fortunately, we put together a great scope of work and partnership, mtc, ff cta, ffmca -- partnering, we applied for and were successful in receiving $1 million in tiger planning, very cup pentative grant program and put together $1 million in local match coming from each of the partner agencies. we are just concluding starting up activities now and the idea is that this effort will define short, medium and long-term capacity solutions for the corridor and the mini metro rail system. so that's the high level. the action we're seeking today is the authorize us to enter into an agreement with mtc. the lead agency, they have procured a consultant team for the effort. and our contribution is $300,000. we already appreciated those funds to us back at your september board meeting and that appropriation also covered staff time as part of the effort. so that's about all that i wanted to cover. the action is to authorize the executive director to enter into the agreement. there is an attachment to the memo. >> that sounds great. thank you very much. there are no questions. oh, commissioner tan