dee moore. d.r. number two got lost.that's why we're here two months later than we should have been. we reached out to d.r. two, james. he never responded to our emails. it's good to hear that he's been involved through dee moore. we tried. it's true that there are single family homes next to us. some of those homes are two stories, some of them are three stories. there's also two apartment buildings along castro. there's six units and four unit buildings. it's very mixed. the building next to us is a massive building with 16 units. it is a unique site. as you can see from this diagram, the yards are pretty grand. the shortest one is 34 feet away which is the apartment building. some of these other yards are 8. there's a lot of greenery. there's lot of openness there. also, we're building units that are 800 square feet, 1400 square feet and 1600 square feet in 2000 square feet apartment at the top. one of our d.r. has a 3000 square foot house three stories. we're trying to figure out how to put family homes in these flat

my name is dee moore. i live at 1825 castro street and have lived there nine years. i'm one of many properties that share the line of sight. i filed d.r. and most of the neighbors are here today, and for those who aren't, i have letters of support. my neighbor, jim curran, filed an individual d.r. to emphasize how impacted his particular home is. he has worked together with us, all the neighbors, to coordinate our ask. we have been engaged with the sponsor to work out our differences since september 2, 2016, which was the date of the preapplication meeting. we expressed our concerns to the sponsors and planning immediately, and they have, for the most part, gone unanswered. these concerns were supported, as chris said, twice, by comments issued by the rdat. the first comment, to acknowledge this is a highly visible facade. and then, the second comment, design the height and depth of the building to be compatible with the existing building scale at midblock open space, reduce the top floor massing by setting back upper floor at 20'6" from existing rear wall and sensit