it's primarily environmental analysis in consulting, but services and related that would cover the gamete of environmental analyses. >> thank you. >> i don't know that we need any formal action? do we? thank you >> item 13, new business. >> any public comment on new business? hearing none. >> item 14, public comment. >> public comment, we have john decastro. >> hello, i'm john decastro, a tenant and i do appreciate the commission directing the staff to come down and talk to us yesterday. we had almost 100 tenants at the hall down there, listening to our information and the staff has agreed to drop the electric charge, which we appreciate, until the metering is done on the piers. so that is very good. what i am concerned about is the staff does not seem to have listened to the concerns of the tenants regarding the parking and setting of rates at parity with other public harbors and i find there is minimal understanding or compassion regarding the lack of parking down there. and they are saying to live with it. we have had 205 spaces, but 205 space goes back to 1985. it

it's primarily environmental analysis in consulting, but services and related that would cover the gamete of environmental analyses. >> thank you. >> i don't know that we need any formal action? do we? thank you >> item 13, new business. >> any public comment on new business? hearing none. >> item 14, public comment. >> public comment, we have john decastro. >> hello, i'm john decastro, a tenant and i

it's the board of ed, the private sector, it's charter schools, it's -- it runs the whole gamete. and that's what i wanted to bring to the role. i want to bring the frustration that the teachers feel. >> and who is -- we talked to you earlier in the day about the importance of teachers in children's young lives and it sounded like you had a teacher in fifth grade that played a pivotal role in helping you along. can you tell us about that? >> he did, 100%. he saw the passion that was inside of me that was quiet. it wasn't dormant but definitely quiet because i had a speech impediment and an accent, i'm puerto rican and a girl. that's a lot to silence a child in the united states of america. and he said, listen, you do have a speech impediment, and that's your only thing that's stopping you, so let's go down the hall and fix it. and i think your hilarious and smart and beautiful and he just made me feel like a superstar in his classroom and i just really -- and i literally went and found him two years ago, in fact, and i called him up and thanked him. >> wow. he unlocked the magic t

that working here and being here surrounded by books, man scripts, musical scores, movies, the whole gamete of what is knowledge in america is such a thrill and such a privilege that you really are going to have trouble getting me to retire. >> is this exhibit open to the public and how long is it open? >> it's entirely open to the public. it'll be open through the end of september. but let's say you can't come to washington, we have a virtual version of our exhibit on our website, and part of this exhibit, part of this conversation, is an open website where we're asking people from all over the world to comment on the books we have selected but also to tell us why you think something we selected shouldn't be on the list, and even more important, why something you think should be on the list should be added to the list, and we want to hear from you so far we have heard from over 5,000 people, and we encourage everybody to go to our website www.loc.gov/bookfest. you will find the list of the book and an opportunity complete a brief form telling us what you think of the books and what should