. >>> good afternoon, commissioners, heidi mason. first i want to applaud the proposal to allow all ramp medallion holders to be able to purchase the regular medallions at half price. i believe that will be a great change and i think that will be appreciated by many people in the industry. second, i am troubled by the provisions on leasing back to the taxi companies. and if i could maybe turn your attention to page 5 of the staff memo, and this is in the penultimate paragraph that says that staff will choose companies to lease based on demonstrated performance. well, the price transportation pays, this approach may be putting the cart before the horse. i would urge you to instead put in place some standards for companies so that they -- companies have a fair opportunity to compete for those lease backs. i think that there was a bit of process that was skipped over here and i urge this commission to ask that question and to reject this proposal either in part or in whole until the standards have been put in place. thank you. >> thank