[applause] >> okay, we also have with us our board chair, tom nolan. >> thank you very much. didn't that cable car bells sound good -- didn't that cable car bell sound good? i want to thank our colleagues in the dpw and puc. i think people appreciate when departments work well together, and this is a terrific example of that, and hopefully, this is the way we will keep going in the future. 8 million people ride the cable cars every year. that is an awful lot of people. business people, residents, and, of course, visitors, and we are delighted that this is back and running today appeared my notes say that we released conduits, police records, and switches -- we replaced conduits, police brackets, and switches -- conduits, pulley brackets, and switches. on behalf of my colleagues, thank you all for a job well done. [applause] >> ok, we would be remiss if we did not ask the heads of the departments that spearheaded the great coordination that went on with this work -- i would like to call up ed riskin from the department of public works first. >> thank you, carter. this mayor, f