brett gladstone for redwood mortgage, the lender that took titles of the property after the previous developer defaulted on the loan and abandoned the project after he started demolition. as you just heard, when the project was put before you on june 26 for your approval of the building, the public notification was affected and therefore we have to go before you tonight to seek the actual demolition permit. we've resubmitted it. and we hope that you will approve it tonight. i wanted to thank staff for their support. i would like to thank the commission for its 6-1 vote in favor of the new building. and i wanted to remind you that you had asked before approving the new buildings or the demolition that this could go before the h.p.c. for determination of whether it's a historic resource and we're very pleased that the -- they unanimously decided it's not an historic resource. i also want to mention that when you have the building permit plans before you on june, and approved this, the plans may -- called out very clearly that demolition of everything that's there today except the retai

brett gladstone. i would like to think the planning commission. they voted 7-0 to approve this. as you probably heard, commissioners olague, sugaya, and moore were particularly excited to see new families on the west side of the city in code compliance lots. that does not see a lot of new construction as the eastern side does. they talked about how there should be new homes spread around the city. i wanted to show here a map. in blue, here are the lots in question. in the white, you see single- family homes which are detached, which have side setbacks. we calculated it. planning did too. 80% of the lots in that area have no room between the homes. they are not attached. there are a couple in white that are. neighbors are always understandably afraid of change, but my client is only creating two new lots, not four. we are merging two and creating four. the lots are very oversized. one is 53 x 60. one is 39 x 30. it is not an exception to any code. no variancees, etc. the city is getting three new homes for only two new lots. it is a good deal and an efficient way to use property.