tenant improvement allowance and termination incentive fee, for tenant improvements for the authority workspace at 1455 market street and authorizing the executive director to negotiate contract terms and conditions. >> good morning, commissioner. deputy director for finance administration. this item starts on page 9 of your packet and is related to 11455. -- 100th and 1455. december 17, 2011, the authority issued rfp for improvements for the office of budget office move. authority held a job site walk- through and approximately 20 prime sub-consultant attended the walk-through. we also advertised at the san francisco chronicle, examiner, bayview, tsing tao daily, and a small business exchange. it was also distributed to certify and disadvantaged small businesses in the area, the cultural chamber of commerce, and small business council. 2012, we received two appraisals -- proposals. the review panel consisted of authority staff and based on the proposals technical management gender capabilities and experience, the panel recommended that the award go to the top-ranked firm of rossi brothers inc.

additional interior architectural, acoustical and audiovisual consulting services for the authority workspace1455 market street and authorize the executive director to modify certain terms and conditions. this is an action item. commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. same house, same call. the item passes. item nine. >> item 9. authorize the executive director to substitute the credit facility for the $200,000,000 commercial paper program, to enter into a new credit and/or liquidity facility agreement with the top-ranked bank, and to negotiate agreement terms and conditions. this is an action item. commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. the house has changed. if we could have a roll call. >> [roll call] the item passes. commissioner campos: please call item 10. >> item 10. approve the 2012 state and federal legislative program. this is an action item. commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that

a lot of people work from home and they want to deduct, you know, that workspace from i guess their overalln you do that anymore? >> so you can do that, but here is again when it's perfectly okay. let's say you do have a home office where your computer is your office is, all your office supplies, and here is the key. where you do the majority of your work. what does not make a home office is the laptop in the corner of your living room that you work on from time to time. this is really important. this is one the irs pays a lot of attention to. if you have any questions about whether or not you have a home office, check out irs publication 587 on their website. read through it and they actually have a nifty flowchart that helps walk through a series of request he is to ultimately tell you if you're on the up and up and can claim a home office. >> and then a big red flag is when all of your numbers seem to, you know, look perfectly perfect. there are no cents. everything is dollars. it's all rounded off, but that's a big red flag. i thought maybe you do that just for the sheer idea of conveni