came together under the leadership of our former city administrator, who served as chair of the capital planning committee. what the plan does is, it is a framework for us to catalog the city's assets, determine their conditions, prioritize their need for repair or improvement, and then figure out how to finance those improvements. one of the things that came out of that plan is why we are here today. without further ado, i am pleased to be able to invite up the former director of public works, a former city administrator, mayor ed lee. >> thank you very much. i am glad you are all here and we are surrounded by st. advocates. i did want to make a special announcement this morning. i am announcing my candidacy for being the lead of the pot hole grew this year. -- crew this year. [laughter] >> having finished all of my town hall meetings throughout the city just last week, i can say to you, i have not been to one town hall meeting where someone did not mention to me, can we just fix the pot holes? mayor lee, i know you are not political, you do not like to do a lot of politics. that is good. can you fix our pot holes? whether it is a neighbor or small business, or v