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electronic data management system all along with an electronic plan review system. it was not successful. we plan to put that out again and we digitized our scan -- scanned all of the plans. we have another large project where we would go back, i cannot remember what year we started digitizing, but there is a long time, back to the 1900's, where we have all of these microphones and microfiche -- microfilms and microfiche that we need to convert to digital images. we need to put out an rfp. it's going to take a while because it has to go through civil service review and it is going to...

electronic data management system all along with an electronic plan review system. it was not successful. we plan to put that out again and we digitized our scan -- scanned all of the plans. we have another large project where we would go back, i cannot remember what year we started digitizing, but there is a long time, back to the 1900's, where we have all of these microphones and microfiche -- microfilms and microfiche that we need to convert to digital images. we need to put out an rfp. it's going to take a while because it has to go through civil service review and it is going to...

coordinated or you will work with the guidance, or will we bring in a consultant to address the needs? >> we have some people in house that will do the preparation of the documents. the majority of the work would be done outside, but then we have to do quality assurance and make sure the indexing is correct so we can actually find those documents. we are in a situation where we are running out of room in our building and for our records, we have to go forward into digital. >> i cannot emphasize enough with our city and within the bay area here being technologically rich, how backward...

machine and scanning it, but that is painful. it does not index, you have to remember the name of the file which you have. we are trying to do that in finance because we have so many documents, but the comptroller's office, when they do all of our audits, they require us to have the hard copies. it is a citywide issue. there's the issue of what can be done in house as opposed to out of house and we definitely will work with the unions to try to make sure we are not doing something that would impact our employees. >> thank you. >> the other thing i want to say in terms of next year's ...

we are doing it as needed and as referred to by the puc. there also putting it in a handout and the booklet they will have for contact information with the department and to notify where to get to get plan check for any type of gray water systems that will be installed in san francisco. >> how many requests have had four great water plants? >> between 10 and 15. that have actually been requested and been installed, that is seven or nine. >> that is this year? >> that is the past year. >> we required plans from everyone. the only one we have not seen is the landscape where is not requ...