. >> good afternoon, elizabeth watty, what is before you is for the construction of 56,459 square feet that includes new bicycle spaces and scaping adjacent to the site. this is located in at the corner of battery streets with a 400-s height district. surrounded by large office buildings ranging from 10-20 stories high. first i would like to focus on the policy and regulatory issues. in order to proceed the project would require a downtown project authorization under planning 309, the code allows the project to seek exceptions of the compliance of the code provided that the commission makes the findings. of the separation of towers and ground level wind coding. this is described in your packet. but in summary the department believes that the exceptions are warranted and meet the requirements of the code. what is also before you is the expansion of the office space. currently approximately 2 p 2.million square foot is available during this approval period that ends october, 2014. if the planning commission approves this allocation, there is still 875,000 available and each year allocate