ms. laponte. her parents are here today as well. welcome. >> they should be up front with her. [laughter] >> good afternoon, commissioners. >> for the benefit of your parents, for one i would like to say how badly they should know we are indebted to you. >> thank you very much. very kind of you. the timing was such that we were not able to give you quality reports since the last revised budget and scheduling program, so we thought it would be good to give you a brief update on what we have achieved encountered over the last few months. key milestones that we have achieved since mid-july, in addition to advertising three smaller construction contracts, we issued a notice to proceed on two very important construction contracts that started construction as replacement contracts with one of the most significant milestone for this program. we were very excited that the commissioners were able to join us for the groundbreaking. during that time period, we also completed the construction phase of two projects. we will come back in front of you in early november. this is a summary of o