my name is daniel krauss. i'm a principle planner with caltrain. i just want to say that caltrain supports this action to approve the seis and seir for the downtown completion project, and so we urge the body to move it forward today. this is very integral to caltrain's future plans and increasing the capacity in our service. so we really see great value in the project. it will also help meet the regional and state goals to reduce traffic congestion, also greenhouse gas emaission, so caltrain looks forward to continuing or collaboration with tjpa, with all the other agencies in the city, high speed rail, m.t.c., and all the other agencies that are involved in this process. thank you very much. >> clerk: we'll have jim patrick, followed by roland lebrun, and then bob finebaum. >> i'm jim patrick, patrick and company in san francisco. we talk about mitigating factors. may i suggest a mitigating factor, ka-ching, ka-ching, ka ching, how are we going to pay for this. i see we developed the first phase one with the federal government making loans. we're

my name is daniel krauss. i'm a principle planner with caltrain. i just want to say that caltrain supports this action to approve the seis and seir for the downtown completion project, and so we urge the body to move it forward today. this is very integral to caltrain's future plans and increasing the capacity in our service. so we really see great value in the project.