i want to thank bill ginsburg and dana keech emfor the constant work to form the partnership and the with the parks alliance. we appreciate all they have done. we have larry dodge, who was the visionary architect who helps us get to this point. we learned a lot about how to run and manage a tennis center. we have met with people from denver, new york, here in california to hear what makes a public tennis center him. we learned a lot and formed a wonderful project out of that. i want to thank my co-chair who has worked very hard on running that part of the process. finally, last wednesday was a beautiful day at the tennis center, and there were people playing pickle ball, tennis and ping-pong. i know those people we listened to them and made a project that works for everybody. we hope that you accept and support this wonderful project. we appreciate the money the city has put into it, too, thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> good morning. thank you all for having us here today to give us the opportunity to speak in support of the tennis center renovation project. i am the fifth g