i would like to start by giving you an overview of how you get a permit in dbi. a customer he starts at the first floor and he goes through the public information counter. at the public information counter they give you what's called a routing slip. that's a piece of white paper that slopes along with the actual permit. the routing slip indicates which stations you have to visit prior to getting permit approval and issuance. once you've got your routing slip, you proceed either one of two places. if you have -- if it's intake, if it's a larger project, you are on the first floor and sent to ctb and you sign in and they process your paperwork right there. you pay a partial fee for your permit and it's taken in. these are large projects. we can do them anywhere from a few weeks to a few months like the high rises. most of the action, however is directed to go to the fifth floor over the counter permit services. once you get to the fifth floor, if you have no plans for instance if i have a reroofing replacement of windows, kitchen and baths, small dry rot, this hits

that's about a $50,000 fee waiver from dbi for those building permits. anyone who has not yet come in under that will now be subject to the normal building permit fees. but the good news is that we have quite a few of them installed. similarly, as you remember supervisor katie tang asked for may to be waiver month for awning replacements, again, this year according to mis we only issued 3 permits for the month of may. they will probably come back to us next year. it's clear that without a lot of community outreach especially on the part of the supervisors to encourage these facade i am improvements, we don't really see very much activity at least coming into us to take advantage of this incentive. i'm sure we can do a better job an hopefully we can get started earlier next year to make people aware of this opportunity. i think that really covers the one thing that you probably know the planning department recommended ended the fee referral program because of the change in the economy that passed on a 7-1 vote or 6-1 vote at the planning commission just t

chief and patrick rear dan, helping dbi inspectors understanding the complex issues involving permit and process review and he's been assisted by chief building inspector ron tom and tony greek oh. congratulations to the team on its excellent work with next year's budget. the department had it's first budget and finance committee this past monday with a budget analysis recommendation of final hearing on dbi budget will be next monday on june 24th and we are currently in fiscal year. finally the fourth quarter. just a reminder in early june, all dbi and staff are asked to submit now their nomination for a colleague performing outstanding work for quarter 2013 employee of the quarter award. nominations are open so please e-mail as soon as possible. that concludes my announcements. >> any public comment on the president's announcement. seeing none. item 11. 11 a commissioners questions and matters inquiry to staff. activity, commissioners may make inquire easy to staff regarding various documents, policies, practices and procedures which are of interest to the commission. seeing none. >

dbi, pda, decided may 15, 2013. at that time, the board voted 4-1 to overturn the permit with adoption of findings at a later time, on the basis that this permit was not validly issued, that the determination of formula retail use should be reconsidered, and that the one-year bar against re-application would not apply. permit holder: monique ramos. project: tenant improvement remodel of existing retail space within existing mixed-use, multitenant building; renovation of ground level storefront faÇade for new retail establishment; no structural work; bpa no. 2013/03/01/1323.>> okay. we'll hold that off and take the next item. 4 c. item 4c: adoption of findings: subject property at 2118-2128 fillmore street. discussion and possible adoption of findings for appeal no. 13-030, mio inc. vs. dbi, pda, decided may 15, 2013. at that time, the board voted 4-1 to overturn the permit with adoption of findings at a later time, on the basis that this permit was not validly issued, that the determination of formula retail use sho

update on dbi's finances. b. update on proposed legislation. c. update on permit tracking system. d. update on major projects. 1234 >> sfgtv can we get assistance with the overhead? thank you. deputy director administrative services. the overhead -- dependence with that today. today i will review the financial performance report for operating revenues and expenses. we are currently projecting a balance of $23.73 million. this consist of $24.48 million in the budget and $2.25 million in expenditures. we expect by the end of the year that we will move $3-5 million of that into deferred credit. terms of revenues, year to date at this time compared to last year, 2013 was 21 percent higher than year to date for may 2012. the services continue to exceed budget. currently we are at $16.2 million over our budget and we expect by the end of the year to increase to $21.4 million. the year to date 2013 evaluation is greater than 2012. we continue to receive small payments for rental licenses fees from property tax. in terms of expenditures, when we look at the year over year comparison, the

, abi and i have read the brief yesterday, and i really thought that (inaudible) is a loss from the dbi point of view and that the violation was issued and if in this year the permit was obtained this year and i believe that the illegal unit was done by the previous owner and she just bought the property in february and traded it down to the department to discuss it with the staff and for some reason or another she end up getting a complaint on the housing inspection and she immediately obtained a permit and typically that could have been an appeal to the deputy director and probably would have taken care of the penalty within the department and unfortunately it is here and i am happy to drop the penalty and the amount which is the lowest that we can go. >> thank you. >> i am very happy to here that. so if there is two times and i am happy to just take it. >> okay. >> okay. i am just going to move... sorry. >> i was going to call for public comment. >> if there is any? >> and there is none. go ahead. >> that will clear this room fast. >> move to grant the appeal and reduce the amount to

we work to get an ordinance passed through dbi to ensure that grab bars and working phone jacks are installed in sro hotels or residences. i got a chance to speak to mr. green and miss brown who live at the residence on san bruno avenue. there are a lot of habit ability issues; leaks and problems with the windows. the windows are bolted down so if there were a fire or emergency, the fire department would have problems getting in, getting access. miss brown who is a resident there has some very significant health issues. she's a disabled elder who is trying to age in place. she has a care provider, but the health issues that she has, the habit ability issues in the residence makes it a difficult situation for her. the temperature going to either extremely cold to extremely hot, the moisture coming in through various leaks, leaky refrigerator, the windows that can't open, there is problem with the windows and wiring. from what i understand, there has been on going problems with the property owner and other properties. there is a seven page article about this on going problem with this particula

. >> i am sure that this way that things go at dbi they will do a more indepth study of this and this will be during the four... >> and the four of the events. and the events have the characteristic of a typical house party that you might experience. and in your neighborhood. i know that i do in mine. so it is not going to be that, you know, packing in a lot of people beyond that. >> i appreciate that you have thought about it, because it will be a very big thing for whoever is spending a lot of time trying to work this out if all of a sudden you find yourself having the expansion for what is important to your community is not work or find (inaudible) by what it becomes conditional on xyand z, and i am very supportive of it. but the one thing that i would like to encourage you. if you would live at the other side of the fence of those people who are for better or worse impacts by the noise of children, would you find a way to remain open and how you deal with them day-to-day. that would be the one that i think that i will leave you with, i am convinced that you are doing the correct t

dbi director tom huey. san francisco fire chief hayes white.d port commissioner [speaker not understood]. planning commission president rodney fong, and aloe ons and aloe ons of vips among you out there. so, thank you all for joining us today. ~ in the 45 years since that beautiful song was written, our own san francisco port waterfront has transformed. so, nothing has stayed exactly the same, we're proud to say. and just like sitting on the dock of the bay is a jewel among otis redding's collection, the new braniff street wharf is a jewel among the port's park open space collection, and we are so amazingly proud of it. it has taken a very long time and hundreds of people. the transformation of this kind of a waterfront doesn't come easy. for those of you who know it keenly, it was a thousand feet of failing edge, dilapidated pier and a tried but true seawall. and today as you look around, it is a thousand feet of public space, a place where we can walk along and experience the bay peacefully, playfully, we can gather here, we can work here, we

we have staff from dph and dbi as well. i will give you more details. thank you so much. >> chairman wiener, paul with the department staff. this item before you is a proposal to amend certain portions of the buildings by the mahar ordinance which was adopted in 1986, a public health and safety ordinance for handling contaminated soils during construction process. i will put a map down. if we can display that. the mahar ordinance along the eastern shore of the city, at the time mahar was adopted it was known to be contaminated. what mahar requires is that when an applicant getting a permit, is applying a permit that will destroy 50 cubic yards of soil, before the permit can be issued, they are referred to the department to determine whether the soil is contaminated and if necessary how to handle and clean up that site under health department supervision. the existing ordinance only applies in the blue zones. outside of that area, there are other areas in the city that have a high likelihood of soil contamination, those are industrially zoned areas and s

our director indicated that upon receipt of a letter from the issuing body which you say is typically dbi that would moot the case and it would be withdrawn, is that correct? >> that is correct and it based on the permit holder to cancel the permit. not on the department's position but their interest in withdrawing the permit. >> they are not going revoke unless the permit goes to them. >> you are not to revoke this ? >> would you see that letter is going to be sent. would you be based on this conversation that that letter would be forth coming. >> when she told me she was going to withdraw the application. >> she said i'm going to withdraw the application, please tell the board. >> she stated to you please tell the board i'm withdrawing my application. >> what would the board need from her? >> a letter. >> you couldn't state that the appellant, could you on your own make an affidavit stating that and then on that basis? would that be sufficient rather than call her up to say can you send me a letter? >> i'm not sure because this would be handled by the permit bureau, not by the station.

exemption so this is a case where a project is referred to and the planning department and props by dbi or another agency state thrg is a modification to the project and asking whether that fits within the current exemption or whether a new one must be issued. members of the public were concerned at the time because there wasn't a clear definition of what a modification to a project was. since then we add language to say what it is which is great and members of the public would like a public arena and present information and for a determination if it fits under the same exemption so this is the language that we had in the original legislation and amended through president chiu and the community advocates in a long discussion and we did support those amendments and i understand that supervisor wiener is making additional amendments on top of that contributing to this compromised resolution. i just wanted to support they want side this with 6-1 vote. the planning commission had a smaller commission unfortunately and they put this out with a three-two vote. >> okay. thank you supervisor ki

our director indicated that upon receipt of a letter from the issuing body which you say is typically dbi that would moot the case and it would be withdrawn, is that correct? >> that is correct and it based on the permit holder to cancel the permit. not on

facilities [free standing gas stove/oven] to re-establish building as singlefamily dwelling as authorized by dbi; see attached floor plann. application no. 2013/04/19/5010. housekeeping item this even this has to do with item no. 6. sf 61234 that matter has been withdrawn and will not be heard this evening. >> we'll start with item no. 1. anyone would like to speak on this item? >> seeing none. we'll move to commissioners comments and questions. commissioners? okay. then item no. 3 which is the consideration and possible adoption of the boards minutes for june 5, 2013. >> i move their adoption. any public comment on the minutes? seeing none, mr. pacheco please call the roll. >> on that motion from the president to adopt the june 5, 2013 minutes. commissioner fung, honda, the vote is 4-0. the minutes are adopted. >> thank you. we'll call the item 4 a which is a hearing request. item 4a; rehearing request: subject property at 611 buena vista west avenue. letter from susan brandt-hawley, attorney for matthew & kristine leffers, appellants, requesting rehearing of appeal no. 12-171, decided on may 1

next, grand jury report about dbi, another instance where mayor lee was asleep.e knew all about it for so many years, did nothing. please resign and save face. follow the example of your south korean counterparts, bow, admit a mistake, and be honest about it. next one is city college loses its accreditation, part of the blame -- part of the blame needs to go on the mayor's office and the board of supervisors. i'm sure everybody knew there were problems there, but everybody was way too busy working on their own special interest projects. forget the students. [inaudible]. >> thanks. next speaker. >>> jesus said the prince of this world comes and has nothing in me. in other words, jesus and satan are directly opposed. before we get into that i'd like to say [speaker not understood].many com is the best color, [speaker not understood] gty.org is the best preacher and you can download 3,000 of his sermonses from the first of february 1969 to last february's brought cast on satan, what is he like, michael akino. family radio is the best radio station because it's the o

know you have tried very hard to improve the communication and the connection between planning and dbi. you brought in a new guy recently, and i believe that's working out pretty good, but you may have to hire more staff, but i think it's important that the small guy, the homeowner, and the guy doing the horizontal addition that he is treated the same way as the big developer that comes to san francisco. that would be my wish to see that one day, and you know again i think you probably have to hire more staff to get that done. >> yeah. i appreciate that concern commissioner. in fact we are hiring staff because the current economic conditions in the city -- we're seeing a huge number of new applications come in the door so by the end of the year the department will be as largest as ever and we would have hired 30 new people by the end of the year and we can do that because of the development activity going on and paid for by development fees and not from the consequent fund and my current director jeff eric -- johnson is doing that and we are focused on the large projects and we are giv