>> good afternoon, jim salinas, i hope as we deliver these type of contracts and i appreciate the fact that we have two labor representatives here, and robot is a union general contractor, but local hire should be important to the volunteer citizens on this panel. these projects actually offer often times an opportunity to bring in young brothers and sisters from the black and brown community and as one of the brothers spoke earlier, we're not at a point in san francisco where we have 3% african-americans. that's not the city i grew up in. and so you are all in a perfect position to make a difference. as you obviously make decisions on quality of life issues. recreation and park centers are concerned, but there is one other added benefit you can bring to the community, that's those jobs. as we deliberate on those things, i'm not sure there was at one time a contract committee on this commission where those things were vetted. i hope that is still in place. so thank you for your ever consideration in that regard, commissioners, it's so important. >> president buell: thank you. >> is the