the reason we moved into ghirardelli's square was the plan to transform it into a marketplace of unique independent businesses you only really find in san francisco. they attract the locals and visitor and we have the san francisco brewing company, subpar mini golf and lots of great shobz. -- shops when they come in they say it's the first time i've been to ghirardelli square in years so we know the plan is working. we've received great feedback and from the russian hill neighborhood association and san francisco travel. as you may know, good will does not a cheese school make. our business runs on razor thin margins and depend on locals to support us and folks who come to happy hour and come to have lunch on tuesday and leave tips for our awesome team that recommend us to their friends and neighbors. we depend on the neighborhood to support us so we can in turn run a business that thrives that's healthy and profitable and pays our team's health care and offers a 40 1k and advancement in educational opportunities. having 100 new residents across the street from the business would be a m

. >> i'm william fong the general manager of fairmont gir ar -- ghirardelli square and i would like to share with you i support this project wholeheartedly. jamestown l.p. have been great partner and have the community's interest first of mind and i'd like to encourage your support of the project. >> commissioner: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm here representing peter and monica lee who live at 2927 larkin the highlighted property immediately adjacent to this site. and with the original proposal for the site by jamestown we were very concerned about the impacts on their privacy, light and air and we've met with planning and with jamestown multiple times and they -- i'm happy to say have been responsive to our concerns and we appreciate they listened to us and made meaningful modifications. and as mr. perry pointed out, there were modifications to the west elevation to protect their privacy and light and air. so if you decide to approve this project we hope that you will adopt the plan in front of you because it's something my clients can live with and the changes are really ap