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Have these contractors these contractors under the jok. I think thats a good point and having the 50,000. We had the safety valve. Yeah, so the obligation to the contractor is three years of 50,000 . Thats the minimum. The other thing we were trying to do which the contractors is saying okay if you use 50,000 but i am concerned about you tying up 3 million or 5 million in my bonding capacity for three years. Thats for them is a big thing because they cant pursue anything because we tie that up so we talked about ways of reducing that down so those are the things we have been working on. Would ...

One firm can have one at a time so when the capacity is reached i think 95 of the contract then theyre released to pursue another one so that is a limitation that others may would like to pursue are already in contracts. Then it goes to the question well bidding and someone knows that they may be the only one how do we take the gouging or inflating the price or Something Like that, so one of the things we have experience with are what are the factors or multipliers used previously to ensure to have someone to perform the work . Now, i think emilio is right in regards to once we get your multip...

That up so we talked about ways of reducing that down so those are the things we have been working on. Would we get more bidders do you think if the catalog of biddable items was smaller . I think in this case the limit tends to be geographical because we use the same catalog for local work in the city and typically get three or four contractors interested in the same line of work. Its just the work as the director was saying its not only its up in hetch hetchy but if youre a contractor in that area and the work is at the reservoir its still an hour drive to the closest town to the reservoir b...

Do which the contractors is saying okay if you use 50,000 but i am concerned about you tying up 3 million or 5 million in my bonding capacity for three years. Thats for them is a big thing because they cant pursue anything because we tie that up so we talked about ways of reducing that down so those are the things we have been working on. Would we get more bidders do you think if the catalog of biddable items was smaller . I think in this case the limit tends to be geographical because we use the same catalog for local work in the city and typically get three or four contractors interested in ...

Carries. Okay. Item 12. Item 12 approve the warnerville substation project and authorize the general manager to release of 3,143,000 in funds on reserve with the board of supervisors. Any questions on this . I thought ritchie had left. Move to approve. Second. Additional comments . All those in favor . Aye. Opposed . The motion carries. Item 13. Would you like Public Comment . Oh Public Comment. Seeing none item 13. Item 13 authorizelet general manager to review the Treasure Island Development Authority and the puc. Any questions, comments . Move to approve. Second. Is there Public Comment on ...