>> good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco historic preservation commission. regular meeting for wednesday october 5, 2022. to enable public participation the meeting is streaming live. we will public comment for each item. comments are opportunities to speak during pub luck comment period are available by calling 415-655-0001 and entering access code 24860945682. we'll take public comment from persons in city

hall first and open the remote access line. please speak clearly and slowly and if you care to state your name for the record. each speaker will be allowed up to 3 minutes and when you have 30 seconds remaining you will hear a xhime indicating your time is all most up. when your fime is reached i will announce your time is up and take the next person to speak. for those calling in to submit testimony when we reach the iletm you are interested in speaking to press star 3 to be added to the queue. when you hear your line is unmuted, that is your indication to begin speaking. best practice are to call from a quite location, speak clearly and slowly and please mute the volume on your television or computer. for those in person, please line up on the screen side of the room. finally, i'll ask for all of us to silence any mobile devices that may sound off during these proceedings. at this time, i like to take

roll. [roll call] >> we expect commissioner johns to be absent today. first on your agenda is general public comment. members may address the commission on items of interest to the public within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. with respect to agenda items your opportunity to be address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member may address the commission up to 3 minutes. again, if in chambers you need to come forward. the castro theater is under the continuance calendar so need to wait to speak then.

>> i like my three minutes of public comment, please. general purblic comment. >> right, the agenda clearly states this is general public comment for items not on today's agenda. >> yes, i understand. >> if you understand then you need to wait until we get to the consent- >> i want 3 minutes of general public comment. >> okay, the chair is not agreeing to your request. as stated- >> i'm not leaving until i get my three minutes of public comment. >> is your general public comment about one of the agenda items? >> you are holding a sign that says save the castro. the castro theater is on the agenda. you can speak to thet the matter then. >> you do not know what my general public comment will be. signs are allowed by anything. my sign simply says save the

seats. the first amendment guarantees me the right to speak. thank you for my 3 minutes. hello, my name is michael patrills a long time resident and activist in the castro, and i'm here to address the trauma in the gay community for decades. in the 1970's we were traumatized by the assassitation of harvey milk. in the 80's we were traumatized and decimated by aids. we had to deal with an eviction epidomic in the castro, seeing many long-term low income gay people evicted from the

castro. the trauma every day that we deal with as gay people from society, from politicians, from religious leaders adds to the trauma the gay community carries. we in the gay community have higher rates of drug abuse, suicide, suicide attempts, and we are struggling around the world just to wave the rainbow flag. just as you have attempted to silence me here today and deny me three minutes of public comment, my brothers and sisters are denied the right to speak in russia, in many other

countries. if they dare to wave the rainbow flag they risk imprisonment, ostization and death. it is outrageous that you wanted to deny me the chance to give voice to our trauma, because of my sign. i want the trauma-we are dealing with in the castro, that we are dealing with in the gay community. i want that trauma recognized. it must be recognized and attempts to silence me are not going to work.

silence equals death. i have 150 word statement for you to enter into the record as required by law. it is right here jonas. thank you. >> thank you. >> okay. last call for general public comment for items not on today's agenda. if you are in the chamber, please come forward. if you are calling in you need to press star 3. seeing no additional requests to speak, commissioners, general public comment is closed and we can move on to department matters item 1. >> good afternoon. we have no update for you right now. that concludes our report. >> thank you. >> commissioner matters, item 2 consideration of adoption draft minutes for september 21,

2022. we should take public comment. members of the public if you wish to address the commission on the minutes, please come forward. calling in, press star 3. seeing no request to speak commissioners- >> motion to approve. >> second. >> thank you commissioners on that motion then to adopt the minutes. [roll call] >> so moved, commissioners, motion passes unanimously 6-0. placing us under item 3, commission comments and questions. >> i don't believe there are any. >> very good. seeing none, we can move on to consideration of items proposed for continuance. item 4 case 2021-005720pta

for 2 stockton street. a permit to alter proposed to continuance to october 19, 2022 and items 5a and b for case 2022-004208des and coa for the castro theater at 429-431 castro street landmark designation and certificate of appropriateness at the time of issuance proposed to be continued to a joint hearing with the planning commission december 8, 2022 but believe you will hear a different request today from the supervisor's office. at this time we should take public comment. members of the public, this is your opportunity to address the commission on the items proposed to be continued. we will limit comment to 1 minute? >> yes. >> we are only taking comment on the matter of continuance. >> thank you very much secretary ionin. good afternoon. jacob (inaudible) on behalf

of supervisor mandelman who sponsored the resolution initiated the landmark designation for there castro theater item 5a on the agenda today. i think you are well aware the castro theater is a beloved landmark and proposed changes to the theater that a planet entertainment would take over operation from the (inaudible) a lot of concern within the community about the proposed physical changes and also the programming changes maybe related to that and impact of the relationship between the theater and lgbtq community. commissioners the theater is in need of long overdue tlc to restore the buildjug think it is fair to say that the economics of running a single screen movie theater in 2022 are challenging at best. supervisor mandelman's office is engaged trying to foster dialogue between planet entertainment, the owners of the

theater, different community groups to try to bring to place of consensus before the matter comes before you. i understand that this item is proposed for continuance on the agenda today at the request of another planet entertainment to allow more time for community dialogue about the proposed project before you are asked to weigh in. supervisor mandelman takes no issue and appreciates ape recognition more work is needed here and for the willingness to increase engagement, i'm here to ask you consider scheduling the landmark designation prior to so to better inform your consideration of the renovations themselves both scheduled for that proposeditantatively for the joint hearing with the planning commission in december. this has been a request, the separation of these two items from community leaders and given the actions before you today are now proposed for continuance, the supervisor and office feels this is a reasonably fair request and so we would respectfully ask

that the landmark designation be continued to some hearing prior to your consideration of the c of a itself so i differ to you all on the timing of that. i would say if your preference is to keep the lapdmark designation item in december as proposed i ask you consider continuing the action items on the c of a and planning commission to a future hearing in the new years. we have been involved in the convarsations throughout the year and i would actually suggest those items would not be-should not be considered sooner then the spring, perhaps march next year to give people time to continue to engage in the dialogue, factoring in the holiday season that is amazingly already close to be upon us so commissioners our hope spreading the item s out a little bit wit not only give you more time and space to deliberate and engage manyingfully and also for community voices to be heard and for a

more constructive dialogue about the theater's future to take shape before the body is called upon to take action on specific plans. before i conclude i want to thank alex (inaudible) and staff and rich (inaudible) oddry (inaudible) and your (inaudible) jonas ionin for all their work and here and happy to answer questions from you. thank you for your consideration. >> are thank you. any other members in the chambers that would like to speak to the matter before we go to remote callers? >> i want 3 minutes. he had 3 minutes. i want 3 minutes. 3 minutes please. 3 minutes. 3 minutes. thank you very much. hello, i'm michael (inaudible) and i'm here to say no to the continuance. put it on your agend a, have the hearing. we have

waited 7 months for hearing at city hall about this matter. i am here also to denounce rafael mandelman who has not held a single town hall meeting, yet e-mails show mr. mandelman sent out invitations in september to many people to attend a september 14 meeting at the aortplanet lobbyist office. mandelman had many meetings in his office about the castro theater and he's not disclosed he had these meetings. what has been discussed, who has been in attendsance? he hides behind neutrality. mandelman can easily hold a town hall meeting to hear what the community has to say without jeopardizing his neutrality. now, regarding another

planet, i believe greg peroff the ceo of another planet is interested in one thing only. profits. his business has no roots in the castro and his organization has very small number of connections to the larger gay community. they waited until august to hold a town hall meeting. during those months we waited, the trauma of potentially losing the seats in the orchestra section added to the trauma i spoke about earlier today. we in the castro want public discussions. the fact that jonas, the secretary here got an agreement last week from the planning commission to cut down

the 2 meetings you were going to have because he said he didn't think the public would want to queue up 2 days in a row. we want to line up every day in a row to speak. i have filed a sunshine ordinance complaint against jonas for what he has attempted to do by denying us 2 opportunities of public comment. your joint meeting on december 8 should not happen. there should be a separate meeting by this body and a separate meeting by the planning commission. we deserve nothing less! please give us 2 meetings in december. thank you. and mandelman has to hold town hall meetings. it is outrageous he hasn't done it. outrageous. >> seeing no other members of the public in the chambers, we'll go to our remote callers. again, we

are speaking to the continuance calendar only. >> hello. sorry, can you hear me? >> yes, we can. >> okay. thank you. my name is jan (inaudible) and i'm a assistant professor of sexuality studies at sf state and also the land use chair of the castro lgbtq cultural district and a member of the friends of the castro theater coalition. so, i'm also speaking on the item of the continuance of the castro theater landmark designation. this land mark designation amendment is a decision that will inform the other items regarding the castro theater that are in front of your commission and also considering be continued. another planet entertainment has requested that items focus on the castro theater be continued about the land mark designation

amendment in particular should not be tailored to suit the plans of another planet entertainment. they should be decided with the interest of the community at heart. another planet entertainment desires should not have any place in your consideration of the landmarking process. the landmark designation amendment decision must rely on the historic evidence and best practice. this includes character defining features of significance planning staff identified between 1922 and 1937 and 1976 and 2004. with the friends of castro theater coalition have been trying for months to have ape engage in collaborative discourse with the community and ap has largely failed to do that. at this point, it does seem they

realize they need to do more work with the community as they move forward with the renovation plans and the items that are in front of you on your agenda. this landmark designation has nothing to do with those plans, it is about the theater itself, it should not be considered in relation to ap desires around their own business practices or business plan. thank you. >> good afternoon commission president. commissioners. my name is (inaudible) personal capacity regarding two castro theater items proposed for continuance. (inaudible) 5b, the certificate of appropriateness as requested continuance

of that item, i am joining the course of folks urging this commission not to delay on 5a, the amendment to landmark designation. i believe the project sponsor publicly supported that update. i'm quite confident of it. the certificate of appropriateness is very much tied to the landmark designation. i initially planned to come together and object to hearing the (inaudible) simultaneously with the amendment to the landmark designation because i think it will cloud each other but we have a opportunity to hear them in order and insure renovations honor the full scope of historic significance of this landmark so i urge you to hear the updated landmark status as soon as possible. i want to thank jacob and supervisor mandelman office for the request of the same and hope arc p use additional time to engage meanfully with community members. in the mean time i hope you (inaudible) robust programming we have seen in recent years.

in 2019 there were 300 events at the castro theater, now it is more like once per week if that. single screen theaters are a bible business but failure (inaudible) if no attempt to manage the theater effectively. thank you very much commissioners and i look forward appearing before you soon. >> good afternoon commissioner matsuda and commissioners. my name is steven (inaudible) i like to thank supervisor mandelman and jacobs as well for asking this be item regarding the historic landmark expansion be separated and called as early convenience before the other items regarding the certificate of appropriateness and

the other item regarding the change of use. i feel-i like my colleagues i feel that these items are tied to the historic landmark expansion, and feel that this item itself deserves plenty of time for this to be approved plenty of time before that, so i would ask it be called at the earliest time without delay. i also want to acknowledge that the trauma that has been talked about with our community, pass the approval of this expansion will do a great deal to relieve some of the anxiety regarding this community asset. as far as our community is concerned. and will allow more robust and meaningful conversation to occur between the community and another planet entertainment. as much of the anxiety is tied to another planet entertainment

inability to make concrete commitments or engage in meaningful ways with community representatives. thank you once again. >> good afternoon commissioners. my name is (inaudible) historian and preservationest and had the honor providing extensive research to planning staff in assistance to preparation of the amended landmark designation. i too am asking the commission to hear the landmark designation amendment at the earliest time and hear it separately from the certificate of appropriateness and to hear it separately from the planning commission items that may be heard. i do not approve of having these two-all the items continued to a single combined hearing of the two commissions. the landsmark designation is a highly complex document and very rich for the lgbtq

community and international film community. it merits (inaudible) to do so it must be separated from the action items such as certificate of appropriateness approval and planning commission items. please so kind stooschedule a hearing on the landmark designation amendment separate from there other items and at the earliest possible time. thank you very much. >> hello. my name is jan clingalhaufer and i'm representing a bigger community then just the castro district. i have been a programmer and member of the theatrical exhibition community for many years and the castro theater is one of our jewels. nation wide

and internationally. so, i are urge you to follow the recommendations of all those who have spoken previously and separate the designation of historic status from all of those other changes to the building as its operation. thank you. >> hello commissioners, this is (inaudible) who own the castro theater. this family has lovingly taking care of the theater since it was built and the owners are not disputing the (inaudible) very significant historic resource to the city. however, we respectfully request that the hpc maintain the (inaudible) and hear the item with the cla and other

approvals. (inaudible) upmost respect with the supervisors and have the thoughts. our primary goal is keep the theater open and viable and construct improvements to the theater to maintain longevity. the landmarking ordinance presents questions about the vibelts of the theater. it could effect or perhaps inadvertently prohibit improvepments critical to the building longevity. it is pornts the landmarking be considered in conjunction with the proposed certificate of appropriateness. it is our experience this is a relatively common practice given the interplay between inlandmarking ordinance and improvements proposed for the building. it is appropriate to consider whether the landmarking will effect the longevity of the resource. as underscored by mr. (inaudible) we also understand that we need to engage in additional community outreach. we heard this loud and clear and appreciate the time for additional outreach. if separate hearings occur we

request the landmarking ordinance is heard in december to allow sufficient time for such outreach. thank you very much. >> hi, there. good afternoon commissioners. my name is steven blocko, a castro cultural district board member and castro resident. i also wanted to thank supervisor mandelman and jacob for proposing the landmark designation to be separated and wanted to support having the meeting as soon as possible, and not in cun junction with the other items. i just would like to thank the (inaudible) family for stating they like to have more community engagement and look forward to hearing when that meeting is going to be. okay. and thank you. >> hello, supervisors. nigh my name is

carolyn. (inaudible) the president and ceo of san francisco heritage. we supported the elaboration of the historic landmarking for the interior of the castro theater, and we recognize the importance of this meeting as well as lgbtq film programming in the theater significance and we support having the historic landmark designation reviewed by the hpc at the earliest convenience. thank you. >> hello supervisors. my name is (inaudible) [difficulty hearing speaker]

>> thank you. okay, last call for public comment on the continuance calendar. when you hear your line is unmuted that is your indication to begin speaking. go ahead caller. >> thank you. i would [difficulty hearing speaker due to noise in the background] i

like to say a few words on the importance of the castro theater as a landmark. (inaudible) in a world where the (inaudible) and preservation commission finds the strength to raise (inaudible) the castro theater is not a (inaudible) for whatever happens to be trending. it is a functional infrastructure for delivering a (inaudible) the place of ritual of

(inaudible) with history with the wider world and with the (inaudible) it is a nexus where non conforming (inaudible) celebrated by discovered and define themselves. it is not a venue, but a temple. if the grandeur does not move you consider the (inaudible) will you tell the friends of dorothy that dorothy will not be putting in further appearances? reject the removal of seats described in the request for certificate of appropriateness and (inaudible) including it in the proposed amendment (inaudible) will thank you for it. thank you. (inaudible) >> hello

commissioners. my name is vick tor ortiz, a long time castro and san francisco resident and i agree with the previous speakers that the landmark designation should be considered first and separately. i think a important point is i believe that landmark designation must protect the traditional orchestra style seating at the castro theater now and when the landmark designation is expanded to clarify that is protected element of the building, that would be extremely clarifying for the negotiations with the ape and owners of the theater moving forward. clearly what you are hearing, there so much interest in each aspect of the issue. it doesn't make sense to try to consider it all jointly together and i think it is just as you'll hear at the landmark designation hearing, the seating is not only by itself

a historical cultural element by virtue of the classic movie house experience, but having that seating is necessary to maintaining the place of the castro theater in the community because it is not possible to have regular film and community events when seating has to be taken in and out at enormous expense. i think when you hear (inaudible) you will understand that that maintaining the seating is actually critical to the historical cultural element of the castro and protect it and the community can move forward to reach an appropriate agreement with ape and the master family for the theater's future. thank you very much. >> okay, final last call for public comment on the continuance calendar. seeing no additional requests to speak, public comment on the

continuance calendar is closed and these matters are before you commissioners. >> thank you. are there any commissioners who would like to comment? commissioner foley. >> motion to approve. >> second. >> i need to request to be recused from items 5a and 5b related to the castro theater, but i would like to still vote on continuance of item 4. >> we should take up the matters separately so if we can take two separate motions, please. >> i think we have another request to speak from mr. sucray before we make a motion. >> hi, commissioners. just to provide color in terms of the

various requests that have been put before you. i do think it probably adviseable to give a little more time for the project review to work with the community. just given the tenor of the conversations having to date, more time is actually better quite frankly in this particular instance, and that will allow for continued community conversation. i do think that the legislation on the designation in particular does need to get heard by december. we as staff have a timeline for basically responding to request from the supervisors office and the december 7 hearing not the 8 as listed in the calendar would give us the ability to weigh on the land mark designation in particular and meet the request made by supervisor mandelman. >> can we ask supervisor mandelman's office to continue

that or extend that? >> correct. supervisor office can always grant extension to the resolution on file, but we would-the hpc would have to make a decision on the legislation by the december 7 hearing is the latest that we could weigh in on the designation. >> but the hpc could request or the planning department could request from supervisor mandelman- >> to extend it out. >> that certainly is true. we can do that by resolution. i note we have extended the 90 day deadline once already at request of staff and because they need more time to get the necessary materials from the project sponsor so we did extend that up to december and think it is mid-december when the deadline falls. if that is the appropriate course of action, it certainly something we could consider, however i think as you heard there is strong interest in the community to at least begin to have this

conversation and i concur with mr. sucray, i think a little piecing outf othis of this would be productive. it is in your purview and consider making a resolution to continue. if we were not to move forward or not successful at the board it would be de facto denial of the designation update which would mute the designation update. based on the community feedback, our request is at least get a initial hearing on the landmarking prior to that deadline and see where we stand at that time. thank you. >> and do need to make that decision today? >> at least relative to the continuances, yes. >> the continuance--item 5a. >> correct. for 5a and 5b as well. >> i think we have a motion and a second to

approve a continuance. >> yes, i'll call that for item 4. >> okay. >> on item 4 the matter of continuance of 2 stockton to october 19. [roll call] >> so moved commissioners, motion passes unanimously. commissioner wright i believe you have a conflict with the castro. >> yes, i do. >> and so you are hereby recused. >> do we need to make that motion? >> i believe his conflict is such that it's a clear conflict. we can certainly make a vote if you like to make it. >> motion to approve 5a. >> recuse. >> motion to recuse commissioner wright.

>> second. >> thank you. on the motion to recuse- [roll call] >> so moved commissioners, motion passes 6-0. now you are hereby officially recused. >> motion to approve the continuance for 5a to december 7, 2022. >> i second that. and this would be a motion to approve continuance to december 7 with just historic preservation commission, correct. >> correct, and just 5a. >> just 5a and as far as 5b is concerned, you have a preferred date? >> i think supervisor mandelman's office was

suggesting march of 20- >> they were indicating march indeed. >> i can amend my motion to extend 5b until the second hearing in march of historic preservation commission. >> second hearing in march would then put us at march 15 of 2023. >> i'll second that. >> okay, commissioners. the amendsed motion now is to continue item 5a to december 7 of 2022 and item 5b to march 15, 2023. on the motion-- [roll call] so moved commissioners, the motion passes

unanimously 5-0. and commissioners will place us under your regular calendar for item 6. case 2022-004344mls, 942-944 fell street. for your consideration to adopt a resolution. >> good afternoon commissioners. elizabeth gunther planning department staffment while we are getting set up and before the department presents on the historical property contract for 942 fell, i like to provide a brief introduction. first as you may recall from previous years we ask staff to rotate on the tame to assist in management of submitted mills act application. this year gg gunthser is presenting the fells street application during the portion of the process. thank

you gg for all of your hard work is and many thanks as always to our core mills act staff, shannon ferguson and michelle taylor for the support of the program. i like to take the opportunity to advice the commission in november the staff will provide a summary of the department efforts on the audit of the mills act program. this was (inaudible) hpc and government and audit oversight committee of the board of supervisors. at the november hearing we look forward providing data analysis of existing mills act properties including information on mapping and location, annual property tax savings per property, need accessed value and property transfer and proposed strategy for mills act project and program through a equity framework. this presentation will also coincide with the 3 year reporting requirement under section 71 of the

administrative code. gigi gunther will present the fells street application fl review and consideration. thank you. >> thank you. good commissioners. gigi gunther, planning department staff. the item before you today is for mills act historical property contract. the mills act legislation authorize local governments to enter into contracts with private owners of knaulifyed historic praurds. this provides property tax reduction to allocate the savings towards a appropriate maintenance and restoration plan. the department holds 45 active mills act contracts. the department received one mills act application by the may 1 filing date. department staff reviewed the application for completeness and conducted a preapproval inspection report. staff would like to note there

rehabbilitation and maintenance plans seen towards the front of the report are the final draft version of the plan. worked to revise the plans to insure future work is conducted with screert of interior standsards. restoration work required under had mills act crarkt require building permit and administrative certificate of appropriateness prior to the work being completed. 942-944 fells street is located on the north side of fells street between pierce and steiner street. the subject property is contributor to the article 10 historic district. it is a 2 story over garage wood frame 2 units residential building built in 1908. the subject property is valued by the assessor office under $3 million. the proposed rehab plan includes siding repair and

painting, roof replacement, repair of entry stairs and retaining walls, repair of front doors, detailing on the front facade and entryway, garage door replacement, window repair and replacement and repair of the rear yard stair. rehab work is estimated to cost $308.100 over 10 years reflerkt flected in the staff report. the updated estimated cost of work is thousand dollars less then the original estimated cost. the proposed maintenance plan includes annual inspection of the exterior facade windows doors, foundation and inspection of the front stairs every 2 years and inspection of the roof every 5. any needed repairs will be made to avoid alter or removing character defining features. maintenance is expected to cost $8655 annually. the packet contain a

evaluation outlining the potential property tax savings. the figures compiled by the assessor recorderer office. estimated the property owner will receive approximately $11.687 per year in property tax savings as a result of the mills act contract. staff also reviewed the application on the merits of 5 priority considerations which are provided on page 2 in the executive summary packet. the considerations are one, necessity, this was established the property in danger of deterioration and in need of rehab and restoration with significant associated cost. two investment. the project will result in additional private investment in the property other then for routine maintenance. three, distinctiveness. the property preserves example of a property especiallyly deserving of a contract due to

exceptional nature. city landmark. this considers properties that are recently designated landmarks given priority consideration. and five, for legacy businesses the project preserve property at which a business including the legacy business rej stree is located. 942-944 fells street meets three of the five priority consideration. the property meets necessity criterion as it is in danger of detoorieration and rehab requires significant associated cost to insure the preservation of the subject property. the property meets investment criteria to invest money towards rehab other then routine maintenance. finally, the property meets the distinctiveness criterion as proposed project will (inaudible) historic district. the application review process also includes determining whether property meets minimum eligibility requirements. in addition to being listed on the local

state or national register eligibility is limited to properties with assessed value of $3 million or less for single family dwellings and $5 million or less for commercial properties. these requirements and priorities are consistent with the commission resolution 1127 preservation planning and racial and socialic equity plan. the application before you today 942-944 fells street meets all minimum eligibility requirements and does not require exemption as it is valued by the assessor office at under $3 million. lastly, staff would like to note the department has received 1 letter in support of the mills act application from the tenants of 942 fells street and endorsed by the tenants of 944 fells street. hard copies of the letter are available for review. in conclusion, department staff recommendss the historic preservation commission recommend aprurfbl of the mills act application to the

board of supervisorss for the following reasons, the property is historic resource, two, the rehab and maintenance plans were founds to be appropriate and three, all propose work is intended to meet the secretary of interior standards. if approved the property owner enter into mills act contract with the city. the agreement is 10 year revolving contract renewed annually. this concludes the presentation. elizabeth and i are happy to answer any questions you have as the home owner and representative from the assessor office. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. does the project sponsor have a presentation? you have 5 minutes. >> yes, i do have a few words. 5 minutes maybe. thank you gigi for reporting on the project. thank you commissioners for taking the time to review my application.

i apologize for wearing a mask. i have a 7 week old at home. i like to talk a little bit about who i am. the building proposal, what is in the application and the benefits that we would receive from undergoing this contract. my name is julie chin, a native san franciscans born at ucsf when my dad completed residency. i grew up in a historic home and love the feeling of being in some place and time. that was a really critical influence in me growing up and i love old architecture. i majored in art history. a appreciator of the arts. i have a career in the performing arts and stage craft and i love being in the theater and-i work the san francisco opera house and seeing the sets come together. i worked with the simpany and with a lot of non profits and

also the technology center so i'm a san franciscans. i'm invested in the city, i live in district 7. a home owner there. the mother of 2 young kids so this is our home. i'm also a long time san franciscans. as an adult i lived in several rent controlled apartments and i just learned a lot. one thing i did notice living in rent control apartments, over the years maintenance became a bigger issue. there is a lot of-it is hard to afford some of the repairs, there was conflict between the repairs tenants needed that the landlords could afford and also on the prnl level i notice you can get stuck because becomes (inaudible) market rate is increasing so high and you just can't pick up and move. what got me on living in the rent controlled apartments i (inaudible) was a fire when i was

working out of town on a tour and so that sort of where this story starts because i needed to find a home. looking at market rates and this is in 2014 and buying something looked compelling when i was looking at market rates going up as well. the building 942-944 fell street spoke to me qu i saw it. it was beautiful. there were two units so i felt i could live in one is anderant out the other. it was-they were condos so know i wouldn't have the tension if you are landlord in a rent controlled apartment and i knew i didn't want to do that. life took another turn. now both of the units are rented so that is the building. the building is edwardian, i love the details, there are details inside the building and outside the building. i are think it also speaks to the tenants that used to live there. they like being in a building

that has a sense of time and sense of what san francisco is. that (inaudible) art historian. i think the tenants that used to live there have-the top unit they are people from europe. they have a certain sensibility in their esthetic. it is a prime location in district 5 close to the (inaudible) and in fact 944 fell street is the torest stop for the big red torest bus so torest get off the bus and see the building. it is very visible and very exposed to pollution and weather (inaudible) when i took on the building i thought i would maintain and take care of it but didn't realize what that meant and it requires repair and rehab just to take care of it. the purpose of the

mills act (inaudible) for a long-term perspective for the integrity and longevity of the building and also immediate needs of beautification on the street. i will also make a significant investment. i already refinanced the mortgages and negotiated additional loans to help me complete the repairs on time with the contract. it also requires obviously significant investment of time to organize all those things to put an application together. why should-what is the purpose of doing these repairs? who does it serve and who does it benefit? one of the reasons why i want to do this is because i just enjoy beautiful things and love finding opportunities to make things better and think there are a ways this could improve. i speak 30 seconds more? i think it is a opportunity to serve the community. i see it as a

opportunity for stewardship and buildsing the fabric of the historic san francisco which i think is enjoyment for all. it is labor of love, pride of ownership and also i think it serves a lot of other people as well. it serves the city of san francisco because it adds to the fabric of historic san francisco. the location is verygets a lot of foot traffic from tourist. it serves the general public because architecture is public art in my opinion. it serves san franciscanss currently and will also in the future because it is care taking of the building until the next generation decades et cetera. and also finally, does serve the tenants who get to live in the beautifully maintained historic building which is hard to come by now with all the rent control and for what it is worth my tenant also support this. i'm not-i want to have a good landlord tenant relationship. that is what my building is all about. >> thank you.

>> to the tenants here--they started renting during the pandemic and i do want to note also they will not be displaced at this time. (inaudible) dont want vacancies. learned about that during the pandemic so thank you very much for your time. >> thank you. >> very good commissioners, we should take public comment. members of the public this is your opportunity to address the commission on this matter. you are in the chambers, please come forward, calling in press star 3. seeing no request to speak, commissioners, public comment is closed and this matter is now before you. >> motion to approve. >> commissioner nageswaran. >> i just had a few questions for the planners and also the owner. so, i saw the sequence of the work to be done on the home over a number of years and just want to understand how that the permit s would be

monitored and completed in a timely fashion and also, i think the recordation of those permits i see there will be drawings and that a professional will be observing some of the conditions that are on the building like the west wall issues and you know, damp issues that are kind of pervasive and may need more attention over time and if those can be investigated and figured out then maybe it won't be a continuing problem. those are my questions. >> great. thank you commissioner. gigi gunther, planning staff. to quickly-the short end is yes all this work will require at a minimum a building permit to be obtained in addition to an administrative entitlement processed by staff for all of the repair and

replacement work. staff also undertakes a annual monitoring cycle each year, each of the staff members are assigned 3 to 4 properties where they go through each of the contracts for each property and make sure the property is in compliance for that year's work. applicants are required to submit affidavits that include receipts, building permit numbers photos and affidavit saying they completed the work required for that year. i guess it is also worth noting applicants are able to complete work for later years earlier then the year set in the contract. elizabeth can speak more to any other permitting questions. >> i just want to commends the owner for having such a lot of-this building is and the contribution to the district, and i can-i read through the materials and hear in what you are saying so i appreciate that.

>> thank you. commissioner wright. >> yes. thank you. i also would like to thank the owner for her diligence on submitting the application. i know it's a lot of work to prepare these. i do have a couple of comments on the restoration rehab restoration maintenance plan. some is for maybe just your consideration and some others. i'll just walk through them really quickly. on scope number 2 related to the roof, this is in the rehab plan and restoration plan. it does mention repair of a leaking roof vent not to occur until 2024 and i would suggest that not

waiting until 2024 if it is causing damage or other issues. i think a temporary patch or something until that time is fine, so i just be aware that issues that are causing further damage should be addressed quickly. scope number 5, related to the foundation. i notice that in the updated maintenance plan it did clarify that this is related to currently inactive infestation and insect damage, but i would just offer advice that if insect damage is noted to be active in your inspections that that should be treated

as it occurs and that's similarly kind of related to the maintenance scope number 3. in scope number 9 under the rehab plan, this is related to the windows and i fully recognize what gigi was saying mrs. gunther, that the-we recognize that the work can occur ahead of schedule, and i would just offer as a suggestion for your consideration that it may actually be cost effective to pick off the windows that are on the various facades when you are treating the facades in previous years for painting and repair, because the access is often costly. but, i don't think that it would be a requirement-i would n't want to make that a requirement, just a suggestion that it may help you in the end.

and there is mention of some broken glass that i think probably would want to address before 2033, but if is just a crack-i'm not suggesting changing, buts just a suggestion. in the maintenance scope number 3 related to the foundation again, this is the one that describes annual inspections for insect damage and i would just add that any active infestations discovered should be treat ed as they occur. and finally, in scope number 6, related to the roof maintenance, 5 year inspections seem a little bit long to me.

particularly before the rehab scope has occurred, so i would suggest an initial inspection in 2023 and then every 2 years after the rehab work is completed and you currently scheduled that for 2024. those are my comments. >> thank you. commissioner so. >> thank you. thank you for the project sponsor sharing your story. it is very heartfelt and thank you for the staff presentation. i just have a technical questions on the qualification from (inaudible) when gigi present, you mentioned that this project meets the threshold as a single family with the market value of under $3 million, but in the packet this essentially like condominium and market value is 3.3 $3.3

million so i want to understand where is the-what is the threshold when we evaluate what property type and the value that is qualify in what category of mills act? >> shannon ferguson, planning staff. so, the exemption qualifications are $3 million for residential properties and $5 million for commercial. >> okay. >> the market value is what the assessor had determined this property might sell for. the assessed value is currently under $3 million, so it still meets that exemption requirement. >> okay. it doesn't matter it is condo-for many condos? >> no. it is residential versus commercial. >> alright. okay. thank you for

clarification. >> thank you. are there anymore comments from the commissioners? >> commissioner plaque black would like to comment? >> sure. >> i just wanted to follow my fellow commissioners comments and congratulate the owner. it seems to me that a building in need of expensive work has found someone who really cherishes historic architecture and the beneficiaries are the neighborhood and city. it is exactly the non quantitative of the mill s act. that is the goal is to improve these wonderful structures for a very long time, and so i think we have a match here and i'm strongly in support of this application. >> thank you. i also want to thank and commend our-the home owners, mrs. chin for

undertaking this very important task. the mills act-i know you will do a great job and be a great steward, but the mills act is a very important preservation tool to us and we really cherish and honor and are very happy that we have this tool available and we hope that you will kind of serve as a good role models for others to make sure we continue to have the project available for many years to come so thank you very much for what your you have done and what you will be doing in the years to come. i understand commissioner foley had made a motion. do i hear a second? >> second. >> thank you commissioners. on the motion then to adopt a recommendation for approval-- [roll call]

>> so moved commissioners. motion passes unanimously, 6-0. >> i think that puts us at the end of the agenda. >> indeed it does. >> thank you everyone.

>> it was an outdoor stadium for track and field, motorcycle and auto and rugby and cricket located in golden gate park, home to professional football, lacross and soccer. adjacent to the indoor arena. built in the 1920s. the san francisco park commission accepted a $100,000 gift from the estate to build a memorial in honor of pioneers in the area. the city and county of san francisco contributed an additional $200,000 and the stadium was built in a year. in the 1930s it was home to several colleges such as usf, santa clara and st. mary's for competition and sporting.

in 1946 it became home to the san francisco 49ers where they played nearly 25 years. the stayed de yam sat 60,000 fans. many caught game the rooftops and houses. the niners played the last game against the dallas cowboys january 3, 1971 before moving to candlestick park. the stadium hosted other events before demolition in 1989. it suffered damages from the earthquake. it was reconstructed to seat 10,000 fans with an all weather track, soccer field and scoreboards. it hosts many northern california football championship games. local high schools sacred heart and mission high school used the field for home games. the rivalry football games are sometimes played here. today it is a huge free standing

element, similar to the original featuring tall pink columns at the entrance. the field is surrounded by the track and used by high school and college football and soccer. it is open for public use as well. >> i don't think you need to be an expert to look around and see the increasing frequency of fires throughout california. they are continuing at an ever-increasing rate every summer, and as we all know, the drought continues and huge shortages of water right now. i don't think you have to be an expert to see the impact. when people create greenhouse gases, we are doing so by different activities like burning fossil fuels and letting

off carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and we also do this with food waste. when we waste solid food and leave it in the landfill, it puts methane gas into the atmosphere and that accelerates the rate at which we are warming our planet and makes all the effects of climate change worse. the good news is there are a lot of things that you can be doing, particularly composting and the added benefit is when the compost is actually applied to the soil, it has the ability to reverse climate change by pulling carbon out of the atmosphere and into the soil and the t radios. and there is huge amount of science that is breaking right now around that. >> in the early 90s, san francisco hired some engineers to analyze the material san francisco was sending to landfill. they did a waste

characterization study, and that showed that most of the material san francisco was sending to landfill could be composted. it was things like food scraps, coffee grounds and egg shells and sticks and leaves from gardening. together re-ecology in san francisco started this curbside composting program and we were the first city in the country to collect food scraps separately from other trash and turn them into compost. it turns out it was one of the best things we ever did. it kept 2.5 million tons of material out of the landfill, produced a beautiful nutrient rich compost that has gone on to hundreds of farms, orchards and vineyards. so in that way you can manage your food scraps and produce far less methane. that is part of the solution. that gives people hope that we're doing something to slow down climate change. >> i have been into organic farming my whole life. when we started planting trees,

it was natural to have compost from re-ecology. compost is how i work and the soil biology or the microbes feed the plant and our job as regenerative farmers is to feed the microbes with compost and they will feed the plant. it is very much like in business where you say take care of your employees and your employees will take carolinas of your customers. the same thing. take care of the soil microbes and soil life and that will feed and take care of the plants. >> they love compost because it is a nutrient rich soil amendment. it is food for the soil. that is photosynthesis. pulling carbon from the atmosphere. pushing it back into the soil where it belongs. and the roots exude carbon into the soil. you are helping turn a farm into a carbon sink. it is an international model. delegations from 135 countries have come to study this program. and it actually helped inspire a

new law in california, senate bill 1383. which requires cities in california to reduce the amount of compostable materials they send to landfills by 75% by 2025. and san francisco helped inspire this and this is a nation-leading policy. >> because we have such an immature relationship with nature and the natural cycles and the carbon cycles, government does have to step in and protect the commons, which is soil, ocean, foryes, sir, and so forth. -- forest, and so fors. we know that our largest corporations are a significant percentage of carbon emission, and that the corporate community has significant role to play in reducing carbon emissions. unfortunately, we have no idea and no requirement that they disclose anything about the carbon footprint, the core operation and sp360 stands for

the basic notion that large corporations should be transparent about the carbon footprint. it makes all the sense in the world and very common sense but is controversial. any time you are proposing a policy that is going to make real change and that will change behavior because we know that when corporations have to disclose and be transparent and have that kind of accountability, there is going to be opposition. >> we have to provide technical assistance to comply with the state legislation sb1383 which requires them to have a food donation program. we keep the edible food local. and we are not composting it because we don't want to compost edible food. we want that food to get eaten within san francisco and feed folks in need. it is very unique in san francisco we have such a broad and expansive education program

for the city. but also that we have partners in government and nonprofit that are dedicated to this work. at san francisco unified school district, we have a sustainability office and educators throughout the science department that are building it into the curriculum. making it easy for teachers to teach about this. we work together to build a pipeline for students so that when they are really young in pre-k, they are just learning about the awe and wonder and beauty of nature and they are connecting to animals and things they would naturally find love and affinity towards. as they get older, concepts that keep them engaged like society and people and economics. >> california is experiencing many years of drought. dry periods. that is really hard on farms and is really challenging. compost helps farms get through these difficult times. how is that? compost is a natural sponge that

attracts and retains water. and so when we put compost around the roots of plants, it holds any moisture there from rainfall or irrigation. it helps farms make that corner and that helps them grow for food. you can grow 30% more food in times of drought in you farm naturally with compost. farms and cities in california are very hip now to this fact that creating compost, providing compost to farms helps communities survive and get through those dry periods. >> here is the thing. soil health, climate health, human health, one conversation. if we grow our food differently, we can capture all that excess carbon in the atmosphere and store it in unlimited quantities in the soil, that will create nutrient dense foods that will take care of most of our civilized diseases. so it's one conversation. people have to understand that

they are nature. they can't separate. we started prowling the high plains in the 1870s and by the 1930s, 60 year, we turned it into a dust bowl. that is what ignorance looks like when you don't pay attention to nature. nature bats last. so people have to wake up. wake up. compost. >> it is really easy to get frustrated because we have this belief that you have to be completely sustainable 24/7 in all aspects of your life. it is not about being perfect. it is about making a change here, a change there in your life. maybe saying, you know what? i don't have to drive to that particular place today. today i am going to take the bus or i'm going to walk. it is about having us is stainable in mind. that is -- it is about having sustainability in mind. that is how we move the dial. you don't have to be perfect all the time. >> san francisco has been and will continue to be one of the

greener cities because there are communities who care about protecting a special ecosystem and habitat. thinking about the history of the ohlone and the native and indigenous people who are stewards of this land from that history to now with the ambitious climate action plan we just passed and the goals we have, i think we have a dedicated group of people who see the importance of this place. and who put effort into building an infrastructure that actually makes it possible. >> we have a long history starting with the gold rush and the anti-war activism and that is also part of the environmental movement in the 60s and 70s. and of course, earth day in 1970 which is huge. and i feel very privileged to work for the city because we are on such a forefront of environmental issues, and we get calls from all over the world really to get information. how do cities create waste programs like they do in san francisco. we are looking into the few

which you are and we want innovation. we want solutions. >> one more statement. we are the one. that is our first single that we made. that is our opinion. >> i can't argue with you. >> you are responsible please do not know his exact. [♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> i had a break when i was on a major label for my musical career. i took a seven year break. and then i came back. i worked in the library for a long time. when i started working the san francisco history centre, i noticed they had the hippie collection. i thought, if they have a hippie collection, they really need to have a punk collection as well. so i talked to the city archivist who is my boss. she was very interested. one of the things that i wanted to get to the library was the avengers collection.

this is definitely a valuable poster. because it is petty bone. it has that weird look because it was framed. it had something acid on it and something not acid framing it. we had to bring all of this stuff that had been piling up in my life here and make sure that the important parts of it got archived. it wasn't a big stretch for them to start collecting in the area of punk. we have a lot of great photos and flyers from that area and that. that i could donate myself. from they're, i decided, you know, why not pursue other people and other bands and get them to donate as well? the historic moments in san francisco, punk history, is the sex pistols concert which was at winterland. [♪♪♪] it brought all of the punks on the web -- west coast to san francisco to see this show. the sex pistols played the east coast and then they play texas and a few places in the south

and then they came directly to san francisco. they skipped l.a. and they skipped most of the media centres. san francisco was really the biggest show for them pick it was their biggest show ever. their tour manager was interested in managing the adventures, my band. we were asked to open to support the pistols way to that show. and the nuns were also asked to open the show. it was certainly the biggest crowd that we had ever played to. it was kind of terrifying but it did bring people all the way from vancouver, tee seattle, portland, san diego, all up and down the coast, and l.a., obviously. to san francisco to see this show. there are a lot of people who say that after they saw this show they thought they would start their own band. it was a great jumping off point for a lot of west coast punk. it was also, the pistols' last show. in a way, it was the end of one era of punk and the beginning of a new one.

the city of san francisco didn't necessarily support punk rock. [♪♪♪] >> last, but certainly not least is a jell-o be opera. they are the punk rock candidate of the lead singer called the dead kennedys. >> if we are blaming anybody in san francisco, we will just blame the dead kennedys. >> there you go. >> we had situations where concerts were cancelled due to flyers, obscene flyers that the city was thought -- that he thought was obscene that had been put up. the city of san francisco has come around to embrace it's musicians. when they have the centennial for city hall, they brought in all kinds of local musicians and i got to perform at that. that was, at -- in a way, and appreciation from the city of san francisco for the musical legends. i feel like a lot of people in

san francisco don't realize what resources there are at the library. we had a film series, the s.f. punk film series that i put together. it was nearly sold out every single night. people were so appreciative that someone was bringing this for them. it is free. everything in the library is free. >> it it is also a film producer who has a film coming out. maybe in 2018 about crime. what is the title of it? >> it is called san francisco first and only rock 'n' roll movie. crime, 1978. [laughter] >> when i first went to the art institute before the adventures were formed in 77, i was going to be a painter. i did not know i would turn into a punk singer. i got back into painting and i mostly do portraiture and figurative painting. one of the things about this job here is i discovered some great resources for images for my

painting. i was looking through these mug shot books that we have here that are from the 1920s. i did a whole series of a mug shot paintings from those books. they are in the san francisco history centre's s.f. police department records. there are so many different things that the library provides for san franciscans that i feel like a lot of people are like, oh, i don't have a library card. i've never been there. they need to come down and check it out and find out what we have. the people who are hiding stuff in their sellers and wondering what to do with these old photos or old junk, whether it is hippie stuff or punk stuff, or stuff from their grandparents, if they bring it here to us, we can preserve it and archive it and make it available to the public in the future.

p>> we broke ground in december of last year. we broke ground the day after sandy hook connecticut and had a moment of silence here. it's really great to see the silence that we experienced then and we've experienced over the years in this playground is now filled with these voices. >> 321, okay. [ applause ] >> the park was kind of bleak. it was scary and over grown. we started to help maclaren park when we found there wasn't any money in the bond for this park maclaren. we spent time for funding. it was expensive to raise money for

this and there were a lot of delays. a lot of it was just the mural, the sprinklers and we didn't have any grass. it was that bad. we worked on sprinkler heads and grass and we fixed everything. we worked hard collecting everything. we had about 400 group members. every a little bit helped and now the park is busy all week. there is people with kids using the park and using strollers and now it's safer by utilizing it. >> maclaren park being the largest second park one of the best kept secrets. what's exciting about this activation in particular is that it's the first of many. it's also representation of our city coming together but not only on the bureaucratic side of things. but also our

neighbors, neighbors helped this happen. we are thrilled that today we are seeing the fruition of all that work in this city's open space. >> when we got involved with this park there was a broken swing set and half of -- for me, one thing i really like to point out to other groups is that when you are competing for funding in a hole on the ground, you need to articulate what you need for your park. i always point as this sight as a model for other communities. >> i hope we continue to work on the other empty pits that are here. there are still a lot of areas that need help at maclaren park. we hope grants and money will be available to continue to improve this park

to make it shine. it's a really hidden jewel. a lot of people don't know it's here. i'm stephanie a district 2 supervisor in san francisco running for another term this november dp love your support past 5 years i have been focussed on things that are important to conscientist webs public safety, helping small businesses and fighting corruption at city hall. looking forward it another for you years to work on those with regard to public safety. this past june i passed prospect d, which creates the office of witness rights and for