again i want to say thank you on behalf of the building trades to see tim paulson here and let everyone know the 26 trades are going to be employed on this project, not one, two, three, but 26 are going to be involved in this. you don't see very often. when we do we make a big deal about it. thank you. >> commissioner johnson. >> thank you. i, too, want to say this is an incredibly exciting project. i think it centers around a community that we all deeply care about that is a san francisco treasure. i will always remember the first time i walked into the flower marked and was just blown away by the beauty of community and the natural world. in a very urban setting. it's been a real gift to have in the city. we have all worked together and come together to make sure that it continues to be supported and thrives in the city. i think it was one of the questions that everybody asked, i think. when we heard there was the potential for the flower marked not to come back to the buildi building. we want to make sure that that is truly what is best. all united by what is truly best for the flowe

it's great that commissioner maxwell and the president, there, but tim paulson and i have a day job. i would like to -- whether or not i can make it or not, i still want to be apprised so that the sfpuc has been incredib incredibly attentive to the stuff that we're doing. >> i want to point out that they mentioned in previous meetings that they wanted to go out there and tour the site, but i'm happy to do that. unfortunately, we have to do two at a time because of the brown act, but we would love to take you out. i'm telling you everybody -- >> since i have something to do with construction and i've heard him say "construction" at least 17 times so far, i want to be part of that. thank you. >> slides, please. >> so as howard mentioned about the process of cost estimating, we do conduct cost estimates at standard intervals as the project design and details advances. also for the complex and long duration infrastructure projects, the duration between planning estimate to a 95% estimate could be three to five years. as various design deliverables are made available, various estimating t

my name is tim paulson, i'm secretary and treasurer of the san francisco building and construction trades council. as you know, we have historically been supportive of the central soma plan, and i have looked at this particular plan because it is pretty unique , and there is a lot of boxes that have been checked for both the community and for the attention not only to the historic flower market, but to a lot of the design and looking at good ways to put this particular project together. and so i just want to say, on behalf of the building and construction trades council, we are supportive of this project moving forward, and we are looking really excited to getting to that particular place i will conclude right there. thank you, commissioners. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, commissioners i am president in the south of market business association. i also am in the business. i am here to express our support for this project. the kilroy foy -- folks seem to be very responsive to our community before us and they will shake loose with their plans. so we are here to suppo