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Have over 50 locations that have no rest rooms and a lot of this funding should be addressing those issues as well. Because, once again, you could put together all of these plans, in a blueprint, but if you dont have the equipment and you dont have the operators to move the residents, the riders and the visitors of San Francisco then you have nothing at all. Thank you. Thank you. Very much. Is there any other member of the public who would like to speak, please come forward . Good afternoon, executive Vice President of the transport union, local 258. Just to go off a little of what my colleague just mentioned the rest room facilities, we have over 40 percent of the terminal stations that would be the end of the line of each line and it does not have a rest room for our operators and i just want to speak briefly on the perspective of the increased workers cost and i sit on the ....
Appropriatal location requests we stand ready to provide the new match so that there be a new fleet. We understand that it takes a significant amount of time and the aimportant issue related to that, is facilities, we have been working on the mta for years now and ensuring that there is a good plan, it makes no sense to buy a new fleet and not be able to maintain it so there has to be an appropriate capacity to do that and the budget to do the maintenance as well and that is another issue. But from the standpoint of the Transportation Authority and the funding we are pleased to be a partner in that as soon as those issues are addressed. I also would like to and im really glad that the union brought up the issue of operator rest rooms and because even under prop k, the money that was ear marked for operator rest room thises is a serious issue in the city that the operators needs to have the ability to go to a rest room at ....
No sense to buy a new fleet and not be able to maintain it so there has to be an appropriate capacity to do that and the budget to do the maintenance as well and that is another issue. But from the standpoint of the Transportation Authority and the funding we are pleased to be a partner in that as soon as those issues are addressed. I also would like to and im really glad that the union brought up the issue of operator rest rooms and because even under prop k, the money that was ear marked for operator rest room thises is a serious issue in the city that the operators needs to have the ability to go to a rest room at the end of the line or somewhere, safely, and in a dignitied, way and we see the buses double parked, and the issues with the operator rest rooms that the mta and even before it was just mun i has had decade long Engagement Process and it is difficu ....
Discussion that is ongoing on standards for use of life and essentially getting in for the federal funds and as soon as that issue is resolved, and the mta is ready with the appropriatal location requests we stand ready to provide the new match so that there be a new fleet. We understand that it takes a significant amount of time and the aimportant issue related to that, is facilities, we have been working on the mta for years now and ensuring that there is a good plan, it makes no sense to buy a new fleet and not be able to maintain it so there has to be an appropriate capacity to do that and the budget to do the maintenance as well and that is another issue. But from the standpoint of the Transportation Authority and the funding we are pleased to be a partner in that as soon as those issues are addressed. I also would like to and im really glad that the union brought up the issue of operator rest rooms and because even ....
Search that we should also seriously consider any candidate that might be interested and there are also benefits to having an internal candidate as well being considered. So with that, vice, chair, weiner . Thank you, yeah, i want to second the chairs remarks that because of the depth of the staff and i think that we are going to be in good shape while we conduct a search and so, i feel and i have full confidence there. And i i think that we should be very thoughtful about this, and cast a wide net in terms of doing a full search, considering both internal and external candidates. There are a lot of great people in various parts of the transit and financing world and i know that we will attract a solid pool of candidates. It may make sense to work with a professional who can help us to make sure that we are recruiting good candidates to take a hard look at this position. And you know, ultimately that obviously it will be a decision for the full authority. And i am confident that we wil ....