asically working class neighborhoods, could have medical care it's a fascinating history so i would like to thank the staff for their study, i would like the community to know this will not be a burden on staff, and we will work with staff's direction, please give us an opportunity. thank you. >> thank you, any other members of the public? close public comment, and bring it back to the commission commissioner johns? >> i'm fascinated by this story about thank the public for bringing this to us particularly, i'm impressed that the health care is part of the

humanitarianism of the neighborhood, and bringing people together i have had experience with my own an ses ree, in other parts of the country, and that story is wonderful, what it represents but i think my main point too, i'm interested having it included on the list. i think we ask, and really welcome the public bringing these to. but we like the public to help as they offered to do so i think that's what we asked -- our recent one, didn't we ask the neighborhood, and the folks brings the proposal to us to work however we can relieve the staff we have a lot of buildings on the list. >> commissioners, department staff, the commissioner has given us direction in both

options, university mound on your agenda today, is the commission asked staff to repair in support of the community interests to designate, conversely ru gold burg which is recently designated, the commission delegated it back to the sponsor, who in turn raised money to help prepare the report so it's really at your discretion just to reiterate, mr. lamers comments we are happy to provide technical support, to the community, we want to do this in the most expedited way. >> i propose we ask the community to provide the research. >> it will move faster that way. >> xktly. >> commissioner pearlman.

>> i was also fascinated that is a word i brought up as well. particularly there were a number of things that struck me about zackhiem himself, sort of a protege of diego, rivera one of our own, in san francisco, to the qoit tower that the public knows so well, he then plays a significant role in murals in san francisco. i read in one of the pieces about the fact that as the money ran out with the wpa ending in the early 1940s, there was no money to do this with public buildings, any more, we're infinitely less rich from the fact that you look the

public buildings, more modern they're austere and cold. this is one of the way, buildings of that era, we charrish them so much it's filled with this amazing art that is part of our place, especially in that part of town where we really -- i don't know if we have any landmarks in that part of town right now. i think it's significant we recognize this. i'm very supportive of putting this into the landmarks work program. i know less about the buildings from the materials, so i will have to get out there and walk the site to get a better feel for it. this is a question for mr. fry. is there an issue -- can the murals be landmarked then the building not landmarked? or does it have to be tied together as a piece?

>> tim [inaudible] that say great question question will have to conifer with the city attorney's office, as a background generally, works of art by this commission are regulated for the arts commission, there is an overlap there, where we defer to their expertise, in the maintenance and care of the city art pieces we will look into it. if that's something you would like to consider as part of the designation. >> again, i don't know the building, it's hard to noi. if it's a lackluster building but the lobby space is quite significant. is that something that is doable? i think it would have to be researched. but i also want to emphasize that this will happen much quickly with the public involved it's very much appreciated to have

especially a librarian, who has great skills in knowing how to pull this together with the support of the staff to advise them on i hoe that can happen. thanks. >> mr. lameres could you review what our options are needing to do at this moment. >> once again, you can choose to wait for the community to submit a revised landmark application, that considers the buildings along with the murals review it prepare a case for you and decide what to do at that point, you can vote to add it to the landmark program, you can direct the community to prepare the landmark application, or the staff for the landmark application, so there are several. >> mr. fry. >> tim fry, i also wanted to

point out to your background to your interest in the work project, it brings importance to the staff, and showing the community and general public, this is something that the commission is interested in pursuing. >> so the priorities on our work program, have been community initiated, we have elevated that. we also have a long list of staff. landmark decemberic decemberic decemberic decemberic decemberic -- designation assigned to staff. i thought we were going to talk about it today, we had a previous hearing, 235 valencia -- i'm in

favor of having the community to bring these forward and do the work, what would you like to do. >> i would like to make a motion to put it on the landmarks list with the request that the staff support community efforts to provide of the required material, with the building and the murals, clearly, there is a lot more information on the murals at this point and the questionses, proposed by the staff that were in mr. lameres presentation today. to get more depth of information about the health care system and the hospital. >> okay, mr. fry, could you remind us so we have consistency with what we have done previously, with spfkly 235 valencia. >> with 235 valencia, the commission acknowledged there may be some significance

associated with the property due to mr. joan's association, with the motorcycle industry. but the commission directed project sons certify, for the materials, if they called and asked the question, we would have the same technical support, here there is much more research in the technical capabilities of the public, this may be an easier for lack of a better word designation to put together, and provide them more information or support up front. in your next quarterly report we will be able to give you a schedule of when we expect this item to be heard, we will work with the community applicants coming up with a schedule so you know when expect to see it. >> commissioner johns?

>> whatever we do. at least in my mind i want other commissioners, to feel the same way, this is a community-sponsored matter. that is important because of the priorities, are we of one mind on that? i wouldn't want to do something which would then make this project lose whatever priority it would have because it is a community sponsor. so. >> commissioner boeckh. >> i will add it to the list and ask the community to prepare the research. because we don't have a formal application yet do we? they would need to -- i would ask mr. lamberes provide application, we don't have that, we have letters, right? testimony. >> commissioner johnck we would

want it on the entire site. >> i want to make sure we're doing the same thing with the previous community are we handling it the same way with this motion? >> no it was different. commissioner hasz brought up the fact there is not nuch information yet, to put it on the public works yet, if they came back with fuller answers to the questions, raised by the application, so it's different. >> we feel there is enough information here. >> if there is nothing further, commissioners, there say motion to second place this landmark on the staff su por, and the applicant can'ts conduct

further research on that johnck yes. johns yes. perl man yes. and hyland. >> that passes unanimously 4 to 0. commissioners, if there is nothing further, we can move to item ten. case number 2015-4100 def, at university street initiate designated landmark. >> shannon furring son planning staff, for consideration to initiate, landmark designation of the university mound old ladies, home. west of the university street between

burrows, street and -- it replaced on earlier gothic style building constructed in 1875, the home was originally called the lick old lady's, name after james lick, who left $100,000 in his will to start a retirement home for ladies of modest means, the home is in business at current location for 130 years, in 2004, it was purchased by h upon genesis they continue to operate it as a con slesvalescent home -- the period of significance is 1931-2014, representing the construction

date of the current building and the time period it was owned by the university mound old ladies, home having under gone few alterations in their significance. a list of features of the interior and exterior can be found in the report. features such as the living room dining room chapel, are located in areas, publicly accessible. they may conduct research on 1930s design, as part of a final designation report neighborhood residences are supportive of this -- after potential landmarks form, and pe edition for the building, supervisor, campos, did provide

support that can be found in your packets. executive director of the home did verbally express her support of it as well. it does meet the established building requirements and recommend -- via e-mail i have provided hard copies here fer your reference, if initiated today, the department will return with a subsequent article ten to the decemberic nation to the board of supervisors shg i'm happy to answer any questions. >> project sponsor? >> good afternoon commissioner, my name is belis yelda. i was the petitioner for the mound

university laidy's home on 350 university avenue. when i heard they were trying to develop it. first residential, then school i call the the supervise, we took action and turned this down, we kept it the way it was for assisted living. so i'm here on behalf of 222 community of padona district, who signed the petition, to make the historical landmark, because this building has history of 18 p 84. of gym lick, who was the original man

who dedicated $100,000 then it was a school three story building structure. 1930, burned down. at that time after school was turned to the name of gym link ladies's home. the new building was built 1931, which is 84 years old. and it was designated university mound ladies' home at that time it was 22 acres that gym lick dedicated, with the 100,000. some how, the board of directors, embezzled the money, so they tried to loan money from other developers and loan money

from banks, it came to the point they wanted to sell it because they don't have money. so we got it. anyhow this building has architecture features and all of the qualification the research that was done from mrs. mary brown and mrs. shannon it shows all of the architectural features. it's time you decided, this is my third time being here to approve this i would appreciate it. i will take the good news to my dedicated senior citizens letting them know what is going to happen thank you very much for listening to me. >> thank you. questionses from the commission? >> i have a question for staff.

>> okay commissioner pearlman. >> this is unbeliefly minor point, i believe the building was not gothic but second empire. very minor. you talked about the staff wanted to do additional research on hospitals, but it seems like this was not a hospital per se when you read about it when it was designed for women of certain means, it was really more of a place to go if the husband died they didn't have a place to live it doesn't seem like it fits into the role of a hospital. the last one we heard, it's part of an emergency hospital system. i'm wondering, if there is a different bend to the research of these kind of old people's homes, as opposed to specifically hospitals. >> i have conducted research on

the retirement homes, and why there were so many homes, in 1884 i would like to expand research on that this is a convalescent home, not a hospital so perhaps there say different type of design rather than a hospital. >> that's where i was going, it's slightly different than a hospital. thank you. >> sir, if you are going to comment, you need to do so at the microphone. >> this is completely designed for assisted living and hospice patient, now they have 50 when they took over, they did remodelling, it wasn't in good condition, they moved all the tile and rugs. i keep going and

checking on it and making sure they don't make any changes, to architectural features shg. >> i'm referring to when it was built for convalescent women. >> assisted living ladies home, then become everybody, mens now. >> men can go there too? >> thank you. commissioner johns? >> i'm in favor in designated 350 street. >> we need to take public comment first. >> my question related to the university mound, when it was a college, it was university mound, then to james lick, then

back to that what is the or gin of the mound? as an archeologists, i know about mounds [laughter]. >> the area is called university mound after the college at first there was a university mound survey done in the 1860 on a slight hill, it's near mclarin, park as well. >> it's just a general iric term thing, to indicate an incline, nothing more than a native american habitat. or shell mound or something like that. >> i lived there pourt five year -- 45 years so i know. the reason they name it university mound all of the streets are named after university. that's what it is. there is no

[inaudible] because of that they call it university mound, that start with yale, came bridge all of those names thank you very much. >> any member of the public wish to speak on this island, seeing none bring it to the commissioner. >> i will move on the designation. >> this is the initiation of the designated landmark. >> okay. i approve to initiate the designated landmark division. >> second. >> commissioners if there is nothing further tlshgs say motion to adopt initiation on that. johns yes. pearl man, yes hyland yes. >> it passes 4 to 0, we have nothing further on the agenda. adjourned. come back when we get

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