Somebody into the archives to find out actually who designed these buildings because dear old mr. Thorpe passed away before they were ever finished. Thank you. Anyone else like to make a Public Comment at this time . Closing Public Comment and bringing it back to the commission, anybody . Commissioner perlman . I would first like to ask, how do we follow up on mr. Hasses comments . Is that something the staff should do . We can certainly look into it. Theres obviously a number of projects that have occurred on the campus, so maybe as we explore future review, we can flush it out as a question. It would be good to get the record straight, because i know from the next project of the civic center, mr. Hasse has taken us to task about that. I wanted to comment about this project. I think we had looked at this at the arc quite awhile ago, and this has come quite a long, long way from the kind of massing studmassingstudy we were presend i think this is a nice building. The whole thing was odd to me because theres a fence and a gate, so the idea of having a South Entrance doesnt make any sense. I understand it came from the original building on that site, which entered through that center point, but that building has been gone for a long time and it surprised me that in the text of the report for the historic district, that that would even become something of significance at all. So i dont see the i mean, i think your response is quite appropriate and i believe that was the only mitigation factor that wasnt met in the entire list of character features that had to be related. To i didnt see that as any particular issue. The only design issue i had with the building, that i didnt understand, were the kind of angled elements on the is that the west facade, i believe . The end elevation of all of the other Historic Buildings are quite simple, symmetrical and this feels jumbled because there are so many kinds of arctic coor ticulations. The withi western end is somg we spent a great deal of time thinking about. The building is much wider than existing structures. Thats the nature of the modern buildings. So we did several things could you click back for the view thats looking southeast, i think . One more. That sort of shows it more. Youll notice the setback in the facade, that was to reduce the setback. That was to introduce two materials on to that narrower face and first to focus on the Actual Community room within the programme. The portion thats behind this serated panels, theres a certainly amount of daylight. It sets off and contrasts two different parts to it while still giving us the able to allow light to come into the meeting rooms. One thing you may not be able to answer is a department question. Given how much focus theres been of the design of this particular building, im wondering how building 25 ever managed to get through. It must have been before my time but it seems so out of character given the time of study that, you know, that youve done and relating this so completely to the kind of character of the existing building. Noi would endorse the projects s designed. Thank you so much for pulling it together and bringing it in. I wonder if we could take a look at that, thank you. You want us to come up . It might be pretty heavy. Yes. I will say these are not our final selections. Were going through our final process but we pulled it together quickly so you get a sense of the materialality. Out. Were looking for something that matches with brick. That glass has a tints to meet todays energy codes to provide comfort on the inside. But we want to find a glass that says neutral as possible in the colouration. This one particularly is green right now. And then, the metal Panel Related to try to find a dark colour on the kind of dark crossbond with the brick. This one is highly serrated so it would create a lot of shadows. The texture will change and shift. I appreciate the activeness of the facade for something quite regular and you have to draw your quite up through to notice the slight shifting of the vertical, but you think that also gives it this kind of theres a lot of activity in the walls of those buildings and i think this is simpler but more complex, simpler in the material but more complex in the actual elevational character. Thank you. I know this is a nightmare to haul this around so thank you. Any other comments from the commission. I had one comment, just wanted to confirm, so arj. Skidmore did the analysis and can you do through the analysis about meeting the guidelines . Sure. There was no motion. So if we refer back to the kind of last page in your packet, to the memo from september third. Basically, as part of the Environmental Impact report, we basically since we didnt have a project design, we created a series of parameters by which they could design the project to ensure it would be compatible and put an additional check to ask for a historian to ensure the design was compatible. So they went through the guidelines on pages 3 through 6 of the report, going through the siding, the height and scale and materials and cladding, windows, and then site features to ensure that the project design kind of corlated. Corcorrelated. It was the street frontage . Correct. The project met compatibility. So the project is the latest version after the latest adjustments by staff upon recommendation from the consultants. Thank you. I understand theres no motion. Its a review. Rate. Right. Right. Thank you very much and thank you for the presentation. It was very good. Commissioners, that places us on item 1000 commissioner. This is an informational presentation. Good afternoon. Im Planning Department staff and excited to be here before you to present an update on the civic Centre Public realm plan, the longterm vision for the streets, gateways. I want to introduce some members of my project team that are here today seated behind me beginning with nick perry, who is plan manager and also manager of city design group, our prime consultant and owen kennerlly from architecture and planning, some of which all be hearing about today. So, we know that Civic Centers is one of the most Public Places in San Francisco. Its the heart of our City Government and a center of arts and culture. Its public realm is the fabric which holds together this beautiful district and framework in which were sitting now. We know having a public realm is important to every neighborhood and takes on special importance given the special role the civic centre plays from protests to celebrations to everyday life. Its where we all come together. But we know that public space and civic center faces many challenges and, in fact, some of our citys greatest social problems are most visible in these spaces but its a place of amazing opportunity which is why were here today doing the jobs we love. We see how improvements like the civil center playgrounds are making this a more welcoming space to spend time, but theres more work to do. Over the years, there have been many plans for improving the civic center but the primary focus was retrofitting the public buildings while improvements have somewhat lagged behind. The latest plan for the public realm is now over 20 years old, so it was time for us to dust off the old plans and create a commutebuilt holistic vision moving forward. Since the last plan was created, the last plan has changed and has grown as an arts and cultural district and a lot of new residences in the pipeline or on the ground, so theres going to be greater demand on high quality, public realm, which right now serves as one of the few large parks for adjacent neighborhoods, such as the tenderloin. The city is taking a coordinated approach. This is Civic Center Commons by the Workforce Development and its bringing more activity and improved stewardship to the public spaces today and then the Civic Center Public Realm plan is creating a future. Theres creating a strategy for managing Civic Centers public spaces now and into the future. And so, here are some photos of what the civic Industry Initiative has put on the ground. Im sure you all have been to some, but really city agencies are working together to find Civic Centers inviting in the near term. This is the buyright crick buys connectioskwhich came before yo. Were talking about the public realm plan building off all of the lessons from the initiative creating a unified vision to Civic Centers public spaces. The Planning Department is leading a team made up of eight core city agencies and weve been joined by an excellent Consultant Team and ten amazing consultants. Theres a centre around city hall and the plans main focus are the three public spaces. The plan is considering street design. We are still working with mta to understand what modeling implications have from a technical point of view. So were working on that. And also, improvements in the district and street design has a focus on grove street. In looking at the timeline, its been quite a lengthy planning process. After two years of study and community engagement, our team is finalizing conceptual design of the public spaces, so were wrapping that up and the planning process. Outreach has taken many forms, five neighborhoods hinge off of the Civic Center Area and we knew we had to have a robust Engagement Process and its included three community workshops, a Community Working group made up of local residents, multilinual and outreach using our Design Outreach station through the groundplay programme. Well resign street Design Concepts and other details and well be preparing the draft Plan Document. After we have completed the draft Plan Document which incorporates all of the design work, well enter our Environmental Review phase which is expected to take up to two years or it will take two years. During that time, we wont disappear and well continue to be out in the community to represent the concept we all built together to make sure people are still excited. And well continue to have conversations to figure out how were going to face this and fund this and how were going to implement this plan, but keep this as a conceptual vision to shoot for at this point. So without fitter adieu, ill introduce you to walking through the public spaces. Two years ago our team was tasked with creating a vision that would revitalize the civic center and make it the heart of the city for a diverse community. It was to make a place people would want to linger and spend time in. We resolved upon three specific goals, theyre all integrated within the plan. The first goal is to fulfill the vision set 100 years ago with the City Beautiful Movement and creation of the bozarts plan by howard. And in our minds, obviously, the fabric of the buildings is there, but it was the public realm and to what the public realm could do to define this district, and this has great potential, goal one. Goal two is to ensure that this place functions effectively as the heart of democracy in our city, and this is a place where hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people can come together. Pride gets over 100,000 people in this very district. So organizing the layout and framework of this environment to accommodate different events, protests and celebration. And then, third goal, make it a place people want to linger and spend time in. As patrick noted, we have 5,000 new united in the hub and around the area. We have 50,000 workers coming across the district on a daily basis, not to mention the lack of subject open space for the tenderloin central soma. So thinking about how vi civic center can function to spend time in this space together to share urban open space was a significant goal and so three goals, make a place for protests and celebrations that work and serve daily life. About a third of the way into the process, maybe half way, we came to the public with a series of plans and three plans were, i think what you saw last time we presented. They were more prov provocation, what if we did this or that and it would result in different identity and experience. And the feedback we got was quite clear and various tools were used from Online Survey and literally a cut and paste exercise people could do. People, obviously, had a desire to reconnect with nature and wanted access to beauty and valued a sense of history in the space, but literally the plans we had shown were taken pay part and attributes we understood clearly and were applied to the plan that well present today. We obviously are using it as a starting point, the aspects and then foundational components of the historic district. This is the bozart structure and the buildings around. Additionally foundational are the organizer principles and structure of this bozarts plan. One of syste symmetry and accesn the gateway into this district is super significant. There are, as you may know, an inventory of remnants pieces that have some history, if not great integrity. There curbs, a fire hydrant and police box and such. These would be september within the plan. Thinking about the historic structure of the plan, we know that this has to serve the big events event to how we understand it today and that informed our thinking. And then like i said, with daily life, publics and constituencies to serve and how do we think about an environment to accommodate all of them and be inclusive and welcoming . And theres certainly ample room over the acreage of the district. please stand by . Civic centre plaza has undergone a lot of change over the years, and even the plan that came to fruition in the sixties has changed radically from what was originally envisioned. We have taken all of our queues in terms of creating a compatible environment for the historic district. It is all predicated on the historic original plan. Again, looking at the idea of quadrants framed by access, we are keeping the multimillion multi milliondollar playground in place but we are actually expanding upon those and leveraging them by building gardens around them. We are complementing those in terms of . Aging quadrant spaces with the multi use long. As you are aware, they run a Soccer Program on these loans. They also breakdown a sense of scale where we still have to keep a huge open area. All of this is framed within a double row of trees around the perimeter that was there originally. Additionally, the original plan had a balustrade that was removed after some time, but also a hedge that stayed in place for a very long time. A lot of the moves intends in terms of the designer taken and inspired by the original plan. There are whimsical edges and alcoves for people to sit. There is vegetation in the entrances and gateways. They have fantastical sculptures in fact, these quadrants that were on the lawn and framed by trees were also gardens. Obviously we are fully aware of all of the events that are taking place to make it such a symbol of hour activist and political life in San Francisco. Images to try to evoke here, the idea of a place of play and fun for daily use, a place where children can come. You can imagine, this is a device that is used around the country where you have a mirror pool. It creates a sheen of water that can actually be removed for events. On a daily basis, when you are bringing School Groups, there in the playground, the weekend kids can come out and play. Pride comes and they can make it a big event. The fountain itself complements the lawns. Again we are looking for devices , ways of breaking down the apparent scale of the plaza. The lawns are framed by terraces , very small that are fully reinforced by gardens of memory. These are other, more intimate areas where we can get more plants into the space and potential honor and memorial sites. We are expanding the presence of the playground by situating them within gardens. They all have to be protected. We are using benches and ample seating to protect that planting here you see a wavy branch bench that allows School Groups come and rest before they tear off across the lawns. This image shows views from existing playground when youre up on the structure. It starts to show the idea of the synergy between the various pieces. To your right is the bathrooms, food and beverage, and elevator access to the garage below. In the foreground is the bench, the frames, the garden, the light, and you can see the lawn beyond and the pool beyond that. This is the access to the garage , bathrooms, food and beverage on the mcallister side, the gateway reinforcing that relationship. You can see the archways and the windows. Grove street appears from analysis that we can pedestrian eyes this street and expanded into a secondary plaza that can be used for events. It also starts to reinforce we have imagines in the course of this project, a Cultural Corridor from hayes valley to the jazz center, up by the symphony, past bill graham, all the way to at t. The idea would be to Leverage Opportunities and events around this. You can see the second food and beverage pavilion and access to brooks hall on the right, facing off potential infill underneath a renovated canopy to set up the street section on growth so you have active edges. Where right now, you have a dark road underneath the existing canopy. Part of the grantor grandeur and ceremony of this access from city hall to Market Street, these are temporary events for the shriners and the city of light that were installed for us these celebrations. You can see the symmetry that is being utilized to reinforce the ceremony and grandeur. This is the space that is characterized as cultural as opposed to the civic centre. This is le