i am david lindsay from department staff. the project before you is a vertical addition filbert st. and how hollow. discretionary review has been requested by the owner of the adjacent property to the west. staff has prepared an abbreviated analysis based on the department's conclusion that the project does not contain or create exceptional or extraordinary circumstances. the existing building is a three story 2 below-unit building. the proposal is to add a partial fourth story set back approximately 8 feet from the existing front wall of the building and approximately 19 feet from the existing rear wall of the building. the first 8 feet a proposed to be a foot lower in height then the remainder of the fourth floor. this is to minimize the addition's visibility from the street. the partial fourth story would extend to the west of the property line, where it would abut the fourth story on the adjacent building, which is owned by the dr requestor. it would match an existing light well on the dr requestor's wall. the proposed fourth story would be set back approximately 4 feet for the