i am allen beach nelson, the president of castro-eureka valley neighborhood association. i worked with the neighborhood sponsor over the past year and a half. a couple of things i just wanted to comment on that some people are saying they just learned about it today -- that is factually correct. they are not just aware of activities in the neighborhood. we distribute newsletters, hand delivered to every home, every business in the core castro area. we have cut articles on this project five times in the last year and a half. it included the most recent issue in july. it has been well publicized. the projects sponsored did all the mandatory neighborhood informational meeting. that was noticed around the area. it is pretty well known. frankly, what is there now is an eyesore, and of the gas station. -- an ugly gas station. this is an improvement. in the upper market planning process, it was decided this should be and eight story building. that was what was called for in the planning document. we worked with the project sponsor, and we did not want that. the fact that it is a