president fong: d r requestor. project sponsor, please. >> good afternoon. i am the project architect. i'm here to answer your questions. president fong: public comment, then. speakers. >> good afternoon. i am the homeowner of the house that is directly behind the property under discussion. my family and i have not received a copy of the plans in the mail. in fact, we just heard about this new construction business from our next-door neighbor. i would like to have the opportunity to look at the construction plan carefully so i hereby request you post on this item to another hearing in the future and meanwhile, from what i have found out from my neighbors, i oppose this project because it will block our view of the sky and also the afternoon sunshine in our backyard. right now, when we open our windows, we can see the western horizon and also the sky. and if we have a large, tall, four-story house in front of us, we would not be able to have that open field. furthermore, it will also block the afternoon sun in our backyard. i am a kind and considerate neighbo

president fong: d r requestor, you have five minutes. >> i am here on behalf of louise beal. i want to point out the first time i heard of this project is when she came to me and i told her i would not do it. they said they had talked to the project sponsor and had recommended revisions and it was going to be made smaller. after a year of phone calls and other calls to the department and nothing happened, no changes were made, i agreed to try and help ms. beale. i want to show what happened. this is the existing condition from the beer of the property. after two years, no changes were made to the originally proposed project. this was what was originally proposed in 2010 and up until two weeks ago, this was the existing proposal again. you can see it is a dramatic block covering the entire rear property. and creates an enormous amount of shadow. this is shadow and light. if these are not extraordinary circumstances, i cannot see where there would be a more extraordinary circumstance in -- then drop -- blocking out all the light. this is not in your packet. we got this proposal

president fong: d r requestor. project sponsor, please. >> good afternoon. i am the project architect. i'm here to answer your questions. president fong: public comment, then. speakers. >> good afternoon. i am the homeowner of the house that is directly behind the property under discussion. my family and i have not received a copy of the plans in the mail. in fact,