mr. bueller, mr. nolte, and people who live in the community that there is still something seriously amiss. particularly what i am missing because i felt that that was promised to us, and we made it very clear that we needed it, is a financial feasibility, the analysis between the two alternatives of full or partial preservation, which i do not have. >> president hillis: commissioner richards? >> commissioner richards: so mr. bueller, could you come up a second. so this building's eligible or listed on the national register? >> it's a contributor to the national register district already, so it's listed as part of that designation. it is also on the california register of historical resources based on its inclusion, and it has been identifies as an individually eligible historic building. richards riches and how many individual buildings are included in the collection? >> i think 402 is what was stated in the original e.i.r. out of an original 409 richard richarrichard -- >> commissioner richards: >>

mr. bueller just said, so i need not really repeat them. i understand the need to have a neglected building brought to new use and to have investment and community benefits. those are all very worthwhile goals. we all want that, we all want more housing, however, there are alternatives, and as we look at this situation, the land next to it where the reading room and new church are going could provide those opportunities. i know the information sent to you by mr. bueller also included a couple of examples, both in seattle and in brooklyn where churches with high integrity like this one were preserved intact, and taller towers using their air rights were built. it was mentioned this one was going to be 130 feet. there are 20 story buildings around it. there's clearly potential to go higher if air rights are being used. once you lose historic assets, they don't come back, so we would ask you to really rethink this one. if there's a way to retain the historic asset, use the air rights to get all of the good of new housing community benefits and