mr. mulagin to describe the local hiring project. for the awards we had ten contracts that were awarded. the total amount of 17.4 million. of those six were within 14 b requirements. they have a total requirement of 24 percent, lbe which is quite good and we will see better results next year as having high participation requirements. for those not under 14 b two were under the fire. that was an unusual circumstance because that was led under emergency prevention and the others were small. awarded to two small contractors under $50,000. one was a micro lbe. in terms of spending on contracts last year. we had a huge year in contract spending as you'll see going up and down the water front with completed projects. $12.9 million to lbe sub contractors. this acquainted to 18 percent of the total contracted expenditures to lbe. it's a million more than the cmd goal which require -- again, they'll determine compliance at contract close out, but we're doing a million dollars better than the goal. it's 2 percent below the port commission goal