>> tim frye. yes, rec park through dpw would have to issue a building permit and that triggers the c of a unless the ordinance says otherwise. >> commissioner johns: so this is another way of making sure everyone understands what would be the effect of landmarking both of these on the community when they are formalized to fix up the plaza in the way they would like to see it fixed up. >> commissioner hyland: i had a question. and i don't know if it's for ms. smith or the mayor's aide. why does there seem to be a change? i thought it was always understood that these two pieces were of one. i'm struggling with why the change now and in response to public comment, it seems to be a lot of fear about what can or cannot be done based on the fact of it being landmarked, which i don't see -- i don't find that to be a founded fear. and my opinion is that the current changes wouldn't have occurred had it been landmarked to begin with. so having the appropriate guidance in that process so that the community

and i know we have tim frye here to discuss historic preservation. but i want to go back to your slide on cultural preservation funding the $20 million through cfd and $20 million of tdr. could you talk a little bit about what or how that revenue is limited and what it can be spent towards? >> sure. both buckets? >> councillor tang: yes. >> we've identified it to go to the old mint. so the degree that the city is having a macro effort to understand how to fund and rehabilitate that building, here's one opportunity. the normal funding mechanism has been expended. so we're looking to have new information in that direction. >> councillor tang: that's not my question. what is the cfd funds limited to? it's not limited to the old mint. what are the other uses? >> oh, sure. environmental sustainability and parks and complete streets and a lot of things. there is the opportunity, we think, to spin it on social programs as well. for most historic buildings, the sale of transferrable development rights is the main way to find funding. we're looking to cfd to

and tim chan from bart and i see tim frye from planning historic preservation is here. finally understand that we have sarah minnick from sfpc and lisa fisher overseeing the echo district. i see a lot of members of our south market community here today. thank you so much for attending. i know that the community has been hosting several meetings in terms of its vision for how we like to see the future of our neighborhood move forward as we welcome more office and residential development. so, mr. worthime. >> thank you, supervisors. steve worthime, planning department staff. the first informational hearing was on october 23rd where we talked about the overview of the plan and the job housing benefits. as the supervisor mentioned, i'll be doing the presentation today, but will be joined various members of my colleagues at the planning department and other members of regional agencies. just a reminder for those who didn't see the october 23rd hearing, the plan's vision is to create a sustainable neighborhood and sustainably economically, socially and environmentally. our ph

tim frye, department staff here to share with you a few items from yesterday's historic preservation commission hearing. on october 19, i shared with you the initiation of three local public schools. thee yore roosevelt, george washington high school and sunshine school, all three of those received a positive recommendation to be forwarded to the board of supervisors at yesterday's h.p.c.s hearing and those hearings will be scheduled some time in the new year. the commission did initiate one new designation at yesterday's hearing. if i could get the overhead, please. this is the phillips building located 246 first street. designed in 1930 by architects myers and clinichart. it is a rare art deco loft building in downtown san francisco and the property owners are initiatinging the local designation. the commission unanimously approved the initiation and that will be scheduled for a second hearing likely in january. that concludes my remarks unless you have any questions. thanks. >> thank you. commissioner richards? >> one thing on mr. starr's prior report. if you haven't seen the tape

joining us today, kristen -- tim hodgins, director of research at gallup, richard frye, pew research center, and ryan hawkins, director of state affairs and public policy. whoever is calling me on my cell phone, i am not going to answer. state affairs and public policy at microsoft. and, gentlemen, we look forward to your remarks and good, robust conversation about the changing face of the west. >> good afternoon. thanks for the opportunity to share some things that we have learned around the office. around the office at gallup. i'm going to share five or seven minutes here about some of the things that we've learned when it comes to k-12 education, college education and the workplace, and some of the transitions that fall within that. i think the first thing that i would share is, over the last 10 years, we've had time, attention and good advances in the areas of assessment and curriculum and it's on the radar , screen. we've made good advances there, but the country's attention as it relates to k-12 education seems to be changing and , changing things we call the whole child or soc