katherine mackenzie? >> the commissioner, the laurel heights improvement association. on the open space, the city is allowing them to have concrete pathways counted as open space. the property and the landscaping are listed on the california register as a significant example of modern corporate headquarters with landscaping features that were designed to compliment and promote the integration between indoor and outdoor spaces. t the beautif the front of the building is an existing pathway through that opens into the terrace and continues. so there is no need to cut a pathway through the building. there is one. and the eir says that the proposed project would bring an adverse change in the resource by cutting the pathway through, demolishing the south wing. however, needed housing can be achieved without causing this. the agency should not approve the project if there is an alternative. there are alternatives which are feasible. the commission should support our committee full preservation alternative because it is better. it would be built in about three years, rather