we were here in 2015 to designate the building as an article 11 build. don't know how it got missed. it wasn't in doubt it was eligible. we went through the process of getting it designate and emphasizing another great example of the code section where have you the incentive for the flexible zoning and we'll have a vigorous maintenance and preservation plan going forward with a deed restriction. in a building like this it's more than that. the building does require facade and restoration and brick work and that sort of thing. in particular >> closed session. >> this has been the frontage. this is not the historic condition of the frontage >> as part of this we worked with staff to restore it much to its original condition continuing the window work here and removing that not functioning loading dock and clearly not very nice looking and we actually have the original plans too so it's always cool to see. we'll be bringing it back closer to that and so again showing the benefits of this program. we'll be converting the interior to building four floors to no

, and in the arcade between our two buildings. aking this more than just a business site where when everybody goes home at 5:00, 6:00, there is nothing left. you want to add culture, you want to add fun, you want to add cuisine, you want a place where people can come and meet. and that is what the design of the building is for. caroline: just ahead, we go underground to discover archaeological treasures that link london's roman past with our architectural future. ♪ ♪ caroline: the most unexpected space within our new london headquarters that is open to the public, is found 20 feet beneath street level. -- 23 feet than a street level. its origins date back to an unprecedented archaeological find on the site, discovery with its roots in one of the darkest hours of the war. in the autumn of 1940, nazi germany launched a blitzkrieg on london. a campaign of relentless nightly bombing. by the end of the war, two thirds of the historic square-mile of the city of london lay in ruins. during the postwar reconstruction of london, the most re

the building is evacuated. we're not able to do that or get close to the building. sed they're letting us stand this close. usually they will have pushed us back at this point. the rest of our headquarters is in atlanta. our international headquarters in atlanta and all over the world. but there are no cameras. we can't even go back into the building to get our cameras. that's what happens when you have these sorts of situations. it really takes off. it's business not usual. unusual business. and it really puts ---ing that -- institution in this country, the media institution, the medial business that should not be happening. >> that's exactly right, don. we're literally under attack. this was against cnn or something in the area. the fact of the matter is we have to take these threats seriously whether it's a prank call or not, we know there have been politically moat have aed violence. there has been serious attack on the freedom of the press. over the last several weeks. while we wait to find out what's happened, any threat that comes in at this poin working with

not only for the building owner but for the businesses within the buildings. i want to thank the team here who wrote the report. it was based on data. we appreciate that. there are recommendations that could affect building numbers and we want to be at the table to help write them and make sure they have the right timelines. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. is there any other speakers koala seeing none, -- is there any other speakers koala ? amending the building code to enact an expedited and streamlined process for solar energy systems in addition to other requirements. >> good morning commissioners. we have talked about this at previous meetings. this is an expedited issuance of permitting. we actually had supervisor peskin introduces ordinance a year ago. it unfortunately fell through the cracks and we are now bringing it back. it is a little bit like the charging ordinance that you approved last month. we are looking for your approval so we can move this to the land use committee and right through the board. it essentially only codifies what is c

it is not justified with the size of the building. you have two garages, by the same length of the garage, you add expansion. looking at the roof plan, while there is no railings added, it speaks for unoccupied roof. the addition of a penthouse seems to be speaking to potentially adding a roof deck that is not being called out in this particular drawing set. so the entire project speaks to an enlargement. that does not really address the concerns we have about the unit size, displacing tenants, adding adu, the most important to be called out. for all of the things this has been hanging around since october. there are comments made by the commission and we're not seeing response to that. i think someone is kicking the can down the road and i do not see any possible ability to support this project. >> i've had a lot of time too think about this. i've spoken to several folks in the tenants right community. i think what is unusual and extraordinary, we don't often see projects that come to us with rent control tenants existing. and try to

directly adjacent, the other buildings, the two buildings effectively speak strongly to one another in shape, glass and articulation. the finish qualities and glazing. the design is modern but contextual. relative to light, and air and glazing, it is generally understood and accepted that the facade the mid-block open space in the open environment is often the most appropriate facade for -- it is necessary to bring light and air to interior spaces. this is even more the case with this property, the front facade facing a 14 foot alley. and the facade faces a sliver of open space. the existing three floor mass extending 12 feet. on floors 1, 2. the glazing on the facade facing the mid-block open space is critical and necessary to bring natural light and air into the interior space. thank you. >> all right. thank you. public comment in support of the project sponsor? >> good evening. i am at aladdin terrace. my property is 16 feet away from the proposed project. i look out of the building. it is one of the ugliest buildings of san francisco. i don't think there will be argument. it is an

the building is a category c. historic resource. and not a demolition per section 317 of the planning code. there are two d.r. the issues at the d.r. requester , number 1, richard of 1755 filbert street and the property diagonally across the street to the south is concerned with referent main issues. first is massing. privacy and unnecessary addition of parking, and that the commercial space should be eliminated. the d.r. requester number 2 from the tenant's union is concerned with the issues of rent control on the potential displacement as a result of the construction. the public comment with the department has received today -- we have received two letters in opposition and 14 letters in support. the recommendation in light of the d.r. requester's concerns, the department has reviewed the project and found that the proposed third floor addition is modest at 37 and a half feet tall. still below the 40-foot height limit. the proposed roof deck is set back 5 feet from all sides to preserve the privacy, and heir to adjacent properties.

the water coming into the building was clean. the actual lead was found within the building, and it's believed that that lead is caused by within the pipes. so the p.u.c. as a recommendation f that water was going to be consumed, to be deemed potable, to actual drinking water, not to wash your hand or wash a dish, but to flush the line for approximately 30 seconds to flush out any contaminants. we're going beyond that, even though people at 606 don't drink -- they are currently drinking bottled water. we are going beyond that and looking at installing actual filters on those faucets to as an added layer of protection for the water that is coming out of there even though we're not drinking the water. d.h.p. will be conducting further and ongoing tests regarding the water quality and we will have having those occur on a regular cycle for those areas within the building. a test of the exterior filters determine they are working properly and the recommendation for that is just to make the schedule of the regular checks and regular mai

the southern portion of the main office building. the alternative, the character defining features of the main building. along with some character defining features of the landscape in the site would be retained. the development would take place on the northern portions of the site. the alternative d would reduce impact to the historically sourced with the project variance. lastly, alternative d would partially meet most of the project objectives. alternative f is the code confirming alternative that evaluates the level of development permitted in addition to retain some portion of the main building allowing all the character defining features of the site and landscape. although more of the existing structure exists in the california street would be partially retained in comparison with the proposed project variance. when considered together with the site, the alternative would not reduce the historical source to less than a significant level. the impact of f would be those similar to the project variance. and lastly, alternative f wo

i am a tenant in the building 15 nobles alley. what's been confused by the permit applicant is this is a single building on a single piece of property. so there are people here today, paul and linda, myself, we're three-quarters of the people who live in the building. why? because this middle unit here is empty, and this middle unit here is empty, but people live here, people live here, people live here, and people live here. it's like a sandwich effect. there are people on the third and first floors of the buildings. on this side, i'll do it for you. 15 nobles alley would be here, facing north, and union street would be here, 472 union, so there are people that live on the top of 472 union. they're actually ill tonight, so the didn't -- they didn't come, and mr. lau lives beneath me on the floor of 15 nobles alley. and over here on union street, linda lives on the first floor. so how could it be -- i pointed all this out not only because they took the time to come and speak to you, but because as you know, under prop m, one of the

i remember the time our building -- and the[no audio] coming to help us, with our engineers on the building. we ne we cannot do the inspection. [no audio] in the building, that's why we have this to help them to get ready and -- every couple of years, the engineer may not be available anymore. the electricians and all those, that is why -- >> it is clearly a national program. i would strongly agree with the recommendations. it is very valuable to have an entity, like a firm who knows the building already and the people are standing by. and that knowledge is transferred as people and come and go within the firm. someone dedicated to the building, who knows, that is valuable. >> to make sure they are on top of this. >> that was something i didn't know about. commissioner had a question about, did you have a backup plan? >> we would take the building we have enough staff to do. we don't over commit. i am hopeful that other firms feel the same way. they can't maybe have 50 buildings they are responsible for, they may not be able to service them in the time frame needed. i make sure that the res

the buildings are of this mass. we need to know that this is not being done to evict a tenant, and i agree with commissioner johnson we should kind of ask. i know we get the answer that there's no he vacation here, and that's great, but if this is leading to an eviction, we've been charged with kind of helping protect those units and not have a renovation proceed to an eviction. but if a building is vacant, let's figure out a way to improve it, perhaps make the units a little more equal. there's probably gidifferent ws to skin that. i don't know how viable that commercial space is now. is the space actually in use right now as a commercial space? >> no, because there's holes in the floor where they did the exploration on the foundation so it's not habitable. >> president hillis: okay. but i don't know if that's something that planning wanted in this space. it's not your typical -- it's not on union street or chestnut street, filbert isn't. i know there's commercial next door on octavia. i don't know that that's requi

i had the opportunity to tour the building a few weeks ago with the current owners and stewards of the building, and it's been the first time since i've been inside in about six or seven years, and i was immediately impressed by steps already taken to restore integrity of the interior. the last time i toured the building, it was filled, the sanctuary was filled with temporary classrooms. that's all been removed and much work done already to restore the interior integrity. it's important to note and give credit to some of the other steps that are already underway by the current owners including resurrecting the annual procession of former congress cs which happened last week, and this is important for the congregation and important gesture of good faith. you all, of course, realize that this would make the church one of only a handful of interiors designated as city landmarks in san fransisco, and it is certainly worthy, and i want to applaud the current owners for working with the community and the department in making this happen. thank you very much. >> thank you. i do have a few spe

will not be the tallest in two years. mission housing is building a senior housing that's, i think, five stories high, which would be more attractive for some people. but i guess the frustrating part is we were asked to go back to meet and to try to come to a resolution and we spent a lot of time and i think we also empowered people in the community to say, you know what, in this case, you're going to have a say, right? for the last several years, wireless companies come on in and got what they wanted and we actually went back and it's -- to do that was a huge feat and to get people to say, you know what, let's be realistic and support it. but then to go back to square one now after all these months, i think -- it was just a waste of our time. >> vice president melgar: you're saying you are okay with a facade-mounted design, even if it can be amended later? >> we're still fine with that. and we'll be okay with the nine. we're giving in. we're meeting people more than halfway. thank you. >> vice president melgar: thank you. >> president hillis: commi

in the rear of our building. this was the approved building, and this is what we have currently worked on with the zoning administrator. sorry get that above the closed captioning there. we've moved the -- removed part of the commercial space and replaced it with residential, so we have a full 20-foot rear yard with appropriate deck set backs. perthe z.a.'s new decision letter, the revised plan is consistent with the letter and all sections of the planning code. the city and its residents are not wronged by this modification. mr. etcheverry's building continues to have access to light and air and his 1970 variance still exists for his noncompliant building. unlike the original decision, this project seeks to remedy code discrepancies instead of creating them. that variance created self-imposed hardships. you have seen letters of support from 24 neighbors, some of whom are here to speak tonight. there are many reason for the board to affirm this vision. if major reason for the open space was future commercial devel

is not compatible with the scale of other buildings due to the excessive extension of the proposed building and the excavation. two, that the new construction does not respect the pattern of side setbacks. three, that there are impacts to light and privacy due to the building mass and decks, as well as number four, endangerment to an existing tree in the rear yard. the second d.r. requester at 460 duncan, an across the street neighbor, is concerned with four main issues. first, that the roof deck disrupts the scale of the building at the front and will be highly visible and tantamount to a vertical addition. two, that the loss of the existing facade disrupts the existing neighborhood character by removing historic architectural detailing, materiality, and scale. three, that the extensive demolition and expansion undermines the general affordability and quality of a second unit, and that the extensive excavation also raises issues of affordability and hillside safety. public comment to date, the department has received no letters in opposition and no letters of support. a recommendation in l

is the symbol for is the building also ball style you. impose. no it's not style but it's contemporary and was designed by berlin architect gonna definitely but it is a cube and that immediately makes you think of the bauhaus with flat roofs and things like that. it has connections to the power house so. there's a real fan of nice front of fundamental architecture can't hide that were done in. the museum is set to open in april twenty ninth team for now the treasures are kept away from the public safely protected in the warehouse. why do you need gloves to handle the lamp he would sometimes wonder fast. wow this is. nuts and this plant dates back to nine hundred twenty four said it's by the hand back in trade and although it might look quite robust it was made by hand and water or. short and also see that up here the glass has a crack. although there are reproductions of the lamp on sale in every design shop didn't design these first prototypes a very fragile quarter to actually. these figures look a bit more robust. doesn't hunt. these are puppet

are the buildings at the zoo on our work program?>> not currently. >> just the mother's building. >> okay. r.h. thank you. >> are there any further questions? thank you very much for coming to speak. we will do public comment at this time on the historic preservation fund committee report. does any member of the public wish to speak to this item? we will close public comment. >> very good. that will place us on the regular calendar for items seven a through h. properties at eight fishermen's wharf, 489 terry franÇois boulevard, 395 sutter street, 355 castro street, 715 buchanan street, and others. these are legacy business registry applications. >> hello, commissioners. i am here from preservation staff. as you heard, we have eight applications in front of you today for your recommendation to the small business commission. i will start by giving a brief summary of each of the legacy business applicants, and then if any of the business owners are here, we will invite them up to speak during public comment. i will start off with the re

i like the building. the only question is how we're dealing with the green roof, which is basically a deck. i would like to see that we're using the proposed roof deck guidelines, which, at a minimum keep all edges of the roof away from property line. i do not quite understand, since the green roof, which is basically a large deck, cannot be accessed by hatch because that's what we are doing with all other -- in all other situations where only a single party has access to the roof. this would be a commonly accessible roof by all units, this would be another story because with given occupancy, you would have to have the -- the full penthouse access, but in this particular case, it is a single unit which has a benefit of the roof. the size of the roof, since unit -- the third unit already has the balconies seems to be excessive, i would suggest that one rear holding the roof deck badge from the edges -- back from the edges of the property, and two, the accumulative size of this roof deck cannot be more than

i worked on the uber building. a lot of people have the misconception we are not local to this area. i grew up here. i graduated just up the hill from grey's cathedral. i love my job and what i do. i make more than a living wage in the city, i have a davis bacon 401-k and health insurance. if this p.l.a. passes it will affect the living state -- status of people like me. it excludes me. i urge you not to pass this p.l.a. thank you for your time. >> hello. good afternoon. i am here with the lawyer's committee for civil rights. to promote the ordinance to do no harm we want seats at the negotiation table. if it is passed it should include local hire in the future p.l.a. to ensure the process includes all stakeholders. we ask you add language requiring the city administrator include representatives from the local hire and l.b.e. communities in the negotiations. i support the amendments and would like for continuance so that we have more time to discuss the proposed amendments. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am alex la

in 1976, the survey of the building. the street, if you look at the codes on the map, the street is not designated as anything. it is white. which means it was never designated as an approved street for one of the towers. if there are grounds or reasons to go away from this map, they should have designated the reasons for that. in fact, what i was at the initial hearing, public works admitted they did not look at the map when they approved the project. i think that if they are going to vary from their own map, they have to have a justification for doing so. they didn't put this forth in the initial application and have not put justification in this one. the blocks away from the site is an approved stream. there is no reason they could not go two and a half blocks east. >> thank you. >> good evening. thank you for your attention to the matter. i am the infrastructure provider who is looking to improve the network. this is discussed tonight. to improve the data capacity of the existing network in the area based on actual da

two of the four buildings required a variance. had that not been the case, they would have been secretly applying for a.d.u.s in all three of our buildings and severing the garage s. the only notice we received was in 2016, they indicate this had we would need to vacate the garage for the retrofit. they said the garage would be done in stages, so it seemed like a project that would be done bit by bit, and there's no everyone's in agreement that the retrofit needs to be done. so once -- it was just by luck that we even became aware of this. they applied for the a.d.u.s at the same time that they applied for the retrofitting, again, in secret. i also want to point out inconsistency -- or an inaccuracy in their brief. this was never approved and rescinded. this matter was due -- was due to administrative mistake, had to be rescheduled at a later time. and i then requested the matter to be removed from the consent calendar, so it was never approved and rescinded. that's not quite accurate. they also state that this is providing improve

as the building code addition, the program is administered by the department of building inspection andn interagency collaborative group is working together on implementation. this includes planning department on the guidelines for historic buildings. public works on public right-of-way, and sidewalk modifications, the access appeals commission for technical and feasibility and unreasonable hardship requests, osb, as a small business resource, and the mayor's office on disability for their expertise on a.d.a. title two, and also experience in serving the disabled community. our office is very active in the inner agency group. i would say we have a very close working relationship with the building department. we have supported them in their efforts through coordinating outreach efforts, helping to create materials and resources, and we are also very active in helping them work through nuances of implementation. i will go through the slide fairly quickly. these are the steps for compliance for the ordinance. the first step is to review the program requirements which are on d.b.i.'s access

and we saw them briefly as they made their way up the steps to the building —— to the capitol buildingto the congressional building it was greeted by family and friends and political colleagues of george bush senior‘s. george bush and political colleagues of george bush senior‘s. george busth, of course, george w bush, clearly visibly emotional at a time of very private but also public mourning. and as you can see, more people arriving now. they will be paying their respects. just remind you, this is the scene alive in the rotunda of the capitol building in washington, dc. —— seen a live. you're watching bbc news. to those of you joining us on bbc world news, you are seeing light teachers from washington, dc, where the coffin of george hw bush sr is lying in state in the rotunda of the capitol building. moments ago, the first lady and president climbed the steps into the building, any moment we are expecting them to enter the rotunda, this, where the focus of the nation ‘s reflection and mourning, is focused. and will be for the next three days. now, it looks as though the president is

and the original building permit? >> commissioner richards: the 2014 one. >> so we don't have the full calculations for that permit. i have looked at it and it does seem there is an exhibit in the sponsor materials. there is a substantial portion that was meant to stay. sidewalls i think, almost the entirety of the first florida. so i can't talk about -- we don't have the exact specific percentages for what was approved. but normally the process would call for -- >> it would be, but this project also happens to be located in the r 1 zoning district, it has the ability to be approved by the zoning commission. >> and it didn't make it to the zoning administrator desk? >> no, the official document is the review of the demolition. no such document was issued for the project. >> i read the signed affidavit i believe. he says on page 2 of 5, i am alone acting as professional construction made time critical decisions in the field to remove various structures that were compromised and posed a risk. my professional code of cond

back in the day this building was on campus student housing today anybody can spend the night. first i'm going to take a look at the bauhaus school of design from within i'm eating both gun turned out at the head of the bauhaus collection with he's going to give me a tour. just like visitors in nineteen twenty six or later you arrive in the foyer today. in the four you do your window came back when the building was restored in one thousand nine hundred seventy six or. so your practically looking outside if you can see the building you're standing in as if you were outside. the grow percent of the building was everything the building is architecture which itself is also sculpture which is also painting so you don't need to hang paintings on the wall here and gropius didn't hang any paintings on the wall and. therefore yalies into the auditorium where there was enough seating for one hundred and sixty students. they say this one disciplines were taught at the bauhaus in the halls or in the all over the group the submission to kind of design in terms of handling crowds and but als

the addition is over the building. the existing building footprint and matches the adjacent neighbor is quite well. the building permit applications have been submitted to legalize the existing work. with this, staff finds a project meets the department standards and guidelines and recommends a commission not take the d.r. project as proposed as it does not prevent -- present any extraordinary circumstances. this concludes the department presentation and i'm happy to answer any questions. thank you. >> d.r. requester? >> good evening. >> this is my first. >> i can't hear you you will both have a two-minute rebuttal. go ahead. >> good evening. i have owned my property for almost 20 years. i spent all my money and my work for my home to make sure that everything -- i have a downstairs room that was built in 2009. i know firsthand first hand how important it was to build with permits because of the hundred of code issues

this is the regular meeting of the building inspection commission. i would like to remind everyone to please turn off all electronic devices and the first item is roll call. president mccarthy. >> here. >> clerk: vice president walker. >> here. >> clerk: commissioner konstin. >> here. >> clerk: commissioner lee. >> here. >> clerk: commissioner warshell. >> here. >> clerk: we have a quorum. next item is item 2, president's announcements. >> president mccarthy: good morning, and welcome to the october 17, 2018 commission. as most note today is the 29th anniversary of the 1989 earthquake and i would like to ask for a moment of silence in honor of those who died or were injured by that disaster. [moment of silence] thank you. engineers and all of the rest of us do learn from each other and every earthquake and we're better prepared today to respond to the next major earthquake. we also know, however, that we still have lots of work to do to improve the city's resilience, excuse me and our overall ability to respond and recover, including never-ending trai

the building permit as you know, it represents the cdc. this is an update of the buildings. the department is forceful to get everyone to comply. our dbi engineers from the department, will eventually issue. and it will take a few months to get the permit. and from in the door out the door issued. and would expand to the 26th of october of 2018. notes from the brief, i do think they were taken from phones as well, regarding plans. i have the plans with me tonight. and they are the plans that were in the brief. and that would be the intended scope of work under this permit. and if they want to make changes, as you heard, with the revision permit. and on the plan, it could be accepted. on the comments there, i think it was the commissioner acknowledged the work, of apartment number one. it was a revised plan. the apartment number one, with the over head, we will look at the rebuttal. >> i am looking at this. it seems to be okay on the screen. >> so and this is apartment number one. shown on the inside, the upper spot. and there is a stairwell on the outside there, so i . so tha

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but they were in the building for quite some time. and in order for them to evacuate a media company like this -- >> that is a big undertaking for the nypd. that's not a decision they made lightly because they had to know we were on the air here at the time that they were going to evacuate. but clearly there was something that concerned them greatly. to do this kind of an evacuation on just a phoned-in bomb threat is not something the nypd takes -- it's not a decision they take lightly. clearly they were very concerned here. given the climate, given the history, given what we have been through already with those other package bombs, the one that was mailed here to us in new york and also the one in atlanta. so that was all on their mind when they went ahead and made this decision to evacuate. look, it's not often that the c nypd evacuates buildings like this because of phoned-in bomb threats. >> when you think about -- again, they say it came from the south. and and f. they had that information, they probably know specifically where it

the three buildings will outline the dose three of the buildings will line the curve at the intersection of 17th and roosevelt way. and open space is maintained between each building. striking a bit of a balance between the architecture and the hillside landscape. aligning the three frontages with the neighboring buildings and stopping the faÇade reduces the mass along the public way. each of the five buildings draw upon the neighborhood fabric for articulation of massing and subtle cues of architectural modulation such as a 20-foot module for the main building element and including bay windows. drawing from the urban context, an expression of the hillside, all five buildings have modern, individual designs which differentiate themselves yet complement one another and are sculpted to reflect the organic nature of the hillside, but also blend in with certain elements of the neighbors. the homes on upper terrace maintain a horizontal and midcentury design, however, they are modified to have an open and inviting faÇade you corridors again between each building are provided for the public be