i'm replacing tony rivera, who retired last week. on the job a little more than three weeks, and i want to add that i'm really impressed by the collaboration and attention to detail that i'm experiencing in working with the focus scope bond team fo for the -- and the ambulance deployment facility team, too. i'm impressed with the level of care they're taking, the organization they exhibit, and i couldn't be happier with what i've seen so far. it is really impressive. >> chairman: thank you. i appreciate you guys being here and your comments. as the liason, this has been in front of us, i think, twice before, and each time i will tell you that i find this bond extremely difficult to govern. when you think about whether it is on time and on budget with so many different projects and such a fluid contracting environment and decision-making process from our clinton departments. it is overwhelming. so i think it is fantastic to hear that the client departments are getting what they want. one of the things that also makes me more comfortab

my name is tony rivera. i just want to thank you for coming to cpmc the other day for the tour. all the families really appreciate it. this will be short. i just want to say that if i was an executive working for cpmc, i would be questioning my values right now because i would be really ashamed of everything they are doing, you know, i don't understand how you can come here and defend these sorts of actions that are taking place and then go back to your family and to your kids and hold a different kind of set of values. i am calling all of them out right now that if they feel like what they are doing is right, they need to really take a look at themselves. thank you. >> thank you. any other members of the public who wish to comment on this item please come forward. seen none, public comment is closed. i want -- i did come down and experienced the conditions and the setting that these family members are living in, and experience it firsthand. i know that is very personal, and i tell you that it certainly had a major impact on my impression. i have the opposite experience of super