are retiring that have several days -- several vacant positions that we were not able to fill due to the fact there were no current lists available. they became available so we have new hires coming. we are interviewing again on monday for additional clerks for the first, second -- all of them actually because we did it get a new list and we will be replacing those people and we will be able to replace them -- interviews are next week and we hope to have them within two weeks. that's going to help on a lot of the problems we are having.

>> so some of those, they would take the place of some of the vacancies that show up here or is at and after the vacancies -- >> some of the new hires are already listed because this was as of july 18th. they are not listed due to the fact we have not hired them yet and they will take up some of these vacancies, so there will be new names next month when i give it to you. the other thing i would like to mention is that emily morrison who was on loan from dhr is now a permanent employee which is improving our personnel department issues. that has helped quite a bit in

some of our areas. >> does she have support staff? >> she has to support staff. -- she has two support staff. we actually have the equivalent of two and half full time people helping which really helps out. >> under what category -- >> payroll and personnel. >> they are actually under administration. i would like to ask commissioner murphy -- all of these people were, first floor -- technical services is on the first floor.

the commissioner is right. there is a wrong line to the permit center. the commissioner is right. i'm sorry. >> thank you. one other category -- with the large projects coming on line, are we -- do we have the staffing and within the budget to provide a review for civil to structural to the first page of document review? >> we are bringing on a new

plumbing checker, and electrical plan checker will be coming on board. the mechanical plan review right now, we have several vacancies. we have put in recommendations to fill those vacancies -- the air-conditioning and all of the vacancies which will be quite extensive. we do have some vacancies in plan review which we will be filling. >> commissioners. >> thank you. >> item 6e. >> we have all of the systems tested.

we're waiting to get the people we actually have to help the people through this system -- it is ready to go, finally. >> can you go through the broad description and how it is organized provided the level of service? >> i would start with a new customer and not a frequent flier. the new customer would come to the information counter on the first floor. they know their street address but they do not know their lot number. all of the information is needed up front and they would be routed to the health bet -- to the help desk. they will look up to find out if there is any complaints on the property and find out if there

is a discrepancy in the number of units or any information that would be needed for what type of permit they're trying to get. normally it would be an over- the-counter permit. they would be routed to the building department directly. all of the routing information would be put in by the help desk on the first floor. they would be routed to the next available service area they would need. the other item that would happen is if one station had a blockage, it would rob the customer to the next available station. planning would be first and in most cases -- after that they would be routed to the next

available station. the actual clark has the ability to route them and they will sign off and route them to the next station. the clerk's staff has all been trained in this. >> is a visible queueing system as opposed to like at a restaurant where they provide a pager? >> windscreens on the fifth floor and first floor that will actually call out the number. it is similar to the dmv station. our call out station are on big tv screens that will, because there are so many, they will be rotating through and there is

also the ability to put up on a news station for the customers to be able to watch the news while they're waiting. >> who is doing the training? >> our own staff is training all of the staff. they have worked with all of the staff that will be doing this and they're showing them how to work get on the computer. >> we did some training about a year ago. >> we did, but some of the divisions have moved from floor to floor. >> it's going to be up and running -- >> by the next meeting. >> terrific. a quick question. on street addresses -- categorically, what we had gone

through, the coordination with real-estate -- who has been conducting and rendering the allocation of street addresses? >> we have been working with the department of technology on a citywide addressing system and we have been testing it. it is almost ready to go live. what they will do is for any proposed new address thing to dbi and they will verify whether the address is a verifiable address and approve it.

but the customer will still have to come in and it will be at the help desk. there are several ways we are verifying addresses now. we have google maps and we can pull up a picture of the house and see what is going on. we're also going back and verifying the number of units before we get the requests for additional addresses to make sure they are legal and there is a whole process of going in place that is brand new to to the fact the city's address will override the address system and dbi will be providing

the street number addresses. before they just sent the lots to the assessor and the system address to be assigned, nobody assign the address. we probably have about 10,000 addresses to be assigned, due to the fact that there are apartment units. that will help us when we go to the new permit system. we will have a clean address base and that will save us a lot of time. several people are working on it to clean our own database sense we are going to be the final push button on whether an address is legal in the city. >> is there a monthly update on

what is being proposed and what is in place? >> there are proposing to go live on august 15th. hopefully we can show you how the demonstration and have them come in and show you how it is going to work. it is a new thing that will be available to the citizens and they will be able to point out an address and find a property. >> terrific. technology advancing on this category. >> is their public comment on the director's report? any public comment? item number seven, commissioners questions and matters, agrees to staff. commissioners may make inquiries

to staff regarding various documents, practices and procedures which are of interest to the commission. >> i believe it would be good to get an update from our departing deputy director. there has been support and interest in moving for some of our mandatory program discussions. it would be good to bring the men and had them update us on that. >> thank you. commissioners? >> with regard to an article i recently read on violations

within the housing authority and the housing stock itself, we have significant issues that continue to not be responded to by those that are responsible for correcting this. do we execute nov's to those properties or follow-up in responses by those respective -- >> can i add to that? also an agenda item to talk about the state of the mou we have a housing authority and what our policies are. >> is more at the next meeting. >> we can have that as an agenda item and we do have information on that. >> there was some articles and

at freedom of information act -- freedom of information act requests regarding our code enforcement. i think it's time to see where we are at with the housing authority properties and our understanding of helping them achieve good code enforcement. >> we can certainly do that. >> great. maybe we can invite the director of housing authority. >> if you couldn't, during the course of how your discussions take place -- >> we should invite them. >> i would like to see it. >> me, too. >> item 7b -- the commission may take action to set the date of a

special meeting and determine the items to be placed on the agenda for the next meeting and other future meetings of the building commission. >> we requested a joint commission with the planning commission. can we get that on the books? >> we have had and potentially have a couple of dates being considered. there are those where the rules of the engagement of topics of what is to be covered will be discuss prior to the consolidated meeting. >> maybe it would be good to get a date for the meeting. >> yes. if you could provide me some of the items -- >> i will do that. >> that will help me. >> the next meeting of the

building inspection commission will be on august 17th. >> and the rescheduled meeting? >> i'm not sure. >> 18th of august? >> ok. >> public advisory committee. is there any public comment on item number seven? item #8 -- review and approval of the regular meeting of january 19th, 2011. >> move to approve. >> second. >> all in favor? the minutes are proved. item #9 is a german. >> move to adjourn. >> second. -- item #9 is adjournment. >> thank you.

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>> here we are at the embarcadero. we are standing at one of locations for the street artists. can you tell me about this particular location, the program? >> this location is very significant. this was the very first and only location granted by the board of supervisors for the street

artist when the program began in 1972. how does a person become a street artist? there are two major tenants. you must make the work yourself and you must sell the work yourself. a street artist, the license, then submitting the work to a committee of artists. this committee actually watches them make the work in front of them so that we can verify that it is all their own work. >> what happened during the holiday to make this an exciting location? >> this would be a magic time of year. you would probably see this place is jammed with street artists. as the no, there is a lottery held at 6 in the morning. that is how sought after the spaces are. you might get as many as 150

street artists to show up for 50 spaces. >> what other areas can a licensed street artist go to? >> they can go to the fisherman's wharf area. they can go in and around union square. we have space is now up in the castro, in fact. >> how many are there? >> we have about 420. >> are they here all year round? >> out of the 420, i know 150 to sell all year round. i mean like five-seven days a week. >> are they making their living of of this? >> this is their sole source of income for many. >> how long have you been with this program. how much has it changed? >> i have been with the program since it began 37 and a half years ago but i have seen changes in the trend.

fashion comes and goes. >> i think that you can still find plenty of titis perhaps. >> this is because the 60's is retro for a lot of people. i have seen that come back, yes. >> people still think of this city as the birth of that movement. great, thank you for talking about the background of the program. i'm excited to go shopping. >> i would like you to meet two street artists. this is linda and jeremy. >> night said to me to print them -- nice to meet you. >> can you talk to me about a variety of products that use cell? >> we have these lovely

constructed platters. we make these wonderful powder bowls. they can have a lot of color. >> york also using your license. -- you are also using your license. >> this means that i can register with the city. this makes sure that our family participated in making all of these. >> this comes by licensed artists. the person selling it is the person that made it. there is nothing better than the people that made it. >> i would like you to meet michael johnson. he has been in the program for

over 8 years. >> nice to me you. what inspired your photography? >> i am inspired everything that i see. the greatest thing about being a photographer is being able to show other people what i see. i have mostly worked in cuba and work that i shot here in san francisco. >> what is it about being a street artist that you particularly like? >> i liked it to the first day that i did it. i like talking to mentum people. talking about art or anything that comes to our minds. there is more visibility than i would see in any store front. this would cost us relatively very little. >> i am so happy to meet you. i wish you all of the best.

>> you are the wonderful artist that makes these color coding. >> nice to me to. >> i have been a street artist since 1976. >> how did you decide to be a street artist? >> i was working on union square. on lunch hours, i would be there visiting the artist. it was interesting, exciting, and i have a creative streak in me. it ranges from t-shirts, jackets, hats. what is the day of the life of a street artist? >> they have their 2536 in the morning. by the end of the day, the last people to pack the vehicle probably get on their own at

7:30 at night. >> nice to me to condemn the -- nice to meet you. >> it was a pleasure to share this with you. i hope that the bay area will descend upon the plaza and go through these arts and crafts and by some holiday gifts. >> that would be amazing. thank you so much for the hard work that you do.