Paying us were missing an opportunity to shine. Spotlights on the city of San Francisco and we talk about worldclass events i believe the San FranciscoEthics Commission is going to shine during this week and i think it is an opportunity to embrace and move forward im say it again, i truly building as someone born and raised in the city of San Francisco were a sports town we love our sports franchises whether the 49ers or the goins were talking about a soccer team or anything coming to the city of San Francisco our residents not burr we love our sports team it is a source of prides for generation in the city of San Francisco and will be gordons and for those who dont believe it from my prospective are from a different planet i want to thank everyone for what we did and all the members of our city departments that are working hard to put on this events i actually agree with some of the comments reason a around a coordinator but i want to take a moment to thank and put my full confidence in martha cohen ive not met a woman with her capacities being on the board of supervisors that simply owns the process and does an amazing job in San Francisco a long time with those in city hall so thank you martha and i look forward to that discussion about moving forward but the city of San Francisco looking forward and gets existed for the super bowl im boomed you our own 49ers will not be on the feed but look forward to celebrating celebrating that with the rest of the city. Supervisor kim would you preferring to file this or to the call of the chair. Supervisor cowen not here but venue to say well file cox well take that without objection. Order madam clerk, is there any additional business to come before this body . No, that concludes our business. Business. Were adjourned working for the city and county of San Francisco will immerse you in a vibrant and dynamic city thats on the forefront of economic growth, the arts, and social change. Our city has always been on the edge of progress and innovation. After all, were at the meeting of land and sea. Our city is famous for its iconic scenery, historic designs, and worldclass style. Its the birthplace of blue jeans, and where the rock holds court over the largest natural harbor on the west coast. Our 28,000 city and county employees play an Important Role in making San Francisco what it is today. 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Commissioner hasz commissioner hyland commissioner hasz commissioner johnck commissioner johns commissioner matsuda and commissioner pearlman commissioners, the first item on your agenda is general Public Comment 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 of the commission except agenda items. With respect to agenda items, members of the public may address the commission up to 3 minutes i have no speaker cards does any of the members of the public wish to speak on a nonagenda items general comment is closed that places us under Department Matters directors announcements. Good afternoon, commissioners and happy new year to all of you just one announcement it is note in the written directors report on the housing Bonus Program i think you had a presentation were moving forward with not only the program but a series of Public Meetings and were trying to prepare public hearings in the supervisorial districts in district 2, 7, 3 and one in that order and looking to do one in all district i want to just the you with your tentatively schedule at the Planning Commission to approve or for them to act on the program at the end of january on the 27 yeah 27 and we do anticipate further changes as he go forward a substantial program weve spent a lot of time on and it is part, if you will, the memo of tools in the tool in the toolbox we use to increase the Affordable Housing production, and, secondly, were also the mayor as assembled i think as you may know re150eb8gd r assembled the Housing Task Force in preparation for then prop c that created the Housing Trust fund he harassed asked that task force it reconvened made up of Community Folks and others and the goal of the task force is take a look at the citys Affordable HousingBonus Program the inclusionary requirements to see if there are other items that should be addressed in that Program Given the current Affordable Housing crisis in the city asked me to chair and committee on the status of projects in the pipeline will be ive convened a subset of that task force to do just that and certainly, if any of you are interested in working other than that or the other working group the other working group will be chaired by olsen lee in the Mayors Office of housing to look at the economics and the actual requirement for the Inclusionary Program claim whether it should be raised if 12 percent and the types of projects and that sort of thim thing well share ill be chairing the aspect of the program 3 deals with the improvements and the procedures within the city so if you have any questions ill be happy to answer any questions you may have. Otherwise that that concludes my report. Item 2 review of past events staff report and amazements. Good afternoon, commissioners happy new year tim Frye Department staff a few things to share and first hearing the Health Commission there was an appeal of youre certificate of appropriateness for the van ness brt which youre probably aware of the two main concerns the appellant raised the removal 6 all the trolley poles along the project and then the true tree removal were preparing a brief in conjunction with mta and presenting on your behalf at the board of appeals hearing on the thirteen next wednesday and ill have a full report at our following hearing at the outcome of that that appeal also wanted to let you know with the board of supervisors adopted all the contracts and they were recorded as there were 3 for this past year and recorded with the assessor our so those projects will now or those property will take advantage of a spirited assessment as the upcoming years tax bills 90 excuse me. 90, 92 Second Street the board is the remaining article step outside the box designation at the board of supervisors where we are working with the clerk to have it scheduled at Land Use Committee we think pretty soon but will give you an update once the Land Use Committee has their hearing and one last item is this morning i attend a births conference to identify we communities partner for the old mint there was a pretty large turn out this morning excluding including a q and a and a tour of the building the as you may know if youve familiar with the rfp we looking for a lead Community Partner to identify the mix of uses or single uses within the building to help to support a larger statistic plan to get the building we occupied in the long term so this is really just identifies someone to help to work with the city to facility to realize it is a Community Amenity the closing of the rfp is the first week 40 in february the committee or the panel four reviewing the bids ill certainly keep you updated on the updates sorry one last item two requests separate requests by the Historic Preservation commission to provide regarding rec and Park Properties from one update on the mothers, as you may know the Historic PreservationCommission Committee funded an analysis the new conditions of millions in the mothers building and the windshield condition of the property on the landmark designation im working with rec and park to schedule an informational presentation in front of you hope by february to give you an overview of that report and let rec and park share with you some of their ideas for moving forward in the stabilization of the building and an active use of building, and, secondly, based on Public Comment at previous hearings you have Internal Revenue inquired about the proposals for the palace of fine art and working with rec and park to gather information and lemon elite you know their in the Selection Process four any new proposals for that location that now concludes my comments unless questions. Seeing none, commission moving to president s report and amazements. The only amazement is that we will have the election of officers at the next hearing on january 20th and well do an appointment of committees. We could take that matter under item 5 commissioners questions or comments and item 4 consideration of adoption of draft minutes for december 2, 2015, hearing and the draft minutes for the other i need to make one correction for the december 6th commissioner hasz you were absent well indicate youre absent at that date and any comments commissioner hyland. Yes. On the ar c minutes i was in attendance and present for the 8567 market agenda item i kulsz myself and very good. Duly noted any other comments or revisions does any is there anyone else who wishes to speak on item number ar c or regular hearing seeing and hearing none Public Comment is closed. Do i hear a motion to adopt. Ill move. Thank you, commissioners to adopt the draft minutes hearing as corrected and the draft minutes for hpc regular hearing for december 16, 2015, as corrected and commissioner hasz commissioner johnck commissioner johns commissioner matsuda commissioner pearlman and commissioner hyland and commissioner wolfram. So moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 67 to zero and places you on item 5 commissioners questions or comments commissioner johns. In the Current Issue of the new fillmore the kind of neighborhood newspaper there is an article about japantown and you know weve approved the district there and i wanted to call everyone elses attention it is interesting and i think that is worst reading but i also wanted to schedule on the agenda maybe foyer sometime later this year id like to address or investigate and address the jan district to see what is working and why it is working and didnt pan out and why not and whats needs more time if were going to use this is a model for other district it would be good to evaluate it go along the line i think it might help us when the same issues come up one of them pointed out in this article that the Younger Generation of Business Owners didnt seem very interested in running businesses in japantown i dont know whether it is anything can be done about that i think we should go over the whole thing and evaluate is it so thank you commissioner hyland. Good idea commissioner johns. I had an announcement on monday, i guess tim frye, shelly and i met with regina shes from the staff person for the Small Business commission and we our commission is going to be hearing next meeting next hearing kind of an update on the cultural the legacy business prop j that just passed so we were meeting how the Small Business commission and the Historic Preservation commission and Work Together and how we fulfill our role well be heeding that next hearing. Thank you. Any other questions or comments . We should attend to the election of officers. That hearing. So its been proposed we have the election of officer at the next hearing january 20th do we need a motion to set that on calendar. Please. Thank you commissioner johns and commissioner johnck on that motion to set the hearing date for election of officers for january 20th, 2016, commissioner hasz commissioner johnck commissioner johns commissioner matsuda commissioner pearlman commissioner hyland and commissioner wolfram. So moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously and we have no items promoted for continuance or items under consent will place us under case 62 larry ken a certificate of appropriateness good afternoon the in a nut shell is for an art sflaugs at 200 larkin street the former library for the city the Asian Art Museum can i have the overhead . Allows civic center was designed to be in corners with the arguable and urban planning the civic center is identified by monumental closed arts around the centralized public scare added to the National Register and latter designated as a landmark District Court in 1994 in article 10 the landmark ordinance identified that buildings within the district as exceptionally significant interiors. City hall, with raiders have lost arc scene. The Public Health department interior was designated with the body snafrnz scene and the former main library the Asian Art Museum protected interiors westbound called audited in section b on a designation for the scene in the photographs the ordinance states the museum shall consultant with the Historic Preservation commission on hpc on any interior altercations to the spaces of the building regardless whether a certificate of appropriateness is required by the civic center go Historic District ordinance e. R. By article 10 the blade that the major requiring the cv a if removing a significant interior this proposal is in the middle it is an introduction of a new element, however, it had been suspend in a manner that is held of historic fabric and has a level of transparency it will not obscure the section youre packets include the installation dining rooms and in summary that was found to meet the secretary of interior so staff recommends approval with one monitoring condition as stated in the staff report the project sponsor has a brief proposal and patrick is here representing the museum im going to turn it over to the project architect alicia skaggs. Good afternoon, commissioners my name is and i that library skaggs i want to take that chance to wish you a happy new year. As stated the project consists of an art installation at the Asian Art Museum located off on second floor. The photos those are historic photos and the foitsdz on the right are the Historic Building these photos should the existing conditions of the downstairs and the further on the right where it will be installed the right where the piece of furniture is located and this is a plan that shows the location of artwork on the second floor. The project consists again of on art installation the art is by an artist from china whose work is consisting of an array of important clinic that hang in the out coffee and superintendant by fishing wire the image on the right is the simulation of the right work that hangs from a imprisoned that is supported from above and located so it is not in contact with the surrounding walls the photos on the left is of the out coffee building the render on the right shows the support of the rods will be located in the ceiling will come through the existing pen tracing for now there is recess lighting the existing structure will be used to support the grid and the artwork the Asian Art Museum has been working with a e the Structural Engineers 0 it doesnt compromises the existing structure of the building this is a dynamicic Cross Section for the existing channels that supports the frame that will in turn support the grid with an 8 inch space between the grid and surrounding walls. The artwork will be lit with the led lighting the led lights on a track fixed to a one and a half by one nature aluminum tubbing the tubbing will be medicare fattens to a custom frame that rests on the ledge the steel frame will not be medicare toishld by relies on felicity to protect the fabric of the building thats it thank you very much thank you commissioners is that the conclusion our presentation yeah. Are there any questions for the presenters seeing none, we will open up for Public Comment i have a speaker card from linda lee. My name is a linda lay a person of the art museum and the person f