Otherwise stated. Super safai i think that supervisor safai i think that item number one is going to be continued. So actually why dont we take item number two, please. Clerk yp two, ordinance of money to require parties to pay a refundable deposit when requesting written findings when the assessment appeals board has established procedures concerning the waiver and renewal of requests for written findings. Unless theres any comments from my colleague here why dont we hear from supervisor peskins and aide lee hel heppner. The proposed legislation before you today is an amendment to chapter 2b of the administrative code with policies and procedures for requesting findings of the assessment appeals board prior to an assessment hearing. As i understand it and this was sort of urged to our office at the request of the assessment appeals board, these amendments codify the policies and the procedures that have been developed by the assessment appeals board with the cooperation of the assessor recorders office. Relative to requests that the board prepare findings pursuant to california revenue and taxation code 1611. 5 and the property tax rules 308 and 325. And im happy to go into details and either the applicant or the assessor may make a written request for findings before commencement of an assessment hearing and theres a 215 ddeposit to cover the first hour of those finds and to the requesting party is billed for the preparation of those findings up to 30 hours. Theres also a procedure established for the abandonment of a request for findings and if the deposit is not paid before the conclusion of the hearing itself, if the requesting party fails to pay the total assessed amount or if the requesting party either explicitly or through neglect abandons their request for findings. If the request is abandoned, the requesting party is entitled to a full refund of deposit or fees paid unless the city has already spent more than an hour preparing those findings and for the appeals board to notify all parties that the request for findings has been abandoned. Again, this is to codify the existing procedures that the assessment appeals board already uses and in doing so to fill a gap in state law that was left there for us to be able to develop these procedures. One nonsubsanative declaration, on page 2, line 4, i believe that it should read, finding fees shall be waived instead of just findings shall be waived, and so it should be waived if any of the following occur. So i request that slight modification be made and don duran from the appeals board is here to address any details that i left out. I have a quick question. So this is designed and so this is prior to having a hearing that youd get essentially a written response. Is this prior to having the hear something. I think that is the case. Okay, great. Please come forward, mr. Duran. Good afternoon, supervisors. In answer to your question, the request for findings of fact must be made prior to the commencement of the hearing and the deposit is due either before or at the conclusion of the hearing. Once the hearing is held, when the board has the hearings, both parties are present, and the board can choose to render its decision prior to issuing those findings, or they can choose to issue its decision in conjunction with the findings. If the board releases their decision, if they choose to release their decision prior to issuing the findings or writing up the findings of fact, the parties both parties will be notified of the boards decision. The requesting party is then given the original requesting party is then given 10 Business Days to confirm whether they still want those findings to be issued by the board. Issued by the board. please stand by working for the city and county of San Francisco will immerse you in a vibrant and dynamic city thats on the forefront of economic growth, the arts, and social change. Our city has always been on the edge of progress and innovation. After all, were at the meeting of land and sea. 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We have a special series, stay safe. Were looking at earthquake issues. And today were going to be talking with a residential Building Owner about what residential Building Owners and tenants can and should do before earthquakes and after earthquakes. Were here at this wonderful spur exhibit on Mission Street in San Francisco and i have with me today my good friend george. Thanks for joining me, george. And george has for a long time owned Residential Property here in San Francisco. And we want to talk about apartment buildings and what the owners responsibilities might be and what they expect their tenants to do. And lets start by talking a little bit about what owners can do before an earthquake and then maybe after an earthquake. Well, the first thing, lawrence, would be to get together with your tenants and see if they have earthquake insurance or any renters insurance in place because thats going to be key to protecting them in the event of a quake. And renters insurance, there are two kinds of insurance. Renters insurance coffers damage to goods and content and so forth. Earthquake insurance is a separate policy you get after you get renters insurance through the california earthquake authority, very inexpensive. And it helps owners and it helps tenants because it gives relocation costs and it pays their rent. This is a huge impact on Building Owners. Its huge, it really is. You know, a lot of owners dont realize that, you know, when there is an earthquake, their money flow is going to stop. How are they going to pay their mortgages, how are they going to pay their other bills, how are they going to live . What else can Property Owners do in Residential Rental housing before an earthquake . Well, the first thing you want to do is get your property assessed. Find out what the geology is at your site. Get an expert in to look at structural and nonstructural losses. The structural losses, a lot of times, arent going to be that bad if you prepare. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Get in there and get your property assessed and figure it out. So, what is a nonstructural issue that might cause losses . Well, you know, pipes, for instance. Pipes will whip around during an earthquake. And if theyre anchored in more numerous locations, that whipping wont cause a breakage that will cause a flood. Ive heard water damage is a major, major problem after earthquakes actually. It is. Thats one of the big things. A lot of things falling over, ceilings collapsing. But all of this can be prevented by an expert coming in and assessing where those problem areas and often the fixes are really, really cheap. Who do you call when you want to have that kind of assessment or evaluation done . The Structural Engineering community is great. We have the Structural Engineers association of Northern California right here in San Francisco. Theyre a wealth of information and resources. What kinds of things might you encourage tenants to do besides simply get tenants renters insurance and earthquake insurance, what else do you think tenants should do . I think its really important to know if they happen to be in the building where is the safest place for them to go when the shaking starts. If theyre out of the building, whats their continuity plan for connecting with family . They should give their Emergency Contact information to their resident manager so that the resident manager knows how to get in touch. And have emergency supplies on hand. The tenants should be responsible to have their extra water and flashlights and bandages and know how to use a toilet when theres no sewage and water flows down. And the owners of the building should be proactive in that regard as well. So, george, thank you so much for joining us. That was really great. And thanks to spur for hosting us here in this wonderful exhibit. And thank you for joining us . An Incredible Program because we take regular kids teach them the love of the game. We have no emphasis on winning we only have an emphasis on learning and trying as hard as they can thats it and the chips fall where they may. When students leave our program whether or not adults or kids theyll have a mechanical understanding of what they have. You dont have to be 7 feet tall or be super faster but you do need skwil. Once you teach kids how to have control over the Tennis Courts theyll master. Please invest tenderloin is unique neighborhood where geographically place in downtown San Francisco and on every Street Corner have liquor store in the corner it stores pretty much every single block has a liquor store but there are impoverishes Grocery Stores im the cocoordinated of the Healthy Corner store collaboration close to 35 hundred residents 4 thousand are children the medium is about 23,000 a year so a low Income Neighborhood many new immigrants and many people on fixed incomes residents have it travel outside of their neighborhood to assess fruits and vegetables it can be come senator for seniors and hard to travel get on a bus to get an apple or a pear or like tomatoes to fit into their meals my my name is ryan the cocoordinate for the tenderloin healthy store he coalition we work in the neighborhood trying to support Small Businesses and improving access to healthy produce in the tenderloin that is one of the most neighborhoods that didnt have access to a full Service Grocery store and we california together out of the meeting held in 2012 through the Major Development center the survey with the corners stores many stores do have access and some are bad quality and an overwhelming support from Community Members wanting to utilities the service spas we decided to work with the Small Businesses as their role within the community and bringing more Fresh Produce produce cerebrothe neighborhood their compassionate about creating a healthy environment when we get into the work they rise up to leadership. The Different Stores and assessment and trying to get them to understand the value of having Healthy Foods at a reasonable price you can offer people fruits and vegetables and healthy produce they cant afford it not going to be able to allow it so thats why i want to get involved and we just make sure that there are alternatives to people can come into a store and not just see cookies and candies and potting chips and that kind of thing hi, im cindy the director of the a preif you believe program it is so important about Healthy Retail in the low Income Community is how it brings that health and hope to the communities i worked in the tenderloin for 20 years the difference you walk out the door and there is a bright new list of fresh fruits and vegetables some place you know is safe and welcoming it makes. Huge difference to the whole environment of the community what so important about retail environments in those neighborhoods it that sense of dignity and Community Safe way. This is why it is important for the neighborhood we have families that needs healthy have a lot of families that live up here most of them fruits and vegetables so thats good as far been doing good. Now that i had this this is really great for me, i, go and get fresh fruits and vegetables it is healthy being a diabetic youre not supposed to get carbons but getting extra food a all carbons not eating a lot of vegetables was bringing up my whether or not pressure once i got on the program everybody o everything i lost weight and my Blood Pressure came down helped in so many different ways the most important piece to me when we start seeing the Business Owners engagement and their participation in the program but how proud to speak that is the most moving piece of this program yes economic and social benefits and so forth but the personal pride Business Owners talk about in the program is interesting and regarding starting to understand how theyre part of the larger fabric of the community and this is just not the corner store they have influence over their community. It is an owner of this in the department of interior i see the great impact usually that is like people having especially with a small family think liquor store sells alcohol traditional alcohol but when they see this their vision is changed it is a small Grocery Store for them so they more options not just beer and wine but Healthy Options good for the business and good for the community i wish to have more good afternoon and welcome to the San FranciscoHistoric Preservation commission. Like to take roll at this time. Commission president wolfram. President wolfram here. Commission Vice President hyland . Commissioner hyland here. At this time. Members of the public may address the commission on items of the interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. Each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. I have no speaker cards. Yes, i do. Please come to the microphone. My name is arnold cohen, and i spoke to you two weeks ago about 3620 buchanan, 2016010079 coa. Last week, i spoke to you about the 1973 city resolution declaring the entire area of block 459, lot three, as historical landmark 58. This area includes 3620, 3646, and 3640 buchanan, and 5890 north point. This time, i want to quote to you several passages from resolution 88. Quote, the resolution and boundaries of the landmarked site, being lot three in assessors block 459, which known as 4640 buchanan, end quote, and again, all the addresses i said, those 30, 36 and 40 buchanan are all the same thing. The second quote, the hand some landscaped and spacious areas were used by the refugees in the 1906 earthquake, end quote. This is refer to the guard area, and that area is part of the area proposed for the new construction, and third quote is quote, in 1958, the owners added an equally impressive garden shop, unquote. This area is also site for the proposed construction. The above quotes from resolution 88 covered the guard and garden shop areas, and again, these are the areas where they want to do this new construction. But resolution 88 in its official recording, both the resolution and its official recording state the entire block 459, lot 3, if a historical landmark area. This means that the guard and guaand garden and garden shop area is a historical landmark area, so when you get this item on injure agenda, i dont see how you can approve it, and i just you have 30 seconds. Oh, i have sent you all and i will send you again copies of these documents that i quoted from so that youll know that im not making this up out of thin area. The original documents are in your file at 1640 Mission Street, which you helped me get. Thank you very much. Thank you. Does any other members of the public speak to wish a nonagendaized item . Seeing none, well close Public Comment. Looks like the director is not here, so i think clerk very good, review of items at the Planning Commission staff report in announcements. Sorry. Im not im not used to that cue. Pilar lovali for tim frye. The only announcement that i have is the land use and Transportation Committee for the landmark designation for 2731 to 2735 folsom street, to the full board of supervisors with a positive recommendation, and that supervisor peskin signed onto cosponsor that designation that was originally sponsored by ronen. Thank you. Thank you. If theres nothing further commissioners, we can move onto items 3, commissioners report and announcements. No items today. Item 4, commission comments and questions. Any questions . I have one disclosure on item number 6, under the consent calendar, that that the owner of that project is a client of my firms, but were not involved in that project, so the attorney advised that i disclose that. Commissioner hyland . Commissioner hyland yeah, i just wanted to bring the advance calendar for the Cultural Heritage committees assessment to the commissions attention. The end of march, we have topics, so if theres any questions or additional topics that we think would be appropriate for us to add to the agenda, let us know or. All right. Thank you. Clerk if theres nothing further commissioners, we can move onto item 5, the proposed 2018 hearing schedule. Commissioners in your packets, you should have received a draft 2018 hearing schedule. This Commission Meets on the first and third wednesdays of every month. Only july 4th fell on an actual holiday, and so we are proposing that it be cancelled. However, traditionally, given the length of time between january 1st and your first hearing, you have also cancelled the first week in january , which this falls fairly close, on the 3rd. Yeah, and also, typically, thats tricky for us to get packaged by staff because they would have to get sent out between christmas and new years. Secretary ionin not impossible, but. Do we have anything scheduled for that hearing. Clerk no. So should we go ahead and cancel the meeting on the 3rd. Clerk we should adopt the 2018 schedule formally. Anything else from the commissioners . I guess it goes into 2019, but thats next years calendar. Secretary ionin well, thats for january 2nd, you could also choose to cancel the hearing of january 2nd, 2019 now. Well do that now. Clerk we should accept Public Comment. Does any member of the public wish to comment on the advance hearing schedule for 2018 or 2019 . Seeing none, well close Public Comment. Do i have a motion to adopt the hearing schedule with the modifications made . I so move with the modifications we just discussed, cancellation of those january hearings. Second. Secretary ionin thank you commissioners, so theres a motion and second thats been made to adopt your 2018 hearing schedule, cancelling january 3rd, july 4th, and january 2nd, 2019. [ roll call. ] secretary ionin so moved commissioners. That motion passes unanimously 6 60. This matter listed under here is a consent calendar. Its considered as a routine item. There will be no separate discussion of th discussion of this. I see youve stood you would like this removed from the consent calendar. Very good. Then well hear it as the first or the last item on the regular calendar. We can hear it as the first. Secretary ionin very good commissioners. Commissioners, thisll place it on your regular calendar, and its been pulled off of consend calendar. At 920 north point street. This is a certificate of appropriateness. Good afternoon, commissioners, pilar lovali. North point street and polk street. The proposed work is located at the chocolate building and the coagulating room at Ghirardelli Square. Through a new penetration on the north public facing wall of the chocolate building, modifications to a vestibule at the polk street facade of the chocolate building to provide a new entrance, illumination of a modified blade sign, and installation of lights along the polk street side of the chocolate building. The proposed work would cause minimal changes to the form of the buildings without removing any character defining features or materials. Although the proposed project involves the insertion of a visible duct along coagulating room polk street facade, this cannot be placed any any other location on the site due to a variety of existing conditions. The duct will be painted to match the surrounding brick and will be located at a recessed portion of the coagulating room. The proposed entrance modifications are simple yet contemporary in their design to differentiate from the Historic Building fabric and conform to the Design Guidelines. They will not alter any feature or spaces that characterize the chocolate building. Staffs preliminary recommendation of this project is for approval with conditions. Staff recommends one condition of approval to require that any historic removed from the north facade of the chocolate building to accommodate the new duct and vent shall be salvaged and retained onsite for any future necessary repairs to the buildings exterior facade. On november 13th, we received letters of opposition, and theyre primarily directed toward the proposed illuminated blade signs, particularly its size and illumination, but just to note the sign is eligible for staff level approval, and has been determined by staff to be compliant with article 6 of the planning code as well as the Ghirardelli SquareDesign Guidelines as well as the secretary standards that i noted before. No other Public Comments have been received since packets were submitted. This concludes my presentation unless there are any additional questions, and the project supervisor is here to answer any questions. Thank you. Thank you. Does anybody have any comments for staff . At this time, well take Public Comments. Anybody from the public wishing to speak, please come forward. Hi. My name is claire downing. I have some additional letters or emails that id like to submit. The corporations objection is to the the lights itself on the sign. We have residential units on that side of the building, and were concerned about the impact that those lights will have shining into those units, including impact to the value of the properties. We dont have an objection to the vents, the mechanical duct, or the vestibule itself or to even the size of the sign. Its predominantly the lights, so thank you very much. Thank you. If there are any other members of the public wishing to speak to this item, if so, please come forward. Seeing none, well close Public Comment. I just have a question about that. Are there hours that limit the amount of time that the sign can be illuminated . Does it have to go off at a certain time, 10 00 or 11 00 im asking staff, sorry. You know, could that be a condition, or i dont know if the sponsor here could speak to it. The project sponsor is also here. Okay. If the project sponsor knows more about that. I dont actually know that there is a requirement under the under the planning code for lighting of signs to go off at a certain time. The limitation on lighting for signs under the planning code is just that they be fixed and not, you know, flashing or changing color or any other movement. Yeah. It looks like the project sponsor is here, so. Hi, everybody. Im dave hardy. I dont believe there are any conditions on the hours of operation for the sign, however as the owner of the square, we would be open to satisfy our neighbors to put a limit on it and, you know, certainly, wed the square was open till 2 00 a. M. We would like to have the sign on until 2 00 a. M. And then turn it off after, but we can discuss that later. Id also like to discuss the brightness of the sign. A street lamp ordinarily puts out about 1,000 candle power. This sign will have approximately 100 candle power. There are three street lamps at the corner of north point and polk street alone, so the relative light throw given off of this sign is going to be minimal compared to the ambient light in the area. Thank you. Thank you. Thats thank you for that information. Thats very helpful. Thank you. Commissioner hyland. Commissioner hyland so the question that i have are the units are immediately across the street or no, fontana highlands are immediately down the street. I make a motion to accept the proposal as designed. Second. Secretary ionin so moved, that motion passed unanimously, 60. Commissioners, thatll we are already under the regular calendar, for item 7a and b, case numbers 201600625 coa and vor, 951 through 961 the project before you is a request for a certificate of appropriateness for the property at 959 through 961 valencia street. The properties occupied by a two story over basement two story residential building designed on a slanted bay constructed in 1976 by the real estate associates. The proposed project entails the rear condition of the existing building and expansion into the existing side yard. The project also includes the restoration of the front facade based on physical evidence and similar buildings from the same period of construction. This restoration will include replacement of nonhistoric windows with wood double hung windows, replacement of the front steps and railing and restoration of the architectural trim and decorative elements. In addition, the project also includes the enlargement of the existing garage opening, addition of a 4 foot tall fence at the front of the building, and replacement of the existing sidewall. The proposed wood cotting and wood windows to be compatible with the building and surrounding district. The addition will occupy a similar footprint to the existing while decreasing the nonconformity with current bvr requirements of the planning code. Each of these alterations and additions will be minimally visible or not visible from the public right of way and will not detract from the character of the district. To date, the department has received one Public Inquiry into the proposed project requesting a copy of the plan. Department staff recommends approval with conditions and finds the project to be compatible and consistent with the character of the building, the surrounding landmark district and the requirements of article 10 of the planning code. To ensure that the proposed work is undertaken in conformance with the certificate of appropriateness, staff recommends the following conditions as part of the Building Permit, the project sponsor shall provide a markup fore the new exterior facade ornament, and it shall be based on similar nearby properties. As part of the Building Permit, the project sponsor shall provide fair details showing the rail has turned elements. The project sponsor is available and has prepared a short presentation. I am available for any questions, and this concludes my presentation. Thank you. Will five minutes be adequate . Thank you. Okay. Hello my name is leoragrone, and im the architect of this project. The project, the new owners are trying to restore this once beautiful victorian to its former glory. This first slide is just to show what it looks like today, and to the left, theres a house that was built at the same time or within a year of that of that house. And this is a view down the street showing that there are a number of these houses that were all built in a similar style around the same time. This is the existing side entrance. You can see some of the disrepair. This leads to the back yard and will also lead to the back yard in the revised version, although were moving that entrance back, and were proposing new planting areas in the front so that this will look a lot more attractive. Theres the existing garage doors, showing exposed meters, which we will be putting inside, and the garage door was added since the 60s. I have a picture from the 1960s that show the different one, and that we will replace that with something that is more in keeping with the style of the building. Here is a picture of the lower bay windows that have these some damage, as you can see, and singlepane, double hung windows, and this is the entrance. Were proposing to replace the stair which was put in probably in the 1950s, and replace the doors to have glass in them so that theres more light in the rooms behind. This is actually a photo from 1906 of two of the buildings down the street, so you can see what they were originally designed to look like. That was very soon after they were built. This is those two on the left in this picture are the two in that original photograph, and you can see some of the details that they have, like, columns in between the windows. Some of them have dentals above the bay windows that have been removed from the current house. This is the current house. It is a 1959 to 1961 valencia in 1967. As you can see, somebody thought it was a good idea to remove all the details and put up asbestos shingles, and then, later, it was restored to some of its former characters. And this is a picture showing what were going to add. Heres a view of the south side of the property where were going to move some of those pipes inside the walls and replace all the windows with wood double hung windows. And then, as far as the variance, this is the picture of the overhang at the second floor that were proposing to remove. It currently reduces the already nonconforming rear yard setback, so we are going to propose to remove that, and you can see it here, as well. Thats the addition and the overhang that were going to remove. And this is the current rear yard, and as you can see, its very much reduced by that overhang. And this is the proposed rendering of what were going to do. Both the units have their independent outside space, and then, thats bigger because weve removed that rear view, and im available for questions if anyone has any. Thank you. Thank you very much. Are there any questions for the sponsor . At this time well take Public Comment. Are there any members of the public wishing to comment on this . Seeing no one, well close Public Comment. Does this need a variance even though theyre still removing nonconforming space, its still in the rear yard set back . Thats correct. Even though they are extending the requirement encroachment into the back yard, it triggers the need for the variance. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Well, i think it looks great what theyre doing, what youre doing, and if appropriate, i would move approval of our of staff recommendation. Second. Or certificate of appropriateness. Sorry. Thats okay. Second. Make a motion and a second oonvery good. Then commissioners on that certificate to approve appropriateness, with that. [ roll call. ] secretary ionin so moved commissioners. That motion passes unanimously 60. Close the public hearing and proposed variance. There is a substantial front step set back to the building, which is historic as noted here and theyre maintaining the two rent controlled units on the property. Its also a shorter lot about 90 feet to the city standard of 100. Secretary ionin commissioner, thatll place us on items 8a and b, at 3 0 lexington street. You are consider a certificate of appropriateness and the zoning before you is a request for a certificate of appropriateness for exterior alterations to 370 lexington street located on the west side of lexington street between 20th and 21st street. The property is located within the liberty hill district and was constructed in 1876. And the construction of a larger one story wood framed addition extending to the rear lot line in the place of the demolished addition. The project also includes the installation of a terrace wood deck in the remainor of the rear yard area. Staff finds that the proposed work will be in compliance with article 10, and although the existing addition proposed to be removed is more than 100 years old and is within the commissions range of historical significance, the proposed new addition and rear yard deck would be located at the rear of the property and would not be visible from the public right of way. The proposed project retains the italian front of the current property. It will incorporate windows, doors, and other exterior materials that are compatible withst historic condition of the building. By using woodsiding and trim that is slightly differentiated from the historic woodsiding. Since the proposed addition would extend to the rear lot line of the property, the project sponsor is requesting a variance from the Zoning Administrator from the rear yard requirements of the planning code. Staffs preliminary recommendation for this project is approval. On november 11th, staff received one comment from a member of the public. The comment was not in opposition to the proposed work, but asked that the Planning Department review work that was allegedly done without a Building Permit at the front facade of the subject property. Staff will investigate this comment and a copy of the comment is also available for your review. No other Public Comments have been received since packets were submitted. This concludes my presentation unless there are any questions, and the project sponsor is also available to answer any questions you may have. Thank you. Commissioners, do you have any questions . No at this time. Well take Public Comment on this item. If theres any memoriers of the public that wishes to speak, please come forward. Good afternoon. Ernie seaver. Im the architect on the project. I had no allegation that amy was saying. I would also note that we had a cna and variance for the project next door to this that was actually a significantly larger project than this one, so im hoping that president will cross the Property Line a little bit for us today. If you have any questions, just let us know. Thank you. Does any other member of the public wish to speak . Seeing none, well close Public Comment. I have a similar question here. You know, heres a condition thats already in the rear yard set back, and theyre expanding it, and i thought that was about allowed when you had a nonconforming condition that you couldnt expand a nonconforming condition, so im wondering why this would have been considered. They can through the variance process, so what is required, and which they are seeking here is a variance from the rear yard requirement to expand the existing structure. There are certain elements of noncompliant buildings that cant be expanded. Something that is above the height limit, you cant add stories to it because there is no variance on height, but in this case, they can request a variance, which they have done so here. So when we get to your part of this project i dont know if youre going to approve this or not, but if you are going to approve that, could you explain why that variance would be agreeable. Sure. Certainly. You know, i appreciate