the director of the department of public works, the deputy director for our department, and also tom owen, a deputy city attorney. and just in summary, the proposed recology contract that is before you for consideration is for the life of the contract. waste would be transported to the east bay and then to rail to the ostrom landfill. however, if the city meets our set -- our goals, the contract value could be less than $50 million because the tonnage would be, of course, reduce. so, finally, the department of the environment is recommending that approval of the draft landfill contract as well as the facilitation agreement with recology is approved. we do believe it is the best option for the city and county of san francisco, and i am very proud of the extensive work that has been conducted by the panel, the contra negotiators, as well as the department over the next few years. i am confident that you will see this is a competitive contract, and it really is a great deal for san francisco. i am happy to answer any questions, and we have a number of staff and are happy to answer any questi

>> supervisor, tom owens, a city attorney's office. i think the concepts are being collapsed in the question. what i think the department was trying to communicate is aspects of the facilitation agreement had to do with the operation of the transfer station and transportation with in the city limits were not put out to competitive bid because of the 1932 ordinance and that they are the only people that can transport this in the city have a license for that transportation outside of the city and county was, in the department's view, included in the landfill disposal rfp. it was not support the the subject of a different rfp, just a business decision and an environmental decision. supervisor campos: ibm confused, because my understanding was that the transportation -- i am confused. any transportation outside of san francisco was competitively bid? >> the bidders were invited to submit proposals for the operation, landfills, and that included transportation and questions about accessibility, etc., and the recology proposal specifically a