moving on to the report from bawsca. >> thank you, commissioners. i am from bawsca. a brief report today. i wanted to say a few things about our board meeting last week. it was an interesting one. we were pleased to have both ed and president moran there. and this is -- this was the last bawsca meeting before ed's retirement. >> they made every other month. >> really? >> just a new standard to consider. [laughter] >> anyway, i did not want to jump the gun, but i do appreciate his great service and enjoyed working with him. every day we can squeeze out of him, the better. i wanted to report that the board took some actions on an investigation of issuing bonds. $360 million in bonds to save people money. they approved the second phase of the contract in the bond counsel. and the approved the appointment of bond underwriters. we will come back to the board in september with a specific report, a plan of action, and ei expect a request to continue on. i also want to talk about how are our -- how our agencies can continue to work together constructively. i appreciate both

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