and here is john updike talking about the satisfaction that he gets from writing. here it is. >> what is the satisfaction for you? >> it's turning reality into words and then out the other end comes a kind of reality in the readers' mind. but it's the flux of life as it goes through you and goes by around that you can actually find some words that will fix it and make it understandable to others who are far away or maybe far in the future. that's the excitement for me. >> i was thinking about this subject after i wrote the book. and so what i am about to say is going to sound neater than it would if we were just talking off-the-cuff. but i came to the conclusion as updike indicates, that writing has four purposes, at least in my life. to make suffering endureable. to make evil intelligible, to make justice desirable, and love possible. and so when he talks about what words can do to reality, i think there's no more important thing in the world. >> well, i certainly agree in general with both you and john, and updike the way i put it in the book is you know the sent

my name is john updike, acting director of real estate. today we see the recommendation to acquire this property that jennings and newhall in the india basin subdivision. i have a general map in the overhead. the property is on a street that leads to the postal service facility and is somewhat disconnected from the basin as a result. it does a for the city to secure an excellent match for the office of the chief medical examiner, subject to design, cheaper review, and authorization of funding over the left -- the next two to 2.5 years. originally leased in 2006, housing the laundry facility, dislocated from a hospital project. primarily as a result of an arbitration between union representative laundry workers and the city. set aside, subsequently, the laundry is now an outsourced function that never moved into this location. however, the property jurisdiction has been used as a warehouse for off site storage during construction. it served a very valuable purpose, housing everything from art works to kitchen appliances. in the past year th

. >> john updike, acting director of real estate. item 9 is related to the crystal springs pipeline number two improvement project. this property, i have an overhead for you. this is in the town of hillsborough. what is before the committee today is the purchase of temporary construction easements totaling 6440 square feet and a permanent easements of 4600 square feet. the settlement agreement calls for a purchase price of 87,005 and $7, which is between the appraised value and the requested amount from the owner and is pursuant to an summoned by the puc general manager and commission, who will approve this resolution. this is in conformance with the general plan, and with your approval, we would be able to execute the agreement for sale and the eastman documents for this project. i will do 10 and 11. if you have questions, i also have brian from the puc. item 10 is for the san joaquin pipeline system improvements. this location is in the city of tracy. this acquisition is on the tracy called country club, shown here. roughly where m