. >> thank you, commissioner vietor. >> colleagues. i've heard it a couple times already but i'll just say it again because it's that important. we didn't always have the opportunity to have such engagement from the public on topics such as this. whether it's the freedom of information act, the brown act, our sunshine ordinance. i highly value it. i'm here because i want to be here not because someone told me that i had to be here. we have a saying, in my movement, the labor movement, organize or die. that is about as much of a fact as you can get. i want to associate myself with commissioner moran's comments about the subject matter as well as the comments made by commissioner vietor. it's not an action item so if there's no other communities, we'll move to the general manager report. next item. >> all right. the next item is the capitol improvement quarterly report. >> good afternoon, commissioners. dan wade. in the interest of time i won't go into the variances on schedule and budget for the various products. i've address those in p