good evening commissioners my name is ben wo ng. and we have been working on this project for two years and designing with the use on a mixed commercial and resident space and so we are in delight in knowing that this project is going to require a set back and a height limit of the project and so we would like to have the approval for the project at this, and so i would like to make this and... and there was a mixed communication on some of the e-mail exchange to the neighbors, and i think that we would like to believe that some of the information was not delivered to the neighbors for them to reveal the project scope and the design and so i apologize for that. >> okay, opening it up for public comment. >> i have one speaker card. and i'm alma miny. >> and thank you for the opportunity. i live at 2520 grinach street which is the property that looks from the back of the bedroom and looks on to the back of the property that is being proposed. and we first met with mr. wong and his group, a little over a year ago. and at that time, i w

ben wang. >> nicholas hufnagle. >> charles jacobs. >> gitara january. >> shia chang wo ng. >> wing lamb. >> david lee. >> allen, lee. >> christensen lean. >> crystal blocket. >> eric madian. >> pierre middleton viez. >> joanne moore. >> alicia powell. >> germ an wigins. >> ricky rawlins. >> darrel rushing. >> peter oliver. >> michael sierra. >> kerri winford. >> barry wo o. fonshi sin. >> and wilson bangs. >> congratulations to all of our graduates. [ applause ] >> thank you, arcadia and thank you graduates. i would quickly like to acknowledge udo and david dalatory from the labor area here today and i have the pleasure of introducing our fearless leader the director of city build pat mulligan >> thank you. >> thanks. >> i want to thank everybody that participated in this event. it is really heartwarming after the end of 18 weeks to go through this process and i want to congratulate the class that each of the student completed the 18-week section of training but now you embark on a new career. and so the work now begins in earnest really. it is just the beginning, endure, preserver and work hard and there are oppor