prestigious program for leadership and with that i am pleased to present this special recognition to adam gufter. [ applause ] >> congratulations, on behalf of the board thank you so much for your outstanding service. >> commissioner, and board members, welcome, director borden, it is my pleasure and an honor to represent the city and the agency and i have been with the city for 18 and a half years and i have seen a lot of changes and it has been a blessing to be part of a team that values, creating partnerships with other agencies and with the public and in kind of a environment of transparency, and integrity, and so, it is really an honor for me to be part of this team and to represent the city and the products that i work on. >> i would like to say a word or two. >> thank you very much and i first worked with adam years ago before i was on the board when he was helping the triangle neighborhood, association work on a project on that stretch of market street and we all know how challenging it can be to get anything approaching consensus with the neighborhood groups and in san francisco we did