favoring a few individuals more difficult and visible. d.b.i. failed to implement a system that would have eliminated the current process where contractors, expeditors and instructional engineers get to select the d.b.i. engineer to review and issue their building permit. if you had the choice, would you pick your buddy? humadic is similar to the process by the california d.m.v. to randomly assign customers to counter employees. d.b.i. also sabotaged the implementation of asela. when you drill down into mr. santos' projects you find that it was the same small group of d.b.i. employees who should not have approved his building permit ove over-the-counter and field inspectors who should not have approved the final

inspections. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you. so president mccarthy, i believe that there needs to be -- >> president mccarthy: so because of the nature of this meeting today, we're going to remove some items from the calendar, if that's acceptable to all commissioners, please speak up if you have any concerns. do we do just a point of order -- do we still have to do the commissioner's issues and matters, do we still do that, or just items on the calendar. looking for clarification? >> you asked whether it's required that we do. >> president mccarthy: that we remove that. >> you can move to remove it for today's meeting. >> president mccarthy: commissioners, do you want that to remain on the calendar to weigh in -- (indiscernible)

okay. number five, i have a request to leave number five on and i wondered what you might have thought about that as a quick discussion and move that forward because of the calendar that's on. and then we can -- if i'm correct we could do public comment on this again if we needed to though we have moved it out of our commission, is that correct? >> city attorney rob capla. if you feel that you have enough time to move it forward, the board of supervisors, where there would be more process, you could do that. and you can also schedule a time to take public comment on it in the future but you wouldn't be able to rescind the recommendation to move the item forward. >> president mccarthy: okay. so, obviously, 6 we'll take off the calendar and move to the next available hearing. and then, obviously, we would keep the closed session which we

would do last. and then pretty much remove all of the business off the calendar, if the commissioners today have any comments? >> clerk: do we have a second? second? >> so there's a motion and a second to remove all of the items or -- >> president mccarthy: except for 5, we will leave 5 in which we discussed now and number -- where am i -- 5 and 9. thank you, commissioner. >> clerk: so there's a motion and a second to remove -- except for items 5 and 9. do a roll call vote. president mccarthy.

vice president moss. commissioner alexander-tut. commissioner clinch. commissioner jacobo. commissioner tam. that motion carries unanimously. i'm going to read item 5 just for the record. i initially thought that the item would be continued. but all of you have received all of the correspondence and there was additional public comment that you have received as well. okay, so item 5, discussion and possible action regarding a proposed ordinance, repealing ordinance numbers 38-17 and 102-19, and re-enacting certain provisions by amending the administrative code to update the hotel conversion ordinance including adding a redefining of

definitions of low-income household and procedures to convert units and harmonizing the fees in addition to other requirements. this is continued from the meeting. >> president mccarthy: do we need to discuss. >> i want to thank the commission for tabling it until today or continuing it to today. i talked to the community group whose appreciated having time to review this and they're all in agreement with moving forward. thank you. >> president mccarthy: if i see no more comment on it, -- >> city attorney rob capla. there's a request to be read into the record.

>> president mccarthy: is that the letter from mr. zach friedman? yeah, okay. >> this letter is from zach friedman and patterson, a public comment, dear president mccarthy and honorable members of the building inspection commission, our office represents the s.r.o. hotel coalition, hotels, and other individual owners of s.r.o.s who will be affected by this proposed ordinance. in light of yesterday's shelter in place order and the serious public health risk of covid-19 we reject to this hearing taking place without public participation as required by the ralph m. brown act. neither my clients nor attorneys or other concerned members of the public can violate the order and risk their health to attend this hearing. this hearing must be pro postponed. and including reacting the

record in real-time and the statements by city staff and other members of the public. this is not an imminent matter. and this could be accomplished without the proposed new amendments contained within this ordinance. these amendments are not urgent and do not affect any government function as defined by the order. we respectfully request that this hearing be postponed until the shelter in place order is lifted and we reserve the right to have additional arguments and materials in advance of the final hearing on this matter. thank you, for your krrs, very truly yours. so that was the public comment. and is there any additional public comment here? seeing none. is there a motion on this item? >> president mccarthy: we do need to make a motion to approve. i move to approve. >> clerk: a second? >> second. >> clerk: there is a motion

and a second. i'll do a roll call vote. president mccarthy. yes. vice president moss. yes. commissioner alexander-tut. yes. commissioner clinch. yes. commissioner jacobo. yes. commissioner tam. yes. the motion carries unanimously. our next item is item 9, public employee appointment. director of building inspection. discussion and possible action to appoint director of building inspection. 9a, public comment on all matters pertaining to the closed session. >> good morning, my name is dray grantler. if the commissioner is looking for an interim d.b.i. director my suggestion is the former deputy director rosemary vosk who is an attorney.

and who is thoughtful and has good leadership skills and knows the department. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you. there was also additional public comments submitted via email by last name of mr. white, mrs. white and i have submitted that to all of the commissioners. so they have all received it as well. our next item is item b, possible action to convene a closed session. is there a motion to convene closed session? >> i'd like to make a motion to convene closed session. >> second. >> clerk: are all commissioners in favor? any opposed? we are now in closed session. it is 10:24

>> we should be back. >> hello, this is building inspection commission meeting resuming. we are on item 9(d), reconvened in open session to vote on

whether to disclose any or all discussions held in closed sessi sessi session. there is a motion to reconvene. >> i move to reconvene. >> second. >> there is a motion and a second to reconvene in open session. we are now in open session. >> all in favour? >> aye. >> our next item, is there anything to disclose? >> absolutely. thanks for everybody's patience here. we had a really good discussion here and a lot of commissioners' thoughts for the future were brought up and what's going to be needed, particularly for this department, which i concur for everything. obviously, mr. weir, we unanimously approved you to step in as acting director through this difficult period.

as a commission, we thank you for stepping up and doing that. >> to be clear, we've acted to appoint mr. riddin interim director. >> we had a debate about interim and acting. interim director. so if you are acceptable, you can come to the mic. officially you could accept the position for us and that would satisfy us, correct. >> thank you. >> good morning again, commissioners. thank you for appointing me as interim director. while i am deeply grateful for your expressed confidence in my leadership of d.b.i. during what can only be called extraordinary times, i want to assure you that ours will continue to be a team effort and will continue to involve indeed depend upon the

supportive dedication, commitment of building safety and professionalism we are proud to have in our d.b.i. employees. we have terrific staff who work enthusiastically every day to ensure building and safety codes are observed in the letter of the laws behind them. thanks to our engineer reviewers and all the code enforcement inspectors. we know that structures are built to constantly improving standards. and thus as these construction methods can deliver for everyone who lives, works, and recreates inside these buildings. i take this responsibility you're giving me and i will do

everything i can to fulfill your expectations and to provide the department with the leadership needed during these times of public health challenges. we will continue to do everything we can as a department to meet the mayor and board of supervisors' ongoing leadership efforts to build more housing that is safely constructed for all, especially for our city's most vulnerable populations. thank you again for the honor to serve as department's interim director. i will certainly do my best to work with the commission, all city departments, the mayor and board of supervisors and city employees and continue to provide energy, leadership, and professionalism in all areas of building safety in the city of san francisco. >> thank you. good luck. [ laughter ]. >> commissioner, please.

>> just a quick thing here. i just want to thank our c.f.o. for stepping up to the plate in our time of need at that time as acting director. >> big second on that. >> i move to adjourn. >> second. >> go home, everyone. >> all in favour. >> aye. >> we're now adjourned. it's 11:46 a.m.

>> good morning, everyone. the meeting will come to order. the this is the march 18, 2020 budget and finance committee. i'i would like to thank kirwan cooley and matthew ignown from sf gov tv. any announcements, madam clerk? >> please make sure to silence

all cell phones and documents to be included in the file shall be submitted to the clerk. >> thank you. can you please call item number one? >> resolution with section 147f of code 1986 as amended, the execution of loans by the california municipal finance authority in one or more series pursuant to a plan of financing and in aggregate amount not to exceed 20 million. >> i continued this item for more information from the school and thank you very much to san francisco for providing this committee with more information about their institution. and i would like to open this up for public comment and seeing none, public comment is close. i would like to move this to the board with a positive recommendation. if you can take that without objection, thank you,

colleagues. madam clerk, please call 2-6. >> item 2, a ground please for 1.6 acres of shoreline property for open space for a term of 66 years at an annual base rent of $1. number 3, to put public utilit utilities commission for planning design and possibly increasing support with agreement not to exceed 11 million for the anticipated period of april 2020 through april 2031. number 4, resolution for the authorized to accept 355,000 for board of state to assist local agency for recruitment is training and probation personnel, established by the board of state and community corrections. item number 5, resolution to resurrect they authorize the office of the district attorney to accept and expand a grant in the amount of 451,000 from the

california governor's office of emergency services, county victim's services program for january 21, 2020 and january 31, 2020 and 6, authorizing amendments to the indenture and trust to the city's variable rate, multi-revenue bond in an aggregate principal amount of 211.9 million issued in 2016 for providing financing and construction of a multifamily housing project located at 450 fulsome street. >> thank you very much. let's open to public comment on items 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6? seeing none, public comment is closed. i would like to move 2-6 to the meeting of march 25th. >> budget and finance committee meeting? >> yes.

>> thank you very much and we can take that without objection, thank you. >> any other business? >> this meeting a adjourned. >> roughly five years, i was working as a high school teacher, and i decided to take my students on a surfing field trip. the light bulb went off in my head, and i realized i could do much more for my students