thank you for the opportunity to speak before you my name is brenden. i am an orientation and mobility specialist for the blind in san francisco. i would like to offer support for the proposed legislation. many of our clients and community members with vision impairment or blindness, to them come out sidewalk obstructions are a tremendous difficulty and to many of them are a hazard. -- to them, sidewalk obstructions are a tremendous the goatee, and too many of them -- tremendous difficulty, and too many of them are a hazard. it would be helped if the sidewalk -- it would not help if the sidewalk were somehow obstructed. for clients with vision impairment, their ability to perceive an obstruction in front of them is tremendously decrease. there are ways for them to reduce the hazard of contacting an obstacle, ought to be over an obstacle in the sidewalk. but no one is better than the assets of that obstacle. -- the absence of that obstacle. this is a very commonsensical piece of legislation and we would like to lend our support thank you for your time. -

not following up on communications with neighbors, by not setting expectations with us, and mohsen brenden, not notify residents of the discretionary review for construction on december 8th, 2012 for us to voice our concerns. the project sponsor has shown through words and actions that they are not concerned with the neighbors and preserving our quality of life and the charm of the neighborhood. that is our problem. they're not concerned about thoughtfully removing wildlife. that is our problem. they're not concerned with collaborating. that is our problem. they're not concerned with who lives in this house after it is built. that is our problem. they are so obviously not concerned about becoming part of our community, and as such, should be far more amenable to collaboration to develop a structure we can all be proud of. we are the ones who will experience the lasting effect of the project approved to come. this is now in your hands. i urge you to grant the appeals. these appeals should be granted. this project should be opened up again for discretionary review. and the fact that the plan