Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board (LPAB) Calendars (Agendas)

Presented below are Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board (LPAB) Calendars (Agendas). The top of the this page lists LPAB meeting dates, click on the date and you will reach the calendar for that that week. You may also go directly to the minutes page of the LPAB if you wish. This page presents a summary of actions taken at the LPAB hearings and provides a Motion, Resolution or other decision document for that action.

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• June 2, 1999
• June 16, 1999

ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE
 

ROLL CALL: Committee Chair: Paul Finwall

Committee Ex-Officio: Daniel Reidy

Committee Members: Jeremy Kotas, Penney Magrane, Suheil Shatara
 

1. 1999.106 A (ALVIN)

670-680 SECOND STREET, south side between Townsend and Brannan Streets, a 2-story contributory brick building in the South End Historic District. Assessor's Block 3788, Lot 43. The property is zoned SSO (Service/Secondary Office) District and is in a 50-X Height and Bulk District. Conversion of warehouse building to 60,000 sq. ft. of office use, the addition of two floors of 12,000 sq. ft. each, front facade treatment, including new openings on Second and Stanford Streets, Stanford Alley, and upper floor skylights. Architectural Review Committee comments on proposed front facade treatment and new glazing.
 

ADJOURNMENT
 

Time: 1:00 P.M.
 

FOR FULL BOARD CONSIDERATION
 

ROLL CALL: Board President: Daniel Reidy

Board Vice President: Penney Magrane

Board Members: Ina Dearman, Paul Finwall, Nancy Ho-Belli, Tim Kelley, Jeremy Kotas, Donna Levitt, Suheil Shatara
 

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 NOVEMBER 18, 1998, MARCH 17, APRIL 7, APRIL 21, AND MAY 5, 1999 DRAFT ACTION MINUTES

Informational Presentation
 

5. (KOMETANI)

RESTORATION OF LOTTA'S FOUNTAIN, informational presentation on the Arts Commission restoration of Lotta's Fountain, Landmark No. 73, to its 1875 appearance. Nine feet of column added in 1916 will be removed. The project will also slightly adjust the Fountain's location on the traffic island where it is located at Market, Geary and Kearny Streets.
 

Time: 1:45 P.M.
 

6. (MONTANA)

NEIMAN MARCUS EXPANSION, Informal presentation on the proposed Neiman Marcus Expansion Project within the Kearny-Market-Mason-Sutter Conservation District. The Neiman Marcus company would like to expand its 199 Geary Street store about 61,400 square feet to make it the company's second largest store and the West Coast Flagship Store. The project would include the demolition of a Category IV (Contributory) building on an adjacent lot at 125 Geary Street; the construction of a horizontal and vertical expansion of the existing building to include the 125 Geary Street facade to complement the architectural character of the Conservation District and to improve pedestrian interest. (Continued from April 21, 1999 Hearing).
 

Review and Comment
 

7. (KUGLER)

NEIMAN MARCUS EXPANSION PROJECT, demolish existing four-story Category IV unreinforced masonry building (UMB) with the Kearny-Market-Mason-Sutter Conservation District at 125-129 Geary Street, Assessor's Block 313, Lot 16, and construct a new six-story horizontal extension of the existing five-story Neiman Marcus store building, Assessor's Block 313, Lots 14 and 15, 150 Stockton Street at Geary Street. In addition to the construction of the new extension building, the project would also add a partial sixth story to the existing Neiman Marcus building and would include a small infill expansion of the existing fifth floor. In addition to the new construction, the project would mute the existing "checkerboard" or "harlequin" existing finish of the existing store through sandblasting of the granite facade and replace the existing window treatments at the main store entrance. The existing pedestrian entrance on Geary Street would be moved eastward to the front of the new extension building. Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board review and comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR), pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
 

8. (HART)

LANDMARK DESIGNATION WORK PROGRAM, 1999-2000, initial discussion to establish the landmark designation work program for fiscal year 1999-2000. A working session to update the List of Potential Landmark Designations and to identify sites to have Landmark Designation Reports developed and brought to the Landmarks Preservaiton Advisory Board for review and comment, and consideration of initiation of landmark designation through December 1999.
 

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 Andrea Green 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 Commissioners, necessary staff and case/docket/ correspondence files, submit an original and 18 copies.
 
 

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.
 
 

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 at 554-6083.
 

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/.
 
 
 

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ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE
 

ROLL CALL: Committee Chair: Paul Finwall

Committee Ex-Officio: Daniel Reidy

Committee Members: Jeremy Kotas, Penney Magrane, Suheil Shatara
 

1. 1998.369A (KOMETANI)

435 PACIFIC AVENUE, south side between Montgomery and Sansome Streets, Assessor's Block 175, Lot 28. A one-story garage building. The subject property is a "Potentially 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 Architectural Review Committee review and comment on a proposal to (1) demolish the existing building and (2) construct a new office building.
 

ADJOURNMENT
 

Time: 1:00 P.M.
 

FOR FULL BOARD CONSIDERATION
 

ROLL CALL: Board President: Daniel Reidy

Board Vice President: Penney Magrane

Board Members: Ina Dearman, Paul Finwall, Nancy Ho-Belli, Tim Kelley, Jeremy Kotas, Donna Levitt, Suheil Shatara
 

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 NOVEMBER 18, 1998, APRIL 7, 1999 DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
 

Informational Presentation
 

5. (KOMETANI)

PIER ONE, at the foot of Washington Street, Assessor's Block 9900, Lot 1. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The subject property is zoned C-2 (Community Business) District and is in an 84-X-1 Height and Bulk District. An informational presentation on the proposed rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of the building.
 

Certificate of Appropriateness
 

6. 1999.380A (KOMETANI)

950 MASON STREET, THE FAIRMONT HOTEL, east side between Sacramento and California Streets, Assessor's Block 244, Lot 1. A seven-story, steel framed, granite clad, hotel building. The subject property is designated Landmark No. 185, is zoned RM-3 (Mixed Residential-Medium Density) District and is in a 200E/320E Height and Bulk District. Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to construct new luggage ramp, balustrade, canopy and restore arched window openings.
 

Time: 2:30 P.M.
 

Landmark Designations
 

7. 1999.304L (KOMETANI)

2066 PINE STREET, THE MADAM C. J. WALKER HOME FOR GIRLS AND WOMEN, north side between Laguna and Buchanan Streets, Assessor's Block 651, Lot 8. A two-story residential building. The subject property is zoned RH-2 (House, Two Family) District and is in a 40-X Height and Bulk District. Consideration to initiate landmark designation and adopt a resolution initiating and recommending landmark designation of the Madam C. J. Walker Home as Landmark No. 211.
 

8. 1999.365L (LIGHT)

2750 SLOAT BOULEVARD, THE DOGGIE DINER SIGN, corner of Sloat Boulevard and 46th Avenue, Assessor's Block 2514, Lots 2A and 4. The subject property is zoned NC-2 (Small-Scale Neighborhood Commercial) District and is in a 100-A Height and Bulk District. Consideration to initiate landmark designation and adopt a resolution initiating and recommending landmark designation of the former Doggie Diner Sign as Landmark No. 212.
 

9. 1999.372L (PAEZ)

4040 17TH STREET, THE MC CORMICK HOUSE, north side between Castro and Diamond Streets, Assessor's Block 2623, Lot 12. The subject property is zoned RH-3 (Residential, Three-Family) District and is in a 40-X Height and Bulk District. Consideration to initiate landmark designation and adopt a resolution initiating and recommending landmark designation of the McCormick House as Landmark No. 208.
 

Review and Comment
 

10. (GALLAGHER)

COMPREHENSIVE STATEWIDE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN FOR CALIFORNIA (STATE PLAN), the Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) has requested that the Certified Local Governments of California review the State Plan, the working plan of the OHP for the next five years to insure that it will be as responsive as possible to the concerns of historic preservation in California. The Office of Historic Preservation is inviting comments and suggestions regarding the draft of the revised Major Preservation Issues in California chapter. Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board review and comment on the draft chapter to solicit thoughts concerning the specific issues outlined in the chapter and other major issues that should be addressed in the State Plan.
 

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 Andrea Green 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 Commissioners, necessary staff and case/docket/ correspondence files, submit an original and 18 copies.
 

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.
 
 

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 at 554-6083.
 

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/.
 
 
 

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