committee members include director kaplan, fred clark, director of cultural affairs, one of our arts commissioners, who is a practicing artist and professor at the san francisco art institute, and bleak summers, who runs the art program at the san francisco international airport -- blake international airport -- blake summers.

committee members include director kaplan, fred clark, director of cultural affairs, one of our arts commissioners, who is a practicing artist and professor at the san francisco art institute, and bleak summers, who runs the art program at the san francisco international airport -- blake summers. we have convened the steering committee to look at the preliminary concept, to give their sign off of the preliminary concept, to give feedback to the artist, to raise issues of concern, and there have probably been three or four meetings when the committee was convened and the proposal was reviewed as part of the bidding process. we have also had the opportunity -- through a conference call or meetings in person, to meet with contractors and the various subcontractors, to talk about architectural and engineering coordination issues, and i want to assure you that we have also -- we are very conscious of future maintenance and operational concerns, and we have engaged in a conservation firm, and they have begun to already evaluate a preliminary proposal, pending your review and approval today