i am kate breen with the legislative program. this program was informed with discussions with the sfmta staff and the various transportation interests over the last several months. the draft program was reviewed and approved as required by the state legislation committee in november an and reviewed by the sfmta advisory committee this month. i would like to acknowledge my colleagues in pulling this together. in 2019 a new political landscape after the elections. new supervisors and governor and legislature and new dynamics with the house speaker role returning to nancy pelosi. we will look for policy and funding opportunities. at the local level in the packet the legislative efforts are dynamic and recognize -- dynamic. the draft program anticipates categories of policy and projects in 2019 such as vision zero, contract approvals and many things we can't anticipate that is part of our work. one kiev fort today is the -- one of the efforts is to improve communication was the city hall and board of supervisors. this is a staff effo