thank youver for considering this pla. i think it was a pleasure dealing with your staff in this regard cu. ~ [speaker not understood]. that being said, i will ask there was one item which we did not come to agreement and that was the question of the threshold. this board -- your staff did put into the document you're considering the million dollar threshold this board instructed them to put in. we, however, are asking that you reconsider that and that you eliminate the threshold and have all work on the bond measure covered under the pla. let me make three points in that regard. first of all, the intention of this pla in large degree on this board's part is to have local hire. and there is no local hire on that bond measure work except under the pla. that much is clear from council's representations to you before. so, if you want absolute coverage of local hire all up and down, your bond measure work, it has to be covered under the pla. second, most of you were on the board a few months ago when i sent around the matrix t