there has been no action by dbi. dbi issued a fine for non- compliance. our clients are between a rock and a hard place. the cannot fix the unit. the need to either get a permit and suspended or get other people into the property, and that is what we're looking for. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. in with the department of public health, here to speak with regards to the property, not help center one. we would like to resolve this matter with the department of building inspections. there has been some confusion between the department and the building construction managing group. thank you. president chiu: next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am here representing an owner who is an elderly woman and not able to attend. this is in regards to all been placed on the building for landscaping work. ," spoken to some -- i've spoken to supervisors preliminarily. i would like to resolve this matter through supervisor elsbernd or supervisor mirkarimi:, -- supervisor mirkarimi if possible. there may have been impropriety in how

it just shows her commitment and how much she loves dbi. she was a great person to contact, even to chat. we are going to miss you, ann. looking forward to seeing you again. thank you. >>item 5. update on housing code enforcement. 5a, status of mou with housing authority. commissioner walker: this was an agenda item i ask to be put on as part of the update with our -- partnership with the housing authority. thank you for being here. maybe staff could come first? >> good morning. chief housing inspector. i was not quite sure of all the data to provide you with today, so we basically went through our database and summarized for you, in a form that we have presented to the commission back in 2008, the number of complaints that lead directly received on housing authority cases on the basis of an mou executed between the housing authority and department of building inspection, what that breakout happens to be. with respect to that, from 2007 until year to date, 150 cases that you see on the summary, there are currently four cases still open. two

we have someone here who can address that. >> chief plumbing inspector, dbi. i spoke with the owner of the building at 570, i have spoken with the contractors working with them. they explained it is in fairly good, running condition. it is an old system. i sent out one of my staff to go out there, who is knowledgeable on boilers and systems. he told me it is still running, but at this time next year, we will not accept any certifications from the contractor who certified it already from the past year. it looks like they are doing repairs to where it is in compliance but the repairs are surviving only to an extent and that are falling apart again. unfortunately, with his unit, the building, they are going down for a few days at the time. at this point, looking at the system, speaking with the owner, she said money is tight at the building that she just took over. they are trying to finance and figure out a way to replace the system, give everyone ample time to know -- to give them notice. it is not an easy replacement. it is a larger system. removing everything

we are working closely with dbi staff to work on these processes. we are well on our way, but obviously, it is a long-term project. a lot of things will happen over the course of 30 years, we anticipate. we are very fortunate to have strong support for mayor lee, as well as key members of the board of supervisors. we are certainly moving ahead as fast as we can, but in a very deliberate if manner -- delivered iberative manner thats the public informed. we are working on this draft. we were fortunate to have input from the president at a meeting this week, so we will be making some changes to this initial version. we will be getting copies to anyone interested, certainly. i think we have to order some more. as soon as they are available, we will distribute them. i will be happy to take questions. lawrence is here to get into specifics, should you have questions. commissioner hechanova: commissioners? commissioner clinch: i was happy to be able attend some of the brown bags organized. i would like to see more of that information more widely disseminat

dbi expended significant forces -- resources to amend the manner. president goh, you have indicated you would like to move back into deliberations, is that correct? >> [gavel] >> president chiu: good afternoon, welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting f[gavel] >> i would also support a motion to reduce to five times based on the fact that the work was minor and the appellant might have believed it was abated. the department having expended energy to investigate the issue, this is why i would not support it. do you want to renew your motion? >> reduce the penalty to five times. >> based on the reasons stated previously? [gavel] president goh: yes. >> we have a motion to reduce the fee. on the basis that the work was minor and the appellant might have believed the penalty had been abated. is that correct? >> also the dbi had expended significant resources. >> on the motion, president goh. president goh: aye. cthe appeal is granted and the penalty is reduced to five times the regular. >> thank you. we will move on to item 5. appeal no.

the initial implementation of the system will be with planning and dbi. more than once a day, we need several times a week. they're very involved. >> what are we going to have it up and running? >> the rfp was a 24 month project. that would be two years from september 1st. there is a possibility they could get it sooner, but the project is for 24 months. >> this year? >> know, september 13th. -- no, september 13th. >> why does it take so long? >> there is significant work that has to be done. >> two years is not long for a rollout like this. not for revamping the system for all the details. >> it should not take 12 years. >> it should not take 12 years, i agree. >> any questions? >> item on training an update to staff and hires. >> our list of hires, we have eight new hires since the last commission meeting. they are replacement hires and we are replacing the people who are retiring that have several days -- several vacant positions that we were not able to fill due to the fact there were no current lists available. they became available so we have new hi

i called after 24 hours with no heat to dbi. how many days, when the welfare of residents are at stake? in the housing code, under the paragraph purpose, it says the purpose of the code is to provide for the maintenance of the minimum requirements for the protection of life, limb, health, property, safety, and welfare of the general public, owner, and occupants of the residential building. seven days without heat and no attempt to repair it. i understand the problem in trying to reimburse the city for the money expended, but i do not think a repairmen coming out and spending two hours is going to be an enormous charge. mr. murphy, last time indicated, it was a small number of landlords that were a problem. i agree with that. i have lived in rental units most of my life. this particular landlord, i have written letters to her and she does not respond. in terms of a director's hearing, nobody came to the directors hearing. commissioner hechanova: were the inspectors able to get into your unit to take a look? >> yes, i was there to

ok, anything from dbi? nothing could -- nothing? i see no one from the public, so, commissioners, this matter is submitted. commissioner goh: comments, commissioners? vice president garcia: as is well known, i am very sympathetic to sign owners, not to use strong language, who get denied without the consideration of property rights as a result of 604-h, but as to whether or not something new has been presented that would cause this board to grant a rehearing, i find that nothing new was presented, and i personally would not be in favor of granting this. commissioner fung: i am in agreement with that. commissioner goh: is there a motion, commissioners? vice president garcia: i would move that the board tonight -- deny the request for a rehearing. director goldstein: ok, mr. pacheco? secretary pacheco: on that motion to deny the rehearing, vice president garcia, president goh, commissioner hwang. it will be denied. commissioner goh: -- director goldstein: no further business. commissioner goh: we are adjourned. captioned by the nation

what they will do is for any proposed new address thing to dbi and they will verify whether the address is a verifiable address and approve it. but the customer will still have to come in and it will be at the help desk. there are several ways we are verifying addresses now. we have google maps and we can pull up a picture of the house and see what is going on. we're also going back and verifying the number of units before we get the requests for additional addresses to make sure they are legal and there is a whole process of going in place that is brand new to to the fact the city's address will override the address system and dbi will be providing the street number addresses. before they just sent the lots to the assessor and the system address to be assigned, nobody assign the address. we probably have about 10,000 addresses to be assigned, due to the fact that there are apartment units. that will help us when we go to the new permit system. we will have a clean address base and that will save us a lot of time. several people are working on it to clean our own database sense we are g

we adhered -- we are here to request the board take jurisdiction of the permit and require dbi to approve those drawings as a permit of conditions. specific changes from the permit under appeal include the following. as shown on the overhead. the skylight has been reduced considerably in height. the skylight that covers a stair penthouse, a skylight 5 has been trumped in its footprint and reduced in height. there is an agreement that as a result of the infill of the allied court on the respondents property, they will paint the walls abutting the light court in a reflective color. there are restrictions that would cast clear offside. in terms of elevation, they have a black line shows to the heights of the skylights that were approved and under appeal. the yellow highlights show what the parties have agreed to in terms of height. if the board has any questions, we would be happy to discuss it. >> attorney for the permit holder. we're in agreement with the conditions set forth. material component of the settlement is in agreement to provide access to complete the project. that is something

a, update on dbi's finances. >> deputy director? >> it will focus on him. >> what i am trying to do this time is go through a report, which i would like to quickly go over, as i know it is late, in terms of first giving you the big picture of what was received, year to date, as received on this chart, the total revenue for this afternoon's apartment rentals use in and everything else is in a small wedge. well, i do not know what that is. in terms of the actual revenue received, the apartment rental unit revenue is done on a tax basis. it will now be received until january. the first cup is in january. in terms of the chart for services, we have received 22.1% of the total revenue charges for services. we are actually 41% greater than we were at this time last year, which is actually phenomenal. we've looked at the valuation increase at 52%. we look at the difference in terms of the permits that were issued at this time last year and this year in terms of the same timeframe. there was an increase of 141 permits. and, if you look at t

wilkinson, an apparently dbi had other feelings.there anything this board can do to look into the to see if we can determine what should have been done and see that it gets done? director goldstein: we can do that. anything else, commissioners? ok. is there any public comment on the commissioner's comments? ok, seeing none, then we will move on to item number three, which is the adoption of minutes. commissioners, for your consideration this evening, you have the september 14, 2011, minutes. president goh: comments, commissioners? i will move their adoption. director goldstein: any public comment on the minutes? ok, seeing none, then, mr. pacheco, if you could call the roll on that then, please? secretary pacheco: on the motion from president goh, to accept the september 14 minutes, commissioner fung, commissioner hwang, vice president garcia, and those minutes are adopted. director goldstein: will call item 4a, gebresilassie vs. mta, and at that time, the board voted 5-0 to grant the appeal, overall the denial, and issue the taxi m

going in place that is brand new to to the fact the city's address will override the address system and dbi will be providing the street number addresses. before they just sent the lots to the assessor and the system address to be assigned, nobody assign the address. we probably have about 10,000 addresses to be assigned, due to the fact that there are apartment units. that will help us when we go to the new permit system. we will have a clean address base and that will save us a lot of time. several people are working on it to clean our own database sense we are going to be the final push button on whether an address is legal in the city. >> is there a monthly update on what is being proposed and what is in place? >> there are proposing to go live on august 15th. hopefully we can show you how the demonstration and have them come in and show you how it is going to work. it is a new thing that will be available to the citizens and they will be able to point out an address and find a property. >> terrific. technology advancing on this category. >> is their public comment on the director's rep

vice president garcia: what possibly were the goings on at dbi? you were noticed, and then maybe you or not? -- or not? -- were not? >> i have a copy of what was sent to the appellants. vice president garcia: to the appellants and the other neighbors earlier enumerated? >> i do not have that, but i do have a copy of the notice that was sent to 1838. vice president garcia: thank you. director goldstein: is there any other public comment? seeing none, the matter is before you. commissioner fung: i think we should continue this case until some point where all of the facts are known. commissioner goh: the revision permits. commissioner fung: continuing, we still maintain jurisdiction over the jurisdiction request. commissioner goh: do you have a date, commissioner? commissioner fung: madam director? director goldstein: i am wondering if we want to hear from mr. sanchez or another? vice president garcia: before we keep going, and i am sorry, but perhaps we want to entertain this comment? >> that letter was produced when we went down there. it is an eni

we have followed every rule of dbi. there's a history of solar installations in the city and we believe it to be safe. it has been inspected by the electrical department. thank you. >> for me come at a boil down to whether or not sufficient notice was given. do you have any personal knowledge of what was involved? what was required? what was done? >> it is my understanding there is no neighborhood notice requirement for a solar electric permit. >> thank you. president goh: is there any department or comment? -- departmental comment? >> the evening. just to confirm some information, the electrical permit that authorizes installation of the roof- mounted module was issued on march 8, 2011. there is a final inspection performed on july 19, 2011. it passed final inspection. to clarify, the department has a permit application that pertains to an electrical permit. one of the requirements is that roof-mounted solar pv installations that conform to the general requirements itemized on this form will not require building permit

it was reviewed by dbi. in accordance with the ordinance, he is required to pay relocation expenses while he temporarily seeks possession of my unit during construction. the minimum is $5,000. in the first brief, he admits my apartment is of questionable have the ability, and to make it even more and have a, he removed my only bathroom. now, he covers himself by branding -- by pretending that i would accuse him. he is simply trying to distract us from the issue at hand. i'm aware the board of supervisor rules about entering new evidence, i wanted to alert you that i have a new notice of violation from the san francisco department of health. lead inspection was done. lead paint was found 20 times higher than the allowable amount. i also have another notice of violation over the weekend. raw sewage, human feces was spilling into my garage. after doing my own research in finding out that the construction company is not certified to do lead inspection or even a real general contractor, i called them and i spoke

appellate requested that dbi issue a permit to confirm the legality of the debt pursuant to the plans and calculations of structural design engineers based on valuation of no more than $5,000 and without any additional penalties or be spirit testimony, deliberation, and possible action to uphold, modify, or reverse the order of abatement. commissioner lee: ok, the department first. >> field 6747, address 1117 geary boulevard. first and second notice of violation was issued. the violation in this case installed a deck on the roof. if directors hearing took place on march 10. an order of abatement issued with conditions, to file for a building permit with plans to legalize or remove the deck installed. and that the final condition, 90 days to complete all work including final inspection approval. there was a permit issued in 2008 for a commercial roof. that permit was signed off. it is reasonable to conclude that there would have been no deck on the surface when that permit was signed off. later this year, two permits were filed but have not been issued. each of those permits -- if any