mr. kleinman, you have seven minutes. >> good evening, commissioners. my spouse and i own 571 myra way and are appealing the altercation at 571 myra for two reasons. first t permit states that the work will be done, and i quote revert the rear of the building back to the original deck. that statement is in error. there never was a wooden deck in the rear of the building. we are concerned that any work done on 571 myra particularly if it covers the rear of the building will seem a bigger problem and threatens structural integrity of both of our properties. 571 and 575 were two of eight structurally similar homes built adjacent to each other in 1949. and as you can see by this next picture, there is a retaining wall -- it's right here. at the back of each garage that buttresses the downward slope of mount davidson. this is our garage which is identical to that of 571. >> face it like you would look at it yourself, sir. >> sorry. >> thank you. >> this is a picture from the real estate website in 2015 when 571 was sold to the new owner. it shows a concrete

mr. kleinman, you have three minutes. >> overhead please. >> so that, just to clarify, that is the property when it was sold in 2015. that is dirt and concrete. my primary concern is that the retaining walls are sound. we did spend some money using the structural engineer. i don't want to spend anymore money. i think this is really something between the contractor and the city, and what i have been trying to do unsuccessfully for over a year in terms of emails and phones is to get the city involved so that there is something up to code and get the department of building inspections to look at it. my only concern really is the retaining walls and what else they do with the property is secondary because if we have a shake right now, 575 and 571 is probably going to be 573. and that's going to spoil my whole day. if the modification to the current permit specifies the retaining walls be done according to code and if their civil engineer wants to talk to the city to come up with a solution to that, that is fine. but i don't see myself in that picture anymore because i have outlaid several thous