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Please Note: The scheduled meeting of September 1, 1999 was cancelled.
 
 
 

• September 15, 1999

12:35 P.M. ROLL CALL

ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE
MEMBERS PRESENT: FINWALL, REIDY and SHATARA
MEMBERS ABSENT: KOTAS AND MAGRANE
 

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.


Speaker: Frank Fung

ARC comments and recommendations:
 

? Have no problem with intent of the project - certain level of reduction should be looked at (the elements), unifying certain elements.

? Design of garage door could use some work - look at vertical instead of horizontal.

? Finish on the planters should be the same as the wall.

? Had concerns with the following:

- keeping the existing carport
- the railing
- shadow on neighboring landmarked building
- the shed
- the trees
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.

Speaker: Carmela Charit

ARC comments and recommendations:
 

? Advised owner to take the project to the Liberty Hill Dwellers for review and comment.

? Suggested that the owner replicate wood windows and trim.

ADJOURNMENT

1:45 P.M. ROLL CALL

FOR FULL BOARD CONSIDERATION

MEMBERS PRESENT: FINWALL, HO-BELLI, KELLEY, LEVITT, MAGRANE (arr. @ 2:13), REIDY and SHATARA
MEMBERS ABSENT: DEARMAN and KOTAS

PUBLIC COMMENT
None.

REPORTS

1. STAFF REPORT AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Updated the Board on Landmarks Designation Program (The McCormick House, Washington Square Park and Madame C. J. Walker House was heard before the Planning Commission).

• Responded to Board Member Finwall?s request on enforcement.
2. PRESIDENT'S REPORT AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
President Reidy:
•  Preservation Survey meeting with SHPO staff.
• 600 Battery Street
• Vincent Marsh - letter of acknowledgment and appreciation.

 
3. MATTERS OF THE BOARD

Board Member Finwall:

• Substation at Turk and Fillmore.
• 871 Page Street demolition.
• Requested an update on the Preservation Survey Meeting.

REGULAR CALENDAR ITEMS
 

4. APPROVAL OF THE JULY 21, 1999 DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
 

Continued to next hearing.
 

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.?

Speaker: Daniel Sullivan

Board actions: The Board requested Staff to draft a letter for the President?s signature, recommending adoption of a report to the Zoning Administrator for approval. It was moved by Member Kelley, seconded by Member Ho-Belli and passed unanimously (Finwall, Ho-Belli, Kelley, Levitt, Magrane, Reidy and Shatara).  Absent: Dearman and Kotas.

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.

Speaker: Carmela Charit

Action: Moved to accept Staff?s recommendation with changes to canopy. (Moved by Member Finwall)
Ayes: Finwall, Ho-Belli, Kelley, Levitt, Magrane, Reidy and Shatara
Noes: None
Absent: Dearman and Kotas
 

Tape No.: 1b
 
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.

Speakers: Andrew Junius

Ashton Periera
Action: Moved to accept Staff?s recommendation. (Moved by Member Shatara)
Ayes: Finwall, Ho-Belli, Kelley, Levitt, Magrane, Reidy and Shatara
Noes: None
Absent: Dearman and Kotas
Tape No.: 1b
 
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.

Speakers: Edgar Lopez

Debbie Cooper
Nancy Teitelbaum
Action: Moved to accept Staff?s recommendation as proposed. (Moved by Member Finwall)
Ayes: Finwall, Ho-Belli, Kelley, Levitt, Magrane, Reidy and Shatara
Noes: NoneAbsent: Dearman and Kotas
Tape Nos.: 1b & 2a
 
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.

Speaker: Kate Ledger

Action: Moved to accept Staff?s recommendation. (Moved by Member Finwall)
Ayes: Finwall, Ho-Belli, Kelley, Magrane, Reidy and Shatara
Noes: None
Absent: Dearman, Kotas and Levitt (left @ 3:10 p.m.)
 

Tape No.: 2a

Informational Presentation

10.     (KUGLER)

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.

Speakers: David Jones

Bill Skyya
David Cincotta
Michael Levin
Planning Staff, Joan Kugler, stated that the change in the expansion of the Redevelopment area is a shrinking of the proposed expansion. The original proposal and the original Draft EIR, included a portion of the Fifth and Mission Garage, that has been taken out of the proposed expansion of the Redevelopment area, which is the major difference as far as the Redevelopment area expansion is concerned.

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).

Speaker: Michael Levin

Board Comments:

•  Appreciation was expressed for the additional information, analysis, photographs, and graphics added to the Supplement to the DEIR, as requested by the Board in their December 7, 1998 comments letter on the Draft EIR. Also, acknowledgment was given to the revised project which is more responsive to preserving historic architectural resources.

•  Acknowledged the addition of the ratings (p. S.83) by San Francisco Heritage and the references to these ratings (pp. S.90-S.91).

•  More analysis is needed on the impacts of the Revised Project on Jessie Street as an historic resource. Photos in Figure 17.1 are helpful, but the text analysis on p. S.105 does not really deal with the effects of the Revised Project on Jessie Street as a pedestrian streetscape and on views of the surroundings from the sidewalks on Jessie Street.

•  The Final EIR should state that the proposed treatment of the Emporium Building, primarily demolished, but with some elements retained and some relocated, does not meet the Secretary of the Interior?s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.

•  Applause given for the improved public transit connection features linking the project to the Market Street MUNI and BART corridor and for the taller and more narrow hotel tower option, which would not have an adverse impact on the Conservation District.

•  No additional mitigation measures were proposed. However, it was noted with some disappointment that the Supplement to the DEIR did not include the Board?s recommendation from their December 7, 1998 Comments letter, that in addition to the HABS documentation to be lodged in various off-site depositories, the Project Sponsor should be required to maintain on site on a permanent basis, a photographic display of the history of the Emporium Building and other buildings sacrificed, as well as the lost portion of Jessie Street.

•  Several Members expressed disappointment that the economic and engineering analyses purportedly supporting their case for not saving and rehabilitating the Emporium Building as a keystone of the Revised Project were not included in the EIR documentation.

•  Questions of whether or not sufficient information has been made available through the CEQA documents to complete the analysis at this time.

 ADJOURNMENT: 4:50 P.M.

Andrea Green
Recording Secretary

 Adopted: November 17, 1999
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