again, my name is patricia hayes and i am here tonight with my brother dan and sisters and our mother is watching on tv. i would like to read the brief that we submitted last week for the record, and it includes some additional comments as well. since we met on december 13, 2017, we've received and reviewed the city's historical files for our property at 21 brompton avenue. a memorandum drafted be i the city planning department in june of 71 discussed the potential uses of 21 brompton. the memorandum cited the use at the time as unauthorized parking, and in a subsequent memo from the then planning director in december of 71, he stated its use as informal free parking lot. even though it was zoned as nct-nrh2. there was also a report submitted by the city planning commission in march of 1970 that stated the remainder, which was our lot, should be reserved for a public parking lot under the city's neighborhood parking program. we know that the parking authority at that time did not show interest in doing so. so we do know that the city and our family has continuously used the property f