our presentser is our esteemed city librarian, luis herrera. please join me in welcoming him to the stage. [applause] our first honoree is someone who recently stepped down from the mission campus of city college, dr. carlota del portillo. [applause] you know, she's had a lot of firsts. [applause] she was the first latina president of the hoover mi firs president of the hoover middle school p.t.a. she was one of the first latinas to gain a doctorate in education from u.s.f. she was the first latina named to the civil service commission and the first latina named to the san francisco human rights commission by mayor dianne feinstein. in 1974 she was a member of the civil service commission and she cast the deciding vote to integrate women into the san francisco fire department. [applause] but she wasn't done there. she was the first latina to win a citywide election in san francisco without first being appointed to the position when she won her seat on the san francisco board of education in 1990. after her re-election in 1994, she served as vic

so i would like to ask representatives of the library -- i want to thank luis herrera and the work he has done, and phil ginsburg, and the city attorney's office. and i want to thank the community for believing in this vision, for moving it forward. i hope that after today there will still be a number of items we need to approve it as a board, but i believe the project is in a place where we can move it forward as quickly as we can. with that, i would like to ask for a first presentation from city staff. >> i am jill warren, a deputy city librarian. last time we were before this committee was to discuss historic issues. we are now discussing the whole project plan. before we start, we have a number of folks here to show their support for the project. we want to acknowledge especially the support from our young advocates from sherman elementary school, st. peter and paul, the neighborhood center, and those young folks are going to file out at this time so there will not have to stay to the entire hearing. thank you. [applause] we're going to go to the overhead. as you have heard, the n