. >>> good evening, my name is evelyn rankin and i'm a neighbor and friend of [speaker not understood]. i'd like to present -- read three out of the six letters written in support of the bergener's concerns with the project. the first one is written by beth roy, ph.d.. i have lived across the street from melinda and arnie bergener for 20 years. i know them to be friendly neighbors, reasonable and socially minded [speaker not understood]. they sought advice from me about ways to resolve the conflict in a collaborative and fair way. i highly respect their inclination. in the event they felt the necessity of appealing for adjudication. as a caring neighbor and counselor, [speaker not understood] my greatest concern is for the well-being of melinda. she has suffered for a number of years from a serious respiratory ailment and is under long-term treatment that is very [speaker not understood]. she therefore spends many hours resting in bed. the function of the bedroom therefore goes beyond a place to sleep. it is a place of respite for melinda as she suffers the debilitating consequences o