. >> thank you, vice president wucommissioners. michael smith from the planning staff and his residential design teamworked pretty hard with this project architect and the owner to come up with the best possible house for this setting. and i think they have done a really good job with it. they have created a house that is both responsible and respectful of the character of the block. it follows the contour of the topography. the setback at the top is very respectful of pedestrian experience along 19th street. but what it also does, it presents gifts to the block just as the corner block -- corner houses on the other corners of the block do. the front setback area gives us an open notched courtyard with the terrace above so light will come through. it is not a maxed-out property by any stretch of the imagination. there are opportunities to create living space where architectural details were placed and placed carefully. the rear building wall was sculpted very specifically to address view issues that were of real concern with the ca