cynthia fong. at the time that we were looking at the least, we are also looking at the agreement that the realistic decision put together for mta to make sure we captured all the deals and provision that they negotiated into. commissioner elsbernd: the puc is abandoning a lot of office space over the next 12 months to move into their new building. did you look to see if there was space available that could have been done at a cheaper rate by moving into their existing facilities? >> the broker mention that the building was not available in the time that we were looking to move. commissioner elsbernd: did you look at the former department of marketing resources building? >> it did not fit our requirements. commissioner mar: any other questions? commissioner kim: page 66, i wanted to make a clarification. it is actually an increase in annual rent and operating expenses over five years. an increase of $202,000, and an increase of $190,000. >> yes, compared five years at our current location to the po

i wanted to thank cynthia fong, our deputy for finance and administration, for doing what it takes every day so we do not have to cram add audit time. we gaet a clean audit. her and her group does a good record keeping. so thank you. that concludes my report. i will answer any questions. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. any comments or questions? supervisor wiener: i wanted to raise the issue of high-speed rail, and similar issues were raised at the last meeting when caltrain presented to us. i guess i am not ready to throw in the towel on a separate track for high-speed rail. i have some concerns about the sharing with caltrain and what that can mean for the system. i always try to keep in mind what we allowed marin and san mateo county to do back when bart was -- when bart was very popular or may have been very popular at the time. but the entire region has been paying the price ever since. so when we have local opposition, of course we should always be sensitive and work with people. but i am concerned that we have had a few cities that have really been loudoun in opposition to having

as you know, anticipate, cynthia fong, a deputy of finance can run circles around me in terms of the detail on this, but this is a significant enough autumn but i thought i should present it to you. she can provide any additional detail that you will need. we have been at the 100 van ness location for the past 18 years. we have been at the 100 van ness location for the past 18 years.