seeingnone, could we have the pla report? >> the board is asked to approve a one-year extension of the existing contract with homebridge for contract providers services to go through june of 2020. and as miss neilson said, the end of the contract and will go out to solicitor and a replacement contract over the course of the next fiscal year. we show our recommendation in table 2, page 10 of our report. in terms of the existing contracting authority and expenditures, we recommend an increase of the contract amount to $90.7 million which would be a reduction not to exceed almost $5.4 million. and we recommend approval based on that amendment. >> thank you very much. are there any members of the public that would like to comment on item number two? seeingnone, public comment is closed. supervisor mandelman? >> i'm curious, this homebridge is for folks ihss who need a higher care from a more specialty trained workforce. i was curious to hear more about what that more specialized workforce is able to do and the kinds of services t