SAN FRANCISCO
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION

 

Meeting Minutes

 

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

Wednesday, June 1, 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 12:34 PM

STAFF IN ATTENDANCE: John Rahaim - Director of Planning, Shannon Ferguson, Omar Masry, 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.

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

 

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.

SPEAKER:            David Pearle – Potential landmark building

B. DEPARTMENT MATTERS

1. Director’s Announcements

None

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

Tim Frye, Preservation Officer:
Good afternoon commissioners, no formal Planning Commission report, but I do have two items to share with you. One is, as you are aware, the Government Oversight, Government Audit and Oversight Committee met after your last hearing to discuss the Legacy Business Registry Program. At that hearing, I believe Commissioner Matsuda was present and she may have some comments regarding the outcome of that meeting. What we’ve heard is that the committee has asked for an update on the program at its hearing tomorrow as well and we’ve been in contact with Regina Dick-Endrizzi, from the Office of Small Business, she has now stated to me that she has seven complete applications that she will forward to us on Monday, which is June 6. If she were to transmit those applications, we would have to hear them at your July 6th hearing or, which because it's close to the July 4th holiday, maybe cancelled. It would give her a little more time to transmit those applications if we postpone that a little bit and scheduled that hearing for the July 20th HPC hearing, but that is at your discretion. Maybe something you want to take up today. The second item is just a quick report about the Department’s pending budget. As you recall, the Commission, this Commission, added one additional FTE to support the Legacy Business Registry and all of the Department’s asks for the preservation programming including the additional FTE have remained in the mayor's budget. So, we will keep you posted as that moves through the Board of Supervisors and discussions there, but it looks like everything is in place for the next fiscal year. That concludes my comments. Thank you.

C. COMMISSION MATTERS

3. President’s Report and Announcements

President Wolfram:  
No report or announcements today.

4. Consideration of Adoption:

• Draft Minutes for ARC May 18, 2016
• Draft Minutes for HPC May 18, 2016

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

5. Commission Comments & Questions

Commissioner Matsuda:  
My comments will be brief. I just wanted to report to the Commission that I did attend last week's hearing and all the supervisors who were present were very appreciative of the Commission and are just as anxious to see this program move forward as we are.

Commissioner Pearlman:  
Last night I actually got a chance to go by the Doelger Building and if any of you haven’t seen it, they did a beautiful job in the restoration and it’s just really spectacular; so it's on Judah near Ninth Avenue, so take a look. I’m happy to announce that the first big event at Hibernia Bank was the rally for Hillary Clinton last week. I was there and it was very amazing to be in that room with hundreds and hundreds of people and it felt like it was the 1940s and Harry Truman was going to come up on the stage because of all the flags and banners and everything. Anyway, it was very exciting. Thank you.

President Wolfram:  
Great, thank you. Do we have the topic of the meeting on July 6? Should we bring that up now?

Jonas Ionin, Commission Secretary:  
This would be the appropriate time.

President Wolfram:  
The only item on the agenda is the possibility that we may receive this Legacy Business packet. Though that's not been confirmed, I don’t believe there are any other agenda items confirmed for that hearing. Is that true?

Jonas Ionin, Commission Secretary:  
The only other item I see on your advance calendar commissioners is the Heritage Conservation Element for your review and comment.

President Wolfram:  
That's an informational review and comment?

Jonas Ionin, Commission Secretary:     
It's just the beginning of the Historic Preservation Element of the General Plan.

President Wolfram:
So I'm inclined to propose that we cancel the July 6 hearing; take a little holiday. Do we have a consensus here? Do we need to make?

Jonas Ionin, Commission Secretary:     
We should officially remove that from your hearing schedule then?

President Wolfram:  
Do I need a motion to remove that?

Jonas Ionin, Commission Secretary:     
Yes, please.

Commissioner Johns:
I move that we remove it.

Commissioner Pearlman:
Second.

Jonas Ionin, Commission Secretary:     
Thank you, commissioners. Then to cancel July 6th hearing on your hearing schedule, so moved commissioners. That motion passes unanimously 7-0.

Commissioner Hyland:  
I have a disclosure on agenda item 6, the Ingleside Presbyterian Church. This is the second time it's come before us and last time I became aware during the presentation that Architectural Resources Group, my previous employer and company, had done a report for it. At the time I didn’t understand what the extent of that was, but I checked with the City Attorney and it's a pro bono evaluation of the conservation issues around the murals and that contract is done and closed, so there's no need for me to recuse myself. I just want to clarify that.

Hearing Schedule:

SPEAKERS:	None
ACTION:	Canceled July 6th hearing in recognition of the Fourth of July Holiday
AYES:	Wolfram, Hyland, Hasz, Johnck, Johns, Matsuda, Pearlman

D. REGULAR CALENDAR 

6. 2015-007219DES                                  (S. PARKS: (415) 575-9101)
1345 OCEAN AVENUE – Assessor’s Block 6942, Lot 050 (District 13) - Consideration to Recommend to the Board of Supervisors individual Article 10 Landmark designation pursuant to Section 1004.1 of the Planning Code of the Ingleside Presbyterian Church & Community Center and The Great Cloud of Witnesses. Located on the south east corner of Ocean Avenue and Granada Avenue, the building is architecturally significant as the work of San Francisco master architect, Joseph Leonard, who designed the Neoclassical building in 1923. The church is also significant for its interior “collage-mural,” and folk artist’s environment, entitled The Great Cloud of Witnesses. Begun in 1980, the mural is a 35-year work-in-progress, created by church pastor Reverend Roland Gordon, to inspire the community and to highlight the accomplishments of African Americans.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approve

SPEAKERS:	= Shannon Ferguson – Staff presentation + Pastor Gordon – Support, gratitude
ACTION:	Adopted a Recommendation for Approval
AYES:	Wolfram, Hyland, Hasz, Johnck, Johns, Matsuda, Pearlman
RESOLUTION:	762

7. 2015-007181OTH                                              (S. FERGUSON: (415) 575-9074)
140 MAIDEN LANE – north side of Maiden Lane, Assessor’s Block 0309, Lot 019 (District 4). Consideration to Recommend to the Board of Supervisors amendment of the landmark designation for the former V.C. Morris Gift Shop, San Francisco City Landmark No. 72. Amend the landmark designation to include both the interior and exterior character defining features pursuant to Article 10, Section 1004(c) of the Planning Code. The V. C. Morris Gift Shop, both the exterior and interior, is significant for its architecture and as the work of master architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It is located in a C-3-R Downtown Retail zoning district and 80-130-F Height and Bulk district.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approve

SPEAKERS:	= Shannon Ferguson – Staff presentation + Sharon Slater – Concerns over landmarking
ACTION:	Adopted a Recommendation for Approval as amended to include the oval light fixtures on the ground level and the pneumatic tube on the ground and second levels.
AYES:	Wolfram, Hyland, Hasz, Johnck, Johns, Matsuda, Pearlman
RESOLUTION:	763

8. 2014-001711PCA                                                   (O. MASRY: (415) 575-9116)
WIRELESS (WTS) FACILITY PLANNING CODE – Adopting a resolution recommending approval of amendments to the planning code text changes to: 1) Define wireless telecommunications services (WTS) facilities; 2) Create distinct WTS facility land use controls; 3) Require a conditional use authorization (cu) for macro WTS facilities in most Article 2, 7 and 8 districts; 4) Regulate micro WTS facilities in all districts; 5) Require that a WTS facility's cu shall expire after ten years; 6) Regulate WTS facilities in certain Mission Bay Districts and P districts; 7) Exempt certain telecommunications equipment accessory uses from height limitations; 8) Allow screening elements for WTS facilities to exceed height limits, consistent with existing height limit exemptions for antennas; 9) Define and regulate temporary WTS facilities; 10) Allow the Historic Preservation Commission to delegate determinations on applications for administrative Certificates of Appropriateness and Minor Permits to Alter to Planning Department staff; 11) Affirming the Planning Department's determination under the California Environmental Quality Act, and making findings of consistency with the general plan and the eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1; and 12) Make findings under Planning Code Section 302.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approve to Board of Supervisors

SPEAKERS:	= Omar Masry – Staff presentation Edna James – PG&E in backyard
ACTION:	Adopted a Recommendation for Approval
AYES:	Wolfram, Hyland, Hasz, Johnck, Johns, Matsuda, Pearlman
RESOLUTION:	764

ADJOURNMENT – 1:27 PM
ADOPTED JUNE 1, 2016