they did so here with the north beach library. found that the north beach library in particular was eligible under two separate criteria. the first being events and the second being architecture. the north beach library was designed and constructed during a time of unprecedented commitment at local, state, and federal level towards the development of a public library system. the north beach library conveys the broad trend of social and cultural shifts in the post-war american library unit, and the north beach library represents san francisco's greatest capital expenditure in the library modernization movement. we felt that for those three reasons, it met the criteria. and architecture, the commission found that the north beach library's design embodies the principles of mid-20th century american public library design. it is eligible under this criteria both as the work of a significant architecture firm and as a building that possesses high artistic value. the building design expresses a residential character and scale that draws

no landmarking the north beach library. nd because i was a child when the library was brand-new, my brothers and sisters, my neighbors have lived in my small little street in north beach that is comprised of -- one block away. who was the other? oh, yeah, fred, the principal of the largest elementary school in san francisco, of their principleals -- other principal. all of us were kids who lived on that one story. -- street. we all wanted to go to the north beach library, but it was too small already, in the 1950's, and there was not a children's section, nor was there a teenage section. in fact, some of the patrons were so concerned about it being a quiet library that they tried to shoo us away, so we never felt that even in the 1960's and 1950's that that library was welcoming. is it welcoming now? no. not enough of the services are connected with the recreation and park department, which i think this new plan forms a wonderful collaboration so that children and their parents can use both. [bell] i also need to say that --

i live one block from the north beach library. have been there for 25 years and i wish to state that i am hardly in favor of landmarking it. here are some of the reasons. independent historians and the planning department concur that the north beach library has high architectural, historical, and cultural significance and has the highest integrity of all of the applicants. the north beach library is eligible for the national register of historic places and the california register of historical resources, as well as thematically related multiple property listings. from 1988 until 2008, the library's structural report in branch library improvement program planned for rehabilitating -- and a branch library improvement program planned for rehabilitating the library. ;filling up a precious piece of together with the magnificent trees, and adding to the wall, a columbus intersection, that will create a wall that goes across columbus, because the planned library is a two-story library and takes away from open space. thank you. supervisor

the park. there are little or no back yards for housing in north beach/chinatown neighborhood. this is one of the projects where we can start to make north beach and chinatown better for open space, so there are many advantages of this plan, which the general manager will list in a couple of minutes. thank you. >> upon completing the master planning process, the department's initiated with the department a major environmental analysis division in full environmental impact review process late in 2008, and that is our fifth reason for opposing the landmark recommendation for north beach. this is the eir. the draft library and parks plan is being studied in an exhaustive process that looks at the existing impacts to traffic, chatelin, architectural resources, and the historic resources of the existing building as well as other considerations. these are weighed against the benefits of the project, which are many in terms of a large, functional library, accessible 21st century, stated that our library, a beautifully restored park, a safe, accessible playground, and a tremendous incre

that we engage the community in a full and fully bedded process for each of the projects, and the north beach project is no exception -- full and fully vetted process for each of the projects. the library participated in a very exhaustive master planning process with many community meetings to insure that the north beach neighborhood residents truly had a voice in what would happen to the future of its neighborhood library, and it is fantastic to see this amazing turnout in the middle of the day because it shows the commitment from residents that truly want a state of the art library. this has been going on for 7.5- plus years, and it is long overdue. north beach is a very diverse community. it serves almost 30,000 residents. what we heard loud and clear was the need to provide the community with a first class library, with full accessibility for all our patrons in area that would be dedicated to children, teenagers, shelf space to provide a diverse and large multilingual collection, technology upgrades, and i know some of you have been beneficiaries of the wonderful renovations and new build

i urge you to reject landmarking the existing north beach library, as doing so will impede our progress towards realizing that vision toward a state of the art library for north beach. thank you very much. supervisor chiu: thank you, and i see the general manager of our rec and park department, so if i could ask him to step up. >> good afternoon. i wanted to echo just a feel of the comments that the city librarian made an offer a couple of our own from a parts perspective. luis talked about partnerships. you often as fast as city agencies to work together and collaborate and identify efficiencies and to really engage the community as one city rather than a separate department, and this in particular is a project where that has been done, and in my view, effectively well. i want to celebrate and compliment the library and our project manager's staff on incredible collaboration. the third leg of that partnership, and i think the speakers before me have talked about an extensive public meeting process and great community collaboration. if you look behind me, you will see a lot of people co

. >> i represent the north beach neighbors in part. at our may 10 neighbors board meeting, the man who oversees the library spoke, and they voted to recall our support to the proposals of the new library. the north beach reaffirms that they are demolishing the current library, relocating on the trying galton -- on the triangle. the draft environmental impact report has been challenged. the reason it has been challenged is because of all of the misinformation. everybody here wants a bigger library, including the north beach neighbors, but if you are going to take away one substandard library and give us another substandard library, it is not worth the money we are going to pay for it. this is the new library they were putting up. i've put up a new design. this is a huge library, but it is also a triangle. there is only 2% less than the library we are dealing with today. i would suggest, please plan to mark the building. fix it curren -- fix it. it could make a better library. >> the remaining cards i have -- [list of names] everyone else

that is why i will not support landmarking the north beach library, and i ask that we not approve landmarking to the full board of supervisors. >> i want to thank everyone. i am very supportive of much more functional libraries for the people of north beach and chinatown, and i see that accessibility as critical. i support the building modernism, but i placed the value offensive and acceptable -- placed the value of the acceptable, a functional buildings. i put the usefulness of buildings above the landmarking of the buildings. i also want to say the testimony from a lot of my colleagues and families and parents and teachers and from francisco middle school are very influential on my decision as well, and i think this is the best way forward for a community that has needed a much better library and a park as well. i think the opportunity to unify the park in a much more useful use of space is one of our goals as well. >> i think if there were no better examples i might be convinced maybe it had merit to land mark, but since there are better examples, and i am a recipient of four new libraries

there has been a legitimate question if the north beach library deserves landmarking. we have received numerous feedback from prominent architects, architectural historians, neighborhood historians, and those from the preservation community against the landmarking. they point out that of the seven libraries that have been designated by appleton and woolford, the north beach library is the least representative and most lacking architectural characteristics of that style. as i'm sure all of you here support preservation when merited, our city has to date renovated and preserved 18 public libraries. we have also preserved a six libraries from the sperm for future generations, and i certainly support that preservation, but i do not think that including buildings that black architectural merit -- i think that cheapens the historic landmark designation for other buildings that do have merit, and this is why, colleagues, the land use committee decided what we did and why i would ask for your note on this item today. -- for your no vote on this item today. supervisor campos: co

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the property is located at a north beach commercial district. the business district occupies 600 square feet on the ground floor of the building with an 1130-foot square foot parking in the rear. the restaurant has a total of 125 seats. they also have tables and chairs on the sidewalks. it was approved in 1998 for entertainment of limited to acoustic music. in order to use the pre-recorded musical accompaniments. the department recognizes conditions been proposed. no other live accompaniment is too vague permited, and no other music would be permitted on the aunt your area. electronic amplification would not be permitted between midnight and 6:00 a.m. the lead to further ensure the music would not impact neighboring businesses, the commission may require the windows and doors be kept closed during the time entertainment figures. the department has received nearly 100 letters and e-mails from the merchants' association. department staff has spoken to a representative from the association who says they are concerned because the restaurant could bec

the forward momentum and keep families in north beach. there is a lot of opportunity for revenue to be generated there. we want to make sure our tax dollars are being put to good use and that the government is providing services for our families, and we know that it is needed because right now, if you go to barnes & noble on any given day, there are senior citizens and people with disabilities hanging out in the cafÉ because barnes & noble has better amenities than our library does. it has wheelchair access and clean restrooms. it is a shame that we cannot provide this for our local citizens. i believe in living in a community where i can hear fantastic stories about judge machima taking marilyn monroe on a date at a local restaurant -- where i can hear about jodie maggio -- joe dimaggio taking marilyn monroe on a date. >> i am here on behalf of my son. he is 15 months old. my husband and i are raising him in north beach. we love the public library. we do not use our branch. we use the online catalog and pick them up, because there really

what i hear all the time from tourists is where is north beach? we are in washington square park, and they come there because they have read the information, and it has really changed a lot. they are looking for the restaurants and a culture. anything we can do to add that is a real plus considering the economic situation of the city and the people who live here and how much we need that tourist dollar. >> thank you. >> i am consultant to the project sponsor. if rodney king were here, he would say, can we all sing along? i did talk to the landlord, and he was very specific. he is not going to preach his lease. the restaurant is going to be virtually no change other than a cultural enhancement, so that is clear. i did a lot of expensive and out of reach with project sponsors, basically door-to-door activity, and it was about 98% positive. the thing that is concerning is i want people to go through the process and do the outreach, not to be punished. there are a lot of people that have the music, everything is fine -- there are a please four on recor

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it was a disappointment you did not do the landmarking for the north beach branch library. in much of the discussion that occurred publicly with respect to that issue, there was a great deal of discussion about the supposed benefits of a new library that the library wants to erect on the triangle next to the park, to the existing playground. the discussion did not mention, and in a sense acted as though free money was available for that alternative. there was not a discussion about the tremendously increased cost of the new library, and how that would negatively affect library operations for many years to come. a couple of short six levels. arimstead maupin, author of "tales of the city," well known for his writings, has a new book out. when i inquired about the availability of it, i was told there were four copies available and 63 reserves on those four copies. if everybody takes those up for three weeks one after another, it would be a year before i or anybody else on that line, unless they bought more copies promptly. park branch library closed. replacement is five to eig

i remember in north beach when it was a poster shop on the corner. i love north beach and its diversity, and i think a lot of us want to continue to see it remain a diverse community i. >> the motion is for approval with modification offered that instead of being an amplified microphone instead of the singer and with that modification -- [roll-call] comissioner moore: no. >> that motion passes 5-1 with commissioner moore against. >> are we going forward? >> good afternoon. before you is a request for a conditional use authorization to convert the college space into a new entertainment and restaurant venue. the existing building would be converted into two full-service restaurants and a jazz club on the ground floor. the proposal also includes an outdoor activity area located adjacent to the building and to be used by the restaurant for outdoor dining. the building has been used for office space and an auditorium. these operate as one venue. because the building is designed to support a large, multi use the new, it would be difficult to divide it into

the north beach area is fairly densely packed. anyway, just a comment. >> michael pros today presentation and this would continue over the next couple of hearings. >> does this supersede those given previously the. if anyone would like to see how the documents more vaulting, you will be able to track them on the web site. good evening, commissioners. >> this will probably be located where? >> i believed at an auditorium at s.f. state. thank you for holding out. i will try to be brief. it will be helpful to go over the highlights. i would like to address the issues such as the density. this is surprisingly low by san francisco kosh -- san francisco standards. these are within the range of what we consider a normal neighborhood. in fact. 21 is low. >> before i launched into this presentation, there is a question about what sort of meetings and interactions that happened the. i would offer a list of those meetings and contacts. we can certainly post this on the web site as well. from november, 2006 to the present day, there has been a

i am speaking today for the north beach merchants association and land in our support to shell. he has one quality which i want to emphasize. the entertainment commission has had a lot of problems in the past with conflict of interest, potential problems in that area. we have here today somebody who is intimately knowledgeable of this industry but will not have an opportunity or need it to be overly influenced on the side of the entertainment venues. he's a very fair person. we worked with him on many projects in north beach. it to work with us on the noodle fest. he can work with children, the police, neighbors. a part of our district is broadway, and he has been great. we have members of our association hornell from broadway, coming to the table, thanks to shell. it is time to move on from these partisan people on the entertainment commission and find someone who knows their stuff but is not going to be beholden to the industry. i cannot of size that more. at this time to move on from that time. thank you. supervisor avalos: next speaker, please? >> good afternoon. i am a membe

use volted 3-0 to recommend approval for landmarking the marina branch, while voting 3-0, for the north beach library, both items should be heard next tuesday at the board hearing. also before land use committee, 222 second street. on august 12th, this commission recommended approval of both the zoning ordinance and the map and general plan amendment. it would relass identify a portion of this parcel from 150s, to 350s and make conforming amendments to the general plan. this was proposed in conjunction with the 26-story, 350 foot office tower in the c30 office district. also before the land use committee was the health care service master plan which was an item the director spoke at. you heard this last week at which point you recommended six modifications, increasing the threshold, including a cost recovery mechanism for the updated plan, simplify the content of the plan, if possible making the department of public health the lead agency for specific determine theyions. you asked they consider regional health care needs and add cross-references to help with the implementation of the ordinanc

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