director goldstein: good evening, and welcome to the september 14, 2011, board of appeals. we are joined by president kendall goh. commissioner tanya peterson will be absent this evening. we will be provided with legal advice this evening, and we have the board's legal assistant, the victor -- assisted, --

assistant, victor pacheco. i am supervisor daly -- director goldstein. we have others with us, and i believe that scott sanchez will be joining us momentarily. we also have a representative from the department of public health. at this time, mr. pacheco, if you could go over the guidelines and go over the swearing in process? secretary pacheco: please turn off all devices and carry on conversations in the hallway. all of representatives, each has seven minutes to present their cases and three minutes for rebuttals.

members of the public who are not affiliated with the party set up to three minutes each to address the board and no rebuttal. -- who are not affiliated with the parties have up to three minutes. submit a speaker card or business card to staff when you come up to the lectern. speaker cards and pens are available on the left side of the lectern. the board also recommends -- welcomes your suggestions. there are survey forms on the left side of the lectern, as well. if you have questions about requesting a re-hearing, please speak to staffed during the break or call the office tomorrow. -- please speak to the staff during the break. this meeting is broadcast live on san francisco government television, sfgtv, cable channel

78, and d b d -- dvd's are available directly from sfgtv. at this time, we will conduct our swearing in process. if you plan to testify and wish to have your testimony given evidentiary weight, please stand, raise your hand, and say "i do" after you have been sworn or affirmed. there are rights pursuant to the sunshine ordinance. thank you. again, if you intend to speak, please stand and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? thank you. director goldstein: thank you. moving to item number one, which

is general public comment, is there someone who would like to speak on an item that is not on our agenda this evening? seeing none, commissioner comments and questions. commissioners? and item number three which is the adoption of minutes, those are before you for the august 17, 2011 meeting. commissioner goh: comments, commissioners? i move their adoption. director goldstein: is there any public comment on the minutes? seeing none, if you could call the roll, please, mr. pacheco? secretary pacheco: commissioner fung, commissioner hwang. those minutes are adopted. director goldstein: item number

four is in closed session. this is about litigation, superior court number 10-510365, and before we move to go to closed session, is there any public comment on item number four? ok, seeing none, then we can entertain a motion to move into closed session. commissioner goh: so moved. director goldstein: ok, if we can take the role -- roll on this. vice president garcia: how long will this take? director goldstein: no more than 20 minutes. vice president garcia: ok. secretary pacheco: the vote is

4-0. the board shall go into closed session. if the public could clear the room? thank you.