Commissioner wiener. Present. Wiener present and we have a quorum. I want to recognize sfgovtv that make pos all of our meetings available online, as well as a transcript please call item no. 2. Progress update on the Treasure Island transportation Implementation Plan information item. This is our only item of substance. Its an information item and we have some residents here from the island as well, who will be speaking at Public Comment. Thank you. Good morning, rachel hyatt, principal Transportation Planner. I have an update on the Transportation Planning for the island, and please do ask me clarifying questions as we go along. The Transportation Planning work for the redevelopment of yerba buena and Treasure Island has been going on for over ten years now. The first Transportation Plan was adopted in 2006 as part of the Development Te sheet between the master developer and set out the needs for Treasure Island and yerba buena and some strategis to meet the Transportation Needs as t
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Chaired a hearing. Senator rounds good morning. The subcommittee on superfund Waste Management oversight is meeting today to conduct a hearing entitled oversight of the u. S. Environmental protection agencys Superfund Program. We will hear testimony from witnesses with involvement in cleaning up superfund sites. They will discuss their expenses in working with the epa, state government, and local committees to clean up these sites as well as offer suggestions on how cleanups can be completed quicker and more efficiently while best utilizing taxpayer dollars. Since 1980, the comprehensive environmental sponsor of an Liability Act has been a cornerstone of our hazard Waste Management program. Superfund was enacted by congress to give the federal Government Authority to clean up contaminated and Hazardous Waste sites and is fun to oil spills and natural disasters. The program created a trust fund that is dedicated to cleaning up site and gives the agency to work with and responsible parti
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