. >> hi, commissioners my name is margo kelley and i am a legislative aid for mark ferrill and he represents the district in which it will be in, he would be here but he is in the board of supervisors meeting that meets on tuesday and so i think that the support from our office can just be sumed up in a couple of really short points. one, i think that it is just more of a thank you. the general manager starting with ed harrington has been very supportive of this and has in this puc staff have been so supportive and helpful, and in this process and we really would not be here today if it was not for his leadership and with now, kelley's leadership in getting us to where we are now. and secondly, the rec and park staff are really thoughtful in how they structured the payment terms. and the open space fund, and it allows for like gray said it allows for the san francisco reservoir to be purchased and to be renovated to a park, and it allows for two other identified acquisitions, and allows for 38, over 38 million dollars to be left in the open space fund over its life, for other acquisitions. a

the neighborhood gets together, and they have leadership, like out of district two, supervisor, mark ferrill's office and the staff and all of these organizations and it is like an orchestra and that is why the commissioner torres and i agree with him and that is why he is like i am going to go ahead and call for a vote. commissioners? >> if i could make. >> yes, commissioner? >> i think that the effort of the people have put together to make this project a reality is amazing and it is just, as you said it is historic and commendable. and the other thing that we do need to keep track of is making sure that as we dispose of the water department asset that the financial interest of the rate pairs is also kept in mind. i noticed in the materials, that this reservoir was taken for the service before i was born. and that is a long enough time, i think. there have been no shorage of ideas as to how to develop, or improve that property, over time. they have all failed. and i think that we are now in a position, fortunately as being able to say that we can actually get a return for our assets and at t