frank fuong, would like to congratulate for his reappointment. >> thank you >> the president will be absent this evening. to my left is robert bryan. he will be offering legal advice. i am the executive director of. and we are joined by representatives from some of the departments that have matters before the board this evening. scott sanchez is here. he is the zoning administrator. good joseph duffey is here. he is the senior building inspector. john is here from the recreation and parks departments, and i believe we will be joined by representatives from the department of public works. if you could please go over the meeting guidelines. >> support requests you turn off also funds -- cell phones. go \ please hold conversations n the hallway. four representatives each have seven minutes to present their cases and three minutes for rebuttal. they must complete comments in those periods. member is not affiliated have up to 3 minutes to address the board but not rebels. members of the public who wish to speak on an item are out but not required to submit a speaker court -- as speaker ca