d.r. requestor? okay. so we will now hear from the project sponsor. >> good evening. i'm the project sponsor for 2514 balboa. per the requestor, regarding the sunlight and ventilation, our property is abutting the backyard, to the east of the subject property. given the 5-foot setback and the closest to -- the closest building to our building on the east side is 21 feet. the furthest one is 24 feet, plus 5 feet, almost 30 feet away. and regarding of the notification process, we went through a proper notification process. we -- we requested the preapplication notice. it's the licensed agent that does the services, they've been in business for a very long time. i have notices that i sent out. i actually spoke to their staff on how they did the list and they said they walked the block and jotted down every address there is and then basically matched against their data and sent out the list. and that's how we got our mailing list and sent it out. we didn't do that ourselves. there's an affidavit that was

d.r. requestor's property. the planning department recommends that they not take d.r. and approve the project as revised. >> okay. we'll hear from the d.r. requestor. >> i think we would like to start by requesting a continuance. there has been numerous revisions of the plans that we've not received and reviewed. we did not receive the response from the project sponsor that was submitted in late january and have not had a chance to review any of the revisions as suggested by the planning departme department. as the association stated in its january 30 letter, there's been discrepancies in the plans, numerous revisions, as they relate to the story poles, which the project sponsor erected, which were not accurate, during the period of neighborhood notification, 311 period. the project sponsor represented that the story poles were accurate. we had an on-site meeting, story poles were not accurate. we could not evaluate the plans at the time after the 30-daytime, story poles were rearranged and we didn't get the benefit of the 30-day notification period, which we would lik

d.r. requestor? project sponsor? >> story poles were installed on october 25, which was within the 30-day period. they asked for some changes, some setbacks, and to show additional 42-inch walls and guardrails. it was updated on november 10. on october 31, they were sent drawings to show that the changes were made. so by october 31, had a set of drawings. by november 10, they had -- the story poles were corrected. on november 15 and december 9, they were sent emails stating that the story poles were corrected. and the project was adapted to their request. in particular, 42-inch wall on the west side. staircase was added. 42-inch wall, deck, on the second floor was added. a three-foot cutback on the northeast corner was shown. so it did clear the window. additionally, we took off a stairwell on the roof. we cut back the northeast corner, we clawed back the northwest corner. we also set back the third floor three feet back from the property line. and additionally per the design committee's request, set back the deck fi