member and we are happy to have him rejoin after being one of the original co-founders, and richard bolingbrook is the past president and the board member of the star. >> today star is here to speak in support of the design and this is a major step in securing the future of the 130 artists who will be displaced by the redevelopment and the nearly 300 artists ha the shipyard lived with the threat of eviction for more than 25 years, from month to month, they did not know what was going to happen out there, in 2004, and an agreement was reached, with the developer urbine that there would be no net loss of the space on the shipyard in the course of the development and today, nearly ten years later, we are here to support the design, of the artist studio, replacement building. >> this is precedent setting and in most urban development, the loss of the studio is damage. and this was a process started by the businessman scott madison and the artists of the hope and a long time shipyard tenant and over the years they were supposed by nancy palosy and many hunter artists and the advocacy continues and i