my name is frederick reamer. i am a lawyer from the east bay and a friend of the herrera's for over 35 years. i am doing this pro bono. i have associated a law firm to put together the papers, and it is my job to put this matter on tonight. part of the firm is with me, and she is going to be handling some of the paperwork. thank you so much. the first thing we would like to show you is a picture of the decision that was made in this case at a design review hearing . the decision was made on january 15, and a notice of violation came out april 19 against -- excuse me, june 17th of 2010. we are here appealing that decision, and asking for an abatement of the penalties, and asking that the matter be redefined by this board. when i say redefined, i am talking about an issue that came up during the course of reading the decision. as you can see, the decision says that one of the actions they want the people to take is to lower side and rear parafets to six inches. we didn't know what that meant. we thought that meant