todd mavis, project sponsor. the planning department and some of our neighbors want us to replace our single-family home at 214 state street as a two-unit building. we would like to make clear for us in our opinion it's not fair or reasonable to make this request and we would like to illicit three main reasons as to why we don't think this is feasible to convert 214 state street from a single-family home to two units. first, it's economically not feasible to do this. i'd like to stress that we cannot afford to build two units out of our home at 214 state street, two heating systems, two kitchens, two sets of utilities, two fire-prevention systems, more costly construction methods like fire doors, emergency lighting in common hallways, monthly monitoring for sprinkler systems, monitoring from the city for fire systems, etc. we cannot afford to make our home two units. second, we wouldn't be able to finish our home because i think this is what our neighbors would like us to do, go through multiple hearings, come ba