i want to take a moment to thank director reiskin and john funge for their participation in community meetings. [speaker not understood] and john baptiste for leading the negotiations and helping to keep on track the overall process. i also know there are a lot of city staffers who have been here who have really been working hard to get us to where we need to go. and also i want to take a moment and thank the owner of the pagoda theater, the pagoda campos and his team for the work we've done together. i know we're not completely at the end of this and this has been not the easiest discussion and set of negotiations, but with the feedback from the community, with the feedback from all the lawyers, planners, transit advocates, and all of you, i think we've gotten this to a much better place. so, thank you for that work. my staff i know will be here during this discussion to hear from additional feedback. i know that there have been a lot of questions that continue to be raised and i know that sfmta has circulated some written comments to answer those questions, but i gather that there w

-- it took many people to get us to this day, i certainly want to say a very special thanks to john funge and his staff for the outstanding work. i know it's a huge challenge in a very short period of time. so, thank you, mr. funge, and your staff for all the great work. >> i want to note as i think the board president did, alicia john baptiste came on the first day of her assignment was getting this job done. she was able to pull together not just the mta staff, but from our real estate folks and finance and construction and engineering, but the planning department, the attorneys, and everybody to make this happen. and then our cfo/chief real estate negotiator, [speaker not understood] was the one who was kind of working around the clock to get this deal done in a way that was responsible for the city and good for the mta. so, i want to acknowledge them. >> a great sacrifice missing our all-day retreat to do this. >> [speaker not understood]. >> okay, thank you. next item. >> item 12, amending transportation code sections 1109, 1110 and 1116 to establish the rights of current ramp medall