being presented. >> that appeases me. >> and what i'm saying is there is no data storage. which is not what i'm saying, but that's what occurs. >> yeah. i just feel like a neighborhood bar with a d.j. is not necessarily -- like, when we say you need to be winding down, people and so on -- >> well, i think that the police were recommending that given historical things that have happened in there that have caused them to be a little more concerned about this. >> and if i can make a suggestion, perhaps down the road, with some good behavior, we can relook at these issues because we do have some history here that we might want to be mindful of? >> yeah. i think generally, i appreciate the sfpd and the mission station's concern for security. i just -- and i think that, you know, when there's been a history in the venue which both

beauty bar and this one have had, but i don't want to go into too far requiring security, upending lives, requiring security in a -- requiring i.d. in a neighborhood behalf. i don't want us to be oversecuring places with an l.l.p., which i think is different than if there's been a history at the venue. >> well, my thoughts on that, they have to get an l.l.p. because they have no choice. if they have had a history -- they have security not just for the place but for their own other patrons. maybe if you don't want to do

metal detection, maybe they can do pat downs to just see. >> i think we're getting tricky because it's getting invasive. >> it's in condition five. i think if we do something like this, we have to be very strategic about it, but i defer to my colleagues. >> yeah, and i understand it's just a bar, but because the past history, i think we should all be a little cautious. in six months, they can come back and say the crowd's totally different or whatever, and it maybe that we can just lead the conditions. >> i'm just curious in terms of if there is another case that's

an l.l.p. that requires an i.d. scanner and metal detector wand. 10:00 p.m.? i'm still awake at 10:00 p.m. >> what's your concern about safety? because if it's 2:00 a.m., it's more appropriate? >> well, it's a question of equity to me. like, how we have enforced in the pass. >> well, i understand equity, but i think we have to be to your point premise specific, and that's why i don't want to broad stroke anyone. we're actually validating our purpose here because this is very specific to this place, where if we were doing this across the board, i would agree that -- that then we're really not being very analytical about it. but i think when we have a place that has some history that was out of compliance -- and to commissioner lee's point, i would absolutely support a revisit in six to 12

months. i do like to think that our permits are a privilege and not a right. and with that theme that they will perform successfully, and they will be well rewarded for that. >> i also think that we could ask deputy director to talk through some of the incidents that -- which might be helpful, but there were some that brought up a little more public safety concerns than is -- certain more than average, and some that were a little -- maybe you want to go through some of the public incidents that we've had. >> there have been six police incident reports submitted since january 2019, and four were since july, so a little bit of an uptick. the -- i will state that it's -- there were some, i would say three, that were not concluesive to what actually transpired. the details report was just unclear about what the victim

actually was claiming had transpired, and the security could not confirm that it had occurred inside. so we're talking a bottle over the head. there was an incident report of -- i don't know, can i say this? >> i don't, i don't want -- >> -- no, i don't want -- >> there was a bottle incident that was traced to happening inside with patrons inside the bar. so there were a couple of al r altercations inside the bar, but in a couple, patrons didn't give clear statements, so they couldn't make a distinction if in fact it did occur or if they were inside the bar. >> you know, if i can have one other thought. you know, mission station did work hard on this. they also worked collaboratively with the applicant. the applicants actually agreed to all of this.

and i would also put a little bit more weight in mission than some of our other stations because they are particularly well trained on this topic and they are very thorough. i think we saw that with the earlier application tonight. and i think i personally would like to defer to their expertise because we're trying to solve something in a ten or 20-minute presentation, where they had multiple meetings with these owners. i think it's important to consider that the applicant agreed to all of these. >> i think that's a really good point. i think of all the stations that have worked alongside of us, mission has been one of the best. i do want to encourage mission station to continue to work with us. but i also think if we were to go forward with the conditions as they are, that we should

encourage the applicant to come back in, having shown a track record of coming back in, and if they are causing issues, so please do -- reach out to us. that's where i am personally. >> yes. i think both with commissioner falzon's amendment and this, i'm fine to approving this? >> and i wouldn't mind the director to putting a tickle on the file to revisit this in four or six months. >> if we move forward with the motion, i will need you to repeat -- >> absolutely, and i wrote it down. >> oh, you wrote it down? >> i can read it one more time. so the motion is to go with the existing eight conditions and following condition number six -- and i'll pass this off to you when we're done. the next sentence shall be, an i.d. scanner shall be

interpreted to be a device that works toward validating the age and validity of the i.d. being presented. >> that's a specific type of equipment that's purchased? >> i.d. scanners is a broad term, and i think commissioner falzon's intent is something that verifies i.d., not captures data. >> so we don't want to do data storage is what the commission's proposing. >> right. that's something that the applicant can purchase. >> yeah. there's a zillion versions. >> we might say instead of having that long sentence, just a verification device. >> i'm good with whatever you guys are good with. >> and my understanding, just for the record, when i've heard the term i.d., it's very specific, and it's often

understood to mean the thing that it processes. >> we can get very literal, if you want to simply leave it and state an i.d. scanner that does not score data. >> or just say permit holder shall utilize an i.d. verification device. >> that's what i like, what she said. >> i like that, too. thank you, commissioner. i get paid by the hour, so i can get very wordy sometimes. >> are you keeping the last half of the sentence? >> yes. >> okay. so we're just keeping it to an i.d. verification device. >> that was a very long winded motion. and we will need a second. >> second. [roll call] >> congratulations. you've been approved, and i

would encourage you to follow up with deputy director azevedo at your earliest convenience. >> thank you. >> good luck. >> thank you. >> all right. the final agenda item is -- i'm correct, right? we're on the final one, right. commissioners comments and questions. i wanted to go first. i wanted to say happy birthday to senior inspector jordan roberts. i remember when i turned 21. come in my bar. congratulations on another trip around the sun. >> this might most be my exciting announcement because it bears gifts. i mentioned at the last hearing that the police department did significant fund raising for cancer research, and i did promise to bring some swag. these are how we did our fund

raising, sfpd patches -- and look at the camera here, t-shirts. the department did quite successfully selling to the department and the community and our members. it's something we're going to continue to do annually, so there should be enough for every commissioner and every staff member, but i'm going to let you all fight over who gets patches and who gets shirts. and happy holidays. >> and i just want to announce tomorrow we're having a toy drive at 111 minna, at 6:00, happy hour. benefits community youth center, the toys. and any cash collected will go eithgo -- either go to the rose pak

collection fund or community youth center. it's free. bring a toy, and it's our charity. >> what's the time again? >> around 6:00 to 10:00, 6:00 to 11:00. >> are they allowed to go till 11:00? >> they have a d.j., they have a permit. >> anybody else? yesterday, i had the privilege of attending a press conference with madam mayor breed, where she announced that she's directing city departments to focus on street conditions, and i just want to praise and thank the mayor for focusing on this. i'm on the -- the ground level every day on the street, talking to small business owners, and it is often the number one, if not number two, but usually number one concern of small business corridors in san francisco, so i'm really excited it's getting some

attention right now, and maybe we can nip it in the bud. is there any public comment on is this? i don't think so. public comment is closed, and we will adjourn the meeting at 6:42 p.m. >> thank you.

>> good morning. today is wednesday, december 18, 2019. this is the regular meeting of the building inspection commission. please turn off electronic devices. first item is roll call. (roll call).

we have a quorum. next item is presidents announcement. >> welcome to the building inspection commission for december 18, 2019. happy holidays. i am vice president filling in for president mccarthy who is away dealing with a family matter. i spoke to him this morning, and as i will get to later, this is the last meeting for many of us, and he has some -- he asked me to pass along greetings, and i will when i get to that matter. i would like to thank the department staff who have been and still are attending the california building officials training classes this week. every year our staff members

almost all of them are required to take classes and be up to speed on current code and issues in the building industry, and our staff attends these trainings at least once a year to refresh and enhance technical skills to continue to provide excellent customer service. everyone in the city benefits from these continuing education opportunities. our opportunities that we on this commission enthusiastically support and encourage. it is important to stay up to speed because so many changes happen on a daily basis here in this industry. thank you to david letta of plumbing inspection who assisted a customer in resolving an issue with a sewer line. that is an issue for many as the rains come. we are in the final months of

quarter four of 2019. it is time for the staff, supervisors and deputy directors to send in nominations for employee of the year. those who have performed outstanding service, please e-mail nominations to john patrick murray, all separated with periods at sfgovtv. or to patty lee at sfgov.org to select quarter four winner. president mccarthy will announce this at the january 2020 meeting. finally, as i was saying before, if i get teary, i will talk through it. this is my final building inspection commission meeting.

i would like to express my appreciation to the director. we worked together for many, many years and done amazing things in this department. i also want to express my appreciation and warmth to all my commissioners, many of whom we have sat on this commission together, done really important things. in my now more than 20 years of serving on this commission, i know, time flies. i continued to be impressed with the dedication, hard work and professionalism of everyone working here. they perform vitalling safety professional services every day of the year, and our city and communities benefit tremendously from their commitment. new commissioners will be taking seats in january, i believe a lot of us will be leaving. i wish each and every one of-fellow commissioners every possible success with the

boroversight responsibilities you will be assuming outside of this commission and the folks remaining on this commission. i also want to express my appreciation to bill strahan, he has been our communication director at d.b.i. for 13 years, i believe, not an easy task. i am sure whenever your phone rings and it is the newspaper your heart beat goes up. mine certainly does. thank you so much for representing our department and our commission and our city to carry the message out to the public. there are so many wonderful staff folks, deputy directors, and especially the secretary who actually i have said this. she actually runs the department. >> no, i don't, don't get me in

trouble. >> she certainly makes sure we are dealing with the issues that come before us and carry forward ideas. members of the public present, someone, our friend, jerry dratler, we need to commit do to keeping our department accountable to the city. we are here to serve, to make sure that when projects come before us and folks building them need our help that we are here to serve, and we need to do it in an equitable, fair, even way, consistent and transparent. one of the things i want to put on record in public. i have been obsessed about the permit tracking system for the last -- actually 15 years.

who is counting? i am still committed to making sure that the point of it, which is equitable, transparent delivery of service and maintenance of data so that not only those doing the work but those in our city who want access to it can find it and know what is happening here. we need to be trusted by our city. i think we are getting there. it is one of the reasons i have been committed to that. i want to thank you. i want to thank the commissioners for serving. this is sometimes not an exciting commission, but it is so important the things we do here. i value having been here. i feel honored to have been able to work with all of you to carry forward this message, and i look forward to the next steps. i will probably come back but i

will be out there. just warning you. i think that is it for now. thank you very much. i am sorry. when i was talking to president mccarthy, he wanted me to echo his appreciation for serving with you all. the work that we do in support of him because the presidency does require a lot more attention, and he really appreciated the support from commissioners and the commitment you all have to our city. he will be back. he is away with family. our thoughts and prayers are with him. thank you. >> thank you. is there any public comment on the president's announcement? seeing none the next item. >> go ahead.

>> department of building inspection. it is my honor to work with you for the last -- i worked with the city 30 years, 23 years in the department of building inspection. in 2012, you know, you appointed me as inspection director. we have a lots of charge with all of the commissioner support. i think we don't make that many calls. i cannot guarantee you to make sure it works, but i would like to stay as long as i can to make sure that thing will run. hopefully we have an alternative way. i am not a computer expert. i have the department of

technology and controller to help me. there is a problem with the consultant. fortunately they don't cooperate with us. that is why we have trouble right now. hopefully, once we move to the new building, then we will sit down to see how to move forward. you are welcome to come back to guide us. we worked together for so long. all of the commission helped me, you know, to do my work, you know. hopefully in the future, our department will be improved, but i feel since 2012, our department is moving forward with strategic plan and everything, but, of course, a lots of areas to improve. maybe now is the time you have a second eye to look at how we can

do better and call me anytime and we can work together and the other commissioners to help me to see what we can do, you know, or the other president mccarthy can tell me. thank you. >> thank you. >> commissioner walker very clearly stated the feelings that i share when she called out all of the same people that, you know, have made my service, you know, short that it is compared to hers, one of the most wonderful experiences i could have asked for. not only thanking the staff, my colleagues, as she pointed out, the public who show up regularly represented by mr. d ratler

today. for their reminders, the information they give and passion they bring. these are all critical things that helped us to try to do the best job we can, and i know you will continue to be here to help on that. as she said, we will probably be out there doing the same thing. obviously, i would also like to thank mayor breed, wh who as president of the board did my original appointment and reappointed me and gave me this opportunity. really what i wanted to focus on today was really thanking debra walker for the most extraordinary service to have given this length of time with such passion, such commitment,

such dedication really is the model that i think we all look to in trying to see how we can best serve our city so if we can, you know, i am sorry we don't have one, water or whatever to toast her to thank her for her absolutely extraordinary service. >> where is the camera? there we go. thank you. >> commissioner walker, i count you as one of my friends. i know you were appointed by the board of supervisors and i was appointed by the mayor's office. we see each other supporting different candidates. i know you remember that. we remained friendly and i appreciate that, and when you

came back on the commission, i got to say you helped stabilize this commission. i will take you back 15 years. you remember how difficult it was, but when you came back on, i really appreciated what you did. you were a partner in getting the department to where it is today. i thank you for that. >> one more. debra, as you know, i am not a great public speaker. we talked about this. >> them of an engineer, though. >> what i want to comment on is maybe a bit specific, but i have found when we have the aab meetings and we are stuck between a rock and hard place, which way do we go? i am amazed how you come up with

a third way to save the day. i appreciate that. it goes well beyond my capacity to understanding issues. you understand them quite well, and i want to acknowledge that and commend you for that, and you will be missed. >> thank you. i appreciate that. that really makes me cry. >> next item. >> thank you for your comments. we are going to bring our commissioners back next month for some comments. next is item 4. commissioner's questions and matters. a -- sorry. item three. general public comment. i apologize. we will take public comment on matters not part of this agenda.

>> i would like to thank all commissioners for service. [ inaudible ] >> i am jerry dratler. [ inaudible ] the revocation to the board of appeals. it was heard on december 4th. >> i will not read d.b.i.'s responses.

question one. how many violations were public safety issues? this was asked repeatedly. why did d.b.i. revoke the permits versus suspend? question three. building permits were revoked on same day the two novs were issued. why was there no 30-day period before they were revoked. last question. did the building code violations at 3426 22nd street rise to the level of severity of past permit revocation cases? moving to 25 17th avenue. on november 18th. i submitted a complaint that building permits be revoked due to numerous violations which resulted in the house occupying two properties for las last yea. they closed it on november 27th

stating the outstanding issues had been addressed when they had not been. the very same day, november 22, the project manager showed up at d.b.i. and you approved a 300,000 remodel permit over-the-counter. he approved the permit denied by two d.b.i. employees. first over counter denial occurred on november 19th. you have a copy of a december memo inquiring into the unusual set of events. the second employee who does not work in the area denied the permit and issued comments for the whole description on the december 12th copy of the permit. you have a copy. as of december 17, 2019, the second denial of comments have been removed for pts.

this is a plug forgetting acella working. you have the facts. it is up to the inspection commission to decide if senior management acted correctly and if policy changes should be made and internal controls over permit revocations and over-the-counter permit approvals need to be approved. thank you very much. have a great holiday. >> thank you. this will be passed along. >> any additional public comment? seeing none. item four. commissioner's questions and matters. a. inquiries to staff. at this time commissioners may make inquiries to staff regarding various documents, policies and practices and procedures, which are of interest to the commission.

i believe that the 9:00 a.m. meeting time is not most equitable time to have the building inspection commission. i want to know what we can do to consider having it at a different time. the planning being the afternoon. the overwhelming majority of my generation can make meetings in the afternoon. we have complicated, frustrating generational land use issues that are coming up to a boil in the city, and to be frank, i would like to give our citizens the biggest opportunity to attend and comment. that said, i have no idea what to do past that. is there a mechanism for that? >> you are doing that. that will be an agenda item to discuss. >> we can put it on the agenda

for next month. >> any other commissioners? >> i would love, since i am not going to be here to bring it up later, i think it would be good to in the tenancy have that voice be heard. we have a robust code enforcement outreach to work with non-profits from the landlord and tenant side to resolve issues so tenancy is not disrupted in the process of code enforcement, and i would love to have the commission discuss the program. the goals, how to do better at reaching it. there is a lot of construction

that involves older rent control buildings in general, and i think it would be really good to get a presentation from all of those partners about the work and how they feel they are doing and maybe what is needed. i would suggest that. clearly it would be good to agendize updates as much as possible in our move into the new building and the appropriate business practices and tracking systems. you know, our permit tracking system process as we move so that the commission is involved with it. i would just leave that as markers. i think all of these things help to some of the issues we deal with constantly about keeping track of projects, access to the

data. it is good it is happening now in terms of the building. better updates. that is what i would suggest for the agenda. hopefully, somebody can approve it when i am not here. >> thank you. next item 4b future meetings and agendas. at this time the commission may discuss and take action to set the date of a special meeting and/or derm those items that could be placed on the agenda. >> the committee appointments for the commissioners comes up so we have the litigation committee, appointments committee that you factor that into the new group of folks coming in and make sure we don't lose track of that. >> we definitely will and

february we will vote on committee members at the february meeting. >> is the litigation in january? >> there is one scheduled in january. it would be something to consider. maybe we have to move it up. i didn't think about that. the election of officers. >> i know but it is important because litigation is an important committee to not skip. maybe you have to talk about doing that in january when we have new people in. maybe talk about how that works. >> that is a good idea. i will follow up on that. is there any further commissioner comments? >> jim. >> is anybody who has been to these knows, one of my deepest

concerns is that we build a close relationship with our colleagues and the planning commission, and i know that in response to prior request to have some additional joint sessions that president mccarthy is working with president melgar to do so, and just this one last time i would like to have the marker down to be sure that such a session occurs, and, hopefully, that we almost formalize it to either semi annual calendared event. i believe that is a critical piece of making our reach effective, coordinated, and

certainly goes in step with our now sharing physical facilities together. to that the only thing i would add, mr. dratler brought up a couple specific cases. while the direction of the joint session that i proposed was to have a comprehensive evaluation of all of the kind of problem child cases to understand how they have been resolved, if they are still unresolved or not, i do feel that the specifics of the two cases that mr. dratler has brought forward now several times do warrant to be calendared and to have a specific response. i would urge that it get on an

agenda early in the new term. >> thank you. is there any public comment on item 4a and b? seeing none the next item is item 5. director's report. 5-a. update on d.b.i.'s finances. >> good morning, commissioners. deputy director for the department of building inspection. before you is the november 2019 financial report providing revenues and expenditures for the first drive months july through november 2019. i will go over the highlights and they sound familiar. i have been saying the same thing every month. revenues are $28.7 million compared to $29.3 million last

year. pretty much revenues are pretty much stable. a slight decrease is due not because of lower collection from permits but because last year at this time the controller's office had entered interest. expensedyters 27.2 reflecting an increase in salary that went up this work in salaries and work orders that is where you see th increase. we have an increase in expenditures from the cb o. they are turning in invoices earlier. other than that we are remaining on the right path. our revenues are stable. we are always keeping spending within our budget, and i am happy to answer any questions. >> commissioners. >> seeing none. thank you for being consistent. that is what we aim at.

>> 5-b. update on proposed or recently enacted state or local legislation. >> good morning, bill strong legislative and public affairs. as you know, we completed the trcode revocation and adoption. that means come january 1, we will have a new set of codes for the next three years. that part is on the correct path. we have also taken a look at supervisor peskin's modifications for the housing code for heat improvements to make sure tenants are getting the heat that is required legally. that was passed at the board yesterday. it will go into effect in the next 30-days.

i guess the only other item that i wanted to mention was on the state energy commission having passed unanimously the recommendations on a number of cities around california are making to switch away from gas appliances and to have all electric. as you know, berkeley and a few other municipalities have voted for new buildings to do that. san francisco is actually passing an ordinance on municipal buildings. it was very clear from the public testimony at the board a lot of people are ready for addressing the carbon and climate situation by stepping away from gas. how that will play out with building remains to be seen, but as we know we have a lot of homes in san francisco using mixed fuels. i think that is something that

will be engaged with for some time to come. other than that, i think if you have any questions, i am happy to take them. >> construction has to be gas? >> well, that is what they are proposed at the state level. in some municipalities like berkeley the city council passed the ordinance already. it is a matter of implementation. i think it is at least a year away before they start implementing it. >> that is new construction? >> on new construction, right. nobody addressed the retrofitting that will also be an issue. thank you. >> we will be gone, bill. >> next item 5-c. update on major projects. >> good morning. department of building

inspection. compared to last reporting period is increase 3.6%. i think it is due to if new code changes and also somebody talking about indexing of the planning, but that is major thing is the code change to meet the permit. any questions? >> okay. 5-d. update on code enforcement. >> good morning, commissioners. ed see sweeney. 5338 building inspections performed. complaints 413. complaints with the first notice

violation 51. complaints received without no nov253. beta complaints 34. second notice of violations 38. housing inspections performed 714. complaints received 292. complaint responses within 24 to 72 hours 284. complaints with notice of violations issued 112. beta complaints 261. number of cases cents to director hearing 30. routine inspection 63. code enforcement cases 165 to director. abatements issued 40. cases under advisement 13. cases abatessed 179. code enforcement 321. number of cases referred to bic

litigation committee two. we didn't send anything to city attorney. code enforcement outreach total 16,663 reached out to. counseling 1050. community program 2502. cases resolved 313. these are the numbers for november. >> thank you n.public comment on the director's report. seeing none. item 6. review approval of the minutes of the regular meeting november 20, 2019. >> move to approve. >> second. >> motion and second. any public comment on the minutes? are all commissioners in favor? any opposed. okay. the minutes approved. 7. discussion and possible action

on the annual performance evaluation for the director. continued from the october 16, 2019 meeting. any public comment? seeing none. is there a motion to go to closed session? >> moved to go to closed second. >> second. >> motion and second. all commissioners in favor. aye. we are in closed session at 10:10 a.m. we will >> we are ready to reconvene. this is the building inspection commission continuing our closed session item number 7. this item d reconvene in open session to vote on whether to disclose any our all discussions held in closed discussion. >> i move that we do not disclose. >> second. >> there is a motion and second

to not disclose the items in closed session. any public comment? no. all commissioners in favor, aye. >> next is item 8 adjournment. is there a motion to adjourn? >> move. >> second. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> we are now adjourned at 11:0. .

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the health service system board will now come to order. please stand for the pledge to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.