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
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
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 tend to give money to projects that are already built or in operation, yet there are a lot of projects that are being constructed right now, and rails, and facility and bus facility and so we will ask for example, can you let us know if there is a possibility that projects that are in construction could at some point qualify in addition to the existing projects that are under operation and they do those kinds of analysis and let us know when the upcoming bills are coming up and w
Wondering how do we evaluate, or measure the value, that they get from these, are there reports that come back . How do we know kind of that were that this is a good investment of project resources. Yeah, so they have been with us for a long time. And these are just extending their contracts, the way that we measure, any contract is based on performance. And have they delivered . And mannet and chamber and conoln were able to help us get the 400 million, through the reeninvestment act and helped us to get the 171 million loan and they bring different expertise to the table and nanatt is more on the working more from the lobbying standpoint, and working with us with the various agents and the various congressional representatives whereas chamber and colon, and hartwell are more technical and they are know all of the federal loan instruments that are out there and how to draft the report and so they write the applications for us and whereas manatt drops the other application and most rec