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.

mayor lee: good morning. thank you for coming out here. you know the san francisco general hospital rebuild it is one of the most important projects the city has ever undertaken. as you recall back in 2008, the voters voted hysterically leave largest general obligation bond project in our history. that project -- this project was required by state seismic laws that we must replace our hospital and it must be seismically safe. you see behind me the team of people who have been assembled

and have been working together for the last two and a half years. a few were working together even before the 2008 passage to ensure this was engineer properly. we learned from the past if we did not invest in the engineering assets of this, we would be surprised. so, our general hospital staff, the public works and engineers, to adequately designed this. is amazing. we have design in this hospital. the project is going to love golf what they call -- is going to evolve what they call bayside meters. in case this building suffers a seismic event, it will be able to move with the building and absorb all the shock. this is exactly what the state has approved in order to be

compliant with the standards from the state. in doing so, at it also kept a promise to the voters and to our city. it is on time and within budget. it is about 14% done at this time. during the last two and a half years, it has contributed hundreds of jobs to our economy. in fact, overall, it has generated 3000 construction jobs. today, they have spent $50 million with local san francisco businesses, including the architectural firm. i want to thank the department of public works. certainly, i want to thank the construction team for working together, making sure this is all done correctly, on time, and compliance with all our

ordinance is. at the same time, working hard with all our contractors to keep this project on time. we have a lot of good step on it. we have a private consultants. we have the public works director, working with our current public works director and former public works director and me -- we all have our public works and has on today. it is a wonderful time -- we all have our public works hats on today. if you take a look here into the pit, i think you will see how complex the project is. it has thousands of tiebacks into the sides of the walls. the utility relocation for the power and utility conduits that have been the formal historic connections for our hospital

have been rerouted, and this pit will be the home for the sub 2 floors for the hospital. they will be trying to open a new hospital in 2015. they are on time. i wanted to make sure as mayor that we abide by the standards for fiscal responsibility and getting this project on. this is exactly the kind of project that this city has correctly invested in. is something i've been personally involved in from the start. this investment is well worth it. this is the greatest hospital in the bay area. we have a trauma center that is open to every san francisco resident. its still is today.

it will be even better when this is done. the i see you, the intensive care unit, currently has 27 beds -- the icu, the intensive care unit, currently has 27 beds. we know we have to have a new hospital. overall, there are 284 beds in the hospital. that is an additional 32 from what we have had in the past. the city is still carrying out the wonderful relationship we have with california-san francisco come up with the medical group that is still in partnership with us, and they see this as a tertiary academic center as well as the trauma response center. it is the most important project

we have to date, and it is important week rebuild the hospital, because everyone can see any kind of emergency situation come up whether it is a car accident or other man-made cause after this, they can get the best care in the world here. i was up yesterday, by the way. i paid a visit to ryan white, the nine-year old boy who was hit by a truck driver. he is recovering. the family asked that i come by here and say a word and give a little personal attention, and i felt really good about the staff here at sf general. we need their services to be housed in the most modern facility we can possibly build. we need to build the new hospital, compliant, modern,

safe, that takes this into the future for the next 100 years. i am here today to review all the develop on on, and my thanks go to the team for every aspect of the project. we will carry out exactly what i have in my former capacity and now as mayor, to make sure these projects are done on time, that we honor all the commitments that we do, especially with the largest general obligation bond project we have in our history. 84% of the voters. we want to make sure that practice is done. that is what i have been about for all these years. i want to make sure things get done in the city, get done right. so, this wonderful example of

what we do to lead the city, and when you look at it, we are investing correctly. we're doing the right things here. this will be so important for our future citizens to have a general hospital, to have all are residents be very faithful in knowing they will be taking care of -- taken care of. so, i want to again thank the team for the collaboration. it is one that has to be continued all the way to opening day, and you can already see the way they are doing this in cooperation, this team will get through the next three, up four years to see this thing through. i am proud to be here, announcing we are 14% of the way, but we are doing it right,

and this hospital is well on its way to being rebuilt and it is a shining example of the smart investments our voters and city government have promised and are carrying out. thank you for being here. to the whole team, to the project managers, to the dpw, the hospital staff, the consultants, because they are again part of this great team. you will see how complex this is. it is well worth all the time. i appreciate the support and the status, and i will be back here in another year hopefully to see the steel frames going up for the base i slater's. 115 of them in 13. for months. they are not being built in foreign countries.

they are being constructed and designed and made right across the bay. so, they will be shipped here. they're already under way. one of the most important things, because it will allow the hospital, there will be a ground inland in 30 inches in any direction. it will allow that to not disturb the hospital building. that is why they are called base by solicitors. that is the most modern and oscillators that exist. -- modern isolators that exist. we talk about the new energy standards for buildings, that is again late into the way we plan the facility and the way it is being executed. i am very proud of where we are today. today. we will keep executing these