this. there could be a condition of approval that allows us to continue to review storefront design moving forward. >> i just, that's fine. i could say that. i do want the word consistency to be in there. because you could review it and think it's fine and that would not be what the intent of this commission is. the motion should be that the staff can continue to review the storefronts with an eye towards consistency throughout. >> commissioner, can we add to your motion that they be engaged for the oversight and construction as well as being listed as -- >> it's something we can do. i don't think we can do that. that's a contractual agreement between the owner and a private company. >> i have submitting documents.

i don't advise you name a particular subcontractor in your motion. you can say that there should be a qualified professional to oversee it. >> thank you. >> that makes sense. >> ok. >> so you want to reword that. >> step up, please. >> thank you, commissioner hyland. just to follow-up on the square footage issue, what is in front of you is a certificate of appropriateness, it's not locking in the area which we're going to the planning commission to discuss next month. in your motion it does say 49,364 right now. our request is currently for 49,999 and that's why we just requested to add the motion. >> i can accommodate all parties you can amend that language to reach up to 49,499. >> that's the way to do it. that's fine.

we have a motion. second. >> could you expand on the qualified professional to review what -- >> to oversee the implementation of the architect actual treatments of the facade. that's accepted by the maker of the motion? >> yes. >> oh, yeah. that's fine. i was trying to find where it said the square footage. >> just generalize that. >> you've got it. >> ok. >> so, the crazy motion is, has it been second-degreed. >been 2ed.>> there's a motion te this matter with conditions as have been amended to include all storefronts be consistent and that it be continued to be reviewed by staff including a

qualified professional to oversee implementation, the architect actual features of the facade and the square footage be amended to reflect up to 49,999 square feet on that motion commissioner black. >> yes. >> commissioner foley. >> yes. >> johns. >> yes. >> pearlman. >> yes. >> so. >> yes. >> hyland. so moved. that motion passes 6-0. that places us on items 8a-d for 2008 of 0586e. 2019-012970pcdba and coa, for multiple properties owned or leased by the academy of art university and you will be considering adoption of findings planning code amendments and development agreement on master permit to alter and a master certificate of appropriateness. >> before you get started, commissioner black, she has a

disclosure to make. >> yes, thank you, very much. i'd like to disclose that i have a closed personal friendship with a member of the senior staff of the academy of art university. this will not effect my ability to be impartial in considering the matter today and i am hoping that this can relate to all four of the actions that we need to take today. one, disclosure. thank you. >> thank you president hyland and members of the commission. we are pleased before you today with this package which resolves the outstanding enforcement issues we've had over the last few years with the academy of art university. this dates back to 2006 when we received our first draft of an i.m.p. that is the institutional master plan from the academy of art university. and our review of that document we found that numerous academy of art properties have been converted and changes of uses to the institutional uses and housing uses without benefit of permit. as a result, we should notice violation beginning in 2007.

as a result of the enforcement process, that has led to an environmental impact report and the e.i.r. as well as another document called an existing site technical memorandum and the they reviewed these documents a few years ago and they were adopted in 2016. since that day, we have published an addendum to the e.i.r. which was published last month and in 2016, the city attorney initiated litigation against the academy of art university for the on going violations and this resulted in settlement discussions that lasted for quite a few months resulting at the end of 2016 with the global term sheet for global resolution as it was called. this started the process of coming in for the appropriate applications to legalize it. since that time there's been additional discussions and oversight by the court to get to the resolution that we have before you today. there have been significant benefits for the city that are

outlined and the materials before you to the city and to its residents. involved a variety of planning fat and it's other departments like mayor of housing, community development, dbi and last but not east the city attorney's office which has been instrumental in getting us this position we have today. we con be here without the hard work the city attorney's office and kristen jensen who is here with us. andrew perry has been instrumental in getting us to this point and getting these projects approvals before you and for the planning commission tomorrow. it's no small feat to comprehensively review one project but have multiple dozens of properties is truly a feat so i appreciate his endless hours and tireless efforts to get us to this point. for preservation support, katie and alex provided tremendous

support to our department and will present to you today. andrew will be presenting on the details of the development agreement and katie will present on the permit to alter and alex on the certificate of appropriateness. that's all i have for you but i'll pass it off to andrew perry and if you have any questions we have a full compliment of staff to help you answer those today. >> first, to that contributing fact, we have two staff here today that have not presented before you. increasingly, seasoned, relatively new staff. katie willborn front row is a northwest quadrant current planner and preservation tech specific. she has a a masters. prior to the planning department, she was a consultant in university instructor in her hometown of kentucky. she's first arrived to the planning department as a preservation intern and worked on that russian heritage

historic context statement. and secondly, alex westoff, the icp, is a senior planner and preservation tech specific for the southeast quadrant and began with the planning department in 2018. he held public sector planning position force a decade with experience in current and long range planning, historic preservation, climate resiliency and more. i worked for the marine county development agency for five years and prior than that for the delta protection for seven years. he holds a masters in city planning and landscape architecture from uc berkeley. welcome to them. >> welcome. >> good afternoon. i will now spend a few moments discussing the actions before the commission today. in order to move the project and

the lawsuit towards the resolution. >> can i get the projector. thank you. so, first before the commission may take any other action, the commission must adopt ceqa findings including a statement of overriding considerations for which you have addressed motion in your packets. as was mentioned, the project e.i.r. was certified in 2016 and the addendum was published in october of this year. second, the commission must act on a resolution with a recommendation to the board of supervisors regarding the proposed ordinance which includes both the adoption of a development agreement, as well as planning code amendment that's are necessary to implement the project. the development agreement is between the city and the stephens institute or the academy of art institute and provides city approval

consistent with the settlement agreement and the basic elements of the development agreement include firstly the legalization of academy properties or sorry, academy uses at 34 properties throughout the city and these 34 properties include three addictional properties that have not been used previously by the academy and it represents the withdrawal of academy uses at nine sites throughout the city. in legalizing the uses the academy will be pride t requires to bring the properties into compliance with the relevant codes. secondly, the legalization or corrective modification of past building alteration that's have been made without permit. and this is particularly relevant to the properties and what is before this commission today. third, the development agreement calls for the pavement by the academy and it's llc of an estimated $58 million to the city and this includes an

affordable housing benefit of $37.6 million to be solely for affordable housing purposes and as well as an estimated $8.2 million to the city small sites fund. the balance of the monetary payment includes planning code civil penalties, reimbursement for planning enforcement costs, unfair competition law penalties and payment of impact fees. fourth, a student housing metering agreement and of the student body that percentage increases overtime. the academy agrees not to promise new students more housing units than are disposal and providing additional housing resources the academy may not do this through the conversion of existing and -- the last and two

a cod knee results in the city stock that are subject and timing and provisions and outlining times when the other elements of the d.a. must be carried out and the occur. the facilitate implementation of the project and of particular relevance to the hpc the amendments would create a consolidated approvals process for large postsecondary institutions such as the academy and this consolidated process are referred to as master certificates of appropriateness or master permit and it allows for any number of coas or ptas under a single application. and so lastly today, the

commission is being asked to act on these applications for master certificate of appropriateness and master permit to alter which my colleagues will go no specific details about. before turning it over to them, i would like to provide a bit more context for your decisions today and relation to final approvals and completion of the settlement. tomorrow the planning commission will consider project approvals and will take similar actions in adopting ceqa findings acting on a resolution to approve the planning code amendments and three the master conditional use authorization instead of the master c of a and pta. the ordinance including the development agreement and approval and the target of having all project approvals effective by the end of february and then pursuant and development agreement and work at each property over the course of the following two years. so i will turn it over and available for answers and or

other aspects of the projects and and thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you and good afternoon, preservation commissioners. katie from department staff. we are before you today with two entitlement items regarding the academy of art university or the academy. for the master permit to alter in the certificate of appropriateness for 12 properties. which are designated historic landmarks within landmark districts or within conservation districts under article 10 and article 11 of the planning code. to quickly summarize, the academy is a private for profit postsecondary educational institution and owns, operates and or leases several properties. three are individually designated article 10 landmarks, one within an article 10 landmark district and eight of these properties are located within an article 11

conservation district. article 10 and article 11 properties represent some of the highest degrees of architecture and associations within san francisco built environment. this subject properties which pe undergone several building modifications overtime at these sites without benefit of permits. properties which are individually landmarks or located within landmark districts shall be presented as a master certificate of appropriateness. properties that are within conservation districts shall be presented as a master permit to alter pursuant to article 11 of the planning code. although not all of the projects scopes would usually constitute a public hearing, staff reviewed and will present all of the article 10 and article 11 properties today under their respective single masterren title. set fourth in the global term sheet. today with the master certificate appropriateness and master permit to alter, we are

two entitlement steps close tore bringing the academy into compliance. planning staff, myself who will present on article 11 properties and alex who will present on article 10 properties, will give a brief presentation on the context of each property and it's scope of work. properties within article 11 jurisdiction are shown in orange and those subject to article 10 are indicated in blue. as previously mentioned, not all of the building modifications that have been undertaken without benefit of permit would have required a public hearing and in some cases, the scopes of work could have been completed without public notice. had the applicant gone through the correct channels and due process as outlined in the planning code. to indicate the level of review that would be required for each property scope of work we have outlined the presentation in the following way. the properties which could have received over the counter approval at planning information counter are indicated as empty squares. those that constitute minor or

administrative review under the delegation agreement, are in thick bordered boxes and those which would typically be presented before you at a commission hearing are committed as solid squares. here the properties and the reviews that will be required had the on going enforcement not brought us to this point. without further adieu we will begin with the larger quantity of properties located within our article 11 conservation districts and entitled under the master permit alter. these eight properties are split between two conservation districts with the majority of properties falling within the kearney market missions sutter and the remaining two properties falling within the newmont gomery missions second street conservation district. here are the subject properties locations and respective designated categories and mapped in relation to one another and their districts boundaries. the six properties located within the kmms district are regulated by the designating

ordinance and appendix e of the planning code and their building modifications were reviewed using section 6 and 7 of that code section. the similarly the two newmont gomery properties were reviewed under section 6 and 7 of article 11 a plen dictio11 appendix f. 79 new montgomery has gone changes. replacement of windows, installation of lights and anings and the legal establishment of the three projecting signs on the corners of new montgomery, mission and jesse streets. the work, which has been done without permit, seeking with legalization includes the small display boxes for student work, the roll up garage doors along jesse street, and the two infilled windows at the upper story. lights, conduits and awning will

be alter throughout to be brought into greater conformance with current design guidelines and code provisions. no new alterations are proposed at this location. also along newmont gomery is thy replacing press metal panels at the ground story with tinted glazing and painting the space as a form of advertisement. the scope of work is largely restorative, the metal paneling will be reinstated where windows have been inserted and the monolithic corners will be repainted to match the original pigmentation. the mural and street furniture shall be legalized and remain as this alteration activates and improves the condition of a dormant alleyway. 620 sutter was purpose-built in 1918 for the young women's christian association who

occupied the building for 70 years. this attributing organization can still be seen in the engraved belt course above the main entry. and under the scope of work, the full restoration of that have yw caen gaving. can we get the projector. the free restoration of the engraving is proposed by qualified specialists as well as building maintenance and repair and replacing the existing lighting with more appropriate recessed fixtures. the free form security cameras, the main entry aning and the ventilation system shall be legalized as is. the structure at 625 sutter has large anings that can seal the ground floor and the upper-storey windows were placed with different design and configuration patterns. the proposed work includes removing the anings to reveal the original trance some and

restoring autopsy you willer-storey windows and to their original design and fon figure race based on historic evidence and replacing the existing flood lights with more compatible fixtures. the projecting sign shall remain as is and two small window decals shall be installed. 655 sutter contains two retail spaces both of which are painted a deep, black and red composition which juxtaposes and defies the district's light hugh color pallet. the lower left image additionally had goose neck and linear lights mounted on the wall face. under the scope of work, the storefront goose neck and light should be removed and the building's facade painted in the color compatible with the characteristics. the wall sign above the main entry should to be legalized as is and since the structure does

contain three separate uses, the proposal includes adding a projecting sign at each of its storefronts. so two in total of four square feet each. the mid rise residential structure at 680 sutter has retained its design and detailing above the projecting cornice from the second through fifth floors. minor window replacements pepper the upper-storeys but most that have taken time has been at the ground floor where a non original storefront window and awning were added. the project proposes to restore the finish pattern at the upper stories where unpermit road placements have taken place and to remove the awning at the main entry as well as restoring the original recess entrances appearance and ornamental storefront. the slider window is to be replaced with an appropriate oner able window, a small sign

will be adjacent to the storefront and on sutter facade and a larger painted sign shall also adorn the eastern elevation which is adjacent to a parking lot. the through lot international style building at 410 bush street has a legally permitted projecting sign on the primary facade and the secondary facade. however, several painted signs as well as unpermitted windows replacements and light installations have taken place on the structures 3 visible facades. on these, the work is to legalize the less visible windows at the upper-storey, remove and replace the security lighting throughout for more compatible fixtures and the cover the painted signage with a stone that is based on historic evidence and conformance with the district's color pallet.

and lastly, 540 powell that has undergone a lottations including the replacement of windows and installation of anings and non conforming projecting signs. the proposed project includes replacing windows on the primary facade to their historic configuration and material and removing the anings and restoring the arch of the ground story. the existing projecting sign shall be relocated to a code compliant location and the marque shall be repaired. in the elevation shown, the projecting signs relocations can be seen within the orange box. staff finds that on balance, the article 11 properties brought fourth today constitute over all improvement and greater conformance with the secretary of the interior standards. the department recommends approval with conditions of the master permit to alter for the eight properties located within conservation districts. i will now turn it over to my

colleague to present the academy's article 10 structures and i am available for any questions regarding article 11. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. alex westoff, planning department staff. the application before you is a request for a master certificate of a pr appropriateness and ther three are individual article 10 landmarks. the first property is at 5860 federal street and the contribute or to the south and landmark district. constructed between 1910 to 1912 the property was historically known as the warehouse and was acquired by the academy in 2005

and the facades have been heavily and due to both permitted and as well as and occupants and significant changes including the doors, windows and demonstration patterns and and the proposed buildings primarily hiss and main entrance glass door with a steel frame door to match the historic recess based on historic evidence the removal of the balconies and the replacement of front facade windows which steel windows with true matching original size and historic demonstration. a number of compatible legalizations are also proposed including metal doors, street lamps, rear facade roof line railing and more. additionally, security cameras and code compliant business science are proposed for in

stallation and the the academy acquired this property in 2001 and permitted work since the academy two statues at the street level and two academy blade signs. installed under the church's opioid while one oownership andd as a business sign the other is a interpretive panel on the building he's history which the academy will develop in consultation with planning departments staff the third property was known as the california hall. the design was inspired by the heidelberg cattle in germany and a social center for san

francisco's german community. three code compliant security gates will be legalized and modifications to the lighting and security cameras and systems are proposed and to wall signs and one grade sign are proposed ex as well as an additional wall sign will be legalized the fourth and final property is van he is avenue historically known as saint bridge's church and the wall sign with' human enatio wi,

thiwith -- this concludesmy preo answer any questions that you have. thank you. >> great. thank you. that concludes staff's report. ok. is the project sponsor here. would you like to make a presentation? so he had a lengthy presentation. lots of information. is 10 minutes sufficient? >> it would be great. >> great, thank you. >> good afternoon, president hyland and commissioners. my name is nick roosevelt and along with jim ab rams, i serve as land use council to the academy of art university. i'm very excited to be before

the commission today. for what is the first of a number of public hearings over the next few weeks to approve a global settlement between the city and the academy regarding its campus here in san francisco. i'm joined by paul cooper, the academy architect. he will be summarizing the scope of work found in the master certificate of appropriateness before the commission today. before he does that i want to take just a few minutes to provide context about today's approvals and how they fit into the revolution which as mentioned by staff, will resolve approximately a 15-year land use dispute between the academy and the city. today's approvals will allow for improvements related to the academy's proposed change of uses at the 12 properties that are regulated under articles 10 and 11 of the planning code and it also would approve significant preservation work

that is being required as part of a development agreement following a comprehensive environmental review that the e.i.r. mentioned earlier as well as detailed article 10 and 11 review by the planning department staff and city consultants. to give a broader picture, this work that the development agreement is being implemented through sort of four main components of a global resolution, a settlement agreement and development agreement that will resolve pending litigation, and will also bring into compliance a 24 site academy campus here in san francisco, there's a stipulated injunction and to ensure the academy perform on its obligations and the development agreement and the settlement agreement. to quickly summarize some of the benefits to the city, put fourth in the development agreement,

significantly $58 million will be paid by academy affiliates to the city. inside of that payment is a $37,000,000.600000 affordable housing payment. in addition to a $8,400,000 contribution to the city's small sites affordable housing fund. there's also included in that figure payment for development impact fees and penalties associated with the resolution of the litigation as well as payment for city, staff and enforcement time. the academy, as was mentioned, will be vacating nine properties including 1055 pine street which contains 83 residential hotel units. there are a number of other affordable housing related measures in the development agreement. and i'll note i think somewhat permanent to today's approval, going forward for the life of

the development agreement they will notified the planning department 30 days in advance of filing applications for new projects and in an effort to enhance coordination moving forward. the development agreement contains a requirement for prompt implementation of the work agreed to under the development agreement and i think most perp nant to today's approval the academy will be required to file building permits within 60 days of the development of grievance being approved by the board. for the work -- for the bulk of the work being required under the certificate of appropriateness and i should say proposed under the certificate of appropriateness and permit to alter the academy will have 14 months to implement the work after the academy receives approval of the building permits and other related city approvals. the one exception is 58 federal which is undergoing a rather significant facade restoration and the academy will have 20

months to complete that work. just to summarize the academy's campus is going from 40 sites to 34 sites. today's hearing is to approve scopes of work proposed to the exterior of the 12 buildings subject to article 10 and 11. tomorrow the academy is scheduled to present before the planning commission for consideration of a master conditional use authorization as well as for recommendation of the development agreement and in december and early january, the academy is scheduled to present the development agreement to the board of supervisors for its approval of the development agreement and implementing the legislation. i won't dwell on this slide. the planning staff adequately depicted where the article 10 and 11 properties are located. the one thing i will note,

sometimes it's confusing. it's post regulated under 10 and it's a landmark and it's also regulated under article 11 so sometimes the property count can be confusing, just a note there. and before i turn it over to paul, i just want to emphasize that the plans should be included in your packet and pacy represent what's called an intensive and review process between paul t.e.f. design and planning department staff and city historic consultants. i'd like to say in terms of how thoroughly the tires were kicked on this, just two months ago, paul's staff and department staff walked each historic building looking not only at the significant an improvements proposed and looking at fine grain details on each building. and i want to note, in conclusion, that there are -- [please stand by]

>> at polk street, we're doing facade work and lighting work, and similarly in the lighting work, it is taking off conduits and putting lights where you don't see them, or if you do see them, they are in the historic fabric of the building. at 491 post, we have the lighting, signage and security, so i've already kind of talked about that. at vanness -- or yeah, at 2151 vanness, there's really no major work. it had already gone through a major renovation recently. 410 bush has facade work, it has lighting work, and it has security work. 79 new montgomery has transparency work, so basically, the first floor, making sure that people can see

into the building, so it's blocked off now, and security work. 180 new montgomery has facade work, and it also has security work. 540 powell has facade work, lighting, and security. so should i finish, or i'm good? okay. thank you very much, and we're here for questions. >> okay. so why don't we open it up for public comment. any member of the public wish to address the commission on this item, please step up. i think you know the drill. >> commissioners, my name is stuart morton. i spent a lot of years in your predecessor, the advisory board, under three mayors. this is exhausting, and i've

tried to keep up with it all. they've been current, except for the last one we saw, 540 powell. i think the last one, the parapet, remodelling required the parapet to be removed or taken off. i think we've lost a lot of architecture over the years. if you look at their drawing on their previous slide, there's a very ornate cornice in that building. that's my only comment, but that's a major player. obviously, it was an economic thing. it was cheaper to take it off than spend a whole lot of money

to put it on by its previous owners, but that building is gorgeous, and it needs its cornice. thank you. >> okay. any other public comment? okay. bring it back to the commission. commissioner foley? >> d.b.i. has actually done an amazing body of work. it hurts when i go through all the documentation that you've given us. it's an amazing body of work. going to 540 powell, i think it's an amazing body of work, and it would be nice to have the cornice back. i think trying to add that in as a condition at this point would be kind of folly. i just think to the staff's point, the academy of art, and the legal team -- i know they've gone through a number of legal teams. i'd like to thank the legal

team of the academy of art who brought this over the finish line, and thank you to staff. >> thank you. >> commissioner johns? >> i agree with what commissioner foley just said. >> great. commissioner black? >> i do, too. i think the -- the staff work has been phenomenal and involved multiple departments, obviously many multiple buildings, a lot of moving parts, a lot of issues, so i congratulate everybody for being able to pull that together because that's very complicated. also, i -- i concur -- thank you for the academy of art team that finally got that end pulled together and participated to this level. for me, it's always hard to look at things retroactively, but i think the important thing here is equity for all of the property owners and applicants who diligently and earnestly

put their applications together for the permits, this is an important action that we're taking today that provides equity to other people, so i -- i think it's been a job well done. of course, i think we'd all love to see that facade, but i think the bigger goal of getting across the finish line today is the appropriate action for us to take. >> thank you. commissioner perlman. >> i have worked with commissioner foley on one project. i cannot imagine how you have gone through to do 34 or more projects, so i congratulate you on some amazing work, and some of it quite tedious, so i know how challenging it is. the comment about equity was very important because those of

us who work with clients in this staff, to work with planning staff and d.b.i. and all the staff and slog through the years that it takes to do the right thing, the scofflaw of the academy, i'm happy to see that this has come to fruition. i remember, i read about this 10, 12 years ago, and i trust the staff has done a remarkable job on this. i did go over -- i don't know how carefully, but i did go over every project. so i totally support this package. >> thank you. commissioner so? >> i really want to applaud -- i know, i just really appreciate the entire deputy and city at large. the city attorney, everybody in the planning staff, and in collaboration with other deputies, i'm pretty sure

d.b.i. involved. going through meticulously, going through every conduit and lamppost and parapet and various different shapes of signage, whether it's illuminated or not illuminated, i actually did comb through everything that you provided me to my doorstep. i have no disagreement with what you have proposed, come forward to us today, to approve. maybe the only thing i just have one request from the attorney from the academy of art. there was a description in your slide was to say part of the development agreement was to provide a new community facility in the bayview neighborhood. i really, really would love in a. i love to hear that. i really wish this is true, right? it's going to make it into the planning department document instead of just your slide. and then, the other the is same

slide in which you were going to do an early noticing to city for future projects, and i'd like to know how early. >> sure. thank you for the question, and we always like to talk about the project because i think we're all very proud of the resolution that's before the commission and before the facility. in the case of the facility, it will be at 222 jerrold avenue. it's a gym that's currently on the property. jerrold avenue is not before the committee today, but the academy will be implementing, in addition to converting the existing gym, creating sort of a front door to the community facility which will include

both outside exterior and indoor improvements to sort of create a front door to the community facility. the academy will have the ability to use the facility but only on a closely watched basis, so the intent is to really have it be a new and great community facility for bayview. the -- to get to your second question about the advanced noticing, the development agreement provides for 30 days advanced notice in advance of filing an application, so this would be a notice of the planning department, and that'll be contained in the development agreement. thank you. >> thank you. i do have actually -- i do have something positive to say about academy of art. sorry. that was actually not. i just wanted clarification, but i love art, and i really appreciate our academy of art's

existence to provide san francisco to have otherwise an equal more opportunity of access for art educations, for artists to continue to have somewhat more of an upward mobility, chances to advance in their artistic career and also nowadays intact, so i really appreciate we have academy of art, and i hope that we can continue all together work for the city and in the next decades for the city. thank you. >> okay. so i have two questions. one -- and i hope the city attorney can answer this. we're asked, in our first findings, to make a technical writing considerations. is that typical for our commission to do that, or is that the board of supervisors'

role? >> under ceqa, every time there is a project that has significant impact in the environment, when the agency is going to first approve the project, findings must be made, and the statute mandates what kind of findings you have to say. basically, you have to go through what you studied in -- in the e.i.r. and why you could not mitigate them. and then, it's a finding of considerations that says despite these projects, the impact to the city is such that we want to go ahead and approve these projects. so usually, you don't see that because in a normal course of action, the planning commission has the e.i.r. and has some approval before it and approves the findings and goes ahead and does the approvals. but because of this project is

first before you this should be the first approvals when there's multiple approvals. so it was 35 a while ago, but no approvals were taken, so you have the first approval. so before the city acts, this is the first action on the project. but then any other city parties that take action on this, including the planning commission and the board will rely on the find beings, as well. >> so does that include the alleyway at the new montgomery building, where they've activated the alley, so that would be a benefit in exchange for the work they're going to do? >> yes. >> so they wouldn't have to do that even though they're working on that illegally. >> it's the overall benefits of the project outweigh the impacts. >> yeah. because i don't recall ever

doing a statement of considerations. thank you. and are these four separate motions or could we make one vote for all of them. >> you can actually make one vote for all of them. >> motion to approve. >> so let's do all of that. >> second. >> thank you, commissioners. if there's nothing further, there is a motion that has been seconded to adopt ceqa findings, adopt resolution recommending approval of planning code amendments for development agreement. a master permit to alter, and a master approval of conditions. on that motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: so moved, commissioners. that motion passes unanimously, 6-0. >> okay. we're adjourned. [gavel]

>> my name is alan schumer. i am a fourth generation san franciscan. in december, this building will be 103 years of age. it is an incredibly rich, rich history. [♪]

>> my core responsibility as city hall historian is to keep the history of this building alive. i am also the tour program manager, and i chair the city advisory commission. i have two ways of looking at my life. i want it to be -- i wanted to be a fashion designer for the movies, and the other one, a political figure because i had some force from family members, so it was a constant battle between both. i ended up, for many years, doing the fashion, not for the movies, but for for san franciscan his and then in turn,

big changes, and now i am here. the work that i do at city hall makes my life a broader, a richer, more fulfilling than if i was doing something in the garment industry. i had the opportunity to develop relationships with my docents. it is almost like an extended family. i have formed incredible relationships with them, and also some of the people that come to take a tour. she was a dressmaker of the first order. i would go visit her, and it was a special treat. i was a tiny little girl. i would go with my wool coat on and my special little dress because at that period in time,

girls did not wear pants. the garment industry had the -- at the time that i was in it and i was a retailer, as well as the designer, was not particularly favourable to women. you will see the predominant designers, owners of huge complexes are huge stores were all male. women were sort of relegated to a lesser position, so that, you reached a point where it was a difficult to survive and survive financially. there was a woman by the name of diana. she was editor of the bazaar, and evoke, and went on and she was a miraculous individual, but she had something that was a very unique. she classified it as a third i.

will lewis brown junior, who was mayor of san francisco, and was the champion of reopening this building on january 5th of 1999. i believe he has not a third eye , but some kind of antenna attached to his head because he had the ability to go through this building almost on a daily basis during the restoration and corrects everything so that it would appear as it was when it opened in december of 1915. >> the board of supervisors approved that, i signed it into law. jeffrey heller, the city and county of san francisco oh, and and your band of architects a great thing, just a great thing. >> to impart to the history of this building is remarkable.

to see a person who comes in with a gloomy look on their face , and all of a sudden you start talking about this building, the gloomy look disappears and a smile registers across their face. with children, and i do mainly all of the children's tours, that is a totally different feeling because you are imparting knowledge that they have no idea where it came from, how it was developed, and you can start talking about how things were before we had computer screens, cell phones, lake in 1915, the mayor of san francisco used to answer the telephone and he would say, good morning, this is the mayor.

>> at times, my clothes make me feel powerful. powerful in a different sense. i am not the biggest person in the world, so therefore, i have to have something that would draw your eye to me. usually i do that through color, or just the simplicity of the look, or sometimes the complication of the look. i have had people say, do those shoes really match that outfit? retirement to me is a very strange words. i don't really ever want to retire because i would like to be able to impart the knowledge that i have, the knowledge that i have learned and the ongoing honor of working in the people's

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(roll call). executive director is present and at this time the commission respectfully asks that you silence all cell phones. >> thank you. there has been one change to the agenda, and that is we will be moving the long-term care coordinating council report to after the director's report and ahead of employee recognition. thank you. with that change, may i have a motion to approve the agenda. >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor. any opposed. thank you. item 3. may i have a motion to approve the october 2, 2019 meeting minutes? >> so moved. >> sec