my name is george burgman and i'm an owner and resident at 57 riffly street which is within the node indicatio notifications proposal. thank you for the opportunity to speak on this item. i will keep my comments brief. the appeal before you tonight relates to a proposal for a large addition to a single family residents in a residential district. if this proposal, as submitted, is approved it will enlarge an existing 2500 square foot four-bedroom two bathroom house into a 3,422 square foot 5-bedroom four bathroom house. in other words, this 991 square foot addition increases the house size by 39%. while this massive construction is not expressly pre concluded by the city, i believe that any adverse impacts it causes on the neighborhood and on adjacent properties is within your board's purview. to this point, among the stated purposes of the city's plan is making neighborhoods helpful, safe, pleasant and satisfied for all residents and provided at quit open spaces. also, the general plans calls for relating building bulk to the scale of existing development and to avoid a overwhelming