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Nancy pelosi and generations of mayor, mayor lee and i want to thank my colleagues, including kim and breeder who are here today, after hundreds of Community Meetings and thousands of pages of studies and i think that tens of thousands of hours of debate. We are ready. The talk is going to continue, but the real action is going to go underground, mou is the time to tunnel and build the subway and now is the time to connect our north and south communities between the densist neighborhoods on the west coast and the city that will grow in the decades to come. As we celebrate today, i challenge al...

The decision to approve this project has already been made prior to this hearing. It is a huge waste of money because you could have just run rails up concern i street instead. The polls are still there where the 16th streetcar were. For what . So you can be reliable for the deaths in an earthquake in a project that uses flawed engineering [speaker not understood] . How can you sleep when you know you pushed the mayors agenda in chinatown and north beach just as was done in the bayview and Hunters Point with the tthird . Since the mta has decided to approve this project, it is time for the cit...

Dee cap it it would require demolishing the existing building. It would impose minimal traffic impacts to columbus avenue. And would not preclude a future extension of lrv service to Fishermans Wharf. Currently the impact of the project budget would be about 3 million and it will also require the appropriation of additional local money to secure the rights of the property from the current owner. Finally, the last option, option 5, now, this option would also likely require additional environmental study. And then for the reasons articulated above, abandoning the tbms underground would require ...

Mayor about that and we confirmed that in writing to him and to christine [speaker not understood], that we are not trying to stop the subway at all, but only were concerned about preserving the community in north beach. I myself testified many years ago in favor of the subway. I recently ran for Public Office and i made a point of always saying as i do now, that im in favor of the subway. Im in favor of it coming to north beach. And i want to see it happen in the right way with public input and with proper financing. Finally, i want to answer one question that was raised earlier today by dire...

Disruptive to that point and really to all of our riders on the west side of town. But were coming out of this project thanks to the engagement of the community, we have a very good project. People are very pleased with the results from an infrastructure standpoint, much better and smoother, more reliable service. But also from a safety standpoint for pedestrians, cyclists, motorists, and muni riders a maytionv achievement. 11 00 a. M. , church and duboce well be celebrating with the community the success of that project. And that concludes my report. Thank you, director rifkin. I want to say ...