. >> good evening, commissioner, my name is bill barnackle, currently the senior director of the association, the association was established in 1955 and i'm proud to say that we are one of the strongest and active associations in san francisco. i'm here to support my fellow colleague, mr. benny yee who is currently a director with us and he's been a merchant and active supporter for the past 30 years, we're here to appeal the surface mounted facility, the issues we have are the following, as we mentioned prior , our mayor who was currently a director at the time, that was issued and approved on august 17, 2005 at public works states that the department will also ensure that persons faked by the installation of such surface mounted facilities will have an opportunity to be heard before the department issues any permits, to my knowledge, i don't know if this was addressed by mr. yee or if i was ever contacted, i'm still active and still the director of the association, number 2, a letter dated july 19, 2011, the department of public works, i think you guys have once again, july 19, 2011 and i