i'm also joined by our deputy director for finance and administration, julia dawson, if you have any questions. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. there is no b.l.a. report on this. let's open it up for public comment. are there any members of the public that would like to speak on this item? >> i was just curious how many kiosks are guarantees under the contract. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. any other members of the public like to speak? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [gavel]. >> chair fewer: colleagues, any comments or questions for mr. spitz? oh, supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, madam chair. i think i'm the author of this past resolution and the past several extension resolutions. and i want to acknowledge that what mr. spitz says is correct. i was one of the supervisors that expressed concern about the aspects of the design and what have you, and i was pleased to see the competition. i was not around in 1996. this is far below what other cities receive what are really advertising contracts. these are not -- yes, there are some toilets invo

. >> supervisors, julia dawson, department of public works. i think we thought this agreement would be before you long before now, so we did not attempt to renegotiate the current terms because we are focused on getting the new agreement done, and of course it hasn't turned out exactly the way we thought it would, but i would say making additional revenue from this agreement is contingent on shifting from paper advertising to digital, which is something that has already happened in all of the other city advertising agreements, and i fully hear what you're saying about not loving advertising, but the reality of most advertising agreements that public -- that cities do -- new york, chicago, is that they have all gone digital, and that does generate additional revenue. so without being able to convert to digital, it would have been a more challenging conversation. but i do hear what you're saying, and i think we probably would have considered that, had we known we'd still be here amending this agreement. we're really not expecting to be in this s