commissioner lundberg. nay commissioner eppler, i. okay, so that motion carries and this matter is continued to december 13th. uh thank you. okay, so we are now moving. let's get commissioner trevino back. i'll get him. okay. thank you. is the briefing schedule the third thursday prior? yes yes, i'll reach out. she's right there. so the thursday prior. and also email the language, miss tam, of what we're looking for. thank you. welcome back. thank you. okay, so we are now on on item number one, which is general public comment. this is an opportunity for anyone who would like to speak on a matter within the board's jurisdiction. but that is not on tonight's calendar. is there any member of the board, a member of the public who wishes to speak on item, not on tonight's agenda? please raise your hand. i don't see anybody on zoom, so we will move to item number two, commissioner comments and questions. first, president swig . oh, i'm sorry, i didn't even see that he was gone. so we can wait. he snuck out of here. okay so we are on item nu

lundberg, thank you. um, i want to state for the record, i'm really happy we did this rehearing the way we did it. i was skeptical of it initially. we at our last hearing and i'm really glad it it came out the way it did. i think we got a lot more information and i'm much more comfortable making an informed decision today than i was three weeks ago when we were here last. um, i also want. to say i find having heard several tree cases in my time on the board, you know, unlike all a lot of the other types of, of cases we hear, i'm not afraid to say on the record that i have a bias toward the trees. the trees are always going to be what i root for and i you know, i'm not afraid to say that. it's i think , a greater good sort of issue. and i definitely i also want to acknowledge, uh, especially after reading ms. shea's report that was submitted by by ms. bowler that i did find her report quite compelling, actually. and i think mr. buck did as well. um but that report unfortunately did not necessarily support

commissioner john commissioner alex lundberg and commissioner j.r. eppler.present is deputy city attorney jen huber, who will provide the board with any needed legal advice at the controls. is the board's legal assistant, al conway. and i'm julie rosenberg, the board's executive director. we will also be joined by representatives from the city departments that will be presenting before the board this evening. tina tam, the deputy zoning administrator, sitting up front representing the planning department, as well as matthew green, deputy director, inspection services with the department of building inspection. the

commissioner john trasvina, commissioner alex lundberg, and commissioner j.r. eppler.xpect deputy city attorney john givner to arrive shortly, and he will provide the board with any needed legal advice at the controls is the board's legal assistant, alec longway, and i'm julie rosenberg, the board's executive director. we will also be joined by representatives from the city departments that will be presenting before the board this evening. i'd like to welcome andrew perry, a planner with the planning department, who will be representing the planning department. and we also have matthew green, deputy directorf