so next, we'll hear from david tong. >> hi. i'm not dr. tong. he couldn't be here tonight because he's on call. he's a neurologist, and ecoonly come on the 23 of may. he asked that i speak on behalf of him. i'm georgia schuttish, and i'm going to speak on behalf of dr. tong. i get seven minutes? okay. well, dr. tong is the adjacent neighbor, and i think he clearly articulated his goals in his brief as well as what he said at the hearing and what happened at the hearing for the d.r. back in june and september of 2017. i think he hoped that if you had a chance, you watch those hearings, because he was baffled by what happened, and he wants you to understand why -- what he experienced. at those hearings, and tonight, if he was here, dr. tong represented himself and his family and his neighbors, and he hoped to obtain some privacy for all of them and a reduction in the mass in keeping with the neighborhood character and the stepping down of the houses on 28th street. he is on gold mine behind them. both units, and there are two units in this rh 1 ne

david tong, who is with the second d.r. requester and also the appellant, again, he lives at 30 gold mine drive. his house, as you can see, it's actually not adjacent to our property. we believe that, you know, he is asking for the elimination of the roof deck, the third floor, and the adu in the basement. and again we lowered our building 3 feet and demolished it in order to meet his requirements. he insisted on lowering the building 6 feet. from the start of the project he has been opposed to the project, and we believe that it's actually mainly due to his view, because he believes that you know he's shown us pictures from his windows. he says that i don't want to see people on this deck, so he actual -- we actually offered to put a privacy screen up. he said no, no, don't put a privacy screen up. we moved the roof deck to the front of the building, so it's now currently 115 feet away from his home. contrary to what miss schuttish says, there is no massing attribute today this de attributed to this deck. we're using a mov