director reiskin, and director tripousis. and director zabaneh, and director gonzalez. move into the regular calendar. item 9 is a presentation of the audit financial report for the fiscal year ending june 2017 and the report to the board of directors. >> chair mohammed nuru: directors, the chief financial officer will introduce this it item. >> good morning, directors, sir, the board, and you have before you the audit familiar statement for fiscal year 2017 and i am pleased to report that we have once again received unqualified opinion which is the highest opinion that we can receive. i definitely want to thank other tjpa finance staff, this wouldn't be possible without their work and observing internal controls and making sure that everything is done on time and accurately and correctly. our auditor is here and he can go into more detail on the audit and either one of us can answer any questions. >> chair mohammed nuru: thank you. >> good morning, thank you for having me. this is the annual financial report for the transbay j.p.a. and to ensure that the financial stat