on the agency to do the maintenance on those pieces of equipment. mtc spoke earlier about assisting s with staff training and using techniques that golden gate had employed to try to get the percentage functioning up on those targets earlier. the fare gate target and infrastructure maintenance, the way it is established right now, we have a one-year contractors warranty and maintenance that is currently being reviewed with extended warranty opportunities. primarily because the operating budget is so constrained right now, it would be difficult for us to focus a hiring campaign on maintainers in a short period of time, maintaining that equipment in the opera will fashion.

there is the opportunity to extend the maintenance. we simply have not had our final decision with that or got uncomfortable with the numbers yet. in the long run, what the agency intends to do is utilize our staff to maintain the equipment. if we employ an extended maintenance. through the contractor, we intend to, throughout the normal hiring process, those that we are bringing on board and training emphasizes the contractor learning the system so that at that point when the maintenance time is over, we can supervisor chiu: take overchiu these talk -- over. supervisor chiu: these talk about the operation and maintenance of these copper cards for the historical vehicles in the city.

>> i would like to defer to greater green power on that. supervisor chiu: it is very confusing right now, especially for regular cable car writers. >> cable cars can be incorporated when we have a device that can read the card on the cable card. they are historical vehicles, so the opportunities to put the cart on their was unavailable. they are looking for a next- generation of hand-held readers, which in addition to the ability to read the card, can actually debit from the card, so that in addition to supporting the monthly passes we can deduct them from the reader and introduce products like our passports, which are currently not available as well. it is a part of the plan but it will be delivered and i guess that mtc can talk about supervisor chiu:

reschedulingchiu -- can talk about that. supervisor chiu: will that be rescheduled for november 1? >> since it is a changeover from the ticket their fire, it looks like it will probably be august through october of next year, if we can get everything in place. if i could step back to give you some groundwork, the cable cars were going to be the last element of the infrastructure that was dealt with for the clipper system. primarily because they did not have electrical systems that would support a fixed card reader. a fixed target. at the time, the original contractor had a hand held components that fair inspectors use. those were read-only, not read- write. you need a handheld component

machine that can write and deduct fares. which is part of the change that they're working through to develop right now. supervisor chiu: if i am currently a pass holder and a ship to a clipper card, what happens to that passenger? >> they will be able to flash their card until such time as we can set policies in place that make the use of a card easier. supervisor chiu: ok. great, thank you. any other representatives that wish to present? should we proceed to cut -- proceed to public comment? >> we are ready for public comment. supervisor chiu: i look forward to working with you moving forward on these. supervisor chu: let's item -- opened this item up for public comment. are there any members of the

public that we should -- wish to speak -- wish to speak on this item number nine? >> walter paulson. ♪ on a stormy sea we talked about confusion for the motion in the ocean with me hoping that it works out like it should and hoping that we all work out something fine and that mean will work with every line. carry on with muni, which is good. it will work out like it should. please do not cry any more. we are just clipper ships from the muni that pass at night time and i want to hit a high high where we need to bride so that we can work out what is great for everyone, like a clipper ship, a ship that likes

to pass at nighttime, we are simply ships that pass at i working on this. i had a quick last question for the mtc. are there resources that will be provided to the mta to help us

implement this? these talk about the support you are providing on that level. >> it does give me an opportunity to follow up on leadership and those things. muni is the leader on this but the mtc is fully behind it. our commission has had its troubles. this has been a tumultuous task. but the commission is so behind this and we want to make sure that our resources make this a success. certainly as far as that transition, we had a great meeting last week. strategy's were in place to supplement what they saw as gaps in support. things that were just ideas on monday, friday be finely worked out contract approaches. we are continuing to work with

them to read out by the particulars of the question. do we have sufficient support for limited english proficiency? we will be looking at those strategies to make sure that they're used in the most appropriate way. subsequent impasses in the fall and spring, those are still in the works and we recognize that they will probably require equal amounts of support. we do fully expect that we will be their support and the mta on this. supervisor chiu: from the perspective of many of us on the board, i think we are rooting for various agencies to be very effective in their hassle free implementation. whenever my office can do to be helpful, we look forward. i would like to ask that we can continue this item at the call of the chair in case we would like folks to come back to discuss issues down . supervisor chu: thank you to the

department's for coming to present. since supervisor chiu: is now part of the commerce committee, we have quorum to take that action and continue the meeting. let's go ahead and continue this item to the call of the chair. without objection. ok, are there any other items? >> supervisor chu: nochu ok, -- >> no. supervisor chu: ok, we are adjourned. thank you.

crops welcome to the october 28th, 2010 meeting of the board of appeals. we have some representatives here from some of the city departments. in the far wrote this got sanchez, the acting zoning administrator.

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do you solemnly swear that the testimony to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? item number8, the parties have requested that the board continued this item. they would like to discuss some other issues that come up. i would recommend that we continue this to december 8th. >> this has to do with a penalty at 30 santa rita avenue. >> so moved. >> is there any public comment

on this? on the motion to reschedule i'm 8 -- -- item 8. >> aye. >>aye. >>aye. >> aye. >> aye. the >> is there any member of the public that would like to speak on an item that is not on the agenda before the the -- is not on the agenda? >> if you listen to some of my comments, some could get a perception that there is some sort of personal vendetta: on here and i want to assure you that there is not.

i tend many of the commission's -- i attended many of the commissions to make sure that public comment is allowed without restriction. i believe that the first amendment of the constitution and the constitution of the state of california both guaranteed debt and i be know that all board members take an oath to support and defend those consultations. i have some level of anxiety of getting here that i might miss the swearing in and then have someone imply that i will not tell the truth. my real concern is that at i have started to attend board meetings and some of the processes by which members get appointed, i am concerned about

their qualifications. i don't believe that the paperwork submitted is exhaustive to any degree. sometimes you have to fight with the agency just to get a hold of it. once you get it, you have to wonder what the person has to qualify them to serve on the board. i think we have to come to this summation and we did a legal opinion and a memorandum that said that they did not apply. if you read that, this was a huge city. i would guarantee that we have people out there who would be more than willing to serve on boards who are extremely well qualified. rather than what i see are people who might have to serve on another board. they really don't have anything

to add to the make of the board. i am objecting to the makeup of the board which is not do anything to address a serious concern i have which is when individual citizens come here before the board, it is them against the government and you are simply another branch of the government. if we have statistics, you are much more likely to side with the city agency than any of talent. basically, that is the appellant against everyone, the city agency and you. >> thank you. >> the 2007 billing code means that all cities are required to adopt a lot. the city of san francisco did adopt the 2007 billing code.

the city is allowed to amend the code but the amendments must be more restrictive and also obtain instructions from the state and they must be filed with the building standards commission of california and the housing agency. appointments a shell consists of members to are qualified and knowledgeable in the code and applicable local ordinances i contacted the billing status commission and asked if the city of san francisco filed anything in regards. they informed me in writing

"this is from the 2001 billing code and was specifically adopted by the housing and committed zero it agency point of the local tourist the auction it off an option when it comes to the adoption of section 108.8." deputy city attorney, you did not sign the memo. you said that the city is not required to do this. the city does not have an option according to the california standards commission. in respect of the city charter, i looked up the health and safety code that is it ministers by the housing and community development agencies which reads "a county or city may make and enforce within its limits all local cemetery and other

ordnances and regulation not in concert with general laws. the law is a lot and this court of appeals was not in compliance with the lon -- blog is a lotthe law and the board of appeals is not in compliance." thank you. >> thank you. >> on march 4th, 2004, the chief building inspector reports in the storage shed is a

100 square foot. this is the same size since the inspection. he mentioned the properties and all of the neighbors received a notice of violation. -- filed a lawsuit against --. during the trial, there was a motion to withdraw all references that he was a contractor the court awarded

$100,000 in damages because of five violation of the professional code. there is clear and convincing evidence that he acted with malice and committed intentional misrepresentation and awarded the settlement of over $109,000. this was appealed in the appellate courts. the judgment was confirmed. -- was accused of using the names of licensed engineers.

mr. -- can continue to appear before you. thank you. >> your time has run out, ma'am. >> thank you. >> any other speakers? seeing none, we will move on to item number two. commissioners, anything? >> i would like to inform the

public that i will be leaving today's hearing at 7:00 p.m. for personal reasons. >> thank you. >> i wanted to follow up answering the question regarding the city attorney opinion that our office issued regarding the building code. that is an official legal opinion of this city attorney's office and this was reviewed and approved by the city attorney himself. this is posted on the city attorney's website. >> thank you. >> any other commissioners? >> item number3, the possible adoption of the meeting minutes of october 13th, 2010.

>> any comments to add? >> i move to adopt the october 13th, 2010 minutes, please. >> on the minutes? >> please call the roll. >> on the motion to adopt -- >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> the senate's are adopted. >> moving on, we can start with item number4. >> : numberfour -- calling number 4 a, the subject property is at 6090 douglas. this is a letter from jim

stevens asking that the board take jurisdiction over a zoning administrator stop work order released october 15th, 2009. the request was received august 30th of this year. the property owners are bruce and joanne kapsack. >> mr. stevens is not here. i'm here to speak in his behalf. first, i want to draw attention to the document for jurisdiction request, the one that was received at planning.

it says here that your testimony should focus on the reasons he did not file on time and what the board should allow delayed filing. as we've heard from the onset, the notice was not received to august of this year. mr. stevenson not receive this on time. -- mr. stevens did not receive this on time. that is pretty cut and dried. therefore, he did not respond on time and that is why he is asking for jurisdiction moving forward. >> are you finished?

>> i don't know. i would like to be finished. there is another issue which would better be spoken to moving forward as part of the review. i asked whether in fact you have any questions. >> he mentioned planning costs alone it mission. >> it was mentioned by this gentleman here. >> what i read was that the jurisdiction request was received august of this year. >> mr. stevens never received anything until august of this year. >> i thought that that was already represented by planning.

never got it on time, it never arrived, therefore they could not react to it. >> i don't want to interrupt by asking you a question but let me know. >> i am finished. >> in our package we have a letter dated october 11th and this was amended october 13th. do you have that in your papers? >> 2009. >> this was sent to mr. stevens. >> it seems to me that it is pretty well outlined what the steps