>> the call to order. >> good afternoon, welcome to the san francisco preservation historic -- store preservation committee meeting. i would like to remind members of the public and as well as myself to silence or mobile devices that may sound off during these proceedings. when speaking before the commission, do state your name for the record. i would like to take. [roll call] at this time. [roll call] >> we expect commissioner johns to be absent today. first on your agenda is general public comment. i have no speaker cards. >> does any member of the public wish to address the commission? seeing none. >> very good.

item one, director's announcement. >> good afternoon, commissioners no formal director announcements at the hearing. >> i don't item two, his review of past events, staff report and announcements. >> a couple items to share with you. one is teatro was unanimously approved of the planning commission a couple of weeks ago i was present in case there were any related questions, which there was none. there was generally, i would say almost unanimous support through public comment for the development. that moves on to the next steps in this process. also, the land use committee has confirmed that the paper called landmark designation in north beach has been scheduled for land use at june 3rd. we will be presenting on your behalf. it is a nice complement to start pride month, which hopefully we will have our first lgbtq local

designation in the north beach neighborhood. finally, i wanted to make an announcement that this will be my last hearing with you. i have very much enjoyed the last ten plus years working as a historic preservation officer for san francisco, but i have accepted a job with the new york city land commission, and as the director of strategic planning and special projects. thank you again for a great ten plus years with the commission, and prior to that, would landmark support. i have enjoyed it and i have learned a tremendous amount. >> thank you. >> you will be missed. thank you for all your help. >> that comes as a surprise to me, i didn't know that, but i just want to congratulate you. you will definitely be missed. thank you for all your work, it has been a pleasure working with

you the last ten years. >> had we had any heads up we would have done something, but apparently this will be your last hearing. at least a plaque and a martini. [laughter]. >> that's right. very good, commissioners, if there is nothing further, we can move on to commission matters, item three, commission report. >> i wont update want update everyone on the citywide survey and the conversation around the budget, we continue to network -- unfortunately it might be. [indiscernible]

[laughter] >> thank you. >> very good, commissioners. item four of adopted minutes for the a.r.c. april 3rd meeting in the regular hearing on may 1 st, 2019. >> are there any members of the public who wish to speak to the minutes? close public comment. >> i moved to adopt the minutes. >> second. >> thank you. on that motion to adopt the minutes for april 3rd and may 1st of this year... [roll call] >> so moved, that motion passes unanimously at 6-0. item five, commission comments and questions. >> anything? >> this will be the opportunity to take up the matter of june 5 th and july 3rd.

we have no items on your calendar for june 5th, and two of the commissioners have indicated they will be out -- >> sorry, which day was that? >> june 5th. the next hearing, and then july 3rd would also be something you may want to consider given the holiday. >> i thought we cancelled that at the beginning of the year? >> i think we left it open. >> we can officially cancel that we have no agenda items. >> there are no items on the advanced calendar. >> do we need a motion? >> you certainly do. [indiscernible] >> thank you, commissioners. on that motion to cancel both june 5th and july 3rd... [roll call]

>> so moved, that motion passes unanimously 6-0. >> my question is about the hearing on monday the 20th of may. is that in this room? >> it is not. last time we had a joint with the civic centre design review committee, we held it at east chambers and we agreed to hold it in their chambers the next time. it is in the war memorial building. the addresses and the room are on the agenda that have already been posted. >> okay. thank you. >> commissioners, that will place us, if there is nothing further, on item six, the certified local government program annual report. >> good afternoon, commissioners through your agenda, we linked the certified local government and the report. this is an annual requirement to produce a report on your

undertaking during the fiscal year, which is october 1st through june 30th. it reflects that period from last year. normally, in the past, we have given you a formal presentation, however, the last couple of years we have just place it on your calendar for consideration. we are happy answering questions should you have any. >> seeing no questions, your consent calendar. it comes to say consent calendar and considers to be routine by the commission and maybe acted upon by a single roll call vote. there will be no separate discussion of this item on the same member of the commission and the public requests. i have no speaker cards for item seven, for the civic centre comments exploratory temporary art project for a certificate of appropriateness.

>> do we have any members of the public who wish to take this off the consent calendar? seeing none, close public comment. commissioners? >> i move the consent calendar. >> second. >> thank you. on that motion to approve item seven and your consent calendar, ... [roll call] >> so moved, that motion passes unanimously 6-0 placing you on our regular calendar for eight a , b., and see. -- a, b., and c. these are legacy business registry applications. >> hello, commissioners. i am from the preservation staff i want to start by providing you a brief description of each of

the legacy business applications and then we can turn it over to public comment. i believe a couple of the property owners -- business owners are here to speak for themselves. i will start with distractions, which is 1552 haight street. distractions as a retail store founded by james siegel in 1982 in the haight-ashbury neighborhood. it was originally geared to the large gay market that was spilling over from the castro at the time. it featured clothing and gifts and cards, and some smoking paraphernalia. the store also cater to local artists and was known for the monthly gatherings -- monthly gallery openings focusing on young, local gay artists. in 1989, a fire forced him to move the shop to its current location at 1552 haight street. he use the opportunity to change the focus of the store to go back to its hippie roots to cater to the grateful dead crowd and guatemalan imported clothing

in 1984, he change the store again cater to youthful fans of the electronic dance music scene , and around 2010, the store began to add more of a victorian and steam punk look that was popular at burning man and began offering locally crafted goods that cater to the counterculture and festival communities. the property is located within the california register eligible haight-ashbury historic district we are recommending support for this application with the following features to be safeguarded. the rotating murals, the by local -- by local artists that have been featured on the storefront, the accordion area -- era features, the original hardwood floors, original doors, mouldings, and wall finishes, the inventory of clothing and goods associated with the artistic counterculture, including high-quality neo- victorian and steam punk where, and the smoke shop.

it takes us to the second applicant, scarpelli and associates physical therapy. scarpelli and associates is a niche manual therapy practice that opened in 1985. the focus of the practice has been to provide outstanding physical therapy service and wellness support services to the community. the business was founded by elizabeth scarpelli and lisa, sorry, i will mispronounce this -- as a partnership, and in 2014 , she retired from the practice. elizabeth has many therapists for 42 years and brings a wealth of experience, expertise, and energy to her practice. she mentor students, she is an instructor, and she is help set standards for advanced clinical residency education in the united states. the property is located within

the proposed castro lgbtq cultural district, which is in the area associated significant -- area associated with significant events of the lgbtq community in san francisco. staff is recommending support for the application and safeguarding of the following features. their dedication to providing outstanding healthcare to the community and manual orthopedic physical therapy, and advocating for patient care and rights, their business model of 1-1 in-depth assessments of complex patients, their specialization in the evaluation and treatment of musculoskeletal problems as a result of sports injuries, trauma, work habits or inherent postures and poor movement patterns, ergonomic assessments for workplace and sports training, formal mentoring program, and their statute -- and the statue in the lobby. the last application today is for veritable vegetable at 1100

cesar chavez. the business is the oldest organic programmers -- produce distribution company in the country and has been an industry leader in the organic trade since 1974. it began from a collective that sought to bring low-cost nutrition -- nutritious foods to the neighborhood co-ops and community storefronts. the founders had a vision to create a viable alternative to distribution systems that would replace the corporate food system. it was one of the first wholesale fire -- buyers to form -- and bring organic produce to consumers in california. over the years, the company shifted ownership structure several times, we continue to operate with collective decision-making responsibilities the company now operates out of four sights. several on warren street, but it does maintain its offices on cesar chavez. we are recommending support of the application with the

following features to be safeguarded. the main warehouse on cesar chavez street, with its orange and green façade, curved roof and canopied solar array, the fleet of near zero emission tracks with trucks with custom designed by local artists, their tradition as a values driven organic produce distribution company, and their commitment to supporting organic farmers and increasing access to fresh produce, impacting food policy, and strengthening diverse communities. that ends my presentation. >> should be open up public comment? with there be any member of the public could wish to speak to these items? please step up. you have three minutes, and you will hear a buzzer move up. >> thank you, everybody. my name is jim siegel and it is an honor to be here today in front of this board on the day that the norman larson building at the corner of haight and ashbury was designated a master -- national historic treasure.

i'm very grateful that the government is finally recognizing the significance of the haight-ashbury neighborhood. neighborhood that drew me in in 1972 at the age of 16 when i left home. the neighborhood was in shambles at that time. sixty-two to 80% vacancy rates in the stores. everything was boarded up. i volunteered at the switchboard from 1973 through 1976, at which time at 16, i opened up my first shop, the white rabbit, at a time when all the other stores on that block were boarded up. i had partnerships that did not work out, and in 1978 at the age of 22, i opened up the store -- opened up a store which was there today. there is partnership problems in 1982 so i moved into a store that i have now, distractions, i have been currently running at 437 years, and as far as i know, i am the longest continual merchant on haight street, 43 years i have been on haight street, almost every day, and i

plan on being there for quite a while. i love the haight-ashbury. i don't do it for the money, i do it for the community and the spirit, and keeping some of the spirit of the counterculture alive, and i would be honoured if you would nominate my businesses a legacy business, so thank you so much for your time. thank you. >> thank you. >> hello, my name is nicole mason, i'm the director of community engagement at veritable vegetable, and i want to thank you for your consideration of adding veritable to the legacy business registry. excuse me. the three owners of veritable, maryjane evans and others would really have loved to have been here today, but you have me instead. i am proud to have spent over a decade in my career working with a company that represents such an important piece of the fabric of sentences. tucked away on the corners of

satish -- cesar chavez, is a hive of activity. employing over 120 staff that worked tirelessly, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, our women led business has a lot to be proud of. as the nation's oldest organic produce and distribution company , we are trying 45 this year. it is a huge seat in our industry. veritable vegetable supports hundreds of organic farmers, increases access to fresh produce, impacts food policy, and strengthens diverse communities. our unique values driven business model demonstrates erratically -- a radically different approach to distributing organic produce. when we began, a food revolution was afoot. when we created -- one that would create an alternative food system that would support mitt small and midsized farmers and organic growing methods. it was the seat of the organic industry that we know today. members have impacted organic policy, written organic rules,

men toward burgeoning businesses , and offered thought and action leadership for decades. our environmental efforts are vast, and include our near zero emissions fleet of trust that you may have seen on the streets of san francisco. our 560 panel solar array, that offsets over a quarter of our energy use, and our commitment to landfill only 1% of the waste that we produce. to demonstrate our environmental efforts, we became a san francisco green business in 2016 we work hard to support our staff, pay them more than 25% above san francisco minimum wage , and provide them excellent benefits. people come from all over the world to experience a culinary landscape of san francisco, and i'm proud to say that veritable vegetable is a part of this foundation that makes this possible. we carry every type of fruit and vegetable you can imagine, from fuji apples, to dragon fruit, from purple potatoes to court on corn on the cob. we work with esteemed chefs.

>> you've 30 seconds. >> esteemed chefs and provide a beautiful display that you see it your favorite independent grocery stores and cooperative markets all over the city. we provide weekly produce donations to ten schools within the san francisco unified school district, to better educate youth on the importance of organic fruits and vegetables, and to increase food access in the city's diverse communities. i'm honoured to be part of the team, a team so committed to making san francisco the vibrant , healthy, and environment lee from the city it is. thank you. >> perfect. good timing. thank you. >> hi, i'm very happy to be here i first have to think rick for an unbelievable job at helping us navigate the system, because i couldn't have done it without him. he was outstanding -- oh,. thank you. [laughter] >> he is a miracle worker as far

as i'm concerned, and i didn't even know i was going to talk, so what i want to say is i have been devoted to the community of the casto. when we went through the aids crisis, i am a straight woman who was told, you won't go there because our doctors won't send you patients, and i felt that i was there on a mission to educate the straight community about what the castro was. i can tell you, i learned so much from the compassion, and the carrying that this community has given people through the aids crisis, but also the creativity, the energy. it has been an unbelievable experience. i have been there 34 years. when i had a guy come in who had a cramp in his calf, he said, you know, i thought i should come in to see you, a masseuse told me you could massage me out , but i thought better of it.

it was a hard one for me to decipher, but i finally asked him to squeeze his calf while squatting because that is not what you normally have to do to figure out a blood clot, nice that i thank you need to go to the hospital now. his dr. was out of town. he goes to the hospital, and the dr. said that physical therapist is hysterical. he had a full clot. so i felt like, i am here to also educate people about blood clots and heart problems in the h.i.v. community. i went and did a research study through the kaiser permanente organization because i taught for 20 years through the kaiser graduate students for physical therapy. i found that there was a connection between heart problems and h.i.v. and blood clotting and h.i.v. we are not sure if it was really because of the drugs at the time , the drugs were really, really toxic, and so things may have changed, but again, it was an eye-opener. kaiser put it on the national website, and it was a peer-reviewed study.

i also have treated -- i have also taught more than 20 students, graduate students, and 30 or 40 people trying to get into physical therapy. we treated one on one, it is not shake and bake, it is no dog and pony show, we are able to figure out complex problems and i hope you consider us for the legacy. >> great, thank you. are there any other members of the public who wish to speak? we will close public comment and bring it back to the commission. anyone? >> commissioner perlman? >> i want to thank all of you. we get to see everybody, we get to see the other businesses that are up today, and what we always talk about is that you guys are san francisco. we just get to say yes. you guys do the hard work. i just want to make a quick comment. i was reading the material about distractions and there was an

article from the wall street journal back in the late seventies about the renaissance and the hate neighborhood, and they're talking about high sprite -- house prices. that from 71 to 75, they had doubled, and then by 79, they had quadrupled from 71, and it said that san francisco has the highest single-family price houses in the country. and i thought that was 40 years ago. we haven't gotten very far other then the numbers have kept going up and up. thank you so much for the work you do. i heartily endorse all your businesses and hope you are around for another 30 or 40 years as well. thanks. >> you three have weathered the slings and arrows of the changes and transformations in san francisco. it is an evolution that has happened here. i arrived in the early sixties. i remember the haight, and i did not know a whole lot, but i am

glad to know so much about you, and i want to go see your place. that is great. what you have done in the castro is absolutely amazing. it is just so terrific. so thank you, and i hope that our program can help you, you know, what i was thinking of as you told your story is, and of course, we are hearing a lot of great stories, some have longer stays in san francisco than others, the port of san francisco has a video, and active video that is ongoing, and it features the tenants and what they are doing and what is happening at the port. wouldn't it be something to have it in the lobby of city hall? i mean, the profiles of some of our legacy businesses? >> or at least in the planning department. [laughter] >> i don't know, we will see.

anyway, at some point, we will have to have richard, maybe every five places come up, that kind of a thing. anyway, just an idea. thank you. >> thank you. commissioner black? >> i want to echo, all three of you are so important to your individual communities in the city, and this is our favorite moment. each meeting, we get to experience these fabulous businesses, and i want to say that, personally when i moved here in 1988, i was struck as i was interviewing and deciding whether i was went to move here from boston, i was struck by the quality of the produce.

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>> today we are asking the commission to adopt a recommendation for approval and this concludes my presentations. >> let's open this up for public comment. anyone wish to address this? commissioner? >> my question relates to the application process. could you refresh me on how this would change the application process for a contract between assuming they do not have landmark status or historic contributstatus, they would stio file a landmark report and if it was something less, to the reports that would be needed to

deem them as a qualifying resource. it could still be an extensive process and additional paperwork. >> absolutely, this is the inaugural year so we're working out those kink. >> they will need to include everything for a designation application, so we would go through the normal community review process. so it will run concurrently and there is a chance as we go through the year that the building may not rise to the level enough to be significant to be a designated landmark. if that's the case, they can

withdraw their application, so it is a risk. >> commissiocommissioner, just , as a community sponsor, we have to adhere to the 45-day requirement. we will review that and you will see that recommendation and then we would structure the two hearings around september when you would normally see the contract. >> i would also like to point out, this is not unprecedented. many other cities have it. >> i think is a great idea. idea. i was just looking at the process. >> i'm support improve of this and think it's a positive change

to the programme and seem like it would incentivize more landmark designations so i'm in support. >> the millsap is such a superb tool and i'm all for this, in that it streamlines the process and it saves a lot of time and gives much more of an incentive and it's positive all the way around. it would work nicely and i support this, as well. >> i have one question and we had talked previously about the requirement of the restoration

work and when it would be permitted or when it was actually accomplished and therefore eligible for the mill's act. could you update on that or remind us where we're at with that? >> sure. so last year, shannon brought to you some proposed changes for the mill's act. among those were a more robust look at the rehabilitation and maintenance plan. with that, we are asking applicants to receive all of their approvals for any proposed work for the first three years of their rehabilitation plan. puwe are asking applicants this year to follow through with that. and we are adopting the recommendations that this commission made last year. >> so specifically, if an applicant has previously done work at whatever time prior to

being eligible or approved for the mills act, is that still possible? we were talking about adding a check box in the permit or something. >> well, commissio commissionerf all of the recommended modifications, the one michelle is presenting is the one with an amendment to the code. all others were policy changes. now we have a better understanding of when that work will or will not occur and then we can present that information to you at the hearing.

>> i the motion it says we're approving it but that's not right. but i make a motion recommending the motion. >> second. >> very good to adopt a recommendation for approval and commissioner black? (roll call). >> so moved, commissioners and the motion passes unanimously, placing us on item 10. for the landmark designation and cultural heritage work programme quarterly report and this is an informational presentation.

>> hello again. the item before you today is the quarterly update on the status of the landmark designation programme from january 1 to march 31, 2019. in addition to summarizing what happened in the last quarter, will tell show you the quarterly report. with these changes we have to offer you and the public with the comprehensive related report all of the document-related activities. during the last reporting

quarter, four designations were approved and these included the they're door rose vest middle school, the sunshine school, balinlick and quarterly business. this included a landmark initiation of the galleria and kingman building. through the remainder of the 2018-'19 fiscal year, staff will work on the following items, the imagnum building landmark designation, along with bringing to you the lgbtq plus cultural heritage strategy to the commission next month. additionally staff received seven applications for the programme that we will keep you updated on.

we plan to bring the website to the hpc for potential adoption in the fall. into the next fiscal yeah, which begins july 1, 2019, we'll continue to provide support for five additional hpfc-funded project, including new deal era, historical context statement, the park statement, north beach historic context statement and the ashbury landmark report. we will continue to work with the department-lead and grand-funded chinese context statement. and that concludes this last quarter. at this point, i would like to review several of the changes that staff is recommending for the content of the quarterly report. can i have the -- thank you. staff is recommending to update

the content and format of the lan m designation work programme quarterly report. in your packages today, you received a proposed draft outline for the proposed preservation activity's report for your review and comment. in the fourth quarter report, we'll continue a draft of the report for your review. since 2010, staff has provided regular status reports for activities associated with the landmark designation work programme to inform and guide this commission priorization of the work programme. we supplemented this quarterly up about the cultural heritage work programmes. on occasion staff has updated you on other preservation topics, including enforcement activities seqa projects. in an effort to streamline all preservation-related activities, the staff proposes consolidating all reports into a single document to be presented to the

commission every six months. the proposed new report will not only cover the cultural heritage and work programme reports but provide you with regular updates on all preservation-related activities. these will include the landmark designation work programme, cultural heritage districts, city-wide cultural resource's survey, the business registry, the historic resource assessment pilot programme, the land measure's programme, california equality act and incentives historical property's contracts and public information center. this new report will have additional information presented in a metric-focused format with the intent of providing this

commission and public ans-to-read document. it will offer graphic format with brief descriptions. this will track disbursement of preservation programmes aamong a range of communities in san francisco. these are landmark designations, cultural districts, and public outreach. the graphics will include maps illustrating distribution of permits and other activities. we will also use mapping to show distribution of activities. one important mapping overlay we would like use is the risk map

which refers to a san francisco city-wide map created by the mayor's office of housing and community development and used by the planning department and based on mapped created by uc berkley displacement project. we will use charts and graphs to measure property types and others. along with numerical representations to provide snapshot views of important general information, such as number of hours dedicated to preservation related enforcement cases. we also intend to retain successful visual tools up such as those we're using in the landmark report. we hope with these graphics, in addition to a more comprehensive documentation that we can present to you and the public with a reporting document that better reflects the breadth of the city's programmes.

this concludes my presentation and i'm available to answer my questions you have and we would like to hear from you, any feedback about the proposal, content and outline. >> let's take public comment. anyone from the public wish to comment? seeing none, we bring it back to the commissioner. >> thank you for that presentation, miss taylor. i think this report seems like a great idea having all of this information as opposed to the piece-meal approach where we've had great reports where they're coming at different times and it's hard to keep track. the outline seems great and i'm supportive of this and seems to really identify the major issues and graph and charts would be helpful. i thought in our last hearing, we talked about trying to move

up the russell house, kind of move that forward and i don't see that reflected anywhere in the landmark programme. >> i'll make note of that, thank you. >> commissioner? >> i think that's a terrific idea, yeah, thank you. [ laughter ] >> thanks, everyone. >> i have a couple of questions. shelly will now summarize progress made to our cultural heritage programme. >> i do have a couple of questions. one is, i understand that because of the length of this report, doing it every six months is probably why or choose doing it every six months is because of the length of the report. >> that's right. >> i'm curious if there might be items, one of these items or self-of thseveral items that mao

come before us more frequently. like the city-wide survey and legacy business. i'm just curious. >> point well-taken. i think we're happy to present that information to you whenever you would like to see it and naturally, office, small businesses providing their reports more frequently than every six months and we're happy to share that information with you and certainly we want you to keep a close watch on the survey efforts. i think this was more of a way for us to automate some of the data collection we're doing around your request. but yeah, i mean, if you want us to sort of memorialize coming to you on a more regular basis, we're happy to do that. i wanted to reiterate, we're happy to do that whenever you make that request to us. >> you want to respond on this? >> no, totally separate comment.

>> so on the landmark report, these will be a part of the presentation, right? these nice little bars. and then -- >> we find them very effective. >> we would not want to lose those. it's really, really helpful. lastly and then maybe we can come back, i was curious on the risk map. i would like more information on the risk map. if we can bring that back up and you can share more of what that is and where it came from. it's really compelling. >> i might ask shelly to speak to that a little bit more, if you don't mind. >> is that supposed to be on the screen now? >> yes, could we have the screen projected? >> thank you.

one of the things we're aware of is there's more displacement which has an impact on cultural aspects and landmarks and we thought that it may be interesting to start overlaying this map which shows level of risk with maps of where we're currently doing work or for instance, or maps of where we have -- where we're doing survey work, maps where there are security designations and we can see if there's an area we don't have any area designation and there is a high level of risk

and maybe wanting to shift our attention to that area. so i meant to be a planning tool for us and it's yet to be seen exactly how much information we'll be able to derive from that, but we thought it might be an interesting combination of data. if you have other ideas for other types of data that would be interesting to overlay with our work plan, we're very open to ideas. >> and are other communities using a similar tool? >> the displacement map was developed for the bay area the

original maandthe original map e complicated and they worked to simplify that to make it easier to some of the data we were trying to highlight and we're using a simpler version of the data set. we can look into if others -- how other cities are using it, though, specifically if they're using it with a focus on cultural assets. >> great. >> maybe if i could follow up with my very first question and if we could give you feedback now for things that i think might be important to bring back to us more often than every six months. definitely the city-wide survey. hopefully we'll be done in three years, but we'll see. the legacy business -- >> i'm sorry, do you have -- do you want it to come quarterly. >> yeah, i think quarterly is fine but the city-wide survey,

the legacy business and we're doing the la landmark designatis and i would think if there is a question on priorities that we need to revisit, that maybe that should come back to us. >> focused. >> yes, and other than that, any others? i think that would be fine. commissioner? >> i have two comments. one was about the risk map and i'm wondering whether there's another map related to risks in seismic or flooding hazard sea level right. it seems like it's useful for the designation piece, as well. >> that is a thought we were thinking because city-wide surveys put together wonderful maps, looking at various risks. i think putting together a sea-level rise and seismic

activity could be done. >> so that's the comment on that and then the other comment i just had was looking over the number of landmark designations we've done recently. i thought i would congratulation staff and this commission because i think this might be the most projects that have come forward and have been approved in the ten years i've been on the commission, so it's impressive, the amount of work that's done is impressive and it's fantastic. to. >> i second that. >> i will be brief. i just wanted to highlight a couple of items in the cultural heritage quarterly report will be combined in the future for the comprehensive work plan report.

so we did process 19 legacy applications in the third quarter which is relatively high. i was not able to report on the legacy business programme statistics of this quarter. we're not quite aligned with the office of small businesses reporting yet, which is where i derrive most of the data. however, in the future, going to a six-month structure scheduled for that reporting will align us with the reporting. they also moved from quarterly to biannual reporting in the last half year or so. so in the future, hopefully all our steps will be aligned. put i wantei wanted to give youk overview of what's happening in the cultural overview district programme. since this data is reported from the third quarter, it's a little bit out of date. there wasn't much activity in the third quarter and that's

primarily because the programme was getting off its feet. the programme coordinator and mohcd came on board in january anand the primary focus was reay to get the city family team to be able to sit down with each of the cultural districts and just take a pulse to see where everybody stands in terms of their needs and work for the future. and then, outside of the last third quarter but just outside of the last third quarter, in april, they were able to issue their first rsp in order to issue funds to the cultural districts. so i will be reporting on that when we come back in june or july. and i wanted to also note again that the lgbtq plus cultural

heritage strategy is expected to be published in june and we will be presented informational hearing at the june 19t june 19th meeting. and other than that -- i also wanted to know that we, again, partnered with the university of san francisco to assist some of the legacy business applicants in the preparation of their applications. this last round, rick crelo, took on that mentorship role and in the future, we may start trading back and forth on that duty. it is somewhat staff-time intensive, but it has been productive and we continue that as long as professors are happy to have us. then last, that brings us to the performance americans in terms of staff time, towards the legacy business registry applications, no big changes.

we're still averages four to five hours a case. we did not spend time on the philippino's district strategy. as i noted earlier, we were taking a pause in the programme, but we will be ramping up this summer now that the grants have been issued. part of the rsp -- grant proposal is meant go toward preparation of the chess reports for each of the cultural district and we expect staff time will be ramping up in the next couple of months and still consistently high for the next few years. we also have getting closer and closer to starting work on the survey methodology for documenting and evaluating intangible cultural resources and we expect that project to begin this summer and that

conchilds my report. if you have any question, please let me know. >> talking about the cultural heritage district grants, could you give us a summary -- i know each of the six cultural districts had to submit a specific area of focus and if we could get kind of a summary of that particular area focus where each the districts, because i want to make sure that all of them are encouraged to included to legacy business and landmark designations as part of the overall scope. >> the proposals that we have reviewed -- >> for the cultural district. >> -- for the cultural districts, yes. the proposals we reviewed in response to the rfp did not get so specific in how they would

scope the chess report, which is where we would start to build an amylosis ananalysis and recommer the business legacy programme. so i might not be able to report specifically on that, but i can definitely provide more information about where funds will be going. >> that would be great. >> and how we intend to partner and specifically on the chess development. >> i know people are coming in at different levels of the process and if they can kind of start to think about that from the beginning, i think that would help them. >> yes. >> thank you. >> if there's nothing further, item 11, case 2019-006507-crv, an administrative certificate of appropriateness to minor delegation. >> good afternoon, normally the

delegation is seen by this commission or considered every other year, you approved an october of 2018, a revised delegation. however, the amendments that were made recently to the accessory dwelling unit programme that you had discussed and we had discussed about creating objective criteria for landmark districts, that information to align ourselves with state law needs to be included in the delegation and so at that time, we saw an opportunity to make a few other refinements that i wanted just to quickly walk you through to see if you have any question and if you're supportive of this work, avoiding a noticed public hearing and just adhering to the department and your administrative review process. and all of the the changes were highlighted in your packet.

starting on page 7, there's been confusion about when roof replacement is considered ordinary replacement and repair and it's generally -- our interpretation is when the roofing material is character fining, like copper and this clarifies then the ordinary maintenance and repair that doesn't trigger or remove character-defining features, can be approved over the counter but this clarifies that scope. the second is on page 9, this is similar to your delegation to milzac approved work. you're doing the same thing for planning code amendments and flexibility for just 80 3.9 allowing for zoning uses such as

an office conversion. there's been a number of murals on your consent calendar and as the mayor's office in particular starts to look for other ways to revitalize the central market area which has a number of article 10 and 11 properties and generally, there's not a concern over murals on secondary areas providing their reversible and certain requirements are met according to most preservation practice, we thought this made sense tsenseto include this as s well. so that concludesmy short comments. if you have a