brother joe and then they had me. and i would like to share some of the thoughts from the family with respect to my father and working for golden gate park. my father would easily tell you how much he loved the park. not only did he love them but he absolutely loved being in the parks and representing the parks for the city of san francisco. he knew how lucky he was that his office was golden gate park. but it wasn't his alone and he shared it with the city of san francisco. my father has instilled in the entire family that it's always about the people and he was never an "i" person and always a "we" and you can see that from the many people who are here to talk about getting this recognition for my father. (please stand by)

>> it was wonderful to work with him and work to the commission and it's great that he would have this honor in golden gate park. thank you. >> thank you. [cheers and applause] >> are there any other public comments? being none, public comment is closed. >> general manager? >> commissioners, before you make a motion, just quickly. to all of you who came today to celebrate barney and demonstrate just how influential he was in shaping our landscape,gy wanted to say thank you very much for being here and we don't want to lose the quorum, so we thank you all for kind of holding back some of the prepared remarks you made. your presence is very important and just representing the department, we stand on the shoulders of those who came before us. so we are the beneficiaries of

barny's work and convey our admiration to your family. this is an honor to have on the calendar today. >> commissioner harrison? >> i would like to move to approve. >> second? >> all in favour? >> motion carries. [cheers and applause] >> i would like to say one thing. a great thank you to jim and mary jo kooney. when they came to me, they were the ones who motivated it, started it and with a tenacious way got through all of the curves in our system here. so they deserve a great thanks. >> thanks to commissioner harrison to being the link between one generation of rec and park stewards and the next. so thank you, commissioner harrison. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, tom. >> we are now on item 12,

project life cycle, open space fund contingency reserve. >> you'll give you the speed date version since we briefed exhaustively in committee. it's a request to allocate 1.$1 million of the open space reserve from the deferred maintenance reserve and from the undesignated reserve to fund our preventative maintenance programme as part of project lifestyle. this was something that came out of our original strategic plan four years ago, interdisciplinary effort. with a lot of work over the four years, we came up of what our asset management profile ought to be. you see it on the four-wheel diagram on your screen and on your packages. essentially, this is what asset management looks like. we're getting there. the four-wheel diagram, it's preventative maintenance taking care of the services of your infrastructure and equipment.

repair is taking care of equipment and major maintenances which we have recently enconstituted through an initiative two or three years ago is major component replacement, court resurfacing, boiler replacement, roof replacement and this kind of thing that lengthens the life cycle of the facility and takes you into capital renewal where we renovate the entire facility. you can see at the top, it takes you back to the beginning and there's your closed loop right there. we were going to brief you on where we are on capital renewal because two years ago, you authorized a significant expanse for us to contract to do facility assessments on all of our facilities, which they did. they have built us a very robust database called via face facility using for capital planning with a lot of really good data in there on how we make, you know, really got prioritized decisions and what we'll renew and build the park

department of tomorrow. so what we're asking, we would like to take 1.$1 million out of the reserve and do a nec next fe so we can be undertaking in our preventative maintenance of all of our equipment so it doesn't wear out. this is a really important thing for us. there's a term sheet on what they would be doing. there's a schedule that would have it accomplished here withig the data probably mid-time next year and they're rolling this out through the maintenance division over time to get this up and running. there is an attachment b of your package shows that there is sufficient funds in both of these reserved sub-funds to fund this and our recommendation's approval. any public comment on this item? being none, public comment is

close. >> commissioner bania? >> yes. having entered as a commissioner in an era of prioritytizin priok orders in an atmosphere environment of budget cuts, and now coming to a place where we find ourselves with some resources to be able to develop a full-fledged plan, to be able to address our deferred maintenance projects is such an incredible experience for me because it's actually during this whole time that i've been a commissioner, has always been a major concern to me that we were losing sight of really addressing all of our deferred

maintenance projects and really not putting forth a plan to make sure that we could really keep pace and i am so grateful to be able to be voting on this plan and i'm in full support. >> commissioner anderson? >> yes. addressing deferred maintenance is definitely music to the ears of our san francisco residence, thank you. >> entertain a motion. >> so moved. >> all in favour? aye. so moved. thank you. >> we are now on item 13, the annual report. >> since this is nonaction, we will continue this to the october full commission. >> thank you. >> thank you and so sorry to -- so we can ajourn. >> we want to ajourn in memory.

>> did somebody make a motion to continue it? >> i move that we continue that agenda item to the october commission meeting. >> second. >> ok, graduate. >> great. item 14, general public comment? being none, public comment is closed. and we're now on item 15, commissioner's matters. any public comment? being none, public comment is closed. item 16 and new business. any public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. and we're on item 17, communications and is there any public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. now on item 18 adjournment. general manager, i believe you have some thoughts on our adjournment. >> yes, commissioners, i'm very sad to report that we lost an

employee at the recreation and park department yesterday, al solice, working up at camp mather and suffered a heart attack during the day and despite the best efforts of staff and colleagues and emergency response professionals from the national park service, he lost his life yesterday. so it's a tough day for structural maintenance yard for urban forestry team and i would respectfully request you ajourn the meeting in his mourn. >> so moved. >> our thoughts and temporaries are with the department and the department. thank you.

>> i would like to call roll. (roll call). >> you have a quorum. also present is -- that is it. you have a quorum. >> thank you. i would like to welcome retired

sergeant back for the evening only. we are scheduled to have a closed session today, but we do have a couple of people who have come for public comment, general public comment. i am going to open up and start with general public comment first, then we will go to public comment and go into closed session. is there any general public comment? i will allow three minutes. >> good evening. years ago in south san francisco, it was one of my birthdays, i read my poem to the has. it didn't go well, but i

thought, what is hell. i was gifted a harley. while there are many cop goes like mason storm. today more than ever before what is out on on the street is scary. now have arisen indeed attitude like dirty harry. for a spell be broken behold means more than bold. lapd officer michael rupert echoed his voice to make clear the california internal war. now we have a choice. the degree of voice vaulted view enforcement and families are being assaulted. in oakland assault on officer tolerance is zero. lethal force. i perceive by the governor for

la skid row officers with typhoid fever as he -- he does as he pleases. they hold and disdain all sheriffs and cops considering them as supportive props. i am peter, the brother from the east. through the likes of me all corruption be ceased. commanding law enforcement cease transit flow least they be assaulted by the status quo. if you looked up paradise lost, homeless in la, seven minute youtube he verifies law enforcement is sick. 53 square blocks home less. thousands of trucks come up here

every month, playings travel. it is unchecked. people in positions of power know this and it remains unchecked. therefore they are responsible for possibly being charged with assault to commit murder. i don't know how else to look at it. i am definitely in support of law enforcement. i warn you they have been stuck in the middle for a long time and it is a riddle. the power requires the 40 day strike and during this strike all of these young people that were told about the climate were never told about judy berry. she was a champion. it is 5g involved in cutting down . >> thank you. next speaker, please.

>> hello. i am glad to be back. i missed everybody. again, i would like to use the overhead. august 14 of this year was my son's 14th anniversary of his murder. could you start me over. there is no picture. >> start over. can we get the picture up? >> yes, august 14 of this year would be his 14th year of his death, and we had -- i want to

think steve that sittings in the back. he helped me do the circle in front of my house which i do every year. it was wonderful. i thank those that came out to support me. it was hard, but it was wonderful. i was able to sleep that night, but still, you guys, i still grieve my son's death and see the perpetrators walking the street to kill again. i asked that day and i am asking again for the posters to be put up. we have no venue. i have them on my car. i know the chaplain morgan said she would help me try to get plaques she is working on that. nobody is responding to her. i was hoping someone here can help her respond to people that need to help mean get these

plaques up for maybe not just my son but right now she is talking about my son. the other thing is i come with all of my pictures. i just don't fight for my son. other mothers and fathers lost their child to homicide, too. my quest for coming here is because the homicides aren't solved and because my son's homicide is not solved. i bring my pictures because i want people to remember what i have to look at every day and see every day. this is not your child, it is my child, but i don't want people to forget my son. i don't want people to forget what i am going through every day. my son had a father. this was a two-parent family. we put him in catholic school, we paid for tuition for him to go to school.

he was a really good boy. i always say this is what the perpetrators left me with. this is all i have left of my child. you guys, it is 14 years and i still cry. i still hurt. i still want justice for my child. my investigator did come out that day, and i am glad he did. we have a $250,000 reward with nobody coming forth. how do we change the law? what do we do so mothers like myself can have some kind of closure. 14 years, i can't believe it. i say i will never stop until the day i die. hopefully, i will get justice before that happens. i don't know. >> thank you. can we have the tip line read into the record for anybody who may be watching. >> tip line with information on

the homicide please call 415-575-4444. >> thank you. any other public comment or speakers. general public comment is closed. next item, please. >> this is item 1. public comment on all matters pertaining to closed session including item two. vote whether to hold item three in closed session. >> we intend to go to closed session to address disciplinary matters. any public comment on our going to closed session? >> yes, my comment would be regarding this topic. confidentiality may be maintained by not naming names and that i submit that you hear what i have to say because i am

speaking about confidentiality versus zero tolerance, and i can feel your hearts up there as you responded to the last speaker. i do believe you are all good people. i try my best, and she mentioned him going to a particular catholic school. it was the religions that under mined things. people talk about white supremacy. i say if that exists it is nowhere near murder included animals from the time of moses. that is can corby hind ever -- behind every war. we have the power to change this. you have been commanded to do your utmost. that is in your heart. i am the voice of the goddess

temple in the temple of heaven. the people that are the true warriors arise together and release the power of christ. avoid the 40 day shut down of the system of the promise land. behold, be more than bold. arise and be above and beyond our status or job description. it is the shutdown of the 40 days of the total economy, industry of the slaughter house and oil, the two blood flows maintained to undermine us all the more all the longer. thathat is unacceptable from ths moment on. i say it, you hear it. so be it. it is done. on behalf of the children and innocent animals. california is the most powerful

state. it is time to arise and fulfill our faith as destiny's date. i am peter, your servant. you are here to be the leader. we are the power the time is at hand. abide, abbuild this mighty command. >> any other comment about going to closed session. >> public comment is closed. >> because we are going to due process hearing the record reflect people have a right to public comment that any appeal to religious issues or anything of that sort would not be within the scope of the commission's consideration or deliberations. >> thank you. >> truth is above all religion. >> thank you. sir, you are interrupting us,

please. >> we need a motion to go into closed session. >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor. a. >> motion passes. we are g >> you are back on the record in open session and you still have a quorum. >> item 4 vote to elected discussions on item 3. 67.12 a action. >> is there a motion not to disclose. >> nondisclosure. >> second. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> opposed. >> motion passes. >> item five adjournment. >> motion to adjourn. >> so moved. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> opposed. >> motion passes. >>

we are ready to begin. good morning. today is wednesday, september 18 th, 2019. this is a regular meeting of the building inspection commission. i would like to remind everyone

to turn off all electronic devices. the first item on the agenda is roll call. [roll call] commissioner moss is excused. we have a quorum. our next item is item two, president's announcements. >> good morning and welcome to i announcements onto timer time or 18th, 2019. if i mispronounce anybody's last name, please forgive me. thank you to tom who spoke to a delegation from south korea's local construction safety center about san francisco department of safety inspection to ensure the buildings in san francisco are safe for residents and visitors.

stefan provided a great overview of d.b.i.'s permit process for the restaurant owners and the efforts that the department has made to streamline these process -- these processes in the recent years. i'm looking forward to seeing more feedback on that. we really need to do everything we can to keep that process as smooth and as productive as possible for these businesses so they can get their goals. thank you to david jones from our clan review service team for taking part in the presentation on the permitting process of a.d.u.s with a small property owner institute. thank you for your reference to educate stakeholders on this important program. i'd like to commend our very own commission secretary, sonia harris, received a very nice note from a longtime customer thinking for her for professional, respectful, and very competent service to the

building inspection commission. thank you, i know you are in the frontlines all the time and you get no credit. finally, there is somebody out there who gave it to you. thank you. [applause] >> thank you to matthew from the technical service division who received a letter stating he was very helpful in accommodating details when helping a senior customer with their home improvement project. well done. those small little thank youse are important. a letter of appreciation was also sent to mr. shaw of plan review services for helping a customer through the process of getting parking permits. the customer said she was great and consistent with her service and was very kind to her. a big thank you to others from the central birdsall -- building permit to received a letter from a customer thanking them for resolving a difficult case regarding missing address. thank you for that.

congratulations also to director he we who participated in another seismic safety outreach program graduation in chinatown last week where another 70 residents graduated for a five -- from a five day training course. that brings the total number of seismic safety ambassadors to nearly 4,000 since the program began in 2015, and that means we are better prepared to respond and recover quickly after the next big one. well done on that, particularly on the 4,000 people qualified. earlier this month, the director took part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new chase center. well done, director. special thanks to you and your team for everything you did to ensure that the project was completed and ready to go on time. what an incredible achievement that was. was it done under time or was it right on time? right on time. i know that was monumental. it was a sprint from the minute it was approved to get it done.

i know the inspectors worked really hard on their. special thanks to all the d.b.i. staff and management who worked hard to ensure normal operations when many of their colleagues were taking part in a mandated training at the work conference. i know it is hard to juggle schedules and duties, so we appreciate the efforts made to ensure that services to d.b.i. customers were not disrupted. i know everyone has to do double duty in times like that. we appreciate it all in the interest of getting better service. that concludes my comments. onto the next item. >> thank you. is there any public comment on president's announcements? seeing none, item three, general public comment. we will take public comment on matters within the commission's jurisdiction that are not part of this agenda. >> good morning, my name is jury with the san francisco land-use

coalition. i am going to repeat comments i made at the august 29th planning commission meeting regarding one of four unpermitted demolitions that were on the agenda that day. 4118 201st street represents the failure of the city to enforce the building and planning codes. the planning commission is once again being asked to find a just solution for a project that should have been stopped. this project is one of many troubled projects for d.b.i. and planning. they should have intervened and stopped the project at an earlier point and put the project on an acceptable trajectory. d.b.i.'s solution to the problem is to assign two senior building inspectors to handle similar troubled projects. d.b.i.'s solution is not working if we recognize this project, as well as 347 18th street as examples of projects that should

have been stopped and redirected , we should examine both projects from a clinical perspective and asked, at one point should there have been a major intervention, and what solution should have been imposed? i asked the planning commission to task with this assignment. i was at a meeting yesterday with a district eight supervisor , and other members of the san francisco land-use coalition. he discussed his proposal for d.b.i. a supervisor mandelman is planning to meet with members of the planning commission to develop a solution. i urge the planning department and planning commission to support supervisor mandelman's efforts. these are my comments, in addition to the comments i made on august 29th. on august 29th, many planning commissioners expressed frustration at being asked to address demolitions d.b.i.

should have addressed. the citizens of san francisco have lost confidence in the department of building inspections, in this crisis of confidence has spread to the planning commission. how does the building inspection commission plan to address this problem? thank you. [please stand by]

for these situations where either an error has occurred on the part of the project sponsor. two demolitions are needed at intake, the tearing down of structure, and the second one that follows section 317 with adjustments in the demo cal collisions.

calculations. this is a way to preserve housing that should be preserved. also, studies need to be done to preserve viable relatively affordable housing that can be sensibly updated. there are four pages here, and it shows the different definitions. one the 200 -7 staff memo on section 317 prior to the passage. building 103a demolition without permit. building code section 10 6:00 12 including other parts of the code. also, d.b.i. sheet. this came up at the 49 hopkins hearing or some hearing on the 29th. information sheet so4 dated jun.

these are my comments. that relates to crown terrace. anyway, i just think that is a problem. one definition is not going to solve it in the beginning of a process. you still need to. you don't need one. you need one when you have a problem when people have not followed the law. thank you very much. have a good day. >> thank you. >> is there any additional public comment? seeing none, next item is 4. commissioners questions and matters. 4a. at this time the commission may discuss and take action to set the date inquiries to staff regarding various documents. >> future meeting and agendas. at this time the commission may

take action to set the date of a special meeting and/or derm those items that could be placed on the agenda of the next meeting or other future meetings of the building inspection. the next scheduled meeting is october 16th. >> no organization is perfect, but all of us have an obligation to look honestly at our organizations and do everything in our power to improve or organizations in every possible way. for this reason it is disturbing to find several high profile cases of actions which our systems did not prevent or detect at the earliest possible time. these cases have used serial permitting, work beyond the scope or inaccurate representations to subvert our systems -- both ours and planning.

illegal demolitions, destabilizing neighboring properties and other egregious results have happened. we have had strains developed with colleagues in the planning commission where the building inspection department and by extension this commission's confidence or integrity have been questioned. this has to stop. we need away forward where we are working closely with commission colleagues and respective staffs to uncover the source of these problems and develop remedies required to fix them. to this end, i recommend we schedule a joint planning commission meeting to review all major cases which have brought attention to failures in both our systems and the course forward on these to ensure they are now properly monitored and

recommend des strictly enforced. we need to do this because systematic failures can be exploited again and again. we should not be naive to think these were the only instances of wrongdoing. we share the goal of making bad actors and making it hard for those following the rules. we need to know that we are addressing them firmly but consistently and fairly. i ask we set up such a joint building, planning meeting at the earliest possible date to explore these issues as we work together to find effective and targeted remedies to prevent or at least significantly reduce the occurrence of further cases.

>> thank you. is there any public comment on item 4a and b? our next item is item 5, director's report. a. update on d.b.i.'s finances. >> good morning, commissioners, deputy director for department of building inspection. before you is the august 2019 financial report covering july and august 2019. i will give a brief summary.

on the revenue sides $12.4 million this year compared to $11.8 million the same time last year. that is an increase. increase is due primarily to increase in plan checking revenues. that is reflected also on page 2. i usually have revenues and expenditures and building permit data. as you can see the valuation of the issue permits have gone up. normally when you see it go up we expect to see the revenues go up. they are based on valuation. for instance, during this time period, we had actually one permit of 100 to $200 million issued. that didn't happen last time period. on the expenditure side, expenditures are slightly higher

due to an increase in salaries. salaries have gone up. this is two months. it is very preliminary. we don't see a pattern. if you look at the report on the projection of the first page we project apartment budget. with a few more months we will see where everything is going. i am happy to answer any questions if you have any questions. thank you. >> thank you, deputy director. >> 5b update on proposed or recently enacted state or local legislation. >> good morning, commissioners, john murray, legislative affairs. a few updates for you. the plumbing code cross connection ordinance supposed to be heard on monday was continued

on the advice of the city attorney to accommodate the code cycle. we want the new limits to go through and it will be added on in january. supervisor peskin introduced legislation to notice tenants for soft story additions of the right to return before the cfc. we met with staff from the rent board. they would be the ones required to notify us that the landlord has fulfilled that obligation, both departments have concerns how this would actually work. we are going to reach out to peskin's office and walk through those. we will have an update for you down the road. as you know, the level of compliance for the accessible business entry program is not where we want it to be with about 9,000 noncompliant

property owners. we have -- the director has been in contact with supervisor yee about amending legislation to push that deadline to extend that deadline to july 1st from december 1st. we sent out a notice to those noncome miant property owner -- compliant property owners in december. it was more official looking than previous ones so we will see where that goes. compliance is not where we want it. we are working on doing that. as president mccarthy mentioned, steve from our plan check staff presented in front of the land-use committee on monday on restaurant streamlining. it seemed well received. i subject we will see

legislation down the road dealing with that. maybe not on the d.b.i. process but other departments. we will keep you updated on that as well. any questions? thank you. >> next item is 5c update on major projects. >> good morning. director of department and building inspection. i see on the filing of the permit people want to get filed before the new code cycle kicked in. any questions? roughly 2% increase. >> next is item d. update on code enforcement. >> good morning, ed sweeney. i have the august numbers. bid building inspections performed 6294. complaints received 519.

complaint response 24 to 72 hours, 504. complaint goes first notice of violations sent 66. complaints received without nov, 278. complaint was notice of violations 48. second notice of violations refer to code enforcement 28. housing inspection services, housing inspections performed 1,134. complaints received 334. complaints response 24 to 72 hours, 323. with violations issued 146. abated complaints 552. number of cases to director's hearing 42. routine inspections 185. code enforcement. number of cases to director's hearing 191. number of order of abatements

issued 59. number of cases under advisement 24. number of cases abated 174. code enforcement inspections performed 295. we did not have a litigation committee last month, and that case is referred to the city attorney was two. code enforcement outreach programs on a quarterly bases we are awaiting the next quarter. any questions? >> thank you. any public comment on the director's report, items 5a through d. next is item 6 review and approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of august 21, 2019. >> move to approve. >> second. >> there is a motion and a second. is there any public comment on the minutes? seeing none. are all commissioners in favor? any opposed. thank you. the minutes are approved.

next item is 7. discussion and possible action on the annual performance evaluation for the bic secretary. 7a is public comment on all matters pertaining to the closed session. any public comment on this item? seeing none. the next is 5b. possible action to convene a closed session. is there a motion? >> move to go into closed session. >> second. >> there is a motion and second. we are now in closed session. o. this is the building inspection commission. we are on item number 7. 7d. we convene in open session to vote on whether to disclose any our all discussions held in closed session. >> can i get a motion on that?

>> we have a motion and a second. we will reconvene and not disclose. we are on to item 8. discussion and possible action on the annual performance evaluation for the director. 8a public comment on all matters pertaining to the closed session. any public comment? seeing none, 8b, possible action to convene a closed session. is there a motion? second. all commissioners in favor. we are now in closed session. this is the building inspection commission. we are on item 8d, motion to

reconvene in open station to vote on whether to disclose any our all discussions held in closed session. >> move to reconvene and continue the item until next month. >> second. >> there is a motion and second to reconvene the item to the next meeting. and not to disclose. >> all commissioners in favor. >> item 9 is adjournment. is there a motion to adjourn? >> move to adjourn. >> second. >> we are now adjourned. it is 10:55 a.m.