. >> chairwoman, director riskin and board members, my name is ed olsen. as a third generation san francisco i'm a member of citizen policy committees including connect sf and vision zero. and i am here to urge your support for connect sf vision report. as we approved a similar resolution last night at the market cac. i com the staff for their outreach in training of our committee as well as of the public and the stakeholders to understand the multifaceted issues surrounding this effort. however, since this is a 50 year plan with commitment to review and update i ever five years, i urge as a matter of civic education, during the plan's life, we engage our community's either through extra sessions at our local libraries or schools to educate our citizens in these multiple issues and the process of scenario planning which could help all planning agencies such as yours in our city. i am very grateful that our connect sf plan is regionally oriented and ex 'em police car of such thinking but particularly that it compliments and implements the strategies of visi

ed riskin, head of mta, but today's approach, we know is the way to go. we have to be a more resilient city. we talk a lot about prevention, don't make yourself an easy target, but there are other things we can do to be more resilient and prevent the crimes from happening in the first place. the things that have been implemented here, the fencing installed, to stop unauthorized entry, the lighting and the surveillance cameras to discourage would-be thieves, this is a team effort. and this is what collaboration brings to the table. again, go back to mayor farrell and his leadership and before him, mayor lee in order to force this issue, force a collaborative partnership that has led us to some success this year. we are working hard to continue the effort as the mayor said. this is going to be spread to all the city parking garages. although the deployment is part of that factor, we'll do what is necessary in terms of having the visibility and the presence to make sure that people know we're out here. that was part of our doubling of the foot beat. the peop

you know, it never hurts to write letters to our general manager, to ed riskin, to our board, bevan, nick, latifah and just letting them now how happy, thrilled you are with this and love to see the program continue. i think that would be fantastic. >> thank you. >> co-chair blacksten: all right. >> thank you so much for coming. i called you last minute and you jumped at the opportunity. as a regular bart customer for the past 12 years, coming from west oakland to san francisco to civic center, i personally want to thank you, because i've gotten way less sick since you started that program. there is also this area, it's also high employment area for people with disabilities. and we also are beginning to realize that sometimes we have to wait in line to use the elevators because everybody else wants to use the elevator. so it's no longer just a disability access point, it's a universal access point. we have seniors, we have bikers. so now up until that program started, nobody wanted to use the elevator. and it was not just the cleanliness, but also the safety. over the last two years,