but until the j.p.a. is up and operational, we can't negotiate with motorola. we are trying to set the framework right now, but motorola as a private -- is part of private industry, we want to make sure that we get the best deal for what they are going to be able to provide us. and through the boom we will be able to negotiate and i believe really be able to provide the best services for san francisco. one of the questions you asked miss gettis while she was up here about what's next in terms of hardware that's coming up and whether or not there was any money for it. i do believe since this is a priority of president obama that there will be additional money coming down the line over the next two, three, five years. i have very good news to report. we just heard yesterday that the 2011 grant application for uwasi which we were anticipating would be between an 18% and 20% cut, that san francisco was held harmless. so we are going to be getting the 2010 grant award. so that was a huge victory for us. commissioner mirkarimi: that is great. good. we have been having

and i think being early leaders in this, my hope is that the j.p.a. will be up and functional. we'll have 10 signators on it by mid to late june. commissioner mirkarimi: i have a question for the captain. something that occurred to me maybe not on the level of the j.p.a., i'm sort of stretching a little bit in the brainstorming, but since we are in the public safety committee, why isn't there a regional round table like this just on normal public safety? for the nine area county, that may not have to be memorialized by j.p.a., like we have bay area regional governments, but something that just allows for the public safety partners that would be able to coalesce together but do so not just in a formal but informal way. i don't mean to put you in the spot, but i think this raises a good example that perhaps this could be applied in other endeavors not just for man-made or natural disasters, but the day to day efforts of us fighting crime, since we often hear people coming from other jurisdiction, coming to san francisco, blah, blah, blah, why isn't something more formalized? feel