i'm meghan wallace the ports recovery manager. today i do have a presentation that i'll share on the port's request to release 10 million dollars from the budget and finance committee's reserve, releasing the economic recovery project. so to begin, i just want to a little bit of background the fiscal year 2021, the port included 10 million dollars initiative. but at that point in time, we didn't have a lot of information about how the funds would be used. really we were at the start of the pandemic and our port director had the foresight to think that we would need resources to adjust and adapt to the pandemic. but they recommended wisely, i would say to ask the port to go back and get into more details about how the funds would be used. and that's has been my role since i came on board in this position with the port since 2022, in november we've been going through a planning process to determine the best use of funds. and now that we've done that diligent planning i'm here today to request the reserve. while the request is focuse