requester's building and as such the department does not find skepsal or extraor therefore, we recommend the planning commission to not take discretionary review and approve the project as proposed. that concludes my presentation. i'm available for questions. president fong: project sponsor? >> president, i'm sorry, this is the d.r. president fong: my apologies. >> we need the d.r. requester. i'm sorry. the d.r., yes. >> my name is themeous mickous. live in the condominium association. i'm the designated representation. i was very happy to hear all of the wonderful remarks about the new republic bank because i incorporated that bank. so naturally my comments will have additional weight. i think i boil down the argument into two basic objections to what mr. teague said. the area is zoned service light industrial. as i have argued, that doesn't justify the allowing of new construction that would severely diminish the uses and liveability of a pre-existing use. our status in the neighborhood is grandfathered in. we were there first. before the zoning was adopted, i'm pretty sure. it's a sev