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Committee hears planning staff recommendation to serve Mills Act nonrenewal notice; public raises equity and benefit questions
Summary
Planning staff recommended nonrenewal of a Mills Act contract covering a historic Market Street property; the committee received public comment urging either permanent protection of historic properties or scrutiny of public benefit when tax abatement subsidized private luxury conversions. The committee recommended the item to the full Board.
The Government Audit & Oversight Committee on July 18 received a planning department recommendation to serve a notice of nonrenewal for a Mills Act historic-property contract covering a Market Street office tower and recommended the item to the full Board.
Clerk materials described the item as a resolution regarding nonrenewal of a Mills Act historical property contract with RCP LLC, the owner of "960 Market, The Chronicle Building". Planning staff Shannon Ferguson, however, described the same Mills Act contract as applying to "690 Market Street" during her presentation, citing the approval timeline (Planning Commission approval 03/20/2008; Board approval…
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