my name is gerard fortunato and i'm a 5th grade humanities teacher at town school and i teach gina's kids. when i was approached to take the time to come here today i was very excited to come and speak on behalf of town school and its short-term lease at the exploratorium site. i think the main thing i want to communicate to is among the many values that we try to instill in the students that we teach is the idea of sustainability and stewardship and what a great way to instill that lesson in a building that we could maintain a stewardship of during our short-term occupation. i'm actually very nervous, thank you very much. and i hope and urge you to approve the lease. thanks. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> good morning. i am nancy dowdy with town schools for boy, director of finance and operations. it's an honor to be entrusted with the opportunity to care for the palace of fine arts building for the next school year and we take that trust seriously. i am responsible for the execution of the terms of this short-term lease. we have negotiated for the space and i want to personally