It almost looks lick this except the trees are 10 years down line from where it is today. Our project is the revitalization of the theater building which has been closed since 2004 for 15 years. The project will retain all of the historical fabric of the building while providing new Community Uses. The project is a new direction from the approved program in 2013. The new Program Includes a swim center with two swimming pools. Which will include a 1,100 square foot addition in the west alley from the theater. It cant be seen from the street. For a visitors gallery from the swimming center. Expand the second floor has been done in the 2013 plan and for a Learning Center and utilizing the old upper portion which is all poured concrete of the seeding and it will create the forum for a lecturehall space. A new third floor center for Business Center which is space for non Retail Professional Services with shared conference space. So going into the building, the swim center and the Learning C
Deadcenter and the residential building under construction just beyond. The building was built in 1923. It was renovated in 1942. So it went from an egyptionstyle building and went to being art decoized in 1942 and there are some of the pictures there of the interior from 1942. It almost looks lick this except the trees are 10 years down line from where it is today. Our project is the revitalization of the theater building which has been closed since 2004 for 15 years. The project will retain all of the historical fabric of the building while providing new Community Uses. The project is a new direction from the approved program in 2013. The new Program Includes a swim center with two swimming pools. Which will include a 1,100 square foot addition in the west alley from the theater. It cant be seen from the street. For a visitors gallery from the swimming center. Expand the second floor has been done in the 2013 plan and for a Learning Center and utilizing the old upper portion which is
Know, outside and, you know, around the neighborhood we walked there. I think this can be very positive. It meets some of the same things that made neighborhood theaters great. Which is to have an entertainment that is familyfriendly that people can go to and see their neighbors, the kids can play together with the other neighbor kids. I think this is a winwin. I am sub excited to support it. I am impressed by the design. I like the skylights that let the light in. I think all of that is a good adaptive reuse. Im happy to support it. I can understand the community may be disappointed of not having a theater as it was discussed in 2011. When the building has been standing that empty for that long, im getting very nervous about its future usability. I, unfortunately, witnessed the ill use of the theater which is an outstanding piece and it really doesnt carry in this particular case. I think we have slightly more options for a more sensitive integrated use and for that very reason i will
Of [ inaudible ] these businesses catered to feminist women, whether gay or straight. Valencia street at this time became known as the womens district. Sfl i met susan in 1974 a1974 in 1976. When my brother died of aids in 1990, they were the first ones at my door with a pot of homemade chicken soup. When a mutual friend of ours was diing of aids, susan sat at his bedside. In conclusion, i would like to say that i wholeheartedly support saving the 645 valencia Street Building and approve the project as is. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please, and good evening, and welcome, as well. Thank you. My name is rebecca fernandez. Im cinas wife, and im here this evening to read a letter from the gobt historical society. Dear commissioners, im writing to you today on bart of the Glbt Historical Society in support of the project proposed by dennis and susan bring at the property located at 645 valencia street, the site of the former amelias bar and more recently, the elbow room. Founded in
I mean, i saw your your rendering of what you first proposed, but you would have had to tinker well, the first proposal as you can see in that slide is a 15 foot rear yard, so that would have required a variance for the last 9 feet, so likely this proposal would have ended up with a complying rear yard and no variance. Okay. And nine dwelling units. Thank you. Mr. Teague . Good evening commissioners. The subject property at 645 valencia street is located in the valencia street neighborhood district a raressance application was submitted in may 2016 to rhenvate the existing two story building, and requires relief from the rear yard, open space and ground floor parking set back requirements of the planning code. The variance hearing was held in december 2016, but neighborhood notification for the associated Building Permit did not begin until january 2017. During that notification period, the appellant filed a request for discretionary review. The Planning Commission hearing was held in