. >> i live on gambier street. this is the third time i have appeared before you. i was at the two previous meetings. i really have a couple of simple messages. one is the portola is a unified neighborhood. we want it kept together. for me i consider myself part of the area because our neighborhood extends to about the top of the hill before you go around avignon. you are facing down toward mission. that is where you would be in the excelsior. i want to see our neighborhood together. secondly, i do not see how we could possibly fit with the-9. is the mission. colonel heights and so on. we have a vast freeway and -- on allegany and big rally between us. i am active with a group and my concern also is we have a supervisor who really does care and really does know about mclaren park, its problems, and its needs. our neighborhood would be most comfortable in d-tenn. -- taen. keep the portola together. >> i want to commend you on your valor in taking on one of san francisco's impossible tasks. i live at 79 pierce street. i have been a resident for 25 and if a resident o