troy martinez, heather phillips, kevin guibarra, ramon caleb adams, brian bernard, ian o'toole, corey bray, robert reid, bruce kennedy. >> i have been a resident at parkmerced for 16 years. my daughter came when she was nine. she was upstairs at my home when my 12 year-old son was born there. i am speaking in favor of the appeal and against the expansion project. can we get this on? we live in a garden courtyard apartment. i probably spent $25,000 on the courtyard since i moved in there. i would like to speak about what we are going to lose. this is a japanese maple and weeping cherry. there is a population of birds. there are 34 different types of birds at least that have come to my courtyard. the courtyard and my patio is an audubon-approved wildlife sanctuary. there are often as many as 20 or 30 birds of one type at a time in my patio. this is all when to be habitat destruction. i have not heard anybody talk about the loss there. my wife could not be here today but wanted me to address some issues. she is chair of the health education department of san francisco state, the only uni