joining her is vice president michael garcia, commissioner frank fung, chris hwang, and tanya peterson. francesca will provide the board with needed legal address. to my right is the legal process clark. i'm the board executive director. we are joined today by representatives from some of the city departments who will have cases heard before the board of this evening. the zoning administrator is here. scott sanchez is also representing the planning department. joseph duffey is here, a senior building inspector. we're joined by john fong, representing the bureau of for use and mapping. jarvis murray is also representing. i will go over the guidelines and conduct the swing-and the process. the board request that you turn off all speakers and pagers so they do not proceed -- disturb the proceedings. please carry on conversations in the hallway. the role of presentation is as follows, the apartment respondents have seven minutes to present their cases and three minutes for rebuttal. people affiliated with these parties must include their comments within those periods. members of the public

joining him on the dais is commissioner chris hwang, tanya peterson, and commissioner fung. president goh is absent because of a family emergency. to my right is the board clerk. i am the board's executive director. we have representatives from some city departments who will be speaking this evening. laurence kornfield is here. joseph duffy will be representing the department of building inspector. scott sanchez is here, representing the planning department and planning commission. he is joined by planner dan sider. carla short is here representing the bureau of urban forestry. john hwang is representing street use and mapping. i will go over the meeting guidelines. the board requests you turn off all cellular phones so they will not disturb the proceedings. please carry on conversations in the hallway. appellants, permit holders, and department respondents each have seven minutes to present their cases and three minutes for a bottle. people affiliated with these parties must include the comments within this. members of the public who are not affiliated with the parties have