mr. nolte, are you here for public comment? >> i just want to say that hearing the testimony from d.p.w., i concur with their decision to maintain the two ficus trees at that location. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you. is there any other public comment for this item? okay. i don't see any further public comment, so we will move onto rebuttal. mr. mason, you have three minutes. >> first point of rebuttal, the supposition that the pruning of trees, that's a red herring. we're not talking about pruning of trees, with all due respect, we're talking about the damage that the trees have caused to the sidewalk and the sewage. number two, the position that the sewer problem has been resolved, so, it hasn't, and it's not upon a minority latinx senior to solve it. number three, we have a problem of aging versus the roots. well, the roots are causing the damage. as trees age, that's really something of a [inaudible] the repair has all been taken care of by martha mason, so the city is taking the position that it's all on the homeo