Recovery after the fires. What is clear then as now is those survivors need help. A whole town was of people leftt homes overnight, and nine months later their lives are still in limbo. I know you know this, mr. Secretary, and i want to your attendance, your presence on mauit also your ability to listen to the needs of the survivors. I will make it very simple. The survivorsother communities g with disasters of their own. Baltimore is recovering from the tragic collapse of the Francis Scott key bridge, and as i maryland congressional delegation this rebuild. Are going to ge this past weekend, a fig derailt evacuations and highway closure. Till waiting to find out more about whatd the accident but are thankful nobody was hurt. It is an reminder of how important the investments we make in Transportation Safety are. In response to the derailment, this committee worked on a bipartisan to improve rail safety by researching in by ininmore needs to be done to hod the industry accountable and
To be responsible for Parking Enforcement . Why do we keep creating impediments instead of building on really one of the most popular successes of the last few years . When is the last time youve ever sat in this room and heard a near unanimous parade of merchants praising an mta program anywhere in the city . This this program has nearunanimous support from merchants on the 400 block of hayes that are directly affected. And its one of our citys most walkable and transit rich commercial areas. And for those who need to drive, theres a 600 space mta owned parking garage around the corner for everyone. Obviously, as youve heard, the shared space is not perfect, but instead of retreating, which will do nothing to address those concerns, we can work harder to make the shared space work better and live up to the values that we talk so much about. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi. Board members. Luke bornheimer here. I urge you to amend the item today to keep the three day clos
Heard that a lot of businesses did not feel comfortable publicly voicing their concerns. So weve kept their responses anonymous as. In conclusion, this is not about a one day or a three day closure. This is about reset ing and rebuilding that trust in the community and making a process so its possible that the block can work well and get to 24 over seven. And it wasnt working for some merchants. And thats not a reason to cancel it entirely. We really want an opportunity to grow and expand. On the success in hayes valley and see it thrive. So with that, that concludes my presentation and happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Thank you. Colleagues, do you have questions before we go to Public Comment at dr. Ikuko . Just one. I have i have feelings about this, but my clarifying question to you is there have been some talk of asking us to do some kind of study on what it would take to make this permanent and whats your thoughts on on doing that kind of study . Yeah, its would be amazin
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