commissioner antonini: i have some questions for mr. frye. it is really incredible that the number is so low in san francisco. admittedly, some of the things brought up in this legislation could contribute to it. but just the higher-priced buildings, we have many older buildings in san francisco, many of whom have been remodeled and renovated over the years and you would think they would have taken advantage of this in the past. so that is kind of interesting, why that has not happened. and i assume that tdr's still be usable even with mills act. could you do both? >> yes, you could. commissioner antonini: ok, great. that sounds good. the second question is in regards to the no limit on tax revenue loss, presumably, although not always, you may end up with a higher overall talks at -- tax after the mills act situation is done. in the case of 690 market, we ended up with all this condo units where the commercial space prior to the building of the condos at a very low rent, annual sales tax, and of course that was multiplied many times. that wo

. >> i would have a report effective from mr. frye. it was a prominent african- american businessmen and entrepreneurs that i believe is the first african-american to run for mayor. the of the bar from 1958 until 1995. staff has worked with him on the research. it was included earlier, last year on landmark designation programs, mr. jordan's family supported designation along with several members of the public. it was quite touching and staff was really taken by support of this project. the other action that the preservation commission took was to construct a new transit station. that station is designed to use the same materials and blend into the current design of the square. union square is rated as a category one significant space in the downtown plan. they took that action as well. commissioner moore: be you have any quick answer to what happened to pier 29? could it be in the time for i am of repairing the overall buildings along the embarcadero? >> i was looking at a press release issued by the court this afternoon. i will summa

mr. frye, you mentioned san diego, oakland, and l.a. and some other cities with contracts. to your knowledge, do they impose a similar kind of property assessment limitation? >> san diego does not have a limitation, but los angeles does. commissioner sugaya: just to argue for no limitation, it seems to me that starting from the proposal in front of us, $1.5 million seems to be awfully low to me. to start there, and i think people will read that number and become discouraged, even though that they know there is an exemption. if you say there is an exemption, that means more paperwork, more consulting work, and whatever. just taking a look at the checklist that is currently used, and in our experience since the office i work with has one of five mills act contracts in the city, at 460 bush street. we noted that experience and assisting others in the process, there are requirements that are currently composed and i assume continue to be there, like the historic structures report. you have repair, rehabilitation, and maintenance plans. you have to have site plans and photograph