as of september 16, i was able to speak to greg lingren over the telephone, and at that time, he was in agreement to those two conditions. >> chair mar: thank you for that report, officer salmonson. you mentioned there were three letters of protest. i wonder if you could summarize what the concerns raised were? >> yes. unfortunately, an alcohol beverage licensing control reps, they save those, so i don't know what they say, but i know around what they touch on. it's usually high saturation and noise complaints, but yeah, i can't provide the full information on those protests. >> chair mar: thank you, officer salmonson, and i think we have a -- the opportunity -- or the representative here. mr. [inaudible], do you want to speak to this? >> yes. well, good morning. i believe that any concern from a neighbor is valid. i guess the only way to speak to that would be our history. my business partner, greg lingren, and myself, we opened our first business in 1998, and we're still going strong. we have no track record of violations, and we have good relations with our neighbors and san franc