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it is very close, tight-knit community there. and i i think the importance of slope on lloyd street is is pronounced because both right above on castro and below on scott what you have are essentially level streets. and so, i think we are we are conceding that we re maybe a little bit gentler than elizabeth, but it is a 24 degree slope. i see no principled way of distinguishing this issue from the issue before you on that block. the massing of this project at 50 feet is is completely out of context and exceptional circumstance that does warrant the discretionary review consideration for all of the same reasons. i also appear before you today to indicatenie concern about process here. we have an e.i.r. that said no more than 40. you heard about the about the 311 notice issues. as i understand it, the record is that it was september the 8th that the first rendering showing this this 50-foot penthouse was submitted to the mapping department which approved the pro
it will rob the neighborhood. it will rob the character by mass and also by stein. i am directly affected by this building as you will see through these pictures. this is the view of my backyard right now. look through the light and to the sky. and this is what it will look like. so, i won t take a lot of your time. we know it is getting late. i m a banker, i think it it can be made economically, financially, vital project with three-story building and which something, which all neighbors can live and be happy with. i constitution for thank you for your consideration. thank you. sue hester, i m the attorney for the neighbors. i want to show you this shot which which shows the the breadth of support. every person here that is blue has sent a letter in the packet. so they re all numbers. this is the green space we re talking about. it is very unusual to have a large green space like this, in this & and it is 130 years old. i want to point that out. what you can t
that s kind of ironic that on the same side would be classifying others as outsiders who are actually commissioners, serving like yourself. that be it, as it play, i may, i would like to read a letter from a member of the naked. it is worded as follows. i have carefully reviewed the section 311 neighborhood notification drawings that were mailed to me. i support the project as proposed at 3739 lloyd street. specifically i support details such as the fourth floor, the stairway penthouse decks and variance requests to remain unmodified. moreover my own property at 1 scott street is four stories and 40 feet tall has a penthouse and rear yard and rooftop decks. it spans my lot with a zero rear yard setback, my property among many other properties on the block with its noncannot forming character is an important example of a substantial property right that will not be preserved and enjoyed by 3739 lloyd street and the request is not granted to that project. indeed to paper tape