mr. hernandez, are you done? >> yes. >> clerk: okay. mr. korman, you can state what your case and state what you'd like. >> thank you. we'd ask that the notice of abatement be rescinded because it's essentially infirm. there was multiple levels of hearsay that were submitted. this process was very similar to the process today where mr. hernandez just read a case summary prepared by staff. that says come repreparprepare and it doesn't say who inspected the alleged violations and who said what things, so there's insufficient evidence to support the director's finding or any finding today. in addition, there's one additional problem. as you're aware, the staff report indicates, mr. korman applied for a permit on october 31, 2018 specifically to address the issues in the notice of violation. for whatever reason, in the system tracking system -- and i just want to make sure that i'm referring to it correctly, this is the supplemental exhibit to a, this is a screen shot of your permit tracking system, and attached to that screen shot is a pop up

mr. hernandez met with the fbi on january 27. he was confronted with gifts and personal services he provided over the years. indeed as recently as the weekend before that interview with the fbi he paid for hotel and dinner. mr. hernandez was not criminally charged until june 4 of this year. while the city attorney's office was building the case against mr. hernandez, a contractor number two or three in the complaint. it did not have the facts by that day. incredibly, in may 28, 2020, works submitted a bid to be a subcontractor for a new project for the city a new multi-million dollar contract. they did this knowing the fbi had evidence mr. hernandez bribed city officials. the public, city officials and reporters rightfully asked. how can an indated contractor seek new work with the city? >> in that case the charging documents had admissions the fbi called as lies. such as that mr. hernandez said he only gave $20,000 worth of goods and services. he die understood several hundred thousand worth of services for a vacation home. we w

mr. hernandez met with the fbi on january 27. he was confronted with gifts and personal services he provided over the years. indeed as recently as the weekend before that interview with the fbi he paid for hotel and dinner. mr. hernandez was not criminally charged until june 4 of this year. while the city attorney's office was building the case against mr. hernandez, a contractor number two or three in the complaint. it did not have the facts by that day. incredibly, in may 28, 2020, works submitted a bid to be a subcontractor for a new project for the city a new multi-million dollar contract. they did this knowing the fbi had evidence mr. hernandez bribed city officials. the public, city officials and reporters rightfully asked. how can an indated contractor seek new work with the city? >> in that case the charging documents had admissions the fbi called as lies. such as that mr. hernandez said he only gave $20,000 worth of goods and services. he die understood several hundred thousand worth of services for a vacation home. we w