my name is elizabeth katigian. i've been a balboa terrace rest rent -- resident for five years. before that, i was in the castro. i feed my family by practicing commercial finance law, but feed my passion by architectural design and interior design. i'm very sensitive to what is going on in the neighborhood and the importance of the compatibility of the design. i think there are at least two reasons that the commission should accept the d.r. and deny the application at this point. first of all, the owner's failure to comply with the planning department requirements and h.o.a. design guidelines, there is overwhelming evidence that the project sponsor failed to notify the neighbors that were entitled for notification, holding their neighborhood meeting on the night of an historic election, not a reasonable person would believe that people would show up to a neighborhood meeting, instead of watching an historic election. the next reason is the design's failure to comply with or to be compatible with the architecture in the neighborhood. with all due respect to ms. jonckheer, who ha