jay moses v. the dpw. protesting the issuance on october 27, 2011. we will start with mr. moses. you have seven minutes. >> thank you. good evening. i'm here to ask for your help because they're planning on cutting down all the big trees, a block. i would like to think of myself as a reasonable resident of san francisco. i am outraged. that this city has given permission to the school across the street for the trees to be removed in what i considered to be the absence of any legitimacy. i am not an arborist. i do base my decision to appeal the permit order on the work of the city's arborist. he says this matter can be addressed by simply pressing or trimming away some of the branches that are -- pose a danger to the school. and the students. not to mention the residents of san francisco. it seems to me that the matter has not been clearly established as a necessity. and i need your help. i do not think mr. buck is here. the director or somebody, one of the city's barbarous does here, is that right? i am hoping to get to the bottom of how it came to be that decision -- the decisio