. >> chair borden: director cajina. >> director cajina: director lai, it's been a quite moment in time. we passed a budget together. we focused on ensuring that we had money improving the outreach and engagement. i commend you so much for being a champion for those two things. it can be quite challenging to be part of the solution when you see the deficiencies and challenges ahead of you. you have always been solution oriented. you have always been someone that models that helps us understand that, yes, there's a problem but there's also a solution. it take all of us to work together to achieve that solution. i want to thank you so much for your service. it is such an honor to serve with you. it has been an honor for you, for me to call you my colleague. more so than that, you have been such a great mentor for me coming in this role. thank you so much. i hope you are not a stranger. you come back. i do hope to hear you in public comment and raise your notes as you comment on some of the key issues we're going to tackle during in challenging time. thank you so much. >> chair borden: dir