we're also joined by vicki callahan department of human resources as well who may have issues to touch upon in terms of our civil service requirements and hiring. so, i'll give the mic over to mr. ginsberg and thank you for being here. >> thank you, supervisors. you actually summarized the program extremely well, supervisor avalos. i don't even need to present -- >> great talking points. [laughter] >> you are correct, the department is a very big champion of our apprenticeship program. it is a part of our workforce investment program and that is what i wanted to give some context for and give a short presentation about all of the ways that we are trying to focus on local hire, on investing in our workforce, in training our workforce, and in creating a workforce pipeline for our local 216 apprentices, but in other sectors as well. and joining me today are our director of operations danny kern who oversees park and recreation division. he will do part of the presentation. our park superintendent anna alvarez who oversees and directly supervisors the apprenticeship program. and bob [speak