January 16, 2008

Time: 12:30 P.M.

FOR FULL BOARD CONSIDERATION

ROLL CALL: Board President: M. Bridget Maley

Board Vice President: Robert Cherny

Board Members: Lily Chan, Courtney Damkroger, Ina Dearman,

Karl Hasz, Alan Martinez, Johanna Street

PUBLIC COMMENT

At this time, members of the public may address the Landmarks Board on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Landmarks Board except agenda items. Public comment will be taken on each agendized item. Each member of the public may address the Landmarks Board for up to three minutes. If it is demonstrated that comments by the public will exceed 15 minutes, the President or chairperson may continue Public Comment to another time during the meeting.

The Brown Act forbids a commission or board 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, not on an agendized item, the Board is limited to:

(1) briefly 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).).

ELECTION

1. : In accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Landmark Preservation Advisory Board, the President and Vice President of the Board shall be elected at the first Regular Meeting of the Board held on or after the 15^th day of January of each year, or at a subsequent meeting, the date which shall be fixed by the board at the first Regular Meeting on or after the 15^th day of January each year.

REPORTS

2. STAFF REPORT AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

3. PRESIDENT'S REPORT AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

ACTION ITEM(S)

7. APPROVAL OF THE DECEMBER 19, 2007 DRAFT ACTION MINUTES.

CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS

8. 2007.1331A (P. LaVALLEY: 415/575-9084)

711 22^ND STREET(AKA 2500 3^RD STREET), known formerly as the Kentucky House Hotel, is located in Assessor's Block 4172, Lot 001. Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to replace non-historic storefront entry doors, remove non-historic canopy, modify non-historic window, and install two new business signs. The subject property is a contributing structure to the Dogpatch Historic District and is located within a NC-2 (Neighborhood/Commercial) District with a 50-X Height and Bulk limit.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval

22 NAPIER LANE, east side of Napier Lane, contained between Montgomery, Sansome, Filbert and Greenwich Streets, in Assessor's Block 085, Lot 009 - Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to add an approximately 145 square foot ground level rear deck below the existing two-story stacked deck structure that currently projects into the rear yard open area. The property is a three story building, originally built as a one-story single-family home circa 1876. The subject building is a Contributory/Compatible Building to the Telegraph Hill Historic District and is listed in the City's 1976 Architectural Survey and in Here Today Page 65 and is located within an RH-3 (Residential, House, Three-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval

NON-ACTION ITEM

INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION

10. 2005.0470E (S. JONES: 415/575-9034)

166-178 TOWNSEND STREET PROJECT, An informational presentation on the proposed project and proposed National Register Historic District modifications.

ACTION ITEM(S)

REVIEW AND COMMENT

11. 2005.0470E (S. JONES: 415/575-9034)

166-178 TOWNSEND STREET PROJECT , Public Hearing to assist the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board to prepare a comment letter on the Draft Environmental Impact Report. The 22,000 square foot project site is located at 178 Townsend Street, on the corner of Townsend Street and Clarence Place between Second Street and Third Street (Assessor's Block 3788, Lot 012). The site is zoned SLI (Service/Light Industrial), is in a 50-X Height and Bulk District, and is occupied by the California Electric Light Company Station B building, a Contributory Building within the South End Historic District. The proposed project involves conversion of the building from its current use as a valet parking garage to a mix of ground-floor retail and up to 85 housing units, with accessory off-street parking for the residential uses. The proposed uses would be housed in the existing building and a vertical addition, and would occupy 96,350 square feet (sf) of floor area, including 71,500 sf in residential uses,1,050 sf in retail uses, and 13,200 sf of parking. The proposed vertical addition would be set back 40 feet from Townsend Street and would rise above the existing 23-to 42-foot tall roofline to a height of 50 feet. The proposed project also includes a one-level underground parking garage with 74 parking spaces in two-car stackers accessed from Clarence Place.

The Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board will receive public testimony and discuss the DEIR in order to frame its written comments on the adequacy of the DEIR, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

NOTE: The Draft Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 2007012109) was published on December 22, 2007. The DEIR found that implementation of the project would result in a considerable contribution to the loss of Production, Distribution, and Repair space in the Eastern Neighborhoods, a significant cumulative land use impact. The proposed project would result in no other significant environmental effects that could not be mitigated to a less than significant level with implementation of mitigation measures. The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to receive comments on the Draft EIR to submit to the Planning Department. Written comments on the Draft EIR will be accepted at the Planning Department until 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 5, 2008.

12. 2005.0470A (T. FRYE: 415/575-6822)

166-178 TOWNSEND STREET PROJECT , The 22,000 square foot project site is located at 178 Townsend Street, on the corner of Townsend Street and Clarence Place between Second Street and Third Street (Assessor's Block 3788, Lot 012). The site is zoned SLI (Service/Light Industrial), is in a 50-X Height and Bulk District, and is occupied by the California Electric Light Company Station B building, a Contributory Building within the South End Historic District. Request for Review and Comment on the proposed rehabilitation and addition to the historical resource.

13. (T. SULLIVAN-LENANE: 415/558-6257)

MILLS ACT, is a program enacted by the State of California in 1976 and amended in the San Francisco Administrative Code in 1996, that grants local governments the ability to directly participate in an historic preservation and economic incentive program. Request for Review and Comment on revisions to San Francisco's Mills Act criteria and program outline that were originally drafted in October 2006. Comments will be forwarded to the Board of Supervisors for their consideration prior to adopting the criteria.

14. CITYWIDE SURVEY UPDATE (M. CORRETTE: 415/558-6295)

Request for Review and Commenton the Planning Department's proposed scopes of work for Survey Enhancement Plan for Market and Octavia and the Eastern Neighborhoods. The Plan will be presented to the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisor to release of funds.

15. 2008.0014GU (A. HEITTER: 415/558-6602)

690 MARKET STREET,the Chronicle Building, is located at the northeast intersection of Market, Geary and Kearny Streets, Lot 6 in Assessor's Block 311 -- Request for Review and Comment and Consideration of a Draft Resolution on a proposal to designate the subject property as Category II (Significant) per Article 11 of Planning Code. The subject property consists of two sections: a nine-story plus mezzanine office tower originally designed by Burnham & Root in 1887 and constructed in 1889-90, enlarged in 1905 by D.H. Burnham & Co. into an eleven-story tower and reconstructed in 1907-09 by Willis Polk; and an adjoining sixteen-story tower designed and constructed in 1905 by D. H. Burnham & Co. and reconstructed in 1908 by Willis Polk. An eight story addition was constructed in 2007. They are within a C-3-O (Downtown Office) District and a 285-S Height and Bulk District.

16. 2008.0014GU (A. HEITTER: 415/558-6602)

690 MARKET STREET,the Chronicle Building, is located at the northeast intersection of Market, Geary and Kearny Streets, Lot 6 in Assessor's Block 311 – Request for Review and Comment and Consideration of a Draft Resolution recommending approval of a Mills Act historical property contract for 690 Market Street, the Chronicle Building, which is proposed to be designated as a Category II (Significant) building pursuant to Article 11 of the Planning Code. The Mills Act authorizes local governments to enter into contracts with owners of private historical property who, through the historical property contract, assure the rehabilitation, restoration, preservation and maintenance of a qualified historical property. In return, the property owner enjoys a reduction in property taxes for a given period. The subject property is within a C-3-O (Downtown Office) District and a 285-S Height and Bulk District.

17. 2007.1229A (R. FORCE: 415/558-6418)

DRAFT PRESERVATION ELEMENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL PLAN, Request for Review and Comment in preparation of a Preservation Element. The Planning Department seeks comments from the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board and members of the public on the proposed draft Preservation Element of the San Francisco General Plan. Following this hearing, the Planning Department will produce a final draft Preservation Element and return to the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board for review. After final review by the LPAB, the proposed Preservation Element would be brought before the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors for adoption, project at early Spring, 2008.

(Continued from 11/7/07 and 12/5/07)

THIS ITEM IS BEING PROPOSED FOR CONTINUANCE UNTIL FEBRUARY 20^TH, 2008 HEARING.

ADJOURNMENT

NOTE: For information on the next Landmarks Board Calendar, please call 558-6320 on Fridays (before the scheduled hearing) after 5:00 p.m. for a recorded message.

NOTE: Items listed on this calendar will not be heard before the stated time.

NOTE: Speaker Cards will be available at all hearings. For your convenience, they may be picked up in advance of the hearing from the Planning Department Reception Counter, 1650 Mission Street, Suite 400.

NOTE: The Landmarks Board meets on the first and third Wednesday of each month. For information on the next Landmarks Board Calendar, please call at 558-6320 after 3:00 p.m. on Fridays preceding the regularly scheduled meetings. Items listed on this Notice of the Meeting and Agenda will not be heard before the stated time.

NOTE: For information related to Landmarks Board matters, please call Sonya Banks, Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board Recording Secretary, Planning Department, at (415) 575-6916.

NOTE: Pursuant to Government Code § 65009, if you challenge, in court, the approval of a Certificate of Appropriateness, Permit to Alter, Landmark or Historic District designation, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board at, or prior to, the public hearing.

NOTE: Material submitted by the public for Landmarks Board review prior to a scheduled hearing, should be received at the Planning Department Reception Counter, 1650 Mission Street, 4th Floor, no later than 5:00 p.m. the Tuesday (eight (8) days) prior to the scheduled public hearing. Persons unable to attend a hearing may submit written comments regarding a calendared item to the Board at the above listed address. Comments received by 11:00 a.m. on the day of the hearing will be made part of the official record and will be brought to the attention of the Landmarks Board at the public hearing. Otherwise, submit material related to a calendared item at the scheduled hearing for distribution. For complete distribution to all Board Members, necessary staff and case/docket/ correspondence files, submit an original and 18 copies.

CELL PHONE AND/OR SOUND-PRODUCING ELECTRONIC DEVICE USAGE AT HEARINGS

Effective January 21, 2001, the Board of Supervisors amended the Sunshine Ordinance by adding the following provision: The ringing of and use of cells phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices (67A.1 Prohibiting the use of cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices at and during public meetings).

ACCESSIBLE MEETING POLICY

Hearings are held at City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 400, Fourth Floor, San Francisco, CA. The closest accessible BART Station is the Civic Center Station located at the intersection of Market, Hyde and Grove Streets. Accessible curb side parking has been designated at points along McAllister Street. Accessible MUNI Lines serving City Hall are the 9 San Bruno, 47 and 49 Lines and 71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line. Accessible MUNI Metro Lines are the J, K, L, M, and N at the Van Ness Muni Station at Van Ness Avenue and Market Street. For more information regarding MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142.

Requests for American sign language interpreters, sound enhancement system and/or language translators will be available upon request by contacting Lulu Hwang at (415) 558-6318, at least 48 hours prior to a hearing. A sound enhancement system will be available upon request at the meetings. Please contact Services for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired at 557-4433 (TDD) or 557-4434 (Voice) at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. Late requests will be honored if possible. A person who is deaf or hearing impaired may gain meeting information prior to the meeting by calling 557-4433 (TDD) or 557-4434 (Voice). In addition, the California Relay Service can be used by individuals with hearing and speech impairments by calling 1-800-735-2929 (TDD) or 1-800-735-2922 (Voice). Minutes of the meetings are available in alternative formats. If you require the use of a reader during the meeting, please contact the Library for the Blind and Print Handicapped at 292-2022 at least 48 hours in advance of need. Accessible seating for persons with disabilities (including those using wheelchairs) will be available at meetings.

Individuals with severe allergies, environmental illnesses, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities should call our accessibility hotline at (415) 554-8925 to discuss meeting accessibility. In order to assist the City's efforts to accommodate such people, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical-based products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE

Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review. For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Adele Destro by mail to Administrator, Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102-4689; by phone (415) 554-7724; by fax at (415) 554-7854; or by e-mail at sotf@sfgov.org. Citizens interested in obtaining a copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can be request a copy from Ms. Destro or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, http://www.sfgov.org/sunshine/

SAN FRANCISCO LOBBYIST ORDINANCE

Attention: Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code §2.100] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 30 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA 94102, telephone (415) 581-8300, fax (415) 581-2317; web site http://www.sfgov.org/ethics/.

COMMUNICATIONS

Note: Each item on the Architectural Design Review and/or Regular calendar may include the following documents:

1) Planning Department Case Report

2) Draft Motion with Findings and/or Conditions

These items will be available for review at the Planning Department, 1660 Mission Street, 5th Floor Reception.

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