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I served on the Advisory Committee under redevelopment on this project. Im a Small Business owner i know it will be good for the city and paragon has shown to be a good partner. I think the one place with the Development Agreement its an imperative world we dont have the same tools or we had to make a lot of compromises but in the end weve arrived at a good place this is a Community Driven project and the Developers Agreement theres meetings need to update the community i feel thats an inadequate amount id like to see the city and the Planning Department and the developer to commit to hearing ...

That will create a 22nd century of transit for the tronst century of jobs so thank you to secretary lahood and thank you to the leadership for all that we have accomplished here today. [applause] peter rogof was dominated to serve in the federal administration by the department of transportation in 2009 by president barack obama. He has over see the disbursement throughout the country through the american reinvestment act and has done so meeting every milestone established by that act. Getting money into hands of transit operators whose budgets were severely strained by the worse economic down...

Senior i mean high ranking. I was a senior too so i take it as a complement but thats where a lot of this work is done so without president barack obama and his commitment to build america we wouldnt have this success today and its a Global Vision but it has an impact on everyone that comes to San Francisco and especially those that live in San Francisco and makes a great difference in the lives of our friends in chinatown and we celebrate their work too and thank you very much for this very important day. [applause] so please check that score for me again nancy. Our next speaker was once our ...

Going to be built and little did we know what that bridge would bring to the economy of San Francisco and marin and as we look ahead for 75 years its interesting what this does for this region. You know the bay area has become the blue angels of science. We do lots of stunts, and we are very successful at doing those stunts and we do them at high speeds, and between this project and the project for cal train to electifiy it over the next seven years 3 billion is going to be spent regionally on transit here, and we can say thank you to the secretary of transportation and to the Regional Transit...

Working with senator boxer on the transportation bill this project was always at the top of her list. [applause] so i am delighted to be here. I dont know of another place i would rather be, and i know that all of you are so thrilled with the opportunity that this will create. Every one of you sitting out there deserves credit. Youve all played a role in this in some way or another. This is not about you. Its about the people. Its also about the next generation of transportation for the next generation for San Francisco. Thats what this is about. This is your vision. Its a clear vision, and so...