this is martha corea-mason having san francisco public works bureau of urban forestry. this is appeal number 21-061 at 3718 mission street. this is appealing the issuance on june 17, 2021, to martha corea-mason, of a public works order, denial of the application to remove two street trees with replacement of one adjacent to the subject property, the two existing identify tuesday trees are healthy, have been pruned and are the largest trees within a few blocks. mr. mason, we can't hear you. you're on mute. >> okay. can you hear me now? >> clerk: yes. welcome. >> hello. thank you for our opportunity to present our counter arguments. [inaudible] i submitted a number of photographs that i personally took that clearly shows the damage to the sidewalk. here, we see the uplift caused by these roots. if we can move to the -- yes, this is a business on the ground floor of the 3718 mission street. the door to the business cannot open. we can see here the extent of cracking and uplift presenting a possible liability of injury to pedestrians and this is directly attributable to the