. >> both commissioners levitan and arata are excused. as a reminder we ask you to turn off any electronic devices and we ask that you take any secondary conversations outside. in order for the meeting to proceed as efficiently as possible. if you would like to speak on an item today, please complete a blue card. you are not required to complete a blue card. but i will call the names off of those cards first. each person will have three minutes to speak on an item, unless otherwise announced by the president. just as a reminder, general public comment is on item 4 and then again continued on item 12. so if you would like to speak under "general public comment," those are the item numbers. last, if you could please address your comments to the commission when you are making public comment. in order to allow equal time for all, neither the commission, nor staff will respond to any questions during public comment. the commission may ask questions of staff, after public comment is closed. with that, we are ready to proceed. and i have one ann