. >> i would like to note that gabriel metcalf as honest as the mayor's appointees -- gabriel metcalf is joining us as the mayor's appointees. with that, [roll call] vice chair, you do have a quorum. item three, communications. i know of none. item four, board of directors new and old business. director ortiz: new or old business for the board of directors? seeing none, let's look to the next one. >> item 5, executive director report. director ayerdi-kaplan: good morning. i would like to begin by welcoming the newest member of our board, director metcalf. welcome. he is the mayor's recent appointee. thank you for being with us. next, i would like to just said that as of june 2011, over 900,000 workers have been employed on the demolition and construction of the project, so that certainly shows stimulus is working. we are pleased to report that today. i also wanted to report that we are in our third year of our summer internship program, working with high school students. we have three that were hired by urs to work with their program office as well as the tjpa office. two students are

director metcalf: second. vice chair ortiz: roll call please. >> thank you. no members of the public indicated they wanted additional comment on that item. [roll call vote] 5 ayes and item 9 is approved. vice chair ortiz: then we go to the last item. >> item 9 is approving a resolution appreciation for nathaniel p. ford. >> we wish you the best in your next endeavors. moving on to former chairman ford's resolution . i would like to read it. whereas nathaniel p. ford sr. was elected by his colleagues as chairman of the tjpa board of directors, vice chairman from june 2007 to may 2008, and chairman from june to thousand eight to june 2011, and whereas he has been coded his -- he is dedicated his career to improving public transportation as the director of the san francisco municipal transportation agency and the joint powers board, which oversees the operation of caltrain , and whereas we have benefited from the knowledge he has brought to the tjpa position for the past five years, and whereas as chairman of the board, the tjpa come pleaded and international --

that showed the full cast, you might recognize one of your "desperate housewives" cast mates jesse metcalfyou on this. do have to talk about "desperate housewives" there. congratulations, you've been on the show for seven seasons doing the voiceover work and doing some on-camera work as well, but you received your first emmy nomination. were you expecting that call at all? >> oh, no, i wasn't expecting the call at all. i was asleerngs and whp, and wh manager called me i said what? it was amazing to me. i almost had a heart attack. that would be redundant because i'm already dead, on the show at least, but i thought it's such an honor to be acknowledged after this amount of time especially since we're enering our eighth season because i love what i do, and there was absolutely nokes pectation whatsoever. and i think probably first or second season i would have had a small expectation to be recognized and after that i was like, wow, that will never happen so to have it happen now is just a miracle and really an honor. >> well, you're up against some tough competition. seth green is also in t

steven metcalf. >> mr. speaker, can i thank my right honorable friend for his statement and particularly the support that he is offering to small and medium-sized businesses. as one whose business has been directly affected by this although not disastrously, i have to admit, i know the destruction this is causing. will the prime minister assure me that no business will be lost and no livelihoods subsequently lost because of the actions of these thugs and high hooligans d the fund if deemed not big enough will be increased to insure those actions won't happen. >> well, there's the right to damages act as well as the 20 million pound scheme. i believe that should be enough, but i know my right old friend will be on the case. >> caroline. >> mr. speaker, violence is always to be condemned, but as the prime minister has said, seeking to understand violence is a world away from seeking to justify it and, indeed, we ought to try to understand it to stop it in the future. a role to play in at least pulling some pe

[roll call vote] director metcalf: i looked at them. >> 5 ayes and the minutes are approved. we will go ahead and take item 7.2. vice chair ortiz: is there a motion and a second? all in favor. >> aye. >> the consent calendar is approved and we will move into your bridget -- into your regular calendar. item 8 -- authorizing the executive director to executors renew professional service agreements for an amount not to exceed $28,400,000. directors, bob beck will report on this item. >> thank you, directors. you have been our program management and consultant since 2004. we sought expertise in developing large-scale capital projects, as well as a wide range of technical expertise in transit infrastructure. and project management, construction management. and several smaller team member's proposed and selected as the preferred team and brought them forward for approval in 2004. we spoke with them during the implementation of the program, as well as document management and administrative support. there were ancillary projects of bus storage and bus ramp construction. we had a firs