my name is lee ah thompson. ~ leah thompson. i don't think we can definitively say no harm will be done with that one and that should be priority it's not just an environmental and financial issue. it's a moral issue about what our priority is and what precedent we're setting. our recreational wants of the bio[speaker not understood] needs of others. i would like to leave you with a quote from chief seattle. if all the beasts were gone, none would die from great loneliness of spirit. so whatever happens to the beast also happens to man, whatever fall to earth befalls the sons of the earth. i'd also like to ask you if you can imagine a world without this sound, because i think that's where we're heading without really careful consideration. [sound effects] >> >> hold the fire alarm. any further comments? >>> hi, my name is ron sundergill. i'm the regional director of the parks [speaker not understood] association here in the city. our organization has 800,000 members and 113,000 members in california. we urge the board to put asi