October 15, 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, Jean-Paul Samaha, 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).).

REPORTS

1. STAFF REPORT AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

2. PRESIDENT'S REPORT AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

3. MATTERS OF THE BOARD

4. LANDMARKS WORK PROGRAM 2005-2007 UPDATE

ACTION ITEM(S)

5. APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 3, 2008 DRAFT ACTION MINUTES.

CONSENT CALENDAR

All matters listed hereunder constitute a Consent Calendar, are considered to be routine by the Planning Department, and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the Landmarks Board. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the Board, 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. 2008.0202A (A. HEITTER: 415/558-6602)

491 POST STREET, The First Congregational Church, located at the southeast corner of Mason and Post Streets, Assessor's Block 307, Lot 9. Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to install two bronze statues on the Post Street façade, previously installed without the benefit of a permit, business signage and exterior lighting fixtures. The subject property is Landmark No. 177 and is zoned Downtown General Commercial (C-3-G) and is in a 80-130-F Height and Bulk District. The building is rated as Category 1 (Significant) under the Downtown Plan, and a contributor to the Kearny-Market-Mason-Sutter Conservation District.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval

(Continued from 4/2/08, 8/20/08, 9/3/08 and 9/17/08 hearings)

7. 2008.0575A (A. HEITTER: 415/558-6602)

198 HAIGHT STREET, Landmark No. 164, McMorry-Lagan Building, north side of Haight Street at the corner of Laguna Street, Lot 034 in Assessor's Block 0852 – Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness for the addition of an elevator shaft and fire escape at the east façade of the building adjacent to the side property line. The property is zoned RTO (Residential Transit Oriented) and is within a 40-X Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval

8. 2008.1146A (P. LaVALLEY: 415/575-9084)

165 10^th STREET, is located in Assessor's Block 3509, Lot 014. Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to remove non-historic storefronts, install new storefronts on 10^th and Grace elevations, and install one new opening on Grace elevation. The subject property, formerly known as James Lick Baths, is designated as Landmark #246, and is located within a SLR (Service/Light Industrial/Residential) District with a 50-X Height and Bulk limit.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval

NON-ACTION ITEM(S)

INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION

9. (P. LAVALLEY: 415/575-9084)

EASTERN NEIGHBORHOODS INTERIM PERMIT REVIEW PROCEDURES. An Informational Presentation by Planning Department Staff on the historic building permit review procedures set forth in the Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plan.

1801 GREEN STREET,GOLDEN GATE VALLEY BRANCH LIBRARY, southwest corner of Green and Octavia Streets. Assessor's Block 0554, Lot 001 – Informational Presentation on a project undergoing environmental review by the Planning Department (Case No. 2008.0239E) for a building proposed for landmark designation (Case No. 2001.0567L). The proposed project includes a partial seismic upgrade, an accessibility upgrade, and life safety upgrades to the Library. The site is zoned P (Public) and is in as 40-X Height and Bulk District.

ACTION ITEM(S)

REVIEW AND COMMENT

11. 2008.0880G (A. HEITTER: 415/558-6602)

608 FOLSOM STREET, north side between Second and Hawthorne Streets, Lot 009 in Assessor's Block 3735 – Request for Landmarks Board Review and Comment on a proposal to change the Article 11 designation of the subject property from Category V (Unrated) to Category III (Contributory). The subject property is a two-story commercial structure constructed in the Classical Revival style in 1922 by the San Francisco-based firm O'Brien Brothers for real estate developer Louis Lurie and occupied by E.R. Squibb and Sons pharmaceutical company until 1946. The property is within a C-3_S (Downtown Support) District and a 320-I Height and Bulk District, designated as Category V (Unrated under Article 11 of the Planning Code, and is not within a Conservation District.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval

12. 2006.0144E (B. BOLLINGER: 415/575-9024)

651 DOLORES STREET, Second Church of Christ, Scientist – An informational presentation on the proposed project and Public Hearing to assist the Landmarks Preservation  Advisory Board to prepare a comment letter on the Draft Environmental Impact Report. The proposed project would demolish the existing SCCS building at 651 Dolores Street in San Francisco's Dolores Heights neighborhood, and replace it with a new church and eight residential units. The approximately 15,000-square-foot project site (Assessor's Block 3598, Lot 28) is a single parcel on the block bounded by Dolores Street to the west, Cumberland Street to the north, Guerrero Street to the east and 20th Street to the south. Across Dolores Street from the project site is Dolores Park, which is bounded by Dolores Street to the east, Church Street to the west, 18th Street to the north and 20th Street to the south. The approximately 14-acre Dolores Park has a terraced downward slope from south to north. The project site is surrounded by the Mission District to the east, Noe Valley to the southwest, the Liberty Hill Historic District to the southeast, Castro/Eureka Valley to the west and Duboce Triangle to the north.

The project site is within an RH-3 (Residential, House, Three-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District (40-foot height limit; no bulk limit). The RH-3 District is designated to accommodate areas characterized by one to three dwelling units per lot. Surrounding existing uses are predominantly residential with a mix of single- and multi-family uses in two- and three-story structures as well as some institutional/religious uses and small scale neighborhood serving commercial uses approximately one block away. The residences on the block and in the project area are similar in height, bulk, and architectural style (primarily Edwardian style, built in the early twentieth century). As mentioned above, across Dolores Street from the project site is the 14-acre Dolores Park, which serves the Dolores Heights/Noe Valley, Castro, and Mission neighborhoods. Religious institutions in the area include Congregation Sha'ar Zahav (a Jewish synagogue), St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Golden Gate Lutheran Church and Mission Dolores. Educational institutions in the area include Mission Dolores High School, located nearly two blocks to the northwest from the project site.

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

13. (A. STARR: 415/558-6362)

3512 CLAY STREET - north side between Locust and Laurel Streets, Lot 005 in Assessor's Block 0995. Request for Review and Comment, regarding a Staff Initiated Discretionary Review hearing before the Planning Commission on a proposal to add a new garage opening on the primary façade of this single-family, 3-story building. The subject property is not a designated landmark or within a designated historic district under article 10 or 11 of the Planning Code, but is an historical resource for the purposes of CEQA. The subject property is located within an RH-1 (Residential, House, Single-Family) District with a 40-X Height and Bulk limit.

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) 575-9093.

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.

NOTE: If any materials related to an item on this agenda have been distributed to the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board after distribution of the agenda packet, those materials are available for public inspection at the San Francisco Planning Department, 1650 Mission Street, 4^th Floor during normal office hours.

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, 1650 Mission Street, 4th Floor Reception.