§ 91. Procedure under plan. a. Upon the completion of such plan, but\nbefore final adoption thereof, the commission shall hold a public\nhearing thereon at which citizens shall be entitled to appear and be\nheard. The commission shall transmit a copy thereof to the board of\nestimate of the city and to each of the railroad companies which owns,\nleases or operates any of the railroads included therein with a request\nfor the statement of the views of such board of estimate and such\nrailroad companies thereon. Such board of estimate and each such\nrailroad company may transmit such views and be heard thereon within a\nperiod of time to be prescribed by the commission. Thereafter the\ncommission, from time to time, may make such changes in or modifications\nof such plan as the commission in its discretion may deem to be\nadvisable. The commission shall then formally adopt the plan and call\nupon each of the railroad companies which owns, leases or operates any\nof the railroads included therein or whose leasehold, contract or other\ninterests are to be acquired to inform it within a period of time to be\nfixed by the commission whether it accepts such plan. Any such plan as\nformally adopted by the commission may provide that the commission, with\nthe approval of the board of estimate, from time to time, shall\ndetermine whether and when a sufficient amount of the securities to be\nadjusted have been deposited under or have otherwise assented to the\nplan to render it advisable to declare the plan operative, and in such\nlatter event the plan shall not be or become operative until so declared\nby the commission with the approval of the board of estimate. If the\nrailroad companies or one or more of them do so accept, or if in the\njudgment of the commission a sufficient number of them so accept as to\njustify carrying out the plan, and if the board of estimate also\napproves the plan, and the plan is or is declared operative in\naccordance with its terms, the board of estimate shall take all such\naction as may be necessary or convenient to carry out the plan. All\ndeeds, assignments or surrenders of leaseholds and contracts and other\ninterests, leases, mortgages, contracts and other documents shall be\napproved by the commission.\n b. The plan may include all the railroads or systems of railroads and\ncontrolling or leasehold interests therein which the commission decides\nshould be included thereunder or may in the first instance include one\nor more railroads or systems of railroads, or controlling or leasehold\ninterests therein and may thereafter, with the approval of the board of\nestimate be amended or supplemented at any time or from time to time,\neither before or after the completion thereof, to include one or more\nadditional railroads or systems of railroads, or controlling or\nleasehold interests therein as the commission may decide, or there may\nbe several plans each comprising different railroads or systems of\nrailroads. The commission, if in its judgment such action is necessary,\nbut only after a public hearing, and with the consent of the board of\nestimate and of each railroad company whose railroads or interests\ntherein are included therein, from time to time may modify such plan\nafter formal adoption thereof. The commission may further extend any\nperiod of time prescribed in this article or by it thereunder with like\nauthority.\n c. The grant of power herein conferred shall embrace, and the words\n"the railroad" as used herein shall be deemed to embrace, contracts and\nleases for the use and operation of railroads, including existing\ncontracts and leases between the city and a railroad company for the\nconstruction, equipment, maintenance and operation of railroads under\nthis chapter; provided, however, that the acquisition of any such\ncontract so made by the city or its transfer to the city shall not\noperate as a merger or cancellation of such contract, unless otherwise\nprovided in the plan
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