my name is lee horner. i am the owner of 300 winfield and, first of all, i would just like to say we sympathize, we sympathize with melinda with the illness. that's just no question about that. so, on our behalf, our architect started discretions early this year and i first met with our neighbors at 301 prospect mid april to discuss an appeal on another permit which was related to the reroofing of our house. and later on, our neighbors withdrew that appeal. 301, our neighbors at 301 prospect have been on our roof to assess and measure various things on three separate occasions. no agreement was reached. we suggested many times if we could raise the fence and they were unwilling to even consider it. many e-mails were exchanged and we still reached no agreement. after the final meeting, we measured the lots and the fence, and we determined we meet san francisco planning guidelines with our existing dimensionses and our open design ~. we feel there are no exceptional circumstances and there's no unusual privac