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tunity to addragain, you need to come forward. seeing none public comment on your minutes is closed and they are now before you. commissioners. motion to approve. second. thank you. commissioners. on that motion to adopt your minutes commissioner baldauf by commissioner campbell. yes, commi. yes. commissioner. wright. yes. commissioner. foley i. commissioner. warren. yes. commissioner. president. matsuda yes, sir. commissioners. that motion passes unanimously 7 to 0. item four. commissioncomments and questions. are there any commission commissioner nageswaran, s i had the privilege of going to theshbury neighborhood council meeting, just to hear their thoughts on the housing element and the state, mandates that have been, out there, and there was a good showing of the neighbors and you know, the main things that would you know, often cover some of these neighborhood group or how can we affect the process. and ihe

things that came up were talking to the state senator, those people that have legislated these types of you know, housing legislation talking to your local supervisor, writing letters, and talking to th planning department, wediscussed, codifying objective standards, for how we projects, which would be helpful under the stateh requires us to have objective standards, and were questions on how small businesses can be through encouraging their, you know, landlord to designate buildings or legacy business, applying for legacy business status, and i th there was an overwhelming feeling of, you know, wanting to keep the neighborhood, intactng some say in the height limitations and, how the neighborhood is affected by the housing the state housing, mandat so we talked about how his is, good on a

lot of different lines, tourism, retention in terms of the climate value is added when you everybody was on board to try to keep, you know, and keep historic value in their neighborhood and especially because some of the housing element is affecting commercial corridors. so there's the idea of displacement of d those types of things. so i think a lot under preservation, and so you know, encouraging looking at other models of other cities that are doing similar things, streamlining designationommissioner vergara has as, you know, presented, sort of movingdesignating large sections of properties, to the california register think public participation in this is

going to be critical because state legislation is affected by the people. the people are the ones that are the leaders. so yo participation in, you know is affecting your neighborhoods is integral. so, i was happy to see that, and i encourage, otherorhood groups to get involved. thank you. thank you commissioner baldauf. yes. thank you, i just wanted to make a disclosure. relative to item 11, the ferry building, i was in touch with the city attorney's office because i was part of the design team that renovated the building in the early 2000, and i, was additionally, market, which was at the time was known as quasar. now food wise, board and chair of that board for two years ending in 2019, and my firm, actually

bid on a prior project, that was aw which then did not go forward. and i wanted to be sure that i was not disqualified from attorney's suggested, no, that i should not be should notify everyone of al those facts. so thank you for listening to all of those facts. thank you much for your disclosure. i also want to disclose that i had a conversation this morning, abouth members of hudson pacific and a member, and two other things i was, hoping that we could get some comments from planning department staff about the public comment. general comment made earlier about the mccroskey building. i think mr. carillo brought up some good points, and i'm hoping we could get more clarity on that. and then i wanted to introduce the commissioners and the public to three memb sitting here today. maybe they can snd. they are interns at the japanese cultural

and community cen california and san francisco. they are given a project t to learn more about japanesenese american history of history that, is, has very little we have very little documents left of what happened to japanese americans in san war two. and so it's their job, their charge, their mission this summer to, go out and colle as much information as possible. they went to center this morning at the public library to get more information think data for them to move if you know of anyone who has records or documents or anything about this period of history in san francisco, they are, conducting a, commute. what is it? community collections day, at the end of this month, they are all students from uc irvine uc santa barbara and pitzer thank you. and they're h

learn about, local government and legacy businesses. great, commissioner matsuda, just s public comment that we've heard, an inter-departmental project review is not a project, a planning approval. rather, it's an interagency meeting that we require certain pr to host before they canplanning department. so it is informational in its nature so there's no action that the planning departmentnning department, along with other city agencies involved inem the permitting process, will conduct an initial review of a scheme and provide advice to applicants and architects, with regard to matters. so for example, like seismic conditions, any unique forces that are there. so typically projects seismic liquefaction zone need to host this meeting. androjects that are above, i think 7 or 8 stories tall. great. thank you for that clarification. are there any other comments questions from the commission? commissioner baldauf, did you have no. great. i think

we're ready to move on to the next do, commissioners, your next scheduled hearing ist we have no item scheduled. so if th sending out a cancellation. greatplace us under consideration of items proposeditems five, a and b for case numbers 2021. o and v a r a certificate of appropriateness andçú29 19. hyphen 017325 coa at 109 liberty street, you had actuallys on january. excuse me. june 5th, 2024 andirected that it be put on the arc hearing calendar forday. it is being continued to the-4 august 21st, 2024. commissioners at a place this under the public, this is your opportunityontinuance calendar. only on the matter of continuance. again, you need to come forward. seeing none public comment on your!.vw continuance calendar is closed and it is

now before you. commissioners, isre motion? motion to approve to continue? second second. thank you. commissioners. on that motion commissioner baldauf, high commissioner campbell. yes. commissioner. vergara. yes. commissioner wright. yes. commissioner. foley. high commissioner. nuggets. warren. yes. and commission president. matsuda. yes. so moved. commissioners motion passes unanimously 7 to 0 placing us under your consent. calendar the matter l under constitutes a consent calendar is considered to be routine by they be acted upon by a single roll call vote. there will be nosion of this item unless a member of the commission, the public or staff. so the matter shall be removed from the consent calendar and considered as as or a future hearing item seven case number 2024 hyphen 001877 coa at 60 carmelita street. certificate of appropriateness. members of the public. this is your opportunity matter be removed from the consent calendar and heard today or at a future hearing. again, you need to come forwardthe consent calendar is closed motion.

motion to approve. second, thank you commissioners. on that motion to approve item seven under consent. commissioner baldauf. comm commissioner vergara. yes. commissioner. wright. yes. er i. commissioner. nuggets. warren. yes. and commissioner. president commissioners. that motion passes unanimously, 7 to 0 placing us under your regular calendar for items eight a through i for case numbers 2024. hyphen 005654 lbr, 2024 hyphen 005656 lbr 2024. hyphen658 lbr 2024. hyphen 00569 excuse me. 5659 lbr 2024.hen 005661 lbr 2024. hyphen 005664 lbr 2024. hyphen 005665 lbr and 2024. hyphen 005666 lbr for the properties at 2243 mission street 10 d

606 folsom street. 15 walter ullom place, 855 terry a francois boulevard 1396 la playa street. 844 post street and 2399 folsom street respectively. these are alliness registry applications. commissioners. before we begin, the legion of staff quite a number of legacy businesses, which is it, i want to introduce you to a new planner, t here, for five years, but it's our first time presenting in front of hpc. i want you to welcome claire feeney who is aenior planner on our district three, current planning team, as well asnd social equity team in the community equity division. claire is a fourthand her family including a very large extended family, is still in the city today. she has worked in many disciplines of the planning hlfield, consulting, real estate, tech historic preservation, and public policy. outside of claire is an avid traveler, big football fan, and a dst. we want to welcome her to the hpc today. welcome.

good after commissioners elena, more planning staff today we have nine legacy businesses. staff will present and representatives and members of the public will have a chance to speak during public comment. thank you. i will hand it to wesley wong first. good afternoon, commissioners wesley first legacy business application we have is fora bissap baobab, a mission district restaurant and global entertainment venue. specializing in a fusion of mexican and west african cuisine, specifically senegalese cuisine. venue is known for its vibrant latin and afrobeat events and international performances, including salsa bachata, reggaetonbalkan bollywood tunes flamenco, , spanish and french

meetups, and much more. open in 1998 as little baobab marco cinco began his time in the mission district community out of a small catering kitchen on 19th street, bottlingpl and serving his own ginger juice. this would he social communal international hub known as bissa. the business has operated in san francisco for contributed to the history or and community, and faces a significantluded in the registry during its opera business has held breakout spaces for venues and gigs to sh the venue is considered widely as one of the first places to host a large significant gathering space for the african community. this business has also donated time and resources to community based organizations, including happy hours catering, fundraisers, memorials, and other local events. bissa baba is committed

to maintaining their business as a west africand international music and performance venue. they're also committed to maintaining an interior mural of singer joan baez a christopher merch of women of color trailblazers including maya angelou, amanda gorman, angela davis, dolores huerta and much more. staff supports this application and recommends a resolution to add bissap baob to the legacy business registry. i will now hand it off to rogelio. good afternoon. ohers. rogelio basa, planning staff. the next legacy business application we have is for christopher'sks at potrero hill. community based bookstore. the bookstore is an intimate atmosphere for drawing in youngong time neighbors. and its strong commitment to its neighborhood. opened in 1991 christopher's books has maintained the community seven days a week providing a well curated ages. it is housed in one of the

oldest victorians on the hill and prides itself in pet friendliness by providing treats to our animal friends, having operated for provided internship opportunities, coordinated book drives and worked with local schools and tutoring programs to has also participated in the potrero hill event intended to benefit the potrero hill neighborhood house, which is a community center that provides essential services to the those most in need. moreover, the business has donated toys aoo nancy and stephen grand family house. christopheining their business as a potrero hill provides a friendly, open and strong knit. staff supports this application and recommends a resolution to add christopher's books to the legacy business registry. i will now hand it off to maggie dong for the next presentation. good afternoon, commissioners maggie dong planning two legacy businesses that i'll be presenting, the next legacy

business that is before you is the flytrap, a 141 year old restaurant on the corner of folsom and second street. the flytrap is a full service bar and restaurant that was originally established by luis josé as luis fashion restaur street in 1883. luis pazos poodle dog prior to starting his own restaurant, and his restaurant was informally known as the flytrap due to the flypapernd under tables to control the insects on the first floor to the dining room on the second floor. the business has changed locations and owners throughout the years, but staple of san francisco restaurant history. today, the re longtime bar manager alan west. the business is. the business is committed to safeguarding the full service restaurant, bar and restaurantuisine. staff supports this application and recommends a resolution to add the flytrap to the legacy business registry. the next

legacy business that you is for the ramp restaurant a on terry, a francois boulevard. the restaurant is known for their live music, outdoor patio and award winning bloody mary drinks. jim and donna elkin opened the business as a bait boat fishers. they later added amenities to serve 1982, mike joe costello took over the business and converted the bait shop into a is known to many today. currently, arvin patel is the sole owner of the business and runs the restaurant with sergio camacho,. the business is committed to safeguarding the live music venue, outdoor patio restaurant with eclectic menu and award winning bloody mary drink staff supports this application and recommends a resolution to add the restaurant to the legacyy. now i'll pass it on to my colleague claire for the next prese good afternoon, commissioners staff, the fifth legacy business

application we have today ig tai chi chuan academy a family owned martial arts studio. immediately across the street from portsmouth square. it hasly operating in chinatown for 59 years since its opening inte tai chi chuan. i apologize for my pronunciation. pagwa shaolin chuan and weapons forms. it stewards the cultural chi and martial arts by a private lessonsasses lectures, demonstrations and educational community partnerships. the ac a champion of the 64 set tai chi form. this is a s of combined physical movements from taoist culture that support longevity and enlightenment. lien ying was established by sifu master kuo lin ying after he immigra5d to the united states from taiwan. his wife simone kuo, joinedear to run the business with him, and she also became a tai chi instructor. the academy has worked with many local organizations, including parks, recreation and youth department, chinese cultural center of san francisco, chinese a university, and san francisco state. simonely taught

tai chi classes at sf state for more than 30 years. the the lgbtq plus black and asian american and pacificbled peoples. through its work, sta this application and recommends a resolution to addchi chuan academy to the legacy business registry, andstin is up next. thank you. hello, commissioners. i'm justin cran, planning staff. i have two legacy business applications up.e two legacy businesses to discuss today. the first is rocco's the soma neighborhood, and then java beach cafe, which is in the outer sunset beach, outer sunset neighborhood, rocco's, is a 92 year old italian restaurant on folsom street between harlem and lincoln and the soma neighborhood and the business is mt known for its large large portions, quick service and celebrating the business

partners scott beck, mitch penning and, michael rotella took over the family who was the grandson of the original rocco's,. and, and their legacy business at legacy business application, they had indicated that they were very much indicated to continuing the legacy of the business. what it's well known for in the neighborhoodthqultivated a loyal following of regular attracted new visitors over their many years of service well received, having been featured on, the famous guy fieri's, diners, drive ins and dives, and staff is supportive of this application and recommends a to the legacy business registry, second up is is a 3131 year old cafe on la playa that like atmosphere today, java beach cafe known for its freshly roasted roasted coffee intheir neighborhood to offer that they're also known f their homemade, locally sourced fd pat mcguire

had recently taken primary ownership business in 2021. and she l egarded having received including multiple from the board of supe being very active in tmmity. known for volunteerism and starting their loca association. staff is supportive of this recommends to recommends resolutiongf to add java beach cafe to the legacy business register. thank you7q w(. good afternoon, commissioners dakota's department staff, the nextegacy business for you today is gallery 444, family andwoman owned art gallery, that has operated within the historic union square for 31 years. founded in 1993 by betty desiree, gallery 444 is offered original that provide food for the soul with vibrant color,

withations by a diverse group of local and international artist features an extensive selection of works by internationally singles artists and i'm sorry for my pronunciat graciela rodo boulangerr rafael olbinski, pop art star jasper, and is the exclusiveperuvian artist rosemarie valdary. i hope i did those names justice. the gallery has been aw popular location for hosting benefit events that variety of local and national nonprofits, and supports numerous charitable organizations. as the neighborhood's the last decade. gallery 444 has remained a unique artisticommunity since betty's passing in 2013, desiree has con gallery as a necessary stop on any san francisco, art galler franciscans, bay area residents, californians, and international travelers. staff supports this(v resolution to add gallery 444 to the legacy business registry. this concludes my presentation. i

will now hand it off. good afternoon, commissioners. michelle langley, planning staff alfaro restaurant incorporated dba el faro, is a restaurant serving authentic mexican food founded by febronio ontiveros at 2399 folsom street in 1961. opened of 20th street and folsom in the mission district meaning the lighthouse in spanish, is a local immigrant, minority and family owned business and is an integral part of san francisco's history. most famously known as the home and originator of the mission style super burrito, a large flour flour tortilla wrapped and folded ingredients and served in a piece of aluminum foil. di by its large size and inclusion of rice and othegr super burrito became popular during the 1960s in theeen referred to as one of three major styles of burritosito legend has it that ontiveros creat store on the corner of 20th and folsom in 1961 to feed a group of hungry firemen. in 2007,

former line cook raymunda ramirez and her hdkusband, patrick kocurek purchased the original el faro business at 2399 folsom. their ownership of that location continues faro has contributed to the history and identity of the mission neighborhood in san francisco, and is committed to safeguarding their ofring of authentic mexican food, including the super burrito. physical characteristics that define the restaurant, such as the diagonal lighthouse installed in 1962 and continuing theircommunity engagement. staff supports this application faro to the legacy business registry. this concludes legacy business presentations for today. thank you. thank you. with that, we should open up publicers of the public, this is your opportunity to address the commission on any of applications. please come forward ande of the room. good afternoon, commissioners. my name is woodynd ceo of san francisco heritage, we all of these

legacy businesses. i do wantare personally important to me i long ago forgave pat and buffy mcguire for hip with java beach. it is an institution at th point i can't believe it's been around as long as itally a community gathering spot for that neighborhood christopher's books and the ramp both came to our heritage happy hour, just last week. and they're very excited to be on the legacy business registry or the idea of it. they're both incredible businesses. i have many great memories of being in both of t especially want to call out alfaro. when i would bring a when a tourist. thank you. yes. when a tourist would come to san francisco and a northern california burrito give us a san francisco burrito. we've la cumbre, and i'm like, no, i am taking you to alfaro. and that is what i think of as the quintessential norther rito. so thank you for considering all o7tf these. and by the way, alfaro, i

think is on a month to month, arrangement with th now, one of the benefits of legacy business beyond the registry is to perhaps have a long term lease with their landlord and get the benefits from that. so it's particularly important for places like alfaro. thank you. thank you.st hi, my name is the owner of christopher's books, and i've owned thank the historic preservation committee and commission for considering our application it so seamless. it was a pleasure to work with you really. it's been an honor and a privilege to be a part of the bay area bookselling community for morears, christopher's books has been an integral mch community for all those years. and this lifelongnership represents what i believe is one of the many heartbeats of neighbors and small businesses and community organizations supporting and uplifting one another. year after year. i'd

like to acknowledge my landlord and friend, peter linenthal. peter is well known for creating and running the potrero hill archive njoy the nuggets of his history of history that he shares with us and the rest of the staff, and he bookseller could ask for, so thanks, peter, i'd also like to acknowledge all the folks who have been on staffyears to my current staff, jacksona, and our school age interns jade and clementine and last but not least, our stellar handyman your passion and dedication to the art ofkselling is just magical, and i appreciate that year after year. lastly, i'd like to thank my and our sons, nick and joe. the life of an independent bookseller is one of long hours workin holidays and weekends. lynn thanks for suppoher's open. seven days a week for the past 33 years. it's

a labor of love for a love of books and readin my sons nick and joe, i'll always have a bo recommend to you. thanks for your time and please come visit the bookstore. we wil you. hi there! my name jackson. i work with t at christopher's grew up just around the corner from christher's in p a lifelong customer. and i have a few things want to say about what i think makes christopher's special. number one, it ntures people's lifelong love of books. myse my family, and many of my neighbors included. it's also first employment opportunity for a lot of neighborhood kids. it wasn't the first place i worked but like, we've mentioned, we helping us out. alphabetizing just learning what a most importantly, poten a place where community happens it's a place where a lot of people get to see their

neighbors make frust to talk, and they'll be talking about the recommendations for books, or they'll just come in to talk about the news in their day. and that space, i think, is really important. people make friends at the bookstore. it happens organically, it's customers sharing recipes in the cookbook section or kids setting up their own playdates and the children's section. and this community space is, is really essential. there's a concept called the third place in sociology. you familiar with home being the first place work the second. the third place is a place where community ha hill and our, the neighborhoo it, people come in and we know them by name, and if we don't know their name, we bought or a conversation we've had with them. we'll probably we talked about that. we give out almost as many dog books we sell in a given day. andhat makes working at

christopher's essential for me. i get to go to work and see my friends and be a part of my community, like i in potrero hill and now i work at the store. like many other kids that have but t and i have also been working together, and i'm in aally become the future owner of christopher's, and ihink it's imperative for me, one of the most important things i can do is to maintain this sense of community that we've developed. t has, i have, and other employees over the past can make christopher's a third place for potrero hill and san francisco going forward, then i'll h you for your consideration. hi, my name is jamie stahl. i'm here, ilearly representing the flytrap restaurant first want to start off by thanking you forur consideration during

this process, as a thinking about a legacy business, i can't think of any other place that comes to mind other than the flytrap. as it was mentioned, we have been around for over 140 years,dp-u÷ so the flytrap has been witness to some really beautiful aspects of san francisco's history, as well as someg aspects. and somehow we have managed to persevere through, one of i think we can all know the most recent being the covid 19 pandemic. flytrap for six years. it was the first place that i ever worked in a restaurant, and i think first appealed to me was the history and the legacyts iconic, iconic status within the city as myself, that was just something that drastically appealed worked there, something that i've really learned to cherish especially valen west took overj in 2016 after being there for many years as a manager was justr

ability to really create a cultural and community center for sorry, i'm ner regulars where i can see familiar also local residents and travelers coming the world. really, and that's just something that i find really beautiful. and i think that we've really been able to create something phenomenal in a little soma. and i think it's amazing that we've able to manage to be there for that long. and yeah, thank you for your consideration. i really appreciate your tim this process. thank you. commissioners, my name is antonio montesinos, and i'm a friend of miss raymundo. miss ramirez. and, in case doing some translating, but i'll give some personaly thoughts first. so i just want to let you know a

little bit about alfaro. i was born, so. and i was born and raised here in the city. so i started going there when i was around 16. the $2 burrito the s burrito. and, i made friendshipsq$and over the years, you know bruno died and then shen real nice, you know, she's a real nice lady. she helps the was her thing. it still is. the thing. i mean, theyn, la cumbre says they did, but not alfaro we're going to have a debate over who's the originator of the super burrito. but, yeah, we' been there at 20th and folsom for, legend goes, as woody said, as the fire depart across the street, as legend goes in 61, when it store, all the young firemen who were recruits didn't have much were beginning firemen. so they would go down the block. and ferrigno, he would, make some quick little meats and tomatoes and cheese and just put it on a plate. and then one guy, one fireman, thery goes, says, you know what? we can't eat here. we have to go back to ning. so he goes, can you

just put it in ahad like a little small tortillas, you know, so i puttortilla or the food in the tortilla. and then he asked him what they wanted. he goes, just put everything. and they said, make it a sup legend goes that he went back to the fire station. and then you can bring that here, they didn't have the aluminum foil ideas back then. they hadwmñ no ideas about the burrito. so he goes yeah, i can probably bring y started with the burrito. they would go down and say, bring m tortilla food. and then they mentioned it was the burrito. so that's the reool story i've always liked, you know, but she wants to say a few words. miss miss raymond here about how grateful and how thoughtful you guys are and for helping us during the a real long process you know, i mean, so many questions. it seemed likea house. you know, it was it was very, it was long, a long process but a very worthwhile process. so this is miss raymond. she's going to talk now jonas, can you reset the clock on with him to tell you. thank you for giving me the opportu to be here. and, i'm working in nevada for 45 years, so. okay.

yes. is here. he didn't want to talk to his child say thank you for the whole community so i cank. s letting me come here and for getting m legacy. come by anytime. we will. ye. i just plain. okay. hello. okay. hi melissa. also known as alex, i'm here, representing the lien ying tai chi chuan academy under headmaster s students, i work for san francisco chi, a wonderful job that was, given to me, by simon kuo and her academy. providing the education that i

needed to doteach, tai chi so the academy is quickly 60th year in business simon. simon kuo, 80 years old. so while the future of the school will family's hands. we wanted to open up some future possibilities for the business and to continue to havece chinatown, san francisco, so in 1964, sifu lien ying kuo, her husband, francisco's chinatown to share his martial arts, his dream was to teach tai chi and shaolin, for, for the scho was able to accomplish that that dreamgh his, through his wife, simone, she ended up teaching at san francisco state university for over 30 years, as previouslygoned, sifu was also the first one to see the value in, the chinese for affirmative action, so when they first came to chinatown, nobody really understood what they we to do. they didn't really want to give them any space so sifu first people that was like, we need this. we

need, you know a someone to help us deliberate help the chinese community, deliberate. and, you know, need those services, that they provide and so they donated, halfre building, for the caa for them to continue their works, to fight against discrimination in the workplace and to help the chinese community secure housing. and. yeah it's it's been a wonderful i know that the caa has really helped francisco a lot. he also, was one of the first ones to donate to the chinese culture center in 1965 when they first opened. so if you recognizabledied with them, or walked through their building would include, pre carter, bruce lee, robert few local residents include, diannehinatown community leader and tour guide, dorothy polkadot kwok and, filmmaker james q chan and artist ruth asawa. so with the an approval

from the historic preservation commission, the academy aditions in chinatown, san francisco. so thank you so much. thank you. good afternoon. my name is desiree mitchell, and, i have a gallery for 44 on union square on post street, we opened in 1993. my mom, betty and i. and first i would like to thank the historic preservation commission for considering our application today. and also thank rick very much, from the office of small business for theire with the application and to supervisor peskin for his, we will have been on union location for 31 years. next month. and i'm gallery, we're privileged to be a part of sanr of our

community over the last 30 plus years, we've survived some economic ups and downs and a pandemic, union square has been of challenges but i believe our area will hill continue to be a part of its bright future, we're planning several artistic events, in the coming months. and years. some are centered around next year's nba all star game and also the 2026 super bowl, we've, done a lot of community work, for a loh@t of charities. one of my favorite is sf, sf spca, we found some homes for dogs and cats, and that's probably one of my most, most treasured, things we've for, for, sf general hospital and some other great organizations, we support a lot of local and international artists, and, we've contributed to the city's economy for 30 years and employed many local

workers, we're reflective of our city's cultural diversity. our art brings joy to manyrve, we would be honored to beluded in the legacy business. and we thank you very much for your, your time and your consideration. we hope we see you you. thank you.ners. i'm arvin patel, owner and operator of the ramp restauranhis beth hooper, who's part of our managementeam, today. and incidentally she was the first manager of the ra mp in the early 80s. so she's recently rejoined our team, w objective of improving and enhancing the restaurant for its legions of commission of, clients. the thing that satisfies me the most about being involved with the ramp is t i arrived there and i watch, people

enjoying the waterfront at the ramp i can see they're having a very good me, that's the best satisfaction in running this business, i became involved in the early started it in the 80s, was actually a descenkzdant of venice, the mayor. and he was very very interested in, taking over this jewel of a site and improving it verylowly and steadily, but maintaining the character of describe ephemeral place. what is itthat people love so much? it's a very simples got one little old building. it's got some, shack low key and funky and, we recognize that, you know, it. we don't want to change that quality that people love, so i'm dedicated to for future generations. we've had a lot of,rviving the pandemic. as you can imag a long time, but we took advantage

of that to reallbout the ramp, my partner passed away about five years ago, and now i'm actually running it full time. and, i'm pleased to say that we've improved in every area of foo staffing, management practices, etc. and i think we are, well, well set up now to to keep growing the business for future generations. so thank you again for considering us for the. and i'd like to have beth say ayú few words because, she's also very much part of the dna o the ramp restaurant. great. thank you. thanks arvint like to say that the ramp has provided many years of sweet to many san franciscans. and we and the walk down memory lane in filling out the application and your considerationlç. thank you. thank you. i'd like to say one last thing, which ist one of the interesting qualities of the ramp is that people can approach it from water

and we've had interesting people show up doing$% that. don johnson used to arrive by in his boat when he was francisco, hang out at the ramp. woody allen, film scenes from blue jasmine there with cate blanchett, etc, and more recently claire thompson has been coming and tying up at the docks next to the ramp and going to work. so it's a really popular with many different kinds of people, and let's keep it that way. hi, commissioners. i just wanted to say thank you from java beach and from the maguire family, the operative word in this is legacy. and java beach in 1993 with an empty briefcase and a big dream because he g from java beach. and he saw this so 31 years later, our children

sisters, our brothers, they all frequent java beach. and it is anxtended family. so i just want to say that this is a legacy started by my and continued by by myself and our families and our neighborhood. and i just want to say thank you for this i wish many more businesses such success. thank you. thank you. are any other members of the public that wish to make public comment, support our legacy businesú= public comment is closed, this matter is now before you commissioners commissioner foley. wowtually had this many legacy businesses talk. i think it's awesome, i really have a short comment that is thatbric of our community. we actually need you. we need more of these b san francisco. and the one thing i want to add that i've never talked is we actually need to make lists and go to these places. so i talk about this and it's a great it's a great day and actually need to go eat the burrito. we

need to go buy the book. say drink? yeah that's what we need to drink. thank you very much.n, commissioner? rightvf thank you yeah. i want to say, you know, i've said itbut but i want to kind of repeat it here and this is really anl exceptional group, i think, of, legacy business applicants backbone of our communities, of our i, i don't always, a majority of the applicant applicants going into the commission hearing or to the review of the applis this time, i know i knew most of them, going in. so it's just really impressive. and i think my comment. withxj one fact that i really miss my, neighborhood bookstore. which is no longer around, but i will have to, check out christopher's books. and idea of

the third place that you mentioned. so th. thank you, commissioner campbell. i was just tissues up here. i that was thank you toame out to speak about about the businesses and the impact it's had on you. i think it's the theme around neighborhoods and community and human connection, i think is a common thread through of these, that's quite noteworthy. and kudos toys putting together this beautiful cross section of what makes sa? recreation beverages and food, which we all love the arts, whether it's written or visual. so really just wonderful. and i do want to make a plug because i believe there is a map, if google legacy business san francisco there is a map of all of businesses that are officially legacy businesses. so please encourage everyone to checkt so we can do our our road trip, our crawl. crawl. thank you. yeah. thank you all. that's correct. right. mr. carrillo, there ug in right. okay. commissioner baldauf echo everything that was said. but i

want to add one more point. the visual reality that all of your businesses add on top all the amazing other things you do, are such an memory of san francisco. and i will just faro sign. that sign that diagonal sign with that lighthouse, with the light projecting out from it. for me, that's like one of those thingsi know i'm in san francisco, and so but christopher' your sign. i mean, all of these businesse visually and add up to our city very much. and and i that creativity is just brilliant. thank you, i also want to thank all of you fo all your hard work. we get to close our doors at 530 every night and kind of just shut the world out, sm businesses need to keep going. they don't have weekends, they

don't off to do some very important things. so we really appreciate the time and effort that you put in to make our citynot same, same and we pride ourselves on that. and we than making that a part of us. i did want to, mention though, that i think we tal the mills act, but we don't talk a lot about the mills act with businessesm wondering how we can maybe start to consider that. andted to bring that up because we have 141 year that hasn't really i mean, they've moved, but they havemovei'm just wondering if we could mr. carrillo, maybe sta make that information more available to business owners and property owners who have very important the city. thank you, so i am ready to hear somebody make a motion nine businesses. second. there's nothing further. commissione a motion that has been seconded to adopt recommendations of approval for iness applications on that motion, commissioner baldaufcommissioner.

vergara. yes. commissioner. wright. yes. foley. hi. commissioner. warren. yes commissionermmissioners. that motion passes unanimously 7 to 0. thank you. everyone congratulations to all ofv. youoners, if you would indulge me in throughvert back to items proposed for continuance, we failed to have the acting act on item five. be sure, so . thank you. commissioners that will place us on item nine, case number 2016 hyphen 013156 sv. hyphen zero three. for the citywide historic context statement counterculture 1965 through 1975. this is youry7 opportunity to consider or disapprove the context statement.

okay so thank you, so good afternoon, president masuda, and historic preservation commissioners, alex westhoff, planning department staffv' a recommendation for approval, the counterculture historic context statement, before i over 270 parties were notified of this document and that no opposition has been receivedm. so, to begin i'll try to of the citywide historic context statement and the project. i'll then pass to public historian donna graves to discuss the from there, i'll overview the evaluation guidelines and p closed, with specifics on how the document will so what our historic context statements, they provide a framework for identifying and evaluating resources, this document will citywide historic context statement as part of citywide historic context statement is organized into context sub

contexts and themese citywide historic context statement, we hic, cultural, thematic and architectural historic context statements and counterculture is one of the sub contexts identified within the cultural context key points, donna graves researched and authored the document, which was supported by a grant that sfsco historic preservation fund. our reviewers included gretchen lemke, sant'angelo and robert cherny, francisco heritage and planning department staff. photos and ephar a variety of sources, including the san franciscory centers, hippie collection since it was s been modified to a historic context statement for alignment with theide cultural resources survey. so now i'll pass it along to donna thank you. alex. hello commissioners handed this in in 202's

wonderful to be able to revisit all this research and remind actually, this topic was. the project's initial to establish the definition for the counterculture. historians have actually argued for decades about how to define that tee overlap and shifting alliances between many of the social, political, and cultural movements that dominated the early 1970s and made it such a transformative time in american history trying to encompass all of those of a document focused on potential historic sites really didn't have the resources to do a s call hippie counterculture. unlike the political a favored by the new left or the black panther party hippies, as we might call them, i still . sought to create a new culture through personal andransformation. they reimagined society through alternative,ocial and ecological systems, and they made san francisco a magnet for

tens of thousands of young people who wanted to create a different future. you can do the next one.it describing some of the counterculture's origins, this contexts that emerged from the research. we're not able to go into all of them because this is such a short presentation, but i'm just going to share a few of the sites that emerge that i think are particularly notable. theescribes several sites associated with the short lived diggers, the most significant and influential groups formed during the counterculture period in san francisco. their basic insight was that consumerist capitalist culture, what was being celebrated by so man elements of american society, was destructive to ind and social health, and they argued instead for a free so in which goods and services would be given away orn exchange, the diggers translated their ideas in like the death of hippie march and funeral. you s left

and free stores in three different sites francisco where donated or scavenged goods were free for the taking, and anyone could serve as a storerk or owner or customer. this context actually has a lot of clues for what i think will bet. additional research and one i'll mention is that there was free store, which was founded in 1967 by long time civil rights activist and digger ally roy ballard. and i found listed at two addresses in the fillmore that are now demolistely worthy of quite a bit of additional research. next one of the. com contexts that i ca communes and communal events focused on communes as a big those were new ways of creating households that offered alternatives to the middle class materialism and consumerism. an proved to be one of the most widespread and lasting effects of the 1960s counterculture. some of these

were justthat relied on short term commitments to share space communes were formed from more intentional commitments to a set of goals and values, and were also seen as a means to social transformation. i'm showing images of three of the communes that i wrote about in the study. on the left is the cauliflower sutter street commune, which was role in starting out of its own basement. the served a lot of counterculture organizations and published thewspaper kaliflower, distributed freelyto approximately 300 communes throughout the bay area on the far right is the house of living prayer that would have been one of those 300 communes receiving the cauliflower newsletter. the house of living prayer was based in the inner sunset, and its foundation was orthodox judaism. the commune served many more people than. it was actually known for organizing weekly shabbatle. in the

middle is the gooearth one of the largest and relatively longest lived in the san francisco. what you're looking at is the headquarters on oak street, was actually a network of more than a in the haight and included a loose changing membership that at its height was estimated at over 700 people. this research found a remarkable variety and number ofxt communes. it's probably the most common property type for this study,ld argue among the most significant because they were often quite short lived or relatively short lived as were the sites. assessing the significance of individual properties will take additional research and comparative evaluation. in contrast to the short lived entities, i just you can go forward. oh, no. no sorry. they're short lived nature of many countercultureight ashbury free clinic, which you see at right, most

influential and long lived initiatives. the clinic's founder, doctor david smith of ucsf, actually liv a one of the diggers free stores and decided he wanted to develop accessible health care for the many young newcomers who were flockingcisco. these migrants actually created an enormous challenge to many local institutions, including the public health se 12,000 patients who used the services of thez(f month proved that the clinic was meeting a very clear need. the clinic soon opened6q another site nearby that you see on the left at 409 clayton street, where they offered psychiatric services and where they published, research reports that disseminated their findings around the cou and internationally and helped to make the haight ashbury free model. the building on the left home to other counterculture organizations as well. happening house was open there in march 1967pr from san francisco state who

wanted to build a bridge between what he called the so-called straight generation and the new generation. through discussions, lecturesing. the building housed another youth serving ecumenical ministry to the haight in 1967. after expanded their mission needs of young people who were flocking to the city. our final site is huckleberry house, which i found particularly fascinating. the est address this influx of uprooted young people who didn't have places to stay, jobs or local connections was exacerbated when the newcomer was across the country, common approach to dealing with what were termed runaways was through theiminal justice system and any organization or a runaway was legally required to turn the youn police. huckleberry house opened at44 o the left in june 1967, and offered a newon's first runaway shelterople

had the choice to enter huckleberry house, and all of t rested on them, including their right not to return to their parents although staff did try to reunite them. social policyma time were really looking at the changes in e 1960s and describing them as, quote interest in the care protection, control oradt/n authorities. they had ideas of about what this transition to independence should lookte. huckleberry house transformed that transition to that actually shaped federal policy inberry staff testified before us congress in pass in 1974 as the runaway youth act, which recognized that youth migrants deserves, deserve their own policy intervention. separate from the criminal justice system. the law specifically endorsed a service model based onseling that was inspired by huckleberry house. those are the

sites i wanted to share with you today. i want to thank staff for turning that study that i finished five years ago into a really beautiful and beautifully illustrate. thank you so much. thank you. thank you. that concludes presentation. we should open up public comment. me this is your opportunity to address the commission come forward. good afternoon again, commissioners. my name is woodyfrancisco. heritage, is the sponsors of this, so we naturally support it, but i can't tell you what astrange trip it's been to get to this document. and i also, you know, it started as a landmark district nomination we multiple property documentation form actually it turned out great to for the ongoing city survey. and i want to echo donna's compliments to staff and alexñ[gether is an incredible i mean, the counterculture is too big to wrap your arms around. it just

touches ever way we think about the world and government and society today. to actually create a context statement and show how this of the world in san francisco was sort of the epicenter for this. and to tie the physical structures and sites to that is just a monumental work of scholarship. so just kudos tohope you all enjoyed reading this and recognize the the usefulness of this as a tool. thank you. thank you. excuse me, i was a haighhburne council, we were delighted to read the context statement, our only problem was that it didn't go f enough, it is an excellent, study, of the relationships between, people and place, what we would have like to have seen is a little bit more discussion of the role of golden gate park, the

panhandle, and the struggle of th panhandle freeway without't be any context to talk about against the panhandlefreeway was the first successful revolt of the united states. it informed and was informed by the cultural changes that occurred in the neighborhood that created the context for the culture of, if you will theat i'm trying to say is that there existed in the haight-ashbury a certain willingness to embrace the other, it was, for example, the center of in the neighborhood between essentially ttáhe white western part of san francisco and, the western.

in addition, i'm i'm happy that you're talking about ballard. he was an important person and he was critical to the role of the neighborhood. we were soby the scholarship and by, the study that the haight-ashbury neighborhood council itself formed to ole freeway, that we invited your vice president and mr. labounty to our june it would take to create a historic district along haight street. we have formed a board and haight-ashburyouncil board, and membership committee to explore that, proposition working with your staff and with you commissioners, so thank you once again for an excellent study and we look forward to working with you in the future. thank you. thank you. afternoon

commissioners. i'm richar, also on the board of th ashbury neighborhood council. and, both hank and myself support adoption document, i did notice that the document lists a quite a that have been demolished and we hope that adoption of the document can prevent demolition of more historic and throughout the city. thank you. thank you. commissioners, as wellborn, also of hank. these are the ideas of and the adults are still coming to t haight. and i find it somewhat me what was that about? i

really appreciate your work on in this document and support of it. and say that, you know, 60 years later, we still have people of find out what happened and how they can be part of those processes and ideas. thank you. thank you. last call for public comment. seeing none. public comment is closed. this matter is now before you commissioners. thank you. commissioners commissioner vergara, just like to thank miss graves and the planning department staff for this excellent citywide historic context statements that department generates are right up there with the best histories lot of fun to read and very, very enlightening. so thank you. thank you commissioner. right yeah. thank you, i that and thank the planning staff and also, donna graves, i always know , if

we're getting something that donna has touched, that it's going to be magic. so, you know just has been so great to read through this, wonderful document, and it's already making a difference,bks we hear now, with the localwanting to move into exploring historic districts and furth designation. and, just to clarify, i think these are these context statements are living documents. so, there's room to add and expandb:d5 community has, mentioned here in the hearing and as donna also mentioned, a few examples of, study. so thank you very muchdauf, i want to echo how impressive a work ofd how much fun it was, like a trip down memory lane through my childhood, to read all of this.

and i had a few questions, i'm not 100% clear on t of significance. somehow 65 to 75, i and the reason i mention it as institutions for me that was very important was the tassajara bakery on cole. and that is your period of significance even though the zen centers in the p. and so it made me think that there might be s, just as i described the sort of amorphous edges of the counterculture, because so many things were happening that were changing society so radically at that time, it's hard to put a start and stop date here. so nailed something that we struggled with. and bringing up tassajara bakery, i think just points to the of ferment reshaped things. and catalyzed so much that followed that say is we needed

to we needed to create a doable project andok at historians analysis of the 70s it changed, you know, it started to turn towards the me generation and a different way of thinking about american culture, politics and society than the late 60s had really fertilized. so they're they're frankly, somewhat arbitrar. and i get what you're saying. but trying to inev was inspired by the counterculture would be, unmanageable. it might be interesting. so i and my is more to point out, just for th are blurry. and i appreciate you saying other thing that i'd like to hear your comment on, because it sounded like the when i read this i felt like, wow, this is

a cultural is so present and it seems like this was edited to make itderstood mr. labounty started as an idea ab, but i i'd love you to talk a little bit for our history here about the process of t project. you you have also pointed out something significant, the historic preservation fund committee, first proposed that somebody the haight ashbury. the leading voices in that committee were most interested in ançh architec development history, not the social and cultural issues that the pointed to. they brought this up at a time when already in discussion with san francisco heritage about the fact that it was the 50th anniversary of the summer of love was upon us, and there was all this discussion about it and there weremportant places associated with that moment and what followed. that should be

captured. so we came back to the fundee and said, we want to do something about the counterculture. and talked about it just being the haight. but as i was doing my research, it was clear that the counterculture was san francisco. it was all over the bay area. it was all over the nation. and then important things happened outside of the haight related to the counterculture. there wasn't funding to really do an in-depth citywide study, but i tried to pull in ashat gave a broader view of the role and the contours of the counterculture in san francisco. the haight is obviously a really important pae only part. okay. thank you. thank you, comm. again, i was or should i say, if we could. i'll get to a question, but i, i can just i don't know where i am yet, i really appreciated this st the get go, it was drew. you in right away. so

kudos to the authors donna graves and the department staff. and speaking to the haight ashbury neighborhood council i appreciate that they, youowards doing, a historic district, and i don't know where they are in that, but i would ask staff, you know how how would they develop that? and what are theirst steps for them, getting that developed and i think part of that could also encompass the panhandle you know, history and the revolt so that that becomes part of the background information, that could either go into the counterculture context statement or be part of the historic districts, significant statement. so i don't know if staff can assist on that. yeah. so, i'll just say this was a historic context statement. obviously it, is the beginning of identifying resources.

obviously dozens and dozens of are identified, but there could be many, many more resources and much necessary to fully understand the associated with this movement. so, we're, you know, obviously in the midst of citywide survey, we have a long way to go on tha now. and, we're happy to meet withhe haight-ashbury neighborhood organization and talk about where we're at, talk a what kind of information that they could provide to us. as are doing city wide survey that we can incorporate, we are identifying, you know, potential districts with thematic context through the citywide survey effort would be a really nice partnership. to dive in he counterculture, this historic context statement is a great start to all of that some priority areas that you'reing in with the survey, but it doesn't mean that collect information and start to deve ideas and things like that and then be ready to and start that process. is that is that correct? yeah. yeah. so we're

starting with the ncds. we also have our community stories form that's on our website on sf anyone can provide any information about, you know, memories, events, places and that will incorporate that into the citywide survey as well. thank you. thank you. commissioner baldauf. yeah. i just wanted to add that that in the last sort of implementation pages, you included the golden gate park sites and referred to the panhandle sites, because i do think thatdistrict one of the things that i think is incredibly important is to understand how thef this district, that the park, it's not like, neighborhood and then there's a park. the events and the park. and so i think, i don'=:t know we've ever had a neighborhood district that goes into a park as big as golden gate park or as fort mason, but i think it's something that would be important to consider also

just want to echo reading this. thank you, miss graves and the planningave a few comments i think commissioner wright mentioned it earlier, but i'd like to just reemphasize that this is not a is a context. statementss a product that can be added to and enhanced. so don't feel that this is the end. all then just in something that commissioner baldauf mentioned, i think it because this was such a pivotal period in san francisco history to talk and just very briefly and capture the firsts that thiscounterculture movement created. it created so many firsts. and i know that people definitely outsidenderstand and appreciate, how many firsts we should be proud of. i mean, we talked there's about legalj.al services to cater to people, had nowhere else to turn to. that's huge. it was like one of the non-profits

being used for people, rather than government. traditional faith based nonprofit telling us what to do. it was community creating these nonprofits for the community. i mean, that was huge. that did not happen before this period, drug rehab to help pple, not from a purely medical point of b a very inclusive cultural point of view aboutshbury stood for a community defined in a different way. communes were communities. and, it was a really at how we could look at the world in a different i music. i mean there's so much music that's going on fashion, so and then of course the, the panhandle, but when i w through this, and then i think the me out of the context statement was the analysis. i thought it was tyre finally doing analysis that doesn't focus we're starting to talk about culture and

that we have not really focused on in theciate you bringing that forward and using that as the to further develop this context statement lot of things that were talked about here about wher happened. and it's not it's no longer here. and a lot of of redevelopment. and mr. labounty mentioned year's gala is going to be focusing on redeveloent. planning department and this commission really has to think about a way in which we could talk about these things were here. winterland was here. the, marcus books was here. the fillmore was here. bush street and buchanan street were here. but we no longer have those. we have other buildings in its place. but we need to startin we're talking about counterculture. what what comm were there during redevelopment? because they were alsod by the cultural counterculture as well as their see that piece missing when we look at all the context. are there any other questions or

comments from the commission motion to adopt the counterculture citywide historic context statement? second. very good2 commissioners, there's a motion that has been seconded to adopt the context commissioner baldauf, high commissioner campbell. yes. commissioner. vergara. yes, commissioner. right yes. commissioner. foley. high commissioner. nuggets. warren yes. and commission president. matsuda so moved. commissioners. that motion passes unanimouslyvlsioners that will place us on ten for case number 2023. hyphen 005134 crv. the downtown conservation district historicig guidelines. this is for your review and comment i still have some.

thank youkc. good afternoon, commissioners rebecca salgadre you is a request to wntown historic design standards, which were previously adopted by the april 3rd of this year. at that hearing staff were instructed to make updates and revisions to the design standardsing into account comments from the commissioners at the hearing and to return to updated standards in three months. during that colleague jonathan vemer met with four commissioners to review the desig. staff has made several updates throughout the document as a brief, the updates include the following. sfgov the overhead, please?

so we inserted a p with instructions for conducting basic histor . and there's sre basically showing modifications to select existing design standards for storefronts, signage and marquees two additional standards for marquees and signage. these edits prima allowed for some increased flexibility around materials and, and greater distinction between altering historic versus non historic that handout i highlighted in yellow areas whered the cases where new standards were inserted, and in some cases showed what the old lastly, we inserted, pages with two case studies for the storefront standards.ú$f staff thanks the commissioners for taking the review the standards with us over the past few months. this concludes

my presentation very good. we should open up ic comment. members of the public, this is your opportunity to address the commission onq)em. again you need to come forward seeing none. public comment is closed. commissioner warren, thank you to staff, miss salgado and also me, who met with me, and we went ov guidelines. and i appreciate the reflection of those. and using also thexperience and, prolific experience with all and trying to meet in the middle of, what would be appropriate. so i appreciate it. thank from the commission commissioner foley, i just appreciate that we're trying to, give a path forward for someone to actually fix and renovate their building. so i really appreciate the work. so thank you. i echo commissioner

foley's, comment and thank you becaus case studies really help businesses to eed to do. and i, i really like the the revision of the languager.o anyone who may not have an ni or architectural background, can can think about what they want to do with their business. so i th help, in terms of revitalizing downtown. thank you. any other questions or comments from the commission?k; so this was to review and comment. so there was no action item. so thank you very much for to do this for us. very good commissioners. that means we can 11, case number 2023 hyphen 005023ing. this is an informational presentation i think. do you need to yourself? i think we have to have a recusal, i'd like to request recusal from this item, my office is involved in the project motion to recuse

commissioner. second. thank you. commissioners, on that motion toss baldauf. commissioner campbell. yes commissioner. vergara. yes. commissioner. wright. yes. commissioner yes. and commissioner. president matsuda. yes. so moved. commissioners motion passes unanimously, 7 to 0. commissioner wright, you are hereby recused. and just as aneral reminder, you need to fill out that form with the wi within ten days. good day. there is a presentation. good afternoon commissioners manushi item is being brought to hpc today asn informational presentation about the alterationsrorry building, which is the designated landmark number 90. in the article ten of the san francisco planning code completed in 1903 and was designated county of

san francisco landmark in 1977, and in the national register in 19in 2006, the ferry building was also listed as a to the port of san francisco embarcadero historic district, which is listed in the national register of historic places. the alterations throughout the years. in. 1950s, 2003 and 2014. the scope of the project involves alterations at the north arcade and the ferry plaza, and the gateway. there are three sco north arcade and five scopes involving theations at the ferry plaza and gateway. future scopes involveéa proposed for the south arcade. additionally, the port would like to clarify food wise, which is the tenant, seeks to make the south arcade their permanent home through a lease with pacific properties, the sponsor and theh arcade may be replicated

in the south arcade, provided theyrefnants future operational needs. these photos show the existine the arches, cur openable metal grills. these photos show the, the existing conditions of theta the north arcade, which again, also have the op these are the existing conditions of the ferry plaza and the the first scope of the project at the n is the is the infill of the entry arcade arches with operable these, closed configuration of the proposed glazing.

additionally, this scope also includes alterations to the rectangular openings on either side of the a t shows the rectangular opening on the left side of the arches, have only a new metal grill. the slide shows the rectangular opening on the right side of proposed to be infilled with operable glazingly touch the historic cladding. the fixed transoms and the operable glazing systems will be mounted behind the opening of each arch. th third scope involves moving the existing portico storefront one day closer to embarcadero which is in line with the above mentioned, rectangular openings. and lastly, the fourth scoperth arcade includes the addition of a canopy, which is set building to accommodate a cafe, porte would like to

are no, weather protection panels that are point for the dining canopy. but if porte and the sponsors seek to install panels, they will return to hpc orzñ seek a future administrative coa. again, this is the rendering of the canopy which has been proposed. cludes installation of new exterior lighting. installation of new ferry plaza portal sign, resurfacing drive aisle paving, installation of new public seating, installation of cornerstone ad drive aisle and sidewalk, and insta new mosaic medallions at the five building entries. the department has determined that the proposed work will be inten, and the secretary of interior standards for rehabilitation. proposed work will not damage or

destroy distinguishing original qualities and character of the subject. building the department finds that the historic character of the building will be retained and preserved, and will removal of the historic fabric, while the hearing is seeking hpc's input on the project's( secretary of interior standards. the port would also like to clarify that, wdceld two public hearings for the project in april 2023 and march project is generally supported by both wd ab and drb including the vision for long term long term use of the south arcade, but would like the like to the south arcade from the current revi process, additionally the opinions on canopy designs are also varied, thus, further design studies will be don the character and lightness of the proposed canopy will not impact the historic building. this completes my presentation and i am available to answer any

further questions, a representative from the port of san francisco is also available to answer further questions. and, project sponsor is present and has prepared a short presentation. thank you.oq to the chair. you have five minutes. good afternoon. my name is chris pearson. i represent hudson pacific properties, we 9 honor of being the current managers of the ferry building and stewards ofd representing our tenants here today. you'll hear from peter mostly to provide some context for the project. hudson has a long history1 stewarding, hudson has a long history of stewarding historicn the two oldest studios in hollywood. we're th square in seattle, and we have the ferryt of one market here in san francisco and, our goal with these bus to

ensure that their historic context, the historic nature of those buildings, is protected but it's experienced and lived through our tenan customers. our tenants served particularly at the ferry building. so whatin our interpretation and our goal of trying to enhance the ferry building with minimal interventions that are reversible to provide opportunity for experiencing the ferry building throughout the day and evening. right now, we have traffic in daytime, very minimal at night, and our tenants are their their sales are down about 20% since, post pandemic. big piece of that is really contributed to the lack of return too drive foot traffic and awareness that the ferryq: building is open and should be enjoyed in the evening time for our tenants, some more, for more, more business. the back ferry plaza is really driven by this idea of event planning and bringing the public out to experience theexperience the ferry building, during the evenings through free events that we've thrown throughout our time operating the building, i will now turn it over to peter walk you through the project in more detailt plan

ny questions that you have abo i just want to say in peter burkle's principal@urnbull and, you know, i have not been working on this project, love, but the firm has been working on te truly dosiouder stewardship with the entire city for this building, what we were thevation architects for this project, and we carefully considered different interventions on the building to provide, increased activation, to assist hudson pacific so that they can bring revenue in for this project and maintain their designed these interventions such that e any impact to the historic characterning features of the building. and, we think it's aoject. i'd be happy to answer any questions you might have thank you. okay, that concludes presentations. we

should open up public comment. members of the public, this is your opportunity to address the commission on this item. again you need to come forward. good afternoon, commissioners. woody labounty from san francisco heritage. i want to commend hudson pacific and page and turnbull for coming to speak with our projects and; policy committee a couple of times about this project as it has know this is we didn't send a letter of discussions about this because i know this is an informational item today, but since you are being asked for your input and, and staff and the sponsors believe it meets the secretary of interior standards i guess i'll give you just at overall generally the ferry plaza aspects, everybody's pretty okay with that, but with the ferry building, which is one of the most significant buildings in san francisco and its history we feel like you have to have solid

reason to do any kind of intervention to this classically symmetrical building, especially after the embarcadero freeway blocking it, so we're very sensitive putting especially the canopy up in front of it, whetherversible, whether it touches the building isn't really the pointuch for us. it just actually disrupts the experience you have. looking at the building from the front, i hopehe idea of bringing economic vitality to the building is something heritage is always very sensitive to. we want historic buildings to be td to continue on. but i guess we haven't been wethat this is going to do the job of bringing crowds to the ferry building at night and this sort of off bal treatment of the front was just something thatm right now we hope this continues to develop. and the project continues to, be, and we'd be happy to keep talking about where we are. thank you. commissioners,

i'm stewart morton. i used to sit in these seats under mayors feinstein it was just the landmarks board. a lot of years. i was also one of the original francisco architectural heritage ane of 5our is a good word, is to look after landmarks, create landmarks, but look after them. this project is particularly the west side of the building a. originally there were two of them one on the south that has disappeared depending on the tenant is a punch in the face of a very glamorous building. we've spent a lot of money or a lot of money has been spent in rehabbing it. the new paint job is colors, but putting this canopy in front of it if you look at it street, if you look at it from

any direction, it's in the arches. it's it(9 another thought is, if it does get built, the weather will probably. be such that they'll want to enclose it becan,use the weather there westerlies are dominant. times of the day, particularly in the afternoon. so that's something to think about what might happen. but i think the canopy should be deletedroject. you can put tables with umbrellas. it's not asffensive. that's what the restaurant does. well, no, theys. but anyway, it's a major factor toegrity of the ferry building. a grand old lady of it's not very well designed. it's pretty cheesy. it's very simple, which is probably pretty good, but t good idea. thank you.ry

good afternoon, commissioners, i'm simon snelgrove, principal of pacific waterfront partners and the ferry building's half, three and five, we redeveloped pier one three and 5 in 2000 with page and turnbull and were helped enormously bydeveloper chris meaney. and, i'm coming to express support for the plan. i liken i since it's late in the day. i liken, glamorous old lady, queen of the waterfront. but all people old ladies and old men occasionally need to change their clothes or to the part of ther the night that they are performing. we've seen going through covid, we've had to nurse our tenants. some

people don't know where pier one and a half, three and five are, but they know where my restaurant is. we've had to get behind our tenants. and jane connors and i have beennds and neighbors for too many years to mention, and we've watc struggle. and i say lord that, hudson pacific properties bought th responsibled landlords and responsible tenants to the port. i see the proposal as jewelry, and you dress something that is responding to covid. something is responding to the dilemma that our city is in, in general to try to help the tenants survive. because even if build the queen mary and you can't get p't have a ship that works and a ferry building and it's not enough to just t

anymore, having lived for all these years i think that the southern animation. i think that the front needs to be twinkle lights and something that on a co francisco summer night, you can visit. and i really applaud john turnbull and thank you for listening last call for public. seeing none. public comment is now before you commissioners. thank you. commissioner foley. surprise! i have all sorts of things to say so i actually renovated landmark. landmark 120. i had to go back to washington, d.c. to negotiatece because they didn't want me to put the mezzanine in, which was replaceable. i'm sorry. everybody irreversible. if we didn't gete in that falling apart for 30. regarding the a bunch of business in san francisco. you're getting crushed. it'sleasant

regarding the canopy and being able to reverse it in the future. it's great. and i goy building twice a week and i wish it was open late at night. i wish places were there late at night, because i would walk down there and i would eat. so i look forward to getting this thing approved. i lookar forward to the to the to your tenants makinge money and having more sales. and i look forward to eating and drinking there. so t commissioner vergara. i do thank you. i do have a of points to make. first of all, thank you to page and turnbull for your usual excellent work on these projects one of the questions i, i think, and it has to do with the cornerstone, have you given thought to the cornerstone becoming a magnet for skateboards? and what would be done to prevent that, i'm not sure if this is a good question for mr.u know anything is, attractive to skateboarders. up, up and up and down there. and i believe sort of

physical deterrents. plan little bumps that you can put on this and such. but right near that corner at the plaza is a security guard that's stationed there all the time. and i think that the idea is would be able to, control those such activities. and it's actually a well pedestrian a huge concern of that being a problem. chris, do you want to speak to it? i mean, just to add, i mean operationally, we do have security that sort of traverses the property all day long. so i think that would just be on their their route of things. and our go cornerstone, it does sort of define the pedestrian vehicular pathways that exist today. so it bit more clarity on where pedestrians can walk. and it also[ú will sort of border where we're going to have some new, public seating, which will then allow sort of for people to sit and enjoy it, which again, i think discourages some of the concern you referenced. i still think it's worth thinkwe did some work at the school where i work, and,ity guards in front of the school, and we still ended up having to there.

but, and the other question about the, cornerstone is, at least in the illustration, it says the ferry building with an illustration of the tower. and i wonder if you've given thought to maybe that illustration of the) tower is kind of redundant because the real things right behind there maybe something like the ferry building dedicated 1898 rather than say, it's minor, but it's something i thought was worth mentioning. i have to admit, i was not intimately involved with theut i think we could reconsider. alternative images as before, we complete the project. sure. and then, my major concern is also with the canopy, i think the course. and then i think num windows and, arcades that emanate out. be concerned about, about breaking up that symmetry or breaking up that, that view with, with the

canopy. it's certainly not as bad as the embarcadero but it's a little bit like that. yeah. and that was something that i was involved with. and we did carefully study the height of that canopy. should it be higher or lower than the arches. and i think where we settled that, it's cornice line above the arches, such that it's not blocking any o the arches and you're still, of course, it depends on where not blocking views and the, the iconic features of the building. and already there's a lot of tree coverage and di things there, and we've tried to make it as minimal as possible have it disrupt the visualit is a concern of mine. i think one of the most beautifu is from. i guess it's embarcadero for ferry building, and my guess would be a canopy would detract from that view from above, not from street level, but certainly from anything above street level. yeah, i expressed concern with drone views and things like that. i think that the view we're really, truly concerned

about is the pedestrian, the people and public transit that are going by to fisherman's wharf and again, increasing the hours of operation, providing a comfortable, sheltered place where people can sit and eat and i think the idea is that the more people the more users are that will bring mo and it will be sort of self-sufficient. thank you commissioner w. soink it's good to see the images and try to understand what what you're trying to,e. i think one thing that would help is to have examples of other urban iconic buildings and marketplaces that have buildings that have surrounded them, or structures or market, market structures,

the one that comes to mind right nowhall in boston. that area has developed, you know, over time. there there is a definitive setback from the annual hall. but at the same time, there are these temporary structures that come up and down around it. and then there's the area that's kind of set back are more permanent structures. so i'd be interested in trying to understand in that way using examples and precedent, even within the city prefer like that, you know when we, we, you know look at these types of situations the, the canopy and i've, i've actually sat in front of the ferry building for a number of hours sketching it. and gotten every arch all the way it is sort of iconic in that, it's a tough one because i think these places

need to be activated. sometimes they end up being so stark without it, and we're you know, i think during the i would prefer it that the there was infrastructure to be able to put up pipe, pipe, columns and things like that in the evening so that in the evening you have this lit, you know, structure there, but in the daytime it's all down, or using thehe mdology to havevation, and not have it be inuring the day, so, you know, justnt options,

you commissioner baldauf. yes. first of all, i would love to commend hudson on the repainting of the building. it's, really made a huge difference in my mind. and that. and i certainly appreciate, all of the, the economic drivers here. but first, i wanted to get back to the staff presentatio comment about the port and food wise, and i didn't i said. so could you repeat where food wise stands on this relative? i mean, because there's hudson and there's the port. and so i didn't understand what what you were saying there so, port wanted wise, which is the tenant they seek to make their permanent home through a lease with hudson pacifi and the improvements in the north arcadexzeplicated, in the southwy arcade, provided

they are consistent with the tenants, future operational needs. sohi t primarily talks about the south arcade, port's desire to have food wise stay there or. yes, that is correct. yeah tha with that out of the way

too close to the not i mean, if you're going to be transparent and gla be my hope because i think that's the intellectual argument that from a shippo or from a, you know, secretary of view that you're making is that this is like transparent and glass. and so i think. the other thing that i'm very concerned about is the air intakes. they come down quite i, i don't know if you8e explored the way gas is vented, which is upuilding. whether that couldn't that same strategy couldn't be done. but in any case if you are forced which i'm, you know again, i'll let you determine.hi inelegant ducts run ethat ceiling doesn't befit the sort of character of t building. and i would suggest that you explore hanging a ceiling or something in there. that would just be my suggestion. but my first

suggesti up. yeah. and, ivd think it was ruled out as being too disruptive te o th up vertically. and the proposed louvers that are there are actually they're in the same vertical location as the roll up grill. so there's not any like reduction the grills will be putting in this, louver type situation there. and i understood elegance of the ductwork, etc, and all that is going to this is hypothetical based on a potential tenant that is, is unknown at the thismo we're trying to get just the, the big ideas, figured out. and this is as far as we've come with it now. yeah and i and i guess my and i appreciate that. and my only comment would be i do it other than the grills. and i d about the historic impact of the building. on a side, having greece go up by operable windows is never

a very ideal situation, but if that's what you have to do, that's what you have to we did have a we have a food consultant that was advising and we're talking about scrubbers etc, so that there isn't odors or the grease going up. we okay. so the scrubbers are in the tenant space then. yes okay. i just didn't see that. so in any event, i just would, have you consider maybe there's a way to elegantly mask those ducts. thank you. thank you, commissioner campbell. thank you, i think i also want to echo the compliments to the project sponsor. i think there's been some really great thought and intervention, i believe it the secretary of interior standards. i appreciate how it's a you know, you're giving to the building and avoiding altering any character definin features. i also really appreciate how the i think can give everybody some comfort particularly with those canopies, which i think subjectively, you knowot your cup

of tea, which i can appreciate, but i, i, i do believe they're pretty minimal in their design approach.ph and again in their reversible nature could give us i do agree, if we want to see these spaces activated, given the climate of san really important that we've got armaturejust from a placemaking perspective, i think it's really, i am curious. i have a few questions about, the grill as well. i was curious just again, now that i know that it's early on here, i would be curious about, how it would be executed. it's appearing like a linear grill now. it doesn't look great in the rendering. so you know curious if there's, if you've explored alternatives for the grill i mention of potentially doing something similar on the south arcade. and i'm curious about the commitment to doing that in the future, which might address concerns around symmetry. i think the symmetrical approach wasrtance of the symmetry of the building is the design be,

at some point implemented can't speak to whether it it's the leases work make that work out. and, yes, we can certainly look at the particulars of the louver type. understanding that there's openness req and as we get into the details, we will certainly refine that. just to echo on the symmetry, briefly, i think goal one a for us is to maintain food wise as our tenant and the farmers market, the ferry building and goal one b was to get that symmetry. so i think because of our relationship with food wise and our goals to really make sure that they're able to operate and be successful for the long term. we're working through that as they think about their business plan for the front south arcade f evolves, then we can have further definition on whatvide that symmetry which is why it's held back. and we'll come back through drb. andck for informational here at some point to present that once it's ready. warren, i, you had an image that looked, you know into the

arcade with the new interior kind of concept, and it to mwas lost in the sense of, like where am i? because it it it lost character of that. arcade for me, and maybe because there's not enough detail to was one other comment. and then thinking about theu know the, the structure that you have on top of it, i wonder if it of poles rather than, you know, structure on the top and then at night that they could have some sort of actual canopy versus versus, you know a trellis with no canopy ever. so at least then youe kind of the same structure, but during the day youly seeing vertical, linear elements that allows the bu read cleanly, versus having something on top that you cang= see a beam across in front of the building. thatus did look at a lot of options.

d canopy is being asked to do a lot of things potentially some sort of rain fog shelter, providing a heating element, providing lighting and etc. and then when you get all those elents on there and you bring in the structural engineer, they say that you need more supportntially like a braced frame above the with into the deck. so it's sort of as minimal as we could get it to be,fx we had more substantial and less substantial, i think this is kind of where it lands in the end. okay thank you commissioner foley, i'm, i'm just really gla that food wise and you all are actually talking about doin this, number one, i'm really happy that you've actually spent the money54 and thought about how to put the scrubbers on. i think that's a really a really critical thing. so you're actually thinking through the whole process. and regarding apeople what they want for a canopy, we're going to get 21 answers. so again, i'm really happy with what you're doing. i th= to activate the city. i think the more

activation we get, the better the whole city is going to be. and all this is reversible. and are there any other comments from the commissioners? so this was an informatna agenda item indeed. does this project come back to us no. and tr chance in partnership with the port. the port always likes opportunity to comment on some of our. and opportunity. i think there were a lot of comments raised here to. with that, commissioners, that concludes your agenda today. thank you, thank you, thank you, thanks. thank you.

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