joanne allen followed by richard lerner. you can come up however, whatever order, you know. >> commissioners, i'm joe harney, owner of 1221 union street. and i'm very disappointed that this matter has become so contentious. as i've stated all along, i'm not opposed to this project. i've only asked the project sponsor make every reasonable effort to minimize the impacts of this penthouse and roof deck proposal to my tenants into my property. i hope you had the opportunity to read my letter to mr. willis. it demonstrates that i've made every attempt to reach compromise with mr. willis but he chose to fight me. commissioners, i do feel it is necessary to set the public record for the commission on one important matter. i never agreed to support this project. you can imagine my anger when i come across the document that mr. willis submitted to you stating that i did. you don't need to ask or take my word for it. one of two occasions, he admitted that this was false. once at a meeting at his own architect's office on may 10, atte