and a allis, and anne marie rogers and in the back row pilar ralilali, and justin greving and desiree smith. and monica jacamoche. and they were integral in putting together your packet and is here to answer any technical questions around the historic preservation program of the department. so with that i'll hand it over to you and we'll have two short presentations today related to your items. naturally, we're here to answer any comments or questions that you may have throughout the morning. thanks. >> clerk: i think we have a staff presentation on item one. >> good morning, commissioners. i'm department staff. this is just a short presentation that has been put together to provide a general overview of the historical review process, and with the following discussion that your commissioners want to have between the historic preservation commission and the planning commission. to point out that the department would be happy to provide additional information on the process generally and historic review process more specifically to either commission in the future. so the historic review proce

>> good afternoon, commissioners, on behalf of the building owner, first, i want to thank desiree smith and tim and the designation staff for the hard work on getting the landmarking here. the building owner is really, really excited to be here today, and, as you've heard, we are fully supportive of staff's efforts to update the landmarking to include the interior. you probably surmised that building owners, since acquiring the project, has spent a lot of time working with the community and also cultural groups and groups with historic ties to the church. the owner is proposalling to reopen the church as an adult education and community facility, and so we will be back here asking for certificate of appropriateness. we are talking emergency egress stair out of the way, and so we'll be coming back here for certificate of appropriateness, and we hope to be here soon, and hope for the certificate of appropriateness before the end of february. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. does any other member of the public wish to speak? >> good afternoon. i'm felix ortiz, and i became a pa