. >> good afternoon, commissioners, jonathan mead, retired city worker. i had to rewrite my comments because it appears the lay of the land has changed on top of the delay. i want to speak to the motion on the floor to consider the allocation and give the staff the time they need to do their research. i am no expert, but it appears to me that that is generally supported on the board. so i would like to thank you all for listening to us, the city workers and retirees that you are duty bound to represent. but i would really like to thank everybody who showed up today in the room behind me. everybody that came out in september and november for the other sro meeting and everybody who signed petitions because if we hadn't made the effort here in the last few months to really make our voices here, this would have been a done deal. i think having everybody here in the room, thanking you for being here and thank you for listening to us. >> thank you very much for your consideration. my name is denise and i have been very active in the city for many years and lite