>> hello, allen beach nelson president of the castro valley neighborhood association. 20-year resident of the neighborhood. when i first moved to the neighborhood, the only thing there was to do in the neighborhood was drink. there were hardly any coffee shops. the fact that there has been an explosion of coffee shops. a year 1/2 ago i did a survey of the neighborhood and we only had four coffee shops. there have been some additions lately but that's a good thing particularly for those of us who are not getting older but who have some experience who don't want to go out to bars and we want to have coffee and those that are sober. our planning and land use committee met with phil and discussed the project and they made a recommendation to the board because it is a formula retail project and the board also highways to take a -- has to take a vote n on the project. it's in the castro area 1. phil has a connection to philanthropy which is close to me. the proposed plan to the location seems like an appropriate scale to the neighborhood and i don't think it's going to hurt any other coffee