>> my name is mike buehler, executive director of stanton's -- san princess for architectural heritage. it has been nearly one year since the committee convened on historic preservation last may. and in a green with past speakers we have made tremendous progress since that time. we have been able to reach agreement on the majority of issues. but like to take tough -- i would like to thank staff and others for their hard work at that time. however, there are issues that will take extra time to resolve. those are outlined in our letter. would like to make a survey of owners and occupants. we would like the planning commission to have an appropriate role in commenting on, but not veto authority over the historic preservation commission. who would also like to require the board to bresler to consider their views of both owners and documents -- require the board to consider the views of both owners and occupants. there are several outstanding questions that we believe warrant further study. first of all, the proposed language has not been considered by either the preservation commission or