the presiding officer this evening is president darryl honda, and also on the dais, we have commissioners. to my left is brad russe. he's a department city attorney and he'll provide any legal assistance. i'm cynthia goldstein, the bored's executive director. we're also joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before the boards tonight. sitting at the table is cory teagu e and amanda shaw and russ higgins. the board requests that you turnoff or silence all phones and electronic devices so that they won't disturb the proceedings and you carrie on conversations in the hallway. participants are each given seven minutes to present their case and three minutes to present their rebuttal. members of the public who are not affiliated with the parties have up to three minutes each to address the board and no rebuttal. please speak into the microphone. to assist the board identify you, you are asked to submit a card to the board before you speak, we also have customer service survey forms on the podium, and we welcome your comments and suggestions. if you have questions a