president frank fung will be the presiding officer tonight. he is joined by vice president rick swig and commissioner lazarus and we expect commissioner tanner shortly. to my left is deputy city attorney rod russcy who will provide the board will legal advice. at the control is board legal assistant. i'm julie ros rosenberg. we will be joined by representatives from the department. we expect joseph duffy, senior building inspector representing department of building inspection, chris buck, san francisco public works, bureau of forestry and we also expect the project meeting. the board meeting guidelines are board request that you silence all phones so they will not disturb the proceedings. the rules of the presentation are as follow, appellants are given seven minutes to present their case and three minutes rebuttal. members of the public who are not affiliated with the parties have up to three minutes each to address the board and no rebuttal. please speak if the microphone. to assist the board, you're asked but not required to submit a busin