now, the project staff evaluated several options for the tbm including leaving the tbms in the ground. now, bearing the tbms would require removing some of the tbm's internal components and encapsulating the balance of the machine in concrete to guard it from future settlement as the machineses deteriorate underground. leaving the tbms in the ground would impede the future extension of a subway into north beach. as the encapsulated tbms would likely have to be removed to extend the tunnels or construct an underground station. removing the encapsulated tbms at a later date is more difficult disruptive and more expensive than removing them at the conclusion of the central subway tunneling as currently planned. option 1, the retrieval shaft is approximately 200 feet from the closest resident and about 70 feet from the closest business. while work is within the public right-of-way, columbus avenue would be reduced to one lane of traffic in each direction in 2013 for approximately 10 months. the retrieval shaft does not impede a future station in north beach nor an extension into fisherman

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and approval, if necessary, to remove the tbms from private property. now, if option 4 proves infeasible, option 3, leaving the tbm head under columbus avenue, would respond to the disruption concerns raised by some members of the north beach community. the challenges with option 3 include also a tight timeline in which to obtain the additional project funding, complete the additional engineering work and execute the necessary contract modifications to move this work forward. now, it is important to note that consideration of extending rail service into north beach and fisherman's wharf would be a separate effort given that funding has yet to be identified for the planning design or construction of a future station and/or line, but it is worthy to note it is currently planning a design this winter to begin the community discussions regarding such an extension. now, staff recommends as its first preference to further evaluate option 4 with a back up plan to further evaluate option 3 until february 1st of 2013. now, if the necessary reviews and approval c

but what i can't understand is why we can't leave the tbm machines in chinatown. use the money saved and put it into a trust or account to collect interest until the time we can put a station in north beach. we could do some creative investigation into the possibility of bore boroughing under maybe powell street * and set a proper station at the site of the pagoda palace showcase instead of digging under businesses that are trying to hard to keep the neighborhood interesting and alive. lately i have been guiding excited guests from all parts of the world by the beautiful and historic washington square park, clark tower. st. peter and paul's church, shops, bakeries, restaurants, and also by embarrassing and dangerous tractors, trailers, traffic jambs, downed trees, dug up streets amidst the aroma of coffee roasting and diesel fumes. i know what's going on. i live right in the middle of north beach. one window is on columbus, one window is on stockton. i can smell, taste, hear -- i know what's going on. and i think a little more investigation should be planned befor

study extraction of the tunnel boring machine at the pagoda theater with an alternative of behring the tbm under columbus avenue. we also support the mta's efforts to plan for a station at the pagoda theater and additional stations to and from fisherman's wharf. this will create a north-south connection that serves the eastern edge of san francisco, connecting important neighborhoods and communities. the north beach business association, we have over 80 members in north beach would like to add a few more comments, which is, we would like to see the excavation in a new station at pagoda palace, but we want to make it clear that we do not support this idea if it involves any spot zoning that would allow the owner to build higher than the 58 feet which is currently permitted as a maximum height allowed at that site. we also want to state that any other possible location for a station would need to be chosen only up to the entire community was involved and exhaustively vetted sites. needless to say we would oppose [speaker not understood] washington square park in any way as a location for any

so easterner crabcakes plans provided by lloyd crimmins company and makes the wildcats and also the tbm avenger torpedo bombers. george h.w. bush pd plan, the one he was shot down in, that is tbm avenger as were thousands of others in the course of the war. america not a motive industry, one key aspect of a productive and innovative quality. also the aviation company as well. these aviation companies at this time is no defense industry to speak of. is their commercial companies that do military orders, supply those, but experiences building a whole range of aircraft for customers. so the shift to military aircraft becomes simply a process of retool and redesigning twiki's kinds of demands. and also the engineers tapping the skills of engineers have been involved in commercial planes for years and turning them to say, can you design a bomber that will do this? and you design a fighter that will do that? and i discovered working on this book, every single plane that the united states flew in the second world war, except one, was a product of poor design. boeing, even than the 29 mustang w

so easterner crabcakes plans provided by lloyd crimmins company and makes the wildcats and also the tbm avenger torpedo bombers. george h.w. bush pd plan, the one he was shot down in, that is tbm avenger as were thousands of others in the course of the war. america not a motive industry, one key aspect of a productive and innovative quality. also the aviation company as well. these aviation companies at this time is no defense industry to speak of. is their commercial companies that do military orders, supply those, but experiences building a whole range of aircraft for customers. so the shift to military aircraft becomes simply a process of retool and redesigning twiki's kinds of demands. and also the engineers tapping the skills of engineers have been involved in commercial planes for years and turning them to say, can you design a bomber that will do this? and you design a fighter that will do that? and i discovered working on this book, every single plane that the united states flew in the second world war, except one, was a product of poor design. boeing, even than the 29 mustang w