i am jeff neally, with gsa region 9. this is a very exciting day. we all have the honor in participating the kickoff of the modernization process and the renovation of the historic united nations plaza, and for these events we have a number of special guests. i would like to recognize these guest speakers who are with us today. the first is honorable avenue some -- gavein newsom. then dan bernal, speaker of the house nancy pelosi's director. we have megan miller, field representative for barbara boxer. also joinin us is the vice presidnent. moving here is a great treat for gsa. it will the -- be the hub of activity. this will be a state-of-the-art facility. during the depression, arthur brown jr. designed a new federal building in san francisco. he went out of his way to make this a complementary feature of the nearly-completed pacific center area. the civic center is a scene of events of great importance, including the founding of the united nations and the peace treaties with world war ii. this shows as a poll reform moving to the united states. t