my hope is that cal transis watching and my belief is that they are watching the leadership of the sfcta on this project and let's get these dbe businesses to work on this project providing jobs. so, thank you again. >> thank you very much. >> next speaker? >> good morning, chair. president, and commissioner. my name is durk butler and i am the chair of the executive committee of the san francisco african american construction committee and i would like to say that we are excited to be here to support this project and the direction of the agency. we are tirelessly fighting the issue of low bidding, and at low bidding against, dbe participation. and so, often organizations agencies and departments, go low bid at the expense of dbes suffering and not participating on the projects. if you just look at the numbers th were presented earlier, by the staff we are asking for a 5 million dollar difference that will ultimately go if this body, directs the staff to move forward, about 5 million dollars worth of contract opportunities and job opportunities to local dbe firms that impact all of our c