comments should be sent to christopher thoma thomas@christopher.thomas or by phone. the final report will be going to the planning commission for certification this fall, and we expect federal environmental clearance before the end of 2019. there is ongoing community engagement. our community group meets every other month and has representation from a good cross-section of people that live and work along market street. we've held four rounds of community outreach since 2011. in '11, '12, '13, and last march of 2018. we're looking to have the next round of out reach this summer. one thing we tried that was new was having a pop-up along the cor corridor and that was in the month of february, and we're considering returning this summer to leech more people. here is an overview of our schedule. we have the public draft, the i.r., came out in february. comments are due next monday, april 15th. we expect certification this fall, followed by project approvals by public works, the municipal transportation agency board, and the board of supervisors. and then our goal is to ad

and all questions and comments should be sent to christopher thomas at the planning department. that concludes my presentation. i'm happy to answer any questions that you have. >> co-chair blacksten: thank you. that was a great presentation. a lot of information. are there any council members who have comments and questions? >> through the chair? >> co-chair blacksten: yes. >> orkid would like to speak. >> co-chair senhaux: why weren't you including deaf people in the groups? i'm thinking about the impact on the deaf community. it's a concern really, about -- and based on my own personal experience of having been hit by vehicles, i'm wondering how you chose the individuals that you focused on and the groups you were discussing these plans with? and just seeing what the results of these focus groups are. i'm wondering if you're going to include lights as warnings, or is that a separate part of the process? that's some of my questions. >> thank you, those are good questions. i took over the project last may. so i'm not sure how people were selected prior to that. i think we've wor