the west organization, important cruise association representing cruise ports from vancouver to ensenada. he is the host of many port events. mike is well-respected for his work with the u.s. navy, coast guard and is the face of the port at numerous diplomatic and civic events. congratulations to him. from the planning and environment division, the award goes to carol bach who is pictured up there. carol was an instrumental part of the waterfront land use update team which you will be hearing about at the next agenda. she co-chaired the resiliency subcommittee, which had six public meetings and hundreds of public comments for over 10 months. she has secured numerous grants for us, and competed in multiyear, multimillion dollar brownfield investigation and remediation and with a key component and partner in the pier 71 work. she is involved in the eco centre as a seawall resiliency team and she's lead negotiation to clean up many contaminated sites. carol has made quite a mark here and so congratulations to her. in the real estate division, kimberly beal is a dedicated property manager wh