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Filling the Blast Site at the Crestmoor (Glenview) Neighborhood
September 20, 2011
A
This
is
a
very
important
day,
one
of
many
very
important
days
we
have
experienced
and
will
continue
to
experience
in
this
city.
We're
going
to
close
this
hole
today,
we're
going
to
open
up
part
of
a
neighborhood,
that's
been
closed
for
over
a
year,
we're
going
to
make
it
easy
for
our
residents
to
get
around,
but
most
important
of
all
this
pipe
is
empty
and
will
never
be
filled
again
in
this.
In
this
area,.
A
It's
been
a
long
year
for
the
city
councilman
and
joined
today
by
the
entire
city
council,
as
well
as
all
the
residents
and
it's
important
today
to
fill
the
hole
but
I
think
the
bigger
story
today
is
the
holes
that
aren't
filled.
They
are
the
legislative
holes
in
Washington
and
Sacramento
that
Jackie,
Speier
and
Jerry
Hill
are
working
so
hard
to
repair.
They
are
the
holes
in
the
legislation
over
the
years
that
helped
to
let
this
disaster
occur.
A
It
was
said
by
Deborah
Hersman
when
we
attended
the
hearing
in
Washington
just
a
few
weeks
ago
that
it
wasn't
if
this
pipe
was
going
to
blow
it
was
when
and
through
legislation,
strong
legislation
and
activists.
We
have
to
keep
this
in
the
forefront
because
we
never
want
this,
as
we've
said
over
and
over
to
happen
to
any
other
city
in
this
country.
So
that's
what
today
is
all
about
we're
going
to
close
this
up
for
good,
we'll,
never
be
seen
again,
but
it's
not
the
end
of
the
story.
A
The
holes
that
have
to
be
closed
are
the
legislative
holes
going
forward
that
will
in
fact
inspect
and
maintain
pipelines
throughout
the
country
that
wasn't
done
here.
It's
too
late
for
San
Bruno
and
there's
some
talk
in
people
back
east
and
it's
very
expensive.
They
should
measure
the
expense
in
lives,
not
in
footage,
so
I'm
joined
today
by
Assemblyman
Jerry
Hill,
who
would
like
to
say
a
few
brief
words
and
also
Richard
Stefan,
representing
Jackie
Speier
Jerry.
B
Thank
You
mr.
mayor,
and
thank
you
again
for
your
leadership
over
the
past
year.
It's
so
fitting
that
we
come
together
today
and
that
we
gather
to
rebuild
this
neighborhood
and
take
that
final
step
of
filling
this
hole.
It's
so
difficult
when
you
look
at
the
lives
that
have
been
destroyed
and
the
rebuilding
of
those
lives
that
go
forward.
B
It's
a
challenge
for
that
and
a
challenge
for
the
community
as
they
rebuild
those
lives.
But,
as
Jim
mentioned,
we
have
to
rebuild
the
process
rebuild
the
structure,
rebuild
the
system
that
allowed
this
to
happen,
and
that
caused
it
to
happen
last
year,
and
we
will
do
that
just
as
we
are
today
and
just
over
the
past
year.
B
We
will
do
that
together
because
that's
what
it
will
take
to
fight
the
power
and
the
power
of
money,
the
power
that
some
of
the
utilities
have
in
California
to
keep
the
proper
and
the
appropriate
legislation
from
passing
here
and
in
Washington
DC.
So
we
will
work
together.
We
will
do
it
together
and
we
will
succeed
together
so
that
this
will
never
happen
again.
C
Mr.
mayor
congresswoman
Speier
is
flying
back
to
DC
this
morning,
or
otherwise
she
would
be
here,
I'm
honored,
to
represent
her
and
her
staff
to
put
some
dirt
in
the
hole
and
to
cover
up
well,
it's
hard
to
cover
up
it's
a
two-step
process.
It's
one
of
rebuilding
and
one
of
remembering
and
also
congresswoman
Speier
is
going
back
to
work
on
our
legislation
to
end
the
exemption
that
shielded
pipes
like
this
from
being
tested.
There's
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
miles
of
pipe
like
this
that
have
never
been
pressure
tested.
C
A
And
with
that
I'll
take
the
first
shovel
joined
by
the
council
and
I'd,
like
all
the
residents
who
want
to
help
us
in
this
effort
to
please
line
up
and
we'll
all
take
a
chance
to
put
a
small
piece
of
dirt
into
a
very
large
hole
and
hopefully
plug
a
lot
of
other
holes
going
forward.
We
need
your
help
to
do
that
and
thank
you
very
much.