. >> this is michael carlin and so this is self-explanatory. it's come on the market and we believe that it's in our best interests to acquire this property at this time. >> very good. commissioners, any questions? commissioner moran. >> commissioner maxwell seconds this. >> i have a question, if i could. we're the chair. and mr. carlin, how did this come on the market? could you give us a little bit of context? i know how important it is for us to have our eye on ajoining properties t for our watershed with could you give more context on this? mr. carlin, your mic may be muted. >> let's see. he may have left the call. >> this is the assistant manager for water and i don't know exactly the situation in this case, but what generally happens in most of these properties out there is, frankly, they're usually held by the family trust as a ranch and the owners just desire to move on to something else. that's virtually always the situation, so i assume it's the same situation here. >> if there is something extraordinary we should know about and you c

michael carlin will introduce this item. >> so, the title of the item actually explain what is we're doing here. it is a memorandum of understanding to outline responsibility and authority for each city department as we go into port property in the future. port property, port streets are going to stay under the sdwru, of the port but we'll have infrastructure under those streets and we want to make sure we have the ability to fix those streets going forward. i will naention mission rock is the one doing the black water system and the micro grid. >> commissioners, any questions? >> yes. i have a question. since part of another reason that it's coming before us is because there's going to be a change, i think because they're going to do something different, which is the light weight cellular concrete and i don't know whether it has been done or not, but they don't know how that's going to affect the streets. and so my question is, since it's unknown, the cost associated with the maintenance of utilities and the light weigh cellular co-concrete will exceed the cost of maintenance, utili