. >> my name is allen manalo and i am currently the development director at hospitality house. i am a former managing director of bindles studio on 6th street in the south of market area also. i sit on the soma stabilization fund cac and i'm here today also to urge you to vote no on this particular project. the reason why, because i think the project sponsor doesn't really have an understanding of the history of of the south of market and the community and families that live there. there is a long history of us wanting this park in the south of market area and in particular, the youth and family zone, which is defined and sits right in the center of the heart of this area. so this is something that is very important to many of the residents who live in the south of market area. i, myself, regularly go to vmd park and my last name is manalo and i would like to think that vicky manalo was related to me somehow through the blood line -- i tell everybody that. [laughter ] >> i see my nephew plays baseball there every time and i know through looking through all of the different argu