. >> kari mcclellan. supervisor campos, the world is literally watching these deliberations today. i kid you not we have folks from all over the world who are passionate about seeing san francisco be successful in this effort. and the team has been ungive cal with us. -- unequivocal with us. we have noted that we are competing against nations and that san francisco and our honorary committee that includes members of our state delegation as well as the speakers, senator finestein. we are really doing this on behalf of the nation. and today is the opportunity to find out if whether or not the offer that we have put together is how we would like to proceed in negotiating binding agreements. we do not feel in good conscious that we could be more aggressive than what we have put before you. and at this juncture we are seeking your feedback and the opportunity to go forward with the team and put our best foot forward. so i cannot recommend or suggest that putting this over would billion to our benefit. i can assure you it would be to our detriment. >> ok. thank you. >> i'd like to speak