4156550001 entering access code 146 8191287. When we reach your item press star to be added to the queue. You will be afforded to submit your comment. When you hear your line is unmuted, that is your cue to begin speaking. Each speaker is allowed up to three minutes. When you have 30 minutes remaining you will hear a chime. I will announce the time is up and take the next person to speak. Best practices call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly. Please mute the volume on your television or computer. Lets take roll at this time. Commission president hyland. Here. Vice president matsuda. Hear. Commissioner black. Here. Commissioner foley. Here. Commissioner johns. Here. Commissioner pearlman. Here. Commissioner so. Here. Thank you, commissioners. First is general Public Comment. At this time members of the public may address the commission within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. Your opportunity will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. Each member may address the commission for up to three minutes. Members of the public this is your opportunity to press star three to be entered into the queue. I see no members of the public to speak at this time. General Public Comment is closed. Department matters. Directors announcements and review of the past events and the Planning Commission staff report announcements. I can offer the update. Great. Department staff. A few updates. You have an update on the u. C. S. F. [indiscernable] concerned about it will not be until after the certification of the fer for january of 2021. They anticipate the murals will be later in 2021. That is the subject we have for now he will update you as we learn more about the status on the murals. I also want to offer an update on the heritage methodology project. Commissioner matsuda mentioned this at the last meeting. We engaged with the local Community Engagement. We kicked off the effort shortly after that. It memorialized on racial and social equity. We recognize Historic Preservation is focused on. [indiscernable] artifacts and such. Locally and globally recognizing the recognition of the heritage oral expression and arts and special practices and festivals and crafts. The project is working to help the department and other see city agencies outline the development of what may be a comprehensive survey and how it interfaces with tangible heritage. A large part is engaging in discussion of stakeholders. We had a group at the Planning Department and a few weeks ago we are also having focus groups of representatives such as library, art commission, Racial Equity, cultural district. We are working with Cultural Affairs locally and statewide. This will benefit the efforts such as Cultural Heritage in the cultural district. These projects will be brought before you hopefully early next year. I have a legislative update. Should i offer that now. Yes, please. This week supervisor peskin introduced the initiation of landmark designation at 447. As we get more details we will share the initiation and significance statement. That designation of the history for that mural to pass the second read at the board of supervisors. It is at the mayors office. Thank you. Those are my updates. If i could add to the update from u. C. S. F. And the murals. I did have a conversation with the director and it appears that u. C. S. F. Is receptive and open, although the negotiations arent complete. They are receptive and open to including in the m. O. U. That the murals will below indicated to appropriate public location in the new development. It hasnt been finalized yet but they are receptive to our suggestions from the previous meeting. Great. That concludes department matters. We will move to commission matters. President s report announcements,. No report this week. Item 4. Consideration of adoption draftments from november 4, 2020. We should take Public Comment. Members of the public if you wish to comment on the minutes from november 4th this is your opportunity. Public comment is closed and the matter is now before you. Any comments or motion please. I move that we approve them. Second. Thank you. On that motion to adopt the minutes for november 4, 2020, commissioner black. Yes. Commissioner foley. I wasnt there. Doesnt matter. [ inaudible ] adopt. Thank you. [roll call] Commission President hyland. Yes. Thank you so moved. That passes unanimously 70. Placing us on item 5. Commission comments and questions. I dont see any. We can move on. That places us under consent calendar. There is one item on the consent calendar. That matter listed here constitutes the consent calendar. It is routine by the Historic Preservation commission and will be acted upon when a single vote. There will be no discussion unless requested. Then it will be removed and considered at future hearing. 2018000505 coa at 370 lexington street. Certificate of appropriateness. This is the opportunity to pulloff consent by pressing star three. No members requesting to speak, the matter is before you. Any commissioners wish to pull this off . If not a motion. I move to approve the consent calendar. Second. Thank you, commissioners. On that motion to adopt approve item 6 with conditions under your consent calendar commissioner black. Yes. Commissioner foley. Yes. Commissioner johns. Yes, commissioner pearlman. Yes. Commissioner so. Yes. Commissioner matsuda. Yes. Commissioner president hyland. Yes. So moved, commissioners that passes 70. Regular calendar for item 7 case 2020008490des at 1830 sutter street. This is landmark and i understand commissioner matsuda needs to be reached for this. I reside within 500 feet of this property. I request to be recused from this item. I move the commissioner be recused. Second. The thank you, commissioners. On that motion to recuse. Commissioner black. Yes. Commissioner foley. Yes. Commissioner johns. Yes. Commissioner pearlman. Yes. Commissioner so. Yes. Commissioner mat soda. Yes. Commissioner president hyland. Yes. So moved, commissioners that passes 70. Someone is requesting to speak. Commissioners, is staff prepared to make the presentation. Yes. Do you have a slide presentation . Yes, i do. Okay. I see a blank screen. Let me try again. Clerk in the slide presentation mode . Good afternoon, commissioners. [inaudible] Planning Department staff. The item before you today is [inaudible] located at [inaudible] tand the will go [rights movement. The building is further significant as the work of master architect julia morgan. It was the fir at the time of its founding, japanese advanced multiple political and social causes, including the site for African American civil rights and [inaudible] with dr. Martin luther king, jr. And was a central organizer of the 1963 protest on washington used it as a headquarters for planning activities while he was in the bay area. [inaudible] history to the buildings [inaudible] in 18954, the societys First Convention was held at 1830 sutter. The convention was part of a National Network of lgbtq people who, for one weekend in 1954, helped advanced the lgbtq Civil Rights Movement with increased understanding of gender and sexual expression. Finally, the building is significant as a work of master architect julia morgan. Over the course of her career, morgan designed over 30 buildings across the country for the ywca. [inaudible] the proposed landmaproposed associated with underrepresented racial, ethnic, and social groups. The department has received a letter of support from the japantown commission for your support. The Department Recommends the h. P. C. Provide designation of the building as an article 10 landmark. If approved today, the board will forward the report to the board of supervisors, and [inaudible] would like to speak in support of designation. Clerk okay. We should go to Public Comment. Members of the public, this is your opportunity to provide Public Comment by pressing star, three and entering the queue. You will have three minutes. This is woody lebonte from San Francisco heritage, and it is always a pleasure to testify on behalf of this significant building, significant on so many levels. We enthusiastically ask you to support and initiate the local landmark designation. Thank you. Clerk okay. Miss [inaudible], did you want to submit testimony . You need to press star, three to enter the queue. Can you hear me . Clerk yes. Great. I am [inaudible] and i am with [inaudible] historic japanese ywca [inaudible] building as a San Francisco landmark. We appreciate your effort with this [inaudible] establiin 198 opened a second preschool site, leasing space from the former San Francisco ywca, and weve operated there ever since. In 2002, [inaudible] owner and steward of the japanese ywca [inaudible] in purchasing the building, we made a commitment to not only continue to use this building for our Childrens Program but for the japanese american community. We hope the landmark of this building will promote its unique history and significance. The story of the struggle [inaudible] learned from, and celebrated, and their legacy continues in the families of the young women and families that we served who are incredibly important in the operation and preservation of this building. Our thanks to [inaudible] we urge you to recommend the japanese ywca building designation as a local landmark to the board of supervisors. It is an important part of the historic fabric of San Francisco which deserves to be recognized. Thank you. Clerk great. Thank you, so members of the public, this is last call for Public Comment. If you wish to speak or submit your testimony, please press star, three. I see one more additional request. Hello. My name is karen kai, and i am a member of Little Friends [inaudible] womens legacy project, and i am also a member of the board of directors of the Asian Pacific islander americans in Historic Preservation, a National Organization that promotes Historic Preservation and cultural recognition throughout the nation, and this is really one of the wonderful legacy of not just the people who founded it, but their communities. And i want to thank Frances Mcmillan and wanda graves did for their work with the Japanese Community and the African American and the lgbtq community, as well. I want to thank [inaudible] Little Friends for their conscientious efforts to preserve the building. I trust and am confident that the commission has read the report, and i thank you very much for that, and i look forward to going on the board of supervisors to inform them about this building and the recommendation, which im hoping will be passed. Im pretty sure it will, that this become one of San Franciscos article ten landmarks. Thank you. Clerk okay. Final call for Public Comment. Commissioners, i see no additional request to speak. Public comment is now closed, and the matter is now before you. Commissioner black . Clerk commissioner black, youre muted. As i mentioned last time, for so many reasons, this is such an important building. Its been the home to several groups important to San Francisco history, the nikkei, the japanese womens movement, and its an underrepresented landmark type. Thisll be the second japanese landmark associated with japanese San Francisco history. The building still maintains a highly level of integrity, and most importantly, it was designed by master architect julia morgan. It is really a sensational building and it is worthy of preservation under an article 10 landmark. You know, i agree with commissioner black, and i agree with this going to the board of supes and getting an article 10 becoming an article 10 landmark building. Hear, hear. Commissioner johnson . So i move we approve this and send it forward to the board of supervisors. I second it. Second. Clerk great. Seeing no further deliberation from commissioners, theres a motion that has been seconded to approve the landmark designation. On that motion [roll call] clerk so moved, commissioners. That motion passes unanimously, 60, and that will place us on your final item on todays agenda, item 8, the citywide Cultural Services update. This is an informational presentation. Is staff ready to make their presentation . Yes. Can you make susan parks the host, please . She will be presenting. Clerk i will make her the presenter. Great. Well, ill kick us off. Good afternoon, fellow Historic Preservation staff. So the department provided an update in early 2019, on this topic, and since that time, well, a lot has happened. As you know one of those changes is the preservation function in the department is balanced among three physical planners and myself. With that, i am the lead for the Cultural Resources survey as well as landmarks, supported by my very talents colleagues. As i noted in the annual reporting update from last month, it is anticipated that h. P. C. Will be engaged in survey efforts quarterly following this meeting. During those updates, you will be introduced to additional staff who are also working on the survey efforts. Today, we really plan to focus on a few key items development of the historic citywide context statement, a framework of which is provided in your packet, survey Advisory Groups, including highlighting the next steps for staff, and the anticipated topics for our Quarterly Report in quarter one of 2021. I will hand it over to susan parks to update you, but first, id like to introduce her to the commission. She started as an intern in the summer of 2012 and then as a preservation planner with the Department Team in 2013. She worked on projects such as sunset surveys, African American, lgbtq, and gave frequent updates to the h. P. C. As the lead of the designation work program. We were able to welcome her back to the department in september 2019, and since returning from leave in may, she has been working solely on the social Resources Survey project, including Historic Context statement strategy, methodology, and will be the point person for managing the survey Advisory Group. I will now hand it off to susan to go through details of our presentation. Thank you. Clerk you may be muted. Can you hear me . Clerk there you go. Yes, we can. Good afternoon, commissioners. Susan parks, planning staff. This is an update on our citywide survey . Today, im going to take you through the historic complex statement that weve outlined. So starting with why do we need a Historic Context statement for this project . Ive included a couple of quotes from the California Department of Historic Preservation to answer that question, but the key takeaway from this are were Foundation Within which we can make decisions related to the treatment and preservation of historic properties, and they determine how broad or narrow our focus should be. The o. H. P. Emphasizes that an appropriate and adequate context statement will be we can move forward. Theyre not intended to be exhaustive academic exercises. They should be easily understood by professionals and nonprofessionals. So that is sort of an outline official outline to the entire context that will complete [inaudible] previously and then, the bullet points underneath that represent the themes that weve identified for those subcontexts. Youll see early Residential Development and earthquake shacks would fall under singlefamily residential context. And as we complete these documents, well bring them to this commission for review. Looking forward into our context, we have government planning and fur as the context, public, private, and institutional developments, events that shape the city, and other categories. We do weve organized things in this way just to make the most of some of these context statements that weve developed, so anything you see bolded is something that were either working on or we have worked on as a previous Historic Context statement. So we have the new deal down there at the bottom left, and thats intended to make the most use of the new deal Historic Context statement thats been in use for the next few use. Itll serve as a new era of context in the larger citywide Historic Context. We also have a second section on our cultural District Heritage context statement. We do want to point out weve outlined an American IndianHistoric Context statement as a priority for us just because we want to recognize that community and give them the opportunity to have this document