paul oliva. i am "the san francisco chronicle" waterfront columnist and and part of san francisco yacht club. i can also say we have increased our membership, seemingly directly in connection with the america's cup, san francisco being chosen as the location. we urge you to support the items before you and to get on with identifying and planning for the legacy uses and development of the waterfront to increase access. moving this ahead will also help us with our planning for hosting teams and welcoming visitors to san francisco. putting on my consultant hat, i might comment on a couple of the questions you had earlier. with people coming to san francisco, this is just anecdotal evidence, but i have heard from various sailing clubs from southeast -- from south beach harbor, and various harbors, that bookings are increasing. hotels have contacted me with interest in the cup. they are getting interest in bookings for rooms as well as meeting space and the new space. we are seeing activity around the