the local expert will speak after me, and there is erica lovejoy, will be implementing the $70,000 grant from the fish and wildlife -- today i will cover for topics. the first as a review of the events that led for -- led to today, with the problems and the available solutions and then i will discuss the draft ordinance. in 2009, the commission heard a presentation about the birds program. specifically about bird building collision production, and in 2010, at the request of the commission, which drafted documents. and this is the adopted document, for prosing -- proposing standards for the bird-safe buildings. in june of this year we drifted -- which drafted the ordinance, and then we have the document that you now have in your hands. today, we haven't ordnance from the comments of over 2200 people and the staff conducted outreach with building owners and architects, and environmental interests. let's look at this issue and why this is important. you may ask yourself, why should we share. and the staff is looking at this as we began the investigation. the number of birds that died from b