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Good job on thatand the historical architecture of sharp park. You live most of your life and you live in this historical architecture and it is great architecture and it focuses energy and if you notice those who participate in it and who work in it that is what this golf course has done. And we support the recognition [timer dings] and the historical nature of this golf course. Thank you very much. We urge you to reject the appeal. Thank you. Next speaker please. Good evening. Denise louise. Native san franciscan, 40 year resident of Mount Davidson. Neighbors and i live in fear of fire, falling trees and winds and our planet a long time ago and they were stressed out by five consecutive years of drought and they are just not what they used to be an autobody who is working with the one for as to those that we need this plan to banish the trees in Mount Davidson. Now okay the word about that term biodiversityit was quantified by renowned scientist eo wilson to promote a semblance is of
California i just want to say that we strongly encourage you to accept the cir. Thank you. Next speaker. My name is michael byrd. I have no plans. I have no toads. I have no tadpoles to show you. Im here on behalf of the seniors and other golfers that use sharp park on a regular basis. I have used it for many, many years. The program and the plan for sharp park has been in development for years. I would urge that you would reject the appeal and i would point out also that the wildlife Equity Institute was appealing on the basis of the sharp park plan and they have withdrawn their appeal and its just an indication that in fact that eir should be approved. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker please. And i just want to say before the next speaker speaks that the appeal for the plan for sharp park has been withdrawn but i just want let you know that before the next speaker speaks. Thank you. I just wanted to speak on behalf of our golf course. I just wanted to say that myself growing up pla
Franciscans. Him in terms of access issues people have been riding in our parks for decades but the plan does not say that these will be a problem and we will work with this potential plan in this process and with that we urge you reject the appeal and allow this plan to go forward. And thank you for staying so late. Thank you. Next speaker please. My name is nick wallace. I live in supervisor peskins district three. Im a patron of the San Francisco municipal golf course. Im here in support of the final eir for the program that will restore the Sharp Park Golf Course and the maintenance of this plan i would just like to make the comment that i have closely followed the sharp park controversy for over a decade including making comments in front of this body in 2009 when supervisor wanted to kill this course and in 2013 when supervisor David Alvarez wanted to kill this course and now them are still here but i still am so im just saying. Even though sharp park is within the plan as it sho