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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• September 1, 1999
• September 15, 1999

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Regular Meeting of the San Francisco Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board for Wednesday, September 1, 1999, has been canceled. The next Regular Meeting of the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board will be held on Wednesday, September 15, 1999.
 
 

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 DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
 

Landmark Designation
 

5. 1998.857L (PAEZ)

MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DRIVE, THE MILLWRIGHTS COTTAGE AND THE SOUTH WINDMILL, north side between John F. Kennedy Drive and the Great Highway at the west end of Golden Gate Park, a portion of Assessor's Block 1700, Lot 1. The subject property is zoned P (Public Use) District and is in an OS (Open Space) Height and Bulk District. Consideration to initiate landmark designation and adopt a resolution initiating and recommending landmark designation of the Millwrights Cottage and the South Windmill as Landmark No. 210.
 
 
 

Certificates of Appropriateness
 
 
 

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. 1999.908A (LIGHT)

2090 JACKSON STREET, north side of street between Laguna and Octavia Streets. Assessor's Block 591, Lot 7. A three-story, Richardson Romanesque, steel-reinforced masonry with cement plaster exterior finish, single-family house with a wood frame carriage house in the rear yard. The subject property is Landmark No. 75; zoned RH-2 (House, Two-Family) District and is in a 40-X Height and Bulk District. Architectural Review Committee review and comment on a proposal to replace the existing rear yard area with a semi-subgrade parking garage for four cars with a garden terrace above, and a family room addition connecting the main house to the carriage house.
 

2. 1999.330A (ALVIN)

3420 - 21ST STREET, north side between Guerrero and Fair Oaks Streets. Assessor's Block 3607, Lot 14. A single family, Potentially Contributory Italianate building in the Liberty Hill Historic District. The subject property is zoned RH-2 (House, Two-Family) District and is in a 40-X Height and Bulk District. Architectural Review Committee review and comment on a proposal to construct a three-story side yard addition and front facade improvements, including new wood siding, window framing and other architectural details.
 

ADJOURNMENT
 
 
 

Time: 1:30 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 JULY 21, 1999 DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
 

Request for Report
 

5. 1999.157A (ALVIN)

1 SOUTH PARK, THE TOBACCO COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, corner of Second Street and South Park. Assessor's Block 3775, Lot 7. A three-story, reinforced concrete, building in the South End Historic District. The subject property is zoned SSO (Service/Secondary Office) District and is in a 40-X Height and Bulk District. Request for a Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board report to the Zoning Administrator pursuant to Planning Code Sections 161(m) and 307(g). Those sections provide for modification or waiver of parking requirements by the Zoning Administrator when the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board advised "that the provision of parking would adversely affect the . . .significant or contributory character of the structure or that modification or waiver would enhance the economic feasibility of preservation of the . . .structure."
 

Certificates of Appropriateness
 

6. 1999.330A (ALVIN)

3420 - 21ST STREET, north side between Guerrero and Fair Oaks Streets. Assessor's Block 3607, Lot 14. A single family, Potentially Contributory Italianate building in the Liberty Hill Historic District. The subject property is zoned RH-2 (House, Two-Family) District and is in a 40-X Height and Bulk District. Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to construct a three-story side yard addition and front facade improvements, including new wood siding, window framing and other architectural details.
 

7. 1999.106A (ALVIN)

680 SECOND STREET, south side between Townsend and Brannan Streets. Assessor's Block 3788, Lot 43. A two-story, contributory brick building in the South End Historic District. The subject property is zoned SSO (Service/Secondary Office) District and is in a 50-X Height and Bulk District. Request for Certificate of Appropriateness to add two additional floors and exterior alterations, including new windows, door and skylight.
 

8. 1999.591A (LIGHT)

THE CONSERVATORY OF FLOWERS, Golden Gate Park, John F. Kennedy Memorial Drive. Assessor's Block 1700, Lot 1. The subject property is Landmark No. 50, is zoned P (Public) District and is in an OS Height and Bulk District. Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to test construction methods to restore the Conservatory of Flowers.

9. 1999.547A (LIGHT)

973-975 GROVE STREET, south side between Fillmore and Steiner Streets. Assessor's Block 803, Lot 25. The house is a two and one-half-story brick, stucco, and shingle Queen Anne, known as the Amos House in the Alamo Square Historic District. The subject property is zoned RH-2 (House, Two Family) District and is in a 40-X Height and Bulk District. Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to add a garage to the existing house. Other exterior changes include modification of front concrete stairs, modification to and addition of windows and doors, removal of non-historic rear stair and extension of existing deck in the rear.
 

Time: 3:00 P.M.
 

Informational Presentation
 

10. (ARCE)

YERBA BUENA REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA EXPANSION/EMPORIUM SITE DEVELOPMENT, Assessor's Block 3705, Lots 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 33, and 43. An informational presentation on a proposal to expand the existing Yerba Buena Center Redevelopment Project Area by approximately 200,000 square feet and construct a mixed-use project at the site of the former Emporium Building. The project would include retail (Bloomingdale's department store and specialty shops), entertainment, restaurants, up to 9 cinemas, office space and a 465-room hotel, totaling about 1.571 million gross square feet and would retain, rehabilitate and restore the Market Street facade of the historic Emporium department store. The project also includes retaining, rehabilitating and reusing the Emporium dome and part of the rotunda which would be raised and installed at the roof level of the project. Other existing buildings on the site between Jessie and Mission streets would be demolished and replaced, while Jessie Street would be closed as a through connection between Fourth and Fifth Streets, and realigned with connections to Mission Street.
 

Review and Comment
 

11. 98.090E (KUGLER)

YERBA BUENA REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA EXPANSION/EMPORIUM SITE DEVELOPMENT, bounded by Market, Fourth, Mission and Fifth Streets in Assessor's Block 3705, Lots 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 33, 38, and 43. A proposal to expand the existing Yerba Buena Center Redevelopment Project Area by approximately 200,000 square feet and construct a mixed-use project at the site of the former Emporium Building. The project would include retail (department store and specialty shops), entertainment, restaurants, up to 9 cinemas, office space and a 465-room hotel, totaling about 1.571 million gross square feet and would retain, rehabilitate and restore the Market Street facade of the historic Emporium department store. The project also includes retaining, rehabilitating and reusing the Emporium dome and part of the rotunda which would be raised and installed at the roof level of the project. Other existing buildings on the site between Jessie and Mission streets would be demolished and replaced, while Jessie Street would be closed as a through connection between Fourth and Fifth Streets, and realigned with connections to Mission Street. Request for Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board's comments on the adequacy of the Supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the restoration and rehabilitation of the Emporium building pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
 

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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