my name is jamie whitaker and i'm a resident of the rincon hill neighborhood. i think what i need to say at this particular juncture is that for 20 years people have been moving to the rincon hill neighborhood. a lot of young professionals who want to walk to work rather than driver, or bicycle or use transit and also a lot of retirees who want to live active lives, to enjoy the arts and entertainment offered by san francisco. there's about 300 kids living in the area today. and i hope several more. but without parks for those children to be able to develop their muscles, their coordination, and without safe sidewalks, you know, remember, there's a $ -- 260,000 cars going across the bay bridge every day. we know that going into it. it's not going anywhere. we want to work -- walk to work bad enough i guess to put up with the air quality and the traffic that's present. and you also know that rincon hill sits between the bay bridge and the financial district, so we're sort of ground zero for traffic congestion. last week when the sand was spilled on the lower dec