dr. thomas brothers andoon open the. luke's hospital. and they provided the mission statement. the benefits refuse to none will be limited only by its means. before you today is a proposal that can help a sustained this mission. on behalf of the st. luke's medical staff, i urge you to vote affirmatively for this project and move it forward. our patients and staff need it and deserve it. we think cpmc is the way to achieve it. thank you. >> any speakers from project sponsor? at this point we're going to take a short break and get into public comment, if that is ok with you. >> a brief question. for dr. kirsch, i was going through answers to questions about utilization at st. luke's, and it appears while there are occupants in skilled nursing, i guess your acute-care average has been 59 bids of the past 15 years. >> that is probably a reasonable estimate. >> we would hope as we rebuild we would be able to increase that if the need is there. >> again, we would like to see an increase. i believe the hospitals plan is for 80 beds. that is an increase. >> thank you. appreciate it. >>