>> president hasz, director ryan, commissioners, my name is ted olson, a third generation of swedish society of san francisco. this society is the olde local swedish club, the owner, builder and continuous occupant and conservator of the swedish hall. we thank you for proposing the extension to comment on the landmark proposal and you understood we did so affirmatively. my grandfathers were founders of this society which before social security like all ethnic clubs provided health and death benefits and helped the community become american. immediately before the quake, the society owned the hall with 5,000 books with the yet to be the city hall site of our san francisco public library. the main library. my maternal grandfather with the 1906 quake and along the building community of the hall which my grandfather managed for the next 30 years. both parents and grandparents lived across from market street from the hall where i live today. this is why i'm personally and profoundly involved with the landmarking of our hall. therefore i thank director rod ham of the planning department, p