Of the availability of contractors to do work now, the issue we heard about from the previous bond report, is affecting them, too. And what they, m. T. A. , are doing is trying to space out their bids, putting their contracts out to bid, so as to not be affected so adversely by the lack of available contractors. One of the problems of this nature manifested itself in the contract for the geary road improvements pardon me, the geary pedestrian improvements, and they got three bids, all of which were over the engineers estimate. They regarde regarded that contract as being so important to pedestrian safety, theyre going to go ahead and award it nonetheless. As a person who lives on geary and is of a certain age, im glad to hear theyre going to do anyway. There were several contracts that i wanted to ask questions about that i didnt get into the detail on until after i had read the report. But generally speaking, we heard that there be no pending major contractor claims on any of the work
Have been less than that. It just depends on the expenditures and what we see in the report. Thank you. Chairman yeah. Im thrilled with this information, and particularly at this level. Thank you. It is really helpful. And understanding the process better is actually really helpful. But since youve got a wealth of experience at other institutions, can i ask a couple of questions about that . Yes. Chairman what are common findings that you see in other bond programs in other cities . And what should we be looking for . I think we tailored this more to what youre looking for. I think the overhead is always a key one that gets put through on the bonds. That was the majority of the findings in this one. So thats really kind of what we looked and focused on. It is similar to other bonds. We see similar findings. Chairman can you explain what overhead is . Um. Is there a definition . Sorry. Yes. So we basically used the definition that is in the bond language itself. So basically anything th
With you for the current fiscal year, was that each bond program would appear before you twice in a year. Once you would have a formal report from the bond Program Managers of the type that was just given on the Public Health bond. In the opposite six month point and the calendar, you would have a liason report, like mr. Lurkin gave, and the advantage would be the forcing function of having the liason have an opportunity to anticipate that item, set up a meeting with bond Program Managers, ask any questions they had, so that the content could be focused on things that are of most of interest to goback. And there was a concern you would get detailed reports and pretty pictures, but not much of a chance to focus on issues that are of concern for you. The liason focus was a test. I should have also reminded the m. T. A. Program manager that having that Program Manager appear during the agenda item would be an expectation so that any questions could be answered. So sorry if that was my mis
Conversation, when we were developing the work plan with you for the current fiscal year, was that each bond program would appear before you twice in a year. Once you would have a formal report from the bond Program Managers of the type that was just given on the Public Health bond. In the opposite six month point and the calendar, you would have a liason report, like mr. Lurkin gave, and the advantage would be the forcing function of having the liason have an opportunity to anticipate that item, set up a meeting with bond Program Managers, ask any questions they had, so that the content could be focused on things that are of most of interest to goback. And there was a concern you would get detailed reports and pretty pictures, but not much of a chance to focus on issues that are of concern for you. The liason focus was a test. I should have also reminded the m. T. A. Program manager that having that Program Manager appear during the agenda item would be an expectation so that any ques
To deliver this content, but i think our conversation, when we were developing the work plan with you for the current fiscal year, was that each bond program would appear before you twice in a year. Once you would have a formal report from the bond Program Managers of the type that was just given on the Public Health bond. In the opposite six month point and the calendar, you would have a liason report, like mr. Lurkin gave, and the advantage would be the forcing function of having the liason have an opportunity to anticipate that item, set up a meeting with bond Program Managers, ask any questions they had, so that the content could be focused on things that are of most of interest to goback. And there was a concern you would get detailed reports and pretty pictures, but not much of a chance to focus on issues that are of concern for you. The liason focus was a test. I should have also reminded the m. T. A. Program manager that having that Program Manager appear during the agenda item