will call item five, 12-171, matthew and kristine (inaudible) with the department building, 611 beuna vista west avenue, providing the issuance of the permit to alter a building, one story vertical addition to two story residents and will include, and the project will have a basement addition. and we will start with the appellant. attorney, brandt holly. >> good afternoon, i am representing for the appeal and the planning commission granted discretion review in this mat and her made a condition that we are going to discuss which has not been fulfilled because of inadequate site plan and starting just a little bit father back, is that going to show? >> you can see that may i point? no. that is not going to work, either. i am sorry >> overhead? please. >> well, you will see in the overhead a photo of the street and maybe you can tell me victor when it shows. >> there it is. >> there it is. >> it is a sloped street and at the top of the street is the home, the appellant's home at 601, and this picture is taken from the park across the street. and you can see right next is the current applicant

back the third story, in order to the guesture in order to i guess, i guess if you are going up beuna vista that the turret would be prominent and there was discussion and debate of how much to set it back, the planning commission had the plans and maybe the incorrect plan for the adjacent property and there was a discussion about how much to set it back. as previously proposed, the third floor was never actually had a 0 set back, but the third story, was going to be set back, a couple of feet from the primary facade of the existing building by two feet and so the planning commission, ultimately the motion was to take the discretion view and set it back three feet additionally from what it was set back and that was five feet from the building facade and it may have been inaccurate and they also used photos in making the decision, and i think that it is very subjective about how much it should be set back and the board of appeals may find that it does not need to be set back as well and could go back to the front set back line and it is in the board's jurisdiction in this matter. and so i th

resident of 921 beuna vista. she asked that i emphasize that it is a modern home that is very respectful of the neighboring houses and she urges the board of appeal to deny this appeal and approve the permit. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> good evening, i am on behalf of myself and my husband, we submitted a letter of support. as local property owners and neighbors, we would like to voice the support of the vet cal addition that they have planned for their home. we have reviewed the plans and visited the site a number of times and contended that the appeal against the addition is unfortunate for san francisco. at peel seems founded on the notion that the greater san francisco xhint could somehow lose where the plans to move forward that is false. we visited the park daily and will attest to the fact that no public view, ocean or horizon or homes will be impacted by this modest addition. this design of 611 contribute to the fabric of the city just as equally of the victor ans owned by the appellants. divers