my name is phillip ashizawa, the owner of soko hardware. i want to thank the commission for considering soko for the legacy registry. i'm honored that members of the community felt highly enough about the hardware store to convince me to come in and apply for this registry. to me, soko is just what i do. i remember playing with my toys on the floor of the office to coming in to work after school and during summer vacations, after graduating college, working full time and then finally taking over the business. i'm actually very grateful to my parents and my grandparents who really did all the hard work. especially after the war when they were forced to abandon the store. but they were able to come back, start it up again and give me a livelihood. i want to thank you again and that is all i have to say. thank you. >> any other member of the public wish to speak? closed public comment. bring it back to the commission. commissioner john. >> first of all, i'd like to thank everyone who came to tell us your stories. they are extremely important t