i know my client, tom burwell, has had a lot of conversations lately with adjacent neighbors. to go over the details of methodologies, of demolition, demolition protections for foundations, etc., etc. and i don't know who's here tonight. but i certainly notice that there's a lot fewer neighbors here tonight, if any, than there was over the past six months of hearings. and i think that may be because of a lot of the outreach lately by tom burwell who's behind me. we would also like to thank the four immediately adjacent owners and tenants who have come here and written in support throughout. and of course the russian hill neighbors have been extremely supportive. they wrote strong letters of support. they had their doubts once they heard the public testify at the first hearing. they then did their due diligence several times over, interviewed all the parties and looked at the records and came back to you with a renewed letter indicating that the concerns had been checked into. and they feel more comfortable than ever in allowing this to go forward and quickly. one of them was s