address them -- what the impacts are and address them as necessary, so i do not think we would be in any way exceeding our jurisdiction to condition the permit in accordance to what we believe is appropate. commissioner goh: i agree with those sentiments. do we have a motion, commissioners, or more comments? commissioner fung: i was going to ask mr. britton if he would consider putting in a community laundry facility. x -- it >> as i told you, i have just started on this building. i have to find out where the sewers are, what kind of shape they are in, and what we have seen so far is it looks like it is very old. we have to have a central location where we can get a

similar and drain these machines. we have to be able to vent the dryers. it is a very unusual building, and as i told you, it was built in the 18 eighties. it was not built with these things in mind, so until we get some time spent in their, going underneath the building, finding out how we can get up with the events, finding out we could send the dryers, that kind of thing, i cannot make any commitments to you. unfortunately, i just cannot at this time. it would make more sense to have one central laundry rather than 12 individual flandres systems. it makes a lot more sense. it would be more efficient, they would get better machinery, but right now, they have these washing machines on the decks. some of them have dryers in the kitchens, and to be quite honest with you, i do not think any of that stuff was inspected over

the years because of the way they are installed, it just does not look right. commissioner goh: has your question be answered -- been answered? commissioner fung: yes. >> i went to make these repairs. commissioner fung: we could give you a continuance to find out. >> it needs to get fixed. the debt needs to get fixed. i think mr. duffy will tell you, there are holes in the decks. commissioner fung: all decks? >> the damage is pretty bad. i did not inspect that.

it was above my head. all of the second foredecks, it is various areas. it is widespread, but it is not the complete decks upstairs, and i did not check the bottom floor. commissioner fung: when i first started here, we had a case where we allowed a portion of the work to continue note. >> and tissue -- when someone rises -- raises a question about what safety, we usually refer them to the department of building inspection. that assessment would normally be made by the department of building assessment -- inspection. commissioner fung: i would like to do that. commissioner garcia: i have to make a comment.

we would not even be here tonight. i am not director ring -- directing this to you, and mr.britton. i have property in louisiana, and i cannot tell you all the problems there are there with insurance and everything, but if you had just simply said to the tenants, "i just bought the building. it seems as the many, many things are not up to go. i will have to bring it to a point where it is co-compliant. it worries me. i do not know how the washing machines would drain or the dryers are vented. we have a great probability that you might lose that. etc., etc., etc., and why someone would choose, and i am not necessarily saying you would do that, but why someone would choose to have an adversarial relationship with people in a building that they own as opposed to figure out how to belong of being human beings

living on the planet, s i do not understand, but it is your right to have that approach. >> i have been doing this a long time. i do not have adversarial relationships. i can bring in a multitude of tenants here to tell you that we treat them absolutely perfect, you know? almost to the point where they are getting room service. i did not start the adversarial relationship. they started the adversarial relationship, ok? i am just trying to make the repairs, and all of a sudden, they got a little upset because things were going to change. if you look at the photographs of the decks, they are cluttered. it is not safe. if there is a fire in the building, nobody is getting out that rear exit. i have photographs of the interiors. they are at the rear of the unit, and because they put additional machinery in there,

if a fire occurred, they are going to struggle to get out the back doors, and even if they get out the back door, they will have a hard time clearing the deck because there is garbage. commissioner garcia: annie could say if this is -- then you could say if this is code compliant, then you can keep them. put your positions pigeon put yourself in the position of the client and read your words. that would be your characterization, not mine. commissioner fung: i have a motion. commissioner fung: i have a motion to uphold the permit except for the globe -- ground floor deck. >> then i would have to --

commissioner garcia: you do not have the opportunity to speak. >> sir, sit down. thank you. commissioner garcia: the amendment i would make is that unless there is a way to show becker they should be placed back on the decks unless they are shown to be not in compliance with the code. commissioner fung: i accept that. >> me? commissioner rcm: -- garcia: i do not think so. commissioner goh: it is just

based on those appliances. commissioner garcia: it is for those apartments that are affected by the permit. not all of them are. commissioner goh: 8 of them are. >> absolutely no work would be done to the ground floor deck. in that condition still in there? and then additionally that any monterey appliances removed during the work shall be returned provided the -- that -- commissioner garcia: provided that it can be done in a way that is " -- code compliant.

commissioner peterson is there some sort of timeline for the bridge and for this? commissioner fung: she is concerned about the ground floor. commissioner hwang: the ground floor. >> additional permits can be taken up for work on the ground

floor. >> mr. pacheco, i think we are ready to have the roll called. >> to reiterate, the motion is to grant the appeal, a poll this permit, with two conditions, that no work be done on the ground floor deck that is adjacent to note -- commissioner fung: the ground floor. >> adjacent to ms. ireton's.

>> i think it was as long as the code allows in those locations. >> and there are two iretons. commissioner fung: there is only one on the ground floor. commissioner garcia: if they were returned to the exact condition they are now, and that is not code compliance, if they can be put back onthe deck that is compliant, your language includes that? commissioner fung: yes. >> once again, to uphold this permit on condition that no work be done on the ground floor adjacent to appellate ireton's unit and on condition that the

laundry units be returned as long as the code allows them to be replaced on the deck. on that motion to uphold with those two conditions, it commissioner fung, presidentgoh, commissioner garcia, commissioner peterson, commissioner hwang. the item is upheld. >> no further business. commissioner goh: we are adjourned.

>> i want to thank everyone for coming. we aren't trying to do a lot to restore the luster of the uptown historic district. in the past couple of years we have installed the store? . we have a landmark sidewalk program that we want to institute. we also want to restore some of the historic advertising signs, which developed the neighborhood's character. in order to get this money, there is a challenge grant program. when we applied for this grant, the person in charge of the program was ultimately a cao named ed lee.

so the mayor had to decide whether or not to fund this project, so i am glad that he did. we had support and additional financial support from the people that run the organization. jon dugan as well. you can see that great historic pedestrian lighting, which we only have on taylor street and a small part of golden gate. i did not know this, but when he was a cao, ed lee got those installed on taylor street. the mayor also has a plan that would restore 135 historic

street lights to the tenderloin. that is an incredibly important thing for them, from an aesthetic and from a safety point of view. we are also one of the darkest neighborhoods. this is important. you can see how nice those are. imagine how nice they would look through the neighborhood. i also want to introduce leroy looper who goes back to the 1980's with us in the tenderloin. nothing that any of us are doing would have started without leroy's vision when he bought the cadillac. we always need to appreciate them for their contributions. so without further ado, i want to make -- introduced a person who made this possible, mayor ed lee. >> great podium.

i am happy to be here. happy to celebrate these wonderful murals that have been restored. we have been working on this for many years. i just love the fact that he is leading this effort with so many of the other community people. this community challenge grant was an easy decision that we made. i see our acting city administrator. she is continuing that very good community-based approach, working in close concert with the people from clean city, who are doing the sweeping around here, working with nonprofits as well. i want to thank the tenderloin development megacorporation. you are part of our partnership. as well, the tenderloin economic

partnership. i want to celebrate these because it is part of our history, but we are renovating them and giving them a facelift. this is an historical part of this district and kids like to the history that we are still trying to make sure that people feel the vibrancy of this community. you have to see the other ones as well. the one that says original joe's -- john is here. there is also a coca-cola one. i want to see them put the old phrase in their "the real thing." i missed that. we are also doing some restoration. it is all about making sure we pay attention to the uptown tenderloin historic district. we have done this for some years now. ever since the fire that occurred here -- unfortunately,

there was a fire here a few years ago. my predecessor gavin newsom asked me to come down here to work with the arts community, come up with every idea that we could, to work with the office of economic development to please key dollars here. we are working with so many organizations working our way up this great street, finding out that there was a lot of history to showcase. we wanted to make sure that we used our artistic ability, the ability to forge artistic programs, and that is why we invested in this foundation. they are taking over the old theater. now these murals. i want to thank the people who

got our two artists here. their work is presented here, in this unveiling of these advertising murals. and we are going to do more of this. we want to do all of this in partnership with neighborhoods. that is what randy is all about. i loved working with him because he and everyone in this neighborhood wants to take pride in where they live and work. we see kids growing up in the tenderloin. they need to know the history of this area. we also need to make sure that not only are they safe, but that they appreciate the history of this neighborhood. i want to thank everyone is level of cooperation here. we have a piano theater coming

in. we have the underground for the clay and ceramics. that will represent the role that part plays in helping us for a revitalization to this neighborhood. we are doing that at central market as well. and we are trying to revitalize this whole street. this is ground zero for where arts and civic minded this come together with local government, to forge a ongoing partnerships to make this revitalization their welcome and new. also, if you go around the corner here, you will see the newest restaurant around. they are investing in our neighborhood. a great restaurant has come in and they are going to start another trend of great food. you see the revitalization already happening. the inspiration comes from

everybody working together and never abandoning our neighborhoods. we never want to do that. so thank you very much for being here. i appreciate everyone's cooperation and thier roles. [applause] >> our next speaker is john dugan. he is a legend. we love that he helped to get these merrill back of on the buildings. >> i know you have a busy schedule, mr. mayor, but before you leave, thank you for your decision to keep this city ticking away that it is. i want to thank many of these people. you have been around here. thank you. i know it was not easy. but what a courageous decision. we are certainly behind you. randy chopped, what can i say about randy? we have gone back and forth over 30 years, but the mural

restoration is just another wonderful step -- and it is a happy step. a few months ago we were here talking about police protection, but this is a happy step. something that the tenderloin residents, the retail community, and property owners, can rejoice in. as long as we continue to work together, this tenderloin is going to get better and better. randy, again, thank you for what you did hear. >> carolyn from the mid market cbd is also here. there is a story about market and tenderloin, dark past, shared future. now we are going to have some fun hearing from the actual

artist, susan cervantes. >> thank you, randy. thank you, everyone, for coming out. i want to thank the mayor for his passionate comments. for our part, we feel very honored to have had this opportunity to do some restoration in the tenderloin. we have a couple of other minerals, one on golden gate and one on the glide, for we have contributed to neighborhood beautification. we love the fact that this is historica. it was amazing, when we started to do the research on the signs, looking at the walls, how much history there was. we took the one that were the most recent and restored those

and even had to cover up some of the others. but it was amazing to see all of the layers. and when you look at the coca- cola sign, you can see that the railway school actually overlapped it, so we left it that way. layers of history. when we started to clean the wall, the crew that is responsible for the painting -- i was just sort of directing them in the process of recreating them, making decisions about the color. but when you get up to the wall, we restore the actual color. when we were far away, we could not see what color it was until we clean its and then matched those callers. so that is the process of restoration. it is not just going up there and painting them any way that we want to.

we really wanted to preserve the history of the signs, when they could work created back in the 1930, 1940's. we want to thank the people here who have put so much into the neighborhoods. like i said, i was not the one that painted them. i have some talented artists that did the work. it is a lot of scaffolding to go up and down. i know that my son is here. come on up. and there weren't four artists. -- were four artists. one of them is actually in

poland right now doing a community mural there. but we are all proud of the work and we hope that you appreciate the brightness and uplifting of the community. we really want to thank you very much. >> i will mention, people know that original joe's is moving to north beach. but as part of the sidewalk project, there will be a plaque in front of original joe's installed in september or october to commemorate it, as well as the corner of the continent cafeteria. the famous location that started the freedom movement in san francisco. so we are in history here. i want to thank all of you for coming. i know on friday there is a mural presentation at the post office at thahyde and golden ga.

5:00. arts in the tenderloin continue to flourish. and anita just came. thank you for shepherding us through the process. without your help, we could not have done this.

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