mr. hailey. >> thank you. are there any other -- so with that i would like to open it up to public comment. any members of the public comment wishing to speak on this item? seeing none public comment is closed. supervisor campos is there anything else? >> no madam chair. i would move to file this item and i would simply ask as we move forward and as we continue to do work on the replacement of our fleet that i think it's important for us to excuse me, follow what we can the letter and spirit of the best practices that should be followed around contracts and i do believe if we make this kind of investment that we still need to know more about the reliability of these hybrid buses vis-a-vis diesel and also within which engine is reliable. i don't have a horse in this race. i don't have one preference over the other. my only objective is to make sure that the money that we're using is used to purchase the best, the most reliable vehicle, and i don't believe we have followed a process that at this point guarantees

mr. hailey. i think they have a presentation . >> thank you supervisor. thank you. i would piggyback my thanks for the opportunity to be here and one of the things that will say and i appreciate the fact that you have recognized for the last three or four years when anybody asks us what are the things we're going to do to fix muni service one of the things we say is essential and a building block to do that is fix the fleet, and it is been a tremendous help and a partnership between the board and the sf mta. you have been consistent and strong in your support for not only using prop k money for component overhauls for also new purchases which we appreciate. i will also say part of what we have done is we're in the process of building and improving the reliability of the fleet at the same time we're meeting and leading even the nation -- excuse me, from an environmental standpoint with clean air because we remain -- as i will point out more specifically in a minute. we are able to improve our reliability by meeting the aggressive environmental goals we set for oursel