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pawned our children to speak in favor of the project. i wish this project well, but i do not like the process. thank you very much. chairperson mar: thank you. i have a number of yellow speaker cards. if you could line up on the left side of this room jim lazarus, jamie windlow, peter nassir, and howard chabner. good afternoon, supervisors. jim lazarus. i will wear my former recreation and park have to, because this project came up while i was on the commission. the commission unanimously approved by in the triangle lot under eminent domain. there was some controversy over the acquisition of this project. because of the law, we really could not develop a vision at that time for how this piece of property was used for recreation purposes and how it was tied into park planning. but you see it here today. i think this is what the commission had in mind when we acted on this five or six years ago. it allows you to consolidate park uses and create a new library, making i ....

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nassir, and howard chabner. good afternoon, supervisors. jim lazarus. i will wear my former recreation and park have to, because this project came up while i was on the commission. the commission unanimously approved by in the triangle lot under eminent domain. there was some controversy over the acquisition of this project. because of the law, we really could not develop a vision at that time for how this piece of property was used for recreation purposes and how it was tied into park planning. but you see it here today. i think this is what the commission had in mind when we acted on this five or six years ago. it allows you to consolidate park uses and create a new library, making it up to a situation for the uses of both facilities. i think the street closure mimics what we have done throughout san francisco when we have had the opportunity to expand park property with these unusual street grids. market street during the rebuild during the bart metro development ....

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when it comes to our institutions and the library, we need a meaningful dialogue where we speak about the building itself, the architect, the history, and so on and so forth. i was not supposed to speak on this subject, but it has triggered a raw nerve that they pawned our children to speak in favor of the project. i wish this project well, but i do not like the process. thank you very much. chairperson mar: thank you. i have a number of yellow speaker cards. if you could line up on the left side of this room jim lazarus, jamie windlow, peter nassir, and howard chabner. good afternoon, supervisors. jim lazarus. i will wear my former recreation and park have to, because this project came up while i was on the commission. the commission unanimously approved by in the triangle lot under eminent domain. there was some controversy over the acquisition of this project. because of the law, we really could not develop a vision at that time for how this piece of property was ....

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community meeting room and after our space on the second floor. these are all facilities the community have repeatedly asked for. we can provide them together. in terms of the street vacation, it will be conditional. it will not go into effect until the city is ready to build a new library. until that time, mason street will remain as a publicly dedicated street. in addition, at the time of dedication, jurisdiction of the street will be transferred to the recreation and parks department. this will preserve the area for recreation and park purposes. we appreciate any questions you have. thank you. president chiu: i also want to take a moment to thank the department of public works for all the work you did in connection with the library. do you have anything else you would like to add to that? with that, unless there are any other presentations, are there any other presentations from the city? why don t we open it up to public comment? if there are folks that provided e ....

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