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Commissioners, public urge development of local guidelines to clarify application of Secretary of the Interior standards
Summary
Several commissioners and a public commenter said the city should prioritize drafting local design guidelines that explain how the Secretary of the Interior’s standards apply in San Francisco; staff said interns are compiling examples and the department expects a draft starting point early next year.
Public commenters and commissioners at the Nov. 6, 2013 Historic Preservation Commission meeting urged the department to prioritize development of local guidelines clarifying how the Secretary of the Interior’s standards should be applied in San Francisco.
Jim Hass told the commission the Spur Heritage Report "overlooks" the national debate about how strictly the Secretary of the Interior’s standards should be interpreted and urged the commission to make preparing local guidelines its first priority.
Commissioner Johns said the issue deserves a broad forum and recommended inviting preservation community members and experts to provide input so the commission can consider a wide range of views. "I think it is so important that this is going to take several meetings ... we should invite them," he said.
Tim Fry, Department staff, said the department began compiling design guidelines from around the country this summer and assigned interns to formulate ideas and concepts for local application of the Secretary of the Interior Standards. Fry said staff have begun public engagement with groups such as the Victorian Alliance and hope to have a starting draft for dialogue early next year; the Spur Heritage report can be scheduled for commission discussion as time allows.
No formal action was taken; staff will continue engagement and return with materials to guide a public discussion of local guidelines.
