i did not see it in the training budget for the staff at dbi. i just did not know that was under a different training. so that one person gets trained or keeps up their certification through a different line item? >> there is more than one person that has the certificate in the department. once they achieve the certificate, there are class es that can attend. to my knowledge, we do not have any planned in the budget. however, it is up to the individual chiefs on wide education that they want for their individual sections. so what would be up to the chief to provide that an additional education. commissioner hechanova: additional questions? comments? i also want to add here, pam, terrific job that you have done. the category that i would also like to ask is on the proposed organizational chart that is currently proposed relative to what is being amended and all the appointments from the first, second, and fifth floors, and the appointments that director day has recommended, i fully endorse. the category of that action will be in lieu of being cov

in any case, i will not go there because we're not dbi. there were changes that would have required more extensive review for this particular project, had it been properly routed. i'm going to have to vote against the motion. i will make a substantive motion. to take d.r. and to have the following conditions. one, that the bay that was extended forward be removed and secondly, the facade be restored as it was originally stated in the first permit. it does state, the assaad restoration. we all know what that means. -- it does state, facade restoration. and be rough year -- referred to the restoration commission for review. >> there is alive motion on the floor that has been properly seconded and that motion has to go through the process and if it passes, your motion is moved -- moot. commissioner moore: this is an extremely difficult thing to understand but partially because it is quite old. none of us participated or ever heard about this to any level of detail. this is not, for me, about saying you're right, you're wrong but it is about p

i got a call from a building inspector about a complaint that one to dbi a month ago. is that i want to clear this up. we made the appointment and went out there and took care of it. i do not agree the building apart is not doing their job. it is not an easy one. there are a lot of buildings that have violations. to clear them up is not easy. i just wanted to clear that up. thank you. >> next speaker. >> i live in this neighborhood. my name is patrick [inaudible] . >> i do not think i am qualified to speak until other people do. can i testify after the project sponsor gives their side? as a resident, i would like to hear both sides before i speak. >> normally these things are heard at the board of appeals. we are only looking at whether the director issued or did not issue a proper written response. it is not about the permit itself. >> the project sponsor can speak in public comment. >> they speak now. in public comment period to . >> bob milky. i have had many dealings with the department of inspection. they're very honest. the overview has been cooperative and helpf

so many dbi they that easy for me. i want to pay special tribute to ed sweeney, who has always stepped up when asked to. -- so many in dbi made that easy for me. joe duffy, tom huey, niel free -- neil freeman. they've contributed so much to making changes that make it easy or easier for the stakeholders to do business. when i started, i had this notion that i would get things done quickly. little did i know that what i considered a six-month project would take six years and had been in the pipeline for, i believe -- one public speaker used to come in here early on when i was first commissioner, and he would say, "we started this conversation when i was 63. i am now 73." if you do that math, we are talking about 16, 17 years. now, i know for sure that the wheels turn slowly, but when they do, they grind. the commission secretaries' managed to buck that trend, and i would like to thank ann, now retired, and sony up for their tireless work and keeping the officially connected -- and sonya for their tireless work and keepi

scratch at dbi. planning will give you a four- year break on a renewal. even if you start over with dbi and you have got through the 3- 11 process, you do not have to start over. with planning. for years and nine years are quite different. by a factor of two, this permit had expired and needed to start from scratch. when i spoke to the zoning administrator by found, before i knew the facts of this case, i relate them to him as if understood them at that time. that the permit had expired nine years prior. that it was renewed and would it have to begin again? he said it would. it would require a 3-eleven notice. it would require [unintelligible] for the department. for the decade that has passed since 2001, the environmental review process has changed significantly. it is possible that the final result of the permit application might be different. that hung in my mind as i watched the permit their revoked, correctly, for having been incorrectly -- permit get revoked, correctly, for having been incorrectly approved. if this is framed under permit that had be

d dbi at the st. patrick's day festival at civic center. this is an ongoing effort by the department to try to get out in the community more where we can do a little bit of tabling and just speak to the public for any concerns over permitting issues or other building issues. i know some of us also worked the chinese new year festival last month. we had st. patrick's day, and i think we are going to be -- you are going to see the dbi present at almost every single street fair or festival on the calendar this year. i would just like to encourage that beside dbi staffers, and the commissioner who wants to -- has nothing to do on a saturday or sunday and wants to hang out in some of our great festivals can also volunteer. it is actually a good thing to do and gives us time to chat with staff and see the different kind of questions that the public comes up with. i think that is all i have for my announcements today. thank you. >> is there any public comment on the president's announcements? commissioner ma

my counterpart over at the dbi knows that. commissioner mar had some very strong ideas, very passionate about the department and the commissioners can do some outreach and educate the public and get them more engaged in working with us. i like that passion. i like those ideas, and i would like to support commissioner mar on those efforts, and i would like to see him complete them and get them done. commissioner mccarthy: if i may, i would like to make some comments. obviously, we do not have a history of working together, but i did have the opportunity to have lunch with him, and we shared a lot of our values. the one that resonates with me, obviously, we are both from immigrant backgrounds, and he told me the story of his background, and how you progress and how the family progress and how it came out over the years and how it turned out to be such a great family. we share those values. there's a lot of conversation today about us working together. i think one of the main reasons why you have to accept this nomination -- [lau

dbi has had this building many times. it has been an eyesore for many years. it is right in the city center. and the plaza is a bit of a misnomer itself. it as a city street, which is a whole nother problem. right around the plaza, the city has spent $38 million to improve the area. opera house, which is the jewel of the bayview and right next to it. $38 million around the vicinity to improve the bayview, but you do not notice the beautiful infrastructure, because all it goes to is the structure, right in the center of the plaza. it has been there for over 20 years. the department has taken back fines put on the family. i believe like $6,000 worth that were put on the family. congratulations, mr. mccarthy. it is a good day to be here to ask you to put this at the top of your agenda. and i know what you were mentioning earlier, code enforcement, this comes from the building. there will be lots of building done on bayview as soon as this building is addressed. thank you for your attention to it. take a good morning. -- >> good morning. i am a new affordable hous

. >> penny, dbi, with an update on the permit tracking system. we give you a hand out on the update. we're 25% done with this 24- month project. everything has been very successful. we are on track. we completed the configuration analysis sessions last month. that involved working with the subject matter experts in building and planning on almost a daily basis. three-hour meetings, walking through requirements for this system. business processes, process improvements. and it has all been documented. we are now -- also, in march, we completed four prototypes. solid 21 tech created prototype systems for some of the documents that have been configured and showed us, based on the requirements in the process improvements, how the system will look for those parts of the work flows. we are currently in the process of enterprise analysis, and that is due this month. we are on schedule. those are extensive sessions with planning and building. we're working out the overall work flows, process improvement. what gets kicked off in planning versus dbi, how th

there is a complaint that it complied with the dbi about 2323 hyde st. about these windows and the legality of them. i went to look at the complaint and tried to get myself appointed for today. there is something going on with regards to this easement and the area because the property line is not really shown on the plans. i believe that has gone through some sort of core process at this time. it is the first phase of the work. i do not know whether the building code would require this wall in this location. because this is the first part of the permit. i do not see the rest of the permit. there is not enough information for me to say that. if anyone has any questions, -- president garcia: why was a permit issued for a wall? >> you can apply for a permit like that if you want to spread it out. if you want to build a wall, you can build a wall. it is up to your neighborhood if they do not like that. that is why we are here, i guess. they can do it like that if they want. it is unusual but there is nothing to stop them from doing it. i am concerned about t

would hope it is exceptional that a request to alter an historic resource is allowed to be issued by dbi without planning department review or approval. i hope that is the exception. we have an extraordinary circumstance and at least we have, one hopes, the exceptional circumstance. when one gets a permit from dbi and one begins to work on that permit, it is referred to in legal language as having invested. unfortunately for mr. west, who was the original applicant in 2000, he was not able to begin his project and as a result, no work was performed and the permit expired. nine years later or nine days

. >> hello, i am penny from dbi, an update on the permit and project tracking system. we are currently in the analysis stage. the milestone for that is this month. we are on schedule for that. we are having meetings a couple times a day, three hours each. dbi planning, the vendor, al- zeidi apartments, getting a lot of good input on how we should configure the system to meet our requirements and improve the process flows. we also started enterprise analysis sessions, looking at the big pictureñr in terms of processes that handoffs between planning and dbi. what is the most efficient way to handle these, and how should we configure the system to support this? we also started some system prototype development where the documentation that is being done out of the analysis sessions are being prototyped by the vendor, and they demonstrate some options for us in terms of how they can configure the system, how they have done it for other agencies, recommendations that they have to support our process flows. we are also continuing to document the configuration, a very detailed

i spend my five hours a day at dbi trying to find solutions to fire protection problems like this. i come to it with that in mind. on the face of it, this permit will be very difficult to accomplish the changes that are "required" for 2323 hyde. removal of the flue -- that is mandatory for the water heater of the building. you cannot remove it. some of the windows that are shown as covered our windows to habitable spaces. -- are windows to habitable spaces. there is required light to those bases. removing those windows does not account for the fact that these are required for those purposes. i think a lot of the reason the plans show the reason to infilled these windows relates to the creation of a new spare serving the roof deck of 1100 -- stair serving the roof deck. this portion is the only portion that is within 10 feet of the 2323 building, and i think that is the portion causing the arctic. i am not sure why it could not be moved in line with the grade, which is more than 10 feet from the windows we are talking about. commissioner fung: can i interrupt you for a second? hold

i have nothing but praise for dbi. dbi. >>

the notice of violation that was shown is standard procedure for dbi when we get a request from the board of appeals to suspend a permit. it is standard that we do that just to notify the permit holder. there was not any work taking there was not any work taking place that i am aware of despite

it is now with dbi in a structural plan check review. my anticipation is the permit will be through in the next couple of weeks hopefully. at that point, once the permit is issued, it is clients intention to withdraw the appeal. i would hope the board would look at this as an opportunity to move this casey2ñiv÷ along, i would request a continuance. commissioner murphy: how much of a continuance? >> i think 60 days should be sufficient. commissioner lee: does the department have anything to say? commissioner murphy: we agree with your decision. let's make it 90 days. commissioner lee: any public comment? >> e this item for 90 days. i need to do a roll-call vote. [roll call] the motion passes unanimously. commissioner lee: ok, let's go 554 fell more strict -- filmore street. xópx#q>> acting senior building inspector for the department. appeal number is 6753, address 554 filmore street. evaluation description, work includes removal of finishes, also to stained glass windows. an order of a bit with conditions, 10 days to respond, filing her

president garcia: did you want to counterbalance remarks made and put some praise on dbi? [laughter] >> i do not go on the record contradicting pat buscovich whenever i can avoid it. i have nothing but praise for dbi. >> on the motion to grant the permit with all the changes being struck -- commissioner fung: aye. president garcia: aye. commissioner hurtado: aye. >> the permit is upheld with all those conditions and that finding. thank you. >> we can move on to item eight, appealed number 12-005. the property is at 2754 through 2756 beckers street, protesting the issuance to kevin robinson and jake vink a permit to alter a building -- wide in a garage door, reconfigure walls at back of a garage, electrical upgrade for condo conversion, new insulated windows at sides and rear, remodeled kitchen and bath, add new bath, and refurbish existing penthouse. we'll start with the appellant. you have seven minutes. >> good evening, members of the board. my name is jeff -- is geoff wood. hopefully, we have an easier appealed to figure out here. the permit holder wants to do mostly a

you could get possibly a variance from dbi, which i think they would be inclined to do, as opposed to some of the modifications to the public realm and the sidewalk area. >> i do not know how they would rule on that. one more reminder. this is a barrier removal project. we were looking for what would be most cost-effective, something that is readily achievable for the property owner. that was why we came up with the direction that we had. once we start to go into the stores, there is not just the cost of construction, but the loss of rent and other aspects that makes it less usable. commissioner hillis: i definitely appreciate that. but if you have traded that for a barrier in the sidewalk -- i consider that a public space. it is a trade-off between those. commissioner fung: i think that comment is correct. what i do not want to see -- by the way, let me back up. we fully support that both the sidewalk and the access should be ada accessible. the problem with doing split sidewalks is if we do it here, it becomes done elsewhere. i would rather find better solutions than have these spli

. >> that would most likely require an automatic door opener and a variance from ddi -- dbi, not having to have the level landing. commissioner fung: yes. >> thank you. is there any public comment on this item? commissioners, the matter is yours. commissioner fung: i would like to ask a final question of the architect. following along the same line of thought, speaking with the department representative -- i was trying to find a solution that would reduce the amount of split sidewalk. it appears, based on your analysis and their analysis, that it is going to be difficult to totally eliminate it. the question is whether we can reduce it. do you see any ways that could be accomplished? >> actually, yes, somewhat. at 11 clement, as you saw, in the warped sidewalk idea -- commissioner fung: actually, we did not see your drawing. we never received it. >> i have it here. commissioner fung: i never saw this. i am sorry. please proceed. >> at 11 clement, we reduced the step in the warped sidewalk so it is only 5 inches. we were able to do that because that portion of the building was raised up.

the notice of violation that was shown is standard procedure for dbi when we get a request from the board of appeals to suspend a permit. it is standard that we do that just to notify the permit holder. there was not any work taking place that i am aware of despite the suspension. president garcia: if we were to uphold permit, then the revision correct? >> correct. >> i was under the impression that the revision permit was suspended because of the proceedings on this permit. i might be mistaken, but that is what my understanding is. >> they should have been suspended and it just never showed up in the system. it is more important that there is no work taking place. you are right. i think that the work could continue if you of all the permit. and the revision kermit then takes effect. there will not be any roof deck, obviously. it is gone. >> another option is for the sport to strike that scope of work from the permit before it. president garcia: to avoid the extra process. thank you. >> is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, we will move into rebuttal. i am sorry. i did no