Harding Feud May Be Resolved SoonEric Schaeferbyline‚ Apr. 13‚ 2005Although the Board of Supervisors has yet to hear a formal appeal of the planned demolition of the Harding Theater, it may be saved anyway. Yesterday, in a highly technical session, the board decided to continue the matter for the fourth time, though only for one week, to allow the Planning Commission to better prepare for the hearing. When asked if they were prepared to defend the negative declaration, which finds the property in compliance with CEQA, staff in charge said that they had not planned to defend it at the meeting, because they expected the compromise to come through and because the original plan did not take the history of the building into account. Peskin then suggested the hearing be continued for a week to allow Planning to prepare and said that if the negative declaration were to be rescinded, "We would deal with a cleaner record which would recognize the historicity of the project." |