gregory reid and [speaker not understood]. if there are any members of the public that would like to speak, please feel free to line up after those speakers. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is [speaker not understood] high tower, representing the [speaker not understood] and for the public comment i have gregory reid here. he will make the comments for the record. thank you. >> thank you. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm gregory reid with a. philip randolph institute, san francisco. we are here to say we are very, very excited about this project because we're one of the cbos that worked very hard, community based organizations that worked very hard to help get the local ordinance in with this project that is now [speaker not understood] with this project. and with that, we work hard as an organization to help get -- find employment for people who are in the community, here in san francisco particularly, the bayview hunters point area as well as throughout the whole city. with all that said, though, we would like t

i'm gregory reid with a. philip randolph institute, san francisco. we are here to say we are very, very excited about this project because we're one of the cbos that worked very hard, community based organizations that worked very hard to help get the local ordinance in with this project that is now [speaker not understood] with this project. and with that, we work hard as an organization to help get -- find employment for people who are in the community, here in san francisco particularly, the bayview hunters point area as well as throughout the whole city. with all that said, though, we would like to make sure that the supervisors do take the time to address all the concerns from all the people in the city in a hope that after everything is said and done and this project moves forward, whatever, that it could go forward with the spirit -- positive light, positive spirit so that everyone will be happy and be proud of this project. thank you. >> thank you, mr. reid. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is nick penn. i am with [speaker not underst

gregory reid and [speaker not understood]. if there are any members of the public that would like to speak, please feel free to line up after those speakers. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is [speaker not understood] high tower, representing the [speaker not understood] and for the public comment

gregory reid is director of the power and energy initiative at the university of pittsburgh. 'm fortunate, i live close to the hudson river in a fairly new development, and although the river came up and almost swamped our place it didn't do any damage, and the lights even stayed on, i think because, you know, we have underground utilities, everything is buried underground. is that the solution in. >> that's part of the solution, jon, absolutely. in order to make our grid infrastructure morey sill kwrapbt we have tmoreno resilient we have to look at the implementation of new technologies that make underground infrastructure more affordable and operational lee efficient as well. jon: some say it is better to spend money on this above-ground process on some of these smart developments rather than burying the lines which can cost, obviously billions of dollars. >> i think we need to look at it strategically. certainly it does cost more to go underground. we have to look at the cost justification strategically in certain areas where it makes sense to do so. one of the things we se