looking at the infrastructure assets in a more strategic fashion so that when we build and invest this money, we do it in a way that sets san francisco up for the future. supervisor maxwell: next speaker, please. what alex has said, i would like for you to speak to that. i thought i heard you mention looking at the rest of the plant. i think is absolutely right. why do this piecemeal? >> i agree with your last statement. i was on the task force as well. i want to say that this was a great process. we did come to a final agreement. it was consensus. my definition of consensus is that nobody is completely happy. i did warn that there would be a minority report. i am here for part of the

minority report. one of the things that was a problem was what alex said. we looked at only digesters. even if it were not the case that both sewage plants have to be rebuilt or have a lot of work, we should be looking of the whole picture. had we been looking of the whole picture, there were some alternatives that we completely scratched early on because the sites were not large enough to house the digesters. if we're going to modernize the process, i am learning -- you know how it is. you get on these committees and realize you have to become an expert. i am learning that there are a lot of new ways of treating sewage better much more efficient and would require a much smaller footprint. that would give us additional

alternatives for where to put the digesters. we scratched one side because it was too small. it cost some money to purchase. i do not think that cost should be the first factor in determining where we will put a sewage plant that should support is for the next 100 years. if we adopt some additional processes, we could probably put the digesters and most of the activity on a much smaller footprint than what we have now, maybe just on the north side of gerald and phelps. we need to be looking at these other things. i just learned very recently that a much more efficient and quicker process that would be healthier for the community when

we're talking about treating the water after it has gone to the digesters would be using something other than chemicals. if we did that, it would be a lot quicker. we would not need as much room. we would truly be moving towards being state of the art. i want to suggest that the digester task force has done its duty for the first up. ste --- step. [tone!] we need to go back and have the expertise we developed be put to working on how we do the whole system. but also just want to support alex's other suggestion that we do need to look at spreading this around. we do not need to have 80% of the sewage in our neighborhood.

supervisor maxwell: next speaker, please. >> my name is francisco da costa. this is a hearing on the source system -- sewer system improvement program. supervisor maxwell: know, it is a hearing on the other. >> let me address that. some years ago the constituents of san francisco past a measure for $2.4 billion. conveniently, the san francisco public utilities commission decided to address just the waste water -- just to address the clean water and did not address the waste water.

i am here to address the issue in general. first and foremost, we need to have an idea about our waste water system. there are about 1,000 miles of waste water pipes. 80% of which are very old, more than 75 years old. we also need to have a sense of what has to be explained by the puc. if that does not happen, we're going to have a backup of saltwater into the system that compromise everything. you have heard about a task force and the digesters. but really what the city and county has to address is quality of life issues.

one of you supervisors mentioned you have been around that area and can go and evaluate that for yourself. another thing we have to keep in mind is the housing element. it talks about developers building 10,500 homes. all that does not happen unless you have something that can propagate this kind of huge construction. this is a hearing where we need to give opportunities to our young people. i have been working with universities on this and other projects. we have lilly, who will be surprised that i'm calling out her name. we need students like her. we need students in our

universities to participate in this project. i'm going to do that on my own with the help of the sfpuc end with the help of other universities, so that's why i'm here. i think the next time, before we even start, if you read the agenda, we should try to follow what is on the agenda, okay? thank you very much. supervisor maxwell: any further public comment on this item? ok. >> walter paulson, land use, good afternoon. ♪ we both found once you were better than it was before with the sword to call our own we will have a happy home and you, for i know you will find what a sewer in the city

will shine some people would turn this item away and i do not listen to a word they say they do not see the sioux were like i do i wish they would try to and then knowing all round the sewer of the city will be fixed i used to say the sewer is no good but we have got to fix it up when you fix it up and all around this city is going to shine in every so were all around -- every sewer all around we will fix it all in all will shine the sewer will be divine ♪

[applause] supervisor maxwell: all right, next speaker. singing is not required. >> in just a law student, so i cannot follow that very well -- i'm just a law student. i'm here representing the bayview/hunters point community advocates. has long been the location of much industry that impedes the quality of life for residents. southeast wastewater treatment plants is located directly across the street from many residential areas, and residents have been negatively impacted by odors and noise from the facility for years. as the city of san francisco plans for the new treatment plants that will serve the city for the next hundred years, its first consideration should be environmental justice issues. the long-term safety and health

of the residents must be a top priority in the decisionmaking process. as mentioned earlier, and in doing the right thing. thank you. supervisor maxwell: thank you very much. absolutely right. any further public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> maybe we could take a moment to address the issue of b iosolids compared to the rest of the plants. the liquid treatment side was most recently upgraded in the 1980's. the proposals to the improvement program are replacing oxygen- producing units, upgrading electrical and controls. we are not rebuilding the whole liquid side of the plan. it is really just of rates to make it visually improve, safer, more reliable, and contained

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item three, ordinance designating 2000 mason street, north beach branch library, as a landmark. supervisor maxwell: someone from planning on items two and three. ok. then -- oh, planning. supervisor -- they are not here yet. why don't -- oh, good. be called items two and three together. >> great. tara sullivan from the planning department. my co-workers will be joining me. they are in the overflow room.

good afternoon. i had prepared presentations for both libraries separately, but the historic preservation commission had the same vote for both as well as the same criteria, so i will try to consolidate them. supervisor maxwell: you do not have to necessarily. you can start with item two. we just read them together for public comment. >> the historic preservation commission initiated designation of the library on october 7, 2009. they had requested that the entire library system of that architecture firm be looked at and reviewed as a possible historic district. since that time, they decided that only the north beach library and the marine of branch library should be designated as individual landmarks -- the marina branch library. for the marina branch library,

the commission recommended approval on june 16 of this year. the historic preservation commission uses the california register of historic resources when evaluating whether a building qualifies as an individual landmark under article 10. with the marine a branch library, it was constructed in 1954 -- with the marina branch library. it was eligible based on two criteria. it was designed and constructed during a time of unprecedented commitment at the local, state, and federal level towards the development of a public library system. the marina branch library conveys the broad trend of the social and cultural shift in post-war american library programming and design, and it represents the city's greatest capital expenditure in the city in the library modernization movement. under the second criteria of architecture, the hpc found that

the design embody the principles of mid-20th century library design. that is eligible both as a significant architecture firm in san francisco and as a building that possesses high artistic value. the building design expresses a residential character, and scale that draws from informal scandinavian architectural design, such as scale, space planning, use of natural light, a craftsman chipped, color, and texture of materials. the library itself was rehabilitated in 2007 and retains its integrity. the defining features are outlined in the historic preservation's motion dated june 16. the hpc voted 4-3 to recommend approval of the building as an individual landmark. i will stop there, and we can do 3 afterward.

i'm here for questions. supervisor chiu: i was just going to see if there are other presentations related to the marina branch library. i have a couple of commons before the north beach library. >> good afternoon, supervisors. deputy city librarian. i'm here on behalf of the library. san francisco public library supports the designation of landmark status for the marine a branch library. it was originally designed by apple and will further in 1963, as you heard, and was renovated with a small addition in the front entrance -- originally designed by appleton and woolford. we agree it has a functional layout on a single level, which is important, has natural light provided by abundant patterns of vertical windows, it is accessible and seismically updated and demonstrates a relationship with the adjacent park on which it is situated

with ample landscaping and connection inside through the windows. it has an outdoor patio area adjacent to a large children's playground. it has already been upgraded, renovated, and expanded with the involvement of the community, and we agree with the recommendation as a land war. supervisor maxwell: -- as a landmark. supervisor maxwell: do you have any pictures of it? >> i do. this shows the engines level with the small addition in the front. -- this shows the entrance level. this shows the windows that are looking over a large patio that is adjacent to the playground with the landscaping as well. supervisor maxwell: that is in the back or outside? >> it is to the side and back of the library. supervisor maxwell: thank you. any more pictures, or is that

it? >> that is it for marina. supervisor maxwell: thank you. supervisor chiu: unless there are any other city presentations, i would like to make a couple of prefacing remarks before i ask the city departments to make presentations with regard to the north beach library. i know there are many people in this room who have been working long and hard on the issue of the north beach library, and i want to thank the staff and city of planning, of hpc, of the library, and of rec and park for all the work you have done. i also want to thank the community in the north beach area for helping us move forward to address -- to find a solution to address the library needs for our neighborhood. i believe every single one of you cares deeply about the past, present, and future of the north beach library, and regardless of

your opinion, i want to thank you for being here today. with that, i'd like to invite back again the planning staff, who will present the hpc's case, and follow that up with presentations from the library and from recon park -- rec and park. >> the historic preservation commission initiated designation on october 7, 2009. on september 1 of this year, they recommended approval with a vote of 4-3 to designate to the north beach library. again, just to reiterate for the record, the historic preservation commission uses the california register of historical resources criteria when they evaluate a building or historic district for inclusion in article 10. they did so here with the north beach library. they found that the north beach

library in particular was eligible under two separate criteria. the first being events and the second being architecture. the north beach library was designed and constructed during a time of unprecedented commitment at local, state, and federal level towards the development of a public library system. the north beach library conveys the broad trend of social and cultural shifts in the post-war american library unit, and the north beach library represents san francisco's greatest capital expenditure in the library modernization movement. we felt that for those three reasons, it met the criteria. and architecture, the commission found that the north beach library's design embodies the principles of mid-20th century american public library design. it is eligible under this criteria both as the work of a significant architecture firm and as a building that

possesses high artistic value. the building design expresses a residential character and scale that draws from its formal scandinavian architecture design. still, faced planning, use of natural light, custom chip, color, and use of natural materials -- craftsmanship, color, and use of natural materials. there have been few cultures -- few alterations since its billing -- building. i do not know if you want more detail. supervisor chiu: colleagues, questions? thank you very much. if i could now ask if we should hear from the library on your perspective. >> thank you, supervisors.

the library strongly opposes the historic preservation commission's recommendation to landmark the north beach branch library. san francisco public library currently oversees seven branch libraries designed by the firm byappleton -- firm of appleton and woolford. the north beach branch, built in 1959, is least representative of an most lacking in architectural characteristics of the style. it lacks the single-level styling, window patterns, like and openness, and connections that can be seen at the marine all or part side branches -- the marina or part side -- the marina or park side branches.

the design does not embrace the park site, nor offer a specific presence, but instead features large, blank walls facing the streets and parks. this photograph actually shows the [inaudible] on the side facing the tennis court as a side drop as opposed to the marina branch that you see next to it. the historic preservation commission debated this potential landmarking at the meetings between july 2009 and september 2010 and voted three times before forwarding this recommendation on a split vote of 4-3. the library opposed landmark status on numerous grounds. as you just heard, the north east region north beach branch does not merit plan marks that is based on architectural quality of the building, nor does it exemplify the character of the library will operate.

our second reason is the north beach neighborhood needs an expanded and improved library. i'm going to show you the current layout. in 2003, the library began its usual community design process to discuss the planned renovation for a seismic strengthening and accessibility compliance with the americans with disabilities act. due to the constraints of the site and the lack of space on the adjacent playground, the reality of the renovation was that the branch would have been closed for approximately two years and would have yielded an equal or less amount of public space than the existing public library. the community made it clear they wanted a bigger library with more space for books, computers, seats, tables, and a program. alternate the needs of the densest community in the city with the greatest need for adults, and ve