commissioners with heavy heart i share the sad news of denny kaern's passing this morning. you may recall denny retired in october after a career in the navy. and 18 years as director of operations. i wanted say i did research myself about denny. he did not share this with many people but in the public record this he was in the pentagon on 911 had the plane crashed. where he was by most people's floating assessment in the moment they were trapped. there was a construction wall that went up this prep vented people from moving down the other exits were blocked and smoke and jet fuel and all that pouring in the building and i think he crashed through the temp refer construction wall to lead people to safety. and did not leave until he could see made their way to safety. his leadership and knowledge in key departments lead to key numerous accomplishments including the reorganization of the rec division to a more efficient and industry standard staffing model. management of our covid-19 response. got gardeners rec staff and maintenance workers to work above and beyond during this