[roll call] i will note that the gechairman nolan cannot be with us today. he wishes he could be here. can we wish you well and we cannot wait for you to come back. item three -- the ringing and the use of cell phones are prohibited. any person responsible for one going off in the room may be removed from the meeting. the board respectfully request that cell phones be placed in the off position. if i could just let you know that we had arranged for two overflow rooms for today. 408 and 416. if there are people who wish to address the board on any matter, we will give ample time for them to make their way to this room. item four, approval of the minutes. >> any comments on the minutes? >> that is approved. item five, communications. there will be no discussion of anticipated litigation in closed session today. with the concurrence of the board any important decisions we have before us today, i am going to move general public comment to later in the agenda. we will see how the agenda goes. it looks like we will move to later in the agenda. we have a request to