>> commissioner lee: that's correct. >> yes. >> commissioner lee: okay. that's -- so i mean, you know, it's not perfect. you know that bennett, right? it's not completely perfect. >> with the base cabinet on right now, we're under the level and just to make sure that there is no issues and being a good neighbor we have turned off the base cabinet in our front room. our operations as far as the front room is more of a lounge feel anyway. it's not a necessity to have the base cabinet on. >> last time you were here, you said you were almost done with the construction. >> that is 100% done. the only thing we're missing from last time, the exit door not on exterior. it's something to add to make it sound proof. we're waiting for that to come in because it was a special order. >> any other questions from commissioners. thank you. other presentations -- san francisco police department, do you have comments on this? >> steve from central station. going over -- kind of why we're here today, today the commission will be reviewing the results of the imposed conditio

>> commissioner lee: i make a motion to approve the permit. >> commissioner perez: i second. >> vice president thomas: made and seconded. (voting) congratulations, thank you for being here during beer week. enjoy the rest of your week. and now moving forward with item seven. our regular agenda. and our review of proposed residential projects. director. >> okay. so this evening on rdr we have two items. the first is 2630-2632 mission street. this is proposed residential project that is going in within 300 feet of the makeout room, revolution cafe, gray area and all places of entertainment. we would like to hear from the project sponsor and i think we have phil lesser here this evening. >> commissioners good evening. phil lesser and we have the owner of the property here and we have the architect of the project and the acoustic engineer mr. david walsh here. this is really a dream team. we're very fortunate that francisco is here. the reason this building is being built, this is one of the buildings that had a horrible fire in the last couple of years, around 2015, francisco, his mothe

commissioner lee? so commissioner lee, that was your main objection? oh, okay. that's fine. >> well, there must be a motion to reconsider. >> we have one by commissioner renne, who voted in the affirmative -- well, there was no vote. there was no vote, so you don't need a motion to reconsider. >> andrew, yes? >> i just want to suggest a friendly amendment. >> sure. >> so that's an amendment to delete the last clause of 3.207.01. i don't believe we need -- also, just as cleanup, we also probably want to insert "or" prior to his or her immediate family. >> so what you're addressing is other language just to implement that idea? >> yes chair. >> so the main point here is to eliminate the drk--- in regard conflict of interest, the organization to which someone is associated. that's the crux of it, is that correct? and we have a motion and it's been seconded. commissioners? >> i have a question. >> yes. commissioner lee. >> so i have a second for staff. the scenarios that commissioner lee raised f, a storefront for purposes of nonprofit, if an elected official is goi

think you have a lot riding on this and i agree with the assessment of vice president thomas and commissioner lee and commissioner bleiman that we should give you a chance to prove to us that you're committed to making the impact and changing the nature of the relationships with the people around you. you have to do better working with the community. and i think you have to make a better attempt at the relationship with the police and with the supervisor's office. >> commissioner lee: one more thing and then i'll stop talking -- it may be that the hue you have in your mind or want may not be able to operate because of circumstances. i want to say keep a flexible mind on how to operate and make money in that space. if europe until 2:00 a.m., it may be that the programming you wanted to have is not working for whatever reason or the crowds you're attracting -- you're having difficulty controlling them for whatever reason. you may have to adjust and i'm sure you have made huge adjustments and i know how tough that is, but the old status quo can't return basically. we have to find some new ground her

so, thank you. >> yes. >> commissioner lee: thank you. i appreciate that. >> commissioner gilman: thank you so much. >> thank you. >> secretary: there public comment on this item? there's none. >> commissioner gilman: public comment is closed. commissioners. >> commissioner lee: i would like to make a motion to -- [laughter] >> i think you want to grant the appeal and reverse the order of abatement. >> commissioner lee: grant the appeal and reverse the order of abatement. and no fees. yeah. no fees. >> commissioner gilman: so, we have a motion to grant -- sorry. i need coffee. grant the appeal and wave all fees. >> reverse the order of abatement and wave all fees and that would be on the basis that the owner has abated the violation. >> commissioner gilman: correct. >> i would second. >> secretary: so, there's a motion and a second. we will do a roll call vote. vice president gilman? >> commissioner gilman: yes. >> commissioners dkonstin? >> commissioner konstin: yes. >> secretary: the motion carries. item e is general public comment. is

commissioner lee. >> commissioner bleiman. >> aye. >> vice president thomas. >> aye. >> item three report from the acting director. >> okay. so i'm sharing my update with a couple of staff members and i'm assuming a few commissioners might want to jump in on this as well since they have been working on some of the items. just a minor update on the summit which is february 26th at the independent and so just wanted to update you. this is going to be three main topics that we'll be addressing. i'm focusing on one of them, which is around security planning and active shooters. i'm partnering with the police department and department of emergency management on that project and presentation and we'll have the directors from both of those departments present for the beginning of that discussion. it will be a high level panel to kick it off and then somebody from sfpd tactical unit leading that discussion around security planning for venues. and then commissioner thomas is going to be spearheading another one

i respect your position and commissioner lee, as well. i understand it's clear, and it's clarity here. what happens when the data come in, and the diamonds say hey, still noisy here? i don't like it. my kids can't sleep. i don't like it. what happens? what do you do about him and her? >> i'll leave that as a rhetorical question. >> yeah, it is. >> it's what we do all the time. >> let me make it specific. what if that in fact happens? >> so can i just give it my opinion because i've been here on that side of the track before. >> yes. >> if you do everything physically possible, provide us the data, spent the money on soundproofing, done everything possible by the book, the diamonds can file whatever they can file, but you're in compliance. as long as you're in compliance, you're not getting anymore tickets. this commission can only do so much. >> you've answered my question. >> that's all. it's not about -- i mean, other things can happen, but at the same time, when it comes to impacting neighbors and noise, which this is the issue right n

and of course once again, i know commissioner warshell, i, commissioner lee, commissioner walker, we're all available if you want to have committees to discuss what is going on, all of us can be there or one or two of us. if i had to put a committee together on this, an official committee together on this, i will do that. you come back with your recommendations to me, what is the best path to travel with this. so we set the goal to have this dealt with this year. >> okay. >> go back to item five. >> thank you for your patience. >> i'm with supervisor hillary ronen's office today the legislation is about expanding and strengthening the all gender rest room law that was initiated back in 2016 and expanded to the state level. but this piece is to expand it to particularly support people who are living in our single room occupancy hotels, expanded for all hotels but really have that big impact for those in the transgender residents in these locations and many of whom still experience safety issues regarding something as basic as using the rest room. and so when the supervisor did this and i

commissioner lee, commissioner warshell. commissioner clinch is excused. we have a quorum. next is item 2. discussion and possible action on the proposed double it of the department of knowledge inspections for fiscal years 2019 and 2020, 2018 and 2019. >> good afternoon. deputy director for the department of building inspection. before you is the proposed fiscal year 18-19, 19-20 budget. we submitted a memo a week ago. i will present this as a powerpoint presentation so it will be easier to go through. first, similar to prior years, the budget funds positions, budget, training, it project to assist us in the strategic plan goals. that including performing inspections, delivering high customer service, quality customer service, effective administrative practices and engaging and educating the customers and other stakeholders. that is what our budget is geared towards. this year in addition to focusing on those items, we are also going to focus on funding priorities. this year our funding priorities are going to be the executive director 1702. trying to get to streamlining t

commissioner lee in particular was concerned about that. i can report back and say over the last three weeks staff has been engaged with the budget and finance committee, as well as supervisors peskin and tang who are not committee members but have taken a lot of effort to engage the ordinance and really provide a lot of thoughtful feedback, and we're appreciative to both of them and the members of the budget and finance committee for that. staff has also worked with commissioners chiu and renne to kind of preview some of this feedback to them and also try and formulate specific amendments to the ordinance, and a lot of that is reflected in the draft that's before you today. staff believes that these amendments in attachment one are fair compromises that address some very salary i had concerns that the boahad -- valid provisions that the board has raised. so just to give you a little procedural background so -- this ordinance has been heard twice now thank you budget and finance committee, first on february the 1st, and then, yesterday, aga

commissioner lee? >> 'cause i'd like to offer another amendment. just a couple of weeks ago, several friends of mine was sharing the exciting news of them starting an informal group, getting milennial community advocates to get interested in civic engagement by learning about city commissions. >> you want to speak a little closer to the -- >> by learning about getting involved with commissioners s boards, and they were excited because they were looking at the new generation of leaders. they have the knowledge, they have the compassion of serving the community doeies, and ther a disconnect between serving the citiy community and servin city. my friend was excited about these young milennials serving the city, they are starting to pay interest to serving on the commissions. reading this, it's going to be another excuse for some of the -- [ inaudible ] -- see, that's a reason why i don't want to get involved with poli politics, because i want to do good, and they're punishing me. even though mr. bush said it does not mention anything about nonprofits,

i'm in support. >> president mccarthy: commissioner walker and then commissioner lee. >> commissioner walker: i think it is prudent for us to anticipate this. it looks like it will pay for staff going forward permitting this. we've wanted to encourage this for a long time. so, i think it's well worth waiving the punitive fees to encourage doing this. i also want to point out that there is a sunset provision that allows for reinstating these after december of this year. december 21st. so, assuming that that's enough time to encourage all of these to be legal, it's a little late starting. so we could always relook at that. but i think that that's an important thing to encourage quick action on their part and hope we can put this out as a press action so that people understand. because there's 61 you know about. >> well, there's a few we've done so far. >> commissioner walker: yeah. so, we want to education everyone in the city to take advantage of this for fire safety. [please stand by for captioner switch] . >> and then, miss elliott will send it to the state, and they'll get their pap

. >> commissioner lee? >> do you know how much a simple podcast costs in. >> i'm sorry? >> a podcast costs? >> i don't. >> because it seems like a simple thing to do. we have one a week, and we have upwards of 200 people coming in, and all it takes is a staff member to monitor the questionnaires. >> if you want to -- [ inaudible ] >> -- and then, we'll just cue them in. they could participate the entire meeting. >> right, so my understanding -- >> couple hours. >> -- from talking to the experts here, that kind of option, which i believe is called voice over ip, rope, vo not available here. it has to be able to be patched into the television system, and it's not feasible to do that. the only way to do that is to mount something in the audio system that we're all speaking into, and they don't have the voip system patched in that way. the only way would be a voip line, and a conference line, that they call into our office. they call into a conference line just on the actual telephone, so not through voip, like, through the internet. doesn't work that way. >> and these are a

commissioner lee, you're proposing to amend the section by deleting subsection a? i just want to make sure i understand. >> yes. >> what section definition? >> anything of value. >> the anything of value. >> 3.203? >> section 3.207, section a subsection 1. >> the definition -- >> yeah. >> i guess the problem i have is you give some illustrations, but what the prohibitions are, if you look at 3.207.1. no city elected officer or member may use his public position to obtain anything of value. you have a problem with that? that a public official should have a right -- >> she wants to delete the term -- >> i know, but what are you putting in its place? what are you putting in its place? what is it that the public official is prohibited against? >> well, right now, the way i interpret this, anything of value would mean if a supervisor is going to be a co-chair of a fundraiser, a fundraising event for a community service agency within his or her district, he or she will not be able to ask for anything of value, including someone lending a water station for a walk-a-thon o