as i noted in the annual reporting update from last month, it is anticipated that h.p.c. will be engaged in survey efforts quarterly following this meeting. during those updates, you will be introduced to additional staff who are also working on the survey efforts. today, we really plan to focus on a few key items: development of the historic citywide context statement, a framework of which is provided in your packet, survey advisory groups, including highlighting the next steps for staff, and the anticipated topics for our quarterly report in quarter one of 2021. i will hand it over to susan parks to update you, but first, i'd like to introduce her to the commission. she started as an intern in the summer of 2012 and then as a preservation planner with the department team in 2013. she worked on projects such as sunset surveys, african american, lgbtq, and gave frequent updates to the h.p.c. as the lead of the designation work program. we were able to welcome her back to the department in september 2019, and since returning from leave in may, she has been working solely o

at that hearing, the h.p.c.proposed that the [inaudible] be redesigned to be compatible with the existing individual resource at 447 battery street and also to draw from the design language of the nearby historic buildings. suggestions for improving this capability including incorporating a traditional [inaudible] organization in which the retaining walls of the existing buildings would serve as the base of the taller building that also included a shaft and cornice-type finish to the building. more specifically, the new project alternatives would keep the existing building as a commercial building and would not construct any addition. while the no-project alternative would have no impacts, it would also not meet any project objectives. under the full preservation alternatives, the majority of the character-defining features of the building would be maintained and rehabilitated, and a portion of the interior structures would also be maintained. a two-story addition and a penthouse would also be constructed on top

at that hearing, the h.p.c.proposed that the [inaudible] be redesigned to be compatible with the existing individual resource at 447 battery street and also to draw from the design language of the nearby historic buildings. suggestions for improving this capability including incorporating a traditional [inaudible] organization in which the retaining walls of the existing buildings would serve as the base of the taller building that also included a shaft and cornice-type finish to the building. more specifically, the new project alternatives would keep the existing building as a commercial building and would not construct any addition. while the no-project alternative would have no impacts, it would also not meet any project objectives. under the full preservation alternatives, the majority of the character-defining features of the building would be maintained and rehabilitated, and a portion of the interior structures would also be maintained. a two-story addition and a penthouse would also be constructed on top

the h.p.c. also directed staff to return to them at a future hearing to clarify and remove any of the standards that conflict with state law. staff approval of the ordinance in front of you today, which focuses on bringing our code and compliance with the recent state law changes. these are all the things we need to do to comply. additionally, when you take action today, you're able to mirror h.p.c.'s recommendation to -- [inaudible] -- on state mandated adu. again, that's the background that i highlighted for you in the draft ordinance. this ordinance also supports the housing elements and also builds on previous efforts to allow more adus. and help adds more and different types of dwellings to the housing stock. and at this time i want to go ahead and pass it off to the zoning administrator. again, i'm available to answer any questions along with the rest of the adu team that is on the call today. thank you. >> jonas: thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. cory teague for planning depart

the cultural version of the district boundaries was during the lockdown and the inability for the h.p.c. to meet -- we didn't have a mechanism to have the boundaries as amended by the original ordinance. it would have had to return to you for consideration. what it did was establishing the cultural district with the agreed-upon expanded boundaries which would prevent us from deploying critical resources from the mayor's office of housing to the american indian communities in response to covid. so the sequence that we decided was most expeditious and responsive to the public health crisis was approving the amendment to the ordinance regarding the boundaries and returns once things stabilized and committees and commissions were already meeting again. so before you today is a follow-up on that, an agreement on the boundaries that had been agreed on several months ago, but included something that was a recommendation from this commission, will yincluding a g around the american indian cultural center. we took it very seriously, and many community members were also very committed to followin

the cultural version of the district boundaries was during the lockdown and the inability for the h.p.ca mechanism to have the boundaries as amended by the original ordinance. it would have had to return to you for consideration. what it did was establishing the cultural district with the agreed-upon expanded boundaries which would prevent us from deploying critical resources from the mayor's office of housing to the american indian communities in response to covid. so the sequence that we decided was most expeditious and responsive to the public health crisis was approving the amendment to the ordinance regarding the boundaries and returns once things stabilized and committees and commissions were already meeting again. so before you today is a follow-up on that, an agreement on the boundaries that had been agreed on several months ago, but included something that was a recommendation from this commission, will yincluding a g around the american indian cultural center. we took it very seriously, and many community members were also very committed to following up and through, and so you