. >> good afternoon, my name is chris bora, director of relations. he served as the resource in the agency. he was a team member during the negotiations. during this period he was given the assignment of the coordinator for a collector of the union. he was responsible for tracking spreadsheets and the negotiations team and timelines and serve as a liaison between the teams and the department of human resources and the office. it was not an easy task. eric restored the information necessary for the unions and responsible for communicating for those contracts that went into arbitration. through his diligence all contracts were approved through timelines specified in the charter. he moved from the process to finalize and approved union and collective bargaining agreements and his performance make eric a value member of the sf mta. eric, please accept this award. >> thank you. on behalf of the agency rgs , thank you for the hard work. i understand you have been here only 18 months. great work. >> thank you, director nolan and mr. bora. again, director ch