. >> just as we're missing two commissioners here two i want to acknowledge that so - commissioner walker and commissioner lee had to leave. so we can vote on this now or wait until full commission that's pretty much where i would be >> even though i didn't speak earlier i share some of the concerns about the issues that were raised. i don't want to back up of the people doing the work and without, you know, being up front about it i'm concerned with our ability to manage the department of health - the department of health ability to manage this thing >> so why don't we do this we'll continue this to the next meeting and obviously we can think about it and maybe if we had some more questions. i would have questions on the staffing and the direction there. i would have questions about the timeframe to do this in the field. if you knew you had projects that took a certain time to do. and where staff would stand if the project didn't have to comply with this ordinance had to while the project was under construction and what is the situation there in the department of health had to come out t

. >> thank you commissioner walker. >> you said it eliminating the need for mitigation can you explain. >> those areas in orange where there's not a codified process we're concerned with the potential exposure of the public but that only happens when a project is in review when it we have a mitigation process and if that were codified it wouldn't be needed because it's required by law. >> any other questions commissioners? i keep calling you commissioner picking up. 50 county yards is not a lot of space, you know. when you say d b i? >> it's a building permit complication. >> can we talk that through. for me that's late in the game of this overall policy. so why there why not planning when the planning application is filed? why not when the environmental application was filed in. we would still through our sequa review identify that there are in a zone let the applicant know there's a code requirement and they at this point would still have to go to the department of health to deal with this issue. but the original set up was that a permit wouldn't be issued until the department of hea

eastern span would be open to bikers and walkers, suicide barrier advocates called for strong safety measures. >> we talked to the metropolitan transportation commissioner about this many years ago. it will the conversation was politely received and went nowhere. >> were suicide barriers part of the conversation. >> you know, i don't know to what degree they were or were not part of the conversation, but if they were, that was the time when the review panel goes to listen on topics such as that. >> it's too late to look at suicide barriers. >> again, that's not smig can comment about. >> okay. i mean, is that a priority. >> you know, public safety is a priority. >> but a suicide barrier has not been a priority. the railings on the new bay bridge are just over 4 feet, slightly taller than the once on the golden gate, a decision driven by public input. >> isn't there a basic standard of safety that goes beyond the public's esthetic desire. >> the bridge is not entirely the result of public input. obviously there are engineers and he designers involved. it's a reflection of public input. >> myer says adding a barrier or heighten the railings would undeniab

commissioner walker and lee had to leave. so we can vote on this now or wait until full commission. >> even though i didn't speak earlier i share some of the concerns that were raised. because i don't want a back up of the people doing the work and without, you know, being really up front about it i'm concerned with the health departments ability to manage >> so why don't we continue this to the next hearing we'll have a few commission and we can take a vote on that and observe we can think about it and i would have questions on the staffing. and the direction there. i would have questions on the timeframe it takes to do this in the field and i'd like some examples on that if you had some projects that took x amount of time. and where the staff would stand if the project that didn't have to originally comply with this project and what would the position of the department be on that if there were litigation >> i would second it. >> yeah, with those kinds of questions to be addressed and that's our job to pass to and make sure