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Planning staff outlines schedule to revive San Francisco's preservation element; commission and heritage groups urge edits and public engagement
Summary
Planning staff presented a plan to revise the preservation element of the general plan, propose public participation and complete CEQA review in 2015. San Francisco Heritage and several commissioners urged clearer organization, stronger connections to land-use guidance, and explicit policies for social and cultural heritage.
Planning Department staff presented a plan on April 16 to revisit and update the city's preservation element and to conduct a public-engagement and CEQA schedule leading to final draft review in mid-2015.
Tim Frey summarized the history: the preservation element was drafted previously but shelved during budget cuts; recent funding reinstatement allows staff to resume CEQA review. Frey told the commission that the draft is organized into nine topic areas (identification and documentation, preservation and protection, archaeological resources, application of standards, professional qualifications, incentives, education and public awareness,…
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