is problem with the windows and wiring. from what i understand, there has been on going problems with the property owner and other properties. there is a seven page article about this on going problem with this particular management ownership company that has this property that it's a long going thing. i think there is something like 300 cases that have gone to litigation over the last 10 or so years. it's nothing new and we just want to speak to this problem because it's a huge problem in san francisco, problems particularly with our elders, with a population that is aging. we have to ensure that these mechanisms that are here to serve and to ensure that our elders can age in place that

they function correctly and make it conducive to habit ability and healthy living. >> thank you. any other public comment? city attorney? is mr. thomas allowed to speak for public comment? >> the appellant speaks during the appellant's time. if the attorney gives the time. >> not very much. >> you are not considered public for public consideration of comment >> you are denying me the right to speak? >> your attorney spoke for you. >> there needs to be said in rebuttal and i would appreciate to be able to say something >> i don't have a question. i would like to say that there has been nothing presented that gives us any argument for taking jurisdiction back on this issue and i would like to move to deny the request for

jurisdiction. >> is there a second? >> second. >> before a vote, commissioner lker would your finding be that the appellant failed to show that his lateness in finding and jurisdiction request were in error on the part of the city >> that's correct. there is something that i was looking for legal reason to take take back on jurisdiction that we have no jurisdiction of and there is nothing presented that gives us any legal reason to do that. our staff has worked with this, has issued the notices of violation, has notified them on goingly about different ones. it's great that now the day before this hearing, there is some action and a willingness

to try to resolve these issues. i encourage that to go forward. we don't have jurisdiction over this case and there is no argument presented to me to -- >> i would like to add also that there were 9 orders of abatement assessment with these two properties and they were all assessed over 4 months and over 11 months ago. this is not like one single order of abatement that was assessed and it was being an appealed to us. i have a feeling that they already know what order of abatements are and they should have seen at least one of the 9 and read through the rules of appeal and if they didn't, somebody missed out on it. >> commissioner mar? >> yes. i would agree. this

third party had somebody representing them at this time. if you hire somebody to represent you, they are representing you until it changes. i have a roll call vote if there is no further commissioner comment. >> thank you. >> there is a roll call vote on the motion to deny the request for jurisdiction. president clinch? yes. vice-president melgar? yes. commissioner mar? yes. commissioner mccray? yes, commissioner mccarthy? yes, lee? yes, walker? yes.

that motion passes unanimously. case no. 6774. 3554 san bruno avenue. owner of record and appellant. richard thomas environment and land management. the appellant is requesting that the abatement appeals board grant jurisdiction. >> the case is the same. we request that you not do so on this case. >> just for clarification, there has not been an order of abatement on this item, is that correct? >> with respect to the legal use, no. there has not. >> david berry, my comments

from before should apply equally to this. if you have any questions i would like to answer them. >> if your client would like to speak, he can do so now on your three minutes. >> thank you very much. when i found this notice, i did show good cause. i was basically being penalized by allegedly having this phantom unit among the one building in question and that building is at 3556 through 3564 san bruno avenue. it's that old building that we have a handout that was part of the san born marp that it was in existence in 1990. after

checking the record myself i found it was hooked up to gas the first 1265 is mentioned by the electrical company showing it was hooked up to gas service in 1915. so that's the phantom unit. it's because of this phantom unit that all of the other things that were found in a building next door and some of those things were the windows that were there that were aluminum windows. i have owned the building for 37 years. i didn't put in aluminum windows. they were put in there by the other owner when one of the older windows blew out. the older windows have a characteristic pattern to them that the building -- that the

planning commission and their interest wants to maintain that look and windows. we are perfectly happy to go ahead and do that, however, from the very outset when two years ago when i started asking for permits i was denied and i was denied because i had an illegal unit and the illegal unit was in a different building, a different area. they said no, you have to take care of this illegal unit before you can do anything. so when i met with rosemary for the first time about a year 1/2 ago, i came up with this list of violations. here is an initial assessment cost and down here is the legalization of this property because i have maintained that it was legal and it wasn't -- i get fined

$2200 and i can't take it out because i get this violation. here is $20,000 worth of things which is basically thrown in with fees and with cost and i have eventually paid, but i have a building permit to fix these windows. i can't get into this gentleman's unit because the last time i got in there he called the police and he had me arrested for walking into his unit. >> thank you, mr. thomas. any public comment? any comments or questions from the commission? commissioner walker? >> i feel that this particular issue, there hasn't been an order of abatement with this issue and we lack jurisdiction.

i think that the department is really who should be dealing with these violations and property owner should be dealing with our inspectors. i would support a motion. i'm happy to make it unless somebody else wants to make it. >> i was going to say when this item came before us last month, the paperwork was filed by the appellant's attorney, the night before and we had very little time and certainly our attorney janis didn't have enough time to read everything and be able to give us the thorough analysis of the issues involved but we've since had a month and have read everything and feel pretty confident that i have done my due diligence on this and i don't think that we

should be granting jurisdiction. i this i that the owner has certainly issues that he thinks he knows some factual things the city doesn't agree with but i don't think that it is our place to be resolving those issues. i also think that it's a different issue in terms of many code violations that exist in this building. >> yeah. is there a motion? >> commissioner melgar, i concur with commissioner melgar's comments and we've had our chance to do due diligence. >> i move to deny the request for jurisdiction based on all of the facts that there has

been nothing presented that gives us any argument to take jurisdiction in this case. >> second. >> second. commissioner mar? >> there is a motion and a second to deny the request for jurisdiction. i will make a roll call vote on this item. president clinch? yes, vice-president melgar? yes, commissioner mar? yes, mccray, yes, mccarthy? yes, commissioner lee, yes. the motion passes. >> item f for general comment for items not on the agenda. >> seeing none, we will move to

item g, adjournment. is there a motion to adjourn? >> move to adjourn. >> second. >> is there any public comment in a motion to adjourn. everyone in favor? aye. any opposed? we are now adjourned as the abatement appeals board. we'll take a ten minute recess and reconvene as the building inspection commission. thank you.

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welcome to lunch. welcome to lunch at city hall well, as you all know your food trucks are here there are here every friday. we're welcoming them and we are just welcoming all the other business the brick and mortar for one area were there are here to join supervisor wiener and ion some good piece of legislation. there's been a movement that we

welcomed in the city and, of course, the incredible investments that people have made when we started their restaurants from the brick and mortar and over the couple of past couple of years we want this to work for everybody. one of the supervisors who always has his hand up for the hardest assignment is supervisor wiener. it's about two years; right? scott that you worked and have had hundreds of conversations as well as with the off the gate members as well to kind of getting a simple way of how do we get to live together with each and how do we get dw to

permit those establishments in a fashion that's sensitive to everybody. and now we have to the great work of the supervisor wiener and a collaboration with all even public works we have a decent ordinance to allow the great room to happen and the collaboration to bring everybody together. it's a wonderful example of something that would have gone haywire if not for a good piece of leadership. it's a good weekend to celebrate but on this piece of legislation i want to thank supervisor

wiener for all pious persistence to get all the parties together to constant say let's keep working until we have an agreement. it's taken two years but it's worth it when i have an industry that's growing but you pay respect for the great folks in brikt in motor. i want to thank even for the hard work they're doing. with that supervisor wiener (clapping) >> thank you, mr. mayor. it was about two years ago that with he saw that was a lot of potential chaos going on with argue brick and mortar restaurants and our food trucks. and, you know, we're a city that values food innovation and having great food for consumers. we take a look at it and found

our regulations and our laws regulating food trucks were out-of-date. so we sat down and it took two years work with the food trucks and the brick and mortar drifks and how the system should be set up. we came up with a set of rules that will have a better balance in terms of how we do this permitting process. so the food trucks won't be in front of the restaurants. we made it easier for food trucks to go into areas that they're currently not loud by reducing the buffer around schools that was 3 blocks in all

directions and allowing the food trucks on campuses. i want to thank the golden date restaurants association and the managers of the association and the parents for lunch advocates who flarptd a great way. i want to have a special shout out to my aid who's taking a well deserved day off today but was incredible in help. we got it through unanimously through the board and i'm looking forward to the mayor signing it today.

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