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I guess someone didn’t like the fact that I don’t think anyone should be applauded.  Here was my comment:

How is the city going to pay for the ~$33 million ($21 million current budget plus the apparent retroactive coverage to the formation of HART) annually for HART’s administrative costs? (Note this is not something down the road, like O&M. This will be included in next fiscal year’s budget.)

What is the impact of disallowing the surcharge from covering ADA compliance? This could have a significant impact on the total rail costs, but no one has mentioned it as far as I am aware. 

No, I don’t think we should be applauding anyone.