budget final adoption expected next tuesday the mayor plans to sign at this time next dame cfo bruce robertson will provide you with a memo once adopted. you will receive information on changes to the department's budget that you adopt in the february. highlighting impact and initiatives. as bruce and i reported previously the department is pleased with the outcome. i want to thank our budget team for the budget. their work started last fall and will did a great job during a challenging budget cycle. i wanted to report on your summer internship program off to a great start. selected 53 ing attorneys out of applicant pool of 5,000. of the 53 working with us this year twoor new. and 31 returning. most are working in engineering and landscape architecture this is a handey's on program performing field inspections, preparing designs for would about and landscape and project cost estimates. of thank you very much is great opportunity for opportunity students get a break from class studies to work along our staff in the field and the our office as they are think burglar their career paths. it is a w