permit easement which is underneath the bus ramp. >> andrew schwartz for the tjpa. this item is for the board's consideration of an easement agreement for the grant of 10 permanent easements to the developer of a hotel and residential tower adjacent to the future under the park between howard street. the developer would pay the tjpa 1,348,000 for the easement with the lump sum payment at closing which would have to occur by august 1, 2018. the attorney is in agreement and much of the fees have been paid by the developer. the 10 easements are the permanent are six permanent and four temporary. element easement that extends 1.33 feet into the air space above parcel g and i should note that the bus ramp is 14 feet from the property line here. all of these per nate easements would not be close to the bus ramp except for anti-ram barrier that extends out closer to the tower. but all of the permanent easements would be under -- on the ground or much closer to the building from the bus ramp so there's no danger of interference with the bus ramp. the second is a building sw

the tjpa board requires a 70% of members being in attendance to make quorum? being that that's the case, it requires five out of seven voting members to be in attendance to start meeting and to conduct business. being that that's the case, supervisor kim will be introducing a resolution at the february 27th board of supervisors meeting? that allows the alternate appointed to serve on behalf of either of the board of supervisors appointed members to the tjpa body. we know that voters passed proposition h in 1999 calling for the construction of the transit center, and this center was supposed to open in 2017? our office is hopeful that with the added leadership of nadia and tilly, that there will be no further delays in the project, and thank you so much for considering them to join this board and we appreciate your time this evening. >> supervisor safai: thank you. any other members of the public wish to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment's closed. supervisor, can we have a motion? >> yes, i'd like to make a motion to send this out to the full bo

so i've worked with the tjpa folks on the -- in terms of all the financial nuances and provisions and sensitivity to getting additional -- also carrying the same revenues for the loan that exists, so i feel i bring a different skill set to the board. the board is currently situated, including various representatives from transit organizations and public works, and so there's no one that's on the board that has the financial expertise that i will bring to the board, so i look forward to the opportunity to working with my partners and my alternate, so if this committee decides to put me forward to look in the best interests

this contract is key, one of the first things they will do with tjpa and other input is create a unique identity brand for the transit center taking into consideration the naming rights agreement and program brand. and creation of a rebust web site. second, an important readiness activity is having the service contracts in place at the appropriate time, lincoln is working through the 50 plus rfp's issued last year. having the service contracts completed will enable lincoln to apply actual dollars to the budget in which the final version is due to the board later this year. this current schedule shows -- continues to show a drive toward the end of march where appropriate. brv continues to refine their program. they have built the information that will be featured on the sales force transit center web site. for example film and photo shoot guidelines and application, event proposal and guidelines. they have completed information for approval of pricing rationale and guidelines and rates and we'll look at those over the next couplie of weeks. additionally to obtain entertainment permit for

key stake holders, tjpa and the property owner who represents various properties on second street and all the way down the line. caltrain and most important too, the high speed rail, including the early train operator. we envisioned -- what you have in front of you is a schedule. we have already started the document review in that regard to get a head start on this because we know that schedule is very important here. we will have stakeholder meetings in the january time frame and have a workshop in february. the plan is to go ahead and have a draft report in february and a final report in march and come back to this board no later than april. that's the plan ahead of us. and i'm available for questions on this item or the item prior with mike. >> chair peskin: are there any questions on item number five to mr. mr. pickford or mr. cordova? if not, before we go to public comment, i just want to thank you for the peer review. i know it's on a tight time frame and i also want to acknowledge the t.j.p.a. who have agreed to delay the record of decision until we can have a real honest, mean