SAN FRANCISCO

HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION

 

 

Meeting Minutes

 

Commission Chambers, Room 400

City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

San Francisco, CA 94102-4689

 

 

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

12:30 p.m.

Regular Meeting

 

 

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

THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT WOLFRAM AT 12:34PM

STAFF IN ATTENDANCE:  Susan Parks, Shannon Ferguson,  Paolo Ikezoe, Tim Frye - Preservation Coordinator, 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 Coordinator:           
Good afternoon Commissioners. I have no report from the Director this week but happy to address any questions or forward the questions to the Director if you have them.

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

Tim Frye, Preservation Coordinator:
Commissioners, Tim Frye again, Department staff, just one item to share with you, at the August 6 Planning Commission hearing the Commission approved +5 -2 the sky-bridge at 875 Stevenson, as you recall the major permit to alter was reviewed by this body several weeks ago, as the sky-bridge also connects to 1355 Market, The San Francisco Merchandise Mart. The dissenting votes cited their concerns about removing activity and interaction of employees with the ground floor retail establishments as their main concern why not to support the sky bridge, but like I said it did pass +5 -2. That concludes my announcements unless you have any questions. Thank you.

C.         COMMISSION MATTERS

3.            President’s Report and Announcements

President Wolfram:
I just want to report that, I am very excited about our hearing today -- or the subject matters on the hearing, because this is more like a work session. We don't have approvals today, but there are a number of things we have been talking about for a long time, interpretation, website, other things so, excited to have them on the agenda, but also disappointed to tell you that the website needed to be continued because our presenter is sick so we have to continue that item so sorry to tell you that.

4.            Consideration of Adoption:

• Draft Minutes for HPC – August 5, 2015

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

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.

Commissioner Pearlman:
I'm sorry.  Do we have items for the September 2? I notice there was nothing.

President Wolfram:
We are proposing to cancel that.

Jonas P. Ionin, Commission Secretary:
Would you like to cancel that?

President Wolfram:
Oh yes. I think we will formally do that. Do we need to make a motion?

Jonas P. Ionin, Commission Secretary:
Not necessarily.

President Wolfram:
Then I suggest that we cancel that hearing.

D.         CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS PROPOSED FOR CONTINUANCE

The Commission will consider a request for continuance to a later date.  The Commission may choose to continue the item to the date proposed below, to continue the item to another date, or to hear the item on this calendar.

None

E.         REGULAR CALENDAR 

6.                                                                                                                            (M. HUI: (415) 355-3731)
URBAN FORESTRY COUNCIL NOMINATION PROCESS - Informational Presentation from the San Francisco Department of the Environment regarding Section 810 of Article 16, Urban Forestry Ordinance of the Public Works Code, which outlines the criteria and process to designate landmark trees within the City and County of San Francisco.
Preliminary Recommendation: None – Informational

SPEAKERS:          Rose Hillson – Tree nomination process
ACTION:                None – Informational

7.                                                                    (S.PARKS: (415) 575-9101)/J. LAMMERS (415) 575-9093)
UPDATE ON PRESERVATION WEBSITE - Informational presentation regarding updates to the Historic Preservation portion of the Planning Department’s website. The proposed updates will reorganize the content of the website; reflect departmental changes; provide the public with improved digital access to information and planning processes; and create opportunities that encourage community members to become involved in historic preservation within their neighborhoods and across San Francisco.
Preliminary Recommendation: None – Informational

SPEAKERS:          None
ACTION:               Continued to September 16, 2015
AYES:                   Hasz, Johnck, Johns, Pearlman, Matsuda, Wolfram
ABSENT:              Hyland

8.                                                                                                                 (S. FERGUSON: (415) 575-9074)
HISTORIC INTERPRETIVE PROGRAM – Informational presentation from Department staff on potential Historic Interpretive Program, including plaques, signage and website formats.
Preliminary Recommendation: None – Informational

SPEAKERS:          None
ACTION:                None - Informational

9.                                                                                                                      (P. IKEZOE: (415) 575-9137) 
DOWNTOWN PLAN MONITORING REPORT 2014 (5 YEAR UPDATE) - Informational presentation - Chapter 10E of the San Francisco Administrative Code requires the Planning Department to complete annual reports as well as a detailed update every 5 years to measure development trends in the Downtown against the goals of the Downtown Plan of the San Francisco General Plan. The report discusses employment and development trends, transportation, housing, fiscal revenues and other topics pertaining to the Downtown C-3 district for the period covering 2008-2014. This is an informational item only, no action is necessary. The report is available for the public at the Planning Department and can be downloaded from the website at:                       
http://www.sf-planning.org/ftp/files/Citywide/Downtown_Plan_Monitoring_Report_2014.pdf
Preliminary Recommendation: None - Informational

SPEAKERS:          None
ACTION:                None - Informational

Adjournment – 1:43 P.M.

Adopted – SEPTEMBER 16, 2015