ryan paterson on behalf of the project sponsor. this is exactly the type of project that i think the city needs and has been encouraging. this is an infield project in a dense market area in laguna. we've got a bmr unit that was added voluntarily, ground floor retail, and a number of concessions that were made to address exactly those concerns that the dr requestor has expressed. i think probably best fore the project architect, david sternberg to walk you through some of those changes that were made, and then, we also have, i think a number of letters of support that did not make it into the packet for some reason, and we'll try to get those to you, also. >> can i have the overhead, please. so this is the project proposed. i -- i assume that you've all looked at the drawings, and if you have any questions, you can ask me after. this project proposes a small ground floor commercial consistent with market street. it's got ten new residential units, five of which are one-bedroom units, five of which are three-bedroom units, family un

ryan paterson for denise ledbetter. assize from this project be a bad proposal, the variance proposal is from 2015 for a lot split. neighborhood notice was also issued before the variances were issued. normally, that may not be a big problem, but here, there's no basis for a variance. there's no right to include two oversized buildings on one lot that they're somehow constrained from buildings. in fact, there are nothing justifying building this at all. even if the existing structures could be in unusually condition meriting variance, which they can't, they're here asking for a demo litigation permit. they're replacing the building with something new, and they can build whatever they want. most troubling is their variance will have serious impacts on my client's property. hundreds of thousands of lost property value as the documentation that i provided you. it's a modernist tower that's going to stick out like a sore thumb among its historic queen ann neighbors, and on top of it all is a massive party deck. on a more ba