to provide an update to the california project of transportation, tony tavares and numerous staff from the cal tran team and the statewide division of rail and mass transit. we provided an overview on project history, outlined work completed since the project's reactivation in june, provided forecast of upcoming information and the funding plan. further, to our advancing phase 2, on october 15, we provided a project update to the bay area delegation which included senator and board chair jerry hill, san mateo counties. along with the senate and assembly transportation committee staff and offices. 20 legislative offices participated. we provided information about the project history, current status and activities as well as future plans to advance the project. the presentation was well received and we plan to continue our communication with these offices. regarding the r.f.p.s i briefed you on in the last meeting, we have two contracts today on the regular calendar. the pmis contract and the. it has progressed well. the interview panel that consisted of chair chang, director, recommende

. >> before i begin, i will note for the record that due to a scheduling conflict, director tavares is not expected to join us. directors, please respond. >> e. forbes: here. >> supervisor haney: here. >> m. hursh: here. >> b. lipkin: present. >> j. tumlin: here. >> vice chair gee: here. >> chair sesay: present. >> we have quorum. the next item is item 3, communications. we'd like to provide further instructions for the public comment process. to provide public comment, callers should dial into the number, 1-855-282-6330, and enter access code 126 698 0794. then pound and pound again. and then listen to the meeting as they wait for public comment to be announced. members of the public have up to three minutes to provide comment on each agenda item. i will announce when public comment is open on each item or the general public comment at which time callers should dial star 3 to raise their hands and be added to the queue. this call number and access number will stream on the screen during the entire meeting. they will be added to the queue to speak in the order they entered. all callers