commissioner lee: we are still in the rebuttal. commissioner walker: actually, my concern is one of when we have a flooding situation at a place and they come in to do a permitted replacement or job, it is unfortunate, i guess, that we do not check to make sure that there is a back flow valve issue. >> we will do the inspection. we will check to make sure there is one if it is required and we are inside a building. they are just doing a hausfrau for a section of sewage, we do not know that there is a lower unit. we would not see that there is lower units. there is no work being done. we're just looking at that section. if we were inside that building and we went inside and they did a major replacement, at that time, we would say that we need to put back water protection here and at this location as well. we would not approve the job.

we would approve what is in the street but not what is in the unit. >> but -- commissioner walker: the back flow valve issue that was wrapped up and cut open -- >> we never saw it. commissioner walker: that actually was a problem even before they did they -- >> that was installed after the installation of the sewer. the store was done and there was information pursued after the installation. then, somebody went out and installed these backflow preventer is. we never saw that. there is no permits for the installation. we never approve them and were never able to correct the incorrect location. commissioner walker: one more question. is 30 days to obtain a plumbing permits for the back water valve and doing the final inspection reasonable? >> it is reasonable, yes.

it is a job of breaking up the concrete or removing the old bathwater bell, camping of the bypass, going to the location of where the laundry is, the opening of that line and installing another bath water valve, or whatever else is below the location that is getting flooded. it is definitely doable in 30 days. commissioner lee: ok, thank you. mr. ewing, do you have anything else to say? you have three minutes or bottle. >> i think my only comment at this point is i just heard the gentleman say 30 days. it has been quite a few years, and we have not gotten a finality of this problem. i think it is honest contractors, conscientious workers, people back do as they

say -- i mean, we were told that our work would be permitted, and i think what the gentleman just said here before, and just like i was saying, that the work inside the home, the installation of the store was not permitted. and not know. i am just left with a lot of doubt and a lot of fear, actually, around this. >> what was your original question? for this is their rebuttal. >> i have a question. what do you see as being reasonable, and if you could be sustained, because i understand all this other problems, that there have been other people here, but what we're trying to do is figure out how to work with you. you are saying that 30 days is something that is going to be hard. the bottom line is you have to do it. we know that here. if we were to give you 60 days to fix this, would that be helpful? >> i think 60 days would be

helpful, but i do not think i would get it done. i'm looking at arbitration with mr. wilson -- >> this is not going to happen before the arbitration. i can guarantee you that. >> i might add it does not affect what you have to get it done or not. you can proceed on with that, and will not affect your litigation. them is just not going to happen. that can take up to your two. >> i do not know. i would just ask the board to be as lenient as possible, knowing that my partner and i have tried our best to get the situation corrected. i would just ask for leniency as far as the timeline is concerned, to investigate, acquire permits, to hire conscientious, hard-working, honest contractors to do the work that needs to be done. i do not know how long that is going to take. honestly, i wish i could give you a 30, 60, 90-day answer.

i do not know, but i do know that we have work to be done, and so far, all the work that we have done has been for naught. commissioner murphy: i think the commissioners are really trying to work with you here. 30 days, 60 days. commissioner lee: anybody else want to weigh in? >> i would move 60 days, give him time to interview some folks come and get it done. >> and get references. you have to get references. >> and now you know they need permits. that is the permit in place? >> there was a permit obtained. let me find a deep fear.

in may. may 21, 2010. he was going to the corrections on the back water valve, from what i was told. but like i said, no inspections have happened. i do not know if you are still using him or not. them of the permit that the gentleman is just speaking about was actually a permit to take the place of a permit that was presented to us for 149 buena vista avenue. the gross for a different owner, a different address. subsequently, i believe that this permit was somehow -- the

corrected permits for the one that should have taken place in 2006, not a permit to the corrective work, but to somehow stand instead of the permit that was presented. >> so there was a modification of a wrong address to accommodate your address. for work to be done? >> for work that had been done. commissioner murphy: all i can say is that the commissioners have heard everything. but somebody needs to carry the ball. you are the owner, and i suggest you carry it. >> i think that if there is an issue about this other permit that is out there, i would suggest that the notice of violation needs a new permit to resolve the issue, and that i

actually move that we of hold the department's suggestion and -- except that we amend it to 60 days. commissioner murphy: second. >> just to clarify, you are upholding the order of abatement -- >> giving them time to comply, and if he complies with in 60 days, then the order will not issue. >> that is correct. >> of holding the assessment. >> yes. commissioner lee: ok, that is the motion on the floor. let's call a vote. >> ok. commissioner lee: yes. commissioner walker: yes. commissioner clinch: yes. commissioner hechanova: commissioner mar: yesmar yes. commissioner romero: yes.

commissioner murphy: yes. >> okay, the motion carried unanimously. our next item is item e, general public comment for the abatement appeals hearing. commissioner lee: seeing none. >> seeing none, we can move on to item f, which is adjournment. all those in favor? commissioner lee: ok. we are adjourned. >> we will be adjourned for approximately 15 minutes while we set up for the buding inection commissn etg.

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chica chic features an array of artwork by five leading chicana artists that addresses a range of issues such as integration, sustainability, and integration. using a distinct visual approach, each of the artist's response to the shifting needs of their communities in ways that offer unique perspectives and multiple points of entry. >> the exhibition is to bring together the voices of a new generation chicana artists, all of whom reference the works of the civil-rights movement in their works, but they are also responding to a new cultural concerns and new cultural circumstances. >> the works in the show include a large canvas depicting a woman washing the beach with her hair at the u.s./mexican border. the painting encourages the viewer to engage with the

current debates over immigration and the politics of women and labor. influenced by the campaigns of the chicano civil rights movement, this oakland artist is a print maker whose work has helped and sustainability with the immigrant community as well as other current sociopolitical issues. this print-based work draws on appropriated agricultural worker manuals and high fashion labels to satirically address class issues, cultural identities, and consumerism. >> angelica -- her father was an agricultural worker, so she has drawn a lot from the materials the agricultural department sends to agricultural workers, referencing the depiction of farm workers and some of the information about pesticide application. >> mitzi combines a variety of

media, including embroidery, to create artifacts of mexican, chicano, pop culture. she greets immensely detailed drawings of celebrities on the same platform of her friends and families. her work combines elements of chicano portraiture and low writer art, rendered in upon new art style, or intricate drawings on handkerchiefs, also -- often associated with prison art. her portrait of three girls is among several of original posters by the exhibition artists, which are on view at various bart stations as part of a public campaign funded by the national endowment of the arts. from the outset, the curator felt it was important for the exhibition to have a public art components of the work could reach the widest possible audience. more than just a promotion, the posters connect the work of these powerful artists with new audiences, including the vital

chicano and latino community. images can be found in bart stations located in san for cisco and oakland. >> it is enormously exciting for me personally and for the institution. the poster with up right after new year's, and i remember very vividly -- i am a regular rider, and i went into the station and saw the first poster i had seen, it was incredibly exciting. it is satisfying to know that through the campaign, we are reaching a broader audience. >> for more information about