abatement appeals. is this for abatement appeals, though? okay, thank you. seeing none, item h, adjournment. is there a motion to adjourn? >> move to adjourn. >> second. >> second. >> i don't see any public comment. we are now adjourned at 9:50 a.m. and we'll have a brief recess to set up for the building inspection commission. [adjourned] [recess]

abatement appeals. is this for abatement appeals, though? okay, thank you. seeing none, item h, adjournment. is there a motion to adjourn? >> move to adjourn. >> second. >> second. >> i don't see any public comment. we are now adjourned at 9:50 a.m. and we'll have a brief recess to set up for the building inspection commission. [adjourned] >> good morning. today is wednesday, september 19, 2012. this is the meeting, regular meeting of the building inspection commission. i would like to remind everyone to please turnoff all electronic devices. the first item on the agenda is roll call. president mccarthy? >> here. >> vice president mar? >> here. >> commissioner clench? >> here. >> commissioner lee? >> here. >> commissioner mccray? >> present. >> commissioner walker? >> here. >> commissioner melgar is excused. and we have a quorum. and the next item is number 2, president's announcements. >> madam secretary, if i may, i just want to do some housekeeping here. i'd like to, if it's no objections, to move items 2 and 3 down to after 9:00 there because we have a f

abatement appeals. is this for abatement appeals, though? okay, thank you. seeing none, item h, adjournment. is there a motion to adjourn? >> move to adjourn. >> second. >> second. >> i don't see any public comment. we are now adjourned at 9:50 a.m. and we'll have a brief recess to set up for the building inspection commission. [adjourned] x it's my privilege to welcome and thank you, mayor lee, deputy director with the governor's office of economic office, lewis stewart, gale maderas, qb3's regkelly and esteemed colleagues of the city and dr. andres bush and the drug discovery leadership and our employees for joining us on this exciting occasion, the next step of expanding the innovation in mission bay. today is notust about the launch coelaborate , but thanks to mission bay's reputation as the hub, the area has become one of the most dynamic clusters of scientific innovation as witnessed by pfizer and the continued expansion of nektar and growing start-up companies that number over 30 many mission bay alone complimented by ucsf and three new hospitals here

abatement appeals. is this for abatement appeals, though? okay, thank you. seeing none, item h, adjournment. is there a motion to adjourn? >> move to adjourn. >> second. >> second. >> i don't see any public comment. we are now adjourned at 9:50 a.m. and we'll have a brief recess to set up for the building inspection commission. [adjourned] >> welcome to city hall. thank you for joining us. thank you for coming out. i want to thank members of the board of supervisors. i want to thank them for being here in this joint recognition of our commissioners and members of 14 different bodies that will be appointed today to committees and commissions. i want to thank all the friends and family for joining us. let me say how excited i am this past week, i have been watching a certain convention. next week, we will have an even more exciting convention to watch. it is of course, in the spirit of the expected national, regional, and state elections we are preparing for. it is also a reminder of the importance of our civic duty and all the different departments we have cr

abatement appeals. is this for abatement appeals, though? okay, thank you. seeing none, item h, adjournment. is there a motion to adjourn? >> move to adjourn. >> second. >> second. >> i don't see any public comment. we are now adjourned at 9:50 a.m. and we'll have a brief recess to set up for the building inspection commission. [adjourned] >> there are kids and families ever were. it is really an extraordinary playground. it has got a little something for everyone. it is aesthetically billion. it is completely accessible. you can see how excited people are for this playground. it is very special. >> on opening day in the brand- new helen diller playground at north park, children can be seen swinging, gliding, swinging, exploring, digging, hanging, jumping, and even making drumming sounds. this major renovation was possible with the generous donation of more than $1.5 million from the mercer fund in honor of san francisco bay area philanthropist helen diller. together with the clean and safe neighborhood parks fund and the city's general fund. >> 4. 3. 2. 1.

abatement appeals. is this for abatement appeals, though? okay, thank you. seeing none, item h, adjournment. is there a motion to adjourn? >> move to adjourn. >> second. >> second. >> i don't see any public comment. we are now adjourned at 9:50 a.m. and we'll have a brief recess to set up for the building inspection commission. [adjourned] >> good morning and welcome to the september 25th, 2012 meeting of the san francisco county transportation authority. my name is david campos and i am the chair of the authority. the clerk of the authority is erika cheng. i want to thank the following members of sfgtv staff who are covering this meeting. mike freeman and jesse larson. madam clerk, if you can please call item number 1, roll call. >> roll call, [speaker not understood]? present. chair campos? >> present. >> commissioner david chiu? david chiu absent. carmen chu? present. elsbernd absent. [speaker not understood]. commissioner mar? olague absent. commissioner westerner? wiener? >> present. >> please call item number 2. >> item 2 is approval of minutes of the

this is a meeting of the abatement appeals board. i want to remind everyone to turn up their electronic devices. the first item on the agenda is roll call. [roll call] we have a quorum. the next item is item b, the oath. will all parties giving testimony today please raise your best and -- raise your right hand. you may be seated. each appellant and staff has seven minutes to present their report and then there is public comments. each side is allowed three minutes for rebuttal. the next item is item c approval of minutes. is there a motion? second? all in favor? >> aye. >> is there any public comment on the minutes? the minutes are approved. >> please note reverend mcrae has just joined us. >> the next item is item d, continued appeals, orders of abatement. case no. 6752, 1743 12th avenue. owner of record and appellant alla dubrovsky. attorney for the owner, heather wolnick. action requested by appellate: to reverse the order of abatement. >> good morning. i am the attorney for the owner of the property. i am here to ask for a conti

this is the meeting of the abatement appeals board. i would like to remind everyone to please turnoff all electronic devises. the first item on the agenda is roll call. president? >> here. >> commissioner lee? >> here. >> commissioner mar? >> here. >> commissioner mccarthy? >> here. >> commissioner walker. >> here. >> commissioner mccray is expected and commissioner mel gar is excused. we have a quorum and the next item is item b, the oath. will all parties giving testimony today please stand and raise your right hand? do you swear that the testimony you are about to give is the truth to the best of your knowledge? you may be seated. >> thank you. * >> all commissioners in favor? >> aye. >> any opposed? the minutes are approved. item d, continued appeals, case no. 675 2, 17 43 12th avenue. appellant, 17 43 12th avenue, san francisco, california. action requested by appellant to reverse the order of abatement. for the record, commissioner mccray is present. >> good morning. >> for opponent dubrovsky. i'm reporting that since the last me

we're happy to see that, but the property owner is here appealing the order of abatement issuance from the hearing officer, wanting more time. from staff's standpoint, we did not have a choice but to send this to the directors hearing and it asked for an order. i do not think there was much option on the part of the hearing officer because at march -- in march, we did not have a building permit. you can see from the photographs in your staff report, they are unsafe. there are no guardrails, somebody can fall through. you can see there are some new pressure-treated materials on the stairway. the question is how long? we are sympathetic with the economy and what property owners have to face. the question for us is how long and what message does this decision sent to other cases i have with similar situations? this is unique in that they are only dealing with a second means of egress to only one unit, but while we are sympathetic, i have to ask you to uphold the hearing officer, but perhaps the property owner, mr. hom, maybe he has other information to share with you. unless you have any

going down this road, the neighboring property has already gotten out of abatement related to this retaining wall. they appealed it, they didn't do so. in good faith to a solution. so, if you did issue the abatement and hold abatement for three or six months and assess the costs right away, it would actually put more property owners in a more even [speaker not understood] and it might actually help the solution. right now this property owner is kind of getting off light. the other property owner who isn't the full cause of the situation has agreed to suffer another abatement already. so, i think i would really support the decision you are about to make. thanks. >> i will defer to the time frame. >> let's make a motion for three months to obtain the permit and three months to complete the work. >> for six months total? >> total times six months. >> agreed. >> i agree. >> second. >> call the question. >> is there public comment on the motion? on this motion? okay. >>> did you address costs in the language will? -- there? >> and include assessment of costs. >> yes. >> there is a motion to -- >> uphold the departme

this item is for general public comment for any items not listed on the abatement appeals board agenda. seeing none, item g, adjournment. is there a motion to adjourn? second? public comment? we are all in favor to adjourn. in the opposed? we are now adjourned at 9:52 a.m. commissioner: all right, the regular meeting of the school board for august 28, 2012, is now called to order. could you please call the roll? secretary: [calling roll] thank you. commissioner it: please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] can we have a motion, please? >> i move. no corrections? thank you. ms. -- secretary: ms. fewer, ms. wynns, mr. yee. 5 ayes. commissioner: thank you. oh, you did not call the students. now, it is time for the superintendent for this evening. superintendent carranza? superintendent carranza: good evening, and i want to congratulate you on the "r's." they get better every evening. i want to congratulate all of our faculty staff, parents, and all of our schools for a smooth opening of schools. i think i had heard some parents refer to it as silky smooth. i was p

abatement proceeding? vice president fung: yes. >> we have a motion from the vice president to deny this appeal and to uphold the permit on the basis of the pending abatement proceeding at the department of building inspection. on that motion -- president hwang: aye. commissioner lazarus: aye. >> thank you. the vote is 3-0, and this permit is upheld on that basis. thank you. >> thank you. are we ready to move back to item number eight? >> thank you, scott sanchez, planning department. it is my understanding they have reached an agreement and will be withdrawing the appeal, but i will wait for them to come back into the room to confirm that. >> ok. vice president fung: did the add a screen to the side of the porch? >> i don't know if the agreement is anything that would require this board to take any action, thank you. thank you, it sounds like they're still considering some of the alternatives, so i don't know if the board would like to continue the matter or to take a recess. to the board, i'm sorry. president hwang: how president hwang: we are resuming the meeting. i understand an agreement has been reached, is that correct? >> t

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