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Feet and exceed the height dimension by two feet, they would make it 7 feet tall. If you were to approve this Pilot Program and the redesignation of these 47 spaces, it would be with the exemption from two regulations, the regulation that says a street artist space must be no more than 4 feet wide and the regulation that says that it can be no taller than 5 feet and then theres a third regulation and that is that street artist displays cannot be within 5 feet of each other. So if you increase each space around the plaza rail, if you can picture this, then instead of there being 5 feet between ...

Next speaker. Good afternoon, im donna figarota with the Union Square Business district. I just wanted to talk a little bit about the background for this project. It grew out of a larger vision for Hallidie Plaza that was developed by the bid Streetscapes Committee that would create better access from the top to the bottom with a inaudible approach that would allow for a larger range of activities like flower stands, and the street artists being a very important part of Hallidie Plaza were folded into that. Right now the artists when they exist, they are lost in the confusion of people, street...

Being mentioned toward historical things because it almost sounds like something that is gone and never to be again. Our names on the ground up there in the fillmore and thats supposed to be historical, but its on the ground. The point im making, i think we all as a people need to realize does not know significant black leadership in San Francisco and its time for us to really take a real deep look at what it is going to be for our childrens childrens children. Thank you. Is there any more for Public Comment on this item . Okay, well close Public Comment and just in closing i want to say again...

The bid is also willing to pay for these displays. It would be a voluntary program, okay, this is not coming out of the street artist money and its totally voluntary. If the street artist doesnt want to do it, fine. But we want to give it, like, a oneyear trial period to see how it would work out. Also what i wanted to call your attention to is that by law the street artist displays are 3 feet deep this way by 4 feet long this way, and no taller than 5 feet. And the design that the bid and the Art Commission staff came up with would exceed two of those dimensions. They would exceed the length ...

Landmarking and for meeting with the Property Owners and the bar owners, both of all of whom support the landmarking and i will say that i was at the 40th Birthday Party for twin peaks and the owners of the bar actually came up it me to thank us all for doing this. So with that said, mr. Chairman, if there are no other remarks, mr. Barett from planning can give us an update. Good afternoon, supervisors moses barett, planning department. The hpc program looks not only for significance but also underrepresented property types. Oral history interviews with several patrons with long associations w...