. >> hi my name is brian steclan and i live at 1500 diamond street and i have been there for 15 years, i apologize for being a little bit late for e

. >> hi my name is brian steclan and i live at 1500 diamond street and i have been there for 15 years, i apologize for being a little bit late for the meeting i have driven in from san jose and this meet sg important to me. i actually go to go back to work, and i want to be sure that the people who could not be here from work in the area had a voice here. do i want to say that i think that preserving the character of the valley, is appropriate. and there is a lot of stuff in the media about whether or not this is a third story or a five story building. if this is not a five story building, the house that i live in which i consider two story, would have no stories. so i believe that in terms of the character of the neighborhood, you know, reducing the story is an absolute must of the ongoing development of this effort. >> set backs, if i read through the design guidelines and throughout there he mentions the set backs and preserving the character of holding the privacy and light in the rest of the neighborhood. this is not just about the individual neighborhood, but a lot of bruce and