February 20, 2002
Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board (LPAB)
FINAL ACTION MINUTES
OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD MEETING
CITY HALL
1 DR. CARLTON B. GOODLETT PLACE, ROOM 400
FEBRUARY 20, 2002
12:41 P.M. ROLL CALL
FOR FULL BOARD CONSIDERATION
MEMBERS PRESENT: DEARMAN, FINWALL, HO-BELLI, KELLEY, SHATARA and SKRONDAL
MEMBER(S) ABSENT: KOTAS and MAGRANE
PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
1. DEPARTMENT REPORT
i Preservation Work Program Budget 2002-2003. Review and Comment requested. (Hart/Green)
Board
Comments:
i The Board thanked Gerald Green, Planning Director and expressed their appreciation for Mr. Green taking the time to come and address the Board and thanked him for his candor.
i Commented that they were glad to hear that there will be no reduction in staff.
i President Kelley made two suggestions that he would like to perhaps see get started in the future (not yet developed as proposals, but as suggestions for the coming fiscal year, where the fiscal impact would be minimal):
1) Create a plaque program – design a plaque program that would foster the use of historic plaques to mark designated resources in the City; particularly important when dealing with resources that are not necessarily architecturally significant, but that are culturally and historically significant.
2) Explore some sort of a token prize program for projects brought to the Landmarks Board in a given year – call it the Emmy (the dog's head). He would like to see this go in the direction of fostering the kind of conduct the Board would like to see, which is, one category – community outreach, the other would be adaptive reuse of an historic building.
REPORTS
2. STAFF REPORT AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Neil Hart, Chief
Neighborhood Planning:
i In response to comments made by a member of the public at the Public Communication Committee hearing, January 16, 2002 – gave status of landmark designation of the New Mission Theater.
i Reminded the Board to complete their Statement of Economic Interests forms before April 1.
i The North Mission Survey was presented before the Planning Commission on February 14, 2002.
i Announced that the Heritage Newsletter had a couple of great articles regarding the surveys and the Department's new preservation staff.
3. PRESIDENT’S REPORT AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
President Kelley:
i He and former Board Member, Dan Reidy, attended the dedication ceremony of a plaque being placed on the Madame C.J. Walker Home for Girls and Women, Landmark No. 211 (February 16, 2002).
4. MATTERS OF THE BOARD
Member
Finwall:
i Received a letter from the Planning Department Enforcement Team, regarding 500 Divisadero Street.
Member
Shatara:
i Received a call from Jason Blye regarding saving other brick streets in San Francisco.
Tape No(s).: 1a
REGULAR CALENDAR ITEMS
5. Consider an Amendment of the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board Rules and Regulations.
Amend Article IV – Committees, add a Section 2. Public Communication Committee (PCC).
Amend Article V – Meetings, Section 1, in the second and third sentences, add language regarding the Public Communication Committee.
It was moved by Member Dearman (seconded by Skrondal) to approve amendments as noted in the Rules and Regulations. The vote was unanimous (Dearman, Finwall, Ho-Belli, Kelley, Shatara and Skrondal). Absent: Kotas and Magrane.
6. APPROVAL OF THE DECEMBER 5, 2001 and JANUARY 23, 2002 DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
December 5 – Continued to the next hearing (no quorum)
January 23 - It was moved by Member Skrondal (seconded by Shatara) to approve with typographical correction on page 4, item 9, second bullet (as noted by the Recording Secretary). The vote was unanimous.
Tape No(s).: 1a
n Landmark Designation(s)
7. 2002.0113L (LIGHT: 558-6254)
1-21 COLUMBUS AVENUE (612-624 WASHINGTON STREET), Drexler Building/Colombo Building, northwest corner of Columbus Avenue and Washington Street. Assessor's Block 195, Lot 4. The two-story, concrete and marble, classical revival, retail and office building was constructed in 1913. The subject property is zoned CCB (Chinatown Community Business) District and is in a 65-D/2 Height and Bulk District. Request for the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board recommendation to the Planning Commission on the proposed landmark designation, which was initiated by the Board of Supervisors on January 28, 2002.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval
Speaker(s): Peter Goldstein
Roger Mosier
Gheri Crowley
Nancy Shanahan
Luigi Barassi
Arthur Tang
Gee Gee Platt
Recused: Nancy Ho-Belli
Board Actions
and Comments:
i After hearing Staff presentation and public comments, Staff guided the Board as to the action they needed to take as follows. That the Board
4 Concurred with the information contained in the Designation Report
4 Are adopting the Draft Landmark Designation Report
4 In terms of the signed National Register Criteria A, B and C, in this case, with further information might substantiate an opinion of the Board's A and B, but based on the current information before the Board, that is not substantiated and that the Board concur with the Building of Significance under the National Register Criteria C for its architecture.
4 In terms of the description of the particular features that should be preserved, the Board concurs with the exterior features, and the attached list as prioritized in the Page and Turnbull Report, attached (to be included with the Resolution).
4 In terms of the first and second floor interiors, the Board would concur as prioritized in the Page and Turnbull Report.
4 The Board would concur with the information contained in the Primary Record and Building Structure and Object Record.
Board Member Finwall moved (seconded by Skrondal) to recommend landmark designation, based on the above statements/amendments.
Ayes: Dearman, Finwall, Kelley, Shatara and Skrondal
Recused: Ho-Belli
Noes: None
Absent: Kotas and Magrane
Tape No(s).: 1a & b
n Certificate(s) of Appropriateness
8. 2002.0003A (LIGHT: 558-6254)
1 BUSH STREET/523 MARKET STREET, Crown Zellerbach Complex and Site, Landmark No. 183, north side between Battery and Sutter Streets. Assessor's Block 290, Lots 11 and 12. Constructed in 1959, this 20-story office tower is located within the C-3-O (Downtown Office) District and is in a 500-S Height and Bulk District. Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to install two new sets of pivot doors and hardware to match the original lobby entrance doors. New free-standing bollards on the interior and exterior will be added to support automatic door opener, intercom and card reader.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval
Speaker(s): Robin McDonald
Action: Board Member Finwall moved (seconded by Shatara) to adopt the draft resolution and staff report recommending approval of the Certificate of Appropriateness.
Ayes: Finwall, Ho-Belli, Kelley, Shatara and Skrondal
Noes: Dearman
Absent: Kotas and Magrane
Tape No(s).: 1b
9. 2001.0036A (LIGHT: 558-6254)
451 PACIFIC AVENUE, Engine Co. #1, south side between Montgomery and Sansome Streets. Assessor's Block 175, Lot 27. A two-story with penthouse masonry building (Italian Renaissance), reconstructed in 1908 and is contributory to the Jackson Square Historic District. The subject property is zoned C-2 (Community Business) District and is in a 65-A Height and Bulk District. Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to replace existing windows of apparatus entry display; replace demolished adjacent masonry wall at interior courtyard; widen existing and add new doors at hose tower; replace door and increase height at third-floor penthouse office; add landscaping and windscreens to roof decks.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
Speaker(s): Jane Martin
Nancy Shanahan
Roger Mosier
Action: Note: Several motions were made regarding this project.
Board Member Shatara moved (seconded by Skrondal) to approve with alteration of the glass windscreen at the north side; keep side windows where they are located and approve everything else, including the media screen. The motion failed +2 -4 (yes: Shatara and Skrondal; no: Dearman, Finwall, Ho-Belli and Kelley).
Board Member Skrondal moved to amend the above motion by moving the windows to the back of the building. There was no second to this motion.
Board Member Finwall moved (seconded by Dearman) to approve, based on Staff's recommendation with exception that the media screen be removed from the approval and subject to potentially a second submittal with more detail. The motion failed +4 –2 (yes: Dearman, Finwall, Ho-Belli and Kelley; no: Shatara and Skrondal).
Board Member Shatara moved (seconded by Finwall) to approve with the side windows as they are, with the windscreen at the north side to be glass and with the media display to be mocked up the neighborhood with enough neighborhood support coming back to Staff for determination as to whether the display can come back in or not (Staff should approve if there is enough neighborhood support. Media screen can come back to the Board for approval at another time.) The motion failed +4 –2 (yes: Finwall, Ho-Belli, Shatara and Skrondal; no: Dearman and Kelley).
Final Motion: Board Member Finwall moved (seconded by Shatara) to approve with windows staying in the current proposed location, the window screen is glass at the north end (detailing to be worked out with Staff), the media screen is removed (not approved).
Ayes: Finwall, Ho-Belli, Kelley, Shatara and Skrondal
Noes: Dearman
Absent: Kotas and Magrane
Tape No(s).: 1b & 2a
10. 2001.0975A (HASTIE: 558-6381)
90 FAIR OAKS STREET, west side between 21st and 22nd Streets. Assessor's Block 3618, Lot 52. The subject residential duplex is a contributory building in the Liberty Hill Historic District; it is zoned RH-3 (House, Three-Family) District and is in a 40-X Height and Bulk District. Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to reconstruct a rear deck and to construct a bay projection at the side elevation.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
Speaker(s): None
Action: Board Member Shatara moved (seconded by Finwall) to adopt the draft resolution and staff report recommending approval of the Certificate of Appropriateness.
Ayes: Dearman, Finwall, Ho-Belli, Kelley, Shatara and Skrondal
Noes: None
Absent: Kotas and Magrane
Tape No(s).: 2a
11. 2002.0112A (HASTIE: 558-6381)
2 SOUTH PARK (a.k.a. 544 2ND STREET), The Kohler Company Building, north corner of 2nd Street and South Park. Assessor's Block 3775, Lot 5. Built in 1923, the building was originally used as a plumbing supply and manufacturing plant, and is currently used as retail and office space. The subject property is a contributory structure within the South End Historic District, is within an SSO (Service/Secondary Office) District and is in a 40-X Height and Bulk District. Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to install canvas awnings, a flush wall sign, and two projecting signs with signage lighting.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval
Speaker(s): None
Action: Board Member Finwall moved (seconded by Dearman) to adopt the draft resolution and staff report recommending approval of the Certificate of Appropriateness.
Ayes: Dearman, Finwall, Ho-Belli, Kelley, Shatara and Skrondal
Noes: None
Absent: Kotas and Magrane
Tape No(s).: 2a
12. 2001.1062A (SNYDER: 575-6891)
685 3RD STREET, The Gale Building, east side between Brannan and Townsend Streets. Assessor's Block 3788, Lot 15. Constructed in 1906 and enlarged in 1917, with a three-story addition, this mixed-use warehouse building is rated by San Francisco Heritage and is contributory to the South End Historic District. It is within an SLI (Service, Light-Industrial) District and a 50-X Height and Bulk District. Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to remove the existing duct work at the ground level and remove and replace the ground level storefront.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval
Speaker(s): None
Action: Board Member Shatara moved (seconded by Ho-Belli) to adopt the draft resolution and staff report recommending approval of the Certificate of Appropriateness.
Ayes: Dearman, Finwall, Ho-Belli, Kelley, Shatara and Skrondal
Noes: None
Absent: Kotas and Magrane
Tape No(s).: 2a
13. 2001.0980A (SNYDER: 575-6891)
501 2nd STREET, (a.k.a. 385 Bryant Street), the Schmidt Lithograph Plant No. 2, southeast corner of 2nd and Bryant Streets. Assessor's Block 3774, Lot 67. Constructed in 1925, this historic building was originally used as a paper products manufacturing plant and is currently used as offices. It was expanded in 1985 with a two-story addition. The building is contributory-altered to the South End Historic District and is rated with a B rating by San Francisco Heritage. It is within an SSO (Service, Secondary Office) District and a 50-X Height and Bulk District. Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to replace an electrical vault in front of the Federal Street frontage with a larger vault and its associated screening.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval
Speaker(s): None
Action: Board Member Finwall moved (seconded by Dearman) to adopt the draft resolution and staff report recommending approval of the Certificate of Appropriateness.
Ayes: Dearman, Finwall, Ho-Belli, Kelley, Shatara and Skrondal
Noes: None
Absent: Kotas and Magrane
Tape No(s).: 2a
n Nomination to the National Register of Historic Places
14. (M. SNYDER: 575-6891)
2550 MISSION STREET, The New Mission Theater, east side between 21st and 22nd Streets. Assessor's Block 3616, Lot 7. The New Mission Theater was built in 1916. The building was originally used as a movie theater and is currently used as a furniture store. It is within an NC-3 (Neighborhood Commercial, Moderate-Scale) District and is in a 65-J Height and Bulk District. Continuation from the August 1, 2001 Hearing of Review and Comment on the nomination of the New Mission Theater to the National Register of Historic Places.
NOTE: Prior to the State Historical Resources Commission's meeting of August 3, 2001, the State Office of Historic Preservation sought the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board's (Landmarks Board) comment on a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for all of the land occupied by the building known originally as the New Mission Theater, as part of San Francisco's role as a Certified Local Government. The Hearing to consider the matter was originally heard on July 18, 2001, and then continued to August 1, 2001, where the Landmarks Board voted to continue consideration of the matter for six months. The State Historical Resources Commission voted to nominate the property to the National Register at their August 3, 2001 meeting. The property was officially listed on the Register on November 9, 2001, making any comments from the Landmarks Board moot. At the conclusion of the Public Comment, the President of the Board will entertain a motion to table the item.
Speaker(s): None
Board Comments
and Actions:
i It was moved by Board Member Shatara (seconded by Skrondal) to table the item. The vote was unanimous (Dearman, Ho-Belli, Kelley, Shatara and Skrondal). Absent: Finwall, Kotas and Magrane
ADJOURNMENT: 4:05 P.M.
Adopted: March 20, 2002
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