this is a letter from lorenzo petroni and other businesses have signed as well. please note that save north beach and north beach restaurant are opposed to the neighborhood as a site for the tunnel-boring machines. we have been offered carrot, that it will result in a new site. there is nothing in the lease with the pagoda palace that assures that the city follow through with this respect. we strongly disagree with the extraction of the pagoda as well. there is no benefit tonight for the neighborhood or the city while potentially condemning the ones alongside it. our understanding is that the reward to the abandoned property will be nearly $3 million. the property that the city is subsidizing has been vacant for 30 years. we believe this is unfair, hurtful to the neighborhood and will result in a potential loss of jobs.