. >> cynthia goldstein welcome to the board of supervisors budget & finance committee dumb my name is it supervisor farrell i'll be chairing and joined by supervisor tang and supervisor yee and supervisor mar and supervisor wiener want to thank the clerk andrea ashbury as well as the members of sfgovtv jessie larson and charles kremenak that madam clerk, any announcements? >> yes. completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the gin 16 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> okay. thank you very much so colleagues, we're to go in and out of order to get authorize those items items 4 to 7 quick prelim all item 4 for the jury room appropriation pro appropriate all receipts and expenditures for the city and county of san francisco as of june 2017 area item 5 the proposed sdprirm annual owners and positions if the annual appropriations ordinances for john 2016 to 2017 and item 16 the interim budget for the treasure island development authority for 2015-2016 and 478 or 2016-2017 and item 7 the i

. >> cynthia goldstein welcome to the board of supervisors budget & finance committee dumb my name isit supervisor farrell i'll be chairing and joined by supervisor tang and supervisor yee and supervisor mar and supervisor wiener want to thank the clerk andrea ashbury as well as the members of sfgovtv jessie larson and charles kremenak that

. >> good afternoon supervisor farrell and members i'm cynthia goldstein the executive director of board of appeals all to take a couple of minutes to go over the boards experience and give you our budget experience i mean the board provides the final decision for a wide range and we try to do that in an efficient manner this first chart of the number of pillows and the projected number we're looking hundred and 85 appeals slightly less than last year and blow the 10 thousand appeals per year the vitamin is higher than than the revision or recession years the next slide look at the snapshot of the demonstrations which city departments are issued the decision as typical for the board the majority are land use related stem from the planning department and planning commission and the department of building inspection and the zoning administrator we do also have in the last few years experiencing a number of appeals significant appeals from the department of public works this year a third have to do with tree removal and others types of permits they issue we have nos uptick by the permits fr

at the controls is victor pacheco the boards legal assistant and i'm cynthia goldstein. we have corey tieg. the assistant zoning administrator and representing the planning department and planning commission. we should be joined shortly by mr. duffy represented by inspection and department bureau management for the department of public works. bureau and street mapping. at this time, mr. pacheco if you can conduct the meeting guidelines. city clerk: the board request that you turn off all cell phones and pagers to not disrupt the proceedings. appellants, permit holders and department representative have 10 minutes to present their cases and 10 minutes for rebuttals. people representing must complete their comments within 10-minute period. to assist the board in the accurate representation of minutes, speakers are asked to submit a speaker card when you come to the podium. speaker cards and pens are available on the left side of the podium. the board also welcomes your comments and suggestions. if you have questions about requesting a rehearing and board rules, please spea