paul mulcher with the planning department staff. i was planning to stand, so i think i will sit down with my presentation. the first item on your agenda is the certification of the final eir for the 8 washington project. this will be an item exclusively for the planning commission. because there are several agenda items to be heard today, and we have a lot of people that want to speak, i will try to be as brief as possible, but i want to make a few general comments to introduce the certification item and particular. i will obviously be available for questions either now or after for questions. a vote does not buy your vote on any future action on this project. the eir is an informational packet. that information is accurate and objective, and they have come to reasonable and appropriate conclusions that are supported by substantial evidence to the record. i want to touch very briefly on those three points. with regard to the information that is provided, the final eir consists of the initial study and the responses documents. betwee