Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board (LPAB) Calendars (Agendas)

July 2001


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SAN FRANCISCO

LANDMARKS PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION

WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2001

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Regular Meeting of the San Francisco Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board for Wednesday, July 4, 2001, has been canceled.? The next Regular Meeting of the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board will be held on Wednesday, July 18, 2001.?

Tim Kelley, President

Suheil Shatara, Vice President

Ina Dearman, Paul Finwall, Nancy Ho-Belli,

Jeremy Kotas, Penney Magrane, Daniel Reidy, Elizabeth Skrondal

Board Members

Elizabeth Gordon, Preservation Coordinator

Andrea Green, Recording Secretary

Landmarks Board Agendas are available on the Internet at http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/planning

or as a recorded message at (415) 558-6320

THE AGENDA PACKET IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, 1660 MISSION STREET, 5TH FLOOR RECEPTION and the GOVERNMENT INFORMATION CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY, 100 LARKIN STREET


Time: 12:30 P.M.

FOR FULL BOARD CONSIDERATION

ROLL CALL:?? Board President:???Daniel Reidy

Board Vice President:???????????? Tim Kelley

Board Members:???????????????????? Ina Dearman, Paul Finwall, Nancy Ho-Belli, Jeremy Kotas, Penney Magrane, Suheil Shatara, Elizabeth Skrondal

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.? With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the Landmarks Board will be afforded when the item has already been reviewed in a public hearing at which members of the public were allowed to testify and the Landmarks Board has closed the public hearing.? Your opportunity to address the Landmarks Board must be exercised during the Public Comment portion of the calendar.? 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, 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

REGULAR CALENDAR ITEMS

?4.??????? APPROVAL OF THE OCTOBER 4, 18, AND NOVEMBER 15, 2000 DRAFT ACTION MINUTES

n???????? Informational Presentation

5.                JOHN F. KENNEDY DRIVE, GOLDEN GATE PARK CONSERVATORY OF FLOWERS, LANDMARK NO. 50, ASSESSOR'S BLOCK 1700, LOT 1.? Informational presentation to report to the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board on results of testing of reconstruction methods for proposed restoration of the Conservatory of Flowers, as approved under Certificate of Appropriateness 1999.591A.? Reconstruction includes replacing portions of wooden building frame as well as glass panels.

n? Review and Comment

6.???????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? (KOMETANI: 558-6478)

756 MISSION STREET, SAINT PATRICK'S CHURCH, north side between 3rd and 4th Streets.? Assessor's Block 3706, Lot 68.? A two-story church building built in 1900.? The subject property is City Landmark No. 4, is zoned C-3-R (Downtown Retail) District, is in a 400-I Height and Bulk District and is in the Yerba Buena Center Redevelopment Area. Request for Architectural Review Committee comments on a proposal for grade level elevator bulkheads at the east side of the building.

Time: 1:45 P.M.

n???????? Certificates of Appropriateness

??????????? 7. ??????? 2000.902A?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????? (TAM: 558-6325)

34 HILL STREET, north side of between Guerrero and Valencia Streets.? Assessor's Block 3617, Lot 57.? A one-unit, two-story residential building, built in 1900.? The subject property is Contributory to the Liberty Hill Historic District, is zoned RH-3 (Residential, Three-Family) District and is in a 40-X Height and Bulk District.? Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to alter the exterior of building including, reconstruction of stairs and porches, replacement of aluminum windows with wood windows, and addition of cornice on the side of the house to match the existing.? The proposal will not include any exterior changes to the front facade of the building.

??????????? Preliminary Recommendation: Approval

8.???????? 2000.1175A?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? (KOMETANI: 558-6478)

40 GOLD STREET, north side between Montgomery and Sansome Streets.? Assessor's Block 175, Lot 32.? A four-story office building built in 1910.? The subject property is a compatible building in the Jackson Square Historic District, is zoned C-2 (Community Business) District and is in a 65-A Height and Bulk District.? Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness for window replacement, new window openings at the fourth floor and for new stucco plaster finish.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval

9.???????? 2000.1197A???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? (M. SNYDER: 575-6891)

274 BRANNAN STREET, The Hawley Terminal Building, north side between First and Second Streets.? Assessor's Block 3774, Lot 73.? A Contributory building in the South End Historic District, and is rated "C" by the San Francisco Architectural Heritage Foundation.? The subject property is zoned SSO (Service/Secondary Office) District and is within a 50-X Height and Bulk District.? Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to replace an existing louver door to the electrical transformer vault on the front fa?ade with a fire-rate wall and door.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval

10.?????? 2000.1152A???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? (M. SNYDER: 575-6891)

625 SECOND STREET, The South End California Warehouse, eastside of between Brannan and Townsend Streets.? Assessor's Block 3789, Lot 7.? A Contributory building in the South End Historic District.? The building is rated by San Francisco Heritage and is on the Register of National Historic Places.? The subject property is zoned SSO (Service Secondary Office)? District and is in a 50-X Height and Bulk District.? Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to install one projecting sign to the front fa?ade approximately 24-feet above grade.

??????????? Preliminary Recommendation: Approval

11.?????? 2000.1004A?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? (KOMETANI: 558-6478)

??????????? 850 BATTERY STREET, southeast corner of Vallejo Street.? Assessor's Block 141, Lot 8.? A two story, office building built in 1941.? The subject property is a Non-contributory building in the Northeast Waterfront Historic District, is zoned C-2 (Community Business) District and is in a 84-E Height and Bulk District.? Request for Certificate of Appropriateness authorization to install a rooftop antenna and equipment enclosure.

??????????? Preliminary Recommendation:? Approval

12.?????? 2000.1055A?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? (KOMETANI: 558-6478)

405-445 JACKSON STREET, south side between Montgomery and Sansome Streets.? Assessor's Block 196, Lots 20, 21 and 22.? Four adjacent two- and three-story commercial buildings, built 1853-1860.? The subject properties are compatible buildings in the Jackson Square Historic District, are individually designated as Landmark Nos.? 13, 14, 15 and 16, are zoned C-2 (Community Business) District and are in a 65-A Height and Bulk District.? Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness for facade painting and for three new doors along Jackson Street.?? Note:? Item continued from the October 18, 2000 Landmarks Board Hearing

??????????? Preliminary Recommendation: Approval

13.?????? 1997.433A???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? (KOMETANI: 558-6478)


22 ALTA STREET, north side between Montgomery and Sansome Streets in Assessor's Block 106, Lot 34A.? A vacant site in the Telegraph Hill Historic District, formerly occupied by a contributory building.? The subject property is zoned RH-3 (House, Three-Family) District and is in a 40-X Height and Bulk District.? Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness authorization to construct a new one-unit residential building in the Telegraph Hill Historic District.? (Note: Item was heard before the Full Board, June 21, 2000.? At that time, a motion recommending denial of the Certificate of Appropriateness was passed 8-0 (with one member absent).

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval

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, 1660 Mission Street, 5th Floor.

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 Patricia Gerber, Acting Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board Recording Secretary, Planning Department, at (415) 558-6266.

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, 1660 Mission Street, 5th 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.

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 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 42 Downtown Loop, 9 San Bruno and 71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line.? Accessible MUNI Metro Lines are the J, K, L, M, and N which stop at the Civic Center and Van Ness Avenue Stations.? For more information regarding MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142.? American sign language interpreters and/or a sound enhancement system will be available upon request by contacting Dorothy Jaymes at (415) 558-6403, at least 72 hours prior to a hearing.? 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 (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, Donna Hall, Administrator, by mail to City Hall, Room 244, 1 Dr. Carlton Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102-4689; by phone (415) 554-7724 (office); (415) 554-6163 (fax); or by e-mail at Donna_Hall@ci.sf.ca.us.

Citizens interested in obtaining a copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can be obtained from the Clerk of the Sunshine Task Force, the San Francisco Public Library and on the City's website at www.ci.sf.ca.us/bdsupvrs/sunshine

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 Admin Code ?16,520 - 16.534] to register and report lobbying activity.? For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 1390 Market Street, Suite 701, San Francisco, CA 94102, telephone (415) 554-9510, fax (415) 703-0121 and web site http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/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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SAN FRANCISCO

LANDMARKS PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD

Notice of Meeting

&

Agenda

Board Hearing Room - Room 400

City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Wednesday, July 18, 2001

12:30 P.M.

Regular Meeting

Tim Kelley, President

Suheil Shatara, Vice President

Ina Dearman, Paul Finwall, Nancy Ho-Belli,

Jeremy Kotas, Penney Magrane, Daniel Reidy, Elizabeth Skrondal

Board Members

Elizabeth Gordon, Preservation Coordinator

Andrea Green, Recording Secretary

Landmarks Board Agendas are available on the Internet at http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/planning

or as a recorded message at (415) 558-6320

THE AGENDA PACKET IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, 1660 MISSION STREET, 5TH FLOOR RECEPTION and the GOVERNMENT INFORMATION CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY, 100 LARKIN STREET


Time: 12:30 P.M.

FOR FULL BOARD CONSIDERATION

ROLL CALL:??? Board President:????????????????????? Tim Kelley

Board Vice President:????????????? Suheil Shatara

Board Members:????????????????????? Ina Dearman, Paul Finwall, Nancy Ho-Belli, Jeremy Kotas, Penney Magrane, Daniel Reidy, Elizabeth Skrondal

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.? With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the Landmarks Board will be afforded when the item has already been reviewed in a public hearing at which members of the public were allowed to testify and the Landmarks Board has closed the public hearing.? Your opportunity to address the Landmarks Board must be exercised during the Public Comment portion of the calendar.? 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, 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.?????? DEPARTMENT REPORT

? 2.?????? STAFF REPORT AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

? 3.?????? PRESIDENT'S REPORT AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

? 4.?????? MATTERS OF THE BOARD

REGULAR CALENDAR ITEMS

?5.?????? APPROVAL OF THE? JUNE 6 and JUNE 20, 2001 DRAFT ACTION MINUTES

n???????? Landmark Designation

????????????? ?6.?????? 2001.0690L?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? (LIGHT: 558-6254)

??????????????????????? 88 5TH STREET, Old San Francisco U.S. Mint, west side between Jessie and Mission Streets.? Assessor's Block 3704, Lot 11.? The Greek Revival, steel-frame and brick building is clad with granite and sandstone, and was built between 1869-1874.? The site was operated as a museum until 1994, and is currently vacant.? The subject property is zoned P (Public) District and is in a 40-X Height and Bulk District. Request for Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board recommendation to the Planning Commission on the proposed landmark designation, which was initiated by the Board of Supervisors on June 29, 2001.

n???????? Certificate(s) of Appropriateness

????????????? ?7.?????? 2001.0515A?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? (BORDEN: 558-6321)

??????????????????????? 2330 POLK STREET, Alhambra Theater, Landmark No. 217, east side between Union and Green Streets.? Assessor's Block 548, Lot 22.? The subject property is located in the Polk Street Neighborhood Commercial District and is in the 65-A Height and Bulk District.? Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to replace the existing assortment of plastic panels and letter rails in the horizontal marquis with new white Lexan panels carrying the Gorilla Sports logo and clear plastic rails; install changeable letters announcing their offerings in the horizontal marquis and install two window signs and one wall sign surrounding the retail entrance south of the original theater entrance.

??????????????????????? Preliminary Recommendation:? Approval

????????????? ?8.?????? 2001.0557A?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? (BORDEN: 558-6321)

??????????????????????? 1668 BUSH STREET (1600 GOUGH STREET), Trinity Church, Landmark No. 65, northeast corner of Gough and Bush Streets.? Assessor's Block 665, Lot 015.? The subject property is zoned RM-4 (Mixed Residential, High Density) District and is in an 80-A Height and Bulk District.? Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to add an accessible entrance to the Parish Hall on the Bush Street fa?ade, including a ramp and new entry door, requiring removal of an existing leaded glass window, its splayed stone reveal, and a portion of the stone wall below.

??????????? Preliminary Recommendation:? Approval

n???????? Review and Comment

????????????? ?9.?????? 2001.0544G?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? (KOMETANI: 558-6478)

??????????????????????? 572 FOLSOM STREET, north side between First and Second Streets.? Assessor's Block 3736, Lot 25.? A brick, industrial building built in 1912.? The subject property is a Category V (unrated) building, is zoned C-3-0 SF (Downtown Office) District and is in a 200-S Height and Bulk District.? Request for the Landmarks Board recommendation on a proposal to change the Article 11 designation of the building from Category V (Unrated) to Category III (Contributory).

? ????????????????????? Preliminary Recommendation:? Approval

n???????? Nominations to the National Register of Historic Places

????????????? 10.?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? (BORDEN: 558-6321)

??????????????????????? 1000 VAN NESS AVENUE, Don Lee Building, Don Lee Motor Sales Rooms, east side bounded by Van Ness Avenue to the west, O'Farrell Street to the south, Polk Street to the east and Myrtle Street to the north.? Assessor's Block 715, Lot 5.? The subject property is zoned RC-4 (Residential Commercial Combined, High Density) District, is in a 130-E Height and Bulk District and is in the Van Ness/Automotive Special Use District. ?The State Office of Historic Preservation is seeking the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board? comments on a proposed nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for all of the land occupied by the building known originally as the Don Lee Building, Don Lee Motor Sales Rooms, as part of San Francisco's role as a Certified Local Government.

????????????? 11.??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? (LIGHT: 558-6254)

??????????????????????? 50 GREEN STREET, The W. P. Fuller & Company Glass Warehouse, northeast corner of Green and Battery Streets.? Assessor's Block 111, Lot 2.? The building is? contributory to the City's Northeastern Waterfront Historic District, is listed in "Here Today", is rated in the City's 1976 Architectural Survey, is on the California National Register, and is a contributor to a district determined eligible for the National Register.? The two-story brick structure was built in 1907; was originally used as glass warehouse, and is currently used as office space.? The site is zoned C-2 (Community Business) District, is in a 65-X Height and Bulk District, and is in the Northeastern Waterfront #3 Special Use District.? The State Office of Historic Preservation is seeking the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board comments on a proposed nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for the north, south, and east facades of the structure through a fa?ade easement as part of San Francisco's role as a Certified Local Government.

????????????? 12.?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? (TAM: 558-6325)

??????????????????????? 2701 16th STREET, Long Syrup Refinery Building, southwest corner of 16th Street and Treat Avenue.? Assessor's Block 3572, Lot 1.? The building is listed on the California National Register and is eligible for separate listing.? The three-story brick structure was built in 1908; was originally used as a fruit syrup and preserve refinery, and is currently being rehabilitated for use as an office building.? The site is zoned M-1 (Light Industrial) District and is in a 50-X Height and Bulk District.? The State Office of Historic Preservation is seeking the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board? comments on a proposed nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for all of the land occupied by the building known originally as the Long Syrup Refinery, as part of San Francisco's role as a Certified Local Government.

????????????? 13.?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? (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.? The State Office of Historic Preservation is seeking the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board comments on a proposed 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.

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, 1660 Mission Street, 5th Floor.

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 Andrea Green, Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board Recording Secretary, Planning Department, at (415) 558-6266.

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, 1660 Mission Street, 5th 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 42 Downtown Loop, 9 San Bruno and 71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line.? Accessible MUNI Metro Lines are the J, K, L, M, and N which stop at the Civic Center and Van Ness Avenue Stations.? For more information regarding MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142.? American sign language interpreters and/or a sound enhancement system will be available upon request by contacting Lulu Hwang at (415) 558-6403, at least 72 hours prior to a hearing.? 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 (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, Donna Hall, Administrator, by mail to City Hall, Room 244, 1 Dr. Carlton Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102-4689; by phone (415) 554-7724 (office); (415) 554-6163 (fax); or by e-mail at Donna_Hall@ci.sf.ca.us.

Citizens interested in obtaining a copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can be obtained from the Clerk of the Sunshine Task Force, the San Francisco Public Library and on the City's website at www.ci.sf.ca.us/bdsupvrs/sunshine

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 Admin Code ?16,520 - 16.534] to register and report lobbying activity.? For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 1390 Market Street, Suite 701, San Francisco, CA 94102, telephone (415) 554-9510, fax (415) 703-0121 and web site http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/ethics/.

COMMUNICATIONS

Note: Each item on the Architectural Design Review, the Public Communication Committee 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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