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SAN FRANCISCO
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
Meeting Minuteses
Commission Chambers, Room 400
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
Wednesday, December 17, 201414
12:30 p.m.
Regular Meeting
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: : Hasz, Hyland, Johnck, Johns, Matsuda, Pearlman, Wolfram
THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT HASZ AT 12:35 P.M.
STAFF IN ATTENDANCE:
Rich Sucre, Jonathan Lammers, Kelly Wong, 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. PUBLIC COMMENT - None
B. DEPARTMENT MATTERS
1. Director’s Report - None
2. Review of Past Events at the Planning Commission, Staff Report and Announcements
Preservation Coordinator Tim Frye:
Just a couple of items to share with you: (1) I wanted to make you aware of your advance calendar and the memo in our packets regarding the Department’s budget. We will start discussions with you I believe in late January and then part of February on the next fiscal year budget so please forward us any comments or ideas you may have in the meantime so we can prepare for those hearings accordingly. Also, I wanted to give you a heads up that on February 9th of next year, the National Alliance of Preservation Commission will be hosting a commissioner training in San Francisco at the Ferry Building. This is something the Department set up with the generous support from the Office Historic Preservation. Also, because of the venue and the amount of funding received, we were able to open up to all northern California, Bay Area commissions so we hope to have a much more robust attendance and discussion about a variety of different commission matters, design review, meeting procedures, rules and regulations that sort of thing. Also, I wanted to thank the Port for offering its Commission Hearing Room for the event which is a much larger hearing room with a great view. We'll give you more information on the training as we get closer to the date. Again it’s on Monday, February 9th. It will be an all-day training and you'll receive the save-the-date email that will be going in your email out next week. That concludes my comments unless you have questions. Thank you.
C. COMMISSION MATTERS
3. President’s Report and Announcements - None
4. Consideration of Adoption:
· Draft Minutes for HPC December 3, 2014
· Draft Minutes for Cultural Heritage Assets Committee (CAC) for December 3, 2014
SPEAKERS: None
ACTION: Adopted the CAC and the HPC minutes of December 3, 2014
AYES: Hyland, Johnck, Johns, Matsuda, Pearlman, Wolfram, Hasz
5. Commission Comments & Questions
· Disclosures - None
· Inquiries/Announcements
President Hasz:
We're pushing on Metro Theater- the Landmark Theatre to get a bulb-out or some kind of a parklet out in front of the marquee because the street is sloped and the marquee comes out. It’s low enough where the box trucks are backing into it. I guess New Mission Theater is going to have the same issue and the Castro Theater has the same issue, so we are working on that.
· Future Meetings/Agendas - None
6. 2015 HPC Hearing Schedule consideration for adoption.
SPEAKERS: None
ACTION: Adopted as amended, canceling January 7, 2015 hearing.
AYES: Hyland, Johnck, Johns, Matsuda, Pearlman, Wolfram, Hasz
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.
7. 2014.0655A (R. SUCRE: (415) 575-9108)
3751-3753 20TH STREET – located on the south side of 20th Street between Dolores and Guerrero Streets, Assessor’s 3607, Lot 066. Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness for façade alterations, construction of a new three-car garage, and a three-story rear addition and roof deck. The project would increase the two-family residence’s square footage from approximately 2,347 to 7,111. The subject property is a contributing resource to the Liberty-Hill Landmark District, and is located within a RH-2 (Residential, House, Two-Family) Zoning District and 40-X Height and Bulk Limit.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approve with Conditions
(Proposed for Continuance to January 21, 2015)
SPEAKERS: None
ACTION: Continued to January 21, 2015
AYES: Hyland, Johnck, Johns, Matsuda, Pearlman, Wolfram, Hasz
8. 2011.0910L (J. LAMMERS (415) 575-9093)
2168-2174 MARKET STREET – Consideration to Recommend to the Board of Supervisors Landmark Designation of the Swedish American Hall, north side of Market Street between Church Street and Sanchez Street, Assessor’s Block 3542, Lot 017 as an individual Article 10 Landmark pursuant to Section 1004.1 of the Planning Code. Constructed in 1907, the Swedish American Hall is the most significant extant building associated with San Francisco’s Swedish community. The building is also significant as the work of master architect, August Nordin. The building was added to the Landmark Designation Work Program on June 15, 2011. It is located in the Upper Market Neighborhood Commercial Transit (NCT) Zoning District and 40-X and 50-X Height and Bulk Districts.
Preliminary Recommendation: Adopt a Recommendation for Approval
(Proposed for Continuance to March 4, 2015)
SPEAKERS: None
ACTION: Continued to March 4, 2015
AYES:
E. REGULAR CALENDAR
9. 2013.0164A (K. WONG: (415) 575-9100)
25 ALTA STREET – south side of Alta Street between Montgomery Street and Kearny Street, Assessor’s Block 0106, Lot 021. Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness for the restoration of the front Italianate elevation, rehabilitation of the rear elevation, construction of a one-story vertical addition above, and the demolition of an existing detached structure at the rear of the property. Constructed in 1876 by architect Henry Smith, 25 Alta Street is a two dwelling unit, two-story over basement wood-framed Italianate building featuring hooded double-hung wood windows with decorative cornice and horizontal wood siding. The subject property is within a RH-3 (Residential, House, Three-Family) Zoning District and 40-X Height and Bulk Limit, the Telegraph Hill – North Beach Residential Special Use District, and is located within the Telegraph Hill Landmark District and designated individually as a Contributory/Compatible building under Article 10 of the Planning Code.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approve with Conditions
SPEAKERS: None
ACTION: Continued to January 21, 2015
AYES: Hyland, Johnck, Johns, Matsuda, Pearlman, Wolfram, Hasz
10. 2014.0951L (J. LAMMERS: (415) 575-9093)
182-198 GOUGH STREET – Consideration to Recommend to the Board of Supervisors Landmark Designation of the R. L. Goldberg Building, southeast corner of Gough and Oak streets, Assessor’s Block 0837, Lot 014 as an individual Article 10 Landmark pursuant to Section 1004.1 of the Planning Code. Constructed in 1911, the property was commissioned by Pulitzer-Prize winning cartoonist and author Rueben (Rube) Goldberg, and designed by architect Bernard J. Joseph. The property is architecturally significant as an example of a Classical Revival style mixed use building with outstanding historic integrity. The HPC approved a resolution to initiate Article 10 Landmark Designation of 182-198 Gough Street at its regularly scheduled hearing on November 19, 2014. The building is located in the Hayes Neighborhood Commercial Transit (NCT) Zoning District and 50-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Adopt a Recommendation for Approval
SPEAKERS: + Jackie Naylor - Thanked the HPC for considering the landmarking of the Rube Goldberg Building;
+ Beverly Upton - Preserving a piece of San Francisco’s history.
ACTION: Adopted a Recommendation for Approval
AYES: Hyland, Johnck, Johns, Matsuda, Pearlman, Wolfram, Hasz
RESOLUTION: R-742
Adjournment: 12:53 PMThe minutes was proposed for adoption at the Regular Meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission on Wednesday, January 21, 2015.ACTION: AdoptedAYES: Hasz, Hyland Johnck, Johns, Matsuda, Pearlman, Wolfram
