Transcripts For SFGTV Historic Preservation Commission 41917 20170420

April 19, 2019. I will remind members of the public that commission does not tolerate any disruption or outbursts of any kind. Please silence the mobile devices that may sound off during the proceedings and when speaking before the Commission State your name for the commission. President wolfram. Here. Vice president hyland. Here. Commissioner johnck. Here. Commissioner johns. Here. Commissioner matsuda. Here. Commissioner pearlman. Here. Commissioners first on the agenda is general Public Comment. At this time members of the public may address the commission of items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. With respect to the agenda items the opportunity is afforded when the item is reached during the meeting. Each member of the public may address the commission up to three minutes. I dont have any speaker cards. Would a member of the public like to speak on general Public Comment . Seeing none. Public comment is now closed. Very good commissioners. That places under Department Matters directors announcements. Good afternoon i have no comments from the director and forward to answer questions that you have for him to answer at the next hearing. Thank you. Item 2 review of past events at the planning commission. Tim frye again planning staff. I asked the secretary to send a letter from San Francisco heritage and you may have seen it and the latino citywide context statement. For the benefit of the public the letter went to the president breed and the board of supervisors and copied to us just indicating the progress to date on the context statement and they anticipate sending the Planning Department a draft for final review at the end of this year which then we will bring to this commission for adoption. That concludes my comments unless you have any questions. No. Thank you. Commission that places us under commission matters item 3 president s report and announcements. The only announcement i wish to make that the California Preservation Foundation is having the annual conference may 10 13 in pasadena so i encourage you all to attend. Item 4 consideration of Adoption Draft minutes for the Historic Preservation Commission Regular hearing for april 5, 2017. Before i take Public Comment does anyone have corrections to the minutes . Does any member of the public wish to comment on the draft minutes . Seeing and hearing none i will close Public Comment and bring it back to the commission. Is there a motion to adopt . I move to adopt them. I second the motion. Thank you commissioners. On that motion to adopt the minutes for april 5, 2017. Commissioner hasz excuse me, commissioner johnck. Yes. Commissioner johns. Yes. Commissioner matsuda. Yes. Commissioner pearlman. Yes. Commissioner hyland. Yes and commissioner wolfram. Yes. So moved commissioners that passes unanimously 60. That places us under item 5 commission comments and questions. Any comments or questions . No. We can move on. Very good. That will place us under consideration of items proposed for continuance. You have one item number 6, 2013. 0975coa, 888 tennessee street. This is a certificate of appropriateness and it is proposed for continuance to excuse me indefinitely. Does any member of the public wish to speak on the continuance of item 6 . Seeing none. Public comment is now closed. Do i have a motion to continue . I move to continue the item. Second. Thank you commissioners. On that motion then to continue item 6 indefinitely. Commissioner johnck. Yes. Commissioner johns. Yes. Commissioner matsuda. Yes. Commissioner pearlman. Yes. Commissioner hyland. Yes. And president wolfram. Yes. So moved that passes unanimously 60 that places under your regular calendar item 7. 2017003077oth at 811 treat avenue. This is for your review and comment. Can we have the overhead please . Good afternoon commissioners. Shannon Ferguson Department staff. The item before you today is a natoma nat National Register of Historic Places and for Henry Geilfuss and the city is given the opportunity to comment on National Register. The Henry Geilfuss is located on the east side of treat avenue between 21st and 22nd streets in the mission neighborhood. Krktding features ever the property include an italianate style residence designed by master architect Henry Geilfuss sirky as a personal resident and resident in 1882 and altered and workshop constructed around 1920 and garage construct the around 1940. The initial register nomination says Henry Geilfuss is criteria for b for persons and c for architecture. Henry geilfuss is one of San Franciscos most prolific architects and designed several building and it is bay opera house. St. Lukes church and others in the city and lived there up to 1900 which is the dates of significant and the productive times of his career. Although he didnt work out of the office instead of a office its nominated under criteria b and excellent example of detached italian resident and his later work. Staff dprea agrees that the property is significant and for the architecture and association with geilfuss and staff believes that the subject appropriate and later work should be explored further and identified and comparing the later buildings to the subject property. Staff requests that the Commission Review the nomination and provide comments whether the Henry Geilfuss meets the criteria for significance. The commission may recommend the nomination or not recommend the nomination or be revised to include more indepth discussion how it anticipated his later works. Comments may be added to the packet and forwarded to the office of Historic Preservation. This concludes my presentation and i am happy to answer questions and the consultant from the project sponsor is available for questions. Thank you. Commissioners any questions . Commissioner pearlman. Yeah, i do have a question. I am wondering how this got to be nominated . Maybe the project sponsors consultant can answer that question. That would be great. Thank you. Hi. I am joanna street and preservation architect and the client approached me wanting to designate his property and to get some mill sack time also working on and i have a short presentation too if you had more questions or if you wanted me i will go ahead. Yeah. Its always a pleasure to work for clients who want to preserve San Franciscos history and i will try to keep this brief because i have less than two weeks to try to finish the mill sac application to meet the deadline so we celebrated the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake and i will share Henry Geilfuss experience of it. In 1890 he was an established San Francisco architect. He designed and built his own Office Building on fulton street. In 1906 the building was gutted by fire and reduced to rubble but was able to rebuild and seized by harbor imminent do nain for the civic center and the pleas fell on deaf eers. By this time he moved and sold his house and treat and relocated sought of the city. I dont know why he moved from from my experience moving south of the city sometimes its easier to accept the change of a beloved city from a distance. Henry geilfuss died quietly in 1922. His accomplishments were barely noted but today i am happy to shout his name from the roof tops. Henry geilfuss house is truly a wonderful little gem and stunning once its repaired and painted and i can certainly answer more questions you have about the nomination. Thank you. The owner is here too if you have questions for him. Thank you. Commissioner johnck. I think this question relates to staff. I think this is a wonderful idea but i was looking at questioning why under criterion d and potential to yield greater information wasnt listed as a criterion for significance, particularly because i think its very apt for you to note that it would be interesting and important to find out Additional Information about how his work related to all his projects . That is one example of the opportunity that the property has to yield greater information so i thought another criterion would be a good idea. Maybe you could explain why not or maybe you agree with me or not. Its currently nominated under b for persons under Henry Geilfuss and c for architecture. Yeah and i guess why not d too is what i am asking . They maybe a question for the consultant as well. Commissioner d is often used for archeology. Right, i know that but i thought im not sure if there is precedent to use it in this case but we can certainly explore it with the consultant if you would like us to. Okay. Well i guess the other issue too is if we have to make a decision on this because the mill sack [inaudible] [off mic] application for mill sack that has to be complete by may 1 and whether it would affect that. Well, the final decision does lie with the state Historic Resources commission so your recommendation like to the board of supervisors will be in the form of the resolution to o hp in time for their hearing on the item. If they do decide to list it or list it then it will qualify for the mills act program. Can you clarify though all were doing right now is commenting on this item which is going to the state Historic Preservation board. Yes. Thats correct. Yes. And is there a time and part of review and comment do we recommend additional items its not coming back before us again . We just comment and the state can take the comments or not . Yes. Okay. Thank you. Does that clear . Yes. And the mills act were not relating anything to the mills act at this time no, the mills act is not considered at this time. Great. Commissioner pearlman, did you have a question . Yeah, i do. Was this the reason it went the path of a National Register rather than a local landmark process . I mean are there certain benefits one way or another that would be better if its National Register or for the owner this is a simpler process. Thats what i am trying to understand. At the time i moon the building is mean the building is certainly local landmark worth and he not on the work program and identified in the south mission survey as one i would encoder dropped . This building would not come before us and not under our purview . No. Okay. I think we will take Public Comment at this time. Does any member of the Public Comment wish to comment at this time. Please come forward. Seeing none. Public comment is now closed. We will bring it back to the commission. A motion actually were not making a motion. There is no action. Okay. So yes lets see if we have a consensus about comments about the report. Yeah,. Commissioner johnck. I like the staff recommendation for additional comments. That would be helpful to have some discussion in the report, backed in the National Background of the National Registry report how this building [off mic] [inaudible] actually there is a motion, so we have a motion, so we could adopt the findings. There is the resolution. Yes. For adoption for support. Okay. So would we so somebody could make a adopt the motion adopting the resolution about the findings. [inaudible] i have another question if i may. Yeah. If we adopt the staffs recommendations that that would be asking for more to be done and potentially delaying the landmarking the nomination. Yeah. So i dont know i dont have any strong opinion either way. Tim Frye Department staff. Its entirely up to the consultant and the state commission whether or not that information is necessary. The consultant could be proactive and just include it before submitting to the state, or they could wait to hear from the state commission on whether or not its necessary, so theres more than one option. Right. In this motion it recommends that the building be nominated to the National Register, but that does recommend always Additional Research be done, so its up to the commission. Yeah, i think if it were local then we would have the opportunity to request the Additional Information which would be i think more usable you know locally that information is much more interesting and usable than when i think its a National Register nomination but anyway well, i would like to move the staff recommendation, the motion. I would like to move we adopt the findings in the resolution. Right. Second. [laughter] correct. We have a motion and a second. Call the question. Very good commissioners. On that motion to adopt the recommendation to the Historic Preservation preservation officer that the subject property be nominateod that motion. Commissioner johnck. Yes. Commissioner johns. Yes. Commissioner matsuda. Yes. Commissioner pearlman. Yes. Commissioner hyland. Yes. Commissioner wolfram. Yes. So move commissioners. That passes unanimously 60. Commissioners that places us on item 8 for 2011. 1124yl at 21172123 Market Street. This is a landmark designation. Good afternoon commissioners. Desiree Smith Department staff. I am here to present the departments recommendation regarding landmark designation of new era hall located at 21172123 Market Street. Im sorry. Sfgtv thank you. Thank you. The building was added to the landmark designation work program on june 15, 2011. Since that time staff has completed the designation report but was unable to bring the nom naitionz forward with consent. At the september 21, 2016 landmark designation Quarterly Report you ask staff to bring if forward for discussion and then you adopted a resolution to initiate landmark ten designation of new era hall. Located at 21172123 Market Street new era hall is the significant of the master architect August Nordin and the association with the rebuilding of San Francisco with the disaster of 1906. The establishment of upper market as a commercial corridor and the Visalia Stock Saddle Company a pioneering mexicanamerican saddle business. The assembling a rare type and mixed use building and commercial hall and frontage. Of the 72 social halls in San Francisco exit and one few of its type and have a high degree of architectural integrity. Exterior characteristic features include two story height and massing, all roof lines including the flat roof, exterior elevations and siding and site elevation. Architectural details and moddings and brackets and [inaudible] and central entry doors and ground door configuration and second floor configuration. Interior character defining features include the volume and materials of the lodge room and the tresaces and the panels and nail brackets and flush wood siding and [inaudible] vestibules at the entry level and second story. The property meets one of the landmark designation prior require and represent under represents types and with social history and under represented cultural groups and the citys landmark Designation Program and in this case mexicanamerican heritage. The department received no letters of support for the designation. However there is no known public or neighborhood opposition to the designation of the building as an art ten landmark. As the Property Owner submitted a letter in opposition of the designation to staff in this letter was included in your packet. Staff has spoken with the owner several times and has shared the landmark designation report with them and earlier today a site visit was conducted by staff and commissioners wolf man and high land and believe it meets the eligibility requirements and status is warranted hpc recommends landmark designation to the board of supervisors. This concludes my presentation and i am happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Any questions from the commission . Nope. I think we will take Public Comment. Any member of the public wish to comment on the item . If so please come forward. Im the owner of the property. Is this the appropriate time . Yes have three minutes. I want to begin to say i am bared i embarrassed and opposing but now i know about the cost and the delays and were asking for the picture was up earlier and the easement for the ground floor business, not altering anything but opening the door and making it an exit and the work was about 26,000 and i have been informed by staff that 11,000 above that amount is a consequence of the historic designation. There was a 6,500 fee that we had to pay upon submission of the permit plans and four and a half months of delay, and just has been a little difficult just to get the simplest non structural were changing no elements of the historic features of the building and i dont dispute that the work was done very well but its just its a shackle on us and doing the most basic even life safety stuff and opening an exit has been exceedingly difficult so practically its very difficult so i just wanted to make that known. Thank you. Would any other members of the public wish to speak on this item . If so please come forward. Seeing none. Public comment is now closed. Commissioners any questions, comments . I want to say we went on a visit today. The integrity of the building is impressive especially the second floor lodge rooms. It looks like the valets San Francisco what is the name of the Ballet Company . Academy of ballet has been there since 1953 and its very, very intact. So commissioner pearlman. I just want to address the owners concerns. You know while you know as an architect i work on landmark buildings, Historic Buildings in the city and i certainly can relate to your comisrate on the challenges. I think the challenges is that the landmarks and the story of San Francisco is bigger than any one particular owner and you may be the owner today but tomorrow you could sell the building to someone who would be extremely happy to have a landmark building and bear the burden of allowing that building to be part of the public realm in a sense of the elements that create the story of San Francisco, so you know i dont see that as a reason to not yeah, i would appreciate your comments. I dont see that as a reason for us to not consider this because there are challenges with any building whether theyre landmarked or not and your four and a half month delay i can tell you is not particular to a historic building. Okay. You could have that delay with any building just to do what youre talking about. Mr. Frye did you have a comment first . I will let the i complete agree and why i am embarrassed to be up here but its a common good so and a funding issue and preserving public parks. I dont pay for admission to them but that should be something that is universally funded. Its a collective benefit so all the resident it is benefit from so its difficult to put that on to the owners. Thats true and true about rent control and any other thing that is a public good that certainly individual Property Owners bear responsibility for. If youre a landlord and you own a house under rent control youre not getting market control and therefore youre bearing the burden of the benefit of rent control to keep rents low in our city and again i totally comisrate. My clients are often in the position youre in but i think theres a greater good and i appreciate that you recognize that. Thank you. Mr. Frye. Commissioners tim Frye Department staff. I did want to take this opportunity to make a few comments to the owner if you will allow me. Unfortunately we have only corresponded through representatives of the across roads office. And as the only has mentioned that cost is a significant issue we want to reiterate we have a number of types reached out and stated this building is eligible for the mills act which is a significant property tax reduction to help balance some of these preservation related work that they may have to under go. At that time the representatives told me theyre not interested in the mills act and i am hearing Something Different and i want to offer the expertise of applying for the mills act property tax reduction and if theyre interested and help offset the costs by the project. Thank you. Commissioner hyland. Yeah, i have two comments. One is whether we landmark this building or not its still a Historic Resource under ceqa so all the same process and procedures need to be followed so the cost or burden i dont see it as an additional burden, and the second thing i wanted to point out is the ballet studio is another quinn sennial San Francisco story and certainly worthy of legacy business registry so there is additional if that process was applied for, if it was applied for as a legacy business registry property business, im sorry, the owner would have additional benefits from that as well. Thank you. Commissioner johnck. [off mic] [inaudible] because we have been working on this for a while now. I think weve known in the past. Its come up. Yeah, its come up before. Thats another reason why its taken so long. Thats true. I recall that now. I would say i think all the comments relative to what were trying to accomplish here in the commission are important for the city and its historic value, but i am glad to hear mr. Frye that you you know, you mentioned again and reiterated the mills act and comment to commissioner hyland about the legacy business is good, so yeah, i would move approval. [inaudible] [off mic] move to the board of supervisors. Second. Thank you. We have a motion and a second. Very good commissioners. On that motion to adopt a recommendation recommending to the board of supervisors approval of this nomination or on this landmark. Commissioner johnck. Yes. Commissioner johns. Yes. Commissioner matsuda. Yes. Commissioner pearlman. Yes. Commissioner hyland. Yes. President wolfram. Yes. So moved commissioners. That motion passes unanimously 60. Commissioners that places us on items 9a through e for case numbers 2017003782lbr at 1126 folsom street. 2017003872lbr at 1004 treat avenue, 2017003808lbr at 965 clay street, 2017003825lbr, at 548 green street, and 2017003815lbr, address it case 3821 noriega street. These are legacy business applications. Hello Desiree Smith planning staff. These are applications and submitted to the department on march 24 and ready for your recommendation. All applications were reviewed by the office of Small Business for completion for transmittal to the Planning Department. The your packets have a draft res for each business and features of the success of the business. The first application is for brainwash inc. Founded by Susan Schindler and a combination of laundromat, internet cafe, restaurant, and entertainment venue in the south of market. Its features over 30 high tech washers and dryers and internet cafe and restaurant open daily until 2 00 a. M. And Live Entertainment options. Currently the business is at risk of displacement and construction of adjacent building and lead to declining revenues and the lease is set to expire in 2019 and negotiation of the new lease soon. The second application for California Environmental quality act and by the family in 1975. The neighborhoodserving Auto Repair Shop serves the Mission District and provides services and specializes in classic and vintage car repair and restoration and honest appraisals and affordable prices and Reliable Service in addition to the generosity of the good will of the owner and staff. The next application is for the Chinese Historical Society of america. The Chinese Historical Society of america was founded in 1963 to interpret, promote and preserve the preservation of the social, cultural, and political history and contributions of the chinese in america. It hosts exhibit ions on public programs, serve as a resource for Historic Resources and chinese history and tour of the surrounding chinatown. For the past 17 years the organization has owned and operated out of the historic chinatown ywca and a city landmark. The next application is gino and carlo established in north beach and its a neighborhood sports bar and for the Italian American Heritage Community particularly those that worked the grave yard shift. Over the decades the neighborhood institution has i Customer Base and traditions that include today and tournaments and barch quiet and traditional dishes and ttionz dinner and participation in the columbus parade. The next applicant is for noriega produce and of the vardakastanis family and searched the outcome for three decades and known for the natural offerings and meats and a variety of greek foot items for sale under the in house brand. In addition the Business Leadership has been recognized for efforts to improve the neighborhood and community and schools. After review of these applications staff find that all five applicants met the criteria for listing on the legacy business registry. This concludes my presentations. I am happy to answer questions and representatives from the businesses and nonprofits some are here today as well as the Legacy Business Program manager. Thank you. Thank you very much. At this time we will take Public Comment on these items. Each member of the public has three minutes to speak and a warning bell that will go off 30 seconds before. I have one speaker card for Patrick Alioto and if you come forward. Good afternoon. Ladies and gentlemen. I am the son of the great mayor former of San Francisco and will Kathleen Alioto and proud member of the family. Whether youre a san franciscan, native or tourist doesnt take much to see that the city has changed and so what is constant . The local institutions. With gino and carlo you have a native institution and tourists come back and again and again. Thats why gino and carlo are celebrating the 75th anniversary of existence. Its a place where the new generation meets the old and folk tales are passed on and local treasures and we need to hold on to this. Thank you for keeping this alive for the future generations and thank you to aaron peskin for nominating us and your time. Thank you. Next speaker can come forward. I am Jeffrey Salis and the owner of brainwash cafe and i am here to answer any questions that you may have about the cafe. Im not sure if you got a chance to read the presentation that we submitted. We did. Thats great. I believe were pretty important business to the city. We have scores hundreds of tourists that come in every year between memorial day and labor day. You can hear half a dozen languages being spoken at any given time. We do laundry for a lot of homeless and indigent people in the city who are less fortunate. We work through the various agencies to do that, and any questions that you have i am happy to answer. Great. Thank you very much. Okay. Thank you. Does any other member of the public wish to speak . Hello commissioners. My name is sim lee and executive director of the Chinese Historical Society of america and were thrilled to being a legacy business of the city and county of San Francisco. As you know chinese have been here since the gold rush and chinatown has been a ethnic neighborhood since that time so as a his society were blessed and in a jewel of a building that we share with the public and happy to answer any questions and again were thrilled to be designated a legacy business. Thank you. Thank you. My name is Jerry Gibbons and i speaking on behalf of gino and carlo. First i would like to acknowledge that the San Francisco Legacy Program has great support by the community and the board of supervisors. Its also interesting to note its sprung out and upon was inspired by the legacy bar and Restaurant Initiative which the goal was to encourage people to experience some of the San Franciscos most legionary eateries and watering holes and dives and that describes gino and carlo. The requirements that the company has to be in business for 30 years. Gino and carlo was established 75 years ago and owned by the same family for 45 years, a italian family of course, a true north beach lounge and bar. The second requirement that the business must contribute to the neighborhoods history and or identity of a particular neighborhood and community. Gino and carlo for 15 years have sponsored the donna oh rossy tournament and they have the monthly thursday lunches which is attended by everybody, city officers perhaps you have been, the mayor, Police Officers and me, a humble advertising guy. The chronicle has described gino and carlo as more like a cozy rec room of your favorite uncle decorated memorabilia and photos and hand drawn signs announcing the typically italian menu for the much loved thursday lunches. Gino and carlo was named the San Franciscos best bar in 19 in 2010. And as carl nolte a San Francisco chronicle writer noted gino and carlo might be be the best old bar left in the city today. The other requirement that the owners are committed to keeping the physical features and the tradition of the business. I will tell you that the owners couldnt change it. It reflects them. Its their commitment to the community and the way they live. Even if they wanted to their body and soul would not let them. I hope you a onllow them to be. Thank you. Thank you. Does anybody other member of the public wish to speak on this item . If so please come forward. Ladies and gentlemen my name is ernie biel. Im a resident of north beach, and i am what could be described as a saloonist. A saloonist is a person who takes note of the neighborhood surroundings and takes advantage of them and uses the saloon, in this case, gino and carlo, as a kind of social club. Im a writer, and ive in the last couple of years have written two books. The first one was called sketches from a north beach journal. It included a chapter about gino and carlo which i dearly love. Nowm im not italian. Im of [inaudible] descent but i find there is a wonderful atmosphere in this typically italian bar, and in a neighborhood like north beach which is becoming more ho mog nows all the time i feel its very important that we honor this italian tradition and take advantage of it, so i would like you to favorably consider this application so that i can continue to enjoy being a saloonist. Thank you very much. Thank you. Would any other member of the public wish to speak on these items . How are you doing . So im not fancy. I dont have anything written down or anything. I am dominick cal breezy. I have been here for 40 years. I appreciate what youre doing for me and if you guys have any questions for me please i can answer anything you want, but i get give to a couple of the churches much we fix cars for free for a couple of the priests. I am part of the San Francisco Fire Department toy drive and work with the california Highway Patrol and chips for tots and i designed that Program Years ago and i like giving to kids and helping people with no money. Thank you. Can i go sit down . Yeah, its it. [laughter] does any member of the public wish to comment on these items . Seeing none. Public comment is now closed and bring it back to the commission. Commissioners do you have any questions or comments . Commissioner johnck. I think were always honored with these nominations and but its wonderful to hear all these very eloquent same you dont have to have anything written. Its all welcome and wonderful. We love to hear these recommendations and your stories so i certainly would be happy to move approval for their registration. I second it. I think we have before we go to that we have a few comments. Commissioner pearlman. We can comment after. You know i felt so rah, rah today and reading these and especially the european ethnicity of the applicants today. You know it just gives me a big smile. I feel so good about being part of this being part of the city when i hear people you know talk about gino and carlo and i wish i had a car that you could restore for me. [laughter] so thank you all for doing what you do. This has been one of the best parts of our job is to you know have you come forward and tell us your conspires stories because this is San Francisco. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Commissioner hyland. I second, third, fourth all the comments and thank you for doing what you do. I did want to make a special mention to the chien ease Historic Society and they have an exhibit on the 150th anniversary of the chinese exclusion act. [inaudible] [off mic] yes. Very important part of history here in San Francisco and check that out. I certainly support it owl. Commissioner johnck. I have an addendum and i want to thank you for the invitation to visit. And i am sure we will all be there at some point soon, and i wanted to say to steven if you would speak to me later your mother would be really proud of what i am doing now for the city. I have known her for a long time. Its great definitely, yeah. So i believe there was a motion. Yes. There was a motion and has been seconded. Shall i call the question . Yes. On that motion to adopt recommendations for approval for these items. calling roll . So moved commissioners. That passes unanimously 60. Thank you and congratulations. All of you. Commissioners that places on item 10 for the designation work program. Good afternoon commissioners. Desiree smith, department staff. The item before you today is a quarterly update on the designation work program from january 1, to the end of year and i will go over projects and upcoming projects and the performance issue measures that were tracking. You initiated designation of two properties this quarter and el rey theater on ocean avenue on folsom street a private resident. Since the end of this quarter you adopted a resolution to recommend landmark designation of the elrae theater to the board of supervisors. Today you considered a resolution to recommend to the board of supervisors landmark designation of new era hall on Market Street. Staff is currently working on fact sheets for article 10 designation of sites identified through the center soma Resources Survey and theyre expected to be adopted as part of the central soma plan in the fall. The properties in the packet and include the filipino masonic and hotel, hotel utah, Hotel Townsend and pull man hotel, the pile drivers and local Iron Workers Union hall. 645 harrison street. Mission conservation district and the south end landmark district. A neighborhood meeting was held regarding the rose so district and expected to come you before this summer. Staff has met with representatives from the Baptist Church to discuss landmark designation of that property and on the work program and we conducted some preliminary oral history interviews with members of the church. This nomination has been prioritized due to Community Interest and is expected to come before you late summer or early fall. The initiation for the peace po coda and peace plaza and for the june hearing. Staff met with members of the Japantown Task force Cultural Heritage committee and to discuss the process and staff is working on the revisions of the report and addition of quotes from introduce provided by members of the Japantown Task force. The full task force will consider whether or not to endorse the report at the upcoming meeting in anticipation of the hpc meeting. [inaudible] committee was voted for proposal for the haight street district and a proposal by San Francisco heritage and partnership with the district. The district is on the landmark designation work program but proposed as a joint project with heritage and our consultants [inaudible]. As part of the department stan fran civil rights San Francisco civil rights projects and sult consultants were hired and glide memorial methodist church, jap pan town jpca and the masonic lonch. The nominations which are expected to be completed by january next year will used to create article 10 landmark designations as well. Those are the projects that are in the active pipeline. In addition to those projects survey teams were supervise two interns and one will produce historic statements for neighborhoods and the second intern will work with the San Francisco civil rights project developing a proposal and scope for a mobile application to highlight those sites. In addition to the landmark designation work program the staff we serve as Technical Support through the Historic Preservation committee and working with the hpc on the following consultant produced reports. That landmark designation report for sacred heart complex and scheduled for initiation at may meeting. The africanamerican context statement, the latino context statement, the resident park corine park Eureka Valley and [inaudible] statement and three landmark designations and the landmark survey. This past quarter we had two staff changes. Francis mcmillon who served as technical specialist is joined the survey team and we hired a new survey Team Staff Member to be a data specialistos the citywide survey. His name is ken his last name ching . Ken ching. He will be working with our citywide survey manager. And were also currently applying for a 201718 co g grant for a consultant for the chinese american historic statement. Lastly to better attract the status of article 10 and 11 designations the following Performance Measures were established. The first was to prepare landmark designation report within 150 hours so the most recent designation report was new era hall at 206 hours and that continues to be the only property that exceeds that 120 hours staff hours and no other designations were completed during this quarter. The second performance measure was to prepare an article 10 and 11 designation application and posted to the website in april 2015. The third was to provide comments to landmark designation applicants and comments of hearings and applications within 30 days. We brought forward the application for 2731 and 35 folsom street 30 days after it was submitted to the department and determined it should be presented to the hpc. The next measure [inaudible] maintain the Quarterly Report so the next update is expected july 19. Commissioners we just reviewed the Work Programs active cases and other projects and staff will come back to you july 19 to present the next Quarterly Report. This concludes my presentation. I am happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Any questions for staff . I have a comment, not a question after. At this time we will take Public Comment on this item. Does any member of the public wish to speak on the landmark work program . Seeing none. Public comment is now closed. Commissioner pearlman. Yeah. I just wanted to say they think in my first term on the hpc i only remember three or four landmarks and the pace that were at now is very satisfying that within each quarter were seeing many more and bigger scale i mean in terms of landmark districts and all of that so complement to you and to mr. Frye and the staff for bringing those forward at such a great clip, and then also just the timing. I mean the legacy business registry comes forward within three, four weeks of when theyre applied for and then the 30 day turn around for some of these Community Sponsored nominations is great because as we all know some of this stuff takes forever. New era hall is up to about six years so seeing something come forward in 60 days is impressive and i want to complement you all on that. Thank you. Thanks. Yeah, i would concur with that. I think its very impressive work youre doing and look forward to the next round of designations. Any other comments before we conclude . I think thats the final item; right . The hearing is adjourned. [gavel] selfplanning works to preserve and enhance the city what kind hispanic the environment in a variety of ways overhead plans to fwied other departments to open space and land use an urban design and a variety of other matters related to the physical urban Environment Planning projects include implementing code change or designing plaza or parks projects can be broad as proipd on overhead neighborhood planning effort typically include public involvement depending on the subject a new lot or effect or be active in the final process lots of people are troubled by theyre moving loss of theyre of what we preserve to be theyre moving mid block or rear yard open space. 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The upcoming visit the plans and programs package of our we are talking about with our feedback and participation that is important to us not everyone takes this so be proud of taking ann wow, are the beetles here or are we just reoping the playground . Im not sure which. Thanks to the 2008 parks funds, where youre standing is the home and all of you San Francisco voters gave a 20 Million Investment in this neighborhood. I was born and raised four blocks from where we stand today. I came and played in this park, on the equipment, in the you know what i mean you know jim gym and structure today. To make this a park that everybody can enjoy, a diversity that would show the city that this is what San Francisco is all about. What we got here is 3,000 new square feet of places for people to be healthy and be active and the community to gather. If you see kaellys mural in the building, there cannot be an imagery thats more related to this place. What people told us about what the importance of the windmills and the green houses and the flowers that used to be grown here and the wind, lets not forget the wind. We have to continue to invest in our citys infrastructure and creating new. This is a Recreation Center for the 21st century and for the 21st century communities. We finally made something after somebody that Everybody Needs and this is the park. This coffee memory i remember having coffee with any grappled. In the old days myelogram ma get together i was six or seven i made a faces a good face. When i was younger i know it did something to my body. Ive been Drinking Coffee since i was 17 really the only thing im good at i was trying to find out what i was good at i got a job at the coffee shop i decided to do that the rest of my life. I like the process of the coffee and what are those beans where do they come from oh, they come from a fruit. The coffee stays with me since i was a kid i grew up and opened coffee shops everybody. In the 8 i visited over 11 hundred coffee shops maybe more to see why people go to coffee shops were searched the beans all over the world from east afghan and tokyo. When i wanted to do was get into aspect of the personal coffee and the processing and Everything Else there was multiple steps in making coffee and we did have a lighter roost because of the qualities of the keep once you roost it it home gisz the coffee. One thing about the coffee they were special blends and i spent seven years on one blend so thats my pleasure. Each bean they were all chosen and blended with each with different cultural and beans is like people and those people give me a reputation i cant buy. People love you my clients love me they take me to the moves movies. Fell in love with coffee and went to the coffee shops the Community Aspect i really enjoyed. I think its important to have a place for people to show up and talk to their neighbors and recorrect. Your surrounded with all those behalf communicated i communities i love my city San Francisco has a good name my has every cultural in this planet living in San Francisco its a small city 7 by 7 but its huge. I really like the idea of staying in the neighborhood and living in the mission ive lived here the whole time and the community really stick to it people talk about seattle and portland now they talk about seattle and San Francisco. Or portland and San Francisco but San Francisco is definitely on the cuttingedge of the coffee scene in the entire nation. Theres so many romance in coffee is surrounds the sourcing of that and thinking about where it came from and how and coffee is wonderful. I know for a fact i was born to make coffee. I have a notice from the dad let the life i live speak for me and lets have a cup of coffee and talk about it. Okay wednesday, march 20, 2016, everybody morning welcome to the admission giants sweep yeah. clapping. that is the third neighborhood that weve come in and done this program were a doing 6 along missions and van ness we do extensive a cleaning and outreach and the cans which ill talk about in a minute and also enforcement and so right now we have an enforcement as part of team and their all out doing outreach along this corridor as everybodys responsibilities and answering the questions and handing out a little newspaper with all the information in it as well but i really want to talk about yes, we can yes, we can is a Pilot Project that were swedish up we started taking cans off the street we were told that keeps the streets clean we have cans on every corner and pilot that and measure that and see how it works at this time though i want to introduce our mayor former public works director mayor ed lee. clapping. all right. Thank you eric. clapping. good morning, everybody. You know originally when i heard the phrase yes, we can i thought dpw was trying to cure cancer you know the men and women are dedicated dedicated to keeping our streets clean thank you finally and our Police Department, who is here as well keeping everybody safe and thing ecology and, of course, thank supervisor Hillary Ronen who right off the bat wants here streets clean that is worthy doing together so im really glad to be be her along phillip is about to explain our miracle mile along mission something we love in the Mission District we want to keep clean keeping the city clean cant be the responsibility of our Police Department public works only about while they pick up the trash and dont a job it really is again keeping the streets clean and not trashing that it that in the first place so they come up and coin the phrase yes, we can with the emphasis on can to add 38 more trash cans along Mission Street supervisor i know you will appreciate that but more importantly it is about the education we need to do because why does trash lets itself on the street it didnt it is human beings that are leaving the trashes on the streets we should prevent that from happening thats why dpw wants me as the mayor and recotton as our 235ishd contractor and people in the neighborhood with architect and designers designing better streets request the supervisors to wshthd to educate the public lets leave the trash in the cans in the on the streets lets respect our neighborhood line the missions and the miracle mile coordinator and our businesses lets respect each other by putting trash where that belongs that is what yes, we can does and also the existing part the giants want to keep our streets clean thats why they entered into the program called the giants sweep and started their season i hope they sweep everybody in the baseball field but you hunter who is our, of course, our proin leading the effort on the giants sweep and larry is joining the department of public works to make sure we educate our kids our businesses and adults and to keep the trash in the cans that sweep everything clean and citywide effort while were piloting the program the supervisors will love pilots in the mission will turn cleaner streets into everybodys responsibility thats why i love this organization when i was there 0 as spent hours picking up trash, of course, we wanted is better world by people doing what they should be doing with their own trash not on the responsibility to keep things clean but obviously issues individual responsibility so what we should be teaching our kids and adults and people on the streets 0 people 0 or are shopping and buying things put your trash in the cans and be responsible be respected full of everybody using our streets that is how our public works wanted us to on behalf of so, yes we can the giant sweep educate ourselves and the public but be exciting about the streets we should respect everyone use of our streets and not trash them to the disreplacement of Everything Else we have kicking off as a reminder it is going to a beautiful sum that is spring we want to walk down the beautiful corridors and enjoy everything we want on our streets but not enjoy trash on the streets thank you dpw for leading the way clapping. thank you supervisor ronen sophomore being a great leader right off the bat and cleaning up the neighborhood before doing all the politics that supervisors much. clapping. laughter thank you, mayor ive had the pleasure of knowing supervisor ronen so for a number of years which she was she was an aide for supervisor campos she cares deeply been the community and about the commercial corridors and she kind of helped this idea i want to take the time to say thanks for the idea but supervisor Hillary Ronen please come up and say and a few words. Good afternoon a gorgeous day to launch this in the mission i want to thank the mayor and phil and mohammed and the team for picking up the next area of our city to get a clean we need but talk about yes, we can the Pilot Project im excited about i dont know about you when im walking where i need to go i find myself holdings my apple courses for blue cross and being frustrated there was not a trash can so one of my first meetings are Mohammed Nuru and dpw i said can we get trash cans an Mission Street i said are you sure you want to do that the reason they were taken out bus trash cans is a magnet for dumping and additional trash i said well, thats already in the mission so we we try the trash cans that means if i have a trash can and education our community hopefully, people low throw the trash in the cans and well have a beautiful neighborhood you all deserve in the mission i want to thank Mohammed Nuru for the sketching for working with me and have this Pilot Project and use the mission as a beginning i didnt pig to see if the trash cans are making our neighborhoods cleaner so were going to try in the mission but as the mayor said we need everybodys help to use the trash cans with appropriately and when the acronym courses we have a place and thank you recoming down the pike and we can have even more incredible neighborhoods and hopefully a attract people thank you very much and looking forward to the pilot being a success we can take it to other parts of our city thank you very much. clapping. thank you, supervisor in other words, to try a keep the city clean doing pilots and trying Different Things that always a part of what public works does were hoping people will keep their fingers crossed and mission will be an example for the rest of the city at this time i want to bring up the accident of the admissions phil was responsible for the miracle mile while i he was the superintendent of street and Environmental Services that was the cleanest block on mission come up. clapping. friends thank you ever so much with the miracle maker and chief and the best mayor of the city and county of San Francisco how about a round of applause for mayor ed lee and now we have a Mission District supervisor ronen and a hand for her, please. clapping. so you see a beautiful asphalt Mission Street here it used to look like did moon ed lee said well go and change that and give us brand new asphalt thats why that looks like it does today, the Transit Association said well speed up up the lines in the city of San Francisco on 14 and mission that is absolutely environmental those are miracles and miracles are the only place in the bay area youre standing between two bart stations and neighborhood no neighborhood in the entire bay area that can be or is that this is a special place when real estate was free it was at one time the missionaries where it now the city of San Francisco they went where were standing youre in a special place we need to keep to special i want to say a clean ship is a happy ship well do it together thank you so much. clapping. i want to take the time to acknowledge Hunters Point families who were standing across the street in an hour youll see a pit stop for approximately year their joining us that morning all right. And. clapping. we partner what a lot one the closet it partners a theyll be dumping those garbage can and recotton ill ask to you as a a couple of words. Thank you, larry i wasnt expecting that recotton partners with the city family here if any of you have not found one and you want to keep it incredible get here at 3 30 and 4 00 a. M. Our trash trucks are emptying and by 5 00 a. M. Mission street looks incredible that happens every morning of week with that thats enough said thank you, everybody. clapping. okay. That concludes the press conference well do an installation of the cans this is the last of the 38 the rest have been insulate and thanks everybody for coming . Oo hi, im holly lee. I love cooking and you are watching quick bites. San francisco is a foodie town. We San Franciscoans love our food and desserts are no exceptions. 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Ever wonder about programs the city is working on to make San Francisco the best place to live and work we bring shine won our City Department and the people making them happy what happened next sf oh, San Francisco known for its looks at and history and beauty this place arts has it all but its City Government is pretty unique in fact, San Francisco City Departments are filled with truly Initiative Programming that turns this way our goal is to create programs that are easily digestable and easy to follow so that our resident can participate in healing the planet with the new take dial initiative theyre getting close to zero waste we 2020 and today San Francisco is diverting land filled and while those numbers are imperfect not enough. Were sending over 4 hundred thousand tons of waste to the landfill and over the 4 hundred tons 10 thousands are textile and unwanted listen ones doesnt have to be find in the trash. 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With the help of good will and other businesses San Francisco will eliminate 39 millions tons of landfill next year and 70 is confident our acts can and will make a great difference. We believe that Government Matters and cities matter what we side in San Francisco, california serve as a model phenomenal in our the rest of the country by the world. Whether you do not to goodwill those unwanted text told us or are sufficient value and the Greater Community will benefit. Thanks to sf environment San Francisco has over one hundred drop off locations visit recycle damn and thanks for watching join us clapping. i think we have more companies anywhere in the United States its at the amazing statement were not trying to be flashy or shocking just trying to create something new and original were one of the things about the conduct our you enter and turn your your back and just so the orchestra. The most contrary composer of this time if you accountability his music you would think hes a camera come important he become ill and it was crazy he at the end of his life and pushed the boundary to think were not acceptable at this point for sure it had a great influence he was a great influence on the harmonic language on the contemporary up to now. I thought it would be interesting because they have e he was contemporary we use him on this and his life was you kill our wife you get poisons all those things are Great Stories for on opera. I was leaving behind a little bit which those collaborative dancers i was really trying to focus on opera. A friend of mine said well, what would you really want to do i said opera what is it not opera parallel. Why isnt it are that i have the support now we can do that. I realized that was something that wasnt being done in San Francisco no other organization was doing this as opposed to contemporary we are very blessed in San Francisco to have organizations well, i thought that was going to be our speciality you create a conceptual idea for setting the opera and you spear ahead and work with the other sdierndz to create an overview vision thats the final product felt opera. I was very inspired to work with him because the way he looked at the key is the way i looked at sports looking at the daily. So much our mandate is to try to enter disis particular work theres great dancers and theatre actresses and choirs weve worked with and great video artists is a great place to collect and collaborate. I had a model they have a professionally music yes, maam assemble and as a student i benefited from being around this professional on and on soccer ball and as a conductor id be able to work with them and its helped my growth i had a dream of having a professional residential on and on soccer ball to be an imperial it operates as a laboratory we germ a national the ideas technically and work with activity artists and designers and video all over the on any given project to further the way we tell stories to improve our ability to tell stories on stage. Thats part of the opera lab i was to investigate that aspect of renaissance and new work so thats why this piece it is important it was a renaissance composer. There were young people that are not interested in seeing traditional opera and like the quality and its different it has a story telling quality every little detail is integrated and helps to capture the imagination and thats part of the opera how we can use those colors into the language of today. So one of the great things of the stories of opera and story combined with opera music it allows people to let go and be entertained and enjoy the music instead of putting on headphones. Thats what is great about art sometimes everyone loves it because you have to, you know, really great you have to have both some people dont like it and some people do were concerned about that. Its about thirty something out there thats risky. You know, disliked by someone torn apart and thats the whole point of what were drying to do you never take this for granted you make sure it is the best if you can. We have a wonderful adult ceramic class. We offer over 10 Adult Classes in morning and evening. It accommodates people who work in the day, people who work in the evening, people who are day people and night people. We try to cater to the whole group. Its beyond just a clay lesson. Its really a lifeless on. When you meet people you never know whats underneath. Sometimes they show you what they want to. And you kind of expect that its just going to be that. But its never really whats on the surface. Its really whats underneath the surface. Thats what i try to get at when i do my clay. The camaraderie that we have here. We have students that have been for for many many years. We have students here for the first time. We share our skills, our formulas. This is how we learn. How did you do that . Let me show you. Thats the attitude that the students and the teachers have here. Its a really wonderful nurturing place. Good morning and welcome to the transportation, board, april, 11, could you call the roll commissioner breed. Present. Cohen. Absent. Far ril chl absent. Kim . Absent. Fewer. Absent. Commissioner rohnen. Safai. Present. Tang is absent and we have a kwar um