Historic preservation remote hearing for wednesday, september 16, 2020. I would like to enter the following into the record. The mayor declared a state of emergency related to covid19. Further more, the mayor and governor issued emergency [inaudible] to boards and commissions making it possible to hear Commission Hearings remotely. On may 29, the Mayors Office authorized all commissions to reconvene remotely. This will be our 7th hearing. We request your patience in advance to enable public participation, sfgovtv is broadcasting and streaming this live and well receive Public Comment for each item on the agenda. Sfgovtv is displaying the callin number on the bottom of the screen. And comments are opportunities to speak during Public Comment are available by phone by calling 14156550001, and entering access code, 146 179 5679. When you are connected and would like to submit Public Comment for an agenda item, press star and then 3 to be added to the queue. Each speaker will be allowed up
Both actions are in support of facilitating the museums successful completion of the project. The city will have an ongoing role in the submission project in administering the Community Benefits under the purchase and Sale Agreement and as owner of the museum space and landlord of the space and the fund is consistent with the citys ongoing role and the completion and operation of the space as we all know il will contribute to the cultural vitality and diversity. In addition the completion of the museum will increase Economic Activity and associated revenue from the patrons and visitors to the museum and benefits would be passed on to the amenities which includes the city and county of San Francisco. In terms of next steps both the amendment of the Grant Agreement and the transfer of the grant to the city are subject to the review and approval of the Oversight Board to determine if the acts are in the best interest. Those requests would be heard by the Oversight Board at their next regu
Advance. Of noted on the agenda, members of the public may observe this Conference Meeting via sfgovtv. Org and sfgov tv channel 26 and they may make Public Comment by calling the Public Comment phone numbers. Like to welcome the members of the president and stuff watching us live on sfgov tv. The Commission Asks and thank you for your patience during these unprecedented times. We ask the public to have patience and expect delays and gaps during the meeting. Please call the roll. [roll call] commissioner lum she dropped off. She was caller three. I dont see her. I dont see her number. Please note that executive director Shireen Mcfadden is present. We have a quorum. Next item is through communication. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda and during general Public Comment. Both channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed three minutes to speak. Comments are opportunities are speak during the Public Comment
Quorum. Which brings us to item 3. Clerk mayty make a brief announcement before we move on to item 3 . Yes, please do. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and given the Public Health recommendations, issued by the San Francisco department of Public Health and Governor Newsom and mayor breed lifted restrictions on teleconference. This meeting is being held Via Teleconference and televised by sfgov tv. For those of you watching the live stream, theres a brief delay. On behalf of the commission, id like to extend our thanks to sfgov tv staff and sfpuc for their assistance during this meeting. If you wish to make Public Comment on an item, dial 415 6550001. I. D. 146 500 3304 and then press star 3 to raise your hand to speak. Im going to ask the commission and staff to please mute their microphones to minimize background noise, if they have not already done so. Mr. Chair, your first item is item number 3, commissioner vacancy and possible election of a new Vice President. Thank you. And le
Color photographs from the 1930s and 1940s. They started as an experiment with color film. Kodak was just putting its color film on the market. Sent it out to photographers at institutions to give it a try, to see if they could create a market for it. The pictures were free. So they were appealing to newspapers, magazines, publishing agencies, book publishers. That kind of thing. I was familiar already with the black and white photographs. There are about 171,000 Farm Security administration and office of war information blackandwhite photographs. And i had been working with those for a few years. There was not much emphasis placed on the color transparencies, because they were hard to handle. They were unique items. Theres only one of each. At the time, in the 1970s, it was really difficult to make a copy. It was very expensive to make a photograph. You had to make another print from the color transparency. People did not want to pay that extra money. So, these just sat on a shelf for