mr. gladstone? >> brett gladstone, representing the property owner. just to give you a little background on where we have been in previous hearings, the planning commission had three hearings. we unanimously approved the demolition and the new building. the a historic preservation board voted unanimously and had no problem with the new building. you buy a four-one, commissioner goh dissenting, approved the variants. -- the variance. the board of supervisors has upheld this. although your decision is not to be based on the support for the opposition, my client would like to thank the 900 member strong russian hill neighbors, all of the property owners who support, the only people who showed up at the board of supervisors hearing recently. only one of the six adjacent residents has ever opposed the project. we are looking forward to getting on with it. we do not believe the criteria is met. mr. butler can argue the merits of the case tonight, but the criteria before you is whether there are documents that could have been provided to you previously showi