evaluated correctly. this is a standard process done within the engineering community as it relates to the analysis of stormwater. there was initially some previous comments from the residents stating that there was supposed to be some information provided to them from a director's hearing. the process -- this was an atypical process where the department normally does not have this these type of recommendationses as noted before. what happened was the hearing officer made a recommendation and it was not put in anywhere within either the directive's hearing or the findings or within any packages. this information was not relayed to staff in a certain manner, and, therefore, we have gone back and evaluated it and talked to a hearing officer to ensure that moving forward the process is followed. and if there are variations to this process, it will be clearly documented for the

department to follow. i'm here to answer any questions. >> thank you, mr. fong. colleagues, are there any questions for the department? * okay, seeing none, thank you very much. with that, we will open this item for public comment. is there any member of the public who wishes to make public comment? if so, please approach. i don't think we have any public comment cards. you can just line up -- oh, we do? two minutes. public comment will be two minutes. when you have 30 seconds left, you'll hear a soft bell. when your two minutes is up, you will hear a louder bell. welcome. good afternoon, commissioners. i have a cover letter in the [speaker not understood] engineering report by clear water hydrology. this was a report that we put together -- or actually the report was put together by the engineer at the -- at our

request because we are not sure -- we don't know how to read reports and we wanted somebody else to evaluate the hydrology report done by the developer and dpw. essentially, we live in the neighborhood. i own the property immediately below the proposed development and we know what it's like when it rains there and it really does create a river of sorts. and we do have a video that we will allocate somebody else's time to it. it's under two minutes, to show on a relatively minor rain event what can happen on that street. and the issue is for us, we want health and safety for the neighborhood. the developer has proposed a essentially 20% increase over 17% of the sidewalk going up the hill. right at the precipice where the water starts coming down the hill on the street very rapidly. and we don't want to suffer

repercussions if the major event does happen and the sidewalk is to be flooded on the properties down below to be flooded from the sidewalk cut. there's a reason, it's a difficult property, we understand, to build on. and we have to give the developer and the owner credit. they made major modifications for this development and we appreciate that. we just want to be sure that this is adequate, that their planning is adequate to prevent flooding. thank you very much. >> next speaker. good afternoon, members of the board. [speaker not understood], consulting. i have been working on this project since 2008. the project came underway because of the economy downturn for about a year. but a good two or three years

we've been nonstop working on this project to meet with the neighborhood, to satisfy neighborhood groups' needs, we went to the planning commission twice, a second meeting, we had a unanimous vote. we need to cut sick feet of this small curb that is at the site. so, we had to go and find out the -- get a major sidewalk encroachment. we had a director's hearing that the neighborhood came out and voiced concerns. and we had an outside agency -- outside engineer evaluating our plans which are with us. also dpw took it upon themselves to [speaker not understood] into this issue. and all the engineers that worked on this have agreed with our findings. and to make it really short, this is a very simple case. if i may put this for your

review. can i have this -- this is a standard city detail. you see at the bottom it says bureau of engineering department of public works. this is a standard [speaker not understood] that is used all over the town and on streets much steeper than this. and we are not asking for any different than what was done in over 2000 projects in this town. i'm available for any comments you may have. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker. good afternoon, david pilpow, i'm friends with bob who you heard from a moment ago. i wanted to share the video if we can go to the computer. hello, mr. chairman. i asked the dpw representative if he could respond to the public comment that has been raised at the end of public comment. so, if you could please be prepared to do that.

[video presentation] this is showing the corner from hampshire onto pralle at therctiontion walking up the street. this is a complicated corner and property. you're seeing video after a recent rain event where there hasn't been that much rain and there's a fair amount of water already. this is the retaining wall, and we're going to walk further up. welcome to the far northeast bernal neighborhood block area.

we're going to go over the wall and see the rest of it in a second. that's the slope that's existing. there is an elevation change. that's the proposed property line. and the retaining wall. i would just note that you heard -- this committee heard speakers in opposition to the proposed permit in december and at the dpw hearing there were 10 residents in opposition to the granting of the permit.

so, i believe there is neighborhood opposition which goes to the question of whether it's desirable for the city. thanks very much. >> thank you very much. >> can i just ask a clarifying question? >> sure. >> the spactiontion that you showed on the video that where the proposed curb out will be for the driveway? that's my understanding. >> thank you. >> thank you. is there any additional public comment? yeah. if anyone would like to make further comment, please come forward and line up. welcome. hello, i'm michael mccabe and i live at 1569 hampshire at the corner there, so, the video more or less saw the house where i live. and i just wanted to point out that although the diagram was about the specific curb cut, as if it were an ordinary curb cut, that there is -- i don't know exactly, but it's close to two feet of elevation

difference there. and there's going to be -- there will need to be for this project a major filling of that whole sidewalk area and increasing the grade to 20%, i believe, for that whole length of sidewalk. so, it's really more than just the curb itself that we're talking about. and it is -- it does slope both ways there and i hope that we are careful in how we examine the hydrology. that's all i have. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker. good afternoon. my name is joan varney, and i along with bob own the property at 1569 hampshire street, adjacent to the proposed development at 54 through 62 peralta. i am here today to urge the committee to continue this item in light of the new information

from william sandavere professional manager of clear water [speaker not understood] and study related to the proposed street encroachment at 54 peralta. we as neighbors need the assurance that this development is not going to have a negative effect on the flow of rainwater that often races down the steep roadway in the winter rain. the analysis presented by the developers has been -- has been termed inadequate by mr. vandavere as a representative of clear water hydrology and we feel it would be prudent for them to follow the amended guidelines set by him to try and determine a plan that would do the least harm before moving forward on this project. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. my name is carl [speaker not understood]. i live at 8 peralta, same block.

i'd like to read a short thing here. i believe no one should have a right to make any park, that any park of the already steep sidewalk steeper. some of our residents would not be able to utilize an even steeper sidewalk. within this one block in question on our side of the street, there is an elderly man who requires a wheelchair, one woman past 80 who uses a walker, another woman past 80, a man in his late 70s who has need he knee replacements and uses a cane. others in their 70s. these residents could not tolerate any part of the sidewalk made steeper. this is to notify the committee that if this construction is granted without disability issues addressed, you can rest assured there might be lawsuits with requests for punitive damages. * please contact public works department disability access coordinator kevin jensen at 30

van ness avenue. i tried to get in touch with him, but i'm not computer savvy and nobody answers their phone, you know. so, anyway, i would appreciate it if this would be looked into from a disability point of view. >> thank you. thank you. >> are there any other members of the public who would like to comment? my name is lou randal. i live at the corner of peralta and [speaker not understood]. as you go through, there must be some traffic controls put in before construction starts. we've had one car destroyed from people speeding up holiday without a stop sign and making that right turn in front of my house. every one of the trucks that go in and out of there have had to make a u-turn in front of my house to get there and there's no stop signs from holliday or on peralta. and traffic kohl has to be part

of your consideration in doing this. * control i went through dpw to try to get speed bumps put on peralta. they said they need a study [speaker not understood]. but they denied it. they said it couldn't be done. [speaker not understood]. one car totally destroyed by people speeding. [speaker not understood] thank you. >> thank you very much. are there any other members of the public who wish to comment today on item number 4? seeing none, public comment is closed. mr. fong, would you like to respond to some of the comments we've heard? >> supervisors, john kwong for department of public works again. i'd like to thank the neighbors and citizens for providing that video. the video actually provided more clarity i think to the members of the board in this case. if you notice, they're showing

the rainwater is actually running down along the retaining wall where the gutter line is and it continues to run down. and at the very end when they were showing upstream, there was a driveway cut immediately above it. so, if there was rainwater that was jumping and it would jump theoretically as they suggested, jumping over the sidewalk, jumping over the curb onto the sidewalk, it would have happened previously. the picture doesn't show that. the video didn't show that. also they showed the sidewalk that's running down behind the retaining wall. while it was wet, there was no runoff. there was no rainwater that was noticeable running in a stream like a [speaker not understood] in this case. so, there's nothing that was happening that we can demonstrate that can be clearly demonstrated even on the rainstorm that they're suggesting. finally, there was a previous video that showed rainwater running along the yard at the front yard area further down on a previous video on the last presentation that we provided. well, one thing we recognize. with the construction of the

building as proposed, the footprint of the building, all that rainwater that would normally run down the hill as rain would be capture and had brought into the rainwater leader that would be discharged into the sewer line. that would actually reduce the amount of runoff that would run down the street. there was a suggestion also by an applicant, by one of the citizens here, that disability access was not considered. the department did as part of the evaluation the design to the disability access coordinator who evaluated the existing condition and the modified condition and determined that in this case it was an improvement over the existing condition and satisfied all the requirements as identified under book title 24 in a-d-a. >> can you address the issue of does it change -- in term of the change of the grade in the sidewalk? one of the public commenters mentioned that. >> yes, supervisor. it did change the grade, and actually in one instance it improved it.

previously the property uphill of this site reconfigured a silo to show a 35% slope through the sidewalk area. this design reduced that 35% slope to approximately 16%, which improved the configuration of it and also made it a little less steep specifically. so, there were some improvements made to improve the walk ability of the sidewalk. >> thank you. anything else? * >> those are all the comments. the suggestion to continue the evaluation, we do not believe is appropriate only because in this case the reviewing engineer stating that there were concerns, but from a factual perspective stating that [speaker not understood] this satisfied the requirements. the concern was mostly over a quick software analysis, not

necessarily detail of the design specifically. so, we believe the design was appropriate. its was evaluated correctly, and we don't see a reason to continue it even further as requested by some of the citizens who don't want this to move forward. >> thank you. colleagues, any questions? >> if i could ask one question. the rainstorm thats depicted looked like a typical rainstorm. if we had a significant event, 20, 50 year rainstorm event, would that change your analysis? >> no. actually in this case, the analysis that was done was for the hundred-year storm, which is for every rainstorm is a 1% chance of happening, which is very rare in this case. and given the height of the curb, which is between 4 to 6 inches, given how steep that street is, as you can see how quickly the water is running down the street and entering the catch basin, it would actually be -- the height of the water that would go down on a major rainstorm would also be

very low in this case. because you're in essence, the gravity is going to pull it down the street instead of having overflow and jump onto the sidewalk. >> okay, thank you. >> thank you. >> colleagues, any other questions? president chiu, at least nominal -- >> colleagues, obviously there have been some questions raised by the neighborhood, but we have heard from our department of public works their position to the contrary. big suggest that we move this item forward but without recommendation given the issues that have arisen. i know the district supervisor will likely be weighing in on this issue at the full board. but given how long this issue has been out there, in order for us to make a decision my suggestion is we move this forward without, again, the necessarily the support, but moving it through the process so that we can have a final vote on this at the full board. so, that would be my motion. >> thank you. further comment? >> i was going to say the same. i'm happy to second that motion to move it forward with no recommendation and also give

our district supervisor an opportunity to weigh in as well. i know [speaker not understood] is watching this hearing. regarding the public comment about traffic cowving work that can be done on peralta, i'm sure they have taken that into account. thank you. >> i do agree that it's appropriate to put this forward with no recommendation because i think it is important for the district supervisor who is most familiar with all the surrounding circumstances to weigh in at the full board. last time this was at the full board, supervisor campos did send it back to committee, and i think we vote -- the board unanimously supported that request. given the holiday next week, we have two weeks between now and the february 25th board meeting. so, ample time for discussion. so, colleagues, if there is no further discussion, can we take that motion without objection? that will be the order. is there any more business before the committee, mr. clerk?

>> this completes the agenda for today. >> thank you. we are adjourned. [adjourned] >> it's so great to see a full house like this. it means the world to us and to the whole cause of anti-trafficking. we are waiting for mayor lee. my name is nancy goldberg, cochair of the seven cisco collaborative against human trafficking.

i wanted to introduce my past chair, and my new cochair. when i tell people of my involvement their shock to hear that san francisco is in major definition of human trafficking. they think it is people from other parts of the world. there are also so many right here, from our own bay area communities. in the city that is out of human trafficking we are also committed to being an agent of change. i want to give you a brief history of sf cat, san francisco collaborative against human trafficking. in response to what we saw is a growing problem,

four organizations formed up in 2008, the jewish coalition against human trafficking; national council of jewish women, jewish reel fund, -- we then realize would needed a wider coalition in order to be more effective we reached out to a large variety of the government sectors. in february 2008 the jewish coalition held a conference against human trafficking which included agencies such as the san francisco commission on the status of women, representative of the mayor's office and other nonprofits.

this event also attracted members of the state assembly and a few congressional offices. at a meeting following our conference a i was asked to chair the larger group and my condition was that there be a cochair from the mayor's office at that time was catherine dodd. the san francisco collaborative against human traffic was born. in 2010 - from the beginning emily morassie (sounds like) executive director of the san francisco commission on the status of women was always involved as well as theresa sparks, executive director of the human rights commission. they were not only the core of the beginning but also generously offered to help us and support us and today that is where we are housed.

we have a membership of over 28 agencies public and private representing a wide area of government agencies, law enforcement agencies, service providers, educators and community members. we are committed to ending human trafficking through collaboration, education, outreach, raising awareness and supporting survivors of human trafficking. how many cities have this kind of public private cooperation? i don't know but we are among the first and speaks about the efforts put forth in the city but isn't this the city where all things that are impossible can happen? i wanted to just a few people who are here. first and foremost the honorable mayor ed lee. and supervisor carmen chu, has been a great champion. the winners of the sf cat

annual poster concert and the keynote speaker, -- a human traffic survivor and advocate. i want to say that other human rights commissioners are here, -- and vice chair doug chen, -- commissioner, the president julie -- nancy kirshner rodriguez, police chief greg sur (sounds like) -- i will like to turn this over to mayor lee.diana are you here? he is on his way.

well - thank you. why don't we do that? why waste a moment. >> nancy did mention that we will announce the winners of the fabulous poster contest. i am the executive director of commission on the status of women. the mayor will be announcing not only the winners of the poster contest but also the winners of this year's abolitionist awards. fire commissioner -- is here and emily conroy from the department of justice is here. thank you for joining us. i want to bring up mayor lee so

she can bring up the announcements of the honorees for today. apl(applause) >> thank you emily and thank you to the commission on the status of women to our human rights commission thank you for being here and the commissioners and staff as well. thank you police chief for being here and certainly all the other department heads. wendy thank you for being here as well. members of the community. advocacy groups that have been so important to this movement. supervisor carmen chu, i know you and mayor newsom had this initial effort back some years ago to recognize the need to abolish human trafficking. an san francisco being such an international city, many of our roots are from immigrant families. we understand the problem.

we did do something about it and continue that effort. i want to thank the us attorney's office for being here. and so many of you who have from the community done and continue to do what you can do to end human trafficking. this is such an important challenge for all of us. and because we here at from immigrant families; we hear from immigrant women and girls. the stories are real. they come across international borders. and so san francisco being the city that is not only aware of this, and aware of international traffic that occurs we have to continue doing something about it. if anything, our goal is of course to educate our youth; to make sure they understand that they have partners in both city government and in the community to help.

those that are lucky and can survive; all of this and when they end up on the shores of san francisco, if we can find them and provide them with support and help them change their lives. and then get to the business of the criminal acts involved in exploiting our kids. we should do all of that and this trafficking. i want to thank everybody for being here today, helping celebrate this event recognizing the awareness month but also recommitting ourselves in every possible way to do what we can do to end this on a worldwide basis and to know the source businesses and individuals and groups of people organized to continue this effort and to do our best to end their activities as well. i want to s