jim lazarus. i will wear my former recreation and park have to, because this project came up while i was on the commission. the commission unanimously approved by in the triangle lot under eminent domain. there was some controversy over the acquisition of this project. because of the law, we really could not develop a vision at that time for how this piece of property was used for recreation purposes and how it was tied into park planning. but you see it here today. i think this is what the commission had in mind when we acted on this five or six years ago. it allows you to consolidate park uses and create a new library, making it up to a situation for the uses of both facilities. i think the street closure mimics what we have done throughout san francisco when we have had the opportunity to expand park property with these unusual street grids. market street during the rebuild -- during the bart metro development in the late 1960's -- we closed a number of these trials including public holiday pla

. >> jim lazarus, barney larceny, bruce kennedy and mark solomon. >> i am with the triangle labour association and i have lived in this neighborhood -- close by for 18 years. this plan has not taken into account the negative impact on the surrounding community. the developers -- this project needs to be scaled back, in bold in population. there is congestion on the already packed 19th ave. tripling the population of a congested area, this is not the planning policy. the garden apartments our beloved wales life. when not replicate a low line environment. the danger of putting these buildings here is not good planning policy. the safety of the residence is severely compromised. the irony is that many of the projects featured are harmful to the environment. ignoring earthquakes safety is not green, and i also deplored demolishing 1500 units of supportable housing. the entire area is on the way to gentrification. there is space on this basis and that is another factor. this is a nightmare with the surrounding communities. a little dose of reality is necessary. people will drive their cars the matt

as jim lazarus said, it is pretty amazing that such a large demolition project has taken place with so little -- whatever -- with so little negative feedback. i think the transbay jpa has done an excellent job. the contractors have done an excellent job. just wanted to give you some praise. it is not often that public agencies here praise from neighbors, so good job. the other reason i'm here is with the work being done on utilities and streets being torn up a bit, i'm wondering if there may be an opportunity to paint in some crosswalks, you know, paid in the zebra stripes. pedestrian safety is one of the top concerns in south of market, and if this is an opportunity -- well, the streets are a little torn up, to paint crosswalks, so the drivers know that pedestrians are using the streets in addition to their cars, that would be very much appreciated. harrison street -- a lot of residents live along harrison street. there are about 300 children that live between fulsome and the bay bridge. with the use of second street. and in increasing population of elderly folks. people moved into my

jim lazarus, san francisco chamber of commerce. a lot of projects have been around for a long time. there was the library and playground expansion voted on 10 years ago. the executive park planning process started six years ago. this is the tops -- 18 years ago, when the navy announced there were going to leave treasure island. there has been a process of developing a plan to rebuild this island and make it a home to thousands of people, to make a commercial hub of employment again. this is not follow land. since the world's fair in 1929 and the navy moving in in 1941, thousands of people have lived and worked on this island safely every year. thousands of vehicles a day on or off treasure island. we have an opportunity now to remake the island into a very positive experience environmentally, sustainability, and safely for people who work there, through transit improvements, congestion pricing, parking limitations, and the seismic rebuilding of the island infrastructure. this time has come. we have a great opportunity. last year, the key vote of the board was in the approval of hunt

we also have jose luis moss covitts of the transportation authority, jim lazarus of our san francisco chamber of commerce is here, along with red rifkin of the san francisco city of public works and melanie from the department of environment. we had a strong partnership. there was no way we could do this work without a strong partnership here within the city planning and the port of san francisco that had a strong partnership with us at s.f. park and agreed to participate in the pilot program. we have a great team of individuals at the m.t.a. who worked on this project for the past couple of years and i need to make sure we especially thank them and jape primus and steve lee. -- jay primus and steve lee. [applause] and i think you saw earlier on we had some of our team that works out in the field, our parking meter shops, those individuals also deserve recognition. they've done a great job to get us here today. they're tireless efforts have gotten us to a point on behalf of this agency, we need to make sure they get recognized and thank you for that. to begin, it's my privilege to int