from the dais, commissioner doolye referred to it's an autocratic. the same could be said of the mta's terastreet project. two merchants have gone out of business: closer dry cleaning and hunter's thread, such as marchello's restaurant have seen a significant dropoff in business. has this report been vetted before the small business commission or the san francisco council of district merchants associations? my understanding based on today, eithneither has. so this hearing may have been premature. the process could have really started at the council, gone to the small business commission and then followed by the board of supervisors. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. j.d. workman representing the san francisco chamber of commerce. i also want to thank you for having this hearing today. we at the chamber and me in particular have been working on this issue for many, many years, and i'm very interested to see that it's coming up again because i'm aware of the vacancy rates in our neighborhood commercial district, so i fe