>> my name is michael nolte. my family owned the property before the previous owner of 215 vasquez. i have actual history of what they should be doing and not doing when there is a new gigantic building being built next to it. i find it ironic. and neighbors basically say a lot about the property but they don't understand the issue of sun and light and i want to point out that when the building was put up for sale at 225 van ness, basically the realtors say it is a fixer-upper. they don't understand the codes. they come in and go to the planning commission and expect them to make these changes. so that is the kind of problem we are up against when people move into a neighborhood. >> thank you. one more speaker card. >> hello. i used to live on 17th avenue. i also walk in the neighborhood and i love the architecture of this neighborhood because it speaks a lot about the culture and the history of the neighborhood. people have lived there for 30 or 40 years and it has meaning. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> i live at 215 vasquez. the planning commission meeting on march 7th, c

kathleen darby, john nolte, michael nolte, peter milke, kevin and darren flynn, commissioner michael antonini, and robert kozelski. please come up and lineup on the screen side of the room. >> thank you. my name is kathy darby. good afternoon. my name is kathy darby. i am -- i passed some packets -- we passed some packets to jonas. it's the same material that was sent to you in an e-mail yesterday. i live at 215 vasquez, and i live next door to the house that's planned at 225, and that house is identical to our house, and it's a very sound house. it's old and hasn't been updated, but it's a sound, live i can't believe house. i'd expected -- it's a sound, liveable house. i'd expected to come here today, expecting to hear about your decision on the project, but as i looked at the packet on the planning commission website, i see that they've been changed again. notably, the project has gotten bigger -- >> clerk: okay, ma'am, unfortunately your time is up. >> really? did i take three minutes? >> clerk: one minute. it's the second time hearing this project. >> i'd just like to say that if