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We advertise and receive about five proposals on may 29 and out of those five, two were qualified met the qualifications. Those two firms that were collected [inaudible] are here and theyre present if you have any questions for them. Theyre both bde firms as they lead the leed consultant firm. Cd is obviously a team that has been around for a long time and knows authority very well and they have history with a lot of the projects. And vice has done this type of work for the county [inaudible] we have on the other side of the bay and theyll work with doing Program Management and engineering ser...

Well. Were definitely looking out for ways we can compress the schedule. And i appreciate there is some thinking on this. Is there a written analysis or have you form alized what youre trying to do to make sure youre standing to your schedule . We can provide a written process. Right now were trying to build off the momentum from the mexico city brt trip. Were working with your offices and trying to meet with mta and director risk and this is a conversation about how can we support the city, how to Work Together to make this faster and i think as soon as we nail that down well be happy to docu...

Something different from that and i think the agencies have been working together to try to figure out what that is and i think weve taken lessons from v ness in pulling we think weve gotten their eyes on the project and its details sooner in the process than they have for instance for the van ness project so we think were saving time there because were getting them in tune with what the project details are. One thing is with respect to the process with the van ness project, again, i think because of the newness for both the agencies and the community, they did things kinda sequentially. There...

Twoway. Another thing that we are trying to push is actually getting some business incubators in the neighborhood, because there are a lot of people who want to open businesses that cater to the families who live there. We do not have a fullservice gross restore in the tenderloin, but we do have a number of Grocery Store in the tenderloin, but we do have a number of Small Businesses. What is happening with crime in your district and hal is the Police Department doing . Supervisor kim it is a difficult issue. I probably interface with the Police Department every week because with such an incred...

Knows authority very well and they have history with a lot of the projects. And vice has done this type of work for the county [inaudible] we have on the other side of the bay and theyll work with doing Program Management and engineering services. So those are the two firms that we are recommending and what we are seeking here today is your recommendation to award the one year consultant contract to the two firms with an option to extend to two years for the amount of 1. 8 Million Dollars. You have any questions, im here. I think i see one question. Commissioner wiener. Thank you and thank you...