so we're providing the money to everton jones to then pay the contractor. aaron jones had to go through a process to become a city vendor to be eligible to receive payments. so next slide. so our report staff recommend support commission accept everton jones as the successful proposal for 300 jefferson authorize the executive director to forward the lease to the board for approval and upon such approval authorize the executive director to execute the lease. and so i also want to note that both santino de dee rose from avon commercial and dorsey are white from everton jones are here in case you have questions for them. but now i stand ready to answer questions. thank you so much, tom. do either one of you want to say anything before we open it up to public comment? excuse. >> hello i'm dorsey, a white third generation legacy business. >> my grandmother started this business 73. my mother took it to another level when she opened the first sit down in 1999 and i've been her right hand woman from the time she opened up four years ago. my beloved mother passed aw