. >> mining is alex strauss. i am a west side resident. i am familiar with parkmerced. my issues are, first of all, affordable housing. secondly, i have an issue with basically mumming down all of the -- mowing down all of the two-story buildings. we are not a suburb. we are a city. i thought a city was a polyglot, a mixture. leaver house in new york is now smaller than the other buildings in the area, but they kept it there because it is more interesting. it leads to the quality of life. i am also very concerned. i live on taraval street. i know what is is like to have a street car on steroids move to my street. you are going to have poles and wires. you are going to try to dodge the streetcar. it changes the nature of driving and walking. you are going to be dead ending that streetcar. that has an impact that needs to be considered. thank you. president olague: before staff addresses the commission, is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. i do want to acknowledge for the record that it has been the practice of the commission for