my name is jim summers vice president with oliver de silva. it's been seven years we have been working on this project. during that time we worked diligently with the local community, with alameda county, and the local environmental concerns to make sure that we addressed all their concerns and put together a package they think everybody can be very proud of. we had schedules that we had to keep. we d we got this project approved in a quick time frame through alameda county and we have been waiting for a year to get from alameda county to the approval of the s sf puc and the board of supervisors and stand ready to present the community groups with the agreements that we have agreed to and to move those forward. i know they're anxious to get those moving forward. it's been a long time coming, and i think that you see that we have the assignmental support and the community support. >> >> and i really wish that you would move this forward today so that we have no further delays. it's impacting our operation and the sooner we get this done the fas