my name is james cunningham. i am a member head of the neighborhood association which represents residents and businesses along the northeast waterfront and i am representing that organization today. we are proud to stand with the many citizens and the neighborhood and civic organizations throughout the city to oppose this project. the project clearly conflicts with the existing land use policies and plans. we are particularly concerned with the attack on the long standing height limitations in place. the developer is proposing a 136 ft. high massive structure on the edge of the embarcadero which is the grand waterfront boulevard. the 136 height proposed is some 60% more than the existing limit. we view this as totally unacceptable. we're also concerned that approval of this project would open the way to similar attacks on the consensus not to raise heights along the northern waterfront. this would compromise existing height limits to allow for high- rises along the embarcadero and this would be very bad policy.