. >> good morning, supervisors, i am peter strauss, i'm on the board of san francisco transit riders. when one is in the position you are in i know you can get leery when faced with a solo kapbld daes. ilyse should be appointed to this position not only because she is the only one applying but because she is an outstanding candidate. i have known her for about a year, she said she's been working for the transit riders as a consultant and i found her to be extremely energetic, creative, intelligent. she is perfect for this. as she said, she is a multi modalist, i have never seen her in a car but she is very assertive as a bike rider, she is a transit rider and a pedestrian and i think that combined perspective is something that would serve you and serve the bicycle committee very well and i urge you to support her candidacy. thank you. >> any other member s of the public who wish to speak on item 1? seeing none, then, public comment on item 1 is now closed. we are now joined by our chair, supervisor john avalos. welcome. would you like to take over now? >> let's take over. i thought we