chairperson nolan: can somebody say something about these? executive director ford: i will call up director ban yi to respond to these. chairperson nolan: good afternoon, mr. yi. >> good afternoon. the issue with connecticut street is in this area of the block there is a huge business than has a lot of deliveries involving large tractor trailers. normally, the way they would prefer to get into the site is to come up the street and back into the facility. the have to back in because of the layout of the parking lot inside. in reverse, there would have a difficult time maneuvering in the site afterwards. -- they have to back in because of the layout of the parking lot inside. in reverse, they would have a difficult time maneuvering inside afterwards. they go to the top of the show, make a three. turn around with a huge truck, -- they go to the top of the hill, make a 3 point turnaround with a huge truck, and there are three bus lines that run through that. the buses are hung up while those trucks are maneuvering. here are some pictures of the t

chairperson nolan: thank you. that does answer my question. >> very toronto followed by howard strassner. >> good afternoon. today is an important day in american history. it is pearl harbor day and the sixth day of hanukkah. i thought i would show up early enough because i showed up last meeting and you were already in closed session 45 minutes after you started. it was probably be sure to meeting you have had in a long time. [laughter] the thing is that i am concerned about the fact that we only get two minutes with only a few speakers. we used to have only three minutes when a handful of speaker show up. you have an important responsibility and shut the door on us by only giving us two minutes when a lot of us take out time from our day t

chairperson nolan: i suppose somebody is here for synergy management inc.? we got the document about a failure of good faith. >> chairman, i will tell you this contractor already gone through its bid process. this contract will not be governed by this new legislation. chairperson nolan: more the spirit of the thing. >> the spirit -- that is an absolute. synergy minimum would tell you -- you can see by their numbers they are committing to more than the 20% of small businesses required. chairperson nolan: colleagues, is there a motion and this second? any further discussion? i am glad you waited. it was great, wasn't it? thank you very much. we're ready to adjourn, right? is there a motion for that? happy holidays. happy new year everybody. it was great working with you. i will see you next year. our court is miss stokes. >> please turn off all cellular phones and pagers. copies of any documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon will appear on the december 21 agenda, unless otherwise stated. supervisor mar: please call item numb

chairperson nolan: into for waiting. we had some significant conversations. >> item 13, authorizing it executive director to execute the contract with the construction company, not to exceed [unintelligible] there is no member of the public who has indicated an interest. >> i will move the item. chairperson nolan: is there a second -- is there any further discussion? all done. good job. >> item 14, a warning a contract at union square market street relocation and authorizing the exhibit director to execute the contract with synergy management in an amount not to exceed $16.8 million and a term not to exceed 480 calendar days. no member of the public has indicated an interest in addressing you. chairperson nolan: there is a report on local hiring, right? >> part of the presentation -- of was planning on giving the board our latest check-in on the local hiring legislation. i believe you are all aware you received packages on our communication with those, that we are putting legislation together and stating what our agency