Transcripts For SFGTV Fire Commission 32316 20160324

Commissioner nakajo commissioner hardeman chief of department chief joanne hayeswhite item 2 at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction with respect to agenda items, speakers shall address their whole and not to individuals. Response does not constitute an agreement of support for statements during Public Comment. Any Public Comment . At this time if so please come to the podium to speak seeing none, Public Comment is closed. And call the next item item 3 announcements the april 27, 2016, will be held at a time it be determined James Lick Middle School San Francisco, california and included on the agenda will an adjustment items and dan from the members of his staff and status of investigations. Thank you, madam secretary i just want everybody to know there may be a change of venue for that meeting but we are little more than a month out a so everybody will receive amble no so thank you. Next speaker, please. And item 4 approval of the minutes minutes from the regular meeting on february 24, 2016. Any Public Comment on the minutes . Okay Public Comment is closed. I just want my fellow commissioners to know i did make some minor changes noting the substance to the minutes if i can entertain a motion at this time so moved thank you commissioner hardeman seconded all in favor, say i. I. Item 5 chief of departments report report from the department within the departments since the fir commission including fiscal year 20152016 straufk planning one and 50 anniversary communication you guess and outreach to the agency and report if the Administration Report other than is administrative position fleet and facility finance and training within the Department Report on overall Field Operations including to greater alarm fires workshop update on station 4 and investigations and airport division. Thank you, madam secretary. I will go now to chief to the department. Thank you commissioner president covington and good afternoon, commissioners since march 9 our Budget Committee will be meeting with kate howard this friday march 25 in room 201 and i know the past weve had commissioner Vice President cleaveland attend i think you have it on your schedule we hope to do review with the mayors director we met with the members of the committee to talk about the needs in catching for the years we had to reduce the operating budget the biggest priority is the fleet plan so we will hopefully come out of that meeting with some direction the Mayors Office id like ill be happy to report at the next meeting april 15th. With regard to academies as you may know the 1 and 19 academy is in their ninth week we started with 44 now 52 the two people that are no longer many the academy have reas i understand because of injury things are going well, it is very comprehensive academy were being flexible we that this is important deputy chief wilson and deputy chief benign i didnt weve transitions in alignment with the state marshall curriculum we planned on that being similar to other academies legislated 17 weeks we find because of the additional requirements curriculum and so forth that it is not the best interest to put it consolidate into 7 weeks the recommendations to extend the academy there is a cost we feel that is a wise investment by 3 weeks and i think chief wilson will be prepared at that meeting or chief collins to go over the curriculum i support we had a may 20th graduation now june 9th i think certainly warranted to have more detail at the appropriate time to provide you a reasoning for doing so in a nut shell in alignment with the length of the academy that are also adhering to the state fraush curriculum so we dont believe that will put off our schedule we still are planning for one and 20 class comprised of one and 50 people from station 49 and planned for june 20th weve conduct interviews and additional backwards the month of april for the additional one and 20 class were working with the deputy chief of operations and the ems Training Division to cooperate we call a bump up academy a promotional opportunities for h b level one with the paramedic licenses overtime we hire people off the ran that are working as paramedics a 3 week academy we hope to get underway for 24 members to ascend from h c level 1 to 2 followed by the end an h3 one this is off an believable list weve been working to hire 32 people for an entry ems deputy chief mirrors is phenomenal in screening the campaigns in providing input for the qualifications and meet and greet with o candidates so thank you, chief meyers for doing that our next meeting ask on march 28 my understanding a draft went out of the synthesize Committee Report were put together thoroughly some of the formats were different our staff does an phenomenal job to work with the staff and draft a plan for the committee with the eventual goal of having the draft reports final our next meeting is monday april sorry march 28 next monday well be reviewing that draft by emailed ahead of time with to the members with regards to the one and 50 anniversary our website is finally so a place it looks is present well with all of the planning weve done for the events between april and december soon next month before april our kickoff on the 17 of the nert bill and youll start seeing advertising relating to the april 1966 thats our theme working with the academy of on the muni buses some of the artwork and graphics that talk about our one and 50 and invite people to the website were excited we detailed all the events including to name a few the kickoff open is 18 of april, the chiefs panel on may 4th at the Public Library is free events i know that commissioner president covington has been working closely with chief franklin so have people in the community a lady agreed to be a merrygorounder and working with help to support the event it is laid on the wednesday night weve well have a Commission Meeting in july the nfl celebration on september 25th and the fir preservation week in october with the Film Festival free at the Public Library and final close out, if you will, on december 3rd were looking forward to all those events and we will provide you with additional so you dont have to go to the website weve provide you iowa marketrate calendar the next meeting is march 31st at 10 00 a. M. With regards to the last few items we want to reports opens the outreach to other agencies we presented commissioner hardeman to represent the department on the st. Patricks parade and on march 16 doctor yeah, and paramedic april and i participated are the Mayors Office and the dufbt including Barbara Garcia to talk about where we are at with the progress of the department 6 and setting up the future goals and objectives as well as future meeting a lot of information that was presented at the meeting before you on march 9 so more to follow on that i envision you know the call of the president periodic reports how the new program is doing just today, the fire Marshall Deputy chief and i and the scale attended a meeting at war memorial it was with the Mission Shareholders members the Mission District that had the issues recommended to City Government and we had a small piece of that from affordability issues, housing and homeless issues and had some questions about the fires that occurred in the mission and the trend and so forth i spoke briefing we let them know the commission is heard loud and clear an interest in having having a meeting he unlike the Police Department not a Commission Meeting the community that the commission agreed to do this in april is something that has never been done before they mentioned an alternative site the commission is considering on the coup from the next meeting on the 29 of march well be participate the Arts University next tuesday at 9 30 to talk about our good work collaborating together and they helped us out with from a graphic stand point our marketing package and so forth for the one and 50 the final thing i want to talk about before answering any questions i think you received a copy of the letter im very proud of the department we also as always have things to work on but things we need to celebrate and be proud of one thing weve received he spent time earlier this year a couple of months ago with representatives from the department of labor we received notice our 70 San Francisco Fire Department was reluctance selected as one of only 5 sites to be profiled the United States depth of labor to increase the diversities amongst First Responders weve been involved 80 visited invited to participate i agreed to do basically that will be to have further communication for that myself and the members of the staffed to talk about our instantaneously for recruiting and training and a big one in the fire service the retention piece we have very good results and had a good history on retention the Diverse Workforce the overall goal to better to the field the First Responders field about approaches that show promise for increasing the diversities amongst the First Responders i took that as a huge compliment to the department and also the acknowledgement to the commission that always had placed a huge priority in increasing diversifies workforce in our department thank you very much that concludes my remarks. Thank you chief joanne hayeswhite. Any Public Comment on the chief of the departments report . Okay seeing none, Public Comment is closed and we will go to the report from administration. Okay. Welcochief williams. Thank you director. I thought i had a minute for the questions sorry. All right. Okay you may proceed thank you good evening commissioner president covington and members of the Fire Commission ramon deputy chief of the administration in that my administrative report for 2016 ill start with training with the assistant chief as the chief mentions is the states on the current one and 19 and if i can delineate i want to mention in order to meet the requirement of accreditation we had to include additional training topics some of the items that have been curiosity the academy required to be expanded for example, wildland two days of training expands to fifth story days of training and additional lectures and training he under the current 17 weeks it would have cut out time tasks for the folks we believe that the recruits should have the most opportunity to become comfortable with the commit and anything less would insure possible failures we wanted to expand the academy to make sure we can see its success. Lets see monkey off my back over to in Service Training continuing the below grade training and chief was with the Construction Company and Building Owner agreed to allow the Fire Department assess to the building indefinitely as a result we will set up the training for members throughout the department currently it was focused on companies who had that specific type of construction and in their district and currently we have trained over 200 members and preparation for our upcoming tuff Shooter Training finishing up video to all folks the field prior to the training module it involves the include the use of the library on Treasure Island and includes the preparation from the members of the San Francisco Fire Department we are almost continued the construction of the bart prop on Treasure Island and we anticipate utilizing it in upcoming drills this summer under the ems training on march 14 began the captain training that continues through april 1st the ems stave in addition to assisting with the recruit Academy Training theyve continued to provide ongoing mandatory ems training for the emt and the paramedic members under nert the staff and staff shes continued to have the neighborhood advanced training and command post operations that was a useful use in the valley the volunteers were utility as a resource as well conduct outreach presentations shes currently preparing for the upcoming nert drill that kicks off the one and 50 anniversary celebration on april 17th. The fire reserves currently 40 members they continue to hold weekly training sessions which during e during if period is italian drills and the response to the fire on fulsome street on february 13th that included 17 personnel who volunteered to respond to that incident the reserves continue to volunteer with the hands only xr training at Marshall High School and participating the march italian parade under the departments position he continues to provide flu vaccines to all members during this reporting period there were 3 promotional 34 return to duty and thirty contraptions and illnesses recorded. Under budget and finance the Department Bureau of fire preservation is seize strong revenues throughout the fiscal year and in addition the department ems revenues are anticipated to come in open budget and the department xuvenz expenditures are anticipated to come in on budget for the 20152016 year fiscal years 20162017 and 20172018 operating budget for the department was submitted to the Controllers Office and Mayors Office on monday february 22nd as presented and approved by the Fire Commission on the meeting with a few minor modifications in addition the department submitted the proposals for enhancements and discussions with the Mayors Office will continue leading up to the mayors june 1st submission in isp during that reporting period random tests westbound on track and for the candidates for the 38 members were tested and all results were negative also two pending investigations and in progress. Under Management Information services they have currently the process of updating the recording applications for the division of Training Staff working with the recruit academy as well as working with the department of technology and the installation d configuration of fiber and Wireless Network the division of training at the fulsome and Treasure Island campuses as well as station 49 under Homeland Security the deputy chief st. Francis has attended numerous meetings throughout the period and sits on committees in precipitation for the and or the planning stage for Upcoming Event he along with assistant chief deputy administrative reviews has provided help for the st. Patricks prayed and attending a meeting with the k9 team later next month to discuss the compensation for k9 hrnldz currently two of the k9 handlers have passed part two in arizona and the third k9 team will be in riverside under the Assignment Office the states had a recent addition with kimberly that began an march 14 and as a part of curriculum the h33 captains training under support services chief lombardi has been busy with meetings with various groups throughout the city to fine the health and safety bond that will pass on the june ballot other updates the construction of pump station one at hearing aid it estimated to be complete by the end of may 2016 it is also estimated that the construction of station that will be complete by the end of the year chief lombardi has been working with the court on pier 36 for a possible relocation for station 35 under he serve 2010 and 2014 these bonds include the repaired for fire stations throughout the city there i have a list of varies repairs and various stations that are confirmed for the easter 10 bond and the easter 14 they have roof replacement and shower rehabilitation and sidewalk repairs and if i could breakdown into 3 go types of work they have the focus scope which includes such minor repairs and paint and shower pans and then you have the comprehensive repairs which station members move out of the station and all the work is done including the remodel at the same time it is not a tear down that will be a seismic ripper are that could be a retrofit and the building is seismically replaced that in the interest of time im not mention the specific repair but i can show you that that is included in your packet. Under the water supply system construction is completed for the ashbury tank and the Twin Peaks Reservoir design work continues for the penalty of perjury station two at fort mason under the Fleet Management renewal diesel is at all Fire Department except the doe units the contract with the vehicles with currently built ahead of schedule post tender is 18 is close to be in service with the arrival and 9 new ambulances have been ordered under feet management a total of one and 21 requests for services have been processed for the month of february and the exhaustion services are underwater supply were working with the management of the San Francisco waptd for a hybrid at the Treasure Island Training Facility for drilling and training purposes theyre continuing to review the report from the field regarding repairs and possible new installation needs of both and hydrants and will followup with the Water Department it is tentatively anticipated to be complete by the end of may and assuming that after all the members will have a chance to orient themselves on the vessel to set the festival for july under the hoirpt there are a few concerns at the Hunters Point development regarding the aerial assess that needs to be resolved and the candle stick point is with the low pressure water report those issues and plans are still in Development Stage and still under review and that concludes my report. If you have any questions. Thank you so much chief williams. Going forward deputy chief gops will be sitting in for the chief of the department chief joanne hayeswhite. Is there any Public Comment on chief williams report Public Comment is closed. Ill go to my fellow commissioners okay. Ill begin with commissioner nakajo. Thank you, madam president chief williams thank you very much for a very comprehensive detailed full and complete report as you gave your report this evening again being part of our responsibility we call it cd 3 is it. Yes. And basically for us thats an assistant chief responsible for administration and whats the full title chief excuse me deputy chief of administration. Okay in our categories as you describe our report i saw around 9 or 10 again, im occurs curious it sounds like there are 15 or 16 or 19 and the majority were recorded from assistant chief lombardi under the status report. You recorded on a vast amount of areas of responsibility i want to emphasize that because i appreciate that but it shows how much responsibility that you have within our position i didnt have a chance to ask chief joanne hayeswhite a question but i knew by your report one of the questions will be not been able to get an answer when you recorded on the expansion of the current one 19 classes beyond three weeks i present the detail reasoning behind that you went into detail and there was also a report when that anticipated graduation date will be and the next class is going to occur my specific questioning question with that three weeks expectation are we budgetary covered within that period. Yes. I can refer to the finance office im sure the chief wouldnt move forward unless we could cover that. Mr. Mr. Corso you want to come up and address that. Thank you, chief i want to hear were covered. Good evening and good afternoon yes, were covered changes to the budget and given the grant weve received earlier this year that move forward things around and ruled in a savings that will be covering me additional length of 3 additional weeks that were discussed. Thank you mr. Corso it is equally important chief gonzales the next class as the projection it starts to have that it pretty much remains within schedule i think that is real important i wanted to i wanted to put that out there as well. I wanted to ask a question on the fire reserves you mentioned the fire reserves and the value they provide and specifically he appreciate that when you talk about 17 members that showed up at the incident on the fulsome incident. Yes. 17 fire reserves is quite a bit of individuals that respond so i wanted to comment on that at some point and we know that Homeland Security is your responsibility as well perhaps in an area of future agendized item due to the event that happened worldwide especially is belgium and how the airport and how our chiefs are handing the scenarios ill again refer to the point of the commission to agendize that when it is appropriated that is something i might be able to look at ill stop at this point. Thank you commissioner nakajo excuse me our agenda for this evening has under reports from administration Homeland Security do you want to get a bit of briefing from chief frng excuse me chief francisco do you e did you want to get Ferry Building and a more expanded overview at another time. Again for me a point of per forgive ill refer to chief francisco but you can have more and more preservation if you want to i believe that chief fire airport. Chief is here as well i didnt know if you want more time to you know figure out what im trying to look at. We should address it now. Chief francisco can step forward and chief coz toe and chief francisco. Chief francisco Homeland Security division we Work Together with the airport were require time to put together something for the information you seek, however, if you have very specific questions he could probable answer that tonight. I good have but im looking at a pretty connective report up to date how your units Work Together in terms of that have and i wasnt exterminating anything in terms of of that particular question he imagine youll have a coordinated plan. We sure do i can give you a little bit tonight to wet our appetite civil grand jury we work the february building were connected and receive bulletins of information so constantly update with the take care i was attacks and try to stay abreast and tailor training to address those types of take tings ticks that are happening overseas and in the United States as were connected there that fusion is connected to other centers the country every state has one we are lucky with 45 with the coordinating body in sacramento and centers the statistic because were large the centers are connected to the department of Homeland Security theyre receiving the information that is coming out of the National Counter Terrorism Center that information is shared with Law Enforcement and First Responders and that segment that needs to know we also work with the Police Department very the clerk will take the roll the city departments get together with major incidents that happen nationally that would be effecting us well hold a Conference Call to see what well do about things today when we close the facilities or not close or increase the Police Officer presence and so on for the Fire Department our role is typically in responded to better prepare the firefighters by researching the current bulletins in terms of what is happening and bring the awareness so we dont step into something were not prepared for in a nut shell thats it. Thank you. Thank you commissioner nakajo chief gonzales. Present company thank you what was said is correct we integrate that from the homeland and share that with the chiefs and operationally our people are told if you see something Say Something and unfortunately in brussels we again get the review but we review the multi casual finest and be aware and thats basically, it in a nut shell the same thing at the airport i do spoke with the captain and they renovations up their Police Officer presence and multi agencies the fbi, etc. So thank you very much did you have a followup question. I wanted to see the chief wants to respond to this question from the airport. Good evening, commissioners deputy chief of the airport the unfortunate circumstances in belgium at the airport put the airport on high alert our Law Enforcement was increased throughout the airport we had the Law Enforcement increases the k9 in badge you mean the baggage can be vulnerable and we are doing active shooter drills and with the other Law Enforcement agencies the airport is on high alert due to those types of circumstances that are nfl continuing to become a more active throughout the rest of the country we recently ordered two multi causality units that help in those incidents if they take place at the airport and kwaem in training. Chief appreciate that update thank you, chief francisco. Thank you. Thank you commissioner paskinjordan commissioner nakajo for temple forward commissioner Vice President cleaveland. Thank you, madam president and thank you for your report tonight a couple of questions and im not sure if so it is chief williams two accidentss or injuries the class of cadets what were those accidents and member sustained while testing on. The the 50 foot ladder sustained an injury basically the time to recoup rat will he wouldnt farewell in the academy. And the other person sustained injuries while performing the p t during the not training but the active physical training that we hold every morning and i think that might have been preexisting injuries and aggravated it further. You talked about what was it working the while as part of 3 week additional training that is being added to the course what did does that mean and the wildland preparing for the forest fires basically, we deploy the crew to assist with fighting it is incorporated the Academy Training in a large block than previously taught a basic of and give you an doesnt even training as a requirement with the state fire marshall. You mentioned a bart prop did bart give us a training or something you know. Bart cars they cant afford any cars you know off the line right now but did they give us one or we created one ourselves. Both they dominated the third rail track and a lot of the components that make up the track and ill let the chief speak about that you talented staff add Treasure Island to recreate the proposals you dont know i dont think that is was a car. Crews rescue training. Chief were 95 complete i want to give credit to pat shaw the lieutenant and i went to oakland and met with bart and asked for a track and third street rail we got that they delivered it free of charge by the way, and were gracious enough to give us an actual truck the wheel based the actual wheel on the track weve had everything in place with to respect the platforms and Everything Else the cabinets and phones what we need to train it is down to pretty cool artwork that is a bart Treasure Island station so well very happy about that in summary. That will work great for rescues and other things. It is a critical component of the training. Yeah. You mentioned chief williams no negative backward on the 38 were investigated does that mean it is a good no negative information thats good. Yeah. It is a negative is a positive. It is on the random drug testing we want to back up and Deputy Collins when he was the captain i was director of training he was able to acquire many proposals working with pg e and muni telephone poles and the water shut off has created a realistic Training Facility out of Treasure Island i want to acknowledge that hard work he continued to oversee. Christian what does it take to be a k9 handler we have a number of firefighters that are trained for dogs how long does it take and do we need more. Ill let chief francisco talk about that. Good evening this is the assistant deputy chief frng i manage the k9 for the Fire Department we have 4 firefighters a one a captain peter gross is the Team Coordinator we have 3 firefighters with k9 right now peter gross has been doing it with 3 people in training 2 of these passes the fumd test and looking to deploy with the California Task force and the third dog had a bad day and mr. Will be tested again in april well have 4 dogs at the evident e end of the month type 4 they can travel within the United States their searched trained for live victims versus cadaver dogs those are for people where we can be used whether the holidays or a building the captain we have a car that went into lake merced we deployed a dog it was filed with weeds so canines or able to search much faster humans to get our dog and go through the training and pass the tests will take about 6 months to 18 months our new handlers work hard and dedicated in about 5 months so their dogs would be 6 months worked very hard it is what it takes the 3 new ones got the dogs from the National Search Dog Foundation we require the dogs and work with those handlers to develop the expertise theyre all german shepherds. No in this case labrador retranspires. What kind of dog do you want a austrian sheep dogs many are sharp. Peter gross is like a shepherd like an austrian shepherd dog. I think we have an adequate number. We have a high number were doing well with 4 trained dogs in one department 33 we have them to deploy the city if we have a structural collapsing or an earthquake we have 4 structural dogs to work and with the turn off all Electronic Devices is an urban search and rescue so go based on rotations across the country theyre ready to respond. So if we have an earthquake here we can bring in other dogs cross the country. That was a major disaster area we needed more dogs that needed search buildings well have for the urban search teams theyll come from across the United States those hrnldz have the dogs twentyfour hours a day they belong to the National Search Dog Foundation they care for them and feed and constantly train. A negative. They get a stipend from the task force and come from fumd particularly didnt cover the money they train multiply days a week on their own time and occasionally left them into go to the training i invite you when they do an evolution the pros plants near candle stick park and come out and see the dogs it is amazing how fast they can search a football place. It was a Great Program want to make sure wear having enough money the budgets if youre not comfortable well talk about that. I appreciate that. Thank you, chief williams the status of station 16 rebuild where is that right now. Station 16 it has countless delays but theyre anticipating the tear down will consensus this fall. The designs are been finalized everyone is happy with the design. Unfortunately been pushed back station 5 reservoirs you know, we heard a story read a story about the sfpuc selling off fire hydrants and is that something that we are involved with we understand we dont need that equipment wont need those fire hydrants, etc. I hope they talk to us as well chief gonzales. Im thinking puc took over theyve have the equipment and we no longer need that equipment it is outdated and as well as improving our water system. For somewhat of an alarming article i want to make sure the reservoirs we have are full to capacity and theyre fully full in the case of an emergency. Okay. The fire reserves he was interested how do we advertise and support it. Im not sure how we advertise question always had more than enough people apply and opened up it up City Residents they come and fill out applications and go to throw the application process and ongoing training to respond to so many fires before their considered fulltime volunteer reserves. They dont get paid or do. Totally volunteers. And the listed ages. Ill say if 18 up and no age limit or anything but at least 18 years old. I have a question to chief gonzales that is the working group one and 50 anniversary and the fundraiser how the department has been reach out for donations and. Ive not been involved in the one and 50 commissioner president covington is involved we have olivia that is also doing looter with work with the one and 50. Welcome. Good evening, commissioners so the fundraiser efforts. Introduce yourself. Sorry San Francisco Fire Department Government Relations and communications so we have been reaching out to various organizations and people within the organizations weve been reaching out by email and asking to sit down for coffee weve sat for coffee and went over the details of the one and 50 for various sized documents we have to do that all outside the office we have to do it on the personal emails so it is articulating a lot of time on top of the work schedule queer making headway but only the chief and i at the moment. Where are we in terms of goal. One and 50,000 weve condominium we have standing were hoping to raise another 200 and 50 thousand. You need to do that by april 15th. No candidates by the end of may the big fundraiser our funding events will be in september and december so we need to have the money the bank. The contributions is taxation dedurable. Right. And checks written to who. The guardians of the city the one and 50th fund the guardian of the city has a separate fund. Can people go on the website san franciscans all over the city want to the give a 25 theres contribution or whatever i hope it is easy for them to do that is there a way online. The difficulty is guardians of the city are not set up to do that we need to do that there them were having challenges at the moment. Unfortunately, we should have gotten if set up. Were working with the guardian of the city. If any citizens want to contribute. They can make it out to the guardians of the city one 50 so we are going to achieve the goal we need to achieve it takes a lot of work and asking okay. Thank you. No problem. Thank you commissioner Vice President cleaveland. Commissioner hardeman. Thank you, madam president chief williams sorry eli i hate to ask you this you mentioned the 35 as understand the new fire boat as hesitate the water even though their working on that and it looks remarkable red and white so without Deputy Assistant lombardi i dont know if this is fair to ask you have so much on our plates the 26 million set aside for that project is that include the seismic repair and does the remodel and what is going to happen in i know thats been closed before but the fire boats and access to the 3 fire boats we hope pretty soon how long will that project or you want to wait until lombardi is here. Are you speaking on the easter bonds. Yes. The 46 million approximately that were available. Station 35. Operationally well keep in house with the fire engine and build a new fire station thats my understanding. Good evening mark corso given the fact the building 35 is a historic and not a lot of the work will be happening to the building itself so the engine can remain in that location while the work is down through the rest of the pier. I misunderstood chief williams i heard they were going to vacate. That was not brought up. Oh, he guess i said relocation the boat. I missed that sorry. Thats okay. Theyre looking pier i think that was recorded three or four months ago i dont know if we got the final designate. Pier 26 to relocation. Pier 26 to relocation and all 3 fire boats will fit. Two fire boats for sure and another location for the new fire boat. Sorry. Im sorry at the end of the construction all that will be there. So that will be new money coming from the 26 million will cover that money or new money for the additional pier. It is coming it is in that cost i believe the 26. Like any other city project ill anticipate needing more money. Thats why i brought it up. Sorry. Thank you, chief gonzales. You dont want to say just to be clear on pier 26 chief lombardi is working with the port and work needs to be done to hold the booets boats well be able to dock 3 boats but work that needs to be done and pier and anticipated to be in late spring or early summary summer that is part of overall that concludes my report. Project that work needs to be done i dont believe that is a large project but needs to be work done on the pierse boat can dock before the curt work. Thank you and remarkably to the station at the airport will be done by the end of the year. Right. Thats remark the airport has been spending money wisely and appropriately it at a rapid pace very good thats all my questions chief williams. Thank you commissioner Vice President cleaveland commissioner nakajo. Thank you, madam president when we have bear with me have a few more in terms of this one 19 class and the extension of 3 more w thats because the curriculum is part of froorpgs towards the fire marshall curriculum that has new formed r program that is im trying to check on that. Thats correct commissioner it is because weve included additional requirements if our curriculum detailed manipulates and another lectures and course work with caused us to have to expand the curriculum by 3 weeks it will it is part of adhering to the accreditation requirements. Thats the word. Accreditation. I also assume i dont assume anything department from this point forwards each class will have that kind of length and curriculum for each member for this point moving forward thats correct. I also think that is the best time to do that chief because of the students in the classrooms if we spend the mind to do that so i wanted to be clear what that the other question i had commissioner hardeman brought up about the airport that is gums good news and the pump station completion thats good news are were going to celebrate anything like this maybe have punch and cake at the airport expansion i dont know how the strength of the pump station is but i know how attractive the pump station is when the giants out of curiosities or occurs can we really with that ill refer to the community if they want to roll with that has anyone thought of that. The meetings ive attend not heard them mention that that will be good for the one and investigating celebration. I dont know how attractive a pump station is some people get off on that so i i want to put that out there certainly would love chief to go out to the airport and see that is a beautiful station i know how nice it is out there so i do be excited to come out im i wanted to put that out there. They opened the boat house they have a beg celebration the mayor went so im theyll have something. Chief gonzales were the process of planning activities for the fire station and inviting the chiefs to come down with us. Were not adverse for having something for the pump station we dont say no to cake. Again season will be starting and a whole lost folks open the doors and make that inviting ill be willing to address some folks i want to touch on those particulars thank you very much may want and thanks chief. Thank you commissioner nakajo thats a good idea for the one and 50th i noticed again that we are using a funding enhancements as a phrase so mr. Corso can you come forward please. So i have to ask you mr. Corso is that a term of art because these enhancements that we are talking about are necessary items that we need theyre really not enhancements were not you know taking something that is very simple and stepping it up to a more deluxury model but the beginning model whatever it is that were requesting so is that a term of art enhancements. Good evening mark corso in general yes, from the budget window an enhancement to the budget being that an added investment above our current level to that stent an enhancement the enhancements itself can take a variety of forms a new initiative or a restorative but in general with regards to the technical side of budget considered enhancements anything above our baseline is considered an enhancement. I think that is really sends the wrong message that we dont strongly needs those items that are being called enhancements but if this is the way the budgetary process works those people that are in finance understand then i think that is one thing but i think the average person hearing you know certain example and items under enhancements must not really need it in, in fact, we do. I think we can speak of them as far as internally the Fire Department and outward their no restriction how to clarify them im hoping to change the language anyway. Thank you if you could come up with some suggestions much appreciated and i also wanted to chief williams wanted to hear a little bit more about the 9 new ambulances how many new ambulances does that make within the past 18 most or so do you have those figures. I apologize commissioner president covington i dont have those figures and chief lombardi. Mr. Corso. Chief lombardi is out sick. To delineate mark corso weve moved with the 9 in the current fiscal year from a fumd granted go in a donation and go the general Fund Offering budget last year, we purposed 19 and two years before that another 5 in total 33 so we have a total fleet of i believe 44 ambulances currently by the time we receive the new ambulances will be 4 years with younger with the majority and a half or younger if that is a term for vehicles. Wonderful how much longer will it take to have youll 55 replaced. That is agree question we are currently undergoing with the Mayors Office that ambulance portion is a big part of fleet replacement a topic with the but in general ambulances and also vehicles are identified as a major need for the budget Going Forward. Thank you mr. Corso back to chief williams. Yes. Could you tells you a little bit more about the Community Development at Hunters Point and candle stick point. Well, as far as i know from chief lombardi it project is still in the Development Phase i dont believe theyve Broken Ground per say to map to out and consider the water system and things like that so as far as even our stations they proposed i think that is some years out before that had been a reality. So there will be a new station at both points Hunters Point and candle stick point. The initial report two stations one single house and one Double Company however, ive heard maybe only one station but nothing for certain at that point ill update you as i hear any changes in the news. All right. Thank you very much are there any other questions for chief williams . Nun thank you very much thank you very much. Okay madam secretary. Please call the next item. Or the report from operation were in the chief of the operations and that will be chief goes on. Good evening commissioner president Covington Deputy chief gonzales my Operations Report for others month of february open up with the third alarm on february 13th at 2014 hours two buildings were history buildings in the fillmore district like to commends the units and mention how hard the with work and the challenges laid before them there are that wires couldnt use the airlines if you punch into sf fire third alarm youll get the videos from channel 7 and see how violate that fire was i holds up to fires weve lost 9 or 10 building this looks like that the beginning fires with the two 50 foot ladders the hose lines and the attract it makes me proud to be a firefighter the city were one of the best Fire Departments in the nation one thing the training were continuing to do now id like to mention that it is amazing to me only 3 buildings were damaged at this fire i want to commend the firefighters highlights from the pi o the ocean beach for hazards and engine 14 both engines did a job they have Say Something see something if you think there are in disadvantage the ocean call us we need to get out there theres been two rescues were proud of the jobs as far as outreach to the community and the dog that had a bad day were not worried about that every dog has its day that dog will be okay. Well have four dogs unified operations and give the pi o you might have read about the chp officer that got stabbed the calls were respond to the sftv corresponded joint message for the cit and the city and county of San Francisco because after the partner of gentleman that got injured was chp pi o we want to alleviate the stress and for all the members that respond our stress to help them it was a good job by all one thing that is a challenge for the e by i organization to grasp with the union not easy and hadnt been completed the social media proposal and take a crack at that and hopefully successful some medications that were put out that pedestrian Bicycle Safety tips given by the social media if youre traveling bike or car be respect of others safety tips for social media for the stormwaters the wires were down and the individual fire stations were handsomely handing out preservation material and fire preservation materials. Emergency medical verifies our services on ambulances responded to 5 thousand plus for a market share to the month of february our academies we do want to reiterate what the chief mind or piggybacking were planning a rc4 bump up class excuse me for level ones and this number ive Good Neighbor policy got bump up two classes is 48 we have to get the ratio up i mentioned that two meetings ago right now our e line to paramedics is off we need to rebalance it some of the h8 that were out there from the per department of Human Services their emts now, some of our h3 level twos went into the rh academy we need to get that back i campaigned mr. Corso and others our dhr theyre putting their heads to get this class started the emt the controlled substance policy is in review phase and continuing meetings with the ems schedule that allows a better opportunity for the requirements i also like to reiterate what doctor yeah. What 31 they said i believe it should be a twentyfour hour operation and it addresses some of the users the 911 users that need the most help they dont need to grow but need direction this is what ems 6 does that would help if we could double the staff on to bureau 5 investigations i have an extensive listing of the preliminaries the activities in the intersection ill node read them all theyre in the report the public can read them as well commissioner Vice President cleaveland mentioned the a w sf in 1989 earthquake the ems was created because of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and most of domestic fire hydrants didnt work the a w hydrant leaked out whether because of user area or infrastructure we dont have either what saved the marina was the intuition and id like say the innovation of one of the captains that was from the house of fine arts that led to the farm it was a p w sf that was create by the chief black burn they loaded to the marina i agree that im not sure they should be sell things the puc owns it i want everybody the low pressure system and High Pressure system and what we are making more robust the p w ss and having more for the statistic bodies of we believe anymore water and less pressure that facts up the block streets were in a learning phase napa valley the moss more robust the systems the better we are if and when a disaster hits ii have a list of tasks if you want me to talk about page 5. Highrise. Elaborate on the transportation. The transportation advisors Staff Committee thank you, president. Two investigations addressing the complaints as a result of the investigations they inspection some of the apartment buildings with the units or more the number of both in the inspections have been reduced from 5 hundred and 25 an february 3rd to one and 96 meaning followup on the inspection thats a oblige and thank you to the fire marshall for that. Id like to mention regarding accelerating the Code Enforcement the duckling and the housing inspection to establish an administrative hearing for the fire code instructions there recent a way it make changes that mandated the notice of violations for all fire Code Violations i dont want this to happen nor the Fire Marshall Office but we what we recommend is notice of violation for all priority violations that is 3 types of visions sprinkler, fire alarm and another notice of violations maybe issued for other violations we want to work with the public as well it is not about hamilton them first time with the violations we work with them so thats where we are at with that and holy it will remain the way it is bureau Fire Investigation the number of open reports through the month of january 2016, 200 and 3 a big decline from a few weeks ago this is 23 on fire investigates from the previous 99 are structure and 70 vehicle fires and on the reports are in the following stages of review 38 are final review for signatures and one plus addressed by actually members and members that have returned or retired and the fire marshall was addressing that with the plan were detailing the members that are active and detailing back to finish the reports and the District Attorneys Office is xhulth case by case had a secondary investigator is not available to finish the report well consultant with the da and this is the San Francisco National Airport summary that includes the map that you wanted commissioner nakajo about a month ago. Thank you. That concluded my report. Thank you. Thank you, chief gonzales can you go back a little bit please before i go to questions and. Under Community Developments can you go over those items please. Yes, maam Community Developments were with the fire preservation Hunters Point phase two reactivated the muni line orientation and aerial competence is an sf concern needs to be roved and park merced sf issues is street risks has been resolved sf structure awaiting from the city agency and yuld 95 percent of plans under review the wifi plans for 29 buildings improved im glad you brought me here commissioner president covington i want to mention chief under deputy chief williams is working with the contractors out there on w b i those buildings were going to used to have our live drills well use of more ventilation and we have buildings on slopes and United States of america thats with an the Major Concerns and the testifiers working with them during the tear down and Visitacion Valley shackling 95 percent structural comments by the u. S. San francisco 49ers and the, however, the slopes exceed the apparatus and the slope sponsors to request the thus to explain more if youre familiar with potrero hill the south side where you have the oldest buildings but a lot of like wisconsin streets a lot of streets like this this development will be straight the reason why the streets are steep and want to put straight blocks everywhere they want a variance were talking about that but it is a concern of ours second to none daily hope eliminate the slopes and fire niece and building assess including to the interior courtyards candle stick point sub phase 95 percent structural low pressure reports under review. Okay. Thank you if any of the commissioners have a request for more details. Absolutely. Thank you, again chief gonzales. Is any Public Comment on this item . Regarding this report please come forward. Senior captain at San Francisco Ethics Commission is a couple of issues that were left from the last Commission Meeting i was coagulate going to comment on how many paramedic captains in los angeles one merry battalion misrepresented for station 49 that as viewed several tasks that officers used to do no longer have to do includes the bio medicine and electronic care charges and log cut to the chase theyre assigned to other members that were fulltime and the supervision of the members were done by the operation chief i no longer have to deal with the tasks theyre only after hours the other issues that was narcotics i sure you narcotics are secure and safe at station 49 theyre not disappearing i took a reassignment and with chief gonzales and chief maloy we addressed that issue and corrected this issue there were things before that were not dealt with and since corrected no ongoing problem another issue that was brought up is access to the captain i assure you captain city of chicago is assessable than any other captain the Fire Department it is on my person the entire shift so all the crew members are assessable foosz im assessable via text and overwhelms and with the Younger Generation text is the preference other issue that surveying the members of what thai want i surveyed out to the members as the commission asked 84 percent of members pandered are prefer the supervision in place the twentyfour hour shift for the entire shift as opposed to two different officers working 12 hour shifts another issue that was brought up balls getting dropped left and right that is happening on the basketball ive poling to the members theyll increase the passing game and we have a quorum we should have less balls be dropped thank you, commissioners thank you for your time. Thank you, captain crawford any other mbes members of the public that want to speak all right. Public comment is closed. And commissioners, any questions for excuse me for chief gonzales. Any more. Yes. Oh, thank you commissioner Vice President cleaveland. I always have questions thank you, madam president chief gonzales a couple of things youve talked about a social media policy is that something that is developed in consultation with local 898; is that correct . Yes. A policy that will be issued at the pump station. The social media and local 798 have a social media policy. It wouldnt bother me if something violated the 798 were concerned with what will happen with the San Francisco Fire Department when our representing the Fire Department we have rules but facebook and twitter are prolific that it is very difficult policy to write where are the boundaries that boundary so challenge that when we first decided to do that collaborative on what the departments policy like others policies we collaborative i collaborated with 798 with dhr and other per diems and wages and benefits that are discipline theyre involved. A good idea that the department in consultation with local 798 creates a social media policy i mean, thats the way that people get their information through the social outlets we have that you know together when we created that policy id like to note the status the commission would like to be abreast of the social policy and sunshine have input. That will be thats definitely well accept that is great. I dont do facebook stay off of the facebook you talked about the 60 percent paramedics and emt thats required by the state. Not a requirement it is for operational proficiency it is we have the per diems their paramedics but if we have San Francisco Ethics Commission and issue h1 and two for a ambulances to go out the door has to have a paramedics if three or four paramedics go off sick i cant partner them with other e789 we need more paramedics to get those cars out the door. But that standard of 65, 35 is a standard that we created or is it not a National Standard not a state required. I can defer to multiple voices that will work for us to get all blaunz out. Were at 50 50. Were 55, 45 we lost 14 left and how many h8 came in for the 12. And we left 13 and meyers. Jeff meyers ems so the 64, 35 ratio in a nut shell is an operational balance it will be the paramedic and the emt that allows the assignment the most flexibility for replacing personnel with scheduled days off as the chief mentioned we cant partner the emt is it a system as far as the transport units so the 65, 35 give us flexibility when personnel especially the medicine ice cream call in sick we make is dual or a one and one emt and one part time. Thats the part i couldnt address is that a standard national. Not a National Standard it is due to the operation on each jurisdictions within the organization. Is there any National Standards out there. There are standards as far as level of Service Based on the stated regulations but percentages are of paramedics an operational decision based on the organization. What we want. Yes, sir. Thanks. Quick question on the budget enhancement and mr. Corso who the chief could come up and talk about have we got money in the enhancement budget our president mentioned earlier to capitalized at ems 6 program to ems. Good evening mark corso were staffed for the initial rotating roll out the one of our enhancements requests or funding necessities for next year included the proposal to the Mayors Office will be an expansion of a relief pool for other personnel for one or two main participate members of the program are off ill there is additional personnel that can fit in as needed this program is so important for the city as well this is the program that is dealing with the hardcore people that are frequent users of the 911 system and we can trillion triage that and significantly help the people on the street thats money well spent we should enter that both the enhancements. I agree chief gonzales that our potential weather supply system po should be dloibl as soon as possible but fine were still in charge of the p w ss program; correct . Ill say that is a collaboration well appreciate funding from pcc if they invest their money into the other areas we dont deem it absolutely necessary if at the diverter to p. S. S that is more than welcome. Last question the number of outstanding investigations how many Fire Investigations are in the investigation process. An open investigation speaks for itself. So 200 and 3 that are open and so the 38 reports the bulk is three or four or 6 months ago were waiting for a final review and signature now only 38 their concocted down out of active members the reports in their docket and working on 39 reports i mean their older they didnt get completed by people that were reassigned or have retired so basically 38 outstanding investigations that have not been concluded or written up. Ill say one and 26 plus 39. Okay. So thats a concern. A considerable number of Fire Investigations. Yeah. A lot of that includes vehicle fires and outside fires and portable toilet fires that is to all the points. If you separate out the structural fires whats the average time to investigate a structural fire. Could refer to the chief but obviously on the extent of the fire or a greater alarm is that a simple contents there are fires where the b f i a not needed the chief the field they have enough wherewith all and bears true as far as evidence make that determination but i mean, if there is a death or serious injury e. R. Explosion any greater alarm we call out the b f i the length of time it takes if there is a fatality youre talking about to other Agency Agencies they are more extensive and can be varied. No average in the amount of. Really quickly if they cant come up or it is undetermined dan if you want to come up undetermined stays there; right . So. Fire marshall please come forward. Good evening, commissioners dan fire marshall the chief i concur is the chief you cant set a time on any given apply to all fires across the board im saying case for instance, the videotape that was sent out for the side what kind of commission we were in a Holding Pattern so since that delay with the pd and so no general time ill say this though we try to target with the 7 or 8 reports per investor a reasonable caseload youre talking about 60 or 70 report we expect to be open not backlogs there are review primaries initiate the investigation and start his or her report and the pier report and the final will be the supervisor sign off 3 stages when we say reports theyre in different reports thank you, divide them as the chief mentioned roughly 38 are in the supervisors column at this time going back to october 2nd housing unit and 45 in the supervisors column so weve greatly reduced that in october 4, 07 so overall roughly down. I commends you actually. Were working on that. The investigations has comedy appreciate that and the citizens of the city punishment that can we speed up the Fire Investigations the public has an interest in why fires if we speed up well give the public more answers quickly. I agree wear looking to religious the reports to a manageable level and youll be able to see the general routine youll get a good idea how long it takes to process those rosters right now since a large log at one time were trying to catch up it is hard to really measure at this point. I appreciate your efforts thank you. Thanks chief thats all my questions. Thank you commissioner Vice President cleaveland commissioner nakajo. Thank you, madam president. Chief gonzales i might have to get chief meyers but im trying to digest because the reports become intense with information that the 24 there will be a class that will occur to target 24 paramedics that will happen. Yes. Yeah. Can i have a little bit more information the 24 paramedics when we try to recruit them are they from the emt categories or generally people off the list. Right now not an actual two the emt they get bumped up to the paramedics the they go by highest seniority and seize if there is sprinkler that hold them back in not they initiate the call. Out of respect id like to call chief myself up here to understand that this bump up or targeted emts to become paramedics thats what is going on with the next class that got budget. Jeff meyers ems two phases we need to replace the paramedics with the basis with the promptal opportunities the department is given with members if San Francisco Ethics Commission to the tower from members promoted from h3 l2 into active rescue commissions and attrition from a time we have a need to replace the paramedics the chief mentions inform h2 active list the majority that come in on the level emt process have paramedics cards approximately to 85 percent we have a system for the paramedic card in their back pocket we remove there from the emt to pharmacy and refresh their skills and go to the county accreditations which is and so forth by the Regulatory Agency we have the First Academy starting april 4th and dwn will be the entry emt academy and followup with the second bump of emts to paramedics after that academy has concluded. Again, i appreciated this i think im a little bit slow the 24 that youre looking for on the emts are coming off the emt list. ; is that correct twentyfour hour h3 level emts that have part time credentials with their secondary credentials out of the clarification and moving them to paramedic. Thats the reference to the binge up academy. It is considered an entering clarification advancement we call it bump up for short. Bump up academy in terms of the ratio that commissioner Vice President cleaveland was talking about that suits our need for our department in terms of the emts to paramedics. Yes. It will help to reset the balance if paramedic to emt ratio but taking into account the future losses of the level two paramedics the upcoming june fire academy some additional promotional opportunities for level two and also some open positions o positions this is all coordinated is the Assignment Office and cfo portion. This is a budgetary cover that was mentions the 24 that starting to go to have 48 is that the reference. The totals number from level one to two is 48 members we cant pull level one out of the mix well breakdown them into management groups. Where are the paramedics coming if all emt candidates. The level one is emt theyre on the list and the majority have a be paramedic license. Off of that list it is actively. Yes, sir. The emt level one list is actively for another two years. Are the reasons that is occurring in balance because the members from San Francisco Ethics Commission paramedics are going over to members of the h2 class. We offered multiply opportunities for advancement to the tower or rc positions east with the shifts were having to reallocate to paramedics to backfill overseeing positions o positions i understand the h8 many of them railroad californian identified within a shortage many of them have been hired by the department as emts. Some of them have the first class 19 and 13 were moved to emts that remaining 6 members are active as h a paramedics and a secondary class of 25 to thirty paramedics that are available to be used also. Okay will we replenish the h8. Were in process and looking to have angle h8 academy in the summer our goal is 75 plus h a paramedics visible vainl to the department. Is this a new. It is a new application we on the applicant pool for h8 and screen them they go through the interview and enter with acceptance the h a training. When will you anticipate that. Were starting the Recruitment Program we have a meeting tormented with the deputy and the director ot and a Training Program starting in early simmer saw a assuming it is covered budgetary. The last question provide clarity of an h3 with the talk. Right. The h3 is a clarification designation it is a deep clarification it entails 3 classes it has the h3 level one yes, maam emt and h39 paramedics and function nonfirefighter and then the h3 level firefighter paramedic so those advancements are still within the classification not like their h2 firefighter to another clarification it is a movement within the existing clarification so it is an advancement new class. Originally with the h 1920 were designed if not for the h3 to be on the b l s you the clarification ill ask mr. Corso to talk about the design but to allow the improvement between level one and 23 in a girl noncomplicated manner within the service. Yeah. Okay. And one the assets of an h3 the member can fight suppression as well. In h3 level 3 the firefighter part time the suppression quality as a licensed paramedic in the state of california. How many members of the department do you think are h3. One thirty . Totals level 3. One and 27 Something Like that 27 is the last count without looking at the consensus. I appreciate that chief gonzales and where do the h3 serve the h3 level 3 on the Life Support Engine Companies mire from 27 to 31 a day and were be averaging 31 and in addition to that when we come out of tower their h33 when that they come out we put them on an thumb u engine an additional to the 31 and when they go to the truck and those to the engines their late we have is making that time regarding the h engine. Chief goodwins can you go over what the. Basic life support are emts. Thank you very much may want and thank you for your patience you gave a deception that coffers 20 years and given the opportunities of members not just for the suppression or the paramedics but indeed have a cross training we used to call it i think still call is that. It allows the members to move up through the ranks. Thank you, chief gonzales and chief meyers and may want. Commissioner hardeman yes. You have time. Thank you, madam president i just had a comment for chief gonzales roe vs. Wade his reports on the fulsome street fire it is interesting how you notice the rest of the month there is no single alarms the amount of equipment and personnel one had 5 is personnel i think some are not listed for the and 28 pieces of equipment the 1 on fulsome street the chief is still knocked out 2014 and second alarm excuse me first alarm 2017 work in fire and the second 2018 and the next 33 somebody knows when theyre doing they xhoblgd it out you hour and a half with the wires and everything theyre able to get that third alarm really quick and helped to stress that fire. As i mentioned the Building Foundation of that fire where they put the first apparatus the hose the skylight on the roofs of those buildings other challenging aspect of those fires that basically built why it was successful when you started out that way you make the right moves the beginning one of the lines that were moved by engine 10 take care of the explore to the back they had their hands full they used the 12 up to 3 times and did an outstanding job whether the challenges were normally i dont know that we do at the fires we relieve the pressure and the smoke and gases from the attic and breaking the skylight was somewhat, but a 4 by 4 hole in the roof we use our ceiling hooks to punch down the ceiling and into the floor below that that makes everything vent in this case those attic with the four story they subdivide them into rooms and make other apartments it is innovate your typical at t, etc. Space why they figure out the fire and like you said they did a grook good job in the amount of time is it was an express fire and may want thats it. Thank you commissioner hardeman and just to follow up on commissioner hardemans question chief gonzales has a cause for the fulsome street fire been determined yet. Im looking at this report perhaps the fire marshall. As far as from the reports was handed to me last month it was still under investigation. Thats why im asking. I can get you an update. That would be great thank you it sounds like everyone did extraordinary well and as commissioner hardeman said knocking it out argue absolutely. And you know was very, very shorts of times i also wanted to know about the social media there was a mention here i dont know if im on the right page hold a minute there was a mention that during the fire updates were going out like every 5 mens are see what social media with the employed. I wasnt necessary in social media by the p l o what happens at the department of communication i sat there for a year and there was a battalion chief the third alarm hits and everybody else and the mother is calling the District Of Columbia theyre busy especially the media we tried to train the media give us a chance to catch we dont call us at the busiest times the pio when the battalion chiefs are on scene theyre the pio on scene we dont have time to field the calls from the media when the emergency requires. I will add did plo texted me they must be watching their creates the social policy. I understand a lot of the members of the department are watching the Commission Meeting so im surprised we got one text. Thank you commissioner Vice President cleaveland. laughter . So this is another social media question the preservation and education component, however, you are traveling by foot or car be respect and aware of each other so again what social media was employed in getting out that message im sure youre going on facebook and out on the website putting this message out there ill have to ask the pio did the pio do a presentation or introduced themselves. You mean jonathan yes introduced himself. Maybe it is a good idea to have him delineate on what he is doing hes on the move this is only in february. Lounge do you think that will forefront a social media policy that maybe the best time to come before us. You dont want i dont want to but them on a timeline so it wasnt an easy thing to put together other departments have a hard time drafting them across the country. Perhaps he can come sooner than later and the social media policy will be part of the strategic plan. Im assuming so in what regards. There will be a category that outreaches the essential media policy. Thats a good point. I think that essential expirations that it is included the strategy plan. Good idea. I think i have one more question regarding the times excuse me experiencing better take place on Treasure Island and the yuld you said ventilation leave and slopes. I said some of the buildings on slopes or the building well be doing some of drills you enter at a certain level behind the building goes down the slopes we have had 3 fatalities and serious injuries we want to get it right. This is a wonderful resource yuld and Treasure Island as buildings are being you know either torn down we get a chance to go in and do a lot of good training i wonder have the k9 units on Treasure Island. On Treasure Island there are proposals but as far as where the construction is going on ill have to deter to any colleague. Chief director of training yes, commissioners, in fact, ive been in contact with chief Francisco Many of the three or four concrete buildings on Treasure Island at this point have problems on west side facing the city will be demolished met with the occasion company last friday looks like a good clan to get the dogs in after the demolitions before we roach the pile. That would be wonderful to do that it is i guess a couple of years since i joined the k9 united south of the city and saw the training and the operation and the volunteers that are hidden throughout large buildings and the dog sniff them out it is very, very impressive training one of the things they have so few large spaces in which to practice and to give the dogs practice anytime they come on an opportunity that is an opportunity with a large building or complex building i think we always need to keep in mind the k9 units. I agree and the new area a challenge for the dog. And the dogs are like people in a lot of ways they like new challenges all right. Thank you any last questions oh. Sorry. Commissioner nakajo. Thank you, madam president chief gonzales i have one comment question not comment question in terms of the your report before i do that i do want to acknowledge Public Comment at the information that Public Comment was really appreciated we did have a lively discussion with the city of chicago and that was not my question chief gonzales any update on station 39 negotiation. As far as the negotiate im not at liberty to talk about that but personally lets get it done and workout what we need to work out the money is there we need to fund the positions i see the reality of putting rc4 back into the field. I appreciate your candid. Thank you commissioner nakajo. I wanted to point out that the report if operations with the continuation thats why the dates were in february and operations will be reporting out again at our next meeting so i just wanted to people to know weve ran out of time during one of the morning meetings thats why operation is prepared in february tonight again, thank you to everyone and madam secretary. Item 6 agenda for next fire Commission Meeting an april 13, 2016. Suggestions. Commissioner nakajo. May want and commissioners i dont know how you want to approach this may be a report update from chief lombardi and any update prefixing we ask important unit reviews are those updates chief i dont know the prerogative of the departments and the chief if we might be able to have an update currently with this operation at the airport thats my only suggestion at this time may want. Thank you commissioner hardeman. Nothing maam. May want. Commissioner Vice President cleaveland. Nothing at this time all right. Thank you i know we have several other items that are out there and the Vice President and i will put our pedestrians e Heads Together and format the next agenda. Also a letter from mta from the guardian employees for acknowledgement at an upcoming. If in your packet. Okay. Thank you. Any other matters before us okay. Any Public Comment . At this time. Oh, yes. Can i make a request close the meeting in memory of the people that lost their lives in belgium is that appropriate. Those people that lost their lives in brussels this meeting is adjourned in their memory thank you welcome did you know that many buildings in San Francisco are not bolted to the foundation on todays episode well learn how the option to bolt our foundation in an earthquake. Hi, everybody welcome to another episode of stay safe im the director of earthquake safety in the city and county of San Francisco im joined by a friend matt. Thank you thanks for being with us were in a garage but at the el cap center south of market in San Francisco what weve done a simulated the garage to show you what it is like to make the improvements and reduce the reflexes of earthquake were looking at Foundation Bolts what do they do. The Foundation Bolts are one of the strengthening system they hold the lowest piece of wood onto the foundation that prevents the allows from sliding during an earthquake that is a bolt over the original construction and these are typically put in along the foundation to secure the house to the Foundation One of the things well show you many types of bolts lets go outside and show the vufrdz were outside the epic center in downtown San Francisco well show 3 different types of bolts we have a e poxy anchor. It is a type of anchor that is adhesive and this is a rod well embed both the awe hey that embeds it into the foundation that will flip over a big square washer so it secured the mud sell to the foundation well need to big drill luckily we have peter from the company that will help us drill the first hole. So, now we have the hole drilled ill stick the bolt in and e postoffice box it. That wouldnt be a bad idea but the dust will prevent the e postoffice box from bonding we need to clean the hole out first. So, now we have properly cleaned hole whats the next step. The next step to use e postoffice box 2 consultants that mixes this together and get them into tubes and put a notice he will into the hole and put the e postoffice box slowly and have a hole with e postoffice box. Now it is important to worm or remember when you bolt our own foundation you have to go to 9 department of building inspection and get a permit before you start what should we look at next what i did next bolt. A couple of anchors that expand and we can try to next that will take a hole that hole is drilled slightly larger marathon the anchor size for the e postoffice box to flow around the anchor and at expansion is going into the hole the same dinning room well switch tamet so, now we have the second hole drilled what next. This is the anchor and this one has hard and Steel Threads that cuts their way into the concrete it is a ti ton anchor with the same large square so similar this didnt require e postoffice box. Thats correct you dont needed for the e postoffice box to adhere overnight it will stick more easily. And so, now it is good to go is that it. Thats it. The third anchor is a universal Foundation Plate when you dont have room above our foundation to drill from the top. So, now we have our Foundation Plate and the tightened screw a couple of ways to take care of a foundation whats the best. The best one depends on what your house is like and our contractors experience theyre sometimes considered the cadillac anchor and triplely instead of not witting for the e postoffice box this is essentially to use when you dont have the overhead for the foundation it really depends on the contractor and engineering what they prefer. Talking to a qualified professional and see what i want to welcome everyone here today and today, we are signing this very important piece of legislation and let me begin by thanking supervisor wiener so far his instead of leadership the sponsoring the legislation that will raise the minimum angle for anyone purchasing Tobacco Products and e cigarettes to the average 24 and that will take effect on july 1st of this year i know that supervisor wiener along with his cosponsors supervisor mar and supervisor cowen and supervisor farrell and ultimately the entire board had a adopted this and this i know that the supervisors with working closely with our duty 0 who has been documenting why it is showing so important to continue our efforts as a city if not as a state to continue be rooiktd the access to cigarettes particularly at journeying or younger ages that is advocated by the groups like the Tobacco Free Coalition i want to thank them theyre not just here in San Francisco but the entire region and all over the country working with the Health Department making sure that supervisor wiener and not only Pay Attention it the science and data it is going on but that we do our best to end the suffering that is brought by by longterm smoking that obviously is the cause of cancer and asthma and Heart Disease we do our best to educate the public in doing so if not the industry that sells overseeing products and ultimate our kids are your family when in their 18 and 19 is shown that the coalition has shown over and over youre putting that some 95 percent of long term smokers had begun smoking at the age of 18 perhaps younger and as certain under the age of 21 those habit are so hard to end voluntarily so thats why we have to go to many other front to try to do this and thats why i think that the supervisor wiener has found a person cause and Public Health health cause if the violation kriebs the department of health to make sure that we do what we can to end our these diseases as much as we can to make sure that we also reflect as the mayor of the city if we can save a lot of money if we are able the medical systems we have to have in place it treat cancer and asthma with smoking is an incredible experience to the Public Safety the cleaner air with the Coalition Work on families that Secondhand Smoke impacts this has another critical reason why we want to do as much as we can and i think were on the overview we know that supervisor wiener is already in contact with the Governors Office as we are and with his the 1184 particularly senator leno and senator henrys to insure that the state which maybe hopefully in our minds the second to join hawaii to end the sales of Tobacco Products and less people under 9 age of 21 it doesnt make it right because your 21 you buy Tobacco Products wild to end it. Everyone hopefully with the adult level of age 21 that people make Better Health decision tore themselves and their family so i take this opportunity to thank the coalition i know that in looking at the data as they have done in working with us this year was a strong sense interest the data it the smoking rates are higher amongst people of closer and amongst the let the record reflect community and other xhucht we rank it with a hard impact sales work that is done by Tobacco Industry the may or may not Lgbt Community thats where we really have good data to show that the more we do to educate your communities be about this the better off well be so with all that background i want to say to supervisor wiener you have again showing the good leadership im going to give the pen avenue we sign this your accumulate more pens than anyone but thank you for your leadership and also working with such important groups like the Tobacco Free Coalition supervisor wiener id like to invite you up here to say a few words thank you, mayor ed lee ill give that pen to the advocates and the district for theyre really horroric work tutor sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; 24 legislation in a way that highlights this critically important issue San Francisco for many years has been on the cuttingedge of Public Safety whether around hiv or led pant and sugar sweetened beverage whatever the case weave been from the forefront and once again we are in the fire hydrant of what i hope will be a tile waive of proving Health Legislation that eliminates tobacco use in this country this is a huge problem weve been involved in a 50year struggle but with the tobacco city that produces a product with no benefit whatsoever that kills a half a Million People every year 34 is a serious issue and serious punting kiss im proud we live in a city where we can be on the cuttingedge where the politics of this city allows us at city hall to make good progressive policy i also want to say we know were up against a very well financed component the tobacco destroy for decades has fought ever effort to try to control tobacco use and enemy linkage between their pursuit and the health we know that hillsborough tried to do that they have spent their legislation after an expensive lawsuit by the Tobacco Industry we in San Francisco are willing to fight that fight that is amount about our city thank you to the department of Public Health we sometimes dont roles e releases how lucky with the best putting department that supports our efforts to make good laws that vascular critical exercise an Amazing Agency and our advocates for give us the political spouse space to to be able to do this and as the mayor adu u. You allowed we passed that legislation a week and a half good and the law jam the state assembly broke we that republicans willing to raise the tobacco age to 21 to pass senator lenos forwardlooking bill to make sure that cigarettes are tobacco are still a way to get addicted to nicotine and will you the tobacco tax it is a huge step forward i hope goes to the governors desk thank you, everyone clapping. so are we ready to safe so far lives ill add one mount reason not in my notes or the legislation but it is about my history about 10 years ago a mayor asked me to pick up cigarette butts as a public works decorator i say to all the public works staff that work hard if there was less settings thats another reason to sign on the legislation; right . Yes all right. clapping. laughter . Todays date is 16. Thats it all right. N francisco Historic Preservation Commission Regular hearing for wednesday march 16, 2016. I would like to remind members of the public that the commission does not tolerate disruption or out birches of any kind. Please silence all cell phones that may go off and when speaking to the commission please state your name for the record. I will take roll. Commission president president. Here. Commissioner high land. Yes. Commissioner hasz. Yes. Commissioner johns. Here. Commissioner matsuda. Here. We expect commissioner johnck to be absent today. First is general public and can address members of the commission on items not on the agenda and you can address the commission for up three minutes. Does any member of the public wish to make a non agenda comment. Seeing none we will close Public Comment. Thank you commissioner. They will place us under department matters. Item 1 directors announcements. Good afternoon commissioners. Tim Frye Department staff. The report is in the packets and i am happy to answer any questions should you have them. Commissioner matsuda. I just had one question about the Upcoming Event on april 6, the Mission Action plan. Youre going to be discussing supporting local businesses. Will we have anything available about legacy businesses that you could share by then . Thats a great question. I will check with the organizers of the event and if there is anything that we can include. We may be able to include maps or information from San Francisco Architectural Heritage about their program. And maybe create a list about legacy businesses. Sure. Thats a great question. If there is nothing further we can move on to item two, review of the past events at the Planning Commission and staff report and announcements. Good afternoon tim frye. No formal report for you regarding the recent events of the Planning Commission but i have a few things to share with you. One is that the Planning Department hosted a table at the San Francisco history days at the old mint last week on march 5 and six. We answered general questions regarding the departments Preservation Program and Property Information and we did have a map posted where members of the public could write down landmarks they think should be designated in the future and we compiled the list and will share during the next Quarterly Report. Second is the department began the Public Outreach portion of the neighborhood commercial store front survey effort. The survey and historic statement will be in front of you in june. On tuesday march 8 from six to 8 00 p. M. We held a Community Meeting in russian hill and well attended and after a short presentation we broke out into discussion groups at tables, a lot of positive feedback about the survey results and we are conducting three more Community Events and along with four walking tours of neighborhood commercial districts in those areas. We did have a walking tour the hyde and polk street on march 12 but canceled due to rain so were going to reschedule that later this year before the hpc renders a vote on the survey. We also had ask a planner event scheduled at a local coffee shop which we will also reschedule so members of the public can ask questions about the code or the survey. The last item i wanted to share with you is something that was published this morning that you may have heard about. It appears that supervisor campos and peskin have cosponsored legislation to add about 350,000 into the Preservation Fund for legacy businesses in advance of it becoming active in july. This money could largely if passed could largely be used to fund a staff member for the small office of Small Business. But two, provide rent subsidies for businesses that qualify as legacy businesses. According to the article it appears that the office of Small Business has about ten working applications right now. I dont believe any of those are complete yet because they havent been forwarded to our office, but i will reach out to regina and find out the status of those and certainly keep you posted about the funding and how through the board of supervisors. It appears it will go to the budget and finance committee fairly soon and that concludes my report unless you have any questions. Thank you. Thank you. Seeing no questions commissioners that places us on please call the next item item 3 reports and announcements. The only announcement i have is i plan to handy on behalf of the commission on the hearing of the rec and Park Commission tomorrow to speak about our comments that we made about the mothers [inaudible] seeing no other items commissioners item 4 consideration of Adoption Draft minutes for the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission Regular hearing of march 2, 2016. I would request that we continue the draft minutes for the Architecture Review Committee for march 2, 2016 as a comment letter wasnt prepared to be included as part of the minutes so if we could continue that to the next hearing of april 6 i would appreciate that. Commissioners any questions on the minutes for the regular hearing on march 2 . Does any member of the public wish to comment on the minutes of march 2, 2016 . Seeing and hearing none we will close Public Comment and do i have a motion to adopt the minutes for the regular hearing and continue the hearing. So moved. Thank you commissioners on that motion to adopt the regular minutes for march 2, 2016 and continue the architecture review Commission Meeting for daw two. Commissioner hasz. Yes. Commissioner matsuda. Yes. Ionin. Yes. Commissioner wolfram. Yes. That passes 60 and places you on commission five for commission comments and questions. Commissioner johns. The Current Issue of the magazine published by the San Francisco Historical Society has part two of jim haus history of the civic center so those that would like a detailed presentation on that subject i recommend it highly. Thank you. I have a request of planning staff. I understand that the new Mission Theater has been denied their one of the city landmarks we approved certificate of appropriateness has been denied and the tax credit application was denied and i believe there is an appeal and maybe at the next hearing agendize this item to write a support letter for the appeal. Certainly. Just in preparation the department has generally drafted a letter for the commissions review. Would you like us to draft a letter and edit and talk about at the hearing . Yes that makes sense. Okay. Are there any other items . Maybe we should report to the members of the public that we are continuing item 9, the integrate landmark. Is that correct . Item 10, the last item, item 10. We dont have a excuse me, a continuance calendar so we should take it up well, we could take it out of order but we received a request for continuance of 6a and b as well. Okay. We can do 6a and b because its first and then take so item 10 we dont have we dont have a continuance calendar but we can take it out of order. Lets take it out of order and if there is public here they dont have to wait. Sure. If there is nothing further under commission matters we can move to the regular calendar. We will take item 10 out of order as you heard. For 2015007219des and the Ingleside Presbyterian Church and the integrate for landmark designation and greater cloud of witnesses for landmark designation. Any Public Comment on this item . Does anyone want to speak to the continuance of the motion . Seeing none i do have a motion. I move to continue it. Thank you which are approximate commissioners. On that item 10 to continue to that date. Commissioner. Yes. Commissioner. Yes. Commissioner. Yes. Commissioner. Yes. Commissioner yes. President wolfram. Yes. That moves 60 and on 6a and b for 2015000308coa at 38 liberty street certificate of appropriateness and 2015000308var at the same address requests for a variance. Commissioners i do have several speaker cards but we received a request from the project sponsor to continue the matter to april 20 i believe to investigate further an issue on the site and staff as far as i know is in support of that continuance, so you could elect to hear the matter, accept public testimony, or take up the matter of continuance only. Thank you. Commissioners should we any thoughts about this . I think if people have come we should hear them and then vote whether we want to continue or not. Okay. We will hear the item and then the continuance at this point. Good afternoon commissioners. I am from the Department Staff. This project is a cert for 38 liberty street as a potential contractor to the libertyhill district and for a singlecar garage and the primary facade based on the historic photograph and Additional Information from the libertyhill Historic District and construction of a threestory rear horizontal addition include side facade altercations. The department has reviewed the project and has found the project to be compliant with the article 10 and the secretary of the interior standards in the staff report. The department has received correspond ons of the project primarily removal of air street tree as well as facade alterations as well as the removal of the on street parking. In addition the department has received comments on the variance regarding the rear yard var rar and the extension into the rear yard. The department is working with the sponsor for the past couple months to make sure that the restoration is appropriate to the libertyhill district. We have a historic photograph of the exterior of the original residence and victorian in nature and the sponsor has worked towards restoring that piece of the facade or the entire facade back to the victorian character which is characteristic of the surrounding landmark district. We have included conditions of approval and to look at the landscape plan and the sidewalk, to examine the details in more detail as well as provide for Additional Information once the selected demo occurs on the exterior. Currently the exterior facade has a stucco, covered in stucco and Mission Revival feel and it would remove that detailing in past projects we seen scarring and things and might better inform the trim on the exterior so this concludes my presentation. The upon project sponsor is not present so if you have questions i am available. Thank you. Questions commissioners . So at this time we will take Public Comment on this item. I have several speaker cards so if you could please come forward when your name is called. You will have three minutes and there will be a warning bell 30 seconds before the time sup. Jeffrey gainer. Lets see. Can i get that too . Yeah. When you start speaking they will put it on. Okay great. My name is jeffrey gainer and live on liberty street and down two doors. I contacted rich to get a copy of the submitted plans and found that in the plans everything on the site plan was accurate except for the location of the tree, and the size of the tree. What the applicant submitted was 11 times smaller than what is actually out there. In black here theres the tree and the sidewalk cut out that was submitted and going out and measuring on site i find that the actual tree and sidewalk cut out are about area wise 11 times larger than that. You can see where in black hes drawn in a curb cut for the driveway. That would go through where the tree actually stands. You can see marked in white on site is the location of the tree that he submitted on the plans, and the actual tree of course is there off center and much larger than hes portraying. I think that if he were to offset the driveway a bit it might be possible to create a driveway between the trees and only taking about 15 inches out of each sidewalk cut out, that major tree and the tree uphill from it, but that still even so may cut through the roots. The roots are some major roots are right there on the surface and the sidewalk itself. The driveway of course would be 4 inches of concrete on top of 4 inches of crushed gravel and that would certainly cut into the tree roots. Sue yee wrote back when i informed her of this our inspector has inspected the tree and will deny the remule af of tree if an application is submitted. I request that dpw notify the planner that the sponsor should file an application for assessing the trees thickness, and chris altman of Trees Company said on the phone the tree is alive and healthy and cutting in the way they want to would kill it or cause it to fall over. Thank you. Joseph. Hello. So the proposed i actually wanted to point out here on his Architecture Design you see here on the drawing hes got an adjacent window here sir, im sorry to interpret interrupt you and please speak into the mic. The upstairs window has an adjacent window here. On the design there is no window here and two other windows on my building here. The proposal is actually build a bathroom adjacent from the upstairs bedroom which would eliminate privacy. I dont know if the owner has claimed it would be an opaque window and what capacity and if it would open. We worked with the owner and last time we were in correspondence with him was december 29 and we informed him and objected to the entire third floor and shared information about his health and concluded and said we could reject and appealed all we wanted and he intended to build the biggest house he could. We thought about the third story and considered part of it. My home actually faces the all the light from the bottom story and the second story would now face a wall and not have any light exposure as well as hes proposing to build two windows that would directly face into my home now. We lived on the property for 30 years and he plans hes made it clear he plans on flipping the property and reselling it for the most square foot annual possible. Thank you. Thank you. Brent hatcher. Brent hatcher. I live on liberty street right across the street. Me and my partner lived there since 1996. I am in opposition to the project primarily because the developer is deceptive and dishonest with the drawings that you can see and im not sure he is going to follow through in an appropriate way to do right by the neighborhood, by the trees, by the neighborhood by the neighbors so im in opposition, and i would really like to see a massing study. Im not overtly opposed to this size of this project. I do think its over scaled but i do think we need to see a massing study and i am surprised we havent seen one until now for the scale of the project. The last thing i would like to say is i find it odd were basing a Historic Restoration on the photograph. My my estimation its 18 inches or 2 feet of the facade. The photograph is of joeys house and this much of the photograph is the subject property so that concerns me a little as well that we would recreate an entire facade based on 2 feet and if were doing that and were adding the garage and raising the house it doesnt seem historic to me. Thank you. Thank you. Ozzie o dlm room. Good afternoon. I am from [inaudible] neighborhood organization. We also oppose this project based on three issues. Issue number one is misleading drawings and wrong measurements that obscure the fact there is a tree on site that will have to be removed. My question is why is it that these wrong drawings and measurements have not been caught before . And i understand its not in the purview of the Planning Department to worry about the trees and within the dpws jurisdiction. However if a developer or project sponsor is submitting plans that are incorrect and misleading that should be the responsible of the Planning Department to verify that. Clearly in this case the drawings are misleading and should be verified before the department have issued the support of the project. Secondly, third floor vertical addition in a Historic District should require a 3d version and i seen the San Francisco Historic Preservation commission does that routinely with houses deemed Historic Resources and this is a Historic District so at least the project sponsor should have done was to provide visibility studies so the third floor addition would not be visible from the public rightofway. Third, we oppose the variance for building so far into the lots. This house granted is flanked by a couple of houses that are really big, however there is a strong pattern of [inaudible] on that block of liberty and it should be preserved. Plus to build a house this far into the rear yard and keep it within the standard planning code will be large enough. Why do we have to keep going beyond for gaining a few square feet there and here for profit. I really urge you to please oppose this variance and do not grant it. It is very important that we should not set precedent to take away more of our precious midblock open space and thats it. Soo and thank you for taking our comments. Thank you. Does any other member of the public wish to comment on the item . Seeing none. Public comment is now closed and bring it back to the commission. Commissioners. I just have a question for planning staff about the 3d representations. I know from my work every project now days is wired and i would think and specifically what the speaker brought up about you know in a Historic District. Have there been any studies like that . We received an early study of a 3d model of the project on a much earlier version and havent received any updates subsequently so its not a strict requirement to include it as part of their work but we highly encourage it. Im sorry. One of the comments i got from commissioner moore from the Planning Commission is anything that came in front of them was pretty Much Required to have some better presentation so i am just wondering if we can request of the project sponsor if it comes back for a continue when its continued. That would be great. Most definitely. And i have a question for you which wasnt clear in the write up. Is it the house being raised up . As far as i know no. I noticed on the sections for example on the existing says 36 and the new says 34 feet. I will get additional clarity on that well. And the Cross Section s and the existing and new and seems taller than now and i am curious about that, and then also it would probably be helpful if the commission has a better understanding of the grounds for the request of the rear yard variance. That wasnt exactly clear why the project should get that. So is that something that i mean and the massing of the building i think it would be helpful. I am curious from a process standpoint about the variance. Tim frye and this is the first joint hearing and the Zoning Administrator was going to be present if the item wasnt continued and he will speak to that at the next hearing. Okay. Well, then i move that we continue this to some date that is convenient for everyone so we can have the Zoning Administrator here and we can have some additional work done by staff, and so that the proponent can advise us. April 20 was the suggested date. Do you have a comment . Yes. Should we hear the variance first on a stand alone . Because this is our first one; right . We cant . Well no, what i am saying Going Forward the project is going to change if they dont have the singlecar garage. I dont think they can get the variance with that. I think the Zoning Administrators intent is get cues from the San Francisco Historic Preservation commission and which direction youre leaning toward prior to making his decision. Certainly they are completely separate decisions to be made and had but i think that is why the Zoning Administrator likes to have a joint hearing to consolidate the public process for the members of the public and hearing from you as well as the Planning Commission when that occurs. You could get input from him . You could certainly ask questions and its a joint hearing and hearing testimony regarding the variance and clarity and which way he is leaning. The two items are heard together. Thats right. I think we had commissioner hyland. One question for you. In your staff report you asked that the original wood siding which maying underneath the stucco be restored. Have we done that before . We have. Weve had a couple other projects in libertyhill and added a similar condition and we found oftentimes the stucco is layered on top of the original wood siding and in a lot of instances the wood siding is good shape and original redwood so were able to restore it and often yields the scar marks and other things that lend itself to the trim. Incidentally i received an additional historic photograph from a member of the public showing more of the exterior facade which i will include for next time as well. Thank you. The one thing i would note april 20 is the California Preservation Foundation conference in San Francisco so i dont know if that will factor into your deliberations or not. Or dear. [inaudible] well, i dont know that we will all be there. Its a three Day Conference so i assume were having a conference unless full agenda. We have a full agenda. On april 20 its just the one item you continued today. And witnesses. If you elected you could cancel the meeting and reopen item 10 and continue that out further. Sounds to me thats what we should probably do. Commissioners, are soy to interject. Tim Frye Department staff. There are time sensitive projects that will be on that agenda including the liz installation in civic center they is reviewed recently is seeking the cfa on that date. April dwent . Correct. I can be be here. I guess were taking a break and we will be here. I think we will be here and step away from the conference and its in San Francisco so we will continue to that. So i have a motion to continue and did we have a second . We didnt receive a second. Second. Thank you on that motion to continue item 6a to april 20 commissioner hasz. Yes. Commissioner johns. Yes. Commissioner matsuda. Yes. Commissioner pearlman. Yes. Commissioner hyland. Yes. And president wolfram. Yes. So moved that passes unanimously 60. Acting Zoning Administrator. Before we go on did i hear you say 6a because i was intending thats right but you actually dont continue 6b because its the variance portion of the hearing so the Zoning Administrator has basically bestowed upon tim frye the acting Zoning Administrator and so the acting Zoning Administrator would say on behalf of the Zoning Administrator as acting Zoning Administrator i also continue the request for variance to the april 20 hpc hearing. Thank you. Commissioners that will place you have item 7 for case 2015008685des. The woodward street Historic District. This is consideration of a Community Sponsored art ten landmark district application. Good afternoon commissioners. Shannon Ferguson Department staff. The case before you today is the Community Sponsored landmark application for woodward street Historic District. In october 2014 the department was contacted residents of woodward street street about the possibility of obtaining sig woodward street and romeo flats and staff prepared comments on two drafted shitted in june 2015. Based on the suggestions from staff the attached report landmark designation report was submitted in december 2015 and the department received several letters of support from designation for support from the community. Woodward street romeo flats Historic District was first documented by the Planning Department in april 2011 as part of the inner Mission North Historic Resources survey. Much of the text and the landmark designation report is from the record prepared at the time. The report also reprises this boundary map of the district and a table of contributors and additional table based on the permit research. The woodward street Historic District is residential enclave of classical revival following the earthquake and fire. In addition to the association for post 1906 reconstruction the district has a clustering of romeo flats. The bottom row of photos shows a cluster of five romeo flats on the west side of woodward street and top and middle foes show the prevailing number of conventional flats towards the northern end. The other photos show non contributing buildings. The photos on this side on the west side of woodward street show conventional flats. On the top right, bottom right and bottom left are three romeo flats. Bottom center shows the two non contributing buildings on the street and overall the non contributing buildings on both sides of woodward street are intrusive to the overawe cohesion and the level of integrity of materials is good and window replacement the commonly noted alteration. It appears that survey data was properly collected and analyzed in the woodward street reconstruction Historic District record for the purposes of ceqa. However staff determined that the buildings might not warrant article 10 landmark designation and based on the type of romeo flats which can be found across the city including on near by stevenson street but this work is beyond the scope of this application. Currently the landmark Designation Program prioritizing landmarking of under represented property types and landscapes, modern buildings, under represented neighborhoods and buildings with strong cultural associations. The Historic District is composed of post 1906 earthquake construction and not represented by any landmark districts currently. It doesnt contain any modern style buildings. The area around is well represented by existing landmarks with three near by and none of the buildings within the proposed district have specific historical or cultural or ethnic associations. However the Research Indicates they were originally occupied by working class families, first generation california families to immigrant parents rcht the Department Seeks input from the commission as whether a final application should or not be requested or whether or not the proposed landmark district warrants this to the program. The San Francisco Historic Preservation commission may add or not add woodward street to the landmark Designation Program. Whether concurrently or separately ask staff for Additional Information. This concludes my presentation and happy to answer any questions and he is here to also answer questions for you. Any questions for ms. Ferguson . I have one question. In the report you alluded to another area close by on stevenson that had a significant area of romeo flats . It three on that street. Just on that street. So there are different areas of the city that have clusters of romeo flats. And could you perhaps remind the commission if we were add this to the Landmark Program or if we go to the next step what is the process for a district and its been a while since we have done a district . Mr. Frye perhaps you can speak to that deputy Zoning Administrator. Commissioners, tim Frye Department staff. The first step in the process would be working with the project sponsor to develop a fleshed out landmark designation report. At the time we will continue engaging the members, Property Owners and tenants within the district about the responsibilities and requirements of living and owning in a landmark district. After that we would bring it here for consensus. If the commission, hpc at that time forwards a positive recommendation for designation then we bring it to the Planning Commission for review and comment and then back to this commission for a final recommendation and the board of supervisors and then the board of supervisors would vote on it so landmark districts are the only designation that requires review and comment by the Planning Commission, so thats the one extra step that is included in this process. And the approval by Property Owners which was discussed in the article tended that . Did didnt pass. Commissioner johns. Thank you. Mr. Frye it seems to me this has been before us in some form once before. Do you remember a few years ago . What was that . Were there several districts i remember walking through this and noting the buildings. For the inner Mission North survey we did the survey has the same document in it with the district. I would say the inner Mission North survey or the Delores Mission Neighborhood Survey which is also nearby. I think it was the inner Mission North survey. You would have seen the same document as part of that. Well, thank you. It seems to me from going back to the time that it was before us before and looking at this i was impressed then that i thought this was a nice little enclave and because there is a lot of course there are a couple intrusive elements but nevertheless you get the feeling and it probably looks better now from when it was built and there are trees and so forth but i thought this the little neighborhood, little preserved pocket that warrants some protection, and there maybe better buildings elsewhere but this is a nice place where you get feeling for a whole street, and thats what it is as i recall. Its just one block, and its a little isolated which maybe why its preserved so i would be in favor of Going Forward with a landmark. So why dont we mr. Frye i was going to suggest that we hear mr. Sure and bring it back to the commission. [inaudible] no its fine. Mr. Frye were you going to make okay. Mr. Suhr you could come forward. Hi. And as the project sponsor you have ten minutes. Yes, probably less. Okay. Less is fine. Thank you commissioners for your time. So having cobbled together a designation report i cobbled together a presentation for you, so what we see here i guess you cant see there it is. How do i broadcast this . Its up there. Good. This is mardi gras procession going through woodward street. Wouldnt it be nice if it were like this every day, a quiet pedestrian corridor with its anchors at mc cup and the armory at another. That would be sweet. [inaudible] off mic so yeah there is a little bit of a historical association. I wont bore you too much but on the left we see monumental figure, john c fremont. Very important figure in california history. He was also a guy way ahead of his time in a few regards. He got rich by accident. He had the property his Little Country retreat if you believe that because he was away fighting mexican war and he asked his buddy to please buy some land for him when he got back and wanted land on the bay but his buddy instead bought him some dry farmland in Mariposa County and turned out that fremont showed up with people from mexico and guess what . Gold and got rich by accident and became a u. S. Senator. At the time he was in washington so he sold the land to mr. Woodward and not to bore you with his life but he was ahead of his time and issued the emancipation proclamation with lincoln and he did that early and lincoln fired him and became a tech investor and unfortunately went through the tech disaster and died poor. Then we have mr. Woodward that started off poor and died rich and set up a shop with goods near the embarcadero. Set up i believe the citys first inaudible hotel and bought fremonts land as i mentioned, built the mansion and everything and when woodward retired in napa he opened up his land to the public as woodwards gardens of course but time doesnt permit. Here however unless see a picture of the gardens on the heyday. On the extreme left of the picture the land rises. This is the end of the dune field which occupied San Francisco and built the structure on the pavilion and the last of the dunes where stephens street is now. You can see on the street mr. Woodwards horse tram line to bring the public to the gardens. On the right you can see a addition to woodward street. Its a mural. My son is appearing very soon in a Reality Tv Show so everyone on the show is a van and going down woodward street and this lady said stop the van i want to look at that mural and if you look closely at it you might just make out a couple things. Those are monkeys that beloved poet robert frost mentioned in his poem at woodwards gardens. Yes robert frost grew up in San Francisco, and this is a good example. By the way before i go on as to the usage of non contributing buildings and some potential to have for future non contributing buildings including maybe the dreaded condos. There could be signage there and placards. I did forget to mention from contemporary history and talking about the historical figures. San franciscos iconic tamale lady that prevent the hunger for many people late at night lives on woodward street. All right. You already saw the proposed district and here of course is a view of woodward street looking up toward the armory which might give you a feeling what with the trees and the recent landscaping, more landscaping, of the feeling of calm and tranquility that you experience the moment you step off of duboce avenue and on to woodward street and the more calmer it gets, so i think something i want to preserve. Weve got my experience the biggest conclusiver of romeo flats going and this scarce commodity because as you know around the First World War the folks in the Commonwealth Club were talking how the folks in romeo flats were the cause of tuberculosis and changing the code and meant no more romeo flats after that. We have a low density streetscape. This is nice. You see people out on the sidewalks having barbeques. We have diversity worth preserving. People are chatting and interchangeably in english and spanish. Its nice. People hang together and its cohesive. As you will see in the slides and compare woodward street with nearby and smaller enclaves this is much more cohesive. Although yeah sure there are some warehouses there. Theres three story condo going up, but it could be much, much worse and with your help it will not get much, much worse. Lets look at some contrasting clusters of romeo flats. Hes one, two, three romeo flats in a row on 23rd street. Near 23rd and harrison and what do we see . We see modern building to the left and across the street. High traffic. Its got an entire different vibe to it. Lets look at o tis street. I am sure youre familiar with that street. Heres a nice romeo flats on the left, a perfect floor with balconies on the right and modern non contributing squarish building. It has its own charm but a cluster of a different sort so heres stevenson street and see in the pictures some really nice and well restored romeo flats, arguably better maintained than some of the ones on woodward street but if we designate woodward street its an incentive for people to improve their property so why not . So on stevenson street you see the hodgepodge effect where there is something in the present landmarking lets say right next to something new and arguably [inaudible]. More of the streetscape on stevenson street there is the faux brick paving that we could have sort of woodward street but you have intuitive element of the freeway, not pretty, and then of course to the right no skate boarding allowed close to the skate boarding park and all of these modern flats so lacking cohesive and three or four nice romeo flats on the street with pretty stain glass. Worth the detour so what we have going for us on woodward street is special but bee can make it more special if we protect the buildings, add signage. None of this costs a whole bunch. Its good for rental buildings where people with rent control could be improved anyhow to improve the Property Value if for no other reason to change the windows. I know i acquired a sliver on woodward street of a romeo flats before i moved in i made them change the windows because the city had a lien on it. Change the windows. Ms. Camacho got free rent out of that deal and the windows are better and progressively added arksz mennities, nothing expensive or painful. You have a lot of community support. Im not the only person and from the letters and text and in spanish and they wish to send you more but theyre working two jobs so lets do it. Thank you very much. At this time we will take Public Comment on this item . Does any member of the public wish to speak about the potential landmark designation . Come forward to the mic and you will have three minutes and there is a warning buzzer at 30 seconds before the time is up. I am Sandra Camacho and lived on woodward street for five years. I love our street. It has a homie neighborhood feeling to it. Not all the buildings are romeo flats, not all the buildings are period 1906, 1908 but just a few that are modern so the street really has a nice historic feeling to it and weve improved the landscaping quite a bit. We have trees lining the treat. We have a lot of potted plants lining the street. The neighbors came together to improve the street. They installed a mural. We take care of the plants and i really think the street would be benefited from being projected and give the landlords that dont currently maintain their buildings in the way they could an incentive to improve them and be benefit for everyone who lives on the street and for the whole city really. It could be a beautiful street. It really could be. Thank you. Thank you. Does any other member ever the public wish to speak to this item . If so please come forward. Seeing none. Public comment is now closed and bring it back to the commission. Commissioners. Commissioner hasz. Thank you. About 20 plus years ago my office was on woodward street and it was a disaster back then. Massive drug dealing and a mess and the neighborhood has done a phenomenal job of changing that block. I know thats not a part of this but im going to support the neighbors on this but i do think this is a very unique block and the density of these type of buildings and the setting of it so i am definitely in support. Mr. Frye. Commissioners tim Frye Department staff just a couple comments to consider during your deliberation to provide some clarity around a couple points. One is the department certainly agrees that woodward street is an eligible district for the california register. We dont want to diminish the value of it being appropriate street and identified in the market octavia plan for the purposes of ceqa and meeting the criteria for eligibility. One of the things that the struggles for the department other than the demand and list of priorities we didnt have a lot to go on whether or not we felt this rose to the level that it would warrant local landmark designation but there could be a case made. The one thing that interests me in the discussions about the romeo flats and another period buildings within the immediate vicinity if the commission is leaning to do more work, instructing us to work more with the applicant and look at a broader district in the immediate area to pick up some of the other buildings that are from the same period of significance. At the end of the day we might not end up with the buildings as part of a larger district but its something to consider. Theyre nice romeo flats on stevenson street and other side streets where we could offer protection under the same thematic district with this designation as well. Thank you. Commissioner matsuda. I am definitely wouldnt be opposed to that. Thank you for the passionate presentation. It was great and i wanted to see if we proceed ahead about somehow incorporating a plaque or something to remember the woodward gardens. It says its part of a state historical landmark and include that when and if this moves forward. Commissioner pearlman. Commissioner johns. Yeah, you are. I department to follow up with mr. Frye about the question could this be is there a district potential in this area that this would be part of so it might be part of a bigger district . Or i know that in like west soma on the alley streets theyre the small residential buildings there that got noted in the contact statement, and therefore are Historic Resources and have some level of protection. If it could be the same kind of thing and this already has some level of protection because of inner mission context. Thats correct commissioner. For the purposes of ceqa this is a category a district so it does have protection for the purposes of seek eek however not all of the prosections in article 10 designation would provide, but to your point we do think while we havent thoroughly studied it and because we specifically looked at the Development Patterns here as being the boundary justification for the development of the woodward gardens area and this cluster of romeo flats there was certainly a lot of rebuilding happening in this area after the earthquake and fire and its worth some study if it helps sort of raise this district a lot bit in our eyes as being worthy of article 10 designation. Again theres a lot of side streets like you mentioned that we could look at. Right, and we could have a non contiguous district. We have that already. Yeah, this Commission Approved that in the midmarket area. So that might be a more appropriate area to create the protections theyre looking for as well as incorporate more of the same. Commissioner hyland. Yeah, i think theres a couple of issues. I think the primary issue two primary issues is the amount of time and priority that this designation should be given over our other landmark projects, listed on the Landmark Program, and that this isnt no one is denying this is a special enclave so that needs to be acknowledged. I am wondering and the question for mr. Frye could we designate this as the district now and then as we gain more information expand the district . That would then allow these properties to take advantage of the mills act. At this point the action would be to direct staff to continue working with the applicant and file a formal application. Right now weve just been providing Technical Assistance and support. If this commission felt this should move forward a formal application would be filed and ultimately the commission would initiate if they felt it was warranting article 10 designation. Any future expansion would require an amendment to that ordinance and approval by the board of supervisors, so it would be a fairly process heavy issue to do that over and over again which is why were suggesting maybe giving us more time to look at a broader area. Again looking at the broader area it might not yield as much as we think it is so maybe a conservative route would be just look at these boundaries here. From the inner Mission North survey we have good information about the area. Absolutely. All right. Yeah. I think were the challenge for us is how much resource can we put towards designations . We have said in the past and i support fully the Community Supported designations but were finding those take just as much time and effort as any designation, so this one in particular has no community opposition, so thats interesting where the triangle had a long process with a divided neighborhood. I am in support of it. I would like to encourage further study and figure out how best to navigate it and at least you know in the most efficient way. Commissioner johns. Well, you know it would be very helpful if we had some of the other people who live on woodward street if they were here supporting this. If we had some of the owners of the buildings who may realize some benefits from protection under article 10. If some of them voiced some support for this. If we had that then we would also have a group of people who might be enthusiastic about providing Additional Information, documentation and support for moving forward so what i would like to really see if you could get some of your friends and neighbors involved in this, so they could be a Real Community based effort. Yes, actually we could open Public Comment again. Yes, so you could come forward. We have a Neighborhood Group that has pet pretty much everyone living on the street and were always in communication and about five of the people were planning on coming but i think its because in the middle of the day and they work. We did receive a number we received emails from others on the block that were supportive. Theyre all support. Its just the time of the day they couldnt make it. Okay thank you very much. I think what were up against is that as we juggle our priorities on the landmark Designation Program what areas does staff focus on . I am in support of adding or currentlying the applicants to continue this but as we get further into prioritizing the landmarks we want to initiate you know have to be cognizant of how much time this takes. Yeah, i would second that in that im supportive of this the idea of this district and i am very pleased that the neighborhood has come forward and i agree its a special place, and its worthy. I think the question is whether we what i guess i dont want to say its now first on the list because we have other things we have been putting off and i wonder whether we consider adding it to the list and not ranking it yet until the next hearing about our prioritization of the program, so we know its on the list and we have to figure out the timing of it of. Hawses hawses. Can the community do that and run it through the building [inaudible] proposal [inaudible] yeah. Commissioner hyland. Actually i think thats the question mr. Hawses is effort effort does the Community Based nominations maybe staff could come back with an evaluation of that. My feel and understanding it takes as much time, pretty close. Yeah. As i recall our program does not does it have any districts in it at all right now . Tim Frye Department staff. At this time it does not. However one of the summer intern projects is begin collecting data on the rousseau district which is the buildings in the sunset the architect Henry Rousseau and something we were going to bring in summer for the continuation of the work program. So commissioners any thoughts about adding to the program but not well, i will say we have this discussion frequently, and as you know i do not believe that if everything is a priority anything is a priority, so we have in the past identified a ranking of our projects, and i think that given the state of this one i would be very happy with adding it to the list, not adding it to the top of the list but adding to the bottom of the list so these things move up in some order with appropriate exceptions being made, but i think that we have to start somewhere, and so i would very much like to start. I would move that we add to the landmark Designation Program and then bee study well, i would add to landmark Designation Program. I second that. Okay. Is this an informational item . Do we have a motion . I thought there was. Is there a motion for it or there is no formal motion to adopt. Its a recommendation. Its a recommendation to staff just to provide direction and then we will work with the project sponsor to file a formal application. We will add it to the work program and we can discuss it during the Quarterly Report which is here in a month or so and talk about the timing of when it would come back for initiation. Okay. We should definitely explore the larger context. Great. And i had one question just about a particular property, the parking lot on the southwest corner. Is there a Development Planned for that . We can look into that. Im not sure. Would it be unusual i mean i guess my concern is if theres a threat to the district its that parcel and whether we might consider including that parcel in the district or not. To provide some sort of design guideline. Right. And thats the entry to the whole street and if that is a really incompatible structure and for the purposes of ceqa the impact of the district and outside of the california register district would that be considered . Ceqa doeses consideration to adjacent resources so it would be likely studied but i dont know the level of Environmental Review is required without seeing the project. Okay. I think we might want to consider move forward with the district whether we include that parcel within the district. We can show both options. So i think you have direction from the commission. I am hearing a unanimous sense here so we did move forward with the next item. Thank you. Thank you to the members of the public for coming today. Thank you commissioners. That places us have case four for onondaga avenue. I am here to present the landmark designation on onondaga avenue and known as the alemany Emergency Hospital and health center. Following the sponsor designation application it is buildings were adding to the landmark designation work program on may 2015. At the february hearing the commission initiated designation of the buildings and to defining features to include the sky light and the relationship to the space below. The community is very supportive of landmark designation and supervisor avalos intends to sponsor the legislation. Department supports this as a article 10 landmark. The draft resolution recommending designation to the board of supervisors is included in the packet. If approved department the department will approved today the department will forward this to the board of supervisors and the applicants are here to answer questions and i can answer questions. This is not about the landmark designation but for the city and its deemed Surplus Property and what is the process that the property is sold . Is there an rfp process and whats the process . Commissioners tim Frye Department staff. It was Surplus Property but from the department of real estate and request of the community and supervisor avalos the property will be remained as a city property. Mr. Rothman is in the audience and may have more about a recent hearing he attended that discussed obtaining some additional money for the building but its my understanding that it will do that. Okay thank you. Commissioners any questions before Public Comment . At this time we will take Public Comment on the landmark recommendation for 3445 onondaga avenue. If you have comment please come forward. You have three minutes and there is a warning buzzer at 30 seconds. Commissioners thank you. I dont think it will take three minutes. My name is david hooper and i spoke to you regarding this issue. There is support for returning the buildings to public service, not just serving the structures but doing that for the community. At the same time earlier there was a request for a supplemental budget request for the Geneva Office building and 3045. Those efforts continue to get the money. Theyre not secured but i would like to say there is support and what the Emergency Hospitals mean historically and what they meant to past generations. There is a gap because they havent been used effectively but with the streetscape there are four islands and they call them pork chops and one of the plans for the department of public works is provide Better Safety Pedestrian Access at this intersection at onondaga avenue and alemany to be in the configuration and no more of the quick right turns. This gives an opportunity to have a plaz there at the club in the area and the high schools and at Mission Street and its a major opportunity. Thank you for considering it. Thank you. Mr. Rothman please come forward. Were always happy to see you. Richard rothman seems like i have been at every meeting in the last couple of months. I am supporting the landmark designation. Now, i was at the engage hearing and they did Budget Hearing and sent without recommendation the funding for the geneva car barn but they left unsettled about onondaga. Supervisor avalos wanted to leave it on by the call of the chair but im not sure what happened because i will have to find out, but money wasnt appropriated to move forward for the building, but i got an email, was copied on an email from the Art Commission and theyre putting money in their Capital Budget to help restore the building, so if the building does stay as a city owned building then the Art Commission would be responsible for the murals but if it goes to a nonprofit then it would be up to the nonprofit, but i know i dont want to speak for the Art Commission, but i know they are very big supporters of the murals in this city, and so thank you for considering this and moving this along, and we need to get this building open so people can appreciate these beautiful murals and restore the mural on the first floor. Thank you again. Thank you and thank you for all your work on this project. Does any other member of the public wish to speak to this item . If so please come forward. Seeing none. Public comment is now closed and bring it back to the commission. I move to approve. I second that. We have a motion and a second. Theres a motion and seconded to approve this matter. On that motion commissioner hasz. Yes. Commissioner johns. Yes. Commissioner matsuda. Yes. Commissioner pearlman. Yes. Commissioner hyland. Yes. Commissioner wolfram. Yes. So moved that passes unanimously 60 and places you on case nine for 2011. 1356e, line three central soma context statement and Historic Resources survey. Before we take that item there is a report on the one building and i am wondering because commissioner hyland has a relationship with them but its one component. That was submitted as Public Comment. So its not related to the actual item . It does change the survey findings that hra tim Frye Department staff. I would defer to the City Attorney if a recusal is necessary. Perhaps i will jump into it. Theres a survey finding that the Property Owner disagreed with. They hired arg to prepare a Historic Resource evaluation and included in the commissioners packets for consideration for changing one of the status codes in in the survey. I am the City Attorney so just so understand the situation their work is completed . It is completed and submitted as part of the packet as Public Comment to the findings in the survey. Public comment and theres no pending work right now as far as there was a project. There is a project proposed at the site but i dont believe arg is involved in the project. Okay. So i would suggest it sounds like its not necessary for the commissioner to recuse. Maybe i can disclose this is my former company which i had currently have financial ties to but very limited. That sounds good. I think we can move forward now. Thank you for that clarification. Good afternoon commissioners. Susan parks Department Staff. The item is a consideration to adopt the central soma context statement and Historic Resources survey. Todays items are the first in a series of steps towards completion of the central soma plan. As part of the plan the department developed the central soma context statement and provide framework for consistent evaluations of propertys in the area. This statement was written by Department Staff and reviewed by the survive group and professionals and historians and members of the south of market filipino community. The central soma Historic Context statement the department relied on so macontext and redevelopment efforts in the area and the creation of the moscone center. Historic Resources Survey was conducted in order to provide information on the distribution of resources within the planned area for the purposes of Long Range Planning and for use and permitting and review on registers. Much of the south of market were addressed in Previous Survey efforts so the central soma survey focused on Properties Within the boundaries of the central soma plan that were not previously surveyed or information was incomplete. Im going to jonahs if you could turn on the overhead. I will let you take a look at the plan. The map of the survey area. Department staff conducted reconnance information from 201314 and included 134 parse parsels bounded by market and townsend from second to 6th streets in the area. 63 properties were identified as age eligible and were surveyed along with 11 previously identified Historic Resources. Those were documented and evaluated by staff. You can see those in the data base and the individual survey sheets. 31 properties were determined eligible for listing on the california register including 22 buildings within an identified mission Historic District and two buildings comprise of st. Patricks church and recollect tory and district. Five interconnected buildings that would create a flower market district and three properties received upgraded california register status codes. Six properties were evaluated and potential contributors to previously Historic Districts including in the 6th Street Lodging h district, the south end district, and townsend district and two additions to the kearney market sutter district. The remaining 26 properties were determined ineligible for listing on the register nor assigned a status code. The recommendations for article 10 and 11 designations were included in your packets. That information has always been posted as part of the area plan. However for today theyre only to be considered as future recommendations. The issue before the commission today is adoption of the context statement and the survey findings. Later in the area as the area plan moves forward for adoption staff will bring the eir and article changes back to you for discussion. I did have one last note which we discussed about the one submitted for 633 folsom. Staff had previously determined that building was a 3cs with args report we have changed the findings to a 6c making it not a resource. This concludes my presentation. I am happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Commissioner pearlman. Yeah, i have one question about the flower market building. Yes. There was so much information so its hard to process it all. Yes. Were those what was the specifics about was it culturally related . I think it was cultural relations and designed by a master architect and had to do with that and the intercultural relationships. Okay thank yous. Any other questions commissioners . Thank you. At this time we will take Public Comment on this item. I have one speaker card for alice light. Hi commissioners. Thank you. I am alice light director of Community Planning at toddco and here to speak in favor of the survey in front of you today. We have been in soma for a very long time and in addition to a very thorough survey of the buildings and the neighborhood this report also includes great information about the filipino and lgbt communities. Those communities have played an Important Role in soma over the years and that history is being lost. In 2011 the western soma Community Planning task force proposed social heritage districts for those groups, and until now those districts have mainly lived on paper. There really arent tools to recognize the social and cultural importance of those groups, but in the recommendation section of the document in front of you today there are some proposals and tools, methodology to document social and culture assets. Those are borrowed from the jay chest, the japan cultural historic heritage and social economic [inaudible] and also from the National Park service, so those are tools that have been used before, so we are very excited to see a social heritage inventory which is what is proposed in the plan or in this document. Were excited to see that developed and it would take staff from the Planning Department to have the budget to work on that, and we hope that happens in 2016 to 2017 because there is so Much Development coming with this plan so it would be great to get that inventory done before the tidal wave comes and i wanted to thank the staff for working with us and with other individuals and groups in the community to make sure that this report represented the soma that we know and love. Thank you. Thank you. Any other member of the public wish to comment on this item . My name is steve jamison. Thank you for letting me speak. I am here to say that as a citizen i support the efforts to develop central soma neighborhood with one exception and thats the parcel of land at fifth and brandon. San francisco tennis club. This may seem strange to come to you, Historic Preservation commission to think about preserving a building thats been called ugly but it was called ugly by the previous developer who wanted to knock it down. San francisco tennis club is not a Historic Building but has played and continues to play a historic role in the central soma neighborhood and the city. As the largest indoor and outdoor tennis facility on the west coast its irreparable. For 45 years its provided families, diverse families and single people, young and old, a health and safe place to gather for recreation and socializing. Its enormous. 2. 5 acres, four stories and parking for many cars and as much as Golden Gate Park and should be in place to serve the new residents as well as the thousands it currently serves. The mas tude of the magnitude of the if the and Services Must be seen to be understood and on behalf of the 2,000 members i would like to invite you individually or a group to see what is going on there. It is phenomenal and the last place to be knocked down as part of a development, the needed development in the central soma neighborhood. To destroy it in my view would be a travesty, aup side down view of priorities. This facility can contribute to the greatness that the central soma neighborhood will be as the development continues. Thank you. Thank you. Any other member of the public wish to speak on this item . Hello. My name is jackie, and i am also a member of the tennis club. I think its unusual to be asking for this but its a place that people came to for so many years. My father joined the club about 30 years ago and why did he go there . Why did he go to the San Francisco tennis club . He went there because it was the only place you could go without five letters of recommendation. He was an immigrant and wanted to play tennis. lost audio . Those courts often. When theyre too busy where do we go . The San Francisco tennis club has space for tournaments and High School Activities so by taking away 24 courts theres going to be scarcity for courts. Its a diverse place, provides recreation. South of market is going to get very dense and i dont think were considering five, ten years from now why did we do this and let this great place torn down for another high rise. I understand development and its wonderful and my family are architects but what are we doing and not providing to the community. We need amenities for the city and one of the few places to play tennis. Golden gate park its lovely. Hard to get in. The courts are packed all the time. Its one of the sports that people play for the rest of their lives and were not thinking about that and please consider this. Its an important place. Thank you. Thank you. Hi. My name is don bruce and im going to make a very short comment. I support everything mr. Jamison had to say and im a member of the tennis club and i want to use this as an opportunity to add my voice to maintaining it is diversity of activities and the culture that the city provides and not to lose track of this momentum of Large Scale Development and losing track of the ability to have a place to gather and enjoy life in the city. Thats all. Thank you. Does any other member of the public wish to speak to this item . Seeing none. Public comment is now closed and bring it back to the commission. Commissioners. Commissioner pearlman. The San Francisco tennis club is it private or a city facility . Is it private . [inaudible] off mic . Its private. Okay. And its 45 years old. I think it was built in the 70s. I am curious how that impacts what were looking at today. Tim Frye Department staff. Im not sure if the department is age eligible. If its not we didnt look at it. We didnt survey it. Yeah. So if its under 45 years of age we just skipped it. Okay. Other comments commissioners . Commissioner johns. Well, my comment is i thought this was just an awesome thing, all 540 pages of it. [laughter] and i wish that i had gotten it a month ago. [laughter] yes. But i did read it and i read it several more times, but i just think that the amount of effort and high quality effort that went into this is just staggering so im obviously in favor of approving it. Yeah, i would like to say i was extremely impressed of the work that the Planning Department did for the survey and the context statement. It was clear, well written, great illustrations, just all around a fantastic effort. Really impressed. And clearly the amount of development that is happening already and will continue to happen having this is so critical to retaining some level of character in our city so thank you as well. Any other comments from the commissioners . Anybody have a motion motion to adopt the Historic Context statement and the Historic Resources survey. I second that. If nothing further there is a motion and a second to adopt a motion to approve the historic statement on that. S hawses hawses. Yes. Commissioner johns. Yes. Commissioner matsuda. Yes. Pale pale. Yes. Commissioner hyland. Yes. Commissioner wolfram. Yes. So moved and item 10 is continued and we have no other items on the agenda. That conclude s the hearing. The hearing is closed. [gavel]