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on the door. vice president garcia: i would absolutely entertain that. commissioner hwang: i am just asking if that was part of your condition. i am not adding to it, just asking. vice president garcia: whether it was going to be permanently closed and work, or some device on the door to ascertain, or make certain rather that it is closed as much as possible. commissioner fung: commissioners, adding conditions requires four votes. vice president garcia: true. president goh: that is why i suggested may be entertaining commissioner fung's motion. vice president garcia: then i'd agree with you. commissioner fung: i would like
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to move to revoke the permit. secretary pacheco: so we have a motion from commissioner fung to revoke the permit. director goldstein: on the basis that it does not adequately address the noise affecting the neighbors? ok. secretary pacheco: to revoke its permit on the basis that the neighbors' noise concerns are not adequately addressed. on that motion to revoke, president goh, vice president garcia, commissioner peterson, commissioner hwang. thank you. the vote is 3-2 to revoke the permit. the city charter requires four
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votes to overturn any department item, so without motion, this would be upheld as is with no new conditions. vice president garcia: the motion would be what was discussed earlier, with the exception of a first condition, which i do not have in front of me, from the planning department, and requiring, and i would ask even though he is against having this permit go forward, i would ask commissioner fung, who is an architect, to say which door, even though it may not be effective, which door would be the most effective. which type of door. commissioner fung: a solid door. vice president garcia: how would it open and close? commissioner fung: you know, i
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am sure that the bar and restaurant operation would like a door that operates, a double acting door, one that swings both ways. the problem with the those is that the type of hardware for the self closing on that is very limited, in terms of just being a combination hinge and closer, and those are very weak and how they'd use the door. president goh: commissioner fung, what about the idea that was raised about a vestibule door? the two-sided door, a door that has some space in between it, once it opens. commissioner fung: that is creating a vestibule, and in that case, it acts as a sound track.
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i think they use them in the zoo, do they not? commissioner fung: i do not know. commissioner garcia's motion. vice president garcia: i think that would take space from inside the bar. i do not know how much of the concern is that. how about the handicapped doors, where you press a button to enter or go out. commissioner fung: those only open in one direction. vice president garcia: i understand that, but you could still press from each side to have it open in one direction. commissioner fung: those also close very slowly. the longer the door stays open, the more there will be potential noise problems.
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if -- if you would, commissioner garcia, accept the modification of condition one, to the point where one door is operable -- vice president garcia: which
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sorta has some aspect of compromise a. commissioner fung: yes, and that door whenever a closer built into it which is adjustable to the point -- there are certain codes related to the pressure, the resistance that a door has an opening and closing. and i would recommend then that the door that is most westerly be that operable door, with self closers, with it is in a double acting position or not. vice president garcia: and could replace some sort of restriction such that -- it
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would be so hard to enforce, but it will still have the language of their, maybe a notice of special restriction or something, that when people are not coming in and out of that door, that door is to be closed, and -- commissioner fung: we did state that if there is no hold-open device on it. vice president garcia: you are not allowed to propping open. do you need greater clarification for the motion, victor? mr. pacheco? director goldstein: i just want to make sure that the department of building inspection and understand that as far as the self closing door and hinges, they are the ones to be enforcing that, so i just want to make sure that they'll understand what it is that would be required. vice president garcia: commissioner fung, i do not want
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to put words in his mouth. these are apparently pressurized, so you can vary the rate at which they close. >> department of building inspection. there are several requirements for doors, depending on what purpose they serve. there is maximum and minimum force, and depending on the location of the door, it may be self closing or automatic closing. those are generally terms that we use for fire doors, off and just for clarification, it closes upon activation of a smoke detector or alarm. the self closing door is normally closed, and it would close automatically, so it is in a normally closed position, and then they have the hardware. and just to clarify, a double at the door, which will swing in 180 degrees, we see them a lot in restaurants, but there is a limitation with a certain
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occupant load, like around 150 or something, for safety. director goldstein: so just to restate this, to uphold a permit and that the planning department conditions remain in effect except for item a, that the permit holders proposal a in the brief most recently submitted, dated september 15, be implemented, and that is that the most westerly door be the offer will door and be home with self closing hinges. is that accurate? commissioner fung: yes. director goldstein: -- president goh: director goldstein, i do not have -- director goldstein: i can provide you with a copy of that. commissioner hwang: the last
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page. president goh: i have got it. on the front. president goh: and then, item d, the patio door would close at 10:00 p.m., and the bifold doors shall remain fully closed, and that should include the door we are speaking about now. right? vice president garcia: yes, i cannot find those conditions.
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do you want to just read them? does any other commissioner want to review that? president goh: would you like made it -- like me to read them? i can read them into the record, if you want. vice president garcia: does anybody want that? commissioner fung: i think in your motion, that there is one operable door, so wherever there is reference to multiple bifold doors, that would be modified. vice president garcia: right. president goh: i think that is in a, because it talks about the open door, but i think that item d is inconsistent with your motion. vice president garcia: yes, so we would just strike the second sentence of d. secretary pacheco: is the board
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ordering the sealing of these doors? commissioner fung: permanently shut. vice president garcia: i am glad we are doing this. i think at some point in these various hearings we have had on this issue, item h, commissioners, has language to do with the liaison office, and i think at some point, supervisor farrell's office offer to be that liaison. i am sure they are not going to want to hear from -- without putting a lot of pressure on the brickyard and the gentleman, so if we can incorporate some type of language that would incorporate having that liaison office person being from supervisor farrell's office?
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they have already said they would do that. director goldstein: i do not know if we have the authority to do that. vice president garcia: then i will leave it to the good faith of the gentleman. director goldstein: you can put it there that there be such a person. commissioner fung: it is already in there. vice president garcia: i always had a problem with that. director goldstein: it could be someone other than that person. vice president garcia: without specifying that it could be somebody in commissioner farrell"s office. ok, someone other than any owner of the brickyard president goh: -- of the brickyard.
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president goh: i have a question. what happens if the door is left open? what is it going to be? mr. sanchez, do you have any thoughts? >> thank you. scott sanchez, planning department. any violations better authorized in required by this board would be a violation, and we would do our best to enforce that, including issuing notices of violation and penalty, which could then be appealed back to this board. president goh: we started this evening in public comment with somebody who claimed that a condition of this commission was violated. ok. vice president garcia: and before the roll was called on the motion, i do not know exactly how to do this, but i think we have done things like
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this before. i would request that if it has not already been done so that any violations in the past that should have resulted in a fine to the brickyard be looked into and strictly enforced. been like having started the debt without profit permitting. i am sure they are the have taken care of that, but just to be sure. director goldstein: commissioners, do you need the motion restated? president goh: yes, please. director goldstein: i believe the motion is to uphold a permit on the condition that the planning department conditions of approval be upheld except for item a and the second sentence of item d, that the permit holder's pose of a, in his brief from september 15, 2 delfín 11, be implemented, and that the westernmost door be operable
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door and hong with self closing hinges, and then finally, the person be someone other than the owner of the brickyard or an owner of the brickyard -- september 15, 2007. my apologies. planning commission. call the roll. secretary pacheco: on that motion with all of the conditions as read into the record, and it was commissioner fung's motion -- vice president garcia's motion, on that motion, commissioner fung, president goh, commissioner peterson, commissioner hwang, and thinking. the vote is 5-0. the permit is upheld with all of those conditions. director goldstein: thank you.
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president goh, there is no further business. president goh: we are adjourned. [gavel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good morning. thank you for coming. my name is adam. i am the co-founder of method. method is a business where our success has been built on sustainable innovation. at the core of the sustainable innovation is green chemistry.
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that is how we create green and products that outperform conventional ones. our approach to sustainable designed is not en -- does not end with what is in the bottle. it also includes the bottle. evidence of that is parked outside. it is also evident in our approach to sustainable package design. that is what i would like to address today. in 2006, method reached a milestone. we created the first custom pvc bottle manufactured completely from recycled plastic. in the five years since then, we have continued to innovate and focus on developing pcr technology to the point where
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almost everybody we manufacture is made from 100% pcr plastic. that is millions of bottles a year that may completely free of virgin plastic. having achieved in this second milestone and the huge benefits that go with it, we started asking ourselves a question. that was, what is the ultimate recycled material? that is where our attention is turned to the issue of ocean plastic. what if we could take some of the plastic floating in the ocean and make bottles out of it? we would be taking a piece of trash and up it into something that could be recycled again and again.
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it could serve as a platform for communicating the real solution. that is to use the billions of tons of plastic already on the past -- planet to manufacture products we interact with in our daily lives. i am proud to announce today that we have done it. this is the first bottle we know of made out of ocean plastic. we developed this in partnership with in vision -- envision plastics. they're one of the most innovative plastic recyclers in the country. the process to come up with this in many ways mirrors the traditional recycling process, but with a few twists. we take the plastic fluting in the ocean. we grind it up. it looks like these colorful flakes. we then manufacture that into
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resin pellets and ultimately into a bottle like this one. there are a couple of special steps in the process that allows us to remove the contaminants and dirt on the plastic floating in the ocean for 10 years or more. this is as high quality as the virgin plastic bottle. the next step in the process is to gather enough plastic to allow us to manufacture the bottles we need. this is a process we have undertaken already. on saturday, we will be working with volunteer organizations to gather more plastic on international coastal cleanup day. afterwe will be taking the prodo market with a major u.s. retailer after that. imagine the proposition that there product that is packaged in the ocean plastic.
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for every one that you buy, you take 10 grams of plastic directly out of the ocean. we think that is pretty neat. the point is not to clean up and up to the scientists will tell you that the area is simply too remote and to large and the plastic too small to clean it up. the real goal is to raise awareness about the issue of plastic pollution. as i have said, the solution is already in front of us. it is using the plastic that is already on the planet. getting after the solution requires us to invest in infrastructure and industry that -- excuse me, getting after that requires developing infrastructure and industry and around the recycling of material and capture and following the lead of cities like san francisco that are pioneers. these are inherently local
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activities. that means that we can simultaneously create jobs and a green economy as well as give innovative businesses, like method, the materials we need to lead us toward a more sustainable world. thank you very much. this point, i am going to turn it over to epa administrator lisa jackson for a few comments. >> thank you. give him a hand. i think that is extraordinary. [applause] well, i just want to thank everyone in take a few moments. it is wonderful to be here, especially on a day like today. i want to thank adam, eric, and drew, and everybody from method that has come out to help prove that it does pay to protect our environment and to conserve our resources. method as recognized with more and more businesses are recognizing every single day,
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and that is that americans once safe products. they want safe products that are good for their health, the health of their families, their children, and also good for the environment. but, method, you all go one step further. along with selling green products, you run green yourself. you run efficiently. you produce most of your energy on site through solar panels did you deliver your product bike tracks that run on biodiesel. a quick shot to the epa smart way program to help that biodiesel go further and further. you work with suppliers to make them greener as well. these practices help to save money on operations. i am happy to be standing with the epa in the strong call for green chemistry and water innovation in our country. along with spreading the word about the importance of green business and the green economy, we need chemicals reform.
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we have called for it. the president has called for it. we need water protection, which we are fighting to maintain at epa right this moment. they are important for americans and important for businesses to understand the tie between a healthy environment and accessible product and making money. now we approach coastal cleanup day, so you're cutting edge work now producing bottles made out of plastic recovered from the ocean is one more example of how we can innovate our way to a prosperous future. this can be the story for the communities and companies across the united states who are looking for the next way to grow. good jobs are based on innovation, and innovation is based on an important resource. it is the ability to think a different way about things we use every day. that is what president obama has called for. that is why he wants to create incentives so that small businesses like this one can
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hire, so we can bring back green power and innovation to work producing products. that is why he wants to see more money in family budgets so they can purchase products, and he wants to make sure that we create jobs, everything from teachers to first responders and construction workers right now, because we have to build our economy. we have to create jobs for americans right now. we need to and want to see more success stories like method. i congratulate you. but i have to say that right now, the most important thing we can do is to pass the american jobs act and that more americans to work but i am glad to be here to show how it can be done in a way that also led advances that would work for every day at epa, and that is protecting the air, water, and land that are so much part of our everyday lives. with that, i will have the joy of introducing one of my cabinet colleagues, administrator of the small business administration, karen gordon. [applause]
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>> welcome back thank you very much to administrator jackson and to all of you from method for having us here. it is a great pleasure to be here. i know this product, and it is even more impressive to see the hole and you have developed. met this is a great example of something that we all talk about, which is a green company that is turning innovation into jobs. as you know, we're focused right now on creating jobs here in america, and that involves benefit of small businesses. half of the people who work in america own or work for a small business. two out of every three new jobs are created by small business. what you have right in front of you is the tale of our greatest
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assets. you have two young men who got together as a roommates when they were 25. they are, as they tell me, from detroit. they're from entrepreneur real families to their families were in the automobile industry as entrepreneurs, and they are taking the best they told me that they are carrying this entrepreneur spirit on in a new industry and in a new place. that is really america's story. that is what the small business administration and all of us to cross the administration are here driving. in addition to what you see here yet met the, there's a whole supply chain behind us. they buy and work with suppliers who are american manufacturers. all of this is produced here in america. in minnesota, illinois, indiana, and those are jobs. so when they prosper, we get a
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job creation all across america. so thank you, because this is really what we're out here trying to do. because as you grow and prosper, so does america grow and prosper. this brings me to what the president talked about this week. you know, president obama traveled all around the country and visits companies like this. i know he will love to see something like this. >> he is welcome any time. [laughter] >> he understands small business, and it is really in his heart. one of the things you see in the america's jobs act as a focus on small business. for example, the first thing that you see is there's going to be payroll tax relief for small businesses. payroll taxes cut in half. we were talking about, what are you going to do with that money? this is a company that has more growth opportunities, more demand, more phw