SAN FRANCISCO
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION

 

Notice of Hearing
&
Agenda

 

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

Wednesday, June 15, 2016
12:30 p.m.
Regular Hearing

 

Commissioners
Andrew Wolfram, President
Aaron Hyland, Vice President
Karl Hasz, Ellen Johnck, Richard S.E. Johns, Diane Matsuda, Jonathan Pearlman

Commission Secretary
Jonas P. Ionin

Hearing Materials are available at: Website: http://www.sfplanning.org Planning Department, 1650 Mission Street, 4th Floor, Suite 400 Planning Information Center, 1660 Mission Street, 1st Floor Voice recorded Agenda, only: (415) 558-6320 Commission Hearing Broadcasts: Live stream: http://www.sfgovtv.org Ordinances and Accessibility Hearing Procedures

 

ROLL CALL

President: Andrew Wolfram
Vice-President: Aaron Hyland
Commissioners: Karl Hasz, Ellen Johnck, Richard S.E. Johns, Diane Matsuda, Jonathan Pearlman

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.

The Brown Act forbids a commission from taking action or discussing any item not appearing on the posted agenda, including those items raised at public comment.  In response to public comment, the commission is limited to:

(1)  responding to statements made or questions posed by members of the public; or
(2)  requesting staff to report back on a matter at a subsequent meeting; or
(3)  directing staff to place the item on a future agenda.  (Government Code Section 54954.2(a))

B. DEPARTMENT MATTERS

1. Director’s Announcements

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

C. COMMISSION MATTERS

3. President’s Report and Announcements

4. Consideration of Adoption:

• Draft Minutes for June 1, 2016

Adoption of Commission Minutes – Charter Section 4.104 requires all commissioners to vote yes or no on all matters unless that commissioner is excused by a vote of the Commission.  Commissioners may not be automatically excluded from a vote on the minutes because they did not attend the meeting.

5. Commission Comments & Questions

• Disclosures.
• Inquiries/Announcements.  Without discussion, at this time Commissioners may make announcements or inquiries of staff regarding various matters of interest to the Commissioner(s).
• Future Meetings/Agendas.  At this time, the Commission may discuss and take action to set the date of a Special Meeting and/or determine those items that could be placed on the agenda of the next meeting and other future meetings of the Historic Preservation Commission.

D. CONSENT CALENDAR

All matters listed hereunder constitute a Consent Calendar, are considered to be routine by the Historic Preservation Commission, and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the Commission.  There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the Commission, the public, or staff so requests, in which event the matter shall be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered as a separate item at this or a future hearing.

6. 2016-000845COA                                                                 (E. TUFFY 415-575-9191)
230-250 Brannan Street – north side of Brannan Street, Assessor's Block 3774, Lot 025 (District 6). Certificate of Appropriateness for the construction of two property line passageways to create internal building connections between the side elevations of the historic H.S. Crocker Building at 230-250 Brannan Street and a newly constructed building at 270 Brannan Street. The area of work is at the 3rd floor on a secondary, non-visible elevation. 72 square feet of historic brick are proposed for removal at the new South Connector and 72 square feet of non-historic building fabric are proposed for removal at the new North Connector. The subject property, constructed in 1907, is a contributory building to the South End Landmark District, which was adopted in 1990. The building is located in a MUO (Mixed Use-Office) zoning district and 65-X Height and Bulk district.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approve

E.         REGULAR CALENDAR 

7. 2015-014090PTA                                                          (P. LAVALLEY: (415) 575-9084)
1 STOCKTON STREET – northwest corner of Stockton and Ellis Streets; Assessor's Block 0327, Lots 025 (District 3). Request for Major Permit to Alter for replacement of the non-historic façades at Stockton and Ellis Streets.  The façade will be re-clad in smooth and dimensional terra cotta rain screen, masonry clad piers, and will have new fenestration with aluminum windows and storefront. The proposal also includes installation of internally illuminated wall signs. Constructed in 1973, with substantial alterations to the façade in the early 2000s, the two-story building is a Category V (Unrated) Building within the Kearny-Market-Mason Conservation District, a C-3-R (Downtown Retail) Zoning District, and 80-130-F Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approve with Conditions
(Continued from Regular hearing April 20, 2016 and May 18, 2016)

8. 2006.1523E                                                                       (M. BOUDREAUX: (415) 575-9140)
50 1ST STREET/OCEANWIDE – (Assessor Block 3708/Lots 003, 006, 007, 009, 010, 011, 012 and 055) (District 6).  Request for Review and Comment of the content and location of the interpretative display produced as part of the historical resources mitigation measures as part of the Community Plan Exemption published for the Project. The proposed project includes full demolition of one known historical resource (62 First Street) and partial demolition, and rehabilitation, of one known historical resource (78 First Street), the rehabilitation of an historical resource (88 First Street), the demolition of three non-historic commercial buildings, and the new construction of two towers, measuring a maximum occupied height of 605 feet (Mission Street Tower) and 850 feet (First Street Tower), sharing a four-story basement, for a project containing 265 residential units, a 169 room tourist hotel, approximately 1.08 million gross square feet of office space, and 5,000 square feet of retail space, on eight lots plus vacation of portions of Jessie Street and Elim Alley. On May 5, 2016, the Planning Commission approved the Project, and also affirmed the accuracy and adequacy of the CPE (2006.1523E) authorizing the proposal. The project site is located within Transit Center District and Downtown Plan Areas, and C-3-O (SD) (Downtown Office – Special Development) Zoning District and 550-S and 850-S-2 Height and Bulk Districts. The subject property is located within the RH-DTR (Rincon Hill Downtown Residential) Zoning District and 85/200-R and 85-250-R Height and Bulk Limit. 
Preliminary Recommendation: Review and Comment

9.                                                                                                 (N. PERRY: (415) 575-9167)
ART/LIT LIVING INNOVATION ZONE – Living Innovation Zones (LIZ) are temporary installations in San Francisco. The primary goal of the program is to activate public spaces by engaging and delighting the public. They are intended as enhancements to the public realm, encouraging people to connect with each other and their city. The LIZ Program is co-managed by the Planning Department, the Mayor's Office of Civic Innovation and the Arts Commission. Past LIZ projects can be viewed at www.sfliz.com.

The next LIZ will be designed, built and installed by Youth Art Exchange on Fulton Street adjacent to the Asian Art Museum in late July 2016 and remain installed for two years. The project, which falls within the Civic Center Landmark District, was conceived as a mechanism to test ideas to will help inform the longer-term and more capital intensive public realm improvements that stem from the Civic Center Public Realm Plan which was presented to the HPC on Jan 20th. The installation is a dynamic gallery space, featuring a dragon sculpture, gallery space and interactive elements. It will be sited within the western tree bed on the sidewalks, underneath the trees. This is the second Living Innovation Zone installation to go before the HPC. This project went before the ARC for review on May 18. The first installation was the UN Plaza Living Innovation Zone designed by the Exploratorium, and it was presented at the April 6, 2016 HPC hearing and a Certificate of Appropriateness was approved.

ADJOURNMENT