i'm john barbie. i'm part of the team that set up liberty hill 25 years ago. we did it because it's hard for us to get zigation. i hope you notice the map mr. frey presented. very tiny number of residents are designated. what was that, 2,000 out of 20,000 victorians alone and it's been a i mixed bag for us. we were facing wholesale demolitions throughout the neighborhoods. what would replace them were things for want a of a better description looked like little motels. and we believed in the worth and sustainability of our victorian houses, beauty of them. we hope that now if something is surveyed f. it's been altered in the front, it's just invisible. we were hoping that people would easily restorable fronts would do such a thing. you have to bear that in mind when you look at the surveys. they don't include the houses and they are numerous. i think clear rules would help a lot. i think you have to recognize the historic preservation is the little guy and should be an important policy. >> thank you very much. mr. speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm t