The labor. And all of the monthly Equipment Rental rates were fixed and anvil builders, in fact, sbe certified and also have a disadvantage of veterans business, who actually will be supplying the design and the electrical connections. And they have an agreement with usa hoists to provide all of the equipments which is leased to the project. So the contract will, in fact, exceed the 80 percent sbe. And we agreed with the negotiation of 9. 25, approximately a million under the next lowest bid. All of the three proposals were inside of the original estimate. So the staff is really quite comfortable to recommend that the board authorizes the contract for 9. 2 million to anvil builders. Are there any questions . I just have one quick question. And so, being that you had three applicants but two were not responsive, because they didnt submit all of the required documents . Did we get an understanding as to why that happened during the process . It would appear that that would, pure laziness
Do not agree about the alignment. The San Francisco Mayors Office and i am the mayors appointee to this board does not agree with this alignment. I dont believe that the San Francisco county Transportation Authority does. Getting agreement between the various parties in addition to the High Speed Rail Authority and cal train is the task ahead for us. The, i believe, i have a great concern about opening a supplemental and then locking ourselves in and then telling ourselves that we cant reopen it. I know that we have to do a supplemental eir but i dont think that we yet know what should be in it. I just add on that that question. Because i had a related question. And so i was actually curious because i know that we are also in discussion and this is largely around how we fund, high speed rail and dtfs in the long term and that there has been conversations about kind of a much, much ambitious project that involves development and undergrounding and lots of lots of other things and i was
Art. And so those are just some of the highlights of the things they really noted as the best praks on the projects so i will have the report for the board in december. And finally i want the board to know that we have been working throughout the year as we have in years past on the rail extension on the project we have been working with the rail and the federal Rail Administration and we hear about the work and the advances on the engineering on the bath front and updated the cost and schedule and reviews the various delivery methods as a path forward to delivering the project. We have been asked, how can we deliver the extension and what are the options and you will be hearing about the various objections and sources later in the presentation. I should add that some time ago we briefed the board on a study that we asked sifel consulting to conduct. What benefits will come as a result of having a new Transit Center with the buses and rail and marks and the report has been completed an
Metal and incorporated the design which many people are excited about. And a number of elements saving millions of dollars for the project. Next month, we are going to publish the statement and expect to receive an unqualified opinion which is the highest level of confidence that any Public Agency can receive on the financial records and books and so we continue to do good work on that front. I thank our cfo and her finance team for the good work that they are doing there, we started as you know permanent construction of the station by pouring the foundation at the rail levels and we are joined by the board by our chair person kim and mayor lee and leader pelosi. , and so that was an mrirment and we also were awarded the steel contract and this month, we put out to bid, the current loft and skylights and so we are starting to move quickly now on all of the work that needs to happen to bring the station above ground and i want to let the board and the public know that we received a comp
You are looking at live pictures of air force two in beijing china. Vice President Joe Biden landed, days after the b 52 flew no disputed airspace over the south china sea, and questions about the disputed islands between japan and china. Thats what the Vice President is talking about in budget after leaving japan. Well have more on that in a moment. We begin with this the deadly Train Derailment. Investigators say it was travelling at 82 Miles Per Hour, three times the limit before the crashing, killing four, leaving dozens injured. With the speed we are learning something new about the man at the controls and what happened in the seconds before the disaster. Lisa stark has more on that. They wouldnt say what condition rockefella may have been in. Theres no indication of mechanical problems. The brakes, which was barrelling at 82 Miles Per Hour into a 30 Miles Per Hour curve, the brakes were working fine out all the stocks. Here is m. T. S. B. Board member earl wiener. Theres no indic