mr. pearlstine. >> thank you, supervisors. glad to be able to speak to you today. i have been a resident since 1982. i have seen on the south slope of the hill some changes, as a whole city has gone through changes. we have changed from a forgotten neighborhood to a very active neighborhood in the late 1990's. the adjacent land to this was a project that was fought for bitterly by the people in the neighborhood. i was also a member of the board of directors at open space, which was set aside on the top of the hill, a compromise against the over-building concerns that people had. i recognize my neighbors having legitimate concerns that their block, their street would suddenly have a wall behind them that would not allow them to have the quality of life that they have now. expressing another concern, the speed at which this project is moving. i understand the financial implications of the project, but it seems we are perpetuating a process that will take another 15 years from groundbreaking, which was supposedly going to happen in 2013. i do not understand why we nee

mr. pearlstine who mentioned that there might have been a station that moved. that was a concern from a number of residents. is there a part of the plan that is going to move public safety institutions? is that being addressed? >> my understanding is that there is a substation right now, and it will remain until it is not needed or it will stay. i can remember when the bayview station used to be third and 20th, two blocks from my house. i have not noticed a degradation of police presence. supervisor mar: could staff provide a comment on that issue? >> good afternoon, supervisors. in the president of the neighborhood association on 23rd in kansas. i think that one thing that needs to be clear about this, from my perspective there has been a lot of marginal as asian in san francisco. it is generally the same thing as the density issues. i can touch on the police substation issue. there is no funding for what is there now. when we talk about branching out, you have to look at the octopus and where it goes beyond where it is. one of the facilities close by, the bud