my name is clinton choi and i'm the owner of 284 union street and i also am the president of our condo association, 280 union condo association which is made up of three owners. my understanding is we are subjected to a penalty for not replacing the para pit wall in a timely manner. what we are here to say is that we are requesting that the penalty fee be waived because we've actually engaged in this permit approval process over the last two years. we live in a landmark preservation area and therefore we are subject to the certificate of appropriateness rules and regulations. if you take a look at the records you can see there were a number of instances and opportunities for us to engage in hearings, to engage in acts of action -- let's say action issues. and i think all three of the owners have been very proactive over the last two years. we still don't have a permit so when the building department tells us there's a building violation and abatement, we say give us [inaudible] but each time the building department have their own requirements and as a result, one would say you have to