i m going to do something we do every year to get us in the mood what happened here in 1906. i am [inaudible] and i m a native san franciscan. [applause] once again you hearty crazy folks have come together at this ungodly hour to remember of those hardy san franciscans who survived the [inaudible] 111 years ago this morning at 5:12 am. 511 or 513 depending on which day tells. the reason we are here is to remember all those who died but also to honor those who survived and rebuilt the city. those who continue to rebuild it today. you know who the survivors are. they are each and every one of you. now 111 years ago powerful seismic waves roared across this prosperous city of san francisco. experts today estimate that the colossal earthquake was around 7.9 on the modern magnitude scale. by the end of the first day the city by the bay would suffer 26 aftershocks and would succumb to a raging inferno that would show no mercy to its bewildered citizens for 74 hours. i would like
on the adoption without reference to committee calendar. please note that public comment is not allowed on items already subject to public comment by a board committee. please direct your remarks to the board as a whole, not to individual supervisors, nor to the audience. speakers using translation assistance will be allow twice the amount of time. and if you would like a document to be displayed on the overhead projector, please clearly state such to sfgov-tv and remove the document when the screen should return to live coverage of the meeting. let s hear from our first speaker. you have two minutes. yes, i ll be making a display. my name is peter war field. i m executive direct r of library users association and i want to talk a little about the history of library secrecy and its ongoing bad effect. in 1988, san francisco voters approved a $109 million bond program whose ultimate cost was 188 million. and to build a state-of-the-art main library, new main library that w
not understood] cat tools and bull rushes [speaker not understood] removed in order to reduce obstructions to water flow into the pump intake structure. that is an indication of enhancing water flow at sharp park. i don t know what is. we didn t leave it at that. we also included in the record a deposition of the person who actually manages this pump for rec and park department, a guy named john [speaker not understood] and what he told us under oath is that the existing pumphouse, although it has a 10,000 gallon per minute capacity, currently only operates at about 6,000 gallons per minute. this is in exhibit b of the documents that we sent submitted to you. we asked them a question. we said, as best as you under it from your experience, if the [speaker not understood] are removed, the pumps would be able to get water out [speaker not understood]? yes. do you [speaker not understood]. even a winter like last year when there was a lot of rain? an objection from attorneys on