. >> yeah, this is catherine howard. i wanted to speak about commission matters, which i believe we're allowed to do public comment on. i don't want to interfere with this e.i.r. process. >> why don't you hang on and maybe after we're done with this we'll afford you the opportunity to submit your testimony. is that okay with the chair? commission president? >> yes. >> very good. >> do i do star 3 again or just wait? >> no, i'll just mute you now and as soon as this item is done, we'll take up commission matters again. commissioners. i have no other members of the public requesting to submit their testimony so if i see any additional hands raised, i will certainly let you know. for now, we'll close public dement and allow the commissioners to deliberate. thank you. would you like to go first? >> sure, thanks very much. this is a very interesting project. it's particularly challenging, i think, from a preservation point of view. i certainly appreciate the project design versus the partial preservation design. i know that w

. >> yeah, this is catherine howard.mission matters, which i believe we're allowed to do public comment on. i don't want to interfere with this e.i.r. process. >> why don't you hang on and maybe after we're done with this we'll afford you the opportunity to submit your testimony. is that okay with the chair? commission president? >> yes. >> very good. >> do i do star 3 again or just wait? >> no, i'll just mute you now and as soon as this item is done, we'll take up commission matters again. commissioners. i have no other members of the public requesting to submit their testimony so if i see any additional hands raised, i will certainly let you know. for now, we'll close public dement and allow the commissioners to deliberate. thank you. would you like to go first? >> sure, thanks very much. this is a very interesting project. it's particularly challenging, i think, from a preservation point of view. i certainly appreciate the project design versus the partial preservation design. i know that we kind of drove from the a.r