janet riley had to be reappointed. we now have three amazing directors. i guess you guys all set right across from me. you are on the other side of this table. it has been a tremendous honor and privilege to serve with the three of you. ever since president chiu appointed me to this seat, i knew that i would have to say goodbye to one of the. there is no easy way to do this. as much as we could keep going seat by seat, i appreciate you saying that we should do seats two and three together. it is not to view them as individual seats, but san francisco's team. we want to send forward our best collective to represent the people. what is the best combination? on a great deal of reflection, the best team that we could send forward would be mike, janet, dave and dick. i say that with a tremendous amount of regret because director segal has been a great personal friend to me, but i believe those that i have named would be the bulof dust collectn -- the best collection going forward. i would make a motion for mr. snyder for seat 2 and mr. grosboll for seat 3. pre

>> my name is janet riley and i have been on the board of directors for the past 8 years. in december, i was elected president of that board which brings an 80-year presidency. -- two-year presidency. there will be a celebration at the gate will be a part of. there is a celebration of mate, 2012. i am the head of the planning committee for that celebration. -- there is a celebration in may, 2012. there is also the america's cup. hopefully the bridge will play a significant role. so, it is important that we have representation as a president from san francisco. besides the celebrations, these have been difficult years in the bridge. in 2009, we had a deficit. we have close to this to $89 million because we have created a fantastic plan. a financial stability plan. as long as we continue on that plan, we will close the deficit in a few years, which would be quite remarkable. we are working on a median barrier. we will finally have a barrier in the middle of the bridge so we can avoid any had done collisions. that should be done in 2012. we have approved a suicide barrier whi