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SFGTV Government Access Programming February 27, 2018

Commissioners, first on your agenda is general Public Comment. At this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter, jurisdiction of the commission exempt agenda items. With respect to agenda item, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. Each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. I have no speaker cards. Does any member of the public wish to speak on a nonagenda item . If so, please come forward. Mr. President and commissioners, my name is michael levin. Im just here to ask about something that im very concerned about and that is the Albert Samuels clock on market street. Im sure youre all aware how it is constantly attacked by vandals. The last time someone deliberately smashed three of the small clock faces at the base and managed to stop the mechanism so it has been totally stopped for a long time. And i know this has happened so many times and ive seen volunteers fixing it occasionally, putting in a lot of effort to do that. And it seems beyond hope that its just going to be attacked again. I dont know why, it seems culture has changed. That clock has been around for over 100 years and it was never attacked like that for most of its existence and ive been here since i was born. And dont remember that happening. Years ago. So im just wondering if there is anything you can do or anything youre trying to do to alleviate the situation somehow. [baby crying] thank you, mr. Levin. Does any other member of the public wish to speak on a nonagendaized item . Please come forward. Seeing and hearing none, well close general Public Comment. Very good, commissioners. That places Us Department matters. Item one, directors announcements. Good afternoon. Tim pride, Department Staff. The director will not be joining us this afternoon. However, im happy to forward any questions you may have to him so he can answer them at a future hearing. Seeing no questions, commissioners, item two. Review of past events at the Planning Commission, staff report and announcements. Commissioners, tim pride, Department Staff. Two items to share with you. One, supervisor breeds office arrange add Community Meeting regarding 930 grow street. Last week, planning staff was present along with d. B. I. , the Precinct Police chief, City Attorneys Office and the project architect and Property Owner. The primary purpose of the Community Meeting was to address or respond to ongoing security concerns at the vacant property and planning staff outlined the Building Permit and c of a for supervisor breed and the concerned noibs. Of the c. O. A. I wanted you to be aware is pending to be scheduled or it is going to be scheduled for the hearing on april 4. However, we are asking for a few additional items for your packets. And the owners will be looking into more frequent security patrols in the interim between now and april 4. But just wanted to make you aware so that is on your advanced calendar. And second, just a reminder that a request for discretionary review before the Planning Commission was filed on the application for Window Restoration at 56 mason street, which was heard before this body and approved at your november 15 hearing. The d. R. Hearing will be heard on march 1. And staff has included the h. P. C. s comments and concerns in the staff report as well as the transcript of the hearing for the Planning Commissions review. So that concludes my update and happy to answer any questions, should you have them. Thank you. Commissioner hyland . On 309 grove, was there any agreement to put any current security measures into place . That i do have some security measures in place. As part of the interim agreement. Such as motion sensor lights and onsite security patrol. But apparently there have been theres still activity around the site. People trying to break in. Set fires. So, they have agreed to make those more frequent to address those matters in the interim. Thank you. Any other questions, commissioners . No . We can move on. Very good, commissioners. That will place us under commission matters. Item three. President s report and announcements. The announcement id like to make today is appointment of members of the architectial review committee. Id like to continue the appointment of commissioners hyland and pearlman and had commissioner johnck to that committee. Thank you. I accept. Thank you. There is no other announcements, item four, consideration of adoption, draft minutes for february 7, 2018. Commissioners, any comments on the draft minutes . At this time, well take Public Comment on the draft mince of february 7, 2018. Does any member of the public wish to comment . Seeing and hearing none, well close Public Comment. Do we have a motion to adopt them . I move we adopt them. Second. Thank you, commissioners. On that motion to adopt the minutes, for february 7, 2018 [roll call] so move, commissioners. That motion passes unanimously 60. Commissioner, that will place us on item five for commission comments and questions. Commissioner johnck . Id just like to give a brief mention of a wonderful tour that i went on with the port of San Francisco Central Waterfront advisory committee. After the pier 70 historic core. I know the commission has expressed an interest in having an update on how the progress is going. On the restoration. We had a presentation on the historic core as distinguished from the balance of the development, which is also very exciting. But jim maza, whos a major assistant to eddie orton and another gentleman, led us through the spectacular site was building 113 and i just have to say was astounded on the brilliance of the work that they have done to maintain the integrity of the structure of the historic structure inside a brandnew facility that is already leased out and it was stunning, some of the materials that they used. It was beautiful flooring that theyve put in. But all throughout, you felt like you were really walking through the, you know, 100yearold facility. But yet with modern equipment and computers and everything. And we also went in to a couple of the other buildings, the one building that we did not go into, which is being restored by Restoration Hardware and niby brothers, that is the beautiful bethlehem steel Office Building on the corner of illinois and 20th. Which one . Building 1. That is building 1, thats correct. And because they were still a work in progress with their but i just want to let the commission know that they eddie orton and the group are doing a spectacular job. And at some point, they can come back and present to the commission. But i was very pleased and they were pleased to have a representive from the commission to tour the site. Thank you. Thank you for attending that. Thank you. Any other commission comments or questions . Commissioner matsuda . Just a disclosure about the numerous emails that im sure all the commissioners received about agenda item number seven. And then also one for agenda item number nine. One email for agenda item number seven from sasha cronin, dated august 2007 that i thought was very helpful for our discussion today. Thank you. If no other comments, we can move on. Very good, commissioners. That will place us under the regular calendar. For item six, case number 2017013417coa at 294 page street. This is a certificate of appropriateness. Good afternoon, commissioners. Jonathan zimmer, Department Staff. Application before you is a request for a certificate of appropriateness for the property at 294 page street, steel landmark number 48. Historically known as the dietl residence denlszes, the wood framed building was completed in 1878 from an elaborate victorian stickstyle design by architect henry geilfuss. It indicates the onestory ancillary was added between 1886 and 1913. The project proposes to paint a mural on the north lily street of the rear ancillary structure. The wood siding would be gently cleaned and light waterbased paint would be applied through the use of a longhandled sponge. Purchase saounlts to section 1006. 6s of the planning code, when reviewing is murals, this commission is to consider the placement, size and location and shall not make a determination based on the con tents itself. Additionally, section 1005g2 requires that the h. P. C. Receive and consider advice from the Arts Commission prior to acting on any certificate of appropriateness, applications for a mural. When Department Staff requested such advice, staff was directed to a meeting of the full commission, the full Arts Commission in early december where in that commission unanimously approved the subject mural design. Minutes from that meeting are included in your packet. The departments received no letters in support or opposition to the project. Staff determined that the proposed work will not alter character of features of the subject property as are detailed in the designating ordinance and will be in conforman cranberrisinger of article 10 of the planning code. Based on this analysis and your case report, staff recommends approval a. This concludes my presentation. I believe that a representive from the friends of the you from the urban forest is here to answer any questions you may have. And im here to do the same. Thank you. At this time, well take Public Comment then. I have a speaker cord from madelein fortier . Hi, im madelein and i work with friends of the urban forest. Im the project coordinator for the mural project. I just wanted to give you a little bit of background. It is part of a wider project that were doing up and down the 200, 300 and 400 block of lily street. Weve got about six different murals that are going up between april and june. Only one on a Historic Building. So, definitely good on that part. And im just here to answer any questions or concerns you guys have about the mural. Thank you. Any other members of the public who wish to comment on this item . Seeing and hearing none, well close Public Comments and bring it back to the commission. Commissioner matsuda. Public comment is closed. Did you wish to make [inaudible]. Sorry. Youll have to actually step up to the well reopen Public Comments and you can come to the mic, please. I live on the 200 block of page street and the neighbours have been asking questions about what this mural is going to look like, especially since its a historical building, which is the jewel of our neighbourhood. Ive been here 30 years and a beautiful house. And i realise that the lily street side is not the facade, but people kind of would like to see what this mural is going to look like. Especially since the last mural that was put up in our neighbourhood on octavia boulevard, its the page street at octavia boulevard, theres a huge sign, the letters are taller than i am and it says great adventure in giant block letters. Hideous colours. And it is peeling. Its not maintained. So, im just trying to talk for the people in the neighbourhood. We cant see what it looks like. Its on the most beautiful building in our neighbourhood. All right. Thank you. Can we know what the subject matter is . Is it a sdmret thank you. Does any other member of the public wish to comment on this item . If not, well close Public Comment. I wonder if staff could present the mural is part of the application, which is available on line if you go to the h. P. C. Agenda. There is a photo of the mural or drawing of the mural and maybe he can put it up on the board. So, a standard notice does not include graphics packages. It includes my email address and phone number. Im the project planner if you request those graphicks are provided and it is included in the packet. And available online. I do have this is as well, i mean on sf gov tv, the project sort, please. The location on the lily street side. Again, and then roughly an area spanning that whole elevation. And again the content of the mural. Subject to the c. O. A. This is indeed the graphic that is being proposed and selected by the friends of the urban forest. All right. Thank you. Commissioners, do you have i just had one question. It says that this is a Community Challenge grant and that this is one of five murals proposed on lily street. And our can i ask you to yeah. Thank you. And so just maybe following along Public Comment, is there going to be any kind of written verbage like a sign or something to indicate that this was through a community process, that this type of design was created and are all the five murals on lily street going to represent lilies . I mean, i just if you could give always little bit of background on that. Yeah. Yeah. Of course. We do have funding in our grant that we got through Community Challenge graonlt do signage. That is one thing we havent addressed get our Community Meetings. So that is definitely a great idea to have something that explains exactly how the mural came about. Another option was to do some signage about the history of lily street so we havent quite gotten there yet. But the mural process was a very communityoriented process. We flyer the block multiple times. We put out different, you know, addresss to the neighbourhood through the hey valley Neighbourhood Association and also through an email tla is ive created over the course of two to three years. And then we also formed a Mural Community that we invited to the lgbt centre and i can provide the dates and times and what kind of materials we gave to the neighbourhood. Of course, its really hard to, like, hit every person. There are so Many Properties up and down the 200, 300 and 400 block, but we try as hard as we can to get the word out through word of mouth and also fliering each property to make sure they know whats going on and we always give opportunities for neighbours to kind of come in and say i want to be added to this particular committee list. So i can be updated so im not just blasting out emails all the time to every single person. Right. But, yeah. And we are going to be publishing on our website, the friends of the urban forest website, some language about the cohesiveness of the five or six murals. Were still awaiting on the approval for one. And theyre not all going to be lilies. Theyre kind of a homage to community greeting effort. So, certain murals will be kind of just pure nature scenes. But others, one is going to be commemorating the removal of the central freeway and the building of octavia building and all of these were kind of came out of a process between what the Property Owners wanted because they did have the final say in the matter. But also with Community Input and input, of course, from the Arts Commission. Thats all. So, maybe you mentioned you shared that you are going to do something about the historical nature of lily street. Maybe if when that time comes you can work with planning Department Staff to make sure that languages is reflective of what we have in other parts of the city. Im sure well be official as we can within our budget. Because this will be the only one well see, right . Because all the rest of the properties this is the first. But all the rest of the five that you are planning on the street are dont involve historic properties. Exactly. Yeah. This is probably our most visible location. There are a couple of other locations they will be pretty big. But definitely not an Historic Building and this one is at the intersection. It will be the most seen. Thank you t. S commissioner pearlman . I just wanted to ask the woman who stood up before if this answered your question. Because it sounds like theyve done a lot of outreach and, you know, maybe you didnt get it. But, i just want to be sure heres someone in the neighbourhood whos one block away who didnt know anything about it. So, maybe you two could talk after this hearing. But somehow that you get some satisfaction that you are on a list and get some information. I just wanted to make sure that [inaudible]. Wait. Wait. Wait. Maam, you have to speak into the microphone. My question is the Property Owner wants this to happen. Who is the current Property Owner. Andrew and caroline chaisson. I wanted to make sure that the information you asked for, it was provided by the friends of urban forzoes you feel like you were heard. The Graphic Design plus any information about the design. Is the mural going to make the building more beautiful . Again, those are conversations that are not for this forum. Please have that conversation offline. Commissioner johnck . I thought the maintenance question was a good one. And i wonder if the friends of urban forest, could you talk about the maintenance . I think that is a good point. Maintenance is super important. We are required by the Community Challenge grant to make sure that friends of the urban forzest responsible for maintenance for 10 years. That is a good chunk of time. Of course, it is going to be up. Further after that. But were going to have a network of people on the block who will basically let us know if it gets tagged and we have to remove it by city ordinance, i think it is within two weeks. But w

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