[applause] >> after pete sorenson, lev hannessey. >> good afternoon, commissioners. in a recent member of the south beach address the group. up until tonight, i got all my information about the exchange through the advocacy group. i really appreciate that the port and the group are working really well together. there's not a meeting of the mines at the moment necessarily, but the issues are well understood and there's a very good dialogue going on. there are a couple of issues, three, that have all just been mentioned. i will reiterate them very briefly. one is a large number of slip holders that have no idea about this process. a separate mailing to them would solve the problem. second is the significant profits that will result after a loan is retired, it would appease a lot of our tenants to see in writing that those profits will stay in the harbor. and last, i am not a member -- excuse me, our resident -- however, i pay property tax by ++ franct of the alboating -- calboating loan, i believe the harbor is owned by it all of the owners, not just the residents of s