finbar jewel from the contract monitoring division. g.y.e. is an l.b.e., and the subcontractor they utilized to meet the l.b.e. requirement is also an l.b.e. >> just to put that in layman's terms, it's white owned firms. and one of the things, we've been working on this issue for sometime, as you know. i'm proud to say this commission -- i think this commission has more disclosure and conversation about diversity in contracting really than any other city commission, and i'm really proud that we're leading the way in having these conversations. we had -- i think in talking about what's available in the pipeline, there are definitely minority firms, m.b.e.'s that are certified in doing the work. for whatever reason, we have not reached out to them to find out why they did not do the bid. sometimes city work may be less preferred to private work, but there is a pipeline available. but in this instead, it was o.b.e. -- two o.b.e. firms that partnered to put in the responsible low bid. i will also make one other comment. today right before the com

. >> thank you, finbar. thank you for all of your comments. okay, are you guys ready to vote? all in favor? [voting] >> resolution 18-45 has been approved. >> clerk: item 14, new business. >> is there any new business or any public comment on new business? >> i have a couple of items. one is i had requested a while back, and i'm not sure that i saw it on the calendar, in terms of forward topics, that we stood with -- [inaudible] >> -- so i would appreciate if that does get on the schedule so that we understand. and i do have another request. as we sort of approve through consent today the monthly -- i mean, the annual rental schedule and in the staff report that we red at the last commission meeting, we talked about the vacancy report, and i guess we have a new definition of vacant scy, and that numbers stuck in my mind, which is 11%. given that our main revenue source is real estate leasing, in addition, obviously, we do have parking and other sources, but it seems to me, i would like to suggest that we do have a periodic report, maybe every three or four months to tell us wh