. >> good afternoon, president kimberly brandon. >> excuse me one second. >> i'm sorry. >> i'm sorry. thank you, president brandon. just for the record, i need to disclose that jay wallace who's a partner of tck broadway llc serves on the board of directors of community housing partnership, which employs me. i think i need to do that disclosure before we start the item. >> thank you. >> okay. thank you for that disclosure. starting again, my name is ricky tigani, i'm the real estate development manager with the real estate and development division of the port. i'm excited to be here to finally give you an update on this project. it's been a while since we were here. so before i get started, i'm going to provide just a quick overview or outline of my presentation today. i'm going to briefly discuss the agreement that has given us the exclusive right to negotiation with the port, the progress we've made, and why it's taking us to long to provide this update because it's been almost 2.5 years ago when you handed us the task sheet. just a few items to be completed. and then, talk a little