next speaker. >> i am ian burke. i live on clay street. i think supervisor weiner's opening statement was a perfect summary that public sidewalks are our most important public space. installation of hundreds of sidewalk boxes needs to be thoroughly examined as to its necessity and impact. there are already two of these things around the corner on scott street. the landscaping the talk about around them is a forest of 4 inch galvanized steel pipe. lovely, but they do not require much water. [laughter] they are ugly and often tagged with graffiti. 726 more of these needs to be well studied by a disinterested party, not by at&t. supervisor weiner: again, i do not want to get into eir issues, but thank you for the comment. >> my name is charles and i am a student. i live in the richmond district. i just want to say utility boxes impede pedestrians. even at today's hearing, i believe you will be looking at the issue of widening city sidewalks. there is a need to use sidewalks as community spaces, not just for private spaces to put boxes on. sid