Story structure which contains two residential units and some ground floor commercial space. We are looking to add a third floor to increase the main unit for family use. It would have three bedrooms and a guestroom. We are also looking at relocating the second unit, which is now at the rear of the groundfloor space. It is a small onebedroom unit. It will go to the second floor and converting the entirety of the groundfloor to commercial space and extends the building at that level to the full coverage of the lot. This will enable a more usable commercial space and reinforce the commercial neighborhood district with a future tenant to be determined. We are looking at creating some outdoor space, which is pretty minimal in the neighborhood, as well as on the lot, by proposing roof decks both at the front and rear, as well as on the top of the building. My client, the owner, would like to have some space to do some gardening and the second unit would also have some outdoor space and the intent here is currently there are parents within the second unit and would remain so. It truly is a family style residence and we are looking at restoring the original, or as close to the original commercial storefront that has since been removed. We do have 3d renderings on the overhead. This is superimposed on a photograph with the new commercial front, and the third floor is hardly visible. We have some other renderings that are a little less photoshopped. These are from further on the opposite side of the street, more than you would be able to visually see when you are on sight. The third floor does pull back quite a bit and it is fairly simple, flat roof structure, pretty minimal, respecting the original two story structure and is detailing were keeping it fairly simple and straightforward. That is pretty much summing up the project. We are not we are the only two Story Building on this side of the street. The building site is framed by a threestory four story structure on the western side and a threestory structure on the corner that is currently used as a church. Our proposed addition would not be any higher than the adjacent structures and it is in keeping with the fabric of the neighborhood. Thank you. Great. Thank you let me open Public Comment. I have two speaker cards. Hello, commissioners. The reason why im here is because i do oppose the current building plan. I dont think that it really fits into the neighborhood according to article ten. It is not consistent with the other buildings on that block. It all it says in article ten that they can be made compatible since it is not. The building, the groundfloor goes up against my Property Line and is right in front of a light well, which is visible and you see into the bathroom and two bedrooms on the second floor. And as they go up, the sightlines will be into the light well. It disturbs the light and air from my property. It is an old property. This is the one that is being remodelled. They are taking off the roof, which is Pretty Amazing in a historic district, especially considering the neighborhood in itself, theres a couple of projects in front of you now on the same block that they are restoring their property. They are removing that roof, which is unique to that building , and they are putting back on a flat roof with decks, with front and back. To me, that is just powerful building when it looks out at the other backyards within that neighborhood on the 800 block of 202nd street, on minnesota street, the 900 block, none of the buildings conform or look like the building that is being built. The other thing that i think about is in 2010, there was a commercial building on the corner, to stay flat commercial space. The fellow wanted to demolish it and then put in a groundfloor restaurant and two units above, and when you read before the historic review board and all of that, he was denied because they said it was blocking the light on the building that it would sit up against. Eventually he withdrew his permits and a business on the 800 block took over that project and they maintained the historic value of that building. I really dont think they deserve this certificate of appropriateness at this time. Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon, commissioners i am a longtime resident of dogpatch and i live at 1080 tennessee street. I am above the rear of the proposed project. As a result of living directly behind this expansive proposed project and the proposed alterations, it is primarily the most effective building of all in our neighborhood. While i am not 100 in agreement with the design of the project, my main concern is i will lose the majority of the light and air in my residents. The only windows have three roofs on the abutting Property Line site and the access to Natural Light and air will be greatly impacted. I am requesting there be a commendation for the designed to maintain a light well and air shaft so they continue to function providing much needed light and air. Thank you for your consideration thank you. Any other member of the public wishes to comment on this item . Closing Public Comment and we will bring it back to the commission. Commissioners . Thank you very much. I know this couple and i know this property fairly well. I used to live in the dogpatch area and i am quite familiar with it. I wanted to respond to the two speakers only because pretty much everything they talked about was not laid to the historic character, i mean, almost everything. The speakers talked about a lot of things that are Planning Issues in terms of light wells, and coverage on the lot, which the zoning allows, i understand, but those are things that we cant really address. I do want to go to the historic issues at hand here. I know the current front basically what you see from the street, dogpatch is really developing quite a bit in the past ten or 15 years and in particular, these two blocks from third street to minnesota and tennessee have really, you know, been improved quite substantially. This storefront is not historic, it is kind of junkie looking, it has it is kind of modern. What theyre doing on the storefront is exactly the right thing. I also know that there are very large trees on this block and i think even with the setback, it is minimally visible, so this has a fairly high and large cornice that sticks out, so visibly from the street, i think this is appropriate and fits in. Were not talking about a landmark, were talking about historic resource. I do think it is appropriate to the block it is on. It is the smallest one on that side of the street, and again, it is not bringing the map out to the front, it is pushing it back quite substantially, and the storefront is quite appropriate for the district. Thank you. Anyone else . Thank you. I drove by the place. Im kind of interested in this. My impression was similar to what you have said that i dont think that the massing on top is going to be a problem. I think it is a good project. Anyone else . Commissioner black . I concur. The improvement on the storefront is really noticeable. It is going to be a big benefit to the neighborhood on the street level. I also went by the property. I do think it will be difficult to see the upperlevel addition, and the structure is sandwiched between two other structures, so i dont think the height is incompatible. I understand why members of the community are concerned about planning related things, which are really not in our purview, so from a standpoint of the criteria that we need to apply, i will be supporting this project. Thank you. Any other comments . I moved to approve with conditions. Second. Thank you. On that motion to approve this matter with conditions. [roll call] so moved. The motion passes unanimously 7 0. Placing us on items nine a through e. Properties at 2251 webster street, 1401 howard street, 2168 martin street, 27301 through 2735 some street. These are all mills act applications. I understand that commissioner foley, you need to recuse yourself. You have to recuse yourself for all of them. Can we have a motion, please . I move that we remove commissioner foley. Thank you. [roll call] i will remind you, commissioner foley, as a new commissioner, you need to file some paperwork with the ethics commissioner within 15 days. Thank you. Could i please have the screen . Good afternoon, commissioners. Michel taylor, Planning Department staff. The items before you today are the five mills act historical property contracts. It was legislation authorizing local governments to enter into contracts with private owners of qualified Historic Properties. This agreement provides property tax reductions to owners at those Historic Properties who can allocate the savings towards improved maintenance and restoration plan. The department currently holds holds 37 active mills act contracts. The department received seven applications for the may 1st filing date. We reviewed their own applications and deemed two of them incomplete. The staff is working with the Property Owners of those incomplete applications to file complete applications for the next mills act cycle. For the remaining five applications, staff conducted preapproval inspections and worked with applicants to revise riba location, restoration, and Maintenance Plans as necessary. All five Property Owners will enter into a mills act contract with the city. The agreements are a tenyear revolving contract that are renewed annually. Your commission packets contain a draft evaluation for each property outlining the potential property tax savings. These figures were compiled by the assessor recorders office. Each property has outlined with the assistance of the Department Staff the rehabilitation and Maintenance Plans that ensure work will be conducted in conformance with the secretary of the interior standards for rehabilitation. 2251 less webster street is located on the left side between washington enclave street. It is a contributing building to the webster street historic district. It is a two story basement with singlefamily dwelling designed in the italian style and built circa 1900. The applicant completed some rehabilitation of the building in 2019 including drive out to repair and painting with an estimated cost of 12,650. The proposed reability asian plan includes inkind window replacement, interior plaster and repair from an exterior leak inkind replacement of the front and rear doors, roof repair and replacement. [please stand by] the subject properties and a threestory miss sonnery building designed for Survival Style by architect john somebodier jj. Foley. It was submitted to demonstrate the exemption would assist in the preservation of a property that might be in danger of demolition or substantial allerrations. Alterations. There will be entry lobby floors, plaster detailing and woodwork. Maintenance work will cost 31,000 annually. Al proposeall proposed work wilt standards. The property meets two of the five priority considerations. They will invest money other than for routine maintenance. Additionally the proposed Rehabilitation Project will preserve a distinctive example of a renaissance Revival Church and there will be a savings of 66,394. Its on the east side of patomic street. This was fro from 1899. Front facade window repair and placement and rehabilitation work will cost 126,035 over ten years. The proposed Maintenance Plan includes annual inspection of roof, gutters, down spots, foundation and woodsideing and trim. The proposed rebull takes will require significant associated costs to ensure the presen presn of the property. It will be other than routine maintenance and the proposed Rehabilitation Project will preserve a distinctive example of a victoryian home. There will be 22,692 or 74. 46 reduction from factorybased year value. 2168 Market Street is a threestory woodframed commercial building constructed in 1907. By master architect, ark arkus mordn. In 2015, the applicants performed a full building rehabilitation including seismic strengthening. The proposed plan includes repair and restoration work to the exterior entry, replace of a historic door with accessible door at the main entrance, replacing a noncompatible window and restoring bricks at the front facade. Its estimated to cost over 95,000 over ten years. The proposed Maintenance Plan includes any necessary repairs to the front facade windows and wood element and roof on a regular basis. Maintenance work is estimated to cost 7500 annually. All proposed work will meet the secretary of the interior standards. The property meets three of the five priority considerations. Distinctiveness, recently designated landmark and business. It represents the arts and craft architecarchitectural style ands listed to Historic Places in 2019. This is a registered regularly business. The property will not receive a property tax savings. The Property Owner is aware they will not receive a savings but would like to move forward knowing that the property will be evaluated in the future. Its valued at over 3 million. There fore, historic Structure Report was submitted to demonstrate the granting that would exist in the preservation of a property that might be in danger of demolition or substantial alterations. The building underwent a full rehabilitation by a previous owner including full repainting, facade restructuring and reroofing. Proposed Rehabilitation Plan includes dry rot repair of wood elements at the base of the building, repair and restoration of windows and repaint exterior, replace reflashing and full lie roof the building. Rehabilitation work is estimated to cost 305,000 over ten years. Out the proposed Maintenance Plan includes inspection of gutters and downspouts, windows, front facade and roof. Maintenance will cost 5,348 annually. All proposed work is intended to meet the secretary of the interior standards. Tthe subject property meets thre consistors, distinctiveness and recently designated city landmark. It represents a well preserved example of the bozart style architecture and the Property Owner will be investing additional money towards rehabilitation other than for routine maintenance and the city of San Francisco designated the building as an individual landmark under article 10. The estimated property tax savings is 35,495 and is a 49. 6 reduction from the base value. The Department Staff recommends Historic Preservation commission, recommended approval of all five milisac recollections for the following reasons. The properties are all qualified historic resources. The Maintenance Plans were found to be appropriate and all proposed work is intended to meet the secretary of the interior standards. This concludes my presentation. I and my colleagues are happy to answer any questions, as are the property representatives in attendattendance today. Thank you. Public comment . We have some speaker cards. Well start with sally sadusky. And then Sarah Orourke is up next. Good afternoon, im at 2251 webster street. I find out about this about two years ago and was extatic because it would help me use the taxsavings toward the restoration of the door and windows and deepenin keeping myl painted lady up to par. I want to thank shannon and michelle for being so transport and making it incredibly easy. So i look forward to your approval and to keeping my house, which is on the tour route everyday at 1 00, picture worthy, thank you. Sarah orourke and gustav linquist. I represent ken folk for the st. Josephs art society. This is a Cultural Organization dedicated to supporting the arts in our community. We are comprised of two separate organizations, the art society forprofit and foundation which is for the nonprofit. Both organizations are committed to supporting artists and allowing them to flourish in their career. We support many 501 seats in our space and supported over 20 events in the one year we have been open. Additionally we open daily tours to the public to see st. Josephs. We applied because our mills are large and our building is tall, approximately 132 feet. But yet, we take up a small footfingerprint. We plan to use the funds to maintain longterm maintenance of the church. Thank you for your consideration. Thank you. Gustav linquis and then ted olsen. Hello. Im here with my wife and were the owners of 6 63 that patomic. Its in pretty bad shape. Yet were excited restore it and fits nicely in with this beautiful area down by the park. Any massivings will offset the costs. Findly, no matter how this goes, a big thank you to michelle and miss shannon for their amazing work and its been a pleasure working with you. Thank you. Thank you, ted olson. Good afternoon, commissioners and president hiland. Im ted olson and im president of the Swedish Society of San Francisco incorporated in 1875 in california, builders and owners of the swedish american hall at 267, also a california resource and they forwarded it to the u. S. Registrar. The hall is located at 216874 Market Street. On behalf of our board and members, i thank the Planning Department and staff for helping us to prepare and for supporting or application for mills act nomination and approval. At the time of the 1906 earthquake, my paternal graph, grandfather was secretary of this society at their Scandinavian Hall across from what is the main library, but which and there was under construction for the new city hall. The earthquake demolished the city hall and our city hall so they considered erecting a new city hall in what became the scandinavian sector of our city. My grandfather was a member of the societys Construction Committee and hired the major architect and once the hall was completed, my maternal grandfather managed the mall for the next quarter century. Marty benson, a former appraiser is the grandson of our contractor for the hall. Who together with his brother and several other swedish craftsmen built the hall in a year. I say this because the entire board has restored and renovated the hall and all of us are to maintain the Historic Building to preserve there a centre for promoting our swedish and scandinavian cultures and continuing to provide a distinctive night spot. We also provide occasional civic programmes and we would appreciate your support of our mills act nomination before the board of supervisors. Thank you and im available for any questions you may have. Adel fung. I am one of four coowners of 275 fullsome street. Most of the major rehabilitation work was done from 2012 to 2014 under the previous owners. But we as the new owners are looking to tackle a number of major scope items on specifically of wood deterioration and the curbed wood te deterioration, the compe reroofing and attention to an overlooked slightly inaccessible patch of land that started to grow vegetation. The rehabilitation needs came on our radar as homeowners, wear and tear of the original curved windows and even the mosaic that revealing, especially the turette was older than it looks from the strateg street view. We readdressed the items over the next three years focusing on the wood rot with the upcoming rainy season and curved windows. We hope that the city is able to support us in this investment. I appreciate the opportunity to introduce myself and to give the vote of confidence that the property tax savings from the mills act contract will truly help offset costs as we maintain our fulsome house. Thank you for your consideration. Any other members of the public wish to address this item . Closing Public Comment and bringing it back to the commission. Commissioner black . One of the things that struck me as i went through this rather large amount of material is the scope of projects that it is serving, from much larger family and arts organization. These are all important buildings in the city and i love the chance to have a tool like this to have people get their buildings renovated and going. It just adds value to the neighborhood. Im a supporter. Is there a motion . And thats a motion. [ laughter ] then i second it. Ill have one comment on the mills act in general. Weve had in past, comments from the governor oversight and Audit Committee relative to whether these contracts were necessary or if the applicants needed them financially as it being on a needsbased criteria and in my opinion, as i understand it, these mills acts are incentives, not necessarily based on economic needs. So i just wanted to put that out there so as this gets forwarded on to the goa, maybe theyll remember that. Commissioner johns . I did get the impression from the presentations that were made that there is an economic necessity for this money to be aloallocated so these folk and p up the properties. That was my belief based on the testimony. And in terms of communicating to the board of supervisors, these are structures worthy of preservation and some will be expensive to preserve. So yeah, using this as a tall ti think thats very important to the city. So with have a motion. Do we have a second . Indeed, we do. Son that motion, commissioners to adopt recommendations for approval, commissioner black . Yes. Commissioner johns. Yes. Commission perlman. Yes. Commissioner so . Commissioner highland. So move and that motion passes 60 unanimously. Commissioners, that will place us on item ten. Can we get commissioner foley back . This is a permit to alter. We do need a motion to recuse myself. I move that you be recused. So moved, commissioners and it passed 70. Jonathan rebburg, application is a request for a major permit to alter for 865 Market Street, a category 5, unratessed unrat. Its developed with an eightstory commercial building completed in 1988. Its most modern in design and one of several components of the border westfield centre. Given its construction date and character, its considered noncontribute torory to the district. A previous iteration was brought before the committee in june of this year and in response to comments, the proposed alterations have been scaled back with essentially all aspects of the building that contribute to its compatibility retained and left exposed. The project retained a letter from nordstrom. Given the noncontributory status, it will be in compliance. Based on this ana analysis, staf recommends approval, that prior to issuance the sponsor shall provide final details and finished material samples for review and approval. This concludes my presentation and im happy to answer any questions you may have. Thank you. Retail owners are making huge investments in our properties. The project before you today is an important investment in the future of retail and the future of the district and we ask for your approval on this major permit to alter. I have with you charles chase from the Architectural Resource group to walk you through com compatibility. Im with the architecture Resource Group assisting with the proposal before you today. As stated in the presentation, we modest in the ranks to accommodate accessibility challenges that were created in the original architectural design. Groundlevel changes enhance the appearance with letting, which provide protection at the entries without impact into the buildings original design. We hope you will agree that this design meets the standards. And we believe that it does adhere to the district standards and that these changes do not pose a Significant Impact to the features that characterize the district. Thank you very much. Good afternoon, commissioners. My name is ramy kuniuki. Were the designers of the exterior of the building. Were adding an office lobby entry because theres a level seven and eight in order to increase access ability to the usability of those spaces and were also adding glazing in certain areas where we can in order to create more of a connection between the interior and exterior. This shows the proposed changes to the Market Street entry. We are adding an awning, glass and metal, a bronze, light bronze colored metal. Were adding more were making a glass entry wall with more glass doors and larger lights of glass to increase the connectivity between interior and exterior and were creating a light, ri lit space because is rather dark. This shows just the Market Street entry changes. These are drawings showing the two entries. Along Market Street at level 4, behind the or or ornamental scrn wall, we would like to replace that in order to bring daylight into the level 4 at that area and this will occur behind the ornamental screen and keep the framing pattern and well be changing the glass there. Your time is up but the commissioners may have questions for you later. Ok. Any Public Comment. Good afternoon. Im the executive director of the Union Square Business Improvement District representing the Property Owners and merchants in and around union square. There are general manager on our board and an integral part of the community. Were in support of this project. They did come before our Public Affairs committee back in may and presented us with the project ande and enabled us to h in. We know retail is evolving and changing in union square and its important to draw visitors to the area to make sure that the westfield and nordstrom is a viable centre drawing people from all over, as well as to union square. This is an investment in our community and we really appreciate that. The design is very attractive and i think it will light up the exterior and invite people inside. Certainly with regard to converting the upper floors, 7 and 8, we know the retail footfingerprints arfootprints a. We would like those spaces filled. So in support of this project and hope you will approve. Thank you. Im the senior director of Destination Development and operations at San Francisco travel association. And i just want to urge our support of this project, as well. We see westfield and nordstrom being a regional destination for visitors alike. As shannon just mentioned, the model for retail is changing and we would support anything to make this stronger and viable and to converting some spaces to office space, especially on the top of the floor. It seems to make good sense to us. We want it successful for the community. We want that mall and that block of Market Street to continue thriving and i just want to urge your support of the project. Thank you. Any other member of the public wish to make Public Comment . Closing Public Comment ant bringing it back to the commission. Any Commission Members . Admissionecommissioner perlm. We saw this at the architectural review economy and this is different than what they presented. We were at the time we like the design but it was completely inappropriate for the district. So i really do appreciate this direction. You know, you dont have much to say about the design. I think its clean and simple and appropriate. So i thank you for hearing what we talked about and acting on it. I couldnt agree more with what my fellow commissioner has said. Commissioner so. Hi. I love this shopping centser. C. I grew up with this shopping mall. As a newbie, i was not involved. But i would like to ask the design tore explain designer tor interpretation for the full height glacing on the side street. I want to understand how your design lodging on kind of interpreting the facade. The existing building is an oopaque parking lot and were looking for any place to actually get some Natural Light into the space. So based on where we can actually occur, its only in a certain area in this middle bay along fifth street that we can actually have glazing. Otherwise, theres a core elements. I wonder if you want to put it in the slide youre rendering, on page 19 . Were trying to maximize the amount of loot. So if we could do just in the pumpepunched areas. So were working within the existing precast where the panels end and stop and so wherever we can, were trying to maximize the amount of glazing there. Where those windows are replaced. Those are precast panels that are full height and they represent the same panel proportionsoproportions on the r registers and on the lower ones, they are punched openings. Commissioner perlman, another comment . I love the term upper register because i think of it as a musical term as opposed to upper floors. I would make a motion to approve with conditions. Second. A motion seconded to approve with conditions. roll call . So moved, commissioners and that passes unanimously 60. Places us on item 11 for 2016008192 src 106 park street and this is for your review and comment. Good afternoon. Im with the Planning Department staff. The item from you is a National Registered nom nation for the grand orient hotel sorry to interpret. I wainterrupt. I think ill havee myself. Arg did the National Registry nomination. [ laughter ] once again, you are recused and could you slow down . Yes. Thank you on that mission to recuse. roll call . So moved, commissioners and that passes unanimously. Good afternoon. Francis mthis is on sound park. It was prepared by Erica Schultz with funding through the National Parks services for the community grant. In i capacity as a local deposit, the city and county of San Francisco will comment on the National Register of Historic Places. Any comments from this commission will be forwarded to the state office of Historic Preservation. The hotel is at the west side of south park street between jaqueline and third street in the south park neighborhood. The building is a threestory over basement, wood framed structure constructed in 1907. The primary facade features unentry vestibule. Its to the east of the vestibule. The second and third floors are three bay and they consist of double hung windows, linteils. Apple. This is one of several m Masonic Organizations. They provide Housing Assistance and an opportunity to established ties to members in the i in the community. They began leasing in 1935. The hotel offered rooms at affordable rates for those employed in lowwage jobs in San Francisco and provided a hope base in south park in south parks growing community for those working at sea or employed outside of the city. It was one of several Residential Hotel, serving the community during a time when Housing Communities were limited to the Racial Discrimination and housing cov covenants. The immigration act of 1965 and Fair Housing Act of 1968 began to shift as immigrants greatly increased and became possibly to reside in segregated areas of the city. This is based on National Origin and replace edthem with skills and familial relationships. There was a prohibition in the financing of housing through the 1968 act lead to a shift in the settlement from south park and communities outside of San Francisco. The period is 1935 to 1968 and encompasses when they began renting the building in 1948 and follows the passage of the nationality act of 1965 and Fair Housing Act of 1968. Staff agrees that the property is locally significant under criteria a with ethnic heritage and assisting immigrants and the formation of San Francisco. After request the Commission Review the National Register and provide commentses on whether the hotel meets the criteria of significance. The commission may recommend the nomination, not recommend the nomination or recommend the nomination be revised. Comments may be added to the resolution in your packets. It will be forwarded to the office of historic reservation. Im happy to answer any question. I will now turn the presentation over to miss schultz. Ill give a brief overview on what francis just presented and im happy to answer any questions. Just before i start, i want to say it was an honor to prepare the nomination for this building and pay tribute to dr. Don mapil new york city who is the extraordinary philippino caller and activist who lent her talent and expert expertise and reviewe draft before she unexpectedly passed away. To start, the grand hotel was constructed at 104106 park street as a rooming house in the south park naked i. It was owned by the huskin family and rented to the philippino in 1935 as Japanese American Community was moving out of south park. The grand philippino is a Masonic Organization founded in the early 1920s in San Francisco and extremely source of prude anprideand legacy in the commund beyond. The organization was one of several that formed in the 1920s, as philippino men began coming hear. There were widespread club and organizations, tenuous Employment Opportunities and limited options. The masonic and fra ternalternal organizations became a great source of strength. At this Residential Hotel in south park, the hotel provided a critical source of Affordable Housing to those with menial jobs. For example, we know from the 1940 census, there were 40 philippino men who immigrated from the philippines from 2862 employed in Domestic Work in sanfrancisco. The Organization Began purchasing property in south park, first with the building across the street in august of 1947 and then early 1948, it purchased the subject project and then again later that year, it purchased the third building across the street where it constructed a temple in 1951. While the new Temple Building expanded, the residential building at 104106 remains in the organization
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