i'm chris bigelow. i'm here stite my strong support for the proposed ordinance to amend the control tables to reference the polk pacific area design guidelines. the enhanced text plus illustrations and photographs will establish well-defined criteria for the evaluation proposed projects with respect to the varied and fine-grained context of the neighborhood. please approve the i initiation of this process. >> next speaker please. >> good afternoon commissioners. i want to echo what my peers before me said. this is truly a process. that was a collaboration between the department and community committees. it was a pleasure to work with the department. it was a pleasure to work with my pierce and other groups. i want to thank the department for recognizing our lower polk alley vision plan. i hope to have an opportunity to present that to the commission so you can learn more about it. but this was really just the wonderful process. i think it's great that it's going to be codified. i look forward to having

i am chris bigelow. i will submit a petition in support for your consideration. the petition has been signed by 28 neighbourhood residents who are in agreement that the issues delivered by the previous -- who represent the extraordinary and unusual circumstances of justifying a discretionary review of the project. how many copies should be provided >> as many as you like. >> additional comments? none. project sponsor. >> good evening. the project sponsors. jimmy and renee have been reviewing the property. the project we are discussing accommodate themselves and their families. the project is compliant and there are no exceptional or extraordinary circumstances that warrant the commission to -- the dr should be denied and the project approved as designed. the issue is the dr request claim that the amount of the eastern facade provides loss of privacy. that is reducing the ability to freely use the deck spaces. the property is over 100 feet from the dr. there will be 6 other properties with direct views and their decks. they are closer and constant from the subject