then at this time, i will hand over the gavel to commission president anson moran. there you go. >> i was wondering what a virtual gavel looks like. >> now you know. >> thank you. i just wanted to add my things to the general sense of public information and thanks for your service, sophie. it has been a year, and your steady hand has helped keep the ship, and i appreciate that. it is clear from what you do and what you say that you have a deep affection for the people you serve, and that makes itself known time and time again. you have worked us through a pretty tumultuous time that culminated in the approval of a general manager this last meeting, and you also hosted discussions for the irrigation districts, about possible early implementation actions on the tuolomne. time and time again, you've demonstrated that leadership is more than holding the gavel, and i think that demonstrates a model, and it's a model that's going to be hard to fill, and i appreciate your guidance on that. i do have a lot of experience with the commission. i promise not to say that very of

good afternoon, commission president anson moran and commissioners. allen johanson, acting manager for infrastructure, today this afternoon, along with steven robinson, will be providing an update on where we are in the biosolids project at the southwest treatment plant. i'm going to hand it off to steven for the first slides, and then, i'll conclude. >> good afternoon, president moran and commissioners. actually, on this cover slide, this is a photo of one of the large excavations currently underway on the biosolids project. some of you have had a chance to get a look at the complexity and magnitude of this project, and we're here to give you an update. with that, we'll go to the second slide. we needed to pause and rethink our delivery strategy. we acknowledge that this project is large and complex, and the benefits of this cmgc and construction on this general contractor approach have not been realized up to this point, and it should have provided the ability to navigate the volatile market conditions that we're all experiencing, somewhat amplified