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(calling names) commissioners first up it general public comment and i may have one speaker card. >> thank you katherine howard please. >> good afternoon katherine howard friends of the advocate groups. first of all, i want to thank you all for the golden gate park. we've been involved in the soccer project and for those people who have been living on

mars we're replacing that with the stadium lighting until 10 o'clock of every night of the year. we've been concerned about this project. we've had a lot of setbacks but we're all committed. we're not giving up. one of the things there is a beautiful new video about this impact of the park. the filmmaker maker was - he's an internationally known film mark. if you went down to the auditorium you'll see his work.

he went out to the fields and was so horrified by the project he made this video for us. it shows creativity financial services to the global entertainment industry. we have this on youtube so if you have four minutes i'll give you the link and people tell other people about it and please click like. thank you. again for your past support >> do we have anyone else that would like to speak only a temp that's not on our agenda. seeing none, public comment is

closed. >> that will place you under directors announcements. >> good afternoon tim frye on behalf of the director and department staff. the director's report is included in your packet. the department will be at sunday streets at the event where receipts can learn more about the projects of the city. also wanted to let you know about our first see participation on july 7th. one of the main features of our booth was a map of all the landmarks and it was definitely the most popular map on displays about 50 percent of the folks

had never heard about the planning department. it was definitely a beneficial endeavor to show them more about what the planning department does on a daily basis. as the mission sunday streets will be on july 28th and we'll forward you the fire department's for the rest of the year. and margaret from our staff will forward that information to you. that conclusions my comments on the director's report unless you have any comments >> item 2 the past events at the planning staff and announcements. >> department staff again. a couple of items to share with you. the 706 mission appeal as your aware the major permits for 76

mission was affiliated the board of supervisors. the hearing was originally scheduled for july 8th at the request of the appellants and that meeting will be postponed. the millions police station for t the night gale was scheduled to live heard by the budget and a finance committee. i'm sorry. i'm totally blanking on whose writing the report but they needed a little bit more time to prepare their report and as a result that item was continued to july 24th and we'll be there at that meeting for approval of the contract. i also wanted to let you think

we kukd a sunset walking tour that was well received as part of our sunset survey and the survey finding in september we have have another walking to our tour on july 7th from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and planning staff will be meeting those interested in the streets. we'll be posting posters around the community and sending invitations to all of the surveyor folks. a committee meeting will be held on thursday from 630 to 8:00 p.m. and the survey findings will be available and

we will have interpreters on staff to provide chinese translations to the members of the public it's a one-on-one for property issues to sit down at a location we're still looking for several locations win the neighborhood a member can sit down with the general planners and ask any general planning questions they have. finally i wanted to bring to your attention the task force report. we sent you a link to this report. earlier this week the department participated in the number of those meetings we proitdz the background of the departments

process and the historic process and just a general overall information about your program. the department reviewed the document and it was nice to receive recognition on a lot of achievements we've made in particular to increase public engagement and outreach. but there are a number of items in the report that h pc may want to discuss and we're happy to have that conversation first year if you're interested in scheduling a future point on the calender so everyone interested can use this as forum to report. this concludes the staff report and i'm happy to answer any questions >> two quick questions.

first of all, who did it spur report control from. i didn't get it >> margaret who would have september that a couple of days ago i'm happy

. >> i'm happy to answer any questions on say items we'll be bringing the work program to you at the end of this year. we've made process on this program and the commission may want to readjust some of the work on the program and direct

staff to focus on others efforts but overwhelm happy to answer my questions. in particular the two items that are likely to come to you in the near future is proposed for continuance today and we have a pro-beyond consultant for the sunshine school and we're working with her to see when she can prepare a report for the commission for approval. we've been in discussions with the school district. as of now their supportive of the designation so we're continuing to move forward on the report to get it to you as soon as we can >> tim, i want to ask a question about how do those projects get move forward

forward in the department. i look at the report and it looks like not much work was done on a particular item. i understand the consultant like one of these arouses u houses for example, who - how does it get assigned >> they're all in various you stages of development. if the owner reaches out to us and ready to engage us other times we are still doing researches. if there are any major movements that on the project we would list them here. to be honest i could not say there's a provided right now

it's a matter of which ones are closed to completion. the hall is ready and the building just to crossroads this year their locked in berkley and we've trying to set up a meeting to talk about the bends and responsibilities and hopes of their support. it's sort of those behind the scenes projects. but i could not say there's one pressing but if the commission were to direct us to work on one vs. another we'll do that. part of my question is, you know, a good number of those were added in 2011 and here we are two years ago later is that a normal path >> yes there are even to point

out a couple of these that were on the landmarks board such as the sunshine school i believe in either 2005 or 2006. so unfortunately, it takes some time to get those before the commission >> thank you. commissioner >> this is one thing we might consider we bring similar properties the first 3 are more than housing and whether they can be grouped together. i think what would be nice when this material becomes public it doesn't seem random like oh, some random house why now? is

there a way the message could be talked through as we present the material. >> and i know the messaging isn't random because most people are not aware of this part. >> and mr. frye who's doing the pro-beyond on central. >> former president of transport. >> any other questions regarding the landmarks seeing none. we'll move on >> commissioners that will place you under the president report and announcements. >> thank you. i have one thing to speak about is demanding schneider in the planning department has called a lose committee together called the sicken age to high rise - top of

high-ri high-rise signage. it - nothing has been decided but here's the items we're to talk about. it sounds it's going to be about once a month and jeff is on there as well. that's it for president's >> yes. i presume this is about signage blithe and it's multiple things. you know, mayor's office gets climates which someone times put up a sign so it's easy to see going down the street. it's an influx of signage

requests and restrictions. i know that mr. frye wants to speak on this it's got a more modern signage in the district >> tim frye department staff. the historic preservation commission we created signs for landmark districts and those may be part of the discussion on this committee but we tried to give the tenants the proper size and materials and as at least as we relate to the public realm and organizations >> that's all my comments for today. >> item 5 is the consideration

of the draft minutes for june 13 june 13th nefdz. >> any public comments on the minutes. >> board approval. >> second. >> we'll take a vote. >> on that motion to approve the minutes for june 13 june 13 >> so move forward that passes and places you under comments and questions. >> commissioner pearlman. >> next wednesday there's an all day forum between the pummels and the port on the ports offices on sea.

i'll report after but if anyone else is interested given the interest ton sequa in the last few months >> yesterday's chronicle had an article on the photographs which were taken during the construction of the bay bridge in 1935 and 1936. i'm familiar with the photographs their staerlg. if you go during the daytime i can go safely you can take bart >> the subcommittee met on

june 27th and we'll be meeting on july 31st. >> thank you any other questions or comments from commissioner. seeing none, we'll close that item >> commissioners that will place you under items for continuance case 206 l at fillmore street consideration to spaekd the landmark dedication. any member of the public wish to speak on this item and a seeing none, i'll bring it to the commission phenomenon consideration of continuance >> i move to continue to august 21st. on that motion to continue

(calling names) so move forward commissioners that passes 7 to zero and places you under your regular claurnd. the mini park presentation >> i'll be using tour overhead. >> govern tim at the request of the commission we invited rec park to present a short overview of the removing of the redwood trees from the mini park. we're happy to continue the defendant and i wanted to insure you we were in constant

communication >> thanks i'm the director of operations of the recreation and park department. i'll be making the informational prengs presentation this afternoon. i'll be using overhead photos to illustrate my presentation. this is about cologne row mini park. it's one of our - there we go. (laughter) all right. i think we're all talking about the same thing now. the cologne row mini park is one of our 1 hundred and 20 parks within the landmark district. the park itself is a little bit

over one 10th of an acre. it's a narrow alleyway that connects the bush streets for that within the mini park is has a brick walkway it front a number of historic cottages. and also contains a drinking foundation. the city's sewer line runs down the mid of this narrow parcel. i want to talk about removing the wood trees and replacing them. the history is in 1991 the landmark district was devastated and the cottage right now residents approached us to

replace the trees with redwood. at that time the department advised against planting the redwood because the species was too large for this sunset parcel and the trees would out grow the park and pose serious threats to the community. after a considerable process the department agreed for accident tree planting to go ahead. they were 75 trees that were proposed along the lot line. there were existing a large tree

which already opted a park by dropping the large branches a significant drop of tree litter in the form of seeds and pods that required regular clean up and a pro-announced lean of the trunk. the cottage row residents expressed their regret of having planned the trees as noticed by the department and size of appropriateness had proven to be true. we proposed a remove of coast woods and there were also concerns to keep the trees in

place and request the department wait 5 to 10 years to see how the trees would progress so it was postponed. we now move ahead and the department was again approached over the same issue. several meetings have been discussions and what actions to be taken. a high degree of consensus has been reached and now those 6 trees must be removed and other sprees planned in their place. here's the summary. again, this picture is from sutter street. this tree right here is the red flowering tree.

here's a closer shot from the sidewalk. this tree it's a very large tree situated a top the wall from the sutter street stair. this has a large trunk base about 3 feet in diameter. the trunk has significant tree wounds and scarring from dropped brandishes that contain rot and decan i. it's situated above the underground sewer lines and shows it's roots have compromised the sewer lines.

those seedpods litter the sidewalk making a slip and fall harasses. it has a significant lean. here's another shot. given the weight of the tree this will cause tree failure and it will fall in the direction toward the adjacent lot and out across sufrt street and rip open the sewer line. those are the issues with the red flower and gum tree. this is what we call that redwood number one it's adjacent to the tree i just described. this redwood is situated underneath the canopy which has

significantly stupidity it's growth. it's limbs overhang the stair in the adjacent property as you see here. coast redwoods it through 5 which move northward along the lot line on the west have grown vigorously and tower over the resident roofline. here's a better shot. you can see the size of it right there with the roofline being be there. you you can see you get a feeling for size anyway of the trees. their planned on the mini lot line which are adjacent to the