Flyer hybrid buses to obtain Additional Information regarding the contributing process and the construction of the fleet. Okay. Supervisor camp os is joining us for this item. Thank you madam chair and great to be back at government audit and Oversight Committee excuse me. Can everyone clear the room quietly and have the conversations outside. Thank you. Thank you madam chair and i want to wish everyone in advance a happy valentines day tomorrow so this is an item that i requested a hearing because i really believe its important for us without pointing fingers to really understand the process by which contracts are entered into by various agencies. My own experience is that you can tell a lot how an agency is managed and the operations of that agency how they do contracts, and and we all know the board of supervisors has been working with the Municipal Transportation Agency to shape its five year plan to replace vehicles in its aging fleet and we are grateful that there is a move to re
Process here in terms of accepting a particular bus we would go through and new flyer is responsible to make repairs until we accept it so part of what we do when the bus is turned over to sf mta on the property is develop a punch list which is a list of components or failures that we go through them and all of them have to be corrected and signed off and inspected before we inspect the bus so we know not only on the individual buses but on the data and have a record of all of the problems the buses incurred. There was a number of things whether they related to software or some mechanical problem that were discovered while the buses were in route and we will have the records to maintain the bus. But do you have to accept the bus before you do that . Im sorry . Do you have to accept the bus before you get the records . No. We dont have to accept it. Part of the problem is there has been a lot of give and take if you will between us and new flyer at accepting points on various points and
Process by which contracts are entered into by various agencies. My own experience is that you can tell a lot how an agency is managed and the operations of that agency how they do contracts, and and we all know the board of supervisors has been working with the Municipal Transportation Agency to shape its five year plan to replace vehicles in its aging fleet and we are grateful that there is a move to replace many of these vehicles. We want our system and our buses to be as reliable as they can be, and the reason that i called for this hearing is because as was reported by the sf weekly i do think there are questions that should be answered with respect to the process that was followed for the purchase of the vehicles at issue, 50 vehicles for 38 million. And specifically and i know that we have a presentation here from the mta and i want to thank mr. Hailey and his staff for answering all. Questions we had and the information they provided. I think its an opportunity for us to really
Problems the buses incurred. There was a number of things whether they related to software or some mechanical problem that were discovered while the buses were in route and we will have the records to maintain the bus. But do you have to accept the bus before you do that . Im sorry . Do you have to accept the bus before you get the records . No. We dont have to accept it. Part of the problem is there has been a lot of give and take if you will between us and new flyer at accepting points on various points and whether something and we have given them notice that some of the things they have produced in the bus are not working out the way we want and given them a directive to fix it. In some cases if it occurs in a certain number of buses then it qualifies as a fleet defect and they need to address it that fashion. Anything back to the 62 buses were that purchased and some allison and some bae how were they delivered . Were they delivered in the same fashion as the 50 buss . They were dr
Into by various agencies. My own experience is that you can tell a lot how an agency is managed and the operations of that agency how they do contracts, and and we all know the board of supervisors has been working with the Municipal Transportation Agency to shape its five year plan to replace vehicles in its aging fleet and we are grateful that there is a move to replace many of these vehicles. We want our system and our buses to be as reliable as they can be, and the reason that i called for this hearing is because as was reported by the sf weekly i do think there are questions that should be answered with respect to the process that was followed for the purchase of the vehicles at issue, 50 vehicles for 38 million. And specifically and i know that we have a presentation here from the mta and i want to thank mr. Hailey and his staff for answering all. Questions we had and the information they provided. I think its an opportunity for us to really have as much transparency how the cont