the last speaker's nicole sendula. >> i did want to speak today, and pleased to receive the report from mr. ritchie. bosca continued to support the work. we are looking forward to the march 1 date in the hope that we'll have all the details that are needed, but at the same time, i appreciate the next steps that everybody has to take to protect the interests of the water customer. that's certainly an expectation. we did get a presentation from mr. ritchie to the board -- my board, and they asked similar questions to yourself, commissioner viator, what is the analysis behind it, the benefits from it, the impacts of it? the costs associated with it, wanting to know more about it, and i'm sure we'll have that by our next meeting in march and i'm looking if ard to giving that to them because they want to have a thorough discussion with this and understand it and know whether they stand behind it or not. the other thing is i support and appreciate the conversations that you're having about what if, what kind of road are we headed on? i appreciate the time and energy that you're going to put i