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National Environmental Policy Act Documents

• Summary Brochure – Bringing Back the Heart of the Presidio
  (February 2009)
• Summary Brochure – Bringing Back the Heart of the Presidio
  (June 2008)
• Revised Draft Main Post Update to the Presidio Trust Management Plan
  (February 2009)
• Draft Main Post Update to the Presidio Trust Management Plan
  (June 2008)
• Supplement to the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
  (February 2009)
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4
  • Appendix A - Transportation
• Presidio Trust Management Plan Main Post Update – Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (June 2008)
• Part 1 (Chapter 1)
• Part 2 (Chapter 2)
• Part 3 (Chapter 3 Sections 3.1 through 3.5)
• Part 4 (Chapter 3 Sections 3.6 through 3.8)
• Part 5 (Chapter 3 Sections 3.9 to conclusion)
• Appendix A - Transportation

National Historic Preservation Act/Section 106 Documents

• Final Finding of Effect for the Main Post Update (July 2009)
• Draft Finding of Effect for the Main Post Update (February 2009)
• Draft Finding of Effect for the Main Post Update (August 2008)
• California State Historic Preservation Officer Comment Letter – July 3, 2008
• California State Historic Preservation Officer Comment Letter – July 18, 2008

Reference Documents

The following documents have been referenced in the Presidio Trust Management Plan (PTMP), Main Post Update draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) and are provided as background information for the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), Section 106 consultation process. Many of the documents referenced are in draft form and should not be relied upon as establishing Presidio Trust policy unless adopted by the Trust Board of Directors.

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency DSEIS Rating Letter – October 2, 2008
• Request for Proposals for Cultural Institutions on the Presidio Main Post (August 2007)
• Draft Levantar Archaeological Management Strategy
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Draft Cut and Fill Map 1871-2000
• Draft Cultural Landscape Assessment of the Main Post
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
• Draft Identified Historic Properties Report
• Draft Geoarchaeological Investigations for the Proposed Presidio Contemporary Art Museum
• Draft Presidio Lodge Archaeological Test Trenching Results
• Draft Archaeological Research Design Report for El Presidio and the Main Post
• Draft Archaeology Education Program Prospectus
• Draft Archival Research Report
• Report on Archaeological Shovel Probe Survey at the Presidio of San Francisco
• Draft Presidio Heritage Program: A Museum Without Walls
• DRAFT 2008 National Historic Landmark (NHL) Update
  (85% draft as of July 2008) 
  • Introduction
  • Section 7: Description
  • Section 8: Statement of Significance
  • Section 9: References
  • Photographs
  • Maps and Figures
    • Updated Building Classifications Map (June 2008)
  • Appendix A: Previous Archaeological Studies
  • Appendix B: DPR 523 C Records
  • Appendix C: Archeological Property Templates
• Main Post Planning Workshops
  • Transcript - September 25, 2008
  • Transcript - September 28, 2008
  • Transcript - October 2, 2008
  • Main Post Workshop Series Summary
• Comment Letters from Section 106 Parties
  • National Park Service - April 4, 2008
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation - May 16, 2008
  • California Office of Historic Preservation – July 3, 2008
  • California Office of Historic Preservation – July 18, 2008
    (with detailed comments attached)
  • Advisory Council on Historic Preservation - August 19, 2008
  • California Office of Historic Preservation – September 10, 2008
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation - October 29, 2008
• Meetings with Consulting Parties
• Transcript of January 26, 2010 Meeting - 2:00pm
• Transcript of January 26, 2010 Meeting - 10:15am
• Transcript of January 26, 2010 Meeting - 8:45am
• Transcript of August 20, 2009 Meeting - 10:45am
• Transcript of August 20, 2009 Meeting - 8:45am
• Transcript of August 19, 2009 Meeting - 2:45pm
• Transcript of August 19, 2009 Meeting - 1:00pm
• Transcript of August 19, 2009 Meeting - 11:00am
• Transcript of August 19, 2009 Meeting - 9:30am
• Transcript of August 18, 2009 Meeting - 4:45pm
• Transcript of August 18, 2009 Meeting - 2:00pm
• Transcript of November 5, 2008 Meeting
• Transcript of November 12, 2008 Meeting - 11:30am
• Transcript of November 12, 2008 Meeting - 2:00pm
• Transcript of December 5, 2008
• Transcript of April 21, 2009 Meeting
• Transcript - Presidio Trust Public Meeting: Update on New Construction in the Historic Main Post (Wednesday, November 19, 2008)
• Presidio Trust Identifies a Preferred Alternative
• Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplement to a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
• Programmatic Agreement – Section 106 (March 2002)
• Section 213 Report, Presidio of San Francisco National Landmark (April 6, 2009)
• Transcript – Presidio Trust Public Board of Directors Meeting (April 7, 2009)
• Presentation from Transportation Workshop (April 22, 2009)
• Main Parade Ground Landscape Plan

Documents for November 19, 2008 Public Meeting

The following materials provided the basis for the public meeting on November 19, 2008, which focused on updating the public on the compliance process for projects proposed for the revitalization of the Main Post of the Presidio of San Francisco, a National Historic Landmark District. Projects include the Contemporary Art Museum at the Presidio (CAMP), a park lodge, and a rehabilitated and expanded historic theater. The materials are the result of a collaborative exercise between the Presidio Trust and the National Park Service, with input from the State Historic Preservation Officer and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. The objective of the exercise was to identify strategies for avoiding and minimizing potential effects on the National Historic Landmark District from the proposed projects. These four agencies are the signatories to an existing agreement that provides for the treatment and preservation of historic resources in the Presidio of San Francisco.

Architects and other historic resource experts from the National Park Service and the Presidio Trust identified the applicable standards for new construction and historic building rehabilitation in a National Historic Landmark District and applied them to existing proposals to understand the nature of the effects on the resources, including archaeological resources, the cultural landscape, historic views, and the relation of built and open space. Participants in the exercise then posited different scenarios to identify strategies that could be used to make proposed projects more compatible in the historic site.

The concepts that resulted from the exercise are presented as a series of matrices. On the left can be found the applicable guidelines from the Secretary of the Interior’s standards,^[1] followed by strategies to avoid or minimize effects, and then the possible effects themselves. The matrices are accompanied by photographs taken of scale models placed on a topographical plan of the Main Post.

These concepts are built upon the alternatives analyzed in the draft Main Post Update supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) and do not constitute new proposals. They are meant to provide guidance to project proponents as they continue to develop their designs, and to the Presidio Trust as the agency continues its deliberations on a preferred alternative and potential mitigation measures.

[1] The Secretary of the Interior advises federal agencies on the preservation of historic properties listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. View the complete text of the Secretary of the Interior’s guidelines.

• Secretary of the Interior’s Standards Evaluation Matrix (2008)
• Predicted Archaeological Features of the National Historic Landmark District Map (1993)