in a minute, i'm going to turn the podium over to jonathan stern, who has a short presentation. just want to review the recent background to put this presentation in context. in late 2008, almost two years ago, this commission authorized staff to enter into a memorandum of understanding with weta to allow the agencies to work together on the expansion of the downtown ferry terminal. as you know, but just to remind us all, weta is a new agency that was created just a few years ago by state legislation to expand ferry service on the day and also to provide -- to be able to respond in the case of disaster that may cause disruptions to the bay area's bridges and to bart service, so that is the emergency part. weta is not yet operational, but they are in the process of becoming a major new ferry operator on the day, and you can imagine there's a new agency that goes into it from the ground up, and they are busy preparing in their service. one of the things that they need to do is to develop the facility's need for bearing the ferries and loading and unloading passengers. let's see. s