mr. lindsey pointed out, is 45 feet from the rear property line. our proposal is to reduce the overall mass of our building. the d.r. requester's building is the largest building on the block. it's the largest building within the immediate context and has a rear yard of only 15 feet. if there's a building providing privacy concerns, i think it's that building at 50 palm, not at 55 jordan. this is a photograph from the rear yard of 55 jordan with the invasive privacy that my client has to live with. but just to address it numerically, as well, this is the existing elevation of the building where we're actually showing about 115 square feet of window openings on the floor that the d.r. requester is concerned with, and on the following page, we're actually showing that with the new guardrail we're proposing, up to 42 inches, we're reducing the amount of glazing that is visible from 50 palm to our building at 55 jordan. and i'm available for any questions if you have any. thanks very much. president fong: thank you. are there any speakers in support of

mr. lindsey of the physical height it of the tower by 10 ft..se, there's a physical alteration of the church tower. how does that affect zoning and architecture, etc? because 10 ft. is not just extra housing. it is a full story of modifications to a building that will be required. could you explain that process? >> let me find the photos. teddy might have them faster than i can get them. it is a 65 ft. height district. the project is in the height district. and the photos here, here is what the site looks like now traveling west on turk street. here is what it could look like after the installation. generally, it is within the height limit. it is not a very bulky element of the property. it is certainly -- it conceals the antenna in a manner that would be supported at a staff level. let me know if that answers your question. commissioner moore: it does and it doesn't. church steeples are an architectural element, which in its own right are in proportion to the building it serves. let's take famous cathedrals and do we now add an additional 10 ft

mr. lindsey, the example you cited of border adjustability which i think was very clear and interesting, wouldn't we accomplish the same thing by doing what 150 other countries do and impose the value added tax? >> absolutely. in fact, my -- i didn't get this chance. i once testified before the senate. in fact, i was on a panel of four people. we were across the political spectrum. and we didn't compare notes before we went in. and what we told the senators, all four of us, was, you know, we should have a value added tax. and the senators then proceeded to tell us that you know that the senate voted 93-2 to never even consider a value added tax. and, well, there we are. now, so what i think we should do, right, if you're going to follow that logic, you want to pack everything into a value added tax. right? not just the corporate tax. you want to have the entire tax system be border adjustable. that's how you make america competitive again. that's how you get rid of the self-inflicted wound. so, yes, if i actually could revise and extend my comments, my simple tax reform is scrap income-b

mr. lindsey, what, the example you cited border adjustability which was very clear and very interesting, wouldn't we accomplish the same thing by 150 other countries do by imposing a value-added tax? >> absolutely. my, i didn't get this chance, i once testified before the senate in fact i was on a panel of four people. this is clear across the political spectrum and we didn't compare notes before we went in and what we told the senators was, all four of us was, you know, we should have value-added tax. the senators then proceeded to tell us you know that the senate voted 93-2 to never even consider a value-added tax? well, there we are. so what i think we should do, if you're to follow that logic, you want to pack everything into a value-added tax, right? not just the corporate tax. you want to have the tax system be border adjustable. that is how you make america competitive again. that is how you get rid of self-inflicted wound. if i could revise and extend my comments. my simple tax reform is scrap income-based taxation and go to value added based taxation. there are ways of making it