k. brandon: thank you. >> commission, that concludes the presentation. >> president k. brandon: thank you. danny campbell? >> thank you, madam president, commissioners. danny campbell. i'm a representative with the sheet metal workers, local 104. i want to say briefly jay and his team reached out very early to us in the san francisco building trades unions and committed to partner with our local union contractors here. which, as a result will mean good careers for local residents and our city's use through state-approved apprenticeship programs. they listened to our concerns very early on. and we are excited seeing the theater returning as darius mentiond in san francisco. it's a great project. my colleague, just to confirm what darius said, my colleague ian lewis with the hotel workers was here earlier but had to leave. he wanted me to convey their support for the project. so thank you. >> president k. brandon: thank you. is there any other public comment? >> president and commissioners,my name is bob hare

k. brandon: thank you. is there any other public comment? >> good evening, i'm kevin carol, the executive director of the hotel -- i'm here to support the project, i have served on the subcommittee, i'm passionate about the waterfront. our hotel industry and board of directors supports this project. i think it will bring the activation to the waterfront that is exciting, not to mention jobs. an organization and hotel can always bring a lot of activation that will help with keeping activities on the street, really focused on what they should be, which is welcoming our visitors and guests to san francisco. so i would encourage your continued support and i thank you for your time. >> president k. brandon: thank you. is there any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner makras? >> delighted to see the neighborhood group support the project. thank you. i would like to start, since this has been an ongoing project for a while, i would like to start with the representative from the

k. brandon: thank you. commissioner woo ho. >> okay, i think we are all very excited and supportive and i want to thank everyone involve today get us to this point because i know we have worked very diligently and the fact there's only been a few awarded. i'm totally supportive. my question, what will we learn as a result of this. we talk about the seawall and it's a $5 billion project. does this help us figure out how complex it will be? how much will it cost? what will we learn out of the shared study that will help us determine what the seawall khal -- challenges are for us? >> i feel with experts in the room i should defer to the two project managers on this one. >> good evening, commissioners. i'm mark birman, project manager for the core of engineers. it's a great question. we would like to think as we enter into the feasibility study we aren't just trying to figure out whether the corps has a federal interest, but we want to be part of a planning effort that helps understand the problem and understan