>> it is -- it is a place people go is a landscape architect. >> i think fehr said will no longer has the archives because it can't be kept as well as it should be. so the archives have been moved to an outside world for they can be kept, but you can still get to them. so physically i don't know where they've moved it. [inaudible] is still in the boston area. so they've moved it to an archival place where it can be those. my staff and they were doing about prospect park were allowed to go through touching things. they use spondylitis other places. would she say was your best treasure trove? >> definitely the library of congress. what we are leading to hear is the actual designs, literally the design of the park, which would've been fun for me, but given a deadline was not really the central topic. of course for a landscape architect, this is the place you want to go be able to look at literally part designs. for me what he wanted to look at what letters and notes the documents, part science, articles he'd written in obscure, long defunct magazine, that kind of thing. the library of co

recommend award of two-year consultant contracts to nelson\nygaard consulting associates, fehr & peers, and dowling associates, inc., in a combined total not to exceed $400,000, for travel demand management professional services, with an option to extend for one additional year, and authorizing the executive director to negotiate contract terms and conditions. >> good morning, commissioners. item #3 begins on page 7 of your packet. this is a procurement for travel demand management services. the need was driven by a number of servicers, chief among them was the demand management project, an inter-agency funding project we have received in partnership with sfmta. this procurements also supported the authority development of strategic long- range countywide planning updates. and other studies that the session is undertaking. emerging at the local and regional level to better manage the transportation system in a time when resources are limited and cooperation with major agencies is critical. for this procurement in april the evaluation panel consisted of representatives appointed by [ina

award two-year consultant contracts to nelson\nygaard consulting associates, fehr & peers, and dowling associates, inc., in a combined total not to exceed $400,000, for travel demand management professional services, with an option to extend for one additional year, and authorize the executive director to negotiate contract terms and conditions. this is an action item. commissioner mirkarimi: we are in to work from the finance committee. questions or discussion? public comment? please. come on up. >> and when i was at the plans and programs committee meeting, this issue was delivered it at great length. i just want to state one concern, one factor that was brought out. that is diversity and helping minorities, in the true sense of the word. we know, right now, if you are a white woman, you are considered a minority. under that front, a lot of injustice is done. this, of being a city that knows how to remedy and put their best foot forward, we need to understand that this sector is impacting a lot of lbe's and dbe's. you could play a leading role, and you could pull on the sleeves of yo

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and in addition we have stephen fehr, who is a special is also in state and local issues fighting for also on reports for the pew center on the states. so with that, sue, i would like to turn over the microphone to you've spent we will try to have an interactive and if we could just kind of turn to a slight use or you can see each other. one hoping to do is get a little bit of the conversation going among the panel. try to move this along for an hour, maybe more. we have an hour and a half? spend about 15 minutes taking questions from the audience, 15 or 20. if you have questions or if questions come up, do write them down, make no. we will try to make sure to get as many of them as we can. so gentlemen, i'm going to not repeat a lot of what was yesterday. there was a lot of conversation yesterday about how bad the problem is, is it fixed, you know, where do you see the real tension there? so let's start with a very straightforward question. stephen, maybe i will start with you. how big is the problem and is it fixed? >> you know, there's a lot of debate on whether there's a crisis in