nikolas crawford. the regular superintendent is our interim director. and i would not be present thanksgiving it would be by our grant's manager not able to be here today that is john, he appropriate third degree presentation with us. >> i want to introduce what this it is. and explain a bit about our program and how this is a key part. when we are asking is for you to approve after considering what i'm sharing the contract for temperature the amount of it is shy of 7.5 million dollars and the term is for 2 years. the contractor who has being considered for award is precision enterprise llc the request for a contract with a seoul bid are requires commission approval for contract and negotiation. and i will explain when we money by negotiation. >> so, to introduce our program, we have what we call street tree sf. public works management of street trees city wide. this was created through a voter approved proposition sets aside funding for street trees that began in 2016 and the program started 6 months after. the city charter was also changed transferrin