im the share of the treasure island, uruguay 9 citizens advisory board. -- yerba buena citizens advisory board. and now this is a thorough and adequate legal document under the law. i am urging the board to approve the project entitlement project so they can move forward and finally began. our cabinet is a group of diverse members, each with his or her own unique perspective. we have held literally hundreds of public meetings. during that time, we discussed everything you have read about in the er, but specifically, we have also talked about global warming, sea level rise and more recently, tsunamis. i am also a sailor company so i am familiar with now called the water and networks. as we saw with reasons unfortunate japan earthquake, when the tsunami reaches here, it has a wide mouth, and then it disperses into two days, so the infrastructure will actually make treasure island higher than the district. this included residents who also serves. i thank you for this opportunity to speak. i appreciate the long hours. a i want to thank the staff. >> i have been a carpenter for the last 17 ye

i am the chair of the treasure island/ yerba buena island citizens advisory board and have been in that capacity since its inception in 2001. we're a diverse group of individuals, including longtime residents of treasure island and your but when the island, each with his or her very unique perspective. as i said, this is our 11th year of meeting, and over those years, we have held literally hundreds of public meetings. i think it is close to 300. since the beginning of last year, we have held 40. through april of this year, an additional eight. during that time, we have reviewed these entitlement documents, and over the 11 years, we have vetted and number of items including but not limited to community benefit sea level rise, global warming, transportation, sustainability, open space, bike and pedestrian paths, wetlands, on and on and on. the process has been extensive, and on the april 9 meeting, we took action on the recommendation to the tida board approvals of the final transaction and recommendation entitlement documents, including the items on your agenda today. of the current 24