nothing's gonna change our love for you buena vista west avenue and, so, our whole lives throughnd nothing's gonna change our environmental view nothing's gonna change our city view our buena vista west avenue and, so, our city whole life through and we're gonna have the bestest oceanview nothing's gonna change the city's love for you buena vista west avenue and then through our whole life through and city we're gonna have the bestest oceanview good luck with your environmental review >> thank you. next speaker. >>> hello, supervisors. my name is jim cox. i'm at 1468 masonic. our home is probably one of the oldest there, 1880s, victorian. and i've heard that either the first or near the first home that was in the neighborhood. and, so, i guess my basic interest is kind of preserve the nature of the neighborhood. i feel that, you know, the character of the project next to matt's house really doesn't fit in with the neighborhood. i've seen other projects in the neighborhood that unfortunately, you know, also don't fit in and don't fit in with the character. so, hopefully i consider

that project located at 61 1 buena vista west avenue is exempt from environmental review under the californiaal quality act. item 14 is the motion affirming the planning department's determination that the project is exempt. item 115 is a motion reversing the determination by the planning department. item 16 is directing preparation of findings. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, for today's hearing we will be considering the appeal of the environmental review exemption for the project at 61 1 buena vista west avenue. for this hearing, we will consider the adequacy, accuracy, sufficiency, and completeness of the planning department's determination that this project is categorically exempt from environmental review. as far as today's procedures, we will first hear from the appellants. we will have up to 10 minutes in total to describe the grounds for the appeal. we will then take public comment from individuals that wish to speak on behalf of the appellants. each speaker will have up to two minutes to present. we will then hear from the planning department who will have up to 10 minutes to de