breakfast for the camp the next morning and offered a variety of other assistance so i want to commend larry mcmisby and i had the great for tune of being there. we hosted -- we hosted a regional neighbor or regional partner meetinging we call them. this is our first time hosting it and it was 40 people for lunch and representatives of the national park service and the us forest service. all of the local camps in the area and the directors of twanga was there and the nature bridge were there. our friends from ever green up the road were there. and it's such a smart thing to do. the importance of having relationships up there, you know, couldn't be emphasized more by what happened at twanga and knowing who to call. i was impressed with the job that our staff did in hosting this luncheon and building relationships with our regional partners. some great budget news. the board of supervisors on tuesday passed the 2013-14 budget on first reading and i am so thrilled to report that it includes add back funding for the department to open and program some extra recreation facilities. one extra facility in e