dr. coleman made. all of you know that asthma, cancer, at one time, there is still problems because of all of the toxic throughout the air, the shipyard and all of that. but with man like that, making such a sacrifice. [bell ringing] i'm looking at the future population with the type of person like this, would be encouragement and inspiration to future generations. i definitely applaud you, for the last time i was here, how you voted in reference to this project. i want to thank you very, very much. i was willing to sit there a long time. >> [laughter] thank you and we appreciate it. thank you for your patience sitting through the previous items. does any other member of the public want to speak? hearing none, we'll close public comment. >> commissioner johns: well, as baffling as the last one was, this is the opposite end of the spectrum, this is what i would call meritorious beefy project. so i propose that we move it along on its road to be designated. >> secretary. >> great, a motion and second. >>

dr. coleman going strongly and it's a fabulous building with amazing intact elements which are miraculously still there. so i strongly support it. >> clerk: i think we have a motion and a second. >> president wolfram: we do. on that motion, then commissioners to approve the landmark dez -- >> one moment, we have -- >> i think the mike is on, i wanted to reiterate the motion is with the proposed amendment that the staff brought up about the stairs? we should be specific about that so we can prepare it for the board. thank you. >> president wolfram: very good, commissioners. the motion was with the staff modification regarding the stairs. on that motion commissioner black? [roll call] so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously, 6-0. commissioners, we have already heard item 9 which will place us on the final item 10. mills act program. for your review and comment. >> good afternoon, commission, shannon ferguson, planning department staff. the item before you today is a review and discussion of proposed modifications to the mills act program. enacted in 1972, the mills act legisla

coleman medical center. this is a property i mentioned to you the last time i was here. it's located in the bayview. it's a significant for dr. arthur h coleman a prominent african-american lawyer and physician and civil rights advocate. supervisor cohen intends to sponsor it once it moves to the full board. then finally, i wanted to give you an update on the commission's deliberations on improving the [indiscernible] program. this was the first public hearing discussing ways to improve the program and specifically starting with this year's cycle, we've received 6 applications for this year spread throughout the city. the two substantive changes that the city asked the department to explore is to allow for a concurrent local landmark designation with a mill's act application. therefore, someone can apply for landmark and mill's act at the same time. currently they have for separate bid a year. second is to give priority to properties that house a legacy business. we're going to work with the commission and the government audit and oversight committee on those modifications which seem to be able to be done without code amendm