don don allen and i go back about 20 years. he preceded me as the president of the mission merchants' association. i first met him as the managing partner of the hemlock, and the 1140 l.l.c. folks came to him. they bought the building with the intention of demolishing it and erecting a five story structure. i think you probably have that in your files, and these are very, very good developers. they're the folks that did the bank on golden gate avenue, so they have a great sense for -- if something needs to be restored, restoring it. we're very fortunate having them in san francisco when we need many types of housing and other types of commercial spaces. this is a unique project, at least for me. i don't know if you see many new buildings proposed that have an existing place of entertainment that wants to come back in, so we've been working with 1145 polk, l.l.c., to see the retention of the hemlock, and we got a letter of determination from the planning department, which i think is in your files that states that it's pretty difficult that you only get one year, and it would take a lot more than a year to knockdown that building and to put the new one up, so the intention is to go in and get a conditional use permit to bring back the hemlock. from a sound transference point of view -- this is also unique as opposed to most of the new developments that you hear, because not only are the sound acoustical engineers that are here from salter, having to dale with sound penetration coming into the building, they have to deal with sound transference within the building, because the hemlock is going to be inside the building, so it's a good challenge for these guys. i do have wesley burke from the dolman group, which is working with 1145 l.l.c., in case you have any questions for the developer. there are actually 18 places that are open past 9:00 p.m. within 300 feet of this location, and i think i gave you a chart of all of those. of those, eight of them are places of entertainment, and don being kind of the mayor of the poe's was kind of enough to go over to blur, and he spoke to ron kirkpatrick, and you spoke to russ at lush lounge, and they see themselves not as competitors, but there's a synergy because of club hopping. that seems to be the environment down there. people go not just with the intention of going to one club, but they want to go in and out of clubs, and it's kind of like disneyland park, and you guys look like you've been here fore a couple of hours, and you don't need to hear all this. but we're all here to answer any questions you may have, and thank you for your consideration. >>president tan: thank you. i just want to stort off -- starf by saying we support housing and development, but our main -- [ inaudible ] -- and -- one question i have, just about the sound measurements -- and this might just be a tip to salter because every time we review these, we want to see the highest level of use, the highest level of pedestrian density, which generally h