. >> good afternoon, mr. scher, members of the board. as you know, this project and reconstructing the oil giant is a really huge project, and is being led by caltrans and the san francisco county transportation authority. we are bringing forward these proposals on behalf of our colleagues at read in part because the palace of fine arts and exploratory and is located within rec and park jurisdiction, and to maintain access during this time, some of the changes have to be impinging on city streets, which is under the sfmta jurisdiction in the immediate vicinity. at the heart of the issue is the letterman army institute of research, which is located at this site. this is the palace of fine arts and exploratory am, with parking on the perimeter. this lot was previously available for parking and buses, after the drop-off of students and other visitors, but the site is no longer available because of the construction used for staging during the course of the construction. so the -- not a very fancy drawing here, but this was the site i just me