ms. leanne liu. >> can we get the -- the presentation. ok. sbro*k deuce yourself. >> good morning. leanne liu. >> and leanne, if you could just pull that microphone a little closer to you. there you go. >> there we go. >> all right. bear with me just one second. good morning. as chair peskin mentioned, we received the green light in may of this year to move forward with the three focus areas surrounding prop-k which included program delivery, budgeting and sponsor reimbursements. before we discussed the results, i would like to briefly clarify what i mean by peer comparison agencies because you will hear me mention that throughout the presentation. what it really means is that we're applicable, we compared the t.a.'s practices with similar transportation agencies who elected t.a. who are also the administrator of half cent sales tax. they are the regional transportation planning agency as well as the congestion management agency designated by the state. the factors we considered were a sales tax program of similar size and the number of staff. for the first focus area, we were aske

ms. liu spoke to. with, that why don't i turn it over to staff to hear their response. >> sure. thank you, chair peskin and thank you so much, leanne, and to sjoberg's team for this very helpful review. the process itself provided a lot of insight into even our own staff given they were administering the prop-k program for 30 years. next year is the 30th anniversary and it is gratifying to see that we appear to be delivering on track as promised to the voters that we always felt was the case. it has been very helpful to also hear feedback from other partners in the city, family and across the region on things that we're doing well and things that could be improved. we take to heart the recommendations about communication, everything from the website. of course, which is being updated to our online tools, to sitting down, you know, with partners at our sort of biggest allies and the largest grantees to, you know, maybe semiannual have a more in-depth conversation. all of that at the management level, at the staff level. we very much appreciate those recommendations. in terms of the in-house versus consulting balance, it's good to se