excellent work being done by the architects, methune and solomon. we're excited to be here, and i'm happy to answer any questions that you have. >> great. yes. linda? >> yes, sir. and i want to thank you for your leadership and excellent work over the years with the source and plow share. one of the key terms here is the veterans housing and homelessness prevention, and i would like to see that even embedded in that resolution so that average person out there can know about the outstanding work here for us is also great to the community at large in that we are not only meeting the requirement by fast tracking the homelessness for veterans here working on treasure island, so this is a no brainer for us, and it's really great, and this could be a model throughout. treasure island had all these provisions making it a very wonderful, one of its kind development, and so i would move to approve. and chinatown development corporation is the leader in affordable housing and well respected, fortunately for all of us here, wearing all the hats in the communit

we have kathy davis from bhpmms and dan solomon from methune solomon. this concludes staff presentation. i'm here with the development team to answer any questions you may have. >> great. thank you. have we checked our overflow room? is there anybody -- >> we haven't brought anyone down there yet -- >> if there is anyone in the overflow room, which is -- please come up to room 416 now. if you've not already filled out a speaker card, please fill it out and sub mitt it to the secretary. please call -- >> first is eric vanderpool, followed by david springer and ace washington. >> thank you. >> my name is eric vanderpool and i live just steps away from site of one of the proposed affordable apartment buildings at the shipyard. i'm here today first and foremost to congratulate the selected developers and welcome them to the shipyard neighborhood. i'm also here today to let you know about the recent history of the sites. when dozens and dozens of us purchased our homes at the shipyard over the past two and a half years or so, we were promised by lennar that

methune and solomon are one of the best architects of housing, affordable, but we want to hear what those ideas are and make sure that you come back to us as you develop those design concepts and the concepts for the project because we can give you our insight. but very, very pleased to have you today. before we take action on the board, i would like to open it up to the public. are there any members of the public who would like to address the board. >> hi. i'm sherry williams with one treasure island. source to plow shares is one of our charter members, and let me just echo some of your statements about how wonderful -- this is really a milestone. when you're doing this work for decades, and you finally see site control for affordable housing that serves veterans, i just think we should take a moment and really celebrate it because it is exactly what we've all been working towards for such a long time. they've provided hundreds of people already on treasure island a place to heal. one of the things that we always thought as one of our key members was that, you know, treasure island being