>> commissioners, john fungi, central subway program manager, the eir document that was aprao*fed in 2008 essentially had a 30% design of the station and the station itself back when it was originally designed in 2006 and as it exists today is essentially the same with the enhancements of the various commissions that have reviewed and approved the station. if i was to show you what the station looked like in 2006, it would have a much greater impact of the park of massing versus one that you're reviewing today which is tucked into the park and almost looks like it's part of the park, but the footprint of 2006 is essentially bigger than what we're proposing today, and there's also a planning department finding of the current views of all three stations and it's in your packet dated september 12 from mr. bik wiko that addresses the topic of any changes that may have occurred from early 2006 up to today. >> so, the footprint was larger and what's being now before this commission is actually a smaller less intrusive structure? >> correct. >> and the number of trips, the foot traffic thro

i will first, however, turn it over to john fungi with smta followed by ken ridge with oewta, thank you. >> president fong, commissioners johnson, sfmta central subway, thank you for the opportunity to provide a brief update, as elizabeth has done a fine job providing the overview to. give you a bit of context, the final supplemental eis, eir was approved years ago. as relates to the china town site within the past four years we have acquired the property, have received approval of the relocation for the eight businesses and 19 households that previously lived on the property. they have been successfully relocated. a bit of good news is that five of the 19 residents have actually purchased single-family homes with the proceeds from the relocation funding. the building has been -- is currently secured with a vinyl wrap. finally this body in february of this year passed an ordinance that allowed for creation of special use for china town site. finally has allowed for -- approved the permit for demolition of the existing building. providing a program update, the program has benefited from