and the commission on fine arts. the process is a rigorous and sometimes lengthy public process which can require multiple consultations on the selection of a site and on the design of a commemorative work as the design concept undergoes refinement as well as extensive environmental and historic preservation compliance. the national park service works closely with sponsors to navigate this series of studies an reviews. ultimately a memorial will be constructed only if it is approved by these three entities and the memorial sponsor has met qualifications imposed by the xhemive works act for the issuance of a national park services permit to begin construction. in 20 of the commission was authorized to locate the memorial al memorial and independence avenue southwest between 4th and 6th streets. a national park service environmental assessment with public involvement was released in june of 2006, renewed by the national xhemive memorial advisory commission selection of the site was improved by the commission on fine ar

being president of the commission -- and i have served as president of the commission before -- takes a lot of time and effort. i personally would like to nominate ankus mccarthy --angus mccarthy. i believe we have a lot of work to do in areas that his experience and expertise are helpful. just as i did a couple of years ago, when i supported commissioner murphy for the presidency, i believe that the contractors seat is the best person to lead the commission at this time still. i will tell you why -- our department is running well. the areas that needed improving our improving, but there is still a lot to do. in my belief, commissioner mccarty as a home builder, contractor, small businessmen, has the most experience in the category of getting permits and inspections for construction projects. i will tell you why we need to continue with that -- because we not only need to make things better for the regular customers -- talking about architects, engineers, contractors -- talking about the everyday folks, homeowners that may only come to the department once in a lifetime. i want to shar

and the commission on fine arts. and on the design of a commemorative work as it undergoes refinement as well as extensive environment and historic compliance. the national park service works closely to navigate the series of reviews. and the sponsor has met qualification imposed by the commemorative works act for the park service commit to begin instruction. in 2006 the commission was authorized to locate the memorial at maryland and dependence avenue between 4th and 6th streets. it was approved in semiof 2006. the national park service has continuously facilitated the work of the eisenhower commission to develop the design in response to input received during the appellate processes and has worked on the historic preservation. we are responsible for the design and expressing any current concerns regarding the design from all sources. september of 2011 they were consulted on the design. they also released a review for the environmental reflects of design. under the national historic preservation act, regarding the t

it has been a long time coming to me with the use commission -- use commission -- youth commission. vice president marshall: i am joe marshall. you do not have to be a lawyer to be on the police commission. my day job is i run a radio program called straight soldiers, some view said you listen to it. if nothing else, we got to do this all the time. more and portly, this gentleman over here, -- more importantly, this gentleman over here. we go and talk to people and hope they listen. i am very proud of you. you have done our remarkable job. i want to applaud you. [applause] -- to have done on a remarkable job -- you have done a remarkable job. president mazzucco: i am a graduate of university of california, berkeley. i am a lawyer. my day job is in a law firm. i was an assistant district attorney. the most impact i had was the year i spent at youth died in center. that is where reality struck me. -- the most impact i have was the year i spent at youth guidance center. i went to the u.s. attorney's office were was an organized crime prosecutor and now i am in private practice on the p

are there any commission matters? >> with the risk of stretching out this hearing, i wanted to mention a couple of things we did. i took the advantage of the hearing that was held by the commissioners at farrell, avalos, in regards to family flight. they've brought up some good points about the schools and the fact that it was noted that the population of children from ages 1 to 5 has increase in the last 10 years and the number from 5 to 17 has gone down significantly is my experience in 40 years of dental practice where when people reach school age, a lot of them leave san francisco and schools is the probably the biggest issue. people are afraid of having a child having to be the when all school and they don't like the fact that there is no community building if their kids are not in neighborhood schools. they brought these points out that it was a very useful dialogue. we know that housing is very expensive but it is also nonfunctional that it is not impossible to raise a family of five in a tunnel-planned victori

this is the regular meeting of the building inspection commission. we would like for anyone -- if you have electronic devices, if you could please put those on silent. the first item on the agenda is roll call. commissioner mccray: -- commissioner mar: present. commissioner clinch: present. commissioner lee: present. commissioner mccarthy: present. commissioner mccray: present. commissioner walker: present. >> commissioner melgar is expected. we have a quorum. next item is president's announcements. commissioner mar: thank you. i am temporarily chairing the meeting until we have a new president. i want to thank all the people in the audience -- i see we have a bigger turnout today. i guess we must credit it to the appointment of the two new commissioners here -- commissioner mccray and commissioner mccarthy, who i would like to welcome to this commission. i understand they have already had their tour of the department last week with commissioner melgar. i am sure it is one of their many visits they will be having as we move forward, and i think we al

what this commission can do is table for two weeks and direct the entertainment commission, my parties, and the property owner to engage in settlement negotiations and see if we can settle this among ourselves and come up with appropriate conditions and report back to you and you can take a vote. >> we continue for two weeks and allow those discussions to take place. if ms. kane does not have the power to back to the board, it might require a vote of the board. if they could do that. do have some comments? >> i do not know that -- i do not know what the settlement negotiations would mean. the entertainment commission cannot take action. it is suspended to us. she would have to do in the context of a public hearing. >> it would come back to this board and we would discuss with the staff of the entertainment commission with the applicant and our folks and we report back to president garcia and the board and you can take a boat. >> she can take it to her board and gets it codified or something that her board is willing to go along with with that kind of settlement agreements put in place.

she was laughing and joking with other members of the commission and the commission secretary and yet she went to the police department and filed a property property -- police report which said she was in fear of me. >> good evening, commissioners. i've been before you for your last several meetings asking you when you are going to schedule a hearing on my two sunshine complaints that were referred to regarding official misconduct against your executive director, mr. st. croix. it's been over five months, going on six. when are you going to schedule a hearing open to the public on sunshine complaint 11-013 and 11-014. i've been here begging you to schedule that hearing. i deserve my day in court. as the previous speakers have testified, this commission had 18 willful failure and official misconduct charges referred to it that you simply tossed out, did you nothing. then, jul gomez came along and you finally took action and referred her for official misconduct to the mayor, following your finding, i went up to her after the meeting and i congratulated her at being the first person in h

the recreation and park commission will consider making a recommendation to the planning commission regarding the adverse impact, and following the action on these items come of the recreation and park commission will adjourn. the planning commission will remain in session and severally consider action on all other entitlements on his calendar. commissioners, i am going to read all of the items on the calendar so you know that these of the items you will be speaking on during your time. following the presentation of staff and project sponsors, there is a block of time that has been awarded. after that block of time, the president will start calling the names of the individual speaker. the items before the joint commission today are all items are as follows. item one, case number 20078 washington. i will not call the case numbers anymore because the case number is the same. item one, certification of the final interment will impact report. item tw2a, the adoption of findings under the california and our rental quality act. 2b is considered jointly with recreation and park commission, the estab

the planning commission and recreation and park commission will take several actions related to shadows cast to the park, which i will describe later. in the interest of time, i will not discuss the technical details of the entitlement before you, but i would the answer any specific questions you might have. i would like to highlight several key issues that emerged. the first is the issue of heighth are across the site. the residential portion would be constructed with into building situated on the southerly portion of the site with frontage along the embarcadero, as well as washington and drum up street. the westerly building on drums street in washington street reaching a height of 12 stories, stepping down to a height of eight stories near the intersection with jackson. the easterly building was primarily six stories, stepping down to five stories near the help of building. i should know all portions of the project are lower than the existing height limit of 84 feet. it continues to descend to the north of the side of the 45 foot club building with the northernmost portion remaining

joint hearing between the planning commission and recreation and park commission is cancelled. we have a proposal to continue the items on that special calendar and the proposal for continuance is to march 22 at 10:00 a.m. to be held in this room. the planning commission will consider that proposal for a continuance and prior to the action of the commission, they will entertain public comment period before the commission will be a proposal for a continuance of all items on the calendar which are item one,

again, i appreciate commissioner mar for being on the commission, but i think for with the commission's stance for, i really would support commissioner mccarty to be the president. while on that, i would like to congratulate our new commissioners. welcome, and we look forward to keep seeing you. so thank you. >> i am a member of the coalition for responsible growth. as well as small property owners of san francisco and the apartment association. commissioner mar has been very helpful in the past on projects -- i represent a lot of small owners who are in pretty deep trouble. commissioner mar has been very flexible and supportive in the past, but i find that the items that talked about commissioner mccarty is compelling because we really need flexibility out there and knowledge on the commission, and i know commissioner mar has this as well, but we really need this out there. property owners are in real trouble, some of them. therefore, with due respect, i wish to commend commissioner mark. thank you for all your help. thank you. -- i wish to commend commissioner mar. thank you for all y

, and will be acted upon by a single vote of the commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission or the public so requests, in which event the matter will be removed from the consent calendar and considered as a separate item. item a, spauthorize the general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission to apply to the united states bureau of reclamation watersmart grant program for funding of up to $100,000 for the sf regional filter loading study, to be matched by sfpuc funding and in- kind contributions of $100,000. the total cost of the proposed study is $200,000 and it would be conducted over a duration of fifteen months, to be completed in august of 2013. b, approve the selection of edelstein, gilbert, robson, and smith for legislative affairs funded agreement no. cs-231, state legislative representation and advocacy services, to provide state legislative representation and advocacy services to the san francisco public utilities commission and authorize the general manager of th

to the commission for consideration and approval. president moran: thank you. we do have a motion by commissioner vietor, i do not believe we have a second. >> second. president moran: seconded. any further discussion on this item? any public comment? ok, all those in favor of tax opposed? the motion carries. -- all those in favor? opposed? we do not have any items for closed session. remind me to continue that or -- do i have to dispose of that in some way? >> i think if you do not move to go into closed session that takes care of it. >president moran: that will take care of that. >> we should remind you and the public that the next meeting on march 27 will be at 4:00 p.m. as opposed to the 130 pm regular meeting. it will be at the southeast community center -- facility as opposed to city hall and that will go into a joint meeting at 5 or thereabouts. president moran: thank you for that reminder. on to the next item. is there any other new business? for the commission. sing and -- seeing none, that concludes our calendar. this meeti

the repeals to help commission were ignored. the repeals to the ethics commission very. two years later we have recovered $250,000 for the parent gift fund in 430,000 from attainted public health contract. this took immediate attention and community action and a loss to to get attention. none of this what had happened and what the response of help commission. this commission has the authority and duty to uphold building codes. the matter of the jersey street permit has been explained to you by mr. butler. please review the reinstatement of the building permit that was properly revoked august of 2011. others charged with this responsibility have not done it. could oversight in good governments -- good oversight and good governance is the solution. older rules or codes are ignored in favor of some folks come out what happens to the rest of us? why have building codes? what is the point of having this commission? me >> than>> thank you. next speaker. >> good morning, commissioners. my name is lynn, and i am speaking as an advocate for good government. i am asking this commi

i think notify the commission, board, and mayor would be useful. i have no policy objection to the changes in the program structure. as i have testified before, i would use different figures, but i think these figures work as well. this is an evolving program. it is possible there could be a future court decision that says a non-incumbent candidate cannot be treated differently. we may have to go back and revise the formula to that end. to my knowledge, there is no such decision in that regard right now. i think it is fine to handle incumbent, non-incumbent candidates in the manner proposed. whether or not my concern about the single subject rule is still pertinent, i still think, on a policy basis, moving back the filing deadline 58 days has the effect of extending the campaign season for two months, which i actually think works against one of the goals of the commission with respect to financing of campaigns, which is to limit the expenses. by extending the campaign season, that will increase expenses of running for office, not keep them level, w

we have rules that our commission should follow. what is compatible with us, what we should not be doing and so on and so forth. things are a lot better since six years ago. we are trying to move things forward now. we are trying to implement a permit tracking system. i know they do think -- they do seem like they are taking a long time, but we are trying to move forward to a better situation. i want to thank you, everybody, for doing a good job. commissioner mar: i was before commissioner melgar the newest commissioner in this body. i wanted to just bank commissioner murphy -- sank commissioner murphy and -- thank commissioner murphy and hechanova for briefing me on what it would be like to sit on this commission. it is important for everyone to understand we are a citizen commission. some of us come from different places. some of us were landlords. some of us were in the professions, whether architecture, engineering, and construction, and we bring some of those experiences with us, but it is different when you are up here. it is

that brings me to where i am interested in serving on this commission.estly, there are two major things. given the political environment in the u.s. today that has shifted to an attempt on the part of local and state officials to legislate in the immigration field negatively, it is very important for cities like san francisco to maintain very, very strong sanctuary policies, and also to maintain very strong programs that welcome immigrantsit is for thom interested in serving and i welcome any questions. supervisor kim: i do want to acknowledge how closely you worked for the board of supervisors -- i was working on the sanctuary city which supervisor campos lead. many of my students have taken your class and i appreciate the scholarship and the work you do on behalf of the san francisco community and immigrant community broadly. supervisor campos: thank you for your interest. i think san francisco is lucky you are interested in serving in this capacity. those of us who have been working around immigration issues and immigrants rights are familiar with you

i believe that he would be a good candidate for the commission. he would be a good example to the latino community as to how far you can come through in the city, through the -- sorry, i'm not a good speaker, but through all of the opportunities that the city has to give and gives us as a latino community a chance to stride in the city, and through its guidance and example, he has been powered me to become a business owner myself. i would never in my life think that i would be capable of doing that. thank you. >> good day, supervisors. i am and member of the whole district -- polk district merchants association. we applaud approximately 35 employees in san but cisco. i never was in front of this commission, and the reason i'm here is to support mario west. i have known him for many years, and from a business perspective, i know that he is a very knowledgeable person. san francisco small business is a complex matter. to do business in san francisco, a person should know legal and taxation peril aspects and operational aspects, and i want to assure

between many small-business owners and the small business commission. one of the challenges is, how do as a small business commission become relevant for some of these businesses? it is a number of businesses but it includes many women, minority-owned, immigrant-owned businesses that do not interact a lot with the small business commission. i am wondering if you can say something about what your interest and thoughts are in terms of reaching out to those communities. >> i do not have any of the answers. that would be a group effort necessarily. one of the pleasures of district elections is that you know your residence and you know your small business owners. i would rely largely on the board of supervisors and their staff to help reach out to those communities. that is my short answer. return to use -- for support. supervisor kim: next, monetta white. same format. again, your experience in terms of how it is relevant to the small business commission. also supervisor campos'question. >> good afternoon. i am a small minority-owned business owner. we have

furthermore, the commission's decision isn't in deference to this body. this body must give no regard to the decision except the fact that we point out, procedural irregularities and the finding that the restaurant at to be opened because we need a place to make people less drunk. we need a place where drug people can go to become less drunk. there is the articulation of public safety. the business owner must meet the criteria set forth in the san francisco police code, as the commission's own brief, they are at the utmost importance. when the police code as applied, there is no factual basis to grant an after-hours permit here. we indicated the area around the restaurant, you will hear from the advisory board in the richmond district that the police calls have been a concern for some time. these calls are so problematic that the commander of the police station request of the board to investigate the matter. you will hear from the board in this year. he admitted that there were a new amount of criminal and police calls. the numerous antidotes -- anecdotes

commission announcement. one of the big announcements, the youth commission police commission on march 7 that will be at city hall. i believe it is in room 205 it. 0. also, charges filed against [inaudible] to commissioner for assignment, and that will be assigned to commissioner kingsley. also a charge against ernest tatahero, also assigned to commissioner kinsley. >> actually, she is been asked to not be assigned to the second matter. if we could a sign that to the next commissioner in order. >> it would be you. >> sorry, mr. president. > president mazzucco: officer taylor, and you have an attorney? -- do you have an attorney? >> no, sir. president mazzucco: we will give you a call. we will have to have a conversation with them the next week or so. okay? ok. and you are free to go, sir. yes. >> in response to the joint police commission meeting. i am sure the president reported we had a prep meeting and i do have a list of organizations to make sure we are inviting all of the youth-serving organizations we