it sounds like it's not necessary for the commissioner to recuse. >> maybe i can disclose this is my former company which i had -- currently have financial ties to but very limited. >> that sounds good. i think we can move forward now. thank you for that clarification. >> good afternoon commissioners. susan parks department staff. the item is a consideration to adopt the central soma context statement and historic resources survey. today's items are the first in a series of steps towards completion of the central soma plan. as part of the plan the department developed the central soma context statement and provide framework for consistent evaluations of propertys in the area. this statement was written by department staff and reviewed by the survive group and professionals and historians and members of the south of

market filipino community. the central soma historic context statement -- the department relied on so macontext and redevelopment efforts in the area and the creation of the moscone center. historic resources survey was conducted in order to provide information on the distribution of resources within the planned area for the purposes of long range planning and for use and permitting and review on registers. much of the south of market were addressed in previous survey efforts so the central soma survey focused on properties within the boundaries of the central soma plan that were not previously surveyed or information was incomplete. i'm going to -- jonahs if you could turn on the overhead. i will

let you take a look at the plan. the map of the survey area. department staff conducted reconnance information from 2013-14 and included 134 parse parsels bounded by market and townsend from second to 6th streets in the area. 63 properties were identified as age eligible and were surveyed along with 11 previously identified historic resources. those were documented and evaluated by staff. you can see those in the data base and the individual survey sheets. 31 properties were determined eligible for listing on the california register including 22 buildings within an identified mission historic district and two buildings comprise of st. patricks church and recollect tory and district.

five interconnected buildings that would create a flower market district and three properties received upgraded california register status codes. six properties were evaluated and potential contributors to previously historic districts including in the 6th street lodging h district, the south end district, and townsend district and two additions to the kearney market sutter district. the remaining 26 properties were determined ineligible for listing on the register nor assigned a status code. the recommendations for article 10 and 11 designations were included in your packets. that information has always been posted as part of the area plan. however for today they're only to be considered as future recommendations. the issue before the commission today is adoption of the context

statement and the survey findings. later in the area as the area plan moves forward for adoption staff will bring the eir and article changes back to you for discussion. i did have one last note which we discussed about the one submitted for 633 folsom. staff had previously determined that building was a 3cs with arg's report we have changed the findings to a 6c making it not a resource. this concludes my presentation. i am happy to answer any questions. >> thank you. commissioner pearlman. >> yeah, i have one question about the flower market building. >> yes. >> there was so much information so it's hard to process it all. >> yes. >> were those -- what was the specifics about -- was it culturally related? >> i think it was cultural

relations and designed by a master architect and had to do with that and the intercultural relationships. >> okay thank yous. >> any other questions commissioners? thank you. at this time we will take public comment on this item. i have one speaker card for alice light. >> hi commissioners. thank you. i am alice light director of community planning at toddco and here to speak in favor of the survey in front of you today. we have been in soma for a very long time and in addition to a very thorough survey of the buildings and the neighborhood this report also includes great information about the filipino and lgbt communities. those

communities have played an important role in soma over the years and that history is being lost. in 2011 the western soma community planning task force proposed social heritage districts for those groups, and until now those districts have mainly lived on paper. there really aren't tools to recognize the social and cultural importance of those groups, but in the recommendation section of the document in front of you today there are some proposals and tools, methodology to document social and culture assets. those are borrowed from the jay chest, the japan cultural historic heritage and social economic -- [inaudible] and also from the national park

service, so those are tools that have been used before, so we are very excited to see a social heritage inventory which is what is proposed in the plan or in this document. we're excited to see that developed and it would take staff from the planning department to have the budget to work on that, and we hope that happens in 2016 to 2017 because there is so much development coming with this plan so it would be great to get that inventory done before the tidal wave comes and i wanted to thank the staff for working with us and with other individuals and groups in the community to make sure that this report represented the soma that we know and love. thank you. >> thank you. any other member of the public wish to comment on this item?

>> my name is steve jamison. thank you for letting me speak. i am here to say that as a citizen i support the efforts to develop central soma neighborhood with one exception and that's the parcel of land at fifth and brandon. san francisco tennis club. this may seem strange to come to you, historic preservation commission to think about preserving a building that's been called "ugly" but it was called "ugly" by the previous developer who wanted to knock it down. san francisco tennis club is not a historic building but has played and continues to play a historic role in the central soma neighborhood and the city. as the largest indoor and outdoor

tennis facility on the west coast it's irreparable. for 45 years it's provided families, diverse families and single people, young and old, a health and safe place to gather for recreation and socializing. it's enormous. 2.5 acres, four stories and parking for many cars and as much as golden gate park and should be in place to serve the new residents as well as the thousands it currently serves. the mas tude of the -- magnitude of the if the and services must be seen to be understood and on behalf of the 2,000 members i would like to invite you individually or a group to see what is going on there. it is phenomenal and the last place to be knocked down as part of a development, the

needed development in the central soma neighborhood. to destroy it in my view would be a travesty, aup side down view of priorities. this facility can contribute to the greatness that the central soma neighborhood will be as the development continues. thank you. >> thank you. any other member of the public wish to speak on this item? >> hello. my name is jackie, and i am also a member of the tennis club. i think it's unusual to be asking for this but it's a place that people came to for so many years. my father joined the club about 30 years ago and why did he go there? why did he

go to the san francisco tennis club? he went there because it was the only place you could go without five letters of recommendation. he was an immigrant and wanted to play tennis. (lost audio). >> those courts often. when they're too busy where do we go? the san francisco tennis club has space for tournaments and high school activities so by taking away 24 courts there's going to be scarcity for courts. it's a diverse place, provides

recreation. south of market is going to get very dense and i don't think we're considering five, ten years from now why did we do this and let this great place torn down for another high rise. i understand development and it's wonderful and my family are architects but what are we doing and not providing to the community. we need amenities for the city and one of the few places to play tennis. golden gate park it's lovely. hard to get in. the courts are packed all the time. it's one of the sports that people play for the rest of their lives and we're not thinking about that and please consider this. it's an important place. thank you. >> thank you. >> hi. my name is don bruce and i'm going to make a very short comment. i support everything mr. jamison had to say and i'm a member of the

tennis club and i want to use this as an opportunity to add my voice to maintaining it is diversity of activities and the culture that the city provides and not to lose track of this momentum of large scale development and losing track of the ability to have a place to gather and enjoy life in the city. that's all. >> thank you. does any other member of the public wish to speak to this item? seeing none. public comment is now closed and bring it back to the commission. commissioners. commissioner pearlman. >> the san francisco tennis club is it private or a city facility? is it private? >> [inaudible] (off mic). >> it's private. okay. and it's 45 years old. i think it was built in the 70's. i am curious how that impacts what we're looking at today. >> tim frye department staff.

i'm not sure if the department is age eligible. if it's not we didn't look at it. we didn't survey it. >> yeah. >> so if it's under 45 years of age we just skipped it. >> okay. >> other comments commissioners? commissioner johns. >> well, my comment is i thought this was just an awesome thing, all 540 pages of it. [laughter] and i wish that i had gotten it a month ago. [laughter] >> yes. >> but i did read it and i read it several more times, but i just think that the amount of effort and high quality effort that went into this is just staggering so i'm obviously in favor of approving it. >> yeah, i would like to say i was extremely impressed of the work that the planning department did for the survey and the context statement. it

was clear, well written, great illustrations, just all around a fantastic effort. really impressed. >> and clearly the amount of development that is happening already and will continue to happen having this is so critical to retaining some level of character in our city so thank you as well. >> any other comments from the commissioners? anybody have a motion -- >> motion to adopt the historic context statement and the historic resources survey. >> i second that. >> if nothing further there is a motion and a second to adopt a motion to approve the historic statement on that.s hawses hawses. >> yes. >> commissioner johns. >> yes. >> commissioner matsuda. >> yes. >> pale pale. >> yes. >> commissioner hyland. >> yes. >> commissioner wolfram. >> yes.

>> so moved and item 10 is continued and we have no other items on the agenda. >> that conclude s the hearing. the hearing is closed. [gavel] good morning today is

wednesday, march 16, 2016, this is is regular meeting of abatement please silence all electronic devices. first item commissioner melberger

commissioner clinch do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give will be the whole truth and nothing but the truth? to do best of your acknowledge thank you you may be seated item c election of officers president and vice president to nominate and elect officers president and vice president okay. so anyone the floor is open yes so i'll jump in there i would propose we keep the status quo with the same president and vice president as before. >> who are