Be joined by Vice Committee member and, supervisor katie tang and i would like to thank sfgtv for covering this meeting as well as the clerk of the committee, do you have any announcements . Silence all cell phones and Electronic Devices completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the filed should be submitted to the clerk, today will appear on the december, 13th, board of supervisors agenda, unless otherwise stated. . Ethank you, and colleagues, and everybody from the audience, we have a long agenda, as is the annual tradition, before the holiday break, in order to accommodate the schedules we are going to make a few changes. So item 19 is going to be called out of order by 11 30, and item 17 will be called after 11 30. And also, in the beginning here, madam clerk, could you call, item 18, please . Item 18, here activation of the three publicly owned buildings, in 60, 11, 35, and 45, and including activation and construction time line and, budget is s
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