my name is karen knolls pierce. i'm the chair of the citizens advisory board since it has been in existence for over a decade. during that time, we have had hundred dollars of meetings, i don't -- hundreds of meetings. i don't actually know the number. we have met at the tihdi board. we have met in subcommittees, on tuesdays, on wednesday, on thursdays, on saturdays. we have held meetings on the island at city hall, at the court, at the library and we have had numerous public meetings with opportunities for the public to express their opinion. we have a board of very involved and educated and challenging members who have discussed every element of the e.i.r. and we -- i know that the response time was extended for the public to give additional comments on this. so after a decade, everything has been vetted quite substantially. our cab met on tuesday where we voted to -- or we took action on recommendation to approve all of the transaction and entitlement documents of the 24 members of our board, 21 were present and