i'm also joined by our deputy director for finance and administration, julia dawson, if you have any questions. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. there is no b.l.a. report on this. let's open it up for public comment. are there any members of the public that would like to speak on this item? >> i was just curious how many kiosks are guarantees under the contract. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. any other members of the public like to speak? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [gavel]. >> chair fewer: colleagues, any comments or questions for mr. spitz? oh, supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, madam chair. i think i'm the author of this past resolution and the past several extension resolutions. and i want to acknowledge that what mr. spitz says is correct. i was one of the supervisors that expressed concern about the aspects of the design and what have you, and i was pleased to see the competition. i was not around in 1996. this is far below what other cities receive what are really advertising contracts. these are not -- yes, there are some toilets invo

i'm julia dawson from public works. i understand the sponsor's concerns, but i also hear supervisor mandelman, and our department has been acting in good faith, trying to work with the sponsor to move forward the new agreement with you, but without an extension, we technically don't have a contract? and while i understand that that's not the board's doing, i'm sort of respectfully ask you you to consider that. i don't think that the two are necessarily so linked and that by not having us be in compliance, it's not putting anymore pressure on us -- we already are under pressure to get this new agreement to you, so i would at least request consideration of that as something that would help kind of make us in a better position to bargain in good faith with j.c. decaux rather than sitting out an amendment to extend the current agreement. thank you. >> chair fewer: thank you. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [gavel]. >> chair fewer: so this item was continued from two weeks ago -- do you h