mr. arguello would sign the deal, we h'd all go away. >> mr. tierra, you have any rebuttal? >> the changes that mr. papadopolous is talking about only happened on the 30th at 10:00 p.m. that's when i received the e-mail. we had been negotiating on a document that i still believe is unlawful. last night at 8:00, i got an e-mail from the executive director of meta, luis granados, who -- that -- it says here bo, at 8:00, do not contact us again. i am asking for a system to no longer accept your e-mails. so contrary to what mr. papadopolous is saying, i don't think they've acted in approximate good faith, and i think that the commission should listen to mr. christiansen, his analysis is spot on. it's also lawful and what meta is requesting is -- is really to hold up my project for their larger grievances. >> president hillis: all right. this closes this portion of the hearing. we'll open it up to commissioner comments and questions. commissioner richards? >> vice president richards: so we're getting two opposing stories here: good faith, not so good faith, sign the mou now, no,

mr. arguello. >> thank you. >> commissioner melgar: any other public comments on this item? >> good morning, commissioners. my name is john mendoza, and i'm one of the cofounders of calle 24. i would just approach with the deal that they have. it seems like we're almost there, like eric said. it seems like he was talking about how the planning commission -- planning department held him up a year and a half with a parking garage. you know, there's some things you can't get around in the life, but it seems like the latino culture, everybody wants to get around us, and everybody wants to go around us and make the deal. so i'm asking for two more weeks so we can ground this deal the way we want it, and we feel like we're respected and go forward from there. >> commissioner melgar: thank you, mr. -- thank you. >> yeah. just to clarify, this is scott weaver. just to clarify, i've never represented -- i've never represented to mr. silverman that i was acting on behalf of anybody but calle 24, and i think we had a mistake in our process in the way that other communication organizati