To Whom it May Concern,

At last night's meeting of the Eight Streets Neighborhood Association, Mr. Dan Merrigan asked for Membership support in attaining a variance. He is making improvements to his single-family home at 5 Ringgold St., including adding a bay to the ground floor rear of the building. He needs to change the FAR (floor/area ratio) in order to add this 13' 6" (wide) X 4' 6" addition. Mr. Merrigan presented photos of the current rear of the building as well as architectural drawings of the proposed changes. He noted that most other building in his block have large els at the rear and that his proposed addition would not be visible from the street nor, for the most part, by his neighbors, as he has a high fence around his back yard (and the proposed addition is at any rate an aesthetic improvement). Mr. Merrigan fully answered all Member's questions about this proposed construction.

Eight Streets Membership voted to not oppose this change in FAR to allow for this proposed addition to 5 Ringgold St.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns on this subject.

Thank you.

Yours,

Tim Kozlowski

President

CC: Mr. Dan Merrigan, 5 Ringgold St., Boston, Ma. 02118