And up to 12,500 for the next two option years and if it were extended there is a small increase for the last two option years and it is a monthly retainer so that does not mean that we get a statement of the hours . And one of them, and just a trait line, although there is a weekly call and so we do know what they are doing on a weekly basis and the other one does detail out the hours to some extent. Okay. Thank you. And sorry. And director sartipi . Just to piggy back on the question and with respect to the advocacy. Do they do any analysis of any federal estate, legislation, that would in any form or shape change the qualifications of funding for the transbay. Something may become a barrier to qualify for certain types of funds . What they do is keep us informentd of upcoming opportunities and for example, and what would, if we notice an area for example, the department of Homeland Security and they give us funds for security and if we notice that we are not, and for example they te
Well begin by taking the roll. Vicechair renne . Present. Commissioner . Here. Commissioner andrews . Here. Commissioner keane . Here. The executive director has an announcement. I just want to take a moment to welcome the new Deputy Director jesse minarde. He brings a wealth of experience to this position and were delighted to have him. He has experience as both a business attorney and political attorney. He worked at the political Practices Division in sacramento. [speaker not understood]. Hes a graduate of Hastings College of law and has a masters degree from harvards school of kennedy government. A long list of accomplishments. As i said, fortunate to have him. Welcome. Welcome, mr. Minarde. Were fortunate to have you and look forward to working with you. The first item on the agenda are minutes of the board of directors meeting of march 20, 2013~ [speaker not understood]. Commissioners, my name is harlan kelly and i am the general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities comm
Question . Sure does. Okay. I wanted to just confirm that i understand this correctly. And and negotiated with the original amount so that amount has not changed. And on the 12,500 per month, originally it was 12,000 per month but it was negotiated at the time of the original contract, so there was 12,000 a month for the first three years and up to 12,500 for the next two option years and if it were extended there is a small increase for the last two option years and it is a monthly retainer so that does not mean that we get a statement of the hours . And one of them, and just a trait line, although there is a weekly call and so we do know what they are doing on a weekly basis and the other one does detail out the hours to some extent. Okay. Thank you. And sorry. And director sartipi . Just to piggy back on the question and with respect to the advocacy. Do they do any analysis of any federal estate, legislation, that would in any form or shape change the qualifications of funding for t
September. So, that is the critical and we proceed with the formal application process. And i assume that these folks contracts will guarantee our success. They got us the 171 million last time. Okay. Thank you. Director, metcalf . A question on these Political Consulting and lobbying contract and how do we know the advocacy positions that our staff and consultants are taking . We dont take any position and so if there is any measure that is going to the voters i dont mean on the voters. What are the advocated for by the staff or consultants. And we dont advocate any positions we just apply for the grants and the various and whether it is at the there has not been a lot at the state level and. We dont advocate for anything other than federal grants and the tiger grants and. And so in terms of relationships with the ctc and mtc and cal train, and transportation built and any of these other Government Entity and some local and regional and state and some national. And we would be informe
Maintenance and everything right now, im breaking even and now youre going to smack another fee and i have to pay whatever the difference is for two more months even though im subsidizing these guys for years its not right or fair whats our definition of hardship me sending my kids out to a Public School or someone who is spending 5 weeks out of the year their easterner 1,000 a year or working under the table on the market collecting payments from the government and collecting under the table money. What do you consider hardship whats considered intangibles how that that i have to put in thank you, mr. Turning. Thank you with the coalition for better housing. I want to discuss the hardship you talked about mr. Wiener. I find it distressing when we talk about the hardship for the Property Owners its called waste of time. It maybe symthat there are many, many evictions going on and he appreciate that but we need to do it in a fairway and having people feel bad about discussing is it not