SAN FRANCISCO
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION

Meeting Minutes

Commission Chambers Room 400,
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689

Wednesday, August 17, 2016
12:30 p.m.
Regular Hearing

COMMISSIONERS PRESENT:   Wolfram, Matsuda, Johnck, Pearlman, Hyland, Hasz, Johns

THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT WOLFRAM AT 12:36 PM

STAFF IN ATTENDANCE:   Susan Parks, Tim Frye - Historic Preservation Officer, Jonas P. Ionin – Commission Secretary

SPEAKER KEY:
+ indicates a speaker in support of an item;

• indicates a speaker in opposition to an item; and

= indicates a neutral speaker or a speaker who did not indicate support or opposition.

A. 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, your opportunity to address the Commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting.  Each member of the public may address the Commission for up to three minutes.

None

B. DEPARTMENT MATTERS

1. Director’s Announcements

Tim Frye, Preservation Officer:
The director will not be joining us this afternoon however, if you have any questions I'll be happy to answer them or forward them on to the director. 

2. Review of Past Events at the Planning Commission, Staff Report and Announcements

Tim Frye, Preservation Officer:
Commissioners, just a few things to check in with you: 1) is the Great Cloud of Witnesses and 140 Maiden Lane were introduced at the Board of Supervisors a couple weeks ago. They're now resting for 30 days but we anticipate they'll be scheduled at the Land Use Committee after the Board returns from their break. Also, you may have seen, I believe it was yesterday, perhaps Monday, a New York Times article regarding LGBTQ history in San Francisco, it was in the travel section; if you haven't seen it we'd be happy to forward a copy. It was largely based on an interview that Donna Graves gave to a reporter at the New York Times and it was substantially based off of this commission's work, the department's work, and Shane Watson and Donna Grave's work on the context statement. It's a great piece and it also involves the National Park Service. Finally, wanted to mention to you that department staff held a Rousseau Boulevard's neighborhood tour on Saturday, this is for the Mary Brown Memorial Landmark Designation for the Rousseau Boulevard Track; about 40 people were in attendance so it was well attended. Again, as our experience during the survey, there were a number of home owners that invited us into their homes to see murals and other components of the original buildings that they have lovingly restored or maintained over time and there is a lot of interest in the designation so we will be offering another tour later on in the process, but we're currently working with them on other outreach activities and preparing the landmark designation report which you will see likely in the early fall. That concludes my comments unless you have any questions. Thank you. 

C. COMMISSION MATTERS

3. President’s Report and Announcements

None

4. Consideration of Adoption:

• Draft Minutes for HPC July 20, 2016
• Draft Minutes for HPC August 3, 2016

SPEAKERS:	None
ACTION:	Adopted both minutes
AYES:	Wolfram, Hyland, Hasz, Johnck, Johns, Matsuda, Pearlman

5. Commission Comments & Questions

Commissioner Hyland:
I just wanted to bring to the attention to the full commission that one agenda item for our ARC hearing this afternoon is a referral from the Planning Commission on project on Geary Street. So this is something that's outside of Article 10 and 11 reviews, but it is a significant new building and they thought it would be good for our commission to offer some advice on that so. It's 651 Geary.

D. REGULAR CALENDAR 

6. 2015-00781OTH                                                     (S. PARKS: (415) 575-9101
LANDMARK DESIGNATION WORK PROGRAM – Discussion of the HPC's Landmark Designation Work Program, prioritization and status of pipeline projects.

• Reprioritization of current work program items and consideration to add additional items to the work program, including those properties previously suggested by the HPC, those identified by Staff, and those identified in previous survey efforts, such as the Modern Context Statement, Central SoMa Survey findings, and other evaluations.
• Civil Rights History Project: (Case No. 2016-008192SRV) The HPC may choose to add additional properties to its work program that have been identified as part of the San Francisco Civil Rights History Project, which explores the theme of civil rights advancement in San Francisco. Based on the city's draft and recently adopted cultural heritage historic context statements, the project creates an evaluative framework to determine the significance of these types of properties, and their potential as historic resources, or for listing on the National Register or as City Landmarks. The project was funded through a National Park Service Underrepresented Communities Grant and will be presented by summer intern, Hannah Fong.

Preliminary Recommendation: Review and Comment

SPEAKERS:	= Susan Parks – Staff report = Hannah Fong – Under-represented communities research findings = Lynn Newhouse Segal – Street lamps of Van Ness = Bernadette Siam – Phillipina Masonic Temple = Mike Buhler – Phillipina Cultural District = Steve Arugalo – 106 South Park, eviction
ACTION:	Reviewed and Commented

7.                                                                  (N. KWIATKOWSKA: (415) 575-9185)
MISSION MURALS INVENTORY PROJECT – Informational Presentation by Planning Department Intern Lyndy Secrist regarding the Mission Murals Inventory project which included creating a historical context, inventory, and map of the existing murals in the Mission District to serve as an internal tool for Planning Department staff in identifying properties which may require further preservation review. These efforts were coordinated with San Francisco Architectural Heritage and Precita Eyes.
Preliminary Recommendation: None – Informational Presentation

SPEAKERS:	= Lindy Seacrest – Staff report
ACTION:	Reviewed and Commented

ADJOURNMENT – 2:07 PM
ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 21, 2016