this is amanda fung. her husband chung and their partner billy. last week this item was on the consent calendar and agreed to a continuance in order to meet with neighborhood groups which we did this tuesday. they raised an issue at the last minute these three neighborhood groups claiming they were not contacted about the project. two were middle polk neighborhood association. on its website the middle peacock polk neighborhood association states it's committed to its community on safety from california to broadway to van ness. our project is north of broadway so we chose not to contact them for the same reason. by the very name, the association implies that it refers to issues related to pacific avenue. the russian hill community association was simply not known to us, we apologize for the oversight. our discussion was very healthy and we thought a very productive one. i recent article in the chronicle that knowledge killed the ice cut you are -- cutter. the same is happening with retail. that was a big concern that the groups had was the destruc