emilio cruz for one, michael carlin who is sitting next to me. at the end of the day this agency prioritized the safe working conditions of our workers, whether they are public workers or our private workers and when you get that kind of result you have to talk a little bit about it. to my brothers and sisters and the other unions, whether we're talking about sheetmetal, laborers the carpenters and to our good contractor family, a round of applause to them. (applause). >> thank you, madam chair. >> well said, commissioner. i do have a request to the general manager and that is all the quarterly reports i would like to take out of communications and put them under reports of the general manager. i think they should be disclosed publicly, certainly the public probably will not be reading these reports so i think it's important. any other comments? any public comment on item 5, communications? moving then to item 6, the report of the general manager. >> thank you. mr. kelly is out of the country for the moment so i'm sit not guilty for him and our f