basically, as you can see, olin, the recommended bidder was the low bidder. if you look at the three-year cost, the next low bidder is about $2 million higher, an increase of about 14%. the third bidder was almost $5 million higher, about 34.5% more. the low bidder, olin, is the largest producer of sodium hypochlorite in california and north america. this is unique in the industry. the product is produced in tracy, calif., and at four plants in the western u.s. to ensure continual product availability. olin has been in business for over a hundred years and the city has approximately 20 years of experience working with this company. as was pointed out in the report, based on the estimated usage, this contract would save the city over $726,000, approximately 13% over the first year. this is compared to current expenditures for the same product. we estimate the contract now will be approximately $14 million for the first three years of the contract. we have requested the board approved a not to exceed amount of $23.5 million, which would allow oca to exercise on

now i would like to ask about a circumstances surrounding the meeting between warner olin and chang apanaand particularly the circumstances that produced chang apana's laughing out loud when warner:referred to a lie detector when referring to the making of black camel. >> ted is a great story. the making of the black camel, the film in 1931. there was the first on-site location of any of the charlie chan films because finally 20th century fox realist we are going to spend more. ..

olin said that the other two poems i asked forward $50 each. that was the beginning of my literary career, and i will tell you that i settle for a 50-dollar poem. i struck a bargain and i bought a poem called less boss which is quite a long poem, a magnificent poem about enmity between two women. despite the title it was a wonderful poem which was it cheaper poems then daddy for reasons that we can speculate about. that was my introduction to the business of the literary anthology and as an idealist young scholar it had never occurred to me that poems could be rated by their ticket price as well as by their quality. but that experience really changed my perception of literature forever. and from then on i really understood i think that literature has always been a business, that poems, stories and essays and novels our product in a marketplace as well if acts of creative -- and professional writers depend on their market value as well as their critical reception. in this new collection, i have to poems by sylvia platts and i have to tell you i

olin and not always agree on how to proceed and every policy, there many challenges confronting us whereou and i share common cause and where i think we can make real progress this year. first and foremost is ensuring that our first responders have the communication tools they need to protect american lives and property. we're fast approaching the 10th anniversary year of 9/11. ee that we must make good on our promise to create an interoperable public safety network and make progress in significant in tangible ways this year. another area crying out for attention is spectrum policy. the demand on our finite resources skyrocket. this last week the president set an ambitious goal of getting high speed wireless coverage to 90% of americans. this is an area where we can work hand-in-hand to maximize this resource. in addition to help meet our shared broadband goals, the commission to an important step toward transforming the universal service fund, a compensation system to address going forward infrastructure needs. there are other challenges, digital literacy, where i believe that we can wo