. >> cynthia fong, deputy director for finance administration. due to the sake of time i wanted to make sure the community's wish for a full presentation of theime -- item or open it up for comments. >> i would be interested in a full presentation. >> okay. >> back in march of 2012 the authority board approved a one year contract with two individual one year amendments for an moa with the office of workforce development to enhance the hire for the phase ii. there was a goal of, there was a 50% goal for a new hire. we've been working with the -- office of economic workforce development for the past two years. after the first year contract we brought this amendment to the board for an additional one year term. then we are here before the committee again to ask for the second and final extension to this contract. i have -- representative from the oewd and staff here to work you through the services they provide and some of the information attached to the memo before you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. pat, city build, economic and workforce d

cynthia fong. just to make mention the representative were just here moments ago to prevent this item when they heard it was passed in consent they headed along to their next appointment. >> sure. is there a way we can get them back in here. we can skip them and move on with the rest of the presentation? >> let me see what i can do to get someone here to answer your specific questions. >> okay. thank you. appreciate that. we will table this item. >> item 6. an action item. >> good morning, commissioners. assistant deputy director here. this is what we see every year adopting the principles for advocacy for 2015. this is to guide adoption of addition from the state legislature and legislation, we just heard from mark, and also to allow us to respond in between -- um, the hearings if there is an urgent need to approve opposition or testify at hearings. this is increasing the revenue. this is not just in general for transportation, but looking at ways to make it easier for local jurisdictions to help