and a couple of our financial analysts, nate cruz and marilyn ya who are both terrific. i wand to comment debra newman for all of her help, as well as the budget staff, megan wallace and greg wagner so it's been a very collaborative process. i'll just say from the outset that we agreed with the budget analyst's recommendations. and we thank them for helping us to put a finer point on our budget. very quickly, by way of background, i think it's always important to review the port's mission. and that is encoded and embedded in state law and in the appendix of the charter. but very quickly, our primary mission is to support maritime commerce, transportation, recreation, personal activities, and public access. and we do that in a way that, frankly no other port in the state, let alone the entire united states does. as you know, the port of san francisco is one of the very few that is not hidden behind fences. and so one of our primary goals is to bring people to the water front. our budget is balanced, i'm happy to say with some help from the board earlier on m.o.u. with res