ms. prosiam, but thank you. >> good evening, commissioners. i run local government community outreach for google's offices across the state. on behalf of google, i want to thank you for your feedback from last week's meeting. it is clearly tempting to talk about discussions we have had with graystar and the extensions about communications with tenants. it is clear that we could have and should have done better. i will not go into the back and forth emails and communications with mr. denny, but it is important to note when we realized information was not shared with tenants, and with denny's unresponsiveness, we did ask the building department to help us bring mr. denny to the table, and he declined that invitation. that was for mr. duffy, choosing to pursue this appeal as a way to find a resolution. we did meet with mr. denny and mr. myaki this afternoon, but it is premature to say we are at a settlement, and i don't think that is what is before you tonight. what is before you is whether or not these permits should move forward. we want to be