. >> madame president numbers of the board, my name is edmund tom. i'm a member of the neighborhood. i wish to speak in opposition to the planning committee action and support the appellant. the first concern i have is that the city should be acting consistently not moving in one direction then contradictory in another direction. the health department has moved to act that cigarettes is not a positive use and now planning department moves in the opposite direction to say nicotine is all right. secondly, any edits and been made to have ocean avenue beautification. and what is happening on the 1900 block of ocean avenue includes mike already, pool hall back massage parlors, and not too far away marijuana dispensaries. so, it's a contradiction to part of city government is moving ahead to say let's make this ocean avenue a positive beautiful asset for the city and then contradictorily acting in opposition to its. lastly, my point is in addition to the schools mentioned, there is the voice of the pentecostal academy and the st. stafford school, part of s