calendar year getting them on board next year. >> in the meantime, we've made some good advancements

integrated project management team for a governance coming to in the steering committee next friday informational and the following meeting and bring it to to the board in may will be taking a rail program i know you have the partners to the table and making some modifications we move into the procurement and construction phase previously reported that is change management board empty and the skreeshg and vans the agreements negotiations with the two operators. um, both caltrain and high speed rail and making good progress with caltrain on the modifications with the rail yard you'll hear more about that ab package j and b report by the

caltrain contractor good modifications to that too things one construction of the portal project by moving some of the storage tracks along the street edge to the new electrified tracks. but also provided long term benefits to the caltrain operator by additional electrical units go into service just in a month's time we tested from transbay to burlingame and under their power that is coming to the service and speaking of our other partners. a couple of things to note last time the transit had a conversation about the tunnel they're proposal to shift their lines to meet the existing ridership and they're

anticipating a public process this summer for an action item in august at the board. about some of the tough decision where the busses will that likely result in transbay service spirited discussion last time and started the public progress in the next few months ago and link that 21 for the corridor and bart to finalize their game tinges that they'll be urging for the second transbay corresponding the credential gage and in july or august and the conventional gage rail to the center and to us and finally, i mentioned caltrain going electric in september and

other news last week we were successful in insuring one million dollars for the weigh finding with the gap analysis with the metropolitan transportation about a $4.7 million effort to um, increase both the hardware and software store the signage better advocate the transit center and the system thank speaker will help us do this for the final sign on the signage for the m t c team and many of us from tjpa visited did high speed rail in the valley and his team the amount of work is impressive and the tallist structure in the the parts of

the central valley we're excited and and how the progress is moving in our direction (coughing) and the lock up cal expo in sacramento and interested what it a super bowl configuration of the train and unified like mini trains have a few 150e9s but configurations that meets 36 turn out turn out to work on board and sit in different configurations and finally the business plan for high speed rail authority was presented to the essential and senate and were in favor of that and the

plan contemplates the beginning of central valley operations and instructed about the two urban centers in the area so excited for that progress. we are looking forward to having them reach the county alignment for the transit. um, let's see - on there is a new program coming to the front door on the west side the first thursday starting may 2nd to fairs downtown bringing people down there the first thursday of the month and 2 street between mission and howard on the west side we're excited about that activation and then finally a couple of things in your packet the quarterly report sorry in the packet those numbers i have here if you have any comments or questions for her and i'll be

happy to answer any questions you may have. >> before we introduce rodney and others for the quarterly financial reports fy23 q4. >> thank you very much. disorderly conduct any questions? >> i wish i had a large cardboard (unintelligible) (coughing) continue. >> all right. >> good morning directors. rodney harris chief security officer we're tracking three contracts one is personnel turnover post competency testing. there was no turnover resulting in a score of 100 percent we do that the stream that is based on staff recommendation. resulting in a

score - with the disability and enforcement for a safe environment. there were this tests administered in the score of 94 percent with the mentoring and training approved the security officers and increased the satisfaction and making us one of the more impressive work sites in san francisco. >> this slide represents the work we've done over the years to engage the federal, state, and local agencies. the transportation modification selected the modal experience program as ice step the experience was conducted this year, the last ice step in the bay area conducted in muni about

5 or 6 years ago the first photo with the transbay program and the second photo is kimberly pratt in northern california regional information center midway. the ice step focused on the security in a mode and have over 80 participants and federal, state, and local enforcement (coughing) operators participated in this experience and to enhance the operation while identifying the grant gaps so the security hosted an experience and demonstrates our public public/private partnership of which we have with sales force. this that concludes my presentation. i'm available for any questions that you may have. >> thank you very much. directors questions? >> carefully rodney urging to

be going to h.r. no turnover in in this labor market. >> thank you. >> thank you. all right. >> next up irene the director. >> good morning decreeing i'm the facility director and happy to be with you, you on this sunny day on a note we have some great performances at the transit center over the last couple of months the one in phoenix with the dragon was put on by helen dance and upcoming event in two weeks hosting the spring ego hunt and music, i heard there is a possibility board member montgomery beer and lovely any things happening in

the end of march and carry that momentum through april and in may laufsh our summer series has 20 event per week ticket day come on down and have a great day for 2023 while we love ridership for higher i want to highlight nice points the transit center was over 18 percent year over year and 90 percent on time departures almost as impressive and golden gate had 84 percent on time and mta and 84 on time and departure and in perspective the amount of people we welcome in the transit center two million people come in buses on fy2022-23 and over

one million from the (unintelligible). >> way finding as director water mentioned those funds we need more the way finding at the center and also in regards to what you finding we see three hundred thousand from sfmta to help us replace the medium players computers in the rock creek in in addition to the right bus stop when the busses are leaving and helps you navigate the center, find restauranteur and bars and the park.

>> we have on the consent calendar adding keyosk and bars and some marquee games a slide age due to the construction in the suits and looking to open in the next few months around august. and juice bar that is the same owner two different suits with architectural and project management but looking to conduct work soon and should be on track for late 24, 25 depending on the date. more on beer bottle the layout on the bottom left i mentioned the shuffleboard tables and other

fun things and in the bottom picture also show off the great beers throughout the year. >> with that, i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you for the report and the update and combine to see had a beer most o mo is a. >> any public comment. >> check on public comment in the room patrick. >> hi thank you very much, jim patrick and want to address number one, there is really some new signage in the west end elevator looks great and comment on security. i priced an armed

security at $55 an hour. we pay about one hundred and $25 an hour for the m b officers that is one million dollars in saving. by john that service out rather than hiring the police department i think to save money the other security guy didn't agree with me but there is something to be had there and should be looked at. thank you. >> thank you, mr. patrick no other members of the public in the room or online that want to comment on that. >> all right. so shall we move to the next item? >> all right. >> 6. citizens advisory committee update. we have our

cac chair. >> good morning, chair chair gee and here to report on the meeting this past tuesday the 12 our agenda included staff report, program update on the california high speed rail project, and the security facility operation it is downtown portal updates they gave the staff report for the cac and rodney report resulted in any questions and in between those reports with the california high speed rail authority talked about their plan bye animal business plan if backing field and suggested trains running as soon as the

barks field is complete a 34e7b did he see asked about the high speed rail would use any the existing san keen and a future meeting and this is the infrastructure for support and phone in public comment which we all miss darryl. and anthony pardon me asked whether the lower level were >> phone number: +1 (855) 282-6330 access code: 2552 884 5979 to raise your hand, press *3 combined to get the dtx/portal update both mentioned report were diverse to not get questions in the cac and end

with the presentation so 0 no questions i'll talk to you again in april. >> thank you directors any questions? >> thank you. >> see i next month. >> see you next month. >> go ahead and check for public comment in the room no persons in the room to comment on that item. >> all right. >> all right. and checking online. seeing none, wishing to comment on item 6. >> move not next item? >> >> 6. citizens advisory committee update. authority on matters that are within the authority's jurisdiction and are not on today's calendar. >> we have mr. patrick. >> thank you directors jim patrick patrick and company i - i like to go back to the joint

all the time and notion of paying the highest price for labor i find that disrespectful to the public and a poor management of funds. and required to look over and a violation of your fiduciary responsibilities that is not a good thing i understand from the legal counsel you have to have that for federal dollars and i understand that how about packaging separate packages one for federal dollars and one for other dollars where you can not have the policy in place or not consistent only for the federal side and maybe not the stateside, if you will. what you buy is the prevention of a strict you have the money to pay for the funds not an interest

cost so in fact, would you make money when there is a strict only delay potentially implementing the service and i think that is a reasonable cost if it is delayed a week or two weeks or what have you cost trade off is not a good one we need to pay attention to those costs thank you, (bell ringing). >> any other members in the room like to provide public comment? >> seeing none, we have a member on um, line (coughing) >> um, good morning from santa fe and following on the report.

>> sir. >> if you look at. >> sir if you have the video on shouldn't have the background niece. >> video arm (unintelligible) up here not coming from something else but (unintelligible) all those (microphone distorted) the gateway cards on some of the really (unintelligible) if you look at the giveaway project on the east coast funded 70 percent by the federal we need to look at the funding and the reason for the - that prozac is from

the extension. the dtx for 2021 that's what it is $16 billion funded 70 by the federal government we need to look at want design and intrufg and the funding and foreclosing on the dtx (bell ringing) steering committee next week. thank you. >> all right. that concludes the members of the public that want to comment on that item. >> >> call the next item.? of the board or the public so requests, in which event the matter shall be removed from the consent calendar and considered as a separate item. on a indication a member of the public or director want to see that the items are.

>> 8.1. approving the minutes of the january 11, 2024 meeting. 8.2 for the authorization of the executive director and 8, three authorizing the executive director and extending the term and agreement for commercial retail space sea sales force park and 8, 4 with the authorization of the executive director to execute a first amendment in the grant hall and finally 8.5 authorization for the executive director to execute an agreement for one year for adopting first amendment for fy2022-23 and places the budget to reallocate

$2 million plus. >> thank you. >> any public comment before we take action? >> no members of the public. >> directors item is there a motion? >> so moved. >> thank you, director and seconded by director john-baptiste roll call. >> director john-baptiste, aye. >> director lipkin, yes. >> director syed, aye. >> director tumlin, aye. >> vice chair mandelman, aye. >> chair gee yes, aye. >> and directors consent calendar is passed. all right. >> 9. regular calendar: approving the recommended applicants to the tjpa citizens advisory committee. we have- any our elective a lot affairs to present. >> good morning chair gee and directors um, as noted in the

packet we would our annual tjpa recruitment and filling seats um, we received about 15 applications which is great. and um, we are excited to talk about the new appointment and reappointments before i proceed i wanted to recognize the three out going members serves on the tjpa and advocated on behalf of the program mark and andrew robinson so during our recruitment incredible we are recommending support of directors reappointment of 4 um, members to the cac and appoint three new members and they are in our packet are the

reappointments and the three appointments staff regions that i approve them and um, listed in that memo and recognize two of any appointments have joined us this morning and provided a few in agreement. >> (calling names.) >>. thank you. >> welcome please like to make a couple of commitments commits. >> i am looking forward to work you and currently work at the sales force with the government affairs manager for local and state affairs and outside of that i'm also a native san franciscan grew up in public transit using that every day of my life and outside of that lived in those will and new york city and be able to see the

great cities with public transportation and come back to here. so i work at dell force tower at tjpa. >> looking forward to being on the board. thank you. >> good morning. my name is - i'm a research foyer for the union representing 47 thousand members into the carpenters and live in the san francisco bayview and during carpenters i should on a variety of transportation projects at a regional and state level with a letter of support for the funding and here in experiences have led me to building in investing from transportation creates work for many californians three operate those network and provide

(coughing) people with the opportunity to make decisions the best for them about whether their commute looks like and how often they conservator the community and with the affordability to improve my lives and looking forward to this opportunity. thank you. >> thank you. and welcome. >> lilly any more comments. >> okay. thank you and thank you for the out reach from the applicants and directors ready for action? >> oh. >> open up for public comment. >> i'm sorry public comment. >> checking the room i don't see anyone coming to the mic and checking online for public comment no one has their hand raised and (unintelligible). >> okay. i think director john-baptiste made a motion.

>> second. >> all right. by director lipkin thank you for the public comment i appreciate 2. >> (clearing throat) with a first and second. >> director john-baptiste, aye. >> director lipkin, aye. >> director syed, aye. >> director tumlin, aye. >> vice chair mandelman, aye. >> and chair gee yes and directors item 9 is approved and move to the next item? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. of project compliance for the allocation of regional measure3 funds in an amount not to exceed $2,990,080, and the required certification of assurances. we have mary prior if you have any questions. >> directors any questions? >> not seeing a motion?

>> vice chair mandelman makes a motion to approve do i have a second? >> director tumlin. >> checking to see if anyone in the room seeing none, and online? >> and seeing none, wishing to provide public comment with that go ahead and do the roll call. >> director john-baptiste, aye. >> director lipkin, aye. >> director syed, aye. >> director tumlin, aye. >> vice chair mandelman, aye. >> chair gee, aye. >> item 10 is approved shall i. >> call the next item. >> call the next item. >> call the next item. the base building (landlord work) budget line item to bring p-01, the park level restaurant space, from a “cold shell” to a “warm shell”. we have our facility director r e watching.

>> the director here with item 11 and with the presentation will be short that is relatively simple have a picture of the p-01 restaurant space in the park you can kind of see from the picture that is competitive if few opened the door it is safely blocked but have a 6 foot droop you see where the concrete is we're asking to put in a floor you can walk through that and put in a fire safety system and ac and really low level audio equipment to activate the space for metal detectors and who wants to rent the space and have free public programs and just get the space activated for relative tilt you are going to

be allocating money dollars left later on to um, invest in the property of last piece is the work we're going took doing in the suit is going to be to the level that a new tenant or someone were to come in and rent the space will not have to tear anything out so nothing goes waste. >> so with that, i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> directors any questions? >> any public comment? >> thank you. >> thank you, mark in the room no members on the line either. (coughing) no members of the public wishing to comment on that a directors wasn't what would you like to do. >> i'd like to move the item

it will be useful. >> thank you director lipkin and seconded by vice chair mandelman. >> all right. with the first and second director john-baptiste, aye. >> director lipkin, aye. >> director syed, aye. >> director tumlin, aye. >> vice chair mandelman, aye. >> and chair gee yes. >> i as well and item 11 is approved. >> all right. memorandum of agreement with the peninsula corridor joint powers board (caltrain), for additional compensation of $400,000 for a total not to exceed amount of

remainder of the fiscal year, but with no change to the total amount of the fiscal year budget or the overall phase 2 program budget. we have alfonso rodriguez recommendations approval of an amendment for the memorandum of understanding i'll refer as the moa are caltrain a mechanism to reimburse the caltrain for resources with planning and managing and coordination for the work involving site clearing at the north along townsend street and rearrangement for the portal. the item extends from the end of this month to the end of september with a one time option. that adds $400,000 in funding forepersons a for a total not to exceed amount of $$1,455,000 and r50e78dz approval of amendment number 5 to the current fiscal year for

fy2022-23 for phase two reallocating with no change to the amount of the budget i'd like to add to what adams said pleased to see see coordination and the effectiveness of teams working to develop a solution on the rail i can't read it a complex approach to reallocate the track work for the portal connection and descending into a tunnel good teamwork being done in fact, the teamwork we envisioned to have with a integrated team approach for caltrain i thought i'll point that out and staff recommendations approval of this item. >> thank you for that comment about the working together it is needed for a complex project and more complicated women have electrical first degree service

with caltrain is just excited for the electrical trains on the corridor now i believe in april we'll have the testing so we're very excited very excited. directors any questions on the item? >> not seeing any. >> public comment in the room? >> seeing none, we'll go ahead and check online for public comment (coughing). >> no members of the public wishing to comment. >> thank you directors is there a motion? >> vice chair mandelman thank you for making the motion and second thank you, director john-baptiste, aye. >> director lipkin, aye. >> director syed, aye. >> director tumlin, aye. >> vice chair mandelman, aye. >> chair gee yes, aye. >> item 12 is approved.

>> thank you. >> all right. thank you for the presentation. >> at this time directors you are scheduled to dbe into closed session pursuant to the 57 b any members of the public wishing to comment in the room or online they should indicate now. if not clear the room um, physically and virtually. >> just a quick comment we don't expect any reportable action if you want to hang out you can or (in closed session). >> tjpa meeting of thursday, march 14, 2024, is back in open session and in regards to um, item 15 this is nothing to

report directors that concludes your business. >> we can give you you everyone the gift of time the meeting is adjourned. and we'll see you at our april meeting thank you. [meeting adjourned]. >> (music).

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>> hi. you are watching san francisco rising. to show that is focused on restarting, rebuilding, and reimagining our city. our guest today is the director transportation of the sfmta and he's with us to talk about the agency's 23-24 budget with the muni equity strategy and new projects across the city. welcome to the show. >> thank you it is good to be here. >> i see the sfmta's budget for 2023 and 2024 has been approved. how will it help provide a strong recovery during the next few years for our riders, operators and staff? >> it has been a challenging couple of years. covid wiped out the basic finances. our agency is funded primarily from transit fares, parking fees and a fixed set aside for a general fund and covid has meant we have lost more than half of our parking and transit for revenue. we are not expected to recover

them until 2027. this budget takes a one-time federal release funding and spreads that out between now and 2025. and our task is to rebuild trust with the voters that sfmta can actually deliver on their goals and that includes things like making muni faster, more frequent, and more reliable. includes making our streets safer and making everyone feel safe riding the bus. it means taking advantage of the amount of change we're going to experience in order to advance equity so that we invents -- invest the most amount of money in communities that need our services the most. it also means supporting san francisco in its larger economic recovery. basically two years between now and 2024 in order to build trust with the voters and figure out how are we going to find muni

moving forward because it is in 2024 and 2025 when the one-time federal release fund went out. >> are you planning on starting up? >> as a result of covid, we have 1,000 vacancies in the organization. that is why muni service is not fully recovered. this budget allows us to fully staff through 2024, which means we can restore muni service, invest in safety, and invest in other programs in order to make the transportation system work better for everyone. >> can you talk about the mooney service equity strategies? as you move out of the pandemic, how has that plan been updated? i have heard there are elevator upgrades in progress. >> we have been working a lot on equity during muni's recovery. we have been basing our work on the muni equity strategy. this is the plan we update every two years that looks at the changing demographics of san

francisco and helps us direct our transit resources where people need it the most. that means people with low income, people of color, seniors, people with disability, children, all the folks who have the fewest choices. during covid, when we had to strip back the transit system, 13 quarters of the workforce were in quarantine, we directed all of the agency's resources to the equity neighborhoods. places like the bayview, chinatown, the mission, the valley, and even through our recovery, we have continued to deliver the best muni service's so -- to the neighborhoods that need it the most. right now we are still operating more frequent service in core lines in equity neighborhoods than we did precovid. and the result of that is extraordinarily high ridership.

we are finding, for example, by investing in the frequency and reliability on lines like the 22 fillmore, that we are getting 133% of precovid ridership, even when the overall system is only at about half of the ridership recovery. that is 133%. that is on weekends. we are at about 96% of precovid ridership on our main equity lines on weekdays. we're also investing a whole variety of infrastructure projects aimed at making transit work better, particularly for people with disabilities. on the market street corridor, our elevators to the subway station date back to the 1970s and need significant renovation. right now we are busy working on renovating the elevators at the station. we have completed the elevator upgrade for the eastbound platform. we are now working on the westbound platform. that will modernize the elevators and make them a lot

more reliable, and make sure that we can continue to prioritize people with the fewest mobility choices. >> that's great. changing topics slightly, i understand the improvement project is halfway completed. have shared spaces made the product -- project more complicated? >> yes. lots of things have made the terminal project more complicated, including things like covid and supply chain issues. we learned a lot on the first phase of the terra vale project, which rebuilt the street from sunset boulevard to the zoo, including rebuilding all the infrastructure of the streets, the underground utilities, to modernize all that infrastructure and make it more resilient, and make sure that we do not have to rebuild the street, hopefully in any of our lifetimes. we also learned about the importance of collaborating, particularly with neighborhood businesses and residents. we want to make sure that we are

constructing the city's infrastructure in a time that the city is suffering and we are not adding to suffering. we're doing things like partnering with the mayor's office of economic workforce development to support neighborhood businesses through programming during this time. we are also making sure that businesses that create shared spaces in the parking lane, some of those need to be moved out of the way while the utility work is done underneath them. we are making sure that we will either move those platforms and outdoor eating areas back as they were, or help local merchants rebuild them so that we are not adding to the burden of local businesses and that we help everyone recover in this challenging time. >> quite right. finally, many of the sfmta vision zero quick build projects have been well received. can you talk about the evans street project? >> one of the things we did during covid was dramatically

expand the rate of what we call quick build projects, which are fast-moving projects using simple and cheap materials in order to redesign streets and test out new ideas and see how they work, as well as get a lot of feedback from community before moving into a larger capital project that converts all of that plastic stuff into concrete and trees and, you know, curb extensions. what we have been finding is that our quick build safety projects are able to cut severe injury and fatalities between 25 and 75%, depending upon the location on the techniques that we use. so we are targeting streets that have the highest rate of traffic crashes, particularly injury crashes and fatalities. we focused on evans, which is really important connector for all modes of transportation between the bayview and the

central neighborhoods of san francisco. also a street with a terrible track record of severe crashes. on evans, what we are doing, again using paint and plastic posts for the time being, is taking the lanes that are out there right now, and converting them to one lane in each direction plus turn pockets. what we found on streets like valencia or south bend this, or -- south van nass, is a street with one lane in each direction plus a term pocket can move just as much traffic as a street with two lanes in each direction. left turning vehicles mean the two lanes of traffic are never really available for through traffic. these road diets that we do have been tremendously effective for improving safety outcomes for all road users, without exacerbating traffic. they do make all cars slow down

to the speed of the most prudent driver. this week we are getting started in partnership with the department of public works on work to restripe all of evans between third and cesar chavez, and as part of this work will be collecting a lot of data, talking to industrial users in the industrial district and talking to folks in the bayview commercial district and in the mission about how it is working. we will make some adjustments along the way and if it is successful, then we will start another project that is more capital-intensive to make it permanent. if it is not successful, we will turn it back the way that it was, having spent very little money. >> thank you so much. i really appreciate you coming on the show. thank you for the time you have given us today. >> it has been great being here. thank you so much. >> that is it for this episode. we will be back shortly. you have been watching san

francisco rising. thank you for watching. [♪♪♪] welcome, all of you to gakuen. it's. we're extremely happy and honored that you're here to join us today. despite the change of weather that we're experiencing. my name is diane matsuda, and i will serve as your emcee today. i am also one of the board members of kimono gakuin. so, folks, this has been a long time in coming, and we're just so excited to get this project from where it sat for many years. as paper plans on our hands to where we are today to bring him back to being fully utilized by our community and