i'm beth murray for the war memorial performing arts center. i would like to thank the mayor's budget office and the controller and the budget analyst for their help in putting together our budget this year. on the first slide that has shown some activity milestone for the year. this is a significant time in the war memorial's history. on october 10th we are going to dedicate the war veterans memorial in the courtyard. that construction began monday. not that we needed another construction project, but it is under way. we will dedicate that memorial on october 10th. that has been a true partnership throughout the city with the arts commission, dpw and sf puc. it is a privately funded project. on december 12th we are exciting that we'll be opening the rehearsal hall which is also a public assembly facility. the san francisco sympathy put $1 million into that facility to get it #3er789d -- permitted for public assembly for rehearsals and performances. the next one is april 30, 2014 , of the seismic upgrade and improvements project. we will actual