my name is david mechanicel. i'm the director of research and planning at the california college of the arts where i founded san francisco's first professional architecture program 25 years ago. my expertise is in city planning, urban design and architecture. in my professional opinion the cpmc architecture design and public realm improvement work is smart, sustainable and urban ifert lickly sophisticated. if it's hospital beds were transit and people are located and does so in a way that enhances street scrapes, roof tops and solar access to surrounding properties. the long range plan places scales appropriately to the surrounding urban context to pacific heights, the triangle and district neighborhoods while concentrating the highest concentration of beds and services at the van ness and geary location where the infrastructure will best accommodate them. the van ness location used a very innovative drive -- mid block drive through and drop-off to move traffic -- remove traffic queuing from the surrounding stree