Imminent just means it could happen at any time. As for "soon", he used the word "had" instead of "has". Plus, the way he worded it says it's the current task and probably not far off. Seems pretty clear to me, but you can take what you want from it.
I agree with your interpretation of the wording but the shift github doesn't look very busy and also didn't they need to wait for something to finish being developed on Lisk, SDK or something?