mcnulty. i'm jonathan's father and father-in-law to tina. >> i'm sorry. your time to speak would be under the variance holders. >> i'm sorry. >> okay. thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening. >> good evening. welcome. >> my name is angela, and i'm a san francisco neighbor of jonathan and tina. i'll be reading a letter from their neighbors that could not attend the hearing but have asked that their letter be heard in front of the board. dear board of public appeals my wife and i are writing this letter to support the mcnulty's remodel efforts for 2523 steiner street. we overlook the central block area. we understand that their home at 2523 steiner street has gone through a lot of building turn and has resulted in poorly built home with a very dysfunctional floor plan. one that is dangerous for the elderly and children and cannot support a family safely. having gone through the proposed plans, we believe that the -- their model rear extension and remodel will have -- will not have any negative impact to our property. furthermore, we appreciate the

mcnulty. this is my wife, tina, and we are the homeowners of 2523 steiner street. we are representing ourselves here, and respectfully request that the board deny the appellant's appeal and uphold the zoning administrator's decision. the variance allows us to get the third bedroom that we need to get this home functional. our variance was granted for 114 square feet to create a functional three bedroom home in one of the smallest homes in all of pacific heights. what you're going to see is three different designs. first is a submitted version to planning, second is the plan submitted variance, and third is the alternative that we came up with. that does -- what that does, it actually just reduced that third floor expansion from -- from about # 6 square feet to 50 square feet. we proposed this to appellant and unfortunately he he has rejected our request. if you look here on the page, you can see the first design here is what we submitted to the commission and it has a terrace that goes all the way around. the second was approved by the zoning administrator with a 7