jodi knight on above of reuben, junius and rose. as you know, the project proposes to make a use of a long vacant site for use avenue an ambulatory and surgery center. it will provide increased services. there's a significant demand which you'll hear from the project sponsor who's here today, particularly for outpatient joint service. it has off street passenger loading, materials loading and sufficient garage parking. it's a clean and quiet use which is compatible with the residential uses above. we have had considerable support from the hoa, which really would like to see some use on the ground floor. there are security concerns about a vacant ground floor, but really has no interest in having a grocery store down there. regardless of the interest, there's been no market interest. this has been a long-vacant property. it's been marketed to a number of other uses and nobody else has wanted to move in, so this is really the perfect solution. i know we're here today because of the requirement for cu for removal of a grocery store. th

jodi knight, reuben, junius and rose on behalf of the project sponsor. we're here today on a project to rhenvate a house that was under prior ownership that was in pretty poor shape and is in poor shape. there's really been an attempt made to create a property that's consistent with the block and with the neighborhood. you can see -- it's a little fuzzy, but you can see the subject property here. it's really one of the smallest buildings on the block, and the -- the project as proposed will make it consistent with existing development. again, this is the existing -- overhead, please -- existing midblock open space. you can see the site is one of the smallest homes on the block. and in the proposed midblock open space, you can see the site is still consistent with surrounding development. really, what's been proposed is a fairly modest addition to create a family sized home in which the project sponsors can raise their children, have ageing parents that are able to live with them, and have space that works for the entire family. as you will hear in a mome