SAN FRANCISCO
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION

 

Meeting Minutes

 

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

Wednesday, May 18, 2016
11:30 a.m.
Architectural Review Committe
Meeting
 

COMMISSIONERS PRESENT:   Pearlman, Wolfram, Hasz

THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY COMMISSIONER PEARLMAN AT 11:33 PM

STAFF IN ATTENDANCE:   Shelley Caltagirone, Tim Frye - 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.

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1. 2016-006157COA                                                               (N. PERRY: (415) 575-9066)
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. 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.
Preliminary Recommendation: Review and Comment

SPEAKERS:	= Cassie Hoebredge – Staff presentation + Craig Hallow – Project presentation
ACTION:	Reviewed and Commented

2. 2014-001204CWP                                                          (S. CALTAGIRONE: (415) 558-6625)
VAN NESS BRT PROJECT - Request for Review and Comment by the Architectural Review Committee of the Historic Preservation Commission. The Van Ness Avenue BRT is proposed on Van Ness Avenue and extends approximately 2 miles from Mission Street to Lombard Street (Districts, 2, 3, 5, and 6). The portion of the alignment that falls between Golden Gate Avenue and Fell Street is located within the Civic Center Landmark District and is subject to Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) review. The Historic Preservation Commission reviewed the section of the BRT Project that falls within the Civic Center Landmark District at its November 18, 2015 hearing and approved most of the Project components. However, the bus shelter design was excluded from the approval to allow additional time to refine the design. Additionally, a decision on the future treatment of the existing trolley poles was also deferred for further study. At this time, the Project Sponsor is seeking comments on new designs for the bus shelter. The COA hearing will be scheduled at a later date.
Preliminary Recommendation: Review and Comment

SPEAKERS:	= Shelly Caltagirone – Staff presentation + Constantine Zlatov – MTA presentation + Peter Dimaggio – Response to question
ACTION:	Reviewed and Commented

ADJOURNMENT – 12:08 PM
ADOPTED JUNE 1, 2016