adil shaikh? >> yes, sir? >> this board has two options, they can take jurisdiction in which case your permit is suspended and it will take you at least three months to get on to the calendar. i'm appealing to you whether there is some timeframe that you can allow the tenant to stay without us having to go through that process? >> well, i am sympathetic to the tenants as well. i think i can be flexible, but i felt that it would be very difficult for me to give them a whole year at this point which is what they originally requested. i'm not saying that, hey, in 60 days, again, that's why i retained council. i'm not familiar with this process that you need to get out in 60 days. so, again, i sympathize with my tenants. i have always tried to work with them to the best of my ability. i don't want to seem to them that i mislead them or somehow lied to them. i am open to that idea. that's not a problem. i can go ahead and say that in front of you in whole honesty. to me, if i was misunderstood, at this point to giv

my name is adil shaikh, the permit holder and next to me is my legal council. my response to what mr. church was saying is that i have acquired this property since 2000 and from that day going forward i have always indicated that what my plans and intentions were with this single family home. i have always kept them in the latest informative information that i can give them. they were at both of the hearings. tom was at both and marilyn was at one. from that time i did absolutely nothing because in the letter i said i would wait years before i started the project and that's what i did even though the project was approved in 2011 and i stated all along that this project was not some real estate developer looking to make a quick buck, but this would buy behind be a project that i would leave for my family. this project was approved in 2011 and finally i decided to move forward in 2013. i have waited years and years and i'm just following the protocols setforth with the guidelines with the rent board and what is is required from the city and county and the state.

permit holder: adil shaikh. project, 1st permit: demolition of one-story, single-family dwelling. project, 2nd permit: construction of four-story building with four-dwelling units. >> item 4b: jurisdiction requests: subject property at 353-355-357-359 san jose avenue. letter from marolyn allen & thomas church, requestors, asking that the board take jurisdiction over bpa nos. 2007/12/12/0282 and 2007/12/12/0285, which were both issued on april 24, 2012. the appeal periods ended on may 09, 2013, and the jurisdiction requests were filed at the board office on may 29, 2013. permit holder: adil shaikh. project, 1st permit: demolition of one-story, single-family dwelling. project, 2nd permit: construction of four-story building with >> item 4b: jurisdiction requests: subject property at 353-355-357-359 san jose avenue. letter from marolyn allen & thomas church, requestors, asking that the board take jurisdiction over bpa nos. 2007/12/12/0282 and 2007/12/12/0285, which were both issued on april 24, 2012. the appeal periods ended on may 09, 2013, and the jurisdiction requests were filed a