my colleague and also technical expert, allison kidd. all will be available to answer any questions you might have. unfortunately the fentons could not be here tonight because they agreed to postpone from hearing from mid-september to mid-october at the appellant's request. dear members of the board, my wife, laura and i live with our two small children at 2705 larkin street. as you may know, we have proposed to remodel our home to make it child friendly and to better accommodate the needs of our growing family and that remodel is the subject of tonight's appeal. it has always been our intention that the remodel be in keeping with the neighborhood. in fact, the remodel complies with the planning code and we did not seek or require any variances. unfortunately laura and i are not able to be present today to discuss with you the appeal of our building permits. as you may recall, this hearing was originally scheduled for october 19th but we agreed to