and in order of their service to the city, mark llewellyn, sara bell day, and david lindsay. they were with the department for many, many years. they are leaving us in the same week. i would like to think they did not plan it this way, but it happens that they are leaving wednesday, thursday and friday of next week. if i may, a few words about each of them. mike llewellyn has served the city for 16 years. you might recall he was first the preservation planner for the northeast team. he was the preservation coordinator for what was then called the landmark's advisory board. for the department, which predates the preservation commission. and then sends 2,008 he has been the quadrant leader for the northeast team which includes downtown. sarah has been with the department since june of 20 '01. seventeen years. as you might remember, they were she was the lead planner for 55 laguna which was a complicated long-standing project that which is 450 units and seven different buildings including historic buildings. including a senior affordable building which is actually under construc