. >> hi, i'm margaret gomez and i'm speaking for the dr and against this proposed project on 1050 valencia, thank you for your time. i'm a neighbor, i live 6 blocks away from where this project would happen. i live 6 blocks away pr the marsh. i am also someone who loves valencia street, the neighborhood, and what makes me so passionate about it is the culture, the vitality of the neighborhood and a lot of that is from the marsh, and as was mentioned, the marsh also contributes a lot to the economy of the neighborhood and to smaoul businesses, they go to a cafe, they go to a restaurant, and i'm also someone who's been -- whose life has been impacted and changed by working at the marsh. i believe this project at 1050 valencia street would crush the marsh. i think it would be really hard for the marsh to survive the impact, the negative impact from the noise bleed and the lack of parking it would create and the bad vibe but that's kind of cosmic, i started performing as a [inaudible] performer, i've been doing this since the 80s and the first time i did a solo show was at the marsh in 1991 an