dr. alan schneider. >> dr. schneider had to leave also. >> i am william bernard. i am the applicant in this matter. i am neither a real-estate developer or an absentee landlord. i am a businessman landlord. i have lived here for over 20 years. >> please begin to the microphone so that we can hear you. >> members of my family have lived on the street for 20 years. my plan is to retire and join my family at that location. the only way to do that is to get the permission to approve the plan to put forward. there have been some misstatements here. 100% of the neighbors i heard are opposed to this. the neighbor it directly to the west does not oppose this. in your packet you will see that they have given a letter of support. i do not know why we are here talking about the past of what some planning commission did in the past. we are here with the present and the future. if you looked at the exhibits, it is apparent that the planning commission the first time did not deny going forward with this matter on the base of its merit. they denied going forward because of neigh