ask brad rossi a question about the proceedings here tonight.h your permission. >> absolutely. >> brad rossi, deputy city attorney. my connection is not very good on not going to turn my camera on but i can hear you. >> i wanted to get clarification as to why we are here. we are here to either to approve or deny a permit which was either properlyissued or improperly issued, is that true ? >> that's right commissioner. >> and that's all. so if there's a dispute between the two parties as to how we got there, how we got here and how the permit was approved that is outside of the evaluation as properly issued according to thestandards of the building department . none of that really matters. we are here to assess is this a valid permit properly approved, is thattrue? >> that's right commissioner . >> now we're moving on to publiccomment. anyone here would like to provide public comment for this item please raise your hand . this is your opportunity for public comment. i see a few people in the queue. if you want to provide public comment please rai