mr. vasquet, you have seven minutes. >> good afternoon, commissioners. thank you for your attention today [indiscernible] -- i first of all want to start by thanking the neighborhood for its long-time participation with this partnership for creating this project in its current form. i want to thank you for bringing this to fruition. i would like to thank the planning staff for their efforts in helping us in this complex project. thanks a lot. this project has been in the works for a long time. our outreach to the community started four years ago. when we had our first application when we started meeting with the community. we had a 35-storey unit proposed. we reduced that height to 27 storeys. the current 27 storeys is 495 units shown today. we've run a community-based, community-focused outreach program. while we've had moments of controversy, the discussions have been mostly almost all productive and forward-looking. while we may not have had total agreement, we certainly have a consensus of community members that are in favor of the project moving for

mr. vasquet, you have seven minutes. >> good afternoon, commissioners. thank you for your attention today [indiscernible] -- i first of all want to start by thanking the neighborhood for its long-time participation with this partnership for creating this project in its current form. i want to thank you for bringing this to fruition. i would like to thank the planning staff for their efforts in helping us in this complex project. thanks a lot. this project has been in the works for a long time. our outreach to the community started four years ago. when we had our first application when we started meeting with the community. we had a 35-storey unit proposed. we reduced that height to 27 storeys. the current 27 storeys is 495 units shown today. we've run a community-based, community-focused outreach program. while we've had moments of controversy, the discussions have been mostly almost all productive and forward-looking. while we may not have had total agreement, we certainly have a consensus of community members that are in favor of the project moving for