me. i have never heard of my mother's attorney. it is beyond my mind why this person would present it as a representative of my mother. definitely, the removal of the sun would not be financially beneficial to her. she is getting $125 a year. why would she want to remove the sign in the first place? in terms of the planning department, i can go on and on. cbs could have taken more responsibility to find the owner of record of the building. that was 2008. but i am not going to go into that. i have no idea what happened in the process, and who benefited from signing the termination letter. definitely she has not signed. she has no knowledge. her english is very limited. i have never heard of this person and have no idea who he is. in termsof the planning department, there is a letter which has been sent. the notice of requirement in

lieu addressed only one responsible party, cbs outdoor. even though my mother became owner on august 8, 2008, she never received the letter. the letter has never been forwarded to her. i believe there was maybe a oversight on the planning department side. if she had received the letter, perhaps we would not be meeting here today. >> mr. leones? >> i do not have anything further to add, unless there are questions. >> mr. sider? >> briefly, what ms. farrell is referring to -- at least a notice of requirements that the

planning department issued upon our determination that this sign was eligible to receive an in lieu identification number -- this is distinct from a notice of violation. it simply says the application in 2003 has been granted and you may be -- and you may proceed with the legalization process. it is not our habit or our policy -- it is not in the planning code to include other parties then the applicant on any notice of requirement, be it for a building permit, a conditional use, or a matter such as this. >> thank you. the commissioners, the matter is submitted. vice president garcia: for me, the key language is [unintelligible] could or would prevent someone

from replacing a sign that has been removed. as in the previous case, i felt like it was inadvertent. it certainly was not voluntary on the part of the owner. ultimately, it was not voluntary on the part of cbs. there are some unpleasantries having to do with this case and allegations that are unfortunate. i would have felt more comfortable had ms. farrell simply said her mother has a language problem and made a terrible mistake. she did not say that. that does not change me from feeling that it would be reasonable, even though it is not consistent with 604, or even

the proposition, to allow ms. ramos to continue to receive the income. i think one time ms. farrell said 100 pandit of dollars a year. i think she meant $125 a month. whenever the income is, it seems as though as the situation financially has been described, ms. ramos use it as a figure of some significance. president goh: with regard to the $125 a year, it is in the record. they went to small claims court and sued, expecting $125 a month. the apparently learned it was in fact $125 a year.

that is the suit that is in exhibit f, dated september 17, 2010. >> other comments, commissioners? commissioner peterson: i will echo vice-president -- vice president garcia's comments, as in the prior case.

vice president garcia: i thought you were still speaking. commissioner peterson: i am just looking for something. vice president garcia: i would overturn the department and grant the appeal, with findings [unintelligible] >> commissioners, shall we call the roll on that? commissioner fung: i -- sorry i did not speak up earlier. i should have spoken up. but i think my reason for where i am going to vote should be brought forth. i am not going to go into a lot of the allegations.

however, what is clear to me is that there was notice. the question of whether that notice provided the ability to understand exactly the nature of the planning code and the nature of what one may have or one may lose is questionable to the appellant's mother. that, however, i do not think, in this particular case, excuses' in my mind -- excuses in my mind what the code clearly states. vice president garcia: i wish i had added that when the findings are read, if this passes, that cbs and the city -- it could be

indicated that they are [unintelligible] if the [unintelligible] president goh: for the record, i agree with commissioner fung and will not be voting to overturn the department. commissioner hwang: likewise. >> i will call the roll. >> commissioner garcia, i believe your boat is to grant the appeal, deny the permit, with adoption of findings at a later time. >> to overturn the department. >> to overturn the department. >> on that motion -- commissioner fung: no. president goh: no. commissioner peterson: aye.

commissioner hwang: no. >> thank you. the vote is 2-3. absent another motion, this permit would be upheld. commissioner peterson: the department would be upheld and the permit would be upheld. the permit was issued. this was a request to rebuild. i apologize for the confusion earlier. >> if there is no further motion, there is no further business. president goh: was the motion stated correctly? i am sure you stated it correctly and i wrote it incorrectly. >> the protest of the issuance of a permit. >> i think the motion was to grant the appeal and overturn the department, and it failed.

president goh: ok. thank you. >> are we adjourned? there is no further business. president goh: we are adjourned.

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because we have a great waste water system here in san francisco, we do about 80 million gallons of waste water here in san francisco, which means we basically fill up 120 olympic sized swimming pools each and every day here in the city. we protect public health and safety and environment because

we are discharging into the bay and into the ocean. this is essentially the first treatment here at our waste water treatment facility. what we do is slow down the water so that things either settle to the bottom or float to the top. you see we have a nice selection of things floating around there, things from bubble gum wrappers, toilet paper, whatever you dump down the toilet, whatever gets into our storm drains, that's what gets into our waste water treatment and we have to clean. >> see these chains here, this keeps scum from building up. >> on this end in the liquid end basically we're just trying to produce a good water product that doesn't negatively impact the receiving water so that we have recreation and no bad impact on fish and aquatic life.

solids is what's happening. . >> by sludge, what exactly do you mean? is that the actual technical term? . >> it's a technical term and it's used in a lot of different ways, but this is organic sewage sludge. basically what it is is, oh, maybe things that come out of your garbage disposal, things that are fecal in nature. it's sludge left in the water after the primary treatment, then we blend those two over and send them over to digestion. this building is built to replace tanks here that were so odoriferous they would curl your hair. we built this as an interim process. >> is there a coagulant

introduced somewhere in the middle of this? . >> this coagulant brings solids together and lets the water run through. that gives us more time in the digestion process, more time to reduce the amount of solids. these are the biggest ones in the world, like we always like to do in san francisco. they are 4 meter, there's none like it in the world. >> really? wow. >> three meters, usually. we got the biggest, if not the best. so here we are. look at that baby hum. river of sludge. >> one of the things is we use bacteria that's common in our own guts to create this reduction. it's like an extra digestion. one of the things we have to do to facilitate that is heat that sludge up and keep it at the temperature our body likes, 98.6 degrees. >> so what we have here is the

heat exchanger for digester no. 6. these clog up with debris and we're coming in to -- next wet weather season so we always come through here, clean them out, make sure that we get maximum heat exchange during the colder wet weather. sludge season. >> rubber glove. >> right here. >> rubber glove, excellent. all right, guys. >> thank you. >> good luck. >> this is the full on hazmat. . >> residual liquid. we're taking it time to let it drain. we don't want to get sludge on it necessarily. take your time. stand on the side of it. .

>> should we let it release for a while? . >> let it release. >> is that the technical term? . >> this is the most important bolt on the whole thing. this is the locking bolt. it locks this thing right in place. so now. >> take your hammer and what we want to do, we get rag build up right in here. the hot water recirculates right in here, the sludge recirculates in here. the sludge sometimes has rags in it. all we want to do is go around the clean the rags. let me show you how. take the slide hammer, go all the way through the back, go around. >> got you. >> during the real rainy season, how does that change the way dealing with this job? is it a lot more stuff in there?

. >> what we do, charles, we do this quarterly. every four months we go around and clean all the heat exchangers so we don't have a large build up. . >> go around? . >> yeah. (sound of hammering). >> what i'm trying to do, charles, is always pull it out on the low stroke. >> right. so you are not, like, flying out. now talk about clean up.

. >> then where does this stuff get deposited? . >> we're going to dump it in a debris box and it will go back to the plant. >> if you think back, the romans came up with a system of plumbing that allowed us it use water to transport waste away from the hub of civilization, which enabled cities to grow. . >> you have a large bowl, a drive motor and another motor with a planetary gearbox with differential pressure inside there. the large mass up there spinning separating the solids from the liquid. we have to prevent about once a month, we go in there grease those, change the oil, check the vibration levels. the operators can tell just

aye been in san francisco 20 years. i'm homeless. i got a good cup of coffee. i got a number. today i'm 359. >> you try to do the right thing and make a point to do what you have to to be at one place. they have all the services at

one building. i can spend 4 hours touching each table ask and getting the information i need to get back on my feet. they are providing the services under one roof. you don't have to go here or there or wait until next week. >> at the time we opened we have folks waiting outside to come in. >> good morning. >> what we are doing is trying to find out what they want and need and getting them to their services as fast as possible. >> i came to the eye glasses program. making a couple of phone calls to my family at home. >> some housing, i'm here for employment. may be see about -- i've never been to one of these. i have not been homeless before. >> the scareiest are the people who are recently homeless who look like me.

look like they could be my friend or family member. a few wrong choices and bad luck got them here. >> i was laid off 2-1/2 weeks ago and came to the project to -- >> i've been married to the same man, my childhood sweetheart he started doing drugs. we went from a nice out in texas to nothing. the next step in the process is they get linked up with a volunteer. this is the heart and soul of the public connect. we greet clients. shake their hands. ask them to follow us and talk to them as we bring them to the hall and lead them to the first station. you find they are humbling on both sides. humbling for me.

it's a great opportunity to give the folks the respect they deserve and don't get enough of. >> these are the people we step over on the way to our jobs. i was thankful to the mayor. our jobs are about helping people. this is another way for us to give back to our community that treats us very well. i like the way they take you around to get you started. that's nice. they let you go and thoser the different things you need. >> are you with a program, now? >> i was a long time -- >> you want a job search? >> career planning [inaudible]. you are interested in getting into the trades? and that is where they will

double check your trading skills you got and put you on a crew and you can do construction work or any kind of construction. >> okay. >> good. are you receiving food stamps? >> no. >> not medical or nothing. >> no. >> we got to get you hooked up. >> this the department of human searchss this is the benefit's section much the beauty on coming here today is that we brought all of our requirements to this place, this station. the assessment. the orientation, we have the screening propose, the finger imaging this helps people who are unable to tolerate going to different appointments on several days. >> i want to talk to people from housing and shelter. there are several jobs i have been given it's a matter of

following up. >> i'm going to get my eye glasses, try to. when i got here they said 60 people. not everybody will get a pair. 8 million people in san francisco who are homeless. >> i volunteered for the eye screening. they are appreciative, they tell us that. and they have come back to say, thank you very much. we appreciate this. it's made a difference in my life. there was a guy today that couldn't see so near sighted he couldn't seebeyond 2 or 3 inches. everything is a blur. it's a miracle for him. >> they are not doing anymore screening for the day. i will go to health care, next. >> this is the medical section where they come and give us their names and we ask them to

have a seat with the rn. there are 6 rn's that will find out what they need. it could be just to see a doctor. they will sit here, write an assessment and someone will escourt them to where the doctors are. we have 2 if not more licensed dentests that look at people's mouth. they get a card to a drop-in clinic. the only thing that holds us back is we don't have enough dentists to treat the number of people. we would treat more people. >> this is not an area that people deal with. it can be a significant barrier. we see 185 to 200 clients. in the dmv area we see 300 to

350. >> it's overwhelming but helpful. there are a lot of people willing to help. >> at cafe connect we have volunteers that work as waiters. everyone who come here experiences a surprise that it's such an easy thing to relate to this group of people. when you are out of the street you ignore them. when you are here you treat them like human beings. people are gratified. >> you give back to people. you give back to our community and it makes the world a little less cruel. >> i heard people in line talking about the donation when they walked out. it was nice to see people come and get the things they want and leave. it's rewarding for our employees to help out. >> the feedback i have gott