thank you. >> good evening, again, susan brandt thole here for the middle polk neighborhood association. again, i think we all agree something should happen on this site and, of course, a lot of what you're hearing about are concerns about the current condition, which is largely the responsibility of the owner and the project sponsor, but we would all like to see this go forward but only with a project that is supportable inenvironmentally and under the planning code. at the outset, so i don't forget, i would like to see i don't see how the commission and hopefully the commission isn't going to approve this project anyway, but it certainly can't approve it if it needs variances that have not been evaluated in the review document. you can't approve it when it needs variances that you haven't been informed about, haven't had environmental review for, and aren't even approving, so you got a real problem there. but going beyond that, in terms of what could be approved tonight, commissioner sugaya was asking about, as i understood it, whether the commission had the power to approve an altern

mike carpet, gregory corbett, nick hannick, zach sutter, adam meyer, susan brandt. >> good evening, commissioners and director. my name is elizabeth gordon. i along with my original co-owners purchased 1630 clay street, a six unit residential building in 2005. 1630 clay street is a immediately adjacent to the new building at 1601 larkin and is the neighboring building that will be most directly impacted by this new project. since we have property line windows that will now be closed in if this current project is approved. since 2006, i have supported the project with the understanding that our building would be able to maintain at least four of our 11 property line windows. in good faith, we have already voluntarily removed five of those windows in anticipation of this project being approved. my architect and i reached this understanding about the preservation of at least four windows after meeting and reviewing the then project plans with the developer. my prior conditional support is evidenced by my letter to the then planning director dated may 24, 2006. i would request that that letter of con