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Compatible with the historic structure while being clearly differentiated will not result in the removal of historic fabric and the historic character of the landmark building will be preserved. The new kiosk will have nonhistoric material and will be configured to retain the arches, columns and Spatial Relationships that characterize the north arcade. Installation of the new retail kiosks will allow the full width of the arcade to be more visible than is the case with the existing steel storage structures and a 10 foot wide corridor will be maintained the length of the arcade to provide conti...

Off the site. Why was that a criteria . Did you consider moving it within the 5m site . This is something we can respond to in writing in the comments and responses document and i believe what you are ruefr r referring to is the alternatives considered but rejected section. We will provide some more detail in response to your question in the cr anything else . I have a lot of comments but i can wait until later. Okay, commissioner johns. Has there been a presentation of this item to the commission before i arrived . There hasnt . I guess im surprised about that and was expecting that today, th...

Think the Historic American Landscape survey would be helpful here. Theres a lot in that part of the city that the geology, the land forms, the landscape, basically that would be helpful to understanding the context of how were looking at the buildings and the infrastructure that is being proposed for change and renovation. So those are my ideas at the moment. Thank you. And i will just repeat commissioner wolframs comment about the alleyways. They have completely taken out the character of the alleyway. Thats my comment and i will draft this into a letter. Seeing no other questions or comment...

Advice than necessarily, you know, permits or approval, but id just like some clarification on that and then theres some other ideas that i have but for now those are my general. Thank you. Commissioners, any other questions, comments . Well open this up to Public Comment. Any member of the public have a comment . Seeing none. I would like to recommend we wrote a letter with our comments. I found this eir to be sort of unsatisfying, i guess, in terms of the preservation alternative. It was 740 pages and there was one drawing of the preservation alternative. Of all the 740 pages i believe there...

Building could be a pavillion within the open space and elevations would be exposed so i felt the preservation alternatives didnt seem to be very complete. Commissioners, any other comments, questions . Commissioner johnck. Yeah, to continue to echo the comment about the lack of exciting vision and how we can visualize this exciting project in the context of an exciting San Francisco, the eir didnt do that. I kept saying we need to have more emphasis and look on the preservation element. Weve been working on that all summer, weve been working on the preservation element and the policies and id...