10-day hearing of the abatement. the board needs to make a finding, whether under the code, for delay in missing the deadline was somehow caused by a misrepresentation, mistake, or terror by the city. >> so the question is, when did the letter of a bid to go out? >> three days after the ownership change. so my question is, it is not just what we have jurisdiction over and the city failed to record in due time the order of abatement, and we can and are supposed to look at whether we can allow a rehearing of the abatement. >> it is not a rehearing. you would be granting jurisdiction to allow her appeal for the abatement order for the first time to the aab. commissioner lee: i have another follow-up question. given the city took this time and did not record it, and we sent the first letter to the bank, the owners, is there any recourse for the city to go after the previous owner? they could have dealt with this before they sold the house, right? >> between the requester and the bank? commissioner lee: yes, the bank coul

how does that work with the graffiti abatement project? >> included in the budget is our police officer security. during the summer this year, we went to seven days a week. we have police officers from 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. that is a big portion of it. the dollar amount, we spent about $65,000 this year on the police portion of it. the balance of it is graffiti abatement and the street cleaning. the balance of the budget is a -- is related to the graffiti abatement. supervisor chu: do you know what graffiti abatement is? >> i think it is close to $15,000. many of our businesses actually do their room graffiti abatement. if we were to look at the total, it would probably be higher. it is a daily issue for us. we have some areas that are attacked every single night. businesses report it. we have the company come out and it is gone within two or three days. supervisor chu: have you noticed, or has there been conversation with, the businesses, whether they have noticed they spend less money on the graffiti abatement because the cbd is tak

is there any general public, related to the abatement appeals board? seeing none, we can move to e adjournment. all in favor? ok, we are now adjourned. we will be taking a short break to set up for the building inspection committee, probably at 10:00. >> welcome to "culture wire." today we're headed to smpling f. camera works, a premiere venue for artists working in photographer, video, and digital media. the latest exhibition lists clearness as a set of political alliances and possibilities that it is behind the sphere of dominant gay and lesbian culture. the curator fills us in on the process of creating this thoughtful exhibition. and what she would like you to take away from it. >> i co-cureated with danny, a chicago-based writer and curator. the conceptual framework is what it means to be clear and radical for our generation. clearness as a set of political alliances and possibilities, not necessarily related to institutions of gender and swam formativity. danny and i wanted the show to feel funky and to have a really tangible quality to it. so pa

force for we have to remember we are not painters we abate graffiti. we are abaters not painters. that out of the way and keep moving. >> how many of these do you do a day? how many poles we do a day? >> yeah. >> depends on the location. may be 20. >> do you like working with the team? >> yes because i'm a people person. i like being outside and interacting with the public and i like the response we get especially from the good job we do in the community. >> goodbye. >> welcome to "culturewire." for the past year, the arts commission has been participating in the city's effort to revitalize the central market street corridor. in addition to the thursday arts market and are in store front, the art commission recently launched the artery project. for the next year, the artery project will bring energy and excitement to market street, recalling the st.'s heyday as san francisco's vibrant and bustling theater district. >> un.n plaza during business hours seize hundreds of passing office workers and students, but the activity winds down at 5:00 every day. theater productions bring some

the balance of it is graffiti abatement and the street cleaning. the balance of the budget is a -- is related to the graffiti abatement. supervisor chu: do you know what graffiti abatement is? >> i think it is close to $15,000. many of our businesses actually do their room graffiti abatement. if we were to look at the total, it would probably be higher. it is a daily issue for us. we have some areas that are attacked every single night. businesses report it. we have the company come out and it is gone within two or three days. supervisor chu: have you noticed, or has there been conversation with, the businesses, whether they have noticed they spend less money on the graffiti abatement because the cbd is taking over? is it easier? other districts are challenged with trying to figure out how to deal with it. they are dealing with it on their own. they have to respond within 30 days to the city. is it an easier thing now? >> it has definitely been easier. i serve on the citizens' advisory board and work on a separate committee for -- focused on graffi

all the utility boxes in public right-of-way we abate. >> we abate calls that come within 48 hours. >> we are a small group in g f graffiti. we don't have enough help. >> i have a group in town down and china town and the north tunnel. [inaudible] the graffiti we abate everything is coming up to the areas now. >> i'm willing to take it on. i think -- >> you are telling me you are ready for this? >> i think so. >> okay. >> there you go. >> all right. >> all right. >> ready to do it. let's go. >> want to get the gray signses this over here and the garbage can and normally we don't do private property since it's on the corridor route you can come with me we will use black. >> we had a lot of changes in the graffiti unit. we do private property if someone moved we remove it and send it to the attorney's office and they take appropriate action. >> damage their property there. it's important to write the color in case they want to say what part of our house you abated the graffiti on. >> using your safety glasses the gloves. >> you got it. >> you know some places we gashi, people appreciate

. >> moving on to the next item, continued appeal an order of abatement, 6733. five see more street. margaret nelson and winston montgomery. >> can i ask francesca what we should do on a continued base? >> it is your discretion as to what another time you want to give the party. traditionally, they each get three minutes. then public comment. you have not yet taken action. >> good morning. my name is donald duffy. violation is the dormitory constructed for permit from december 14 through 2009. 2008, 0612346, stopping the legality of the existing dorm found in 2008 without issuance today. >> questions? >> what happened between the first hearing and this one? >> the building permit applications with at the planning department was approved on the 25th of october this year. what if there are no other questions? >> how long will it be in that department? >> [unintelligible] >> border from the palate? >> good morning, commissioners. as i said before, i think i have made reasonable attempts to make this ferment finalized m. lee bloodiest -- finalized and legalized. req

make a motion to uphold the abatement order? if in 30 days the notice of violation of fares are not completed, and if the property owner does not come to the department for reimbursement costs on the fees, can we do that? dwight s. bad as what we just did. the laying of issuance before 30 days pending. >> pending getting paid? >> i believe that the language indicated before is that you would of hold the hearing officer -- he would not hold the hearing officer for 30 days. >> -- you would uphold the hearing officer for 30 days. >> assuming that the work is done and the fees are paid, we will cover our costs. >> seconded. >> than the second? >> we are clarifying the motion. >> is that 30 days from today's date? >> may i ask that point of clarification? is all work to be done as verified by site inspection for the finalization of the building permit? >> precisely. >> has the owner obtain all of the necessary permits? >> is their emotions in the second? >> the second. >> [roll call] >> the motion is unanimous. >> thank you. next cas

fong became aware of the order of abatement. i sent a letter to the letter of directors -- board of directors asking for the assessment of cost. the department reviewed the information and found that that notification was a civil matter between her and the bank, and indicated nothing else would occur. >> what is staff recommending? >> that that was a civil matter between the parties. the $1,300 in the assessment of cost is to repaid to the department. as far as recovering that, that should be between the new and old owner. that is the department's recommendation. >> it is 2009 on your recommendation. on the sheet it says 2010. >> you are talking about the recommendation on the staff report? >> typo? >> yes, that was issued in 2009. that was a typo. any other questions? >> three minutes for the qu

fong became aware of the order of abatement. i sent a letter to the letter of directors -- board of directors asking for the assessment of cost. the department reviewed the information and found that that notification was a civil matter between her and the bank, and indicated nothing else would occur. >> what is staff recommending? >>

is there any general public, related to the abatement appeals board? seeing none, we can move to e adjournment. all in favor? ok, we are now adjourned. we will be taking a short break to set up for the building inspection committee, probably at 10:00. good morning. today is wednesday december 15, 2010. this is their regular meeting of the building inspection commission. i would like to remind everyone to please turn off all electronic devices. first item on the agenda is roll call. present. commissioner hechanova: here. commissioner walker: here. >> we have a quorum, and the next item on the agenda is president's announcements. commissioner murphy: -- commissioner lee: i just have a couple of things. -- commissioner murphy: i just have a couple of things. i would like to thank my secretary for putting up with me. anyway, thank you, ann, and also sonya. great back up. i would also like to thank my fellow commissioners. directors, and staff. deputy sweepback they're made my life a little easier. i want to talk about our achievements. but our achievements

there is a lot of debate about the specifics of the queuing abatement. we do not want to micromanage. our request is to put on top of whatever you might come up with the specifics -- a one-year evaluation report and hearing at the commission to see how it goes, and data gathering along the way. we would like to see wholefoods be responsible for independent monitoring of the q and abatement to have an informed discussion here. thanks. >> honorable commissioners, my name is ted olson. i am a member of the mission dolores neighborhood association, a member of the mopcac, and a resident of the neighborhood. i would like to congratulate prado for meeting with us so often. it is obvious from all the other comments how responsive they have been in that regard. i also congratulate them on the idea of their web site, which has been an opportunity for the public to see what is being done, and particularly for the care which they took in making the project sustainable. like my previous colleagues from the market octavia plan cac, i am very concerned about the whole

this is the meeting of the abatement appeals board. the first item on the agenda is roll-call.roll call] commissioner romero is excused. we have a quorum the next item is item b, the oath. but all parties giving testimony today please rise and raise your right hand? do you swear the testimony you are about to give is the truth to the best of your knowledge? thank you. item c is a request for aab jurisdiction. the first item on this agenda is a request for jurisdiction. in this case, the appellate missed the deadline for filing of the appeal and as a result, executive secretary rejected the filing as of late. under chapter 77.5b of the administrative code, the aab may grant lee jurisdiction if they find that her appeal was due to mr. presentation, mistake, or other error on the part of the city. under this first agenda item, the aab will consider the request and each party will be given three minutes to make their case as to why jurisdiction should or should not be granted. at this time, the aab will not consider the merits of the appeal, but instead, whether the late this is ex

>> hail will have to go through a full sound abatement. personally, we have experienced clubs located directly and hotels, and those clubs have kind of a unique situation. it is not just guests for tourists that might be willing to put up a certain amount of sound, people living in the building have all the same rights as someone that lives in a home in pacific heights. we really take those considerations seriously. when we do this out test, there will be a few things happening. in the building, the units, and in the surrounding area. one of the things that will go into the sound test that will be written into your permit will be known as a sound cap which means your sound cannot be above so many dba. they all are given sound hoad's. once they are achieved moving forward, if we continue to have complaints, the very basic one will be taking a sound reading. we walked through the club and it is be of -- above their permit. that is immediate grounds to give a notice of violation horse with a notice of violation has been given, it is in the gr

this is the meeting of the abatement appeals board. i want to remind everyone to please turn off the electronic devices. first item on the agenda is roll-call. [roll call] we are expecting commissioner romero. we have a quorum. the next item on the agenda is the oath. what all parties giving testimony today please rise and raise your right hand? do you swear the testimony you are about to give is the truth to the best of your knowledge? thank you. item 3 is approval of the minutes from the meetings held on january 20, 2010 and march 17, 2010. we will take a motion on january 20, 2010 first >. >> move to approve. >> second? >> second. >> public comment? >> seeing none, all those in favor? the post? -- opposed? march 17, 2010. >> public comment? >> all those in favor? the minutes are passed. item d is new appeals. the first case is case #6740, 32 peralta avenue. the owner of record is set jacobson. the action requested by the appellant is appeal of the order of abatement issued september 10, 2010 and assessment of cost be waived. we will

they would start until the abate the violation. if this is getting towards the end of the semester, i imagine -- if they were to move but the students and abate the violation in january, i think that would be easily addressed. commissioner garcia: thank you. commissioner fung: mr. sanchez, has there been any interpretations or clarifications related to the imp process? >> i do not think there have been interpretations. the code itself was amended about two or three years ago, some of the language about the health planning requirements. i cannot think of any imp interpretations. commissioner fung: thank you. president peterson: is there any public comment on this item? >> sue hester. i think mr. sanchez give an excellent summary. i want to go back and point out to things. this project was not in the institution master plan. because it is not, it cannot get a conditional use. this is not the only project that they have consciously acquired, knowing that they had to first get an institutional master plan and permits. this is a repeate

it's not like a place of entertainment where there's a security plan, there's sound abatement, there's other agency inspections, building, electrical. whereas for a puyol table, they -- for a pool table, they don't have a to have a security plan for a pool table and don't have to have these items. a place like this just as the deputy director cane had said, we're in a funny spot. we would -- it's definitely there's something going on there. but as far as our resources, we really try to bring our resources much to focus -- to focus much more on plachese with a place of entertainment -- on places with a place of ent attempt because we get a lot -- of entertainment because we get a lot more accomplished. and what we end up doing in that situation is we work with the relative police station, s.f. politician in that district. police station in that district. and we work in a support position with them and we work on it more together where something on the watch list we take more of a lead role on. >> with the tecal bar, our only recourse would be to suspend their pool table permit? >> we co

how does that work with the graffiti abatement project? >> included in the budget is our police officer security. during the summer this year, we went to seven days a week. we have police officers from 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. that is a big portion of it. the dollar amount,

although some of the original noise-related complaints have been mitigated and abated, the news from people on the outdoor smoking patio has continued to exceed permissible levels according to the entertainment commissions sound technician's report which were included in the packet. the project sponsor has had over 12 months to mitigate this problem and has been unable to do so. as such, the department is recommending that the outdoor smoking patio be enclosed or eliminated. based on recent conversations, the project sponsor's representative, it is staff's understanding that the project sponsor may be willing to enclose the front smoking patio and apply for the necessary permits to relocate the smoking patio to an unused room on the subject property that is not currently part of the bar. the proposed enclosure is consistent with the department's request of modification and the department's priority here is to gain compliance and abate the violation as soon as possible. the department has received support for the conditional use modification from the devose triangle neighborhood assoc

. >> we're a small business here and all along columbia, we're not getting tax abatements and we pay our taxes every day. >> and there is the matter of the affordable housing across the street from the proposed hotel. >> my issue is clearly alive and well in the district of columbia is can it be a good thing, slopping you don't displace people. >> and anybody thing to weigh in had on the tax abatement issue with can go to a special forum held tomorrow night and sponsored by the advisory neighborhood commission. it's going to be at mary center on ontario road. the d.c. council is expected to vote on that matter december 21st. live in adams morgan, karen gray houston, fox 5 news, brian. >>> and we have some snow coming this way. as always, right? it's the timing. >> right. >> the line. >> and i can say this, brian? >> yeah. >> i think the little ones and this will be, maybe an inch. they're harder to deal with than the six-inch snows. >> it's not enough? >> not enough to plow and we know this is going to stick and coat the streets. there are going to be issues. the trend i'm noticing i