. >> caller: my name is greg rando, i am casey's husband.we do live right next door to it and i'd like to speak about the personal impact it would have . if the project is allowed to go forward as the developer planned he would lose all of ourlife , air and privacy on the eastern side of our building. that is right here in the city and i believe that the other comments that were made with the opposition of the neighborhood and the comments ofthe commissioners on the board of appeals, i believe this appeal should be denied . >> we will now hear from the callerwhose phone number ends in 2133 . the caller whosephone number ends in 2133 . try pressingá6. go ahead. >> caller: my name is bill holtzman, i live about four minutes from the developer. i've been active from beginning to end and i want to add a little colorbecause i think it's been skipped over in the process . in april 2020 the planning department soundly rejected this proposal. and instead of taking that input and changing the proposal, the developer marched on and in november 2020 an

. >> caller: my name is greg rando, i am casey's husband. worse relative to the community so i would reject it very quickly . thank you. >> is there any further public comment on this item? i see mister tim wu. please go ahead. mister tim wu. >> caller: thank you commissioners. my name is tim wu and i am seeking to express my opposition to the project at 17th street. i'd like to address the appellant's claim about affordable housing.at the 2020 hearing the planning commission directed the appellant to achieve a healthier balance between affordable and market rate housing by increasing its share of affordability but the exact opposite happened. thenumber of adu's was reduced from 2 to 1 representing a mere 11 percent . meanwhile the market rate portion increased in absolute numbers. this development will not make housing addressable to any significant number of disadvantaged students and both the zoningadministrator and planning commission concluded this project would have no impact on affordable housing in the city . time and again we've see