. >> karin slater and scott. >> sorry, i apologize. >> we have to keep going. >> you should have the artists work on the baners, too. >> thank you. >> my name is karin slater and i am a member of the star board and a chair of the real estate committee, and i have been working with oci staff and lanar for several years. and i want to start by thanking the current and former members of the redevelopment and the commissions and the staff, for really what i think is an extraordinary leap of vision, on the part of the number of people that has resulted in this new building being built and you know, most and i have been traveling around the country and i met with the people in boston and in dc, who have the group studio spaces and the boston center for the arts and the factory and when i have explained to them what is happening in san francisco, everybody knows about the increasing cost of living in san francisco, and the increasing cost of being an artist and making the art and the studio spaces and i have told them that we are going to have this new, 87,000 square foot building, with 130