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throwing it back to the community because they have a disagreement i feel more comfortable if we left here today not sending it back to the community >> that's fine. >> so if we can craft something here that would be fantastic. >> if i might though commissioners let's also go in order right now please at the 9 a. any other comments on the historic context statement >> i want to say it's really well done there was a lot of work. >> and we had a motion on say flower. >> second. >> i'm sorry the denying the motion was from the motion - i didn't hear the motion for 9 a.
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>> it's straight approval. >> i didn't hear who made the motion and a i did. >> okay for clarity sake you talked about including the preif his. >> it's updated 2011 when this is updated to do some beginning analysis of how the implementation of the information that we passed in resolution h b resolution 0698 can be included to strengthen - what did i say shelly strengthen. >> i wrote down to include a purpose to acknowledge the one 2011 and today is it sufficient? >> on that motion then as
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mainstreamed to include a previo statement. >> (calling names). >> so moved commissioners that motion xraufg the context statement passes 9 to zero. >> one of the things it does is a hero be it further received that the recommendations be endorsed. so you're saying there are things not in here - . if we enforced this this becomes part of the resolution that you think knows this additional time and additional clarification
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would be useful to have? >> i think the reason why those particular buildings wore called out in addition to the peas plaza was because of hits history in the japanese-american community. you know, because those probably are buildings that are - need protection landmark designation status but within that same paragraph that instead of calling them out specifically just adding some language to say that to add peace plaza as well as i don't know other properties that are noted in the j h s statement as japan cure all - what is it - the japan resources - i don't know how it's worded.
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>> that building is of - what is it? >> not only look at those particular buildings but others as well. >> community identified buildings of importance. >> yeah. maybe that. >> commissioner highland. >> can we add those buildings to our work plan. >> they're not on there. >> can we audits this resolution even today ask those two buildings to be added to the plan. >> it's a terrific audit. isn't that what the resolution the proposed changes was doing? >> and that will be our support to encourage the property owners to move forward and that's a good idea.
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>> (laughter). >> okay. so we don't need to do that under the resolution. >> you know it should be part of the resolution and a can we add that then. >> you want to. >> yeah. we're going to do peace plaza >> isn't it in that originally. >> the peace plaza is in the j h s not to the work plan. >> no, but i think isn't that resolution adding the peace plaza. >> yeah, but your work program doesn't. so adopting it will take care of that >> that's pretty direct. >> and we're - >> so add those two believes into this paragraph. >> we could do that but my understanding is the opposition to that is the community that
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spoke today thinks they don't have consensus enough but we can take the motion. >> we can yeah. >> because we want to encourage the property owners to work with staff. >> it doesn't mean it's a landmark and i want to reiterate what mr. pearlman just mentioned it's not putting those buildings on the track for designation just to let the community know whether or not it's a good idea. >> perfectly good and so who wants to step forward on this one. >> that's got to be commissioner wolfer (laughter). >> it's on the last page first paragraph. >> add the two names of those
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buildings. >> as part of the work program. >> yeah. to work with the recession. >> to add peace plaza. >> and to add the two properties called out as part of their work program. >> so add peace plaza. >> we'll need to list those. >> yeah, the ymca. >> that's listed in one of those arrest those buildings are known by a common name. y w c a not ymca >> and the 2131 bush. >> i'm sorry what was the second one. >> k i m mo n g.
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>> the building. got it >> so do i have a motion. >> i ask we adopt and endorse the g h s with that provision. >> second. >> thank you. so shall i call the question on the motion to amend excuse me. to adopt the resolution as adopt by commissioner wolfer to include on the fifth page of the first full paragraph be it further rofdz that the planning commission can add the peace plaza and the y w c and as the other building >> it's k i mo n.
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it's the building on bush street to that first paragraph. on that motion (calling names) so move commissioners >> thank you everyone. >> it passes unanimously 6 to zero. >> and 5 minutes andbreak. >> we're going to call this meeting of historic preservation back to order. commissioners you left off under your regular calendar.
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excuse me. on item 10 for the spur historic heritage report my understanding is those members had to loaf and so if you care to continue the matter >> okay. >> so we hear a motion to continue. >> second. >> i believe the recommended date was october 16th. >> so do we have much choice (laughter). >> more the benefit of the public. >> (laughter). >> commissioner (calling names) so moved commissioners.
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that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero and places you under case 13 for the case. the historic resource survey consideration to adopt or disprove the fbtd of the historic preservation survey. >> good afternoon. i'm mary before a department staff i have a power point presentation. i'm presenting with the recommendation of adoption results the sunset district the historic survey that focused on sage family houses constructed in the sunset district pr that was developed by planning staff and certified by a california
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grant. a total of 2 thousand and 6 hundred family houses looked at on city blocks were evaluated for the - in the context statement that the commission adopted in april of this year. the survey was conducted and looked at it by hvnt. it bend from preservation court reporters and members of the survey advisory group which included (calling names) who is the co-founder and a contributeor of the team. a solid team spent a lot of time
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entire special thanks i quick recap on the survey report. 84 buildings are included in the national registers and those include the sunset the track historic district which contains 2 hundred and 53 buildings and in the historic district that are 94 buildings. and in addition 2 thousand 2 hundred and 89 building or 83 percent in the area don't qualify as individual properties or as contributors to the historic district. finally 1 hundred and 12
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buildings were not evaluated because they were contradicted after 1950 or whatever they were not a financial family house. and during the survey process activities included creating a website and a mail insert for property owners and the supervisors officials and hooiment the project in the director's report. media coverage included articles in the chronicle and we led a walker tour. our activities associated with the sharing the stylists and regaeblg the community was developing a searchable online
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map and developing a project f f q and leading two additional walking tours and posting interactive community you meetings and briefing the directors office and posting flyers. community members and property owners were expressing support & in learning more about formal designations. they explicit receive any factual additional information. and two members the architectureal committee of speak outlined here concerns about the goek graph of the area. and i'm available to answer any
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of your questions >> commissioners any questions. >> i do have a question about the overwhelm from enigma. what does one do about this when this is significant but they're in 1916 and 1912 so they're not within the period of significance 710 do we expand it? >> think there's a few optioned also from 1925 to 1950 we wanted to understand track houses because that's the type of property that the department gets proposals for altering. and the buildings that ingood mentioned is the parkway terrace it's adjacent to golden gate park and sliefl in the future
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there should be a contact statement and funded by the committee or is department and a survey as well. and the same goes for expanding the scope of the geographic areas but in the future pending additional funding it would be fantastic to increase the areas that we're looking at. >> so in terms of what can you do i think recommend in the future is add to the future recommendations. in one of the reports it has a large black or white photo on the front you could >> the clerk will read the journal from the previous day add that to the recommendations or look at the parkway terrace or include the early properties.
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commissioner >> we have one public speaker card. >> hi i live in one of the houses in the historic districts and i just wanted to talk about how living in this area a lot of the people out there we really feel like the city doesn't remind us. i've lived in vindicate to be sworn and everyone was like offer this is a san franciscan house. living in the sunset you get the stack same feeling our houses have character but more important than they were
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inspirational. if you wanted to know why the sunset is sunset come here and look out our windows in her opinion built with the right focus and the right type of character there's hand details on the inside and outside. all we're asking is please accept and adopt this to protect what's out there are that we'd hate to hear in 50 years their turned into home depot houses. i want to thank mary before a before i was on two of the tours and they were overwhelmed by the number of people who showed up on the first tour. and it was posted they're to talk about the sunset and people got excited. our neighborhood have not
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stopped talking about about that. so there's community excitement about this project >> thank you. any other public comments. seeing none, we'll going close and bring it back to the commission >> i also want to thank mary. just our slide show right now was great. you know, having lived in the richmond district we'll also compared to the sunset. we look at a number of different properties. but i also wanted to get back to what commissioner pearlman was talking about in terms of adding a number 8 to the survey report to include as a recommendation
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examining parkway terrace a consideration for future surveys but thank you. i'm ready to make a motion >> well, it sounds like you were (laughter). >> we're ready. >> okay commissioners? it's wonderful. nice work >> makes you have a new as you say a relook at the sunset. everyone makes fun of me because i grew up in the sunset district >> i will say something. i've been in the city and i lived in a victorian once and it's a pain in the butte but i'm not that familiar with the sunset i've been through there that many times and loved the variety in particular it's
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really vast and we should thank the citizens and others who are getting those kinds of disobedience from the architect at the time for the consistency of the neighbor is really impressive and mary the work is fantastic. i did the modern context statement it dovetails with this. so i think we're starting to get some, you know, some boarder look at the city of san francisco and like one of the speakers said when we talk about marcus books how do we know our place. it's a privilege to be here reading them and frost about this place i call home. so certainly thank you to the staff. >> well, i'm happy to make a
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motion and thank mary and staff (laughter) and with the inclusion of number 8 unless, you know, sounds good. >> do we have a second. >> second. >> so commissioners on that motion as amended to include number 8 as suggested. on that motion (calling names) so move forward commissions that motion passed sdoums 6 to zero. and that ends our agenda today. with that we'll
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after school at 3. . 30 i hop on the bus and go to work with kids. i didn't realize i was going to get up that early for the rest of my life. >> it's hard to get good jobs. you can get well paid working at restaurants i was making good money that's not my 50 year goal working as a waitress. it would be better to have
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something to fall back on i wanted something where i would in 10 years accumulate properties. >> 3 months is a long time to be busy all day. i'm putting myself further in debt with the understanding it's worth the sacrifice. eating raman for 3 months. it's not fun but i think it will be worth it. >> we all want to graduate we are all tired of this class. been 11 weeks. one more week to go. >> i need to get these mraps out. >> my purpose is to get the recruits prepared for the construction training. >> what you do is get a 2 by 6 sitting on the saw horses.
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we will cut 10 feet. everybody going to get one and you measure up 6 inches. you sure you got 8 feet. >> as a carpenter you have to let them know what's expected and they need to know the stuff to get going on the trades. >> the main thing they need to know is how to carry the stuff on the job and the hussle. >> you can't work with the gloves. >> my part is a small part. my part is the best part. the part that really teaches them how to go out and fish rather than go to the fish market. my job is how to teach them to fish when the fish market is closed. >> this requires i thinking. when you go on the job site they will pay you 20-15, dollars an hour you have to think and
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figure stuff out and get the jobs done in a record time. >> one of the things we try to teach with the construction trades is your attitude going to work. how employers look on new workers and it's about profitability and productivity. it's not how much swings it takes to drive, you know, ita about do you have the right attitude? can you show up on time? can you make the company money? >> 12.5 times 15. >> i don't want you to use the calculator. >> the students go through approximately 420 some hours of training. we operate at the campus of the community college a 12 week,
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full time program, 7-3:30. >> if you were going to figure out how much [inaudible] you need you rounding up. >> average age of individuals in the trades is in the 40's from what we are told. in the 50's quite frankly those folks are getting ready to retire. we see a void. >> the average is making 60-80 thousand dollar a year more with benefits much it's hard work i will not lie. >> if you like working with your hands and creative and you look at a building and say, i did that finish and that building is there for a hundred years. come to my program you will work for anyone in the country. >> we send people to the dry waller the carpenters and the
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plummers. >> we are conscious who we give a job referral to. >> we look at the skills part as far as hayou do with a hammer and nail there are other components to be able to be a team player. be able to take directs and be precise and punctual things like this you need to help you keep your jobs. >> we will looking at the interviews today and doing the critiquing from the papers. >> i was thinking last week we were talking ask that was so much thinking going on about the interview and how i was going to do it.
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>> i feel like, me, as an african-american woman and older woman with children i feel i have to set an example. a lot of people don't know how to deal with anger and conflicts. the kids here look up to me. if i do something and don't set an example then they are going to follow. since i've been a positive roll model, coming to school everyday. some of those kids pick up on that and i see the improvement in them. >> one thing that i knew but the class helped reinstate is that you have to check yourself. we are all grown adults. >> i try to be motivated in everything i do in my life. if you don't encourage yourself to do something or do things f