>> the proposed project is a complete on townsend we are built those buildings are brick unreinforced the same owner in filed with the concrete building 5 phase wide bears on the brick walls like the quote we included on the submittal packet if here

today a new building we've surveyed the property lines in the wall these 3 buildings are party wall structures the building in the historic district it is soft story not brimentd under the cutters zoning converted to office use that matter will be heard tomorrow at the planning commission we have copies of the origin drawings and comparing to what exists to those drawings if you changes have been made to the interior is building codes has changed townsend does not meet codes for the disabled exits our proposal is upgrades in all the areas this is a plan of a typical upper floor the interiors are

the industrial in appearance and our proposal to remain this throughout a new core of elevators with that fire escapes as the second means of egress and new restrooms the ground floor - includes a retail area and office and the entrances recessed about say by the building code the building has no basement so utility services is a challenge of the neighboring buildings have been strengthened already to meet the unreinforced, ordinance we meet about the building inspection and they agreed to keep the 3 buildings connected to each other was a

beneficial approach to resist the seismic overturning the collection of buildings and asked us to evaluate the buildings each, is responsible for irreverent it's own seismic forces what that meant for us the introduction every two concrete walls setback and would not be visible from the exterior of the building they're well built with the strength their higher than than the projects in the past their strong on their own without additional reinforcing is described we followed staff recommendation to restore and rely railroad in kind where the innovations to the original building we'll okay. the past using temporary vocabulary as you can see from the drawings and this sheet

which is an excerpt of the original accusing up in the corner condition today what we're proposing from the storefront we'll remain the exist everything really we'll replace the upper floor windows and especially with the windows assessments been included in our package and thinking that presently thinking the windows will be replaced a few days ago we saw the replacement is well over one million dollars we might be able to repair the windows we're not particularly optimistic getting the glazing is difficult but we would like to verify this is the appropriation you'll approve and allow the repair opposite the original stairs are not original the composition of the proposal

echoes the past there was a small part of the original facade office for the warehouses we have a small portion of a small use for retail in the exact location and the primarily use of building will be office and the preliminary was chairing in those two convenes of the storefront have been maintained, in fact, some detail we have a bulk head of retail and use the boards concrete it's a dpavent from the board formed concrete they'll not note we'll engage with the - the initial approach to the facade in part no public access to it the streets in the back of the projects are private however, planning department staff convinced us to treat this as an historic facade we did the

windows will be replaced or repaired like the townsend and the ground floor elements that will treated similarly we'll put windows in where windows were for the and he rhythm the rear facade been maiden the project includes a roof deck like the elevators the elevators are not visual from townsend street and prepared the design criteria at the set ends they're specific and we've shown in the packet verbiage from article 10 the appendix i say owner present those to the prospective tenants and committed to maintaining the look of this building we're representing today i'll be happy to answer any questions and urge to approve our request are for

the certificate of appropriateness any questions commissioner hasz. >> thank you sir on the storefront of the two bays to recreate the historic look or is that a different reason. >> to echo the rhythm of the original drawings evidence that shows a concrete bulk head before. >> would you prefer not to have that. >> we struggled a little bit with that but one piece we have a nice disdain design. >> more my fellow commissioners i'd like to see it similar in the sponsor given the option to do that i don't think anybody is realizing that is what it was before. >> commissioner pearlman. >> sir a question on you're

showing townsend street facade that you showed seems a little bit different than in the packet we've received it appears like the retails entrance has some gritted windows but on the elevation in the packet no grids i like the grids they pick up from the original drawings so i want to get some clarity on which one our. >> this is above the rail. >> yeah. above the retail and i apologize the original office had a couple of vents for the ventilation we needed a couple of vents i see what you mean 4 in the proposal this might 2. >> i saw the vents but the windows in between have things

between them. >> thank you. >> not shown. >> so maybe single pains like this. >> sorry about that. >> showing on the design criteria drawings the last sheet number 13 in you're showing >> that's fine thank you. >> commissioner johnck well, this is discussion between staff and the gentleman do you feel that you have enough flexibility in the conditions to have a windows repair rather than replacement. >> because you'd like that. >> it is a matter of two things one cost and be able to get the cost we don't have answers to

either of those questions we would like to head in that direction if so it they rememberly and economically feasible. >> i'd like the option. >> must sue crepe and dave i mitigate recommend to accommodated for the repair of the windows to work with the sponsor in the future if at the choose to repair the windows rather than replacement we have not looked a proposal but in support of repair and trying to remain as much historical fabric as possible. >> would any members of the public of member of the public wish to comment seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioners, back to you.

>> commissioners in the draft motion that was provided we have one error on the second condition it should read in the second sentence the penthouse should be minimally visible to strike the note in there. >> so commissioners, back to you. >> it looks great i have a question about the bulk head is that an option. >> my reasoning on was bulk head flush with the face of building and they'll cut out and move back for storefront recreating stuff seems like it is unnecessary i'd like to to me you're interrupting the rhythm of the bulk head i'd like to see

that clean. >> for the rhythm of the bay commissioner pearlman. >> i'll move with the permit excuse me. the recommendation for the staff proposal with the edits and the bulk head. >> commissioner pearlman. >> second. >> commissioner pearlman. >> yeah. i have one comment on the rear facade it has the developers in the transwindow you've put in the rear facade windows but on the verg verl the new storefront is fine but seems original you could

absolutely put something in there maybe the rhythm is different they're not as intensive but some kind of breakdown of that marching across there is appropriate and then i kind of agree about the bulk head issue i think that the building is so regular the windows above is so regular in the original drawing that way as commissioner hasz says you know none will know that the door is in a different position i don't think it creates any false or anything that does not represent the features of the building i agree the bulk head is not necessary. >> i believe she's included that the vertical have - would you -

>> yeah. >> that was to what aspect. >> the vertical in the transwindows only the townsend tree side. >> commissioners, if you'll indulge us to make sure the gentleman from the staff receipts. >> as i understand the conditions will be edited the first condition to accommodate for the sash windows and the second condition yoitdz to roam the not from the penthouse they'll be minimally visual from any light way and the third conditions will add a fifth condition to add the bulk head from the storefront design to have a clear reading the storefronts across the facade and finally there being a

significant condition it dominates for the level if the front facade on the townsend street. >> as a clarification so for the bulk head are we asking for the change or give the project sponsor the option? >> sir. >> yeah. >> we would be happy without the bulk heads that's fine under our comment commissioner pearlman not the townsend street. >> you had them there so all i'm saying on the original drawing the townsend facade the bars in the transit it seems like that eagle eagle lg /* /-

h - >> removal of bulk head. >> thank you. >> very good commissioners, if there's nothing further there's a motion that's been seconded to approve that with conditions as they were amend and corrected commissioner hasz commissioner johnck commissioner johns commissioner matsuda commissioner pearlman and schneider so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero and place you on item 7 case geneva as long as santa fe after a certificate of appropriateness. >> briefly before marseille presents he wanted to take a moment to introduce the personnel this is her first for

presenting before this body marseille has like i said been with the department for two years working on the south west team as the presentation planner almost over seven years of experience work in preservation planning and architecture an architecture and planning background and worked with age architectural firm please help me welcome and you'll see much more of her in the near future. >> thank you. >> good afternoon. commissioners department staff before you is a a certificate of appropriateness for the san francisco san mateo railroad company office building the office building is part of geneva carbarn that includes the

power house building together ross are in the california registers both buildings are owned by the san francisco recreation and parks department on the western edge at given and santa fe avenues the recreation and parks department is prototyping on use and rehabilitation program for the facilities the overall project is provided it will be in the anticipated and the certificate of appropriateness will be looked at the sponsor will provide more anticipated phasing and proposed use in phase one it is proposed at the power house and the office building is to support this work the certificate of appropriateness are property by alternatives of the east even though building specifically that site is adding a trash glory with areas

currently used for parking the trash or enclosure is adjacent to but not attached to the historic building and you think attached to the building that fines the proposed work in phase one this condition is recommended to article 10 and meets the interior standards the new sites feature will be of metal or concrete that are impartial with the site and the trash enclosure could be removed the staff recommendation is approval of the above mentioned work as well as approval the above mentioned work and the office building with conditions

in consideration the scope of work about before you at at certificate of appropriateness that the office building is provide for review details will be provided by the sponsor that concludes my presentation. i'm available to answer any questions there's a rf from commissioner avalos office to speak on this topic i want to invite her to speak. >> hello, i'm the legislative aide to to commissioner avalos district 11 this is the gunfire carbarn and power house in the middle of our district derelict for 25 years an popper thing if in our neighborhood a no man's land because of the hostiles and the mta parking and so on we're very excited and supportive of this approach for the carbarn it

is the project itself is out of a community supported community needed the community that saved the building from destruction mta was going to tear down after the 1989 quake and transferred to the art center adjacent across the street is the upper yard 100 percent affordable housing so we're rebuilding this neighborhood which is now really a no man's land so we're existing the geneva carbarn and power house will be a beacon and serve our community well it is one building we're supportive of the design work in the community effort to make that possible. >> thank you. >> the project sponsor like to make a presentation.

>> 10 minutes. >> good afternoon. i'm nicole a projector director with the recreation and parks department i'll keep my remarks short to the architect can show you the good stuff i want to give you a little bit of background it was designed by the ready brothers in 1901 and 3 the electrical system that was occupied until the 40s was taken over by muni it occupied until 89 it was heavily damaged in the loma prieta and the communities came together to protest the demolition that was the geneva office building and power house was to rehab this building to be a community art center the heart

of programming a job training for underserved kids for all ages as well as the cafe provided community meeting rooms a black box theatre and design studios currently at the time, no designated theorist spaces in district 11 in 2010, the building design was chosen as is architect they donated the dental. >> and is schematic design those designs or that design was approved by the nationals parks serve with phase one and phase two as part of possess and in 2013 is project got exception from the ceqa from the balboa's development plan and last month we received the approval for the design review the roommates carbarn they call it comprised

over 25 thousand square feet as marseille not the secretary of interior for the designs has been applied and required the project will get a lead gold status based on the documents the costs estimates for the project is $29 million given the high costs the recreation and parks department and partnership are the office of economic workforce development as part of they're new neighborhood activation program the office of commissioner avalos and the san francisco arts commission have a phase one the power house and the phase two the rest of the office building this will substantially studying speed up the activation of the program the powerful house is 31 hundred

square feet beautiful and unique space and will be used to host the programming for arts and adults and youth and seniors that includes the virtual dance in the visual arts and the programming for senior movement classes and yoga and early child development classes that serves as as a community space and rent-controlled units for art exhibit shuns and equipped with kitchen and portable stage for exhibit sthuns a simplified version of the power house will be kept in the final project or the fully built out project lastly the planning department's has included the phase one is

not a modification to the master plan no effect on the ceqa we've received thank you very much >> thank you. >> this is roslyn coal the principle of the design. >> good afternoon. my name is a rosalina principle and architect with the design and joining me is josh from the founding privilege of the design and steve stark preservation architect with the company okay as you've heard from nicole you've heard the history of the building i'd like to show you some specifics here is a site plan and as you can see the corner of santa fe and geneva kitty-corner cornering from or the bart station to the east is working muni yard and the

building is completely surround by trellis a busy intersection in the bart system here's some historic photographs you have newer you're packet shown at the top is the photograph of the office building prior to the 1906 san francisco earthquake and here the photograph of the power house after it was built in the 1906 san francisco earthquake the top portion came down and was we built with the concrete over the building it is more current in 2003 a stabilization effort the windows have now piloted and it is basically been vacant for 25 years so you know with every pga year the building gets more and more in decay and surfaces need to be retouched

there are 3 entrances to the building the northern entrance to the room where the carmen received the orders and the central entrance to the office building component of the building and further september 11th this is the main entrance to the power house the sidewalk slopes and the steps each of these entryway conditions has different constraint this is a challenge to move forward how to answer is it if an assessable quasi to the north salvation in 1906 the partial piece of brick came down and the temporary fix was building paper it's been retained and bake side a working muni yard so power poles and power lines and within very

close proximity to the building our jurisdictions is 5 feet out from the building we have a under arrest swatch of lands we have access i want to call your attention to this window a doorway in 1917 during the carr machine strike the carmen sleeping in the assembly room on the second floor could assess the trains that were kept in the carbarn without the ticket lines this is for us an important moment in history we're highlighting the site plan for the full built build out the entire sidewalk will be redone and as i mentioned the entrances there is important for us to provide the quiet itself solution for assessable entrance to each of

the 3 entrances in a way we have no railings in front of of windows by working with the railing we'll have up to the northern entrance to the middle a entrance and here to the powerful house entrances to each set of stairs will be rebuttals to current codes but then providing those assessable needs code reasons we have a stair that takes you through the building to grade and within the 5 foot setback providing up to the public right-of-way and here are the trash grocery and is working side of the building nicole men's our uses so i wanted to quickly walk through through the floor plans where overseeing are located in the

room a 70 seat restaurant the central entrance is assess components for the education uses that will be primary on the second story and third story this is the historic fabric this hallway and along the west side creatively over time changes to the deck we've chosen to place the stair and elevator and restrooms along the backside and fully restoring the hallway on the west there is a connection here adjacent to the power house. >> you have 30 seconds. >> i'll move forward i will go through the photograph of the existing space here's the elevation of the proposed work the light handrails and entrance to the

power house north side the rear, phase one. >> thank you. >> sorry about that any questions from the commission? >> commissioner matsuda. >> just one general question not in the information or the conditions about interpretive patterns. >> interpretive stories is that - >> i just want to make sure that is important for the component and the communities the chair of the friends of the jennifer carbarn power house has been working on the trench activist not only the building but folks who worked in the building so tail be lynn the hallways and we'll have it in the power house.

>> there say is turbine locations we're taking 2 and creating little trains so they'll house of artifacts from the site with the glass floor. >> open up for public comment we have one speaker card desiree smith san francisco heritage. >> hello commissioners game-changer i'm desiree with san francisco heritage our committee reviewed this in september of this year and we are very much in support of the project we the architect reproject team has done a wonderful job of highlighting the history treating the hectic fabric sensitivity and we're very enthusiastically about the project and want to commend all the work that the community has done since is geneva carbarn on

the department for all their attention to this building this is a great model for the pubically owned buildings thank you. >> thank you. >> any other member of the public who name and when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. >> i'm dan weaver the friends of the geneva carbarn and power house this is great this is moving forward and we thoroughly support it i believe that everyone in the community thoroughly supports it nobody says tear the building down we realize it is not going to rot there we also is the predecessor organization historic historic preservation commission advisory committee or council helped us a lot to save the building that and i'd like to remind you therefore you have a role in

mrovd this well perhaps the first roll in city government thank you. >> any other member of the public wish to speak hearing and seeing none, public comment is closed back to you, commissioners. commissioner pearlman. >> i want to say that i walked through this building in 17 or 18 years in the late 90s that was pretty horrendous then i can't imagine what is now as to the gentleman that spokes about groups that wanted to tear it down i was with a group that wanted to tear it down i time to compliment everyone involved for an amazing job an incredibly sensitive well done project we have a project earlier in the year a lamp put in front of the

the school and we struggled with this exact issue of having those railings in front of the historic windows and managed to do that without this issue i compliment you as well on that thanks very much i'd like to make a motion to adopt this and get them to moving forward. >> second. >> wonderful. >> fabulous. >> thank you very much. >> (clapping). >> we got a vote. >> congratulations. >> i'd like to state that i've been following this project i guess visually my whole career in san francisco i love the building i'm jealous i was not able to be part of design i love what you've done. >> there is a motion and a second to approve that with conditions commissioner hasz commissioner johnck commissioner johns

commissioner matsuda commissioner pearlman and commissioner hyland's so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously. >> now clap. >> commissioners that is on item 8 the van ness below-market rate certificate of appropriatene appropriateness. >> hello commission shelly preservation staff as the commission secretary said a certificate of appropriateness hearing to review the van ness brt bus rapid transit project since the packets were sent out i've received two comment letters from the public one from the city hall advisors preservation i'm not sure you have copies of that letter i have copies here for the public if they'll like and a letter

from mary miles attorney so the commission reviews the project in october and generally supportive of many aspects of the proposal including the site plans, the proposed planting plan, the proposed platform, the fevens and railing proposed new latin-american and property cameras on the platform ass at the time at the hearing in october the commission directed the project team to further study and rise four components of the project including the station shelter the sidewalk paving the curve looishg line and the historic pole treatment the project team as maimed the project design and considering two conditions of approval such including a

entrance it curve at the platform and interpretative signage at the platform or nearby and replying the granite curve which will be harmed are alternated by the project the staff finds open balance the project meets the secretary of interior standard and the requirements of article 10 we're recommending approval of the project, however, we do have 56 conditions of approval which i'm walk you through new they're complex and the project sponsor has not been out to commitment to all of them a large portion the preservation will presentation will go through the conditions of approval i want drawing your attention to the site plan on the overhead projector this is the easiest way to look at the project in whole

us first condition of professional the project manager will put if the curb proposed and hectic granite curve are mr. ginsburg 0 consistent treatment at the street edge along the length of van ness avenue within the boundary of the civic center with the curve and at the station platform edge as you can see the site plan currently there are historic granite curves with the blocks on the entire not southern but earn side of vaeven and approximately half the western side of van

ness the curve are missing preliminary in front of the the opera and the building and the block to the north there almost every block or every block along the alignment will have the curb line million dollar for bulb outs or new bulb ins or ada assessable ramps it is modified we think that is appropriate treatment to replace either existing entrance it or existing concrete with new granite to match the common curb district within the historic district the project manager and the project team explicit feel not found there is fund to install granite consistently throughout the district instead of this is a point of contention at this point, we're recommending that the granite is

installed along the entire edge but if the you find in our decisions not reach an agreement with the project team we'll remove the item and come back at a different time when further studies with the alterations and how much funding to meet our current requests so this is the curb issue the second condition of approval the project manager should removal the shelter from the current excuse me. proposal and seek a separate certificate of appropriateness for this shelter installations one of months of this approval to allow the project manager additional time for more appropriate design at the last hearing we reviewed 3 different alternative designs

for the she will not none was satisfied with any of the finds and the project team would like to have additional time to study at a more appropriate shelter to come back will have months the thirds condition of approval project sponsor should restore the poles directly improvements city hall 20 who two are located floveng the memorial court and prepare a maintenance plan for the longtime care the fourth is the project sponsor shall install the signage a brief description of the landmark district with the images of the van ness corridors we've spoken with the project manager for the

program program we would like to use what they've developed to create signage for the hectic district the late condition of approval is that the project sponsor shall entirely replace the concrete paving at the sidewalk along the van ness corridors within the boundaries the civic center district the plans in our packet the engineering drawings the last couple of pages the plans do indicate that all the powder concrete and sidewalk paving will be replaced the project team has informed us funding currently to replace the walk that will be sdrushdz by the walk the end result the patchwork ever old and new concrete paving and we find this will be problematic we don't have a firm finding of exactly

the percentage will be new. >> what percentage is old it that would be helpful and initial to have a site plan that identified where exactly where this will, located but for now we're recommending did approval with conditions all the sidewalks are replaced consistently and right now mta has informed us not funding you could consider also dir approval for the sidewalk paving to a at a later time if you can't make a decision. >> i'm going to turn it over to the partnerships they'll give you a brief overview the project to refresh you're memories if you have any questions i'm available thanks. >> project sponsor.

>> presentation. >> be mindful you have 10 minutes. >> 10 minutes okay. >> then my name is peter i'm the sfmta project manager for the van ness brt project i have my arts architect and landscaper architect to go over the landscaper wish you were here last month we did a presentation like a recap we'll talk about things i'll address some of the things the planning department staff has requested on the granite curbs we guarantee that we will replace and repair any curbs that are damages or sdprushd during