further, i would point out that the previous agreement contained a not to exceed amount of 28 million for the reimbursement of the mta to bart. where the proposed agreement does not include any not to exceed amount. our recommendation on the bottom of page 10, as indicated, the first was to request that we recommence negotiations to develop a fast pass the agreement that establishes rates comparable to the existing fair policy rather than being directly tied to future and no increases, recommending a negotiation of a total amount not to exceed the total test pass the agreement with the reflected rates of inflation and writer ship increases that do not exceed 5% annually. think supervisor chu: thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: i have to say, i am a bit stunned as to the motivation of the mtv mta. can you give me a little bit more context? as to why mta things that this contract is the right contract? as you know, as negotiations go, neither party windup for th
risk. when i read that article this morning, my first impression was why did the mtc not fully realize the downside risk? i think all they saw was the upside. i think that that is relevant in this discussion. if you do not know the total cost, maybe you should slow down the process and ask even more questions. like to say, usually the downside hurts the city more than the upside benefit. thank you. supervisor chu: are there any other members of the public that wish to speak? seeing no one, public comment is closed. supervisor mirkarimi: i think that the budget analyst at a solid job with this. i m going to motion that we tabled this item. supervisor chu: we have a motion to table this item and a second audit. i will actually be voting in support of the motion because we have a discount that is locked in over two years. we are doing no better than the discount rate for locking in over 10 years, and i do not see how it is advantageous to the mta and i would hope that we could g
writer ship increases that do not exceed 5% annually. think supervisor chu: thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: i have to say, i am a bit stunned as to the motivation of the mtv mta. can you give me a little bit more context? as to why mta things that this contract is the right contract? as you know, as negotiations go, neither party windup for that wanted to be. mta interests for long term known amounts for budgeting purposes, where we started, the contract before us is where we ended in negotiations. but, we are happy to go back and revisit the contract. supervisor mirkarimi: i think that that might be in the stars. what about the mta commissioners? the board did approve the contract before you. it was a consent calendar item, 7-00. supervisor mirkarimi: why was it consent calendar? i do not know. supervisor mirkarimi: i do not mean to analyze from the couch, but from time to time these contracts that attract our attention, we learn that they do go throug
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