department staff i was involved in the development of the art work and the open space and i along with ava lieberman did an evaluation of the downtown privately owned accessible spaces and commonly referred to and i am concerned as drafted the proposed legislation will lessen the impact of the existing program in the downtown. and the art commission suffers from severe funding and the administration of the public art works and other programs. and with existing program with no cost to the city and the private art works and art works that are enjoyed and will be enjoyed for years to come. however w the adoption of the changes recommended in the staff report, all of which i support, plus several additional changes, and the core of the existing program can be retained while broadening the type of art work to satisfy the 1% for art work requirement and to generate the funding needed. and locate on the ground floor be retained, but believe it should be expanded to require art works in areas that are smaller than 3,000 square feet. as indicated in the slide shown in the staff presentation, there are many f

. >> commissioners, i am ava lieberman and i worked for the city for 19 years and for 15 years i helped to implement the arts requirement. when we initiated the arts requirement in the course of the development of the downtown plan, it was a true innovation. public art to be provided and maintained by private developers for the public enjoyment was groundbreaking. after the requirement was adopted as part of the downtown plan, more than 40 people worked over a year in order to design guideline is attesting to the popularity of the provision. it is this book that has been developed and also very meticulously followed. and what we want to attain in downtown is an exquisite outdoor gallery and i would like to introduce you to some pieces that have been developed in the last 25 years. this is the angel by a berkley artist. an ar piece in an exclusive pedestrian walkway. an historic piece. it's art deco mounted on the facade of the building as part of the requirement. it is on the garden and the eclipse when the earth and the sun aligned up. across the street -- not working here. i just want