my name is teresa del santos. i would request that the commission please certify the north beach library and joe dimaggio playgrounds. please approve closure of mason street and the rezoning of the parking lot as a public lands to allow the master plan to be implemented and the project to proceed. i have lived in the neighborhood for almost 25 years. i'm an active community advocate for children in the community through my service to various p.t.o. boards. the e.i.r. is thorough, complete and accurate and is documentation of the key issues in moving forward with this plan. it shows that by building a new library on a parking lot, tearing down the old library and closing a half-block section of mace than street, over 12,000 square feet of access will be gained. more open space is critical in north beach because it is the densest neighborhood in the city. finally, the plan documents how much better a new library would be for the community, rather than renovating the existing one. finally, the plan finds that there i