Transcripts For SFGTV Historic Preservation Commission 91615

And when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. Id like to call roll at this time. Commissioner wolfram commissioner hyland commissioner hasz commissioner johnck commissioner johns commissioner matsuda and commissioner pearlman commissioners commissioners, that places you under your before i get started i want to announce people that are interested in the Hunters Point shipyard to a presentation that item will be pushed to the end of the agenda commissioner first on the age a agenda. Any member of the public wish to make a Public Comment on any item seeing none, Public Comment is closed very good commissioners under Department Matters directors announcement. Tim frye the directors report was included in the packets happy to answer any questions seeing none, commissioners review of past meetings. Tim frye Planning Department staff a quick a couple of quick announcements donna i did not have a formal report from the commission i want po to mention one is the departments annual preservation staff retreat is scheduled for the end of october occasionally a couple of commissioners participate either during part of the retreat or the full retreat and well forward you the information on october 27th once we have more information and again youre welcome to participate if you would like to do so and second just a quick announcement that Department Staff commissioner hyland and commissioner wolfram nieftsd visited the cal house this morning on the presentation work program and it is going glutton the first hearing we met with the Property Owner that is supportive of the designation dont care some additional photos and answered questions what landmark status mantels for a singlefamily residences property and that item will be before you i believe on our october 7th hearing so that is the next hearing well be using some the photographs and information to update the report there will be a new designation report that concludes my remarks unless you have questions. Seeing none, commissioners president s report announcements. I just want to report on september 9th commissioner matsuda and myself and mr. Ram and members of the Department Staff met with don from rec and park and from the Chinatown Task force and richard from the Japantown Merchant Association to discuss the landmarking at japantown some concerns raised regarding whether landmarking will have an impact on need maintenance or the recollection and jonathan took notes described as a memo but the summary of meeting that rec and park is very supportive of landmarking the area they believe that will give an opportunity for awareness of that site and theyve got a number of suggestions about possible Funding Sources for relocation it is a positive meeting. Thats my only report. Very good unless nothing further consideration of the draft minutes for the Historic Preservation Commission Regular hearing of august 19th. Commissioners any comments on the minutes does anyone in the public wish to comment on the draft minutes of august 19th seeing none, Public Comment is closed do i have a motion to approve. So moved. Second. Thank you, commissioners on that motion to do you want the minutes from august 19th commissioner hasz commissioner johnck commissioner johns commissioner matsuda commissioner pearlman commissioner hyland and commissioner wolfram. So moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero and places you on item 5 commissioners questions or comments and questions or comments and dollars i have a few dollars to make ive had some phone conversation and emails with commissioner hasz regarding the landscape assessment and other members of the public regarding the Hunters Point shipyard commissioner johns and i also had communications with mr. Haas. Commissioner johnck. Yeah. Basically email with mr. Haas and the item on the agenda recommended to 16th street with rob of the proposed comments for the Environmental Impact statement on the graft okay. Ready to move on commissioners item 6 Historic Preservation Commission Fund committee report. Good afternoon commissioners im robert attorney your representative on the Historic Preservation Commission Fund committee and i provide a written report that i think youve all received but apparently nobody has a copy of laughter . So if youd like i can give you a brief summary in not take our questions and go ahead mr. Attorney commissioner wolfram asked me to give you a summary of what is going on every six months i object to do during the last six months the preservation Fund Committee has you approved funding for two new projects weve conduct oversight for 6 projects funded earlier and review one completed project and received another completed project but havent had a change chance to look at it given the structure of the Committee Much of the oversight of ongoing projects is conducted by the subcommittee the subcommittee consist of 3 members of Fund Committee plus courtney a form member of your body in addition weve development a list of projects that we hope to see opportunity before the fund is achieved and weve spent several meetings discussing that i provided you with a list of our priorities now i can if you like provide with you with more substance of the projects approved and those funded before the fund is achieved. Go ahead. Sure during the past 6 months weve funded weve funded a request to assist with the precipitating of doctorate film on city hall the grant was made to the sentinel haul committee weve suggested all materials be given to the San Francisco History Center and public lib library to be available to the future we recommended a teachers guide be a high priority we approved a revision and extension of an original grant that was given some. Ago to create a Historic Context statement for public heights we reviewed a proposal from the San Francisco Art Institute that included several separate assessment projects after we commented on the original proposal a revised proposal came to us in february we approved one part of it and on a gifted vote recommended against the reminder but the remainder was fund by the Mayors Office during the pass 6 months weve conducted oversight an wu reck valley context statement and the context statement and landmark nomination for scared heart church and other structures if in that immediate area that are connected to Sacred Heart Church oversight for the Historic Context statement, a San Francisco latino historic statement, and the San Francisco lgbtq Historic Context statement a Historic Context statement for africanamerican sites in the city was submitted in january it is now being reviewed in the Planning Department and will come to you i understand by the end of the year weve recently gotten an assessment of the work needed for the mothers building at the zoo a city landmark and we received a report only a few weeks ago not had a chance to review the assessment we adopted the following priorities for fire chief funding do not whether or not we receive appropriate proposals for them a great desegregation new ear context statement that focuses on earth and art that was produced in the city between 1929 and 41 a true Government Fund city, state, and federal funding second a landmark nomination for theatre Roosevelt Middle School third preservation of the photos from the city from the early 20th century and fourth a landmark for George Washington high school fifth completion of a Historic Resource survey for the ocean avenue commercial district and 6 the landmark nomination for the historic landscaping at the San Francisco zoo our list goes beyond those 6 but we decided to focus on finding appropriate proposals for those first 6 items and then well see how much money might be left to go on down the list. And maybe i should let you know of the original 2. 5 million we started with theres about 330,000 left. And when the fund is exhausted the committee will access to captivity. Commissioner wolfram. Im not you know the gentleman hes on the Historic Preservation Commission Board and hes a professor of San Francisco history. And so i also call him the hammer of history if you get our facts wrong hell hammer you. Thank you for serve. My other questions. voices. Is there no way to get other ways to get funds. Weve asked that question laughter with no to no avail i mean it would take a action on the board of supervisors in some way i mean there are various things that might be thought of small tax on development that could be used inform fund the Historic Preservation but that will take political will our committee doesnt have the ability to exercise someone else will voluntary o have to take the lead. Commissioner johnck. Yeah. It was a very good list under 6 priorities but as you said to have clarity this is depending on our ref proposals for those. Yeah. Particularly interested in the new deal art and architecture ive seen a lot of work of great recollection on the city and it might not someone that i tried to recruit gray he is two busy San Francisco heritage is preparing a proposal for that. Mr. 45 commissioners time to fill you in briefly on one consultant of the new context statement the Washington High School landmark designation that was mentioned funding i funded through an ad back from the Supervisors Office given the context the Fund Committee thought that would be make sense to give that money to the Fund Committee rather than use Staff Resources to prepare the designation that way the Fund Committee can hire the consultant theyll be cycle that area through the context statement we have a meeting with supervisor mars in the next couple of week to prepare that project and getting the Fund Committee on board to work with that designation for your review. I might add a couple of other items on the list of priorities would fit within the overhead Great Depression new deal historic the Theodore Roosevelt was opportunity by a local bond issue the morales inside theerd Roosevelt High School it is a combination of federal and state funding city and state and federal mostly city funding that architect is tim i didnt and goorld was funded in a part from the Public Works Administration it has i would say the largest single collection of new deal art in the city with a number of murals by four different artist and a sculpt freeze on the Athletic Field all of that funded by the w pa and there was also city bond issues at George Washington high school and a timothy was the architect on the George Washington high school and many of the Historic Building at the zoo were funded by the w pa from the 1930s were all fund by w pa an over lapsing lap to the specific landmark nominations that we hope to receive and hope to realize some efficiency from that kind of overlap. Thank you for your service and serving on the Fund Committee. Oh, we didnt take Public Comment. Is there anyone from the public that wishes to speak seeing none, and hearing none Public Comment is closed. Very good commissioners that takes us to your routine and may be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission, the public, or staff so requests removed from the consent calendar and considered as a separate item at this or a future hearing. Item 7 case no. At 9 hundred 22 street a certificate of appropriateness i have no speaker cards. Commissioner pearlman. I have a purely question a number of eels one from jeanette caporelli head of the dog patch association requesting the staff look at it was supportive but requested that the staff looked at particular things if we just say content and we all vote on it do those things magically disappear and get approved well have to pull it off and it get reviews with those particular things in mind. Okay. Supervisors depth you can add conditions of approval that may not reflect the comments in the letter. We and right. I understand right. Okay. multiple voices . Id like the conditions noted i dont know if anyone is mere to present i guess tim is here laughter . Very good commissioners well take up that matter now. Good afternoon, commissioners tim frye depth this is the certificate of the pertains for the dog patch landmark district particularly e specifically the project includes the installation of a new storefront and including the windows on the exterior that features the windows and new signage is installed related to the tenant space and installed on the main doorway on the painted panel the project proposes to retain alumnus on the exterior and the proposed work to correct work that was done without the benefit of a permit or certificate appropriateness overall the project meets the secretary of interior standards and the provisions outlined within the relative list use in article 10 of the planning code as commissioner pearlman pointed out the department has received comments from the dog Patch Neighborhood Association regarding the design of the light fixtures on the interior and desiring to see something context all installed that is something that the department did not feel necessary to review typed but overall the department is supportive of the proposal as included in our packets ill be happy to answer any questions thank you. Any questions before we take Public Comment. Anybody in the public wick to comment seeing none, Public Comment is closed and back to you, commissioners. Commissioner pearlman. Yeah. I know the area i used to live that in that area i know what was done for that building it is pretty sad it is an important corner because of development that is happening in dog patch i know those are minor things id like to include in a motion to support the project that the staff works with the project sponsor on the lights and the hardware two things that the dog Patch Neighborhood Association asked to be reviewed with staff. Okay. So im happy to make a motion with those two conditions. Commissioner hyland. I have a question on those are existing conditions so this is no ignition from the project sponsor; is that correct. Technically it is the exist conditions that were installed without the benefit of a certificate or confident of appropriateness. You want to make a motion. I make a motion to approve with the conditions that the project sponsor work with on the design the lighting and the Door Hardware were the two issues brought up. Pardon me. Is there a direction from latinamerican or just. Yeah. They dont like those lights. And want them to be context all and it is to select something more appropriate to the design. Just to be clear commissioner pearlman your intent they be changed but actually work. Id like them yeah. Thats the multiple voices . More context all. This commission seize if it is contextly. Very good commissioners another motion and second to approve that certificate of appropriateness adding a condition that the sponsor work with staff to replace the current lighting and hardware with that motion commissioner hasz commissioner johnck commissioner johns commissioner matsuda commissioner pearlman commissioner hyland and commissioner wolfram so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero commissioners that place there our regular calendar for case 8 on 16th street and 7th street a draft Environmental Impact report. Good afternoon commissioner wolfram and others im criticizing with the Department Staff senior planner and Historic Preservation Commission Specialist for the project the citys consultant and members of the project team are present the item is the 9016th street and