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kudos to dbi staff, ron dicks, and eliver si. for -- may second, on the twenty-first, and twenty-second street. -- to help our customers, better understand what is involve involved to obtaining permits and inspections, madame secretary, that concludes my announcements. >> any public comments on the announcements? seeing none, public comment that are not part of this agenda. seeing none. item four. discussion and possible act to adopt the notice of decisions, and finding for appeal regarding 1142 a guerrero street satish k give up ta appellant. is there any discussion? >> yes i would like to point out, two directions need to be made on the first and third page the vote counts refer to 6 to one, it was actually 5 to 1, it was not here. >> okay i will correct that on the vote 5 to 1. okay. >> good catch commissioner lee. [laughter] [laughter]. >> any other? is there a motion to adopt the finding? >> i move that we adopt the findings with commissioner lee's correction. >> there was a motion, is there a second. >> second. >> is there
kudos to dbi staff, ron dicks, and eliver si. for -- may second, on the twenty-first, and twenty-second street. -- to help our customers, better understand what is involve involved to obtaining permits and inspections, madame secretary, that concludes my announcements. >> any public comments on the announcements? seeing none, public comment that are not part of this agenda. seeing none. item four. discussion and possible act to adopt the notice of decisions, and finding for appeal...
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overall dbi cost of service is less than the overall fee's revenue, creating that surplus. large projects which are $5 million inspection and above, are a key of that surplus. other fees, interest and so forth account for $5.7 million in revenue, that was an fy 14 figure. there is not much associated cost in terms of administrative time ewed for the fees that is almost all $5.7 million, is almost all just revenue. the next slide gives you a snapshot of what our large project picture has been over the past five years this is fy 10-14, to give us more context to the study. as you can see, the volume over five year period is two year projects most fell into the 5-50 million category, there was a significant number. that fell into a 50 million evaluation or above category as one, we know was significant at 330 million in the past five years, you also can see the average valuations for these for further context. yes? >> does this aggregate project? or do you combine them for one project. >> it's each project. >> the low on this again, sort of squaring what we know about the cons
overall dbi cost of service is less than the overall fee's revenue, creating that surplus. large projects which are $5 million inspection and above, are a key of that surplus. other fees, interest and so forth account for $5.7 million in revenue, that was an fy 14 figure. there is not much associated cost in terms of administrative time ewed for the fees that is almost all $5.7 million, is almost all just revenue. the next slide gives you a snapshot of what our large project picture has been...
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family with a termination of notice tendency on an owner - the owners objected a full approval from dbi to verizon and hogan expend it's property under the permit the occurrence of those two items happening at the same time flattened unfatiguing faith motivates after consulting with the rent board and the tenant right union this was apparent this man was not acting in going to on the option of the organization m i notice to renotice the permit that will correct the relocation fees open the rent board calculations that were incorrect their attorney steven refused and threatened us with an unlawful detainer that was never filed they knew they had no good faith basis the months later 38 they accepted our check with a threatening letter from the new attorney from zach's and freedom about a 7 minute off by the way in their rebuttal package raurgsd our requests was quoted out of context that was a private and confidential communication been the 20 years you'll this aside our communication were gerald ignored and our attorneys did not speak until the landlord hired an engineer to obtain permit
family with a termination of notice tendency on an owner - the owners objected a full approval from dbi to verizon and hogan expend it's property under the permit the occurrence of those two items happening at the same time flattened unfatiguing faith motivates after consulting with the rent board and the tenant right union this was apparent this man was not acting in going to on the option of the organization m i notice to renotice the permit that will correct the relocation fees open the rent...
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them a copy please accept i mean no disrespect for the behavior of the 99 percent of the employees as dbi but if you were to visit the perez he home for 10 minutes you'll experience disbelief and drarment of what has been loudly to go forward the fair thing to order the removal of anyone stare deck since the c pe failed to constrict a review a neighborhood review as is required for decks above grade level the owners are seeking a fourth permit to legalize game room and deck thank you for your attention to this matter. >> can we leave the article. >> any other members in support of dr requester. >> my name is christie i'm a member of ace i'm also a friend of i italy's bell and having visited their home i'm here to support their case grins the illegally structure building on monday night street it go effectively turned the home into a bad place it expanded beyond its scope and yet in 2011 the department of city planning approved over-the-counter permitted to allow it to go forward watt without the neighborhood review they allowed the project to have a - as a result the project has wallet of
them a copy please accept i mean no disrespect for the behavior of the 99 percent of the employees as dbi but if you were to visit the perez he home for 10 minutes you'll experience disbelief and drarment of what has been loudly to go forward the fair thing to order the removal of anyone stare deck since the c pe failed to constrict a review a neighborhood review as is required for decks above grade level the owners are seeking a fourth permit to legalize game room and deck thank you for your...
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i know the planning commission would like to say that well, you know we'll let dbi take care of it. no, the law says you is to look at it and the law says you have clear and convincing evidence, that there is a serious serious serious problem. if you want to ignore that and [inaudible] to privilege and wealth. there is also [inaudible] i'm here to tell you that this is a dangerous situation. read the letters from mr. wallace and clark and [inaudible] they make it very clear t is a serious serious problem. all we want is to have the folks here deal in good faith, provide consultantss. i was wait frg a consultant to come 2 munts agoy and never showed up. a lot of misinformation here folks. a lot of misinformation and it makes me upset and i hope the city, the city gimpt does what is supposed to do under sequa and doesn't defer responsibility to protect not only mrs. mar, but all the people below. that is your duty. thank you >> thank you very much. okay, at this time colleagues this item is held and now closed and in the hand of the board of supervisors. so, supervisor christensen >>
i know the planning commission would like to say that well, you know we'll let dbi take care of it. no, the law says you is to look at it and the law says you have clear and convincing evidence, that there is a serious serious serious problem. if you want to ignore that and [inaudible] to privilege and wealth. there is also [inaudible] i'm here to tell you that this is a dangerous situation. read the letters from mr. wallace and clark and [inaudible] they make it very clear t is a serious...
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eight a, update on dbi's finances. >> in your packet is the march -- i'm sorry, it's april. financial report as you can see, we're still doing well. we had a really good month in april because we had a couple of big projects coming in masconi, projects, for example, the plan review fees came in for $4.3 million which is double of what it normally is. so if you look at -- let's look at that one. -- if you look on the second page plan review 61101 will you see a large number there, you will see 2 million there. and this kind of goes back to originally we talked about the fee study, our revenues seem to be very volatile at times, one projects can make or break, or change the actual projections, given that, based on what we have done through april, we're now actually projecting we're going to have about a $7 million revenue surplus in the current year. if you recall back in december, that number was not a lot lower, because of the pick up of what is going on so consistently every month, i say the same thing we're doing better than budget, but we're not projected to do better tha
eight a, update on dbi's finances. >> in your packet is the march -- i'm sorry, it's april. financial report as you can see, we're still doing well. we had a really good month in april because we had a couple of big projects coming in masconi, projects, for example, the plan review fees came in for $4.3 million which is double of what it normally is. so if you look at -- let's look at that one. -- if you look on the second page plan review 61101 will you see a large number there, you will...
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thmpt imp lmation of the supmentm geotechnical reports are subject to further review and apruvlg by dbi. to provide with more information with regards to geotechnical considerations dbi reviewathize report and sublmental report and during dbi pchs review process the project will comply with applicable section thofz san francisco building code. the geotechnical report include a determination as to whether monitoring should be done for builds squgz streets during construction. the final buildings planerize reviewed by dbi and determine additional site specific reports if sites specific reports are required. further more, the project site is subject to the slope protection act adopted boo the board in 2008. this ordinance created procedures for additional review and slopes stability for properties within a certain area and established a structural advisory commithy for review oof permit application in the area. in summary, the appellate hasn't submitted substantial evident that support the conclusion there are unusual circumstances that justify removing the project from a class 1 categoric
thmpt imp lmation of the supmentm geotechnical reports are subject to further review and apruvlg by dbi. to provide with more information with regards to geotechnical considerations dbi reviewathize report and sublmental report and during dbi pchs review process the project will comply with applicable section thofz san francisco building code. the geotechnical report include a determination as to whether monitoring should be done for builds squgz streets during construction. the final buildings...
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i do want to thank a couple dbi's taras, and her staff, for providing a great deal of detail and back and forth with us to understand the financial picture of this department as well as controller staff room deel, and our auditor division to try to answer your questions, i know also the dbi staff can help with the specific departmental question questions as well. >> commissioner question for you. >> do they recognize publicicly funded versus privately funded? >> could you explain that. >> if you have a $3 million private enter rise versus a 300 million public, is there fee structure or the same. >> there was no distinction between those maybe taras, has something to say. >> we have one fee table so it's the same fees. >> so it's kind of related. my question to commissioner clinch's question about one fee for all of the types of construction because as part of the fee structure, i read briefly, the city can take account, different projects for the public good versus projects that solely benefit the builder or the own r, for instance i was thinking about, we're trying to save older buil
i do want to thank a couple dbi's taras, and her staff, for providing a great deal of detail and back and forth with us to understand the financial picture of this department as well as controller staff room deel, and our auditor division to try to answer your questions, i know also the dbi staff can help with the specific departmental question questions as well. >> commissioner question for you. >> do they recognize publicicly funded versus privately funded? >> could you...
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it over to romary bosky of department of building inspection who will say a few words on behalf of dbi. lucky for us and we are grateful will be the person staffing this task force and those of you who know dbi and how the city works know it does want get better than rose mary bosky so we are grateful. with that i want to thank rous heary >> good afternoon. a principle mission of the department of bilgdsing inspection which over laps with the aerjs identify is insure multiunit residential and multiuse buildings are properly maintained regarding habitability issues related to fire safety. with that in mind dbi is please today participate and provide administrative support to the interagency fire safety task force. we realize 60 percent of the buildings target td by the legislation we are seeing the fires within were built before 1940 and that number riseed to 86 percent for buildings greater than 7 units built before 1970. we va745 to 75 year span between the time those buildings were built and the fire protection requirements required then and what is required today of new construction
it over to romary bosky of department of building inspection who will say a few words on behalf of dbi. lucky for us and we are grateful will be the person staffing this task force and those of you who know dbi and how the city works know it does want get better than rose mary bosky so we are grateful. with that i want to thank rous heary >> good afternoon. a principle mission of the department of bilgdsing inspection which over laps with the aerjs identify is insure multiunit residential...
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and ownership responsibility of the wall it may encourage owners to use dbi enforement over issues of property lines, for these reasons, we're asking the aabatement is held in advance, until this issue is resolved. two of the three adjacent properties, the land surveys, the wall is located on the entire properties that is incorrect. the measurements on the survey, that was relied upon, portions of those walls are located on all three properties, if dbi is relying on the survey for issue of the abatement orders we're asking that the others be sited and brought into this action so it's uniform. just to provide context of the location of these walls, i will place an image on the overhead projector. so this is similar to the map we provided in exhibit a, that had an area view of the actual buildings, what you are seeing are the protwopts, 2856 washington and 2320 devisidaro here. the location of the retaining wall is shown in red, you can see the l shaped formation, there is a third property owner adjacent to both of these walls, right now, the two properties are corner to each other, you
and ownership responsibility of the wall it may encourage owners to use dbi enforement over issues of property lines, for these reasons, we're asking the aabatement is held in advance, until this issue is resolved. two of the three adjacent properties, the land surveys, the wall is located on the entire properties that is incorrect. the measurements on the survey, that was relied upon, portions of those walls are located on all three properties, if dbi is relying on the survey for issue of the...
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and usage reports dbi cannot enforce is it then how does adding 4 departments to an enforcement make it obscuring complex the planning department and dbi have worked for 10 years to develop a single property information system that will allow san franciscans to assess planning and - >> thank you very much. next speaker. before i do let me call a few more cards line up (calling names) i'm sorry if i butchered your name. >> i'm i's religious lived in the mission for 40 years i'm a retired nurse long term member of the san francisco tenants union i support supervisor campos and supervisor mar's and supervisor avalos legislation that will be the best opportunity to protect renters especially low income and medium income people that are struggling to survive in the city i'm sure you're aware of there are over 2 thousand evictions in the past year in san francisco and increased 540 percent there's not another affordable housing being built we have to hang onto every unit airbnb is a contributor not the only contributor to this the m m l k where under is wealthy and poverty and hardship on
and usage reports dbi cannot enforce is it then how does adding 4 departments to an enforcement make it obscuring complex the planning department and dbi have worked for 10 years to develop a single property information system that will allow san franciscans to assess planning and - >> thank you very much. next speaker. before i do let me call a few more cards line up (calling names) i'm sorry if i butchered your name. >> i'm i's religious lived in the mission for 40 years i'm a...
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so he identified a couple of things, if you look at the back of the report you will also see that dbi fees are a lot lower than places even though we're collecting a lot of money. all of that the purpose of the fee study is to say you are not supposed to be bringing in significantly more than what you are -- >> exactly, what i'm wondering is most of the over-the-counter projects are lower evaluation, and they're paying more? they're paying the same as if it was the same rate as with the larger projects is that correct? >> well, so the difference between what the study does and dbi, fees for planning permit the study is based on hourly staff and some administration costs, plan review fees and building permits are not based on that it's based on evaluation later, you will learn more about the cost schedule. so that's the difference. the study did not say one is paying more than the other, in fact i think the study is saying, particularly for the large projects, there should be more tiers that's why we have those tiers. >> i see. okay. >> thank you deputy. >> welcome. >> commissioners no
so he identified a couple of things, if you look at the back of the report you will also see that dbi fees are a lot lower than places even though we're collecting a lot of money. all of that the purpose of the fee study is to say you are not supposed to be bringing in significantly more than what you are -- >> exactly, what i'm wondering is most of the over-the-counter projects are lower evaluation, and they're paying more? they're paying the same as if it was the same rate as with the...
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and usage reports dbi cannot enforce is it then how does adding 4 departments to an enforcement make it obscuring complex the planning department and dbi have worked for 10 years to develop a single property information system that will allow san franciscans to assess planning and -
and usage reports dbi cannot enforce is it then how does adding 4 departments to an enforcement make it obscuring complex the planning department and dbi have worked for 10 years to develop a single property information system that will allow san franciscans to assess planning and -
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, 3, 4 charge of enforcing the ordinance against short-term rentals in the first place specifically dbi as part of the building inspection and the parklet that are 10 thousand complaints that be investigated by the planning department and dbi was in favor of endorsing that ordinance that is not allowing short-term rental in all of the city's residential hotels which by a lay requires the hotel owner to issue reports quarterly to dbi and usage reports dbi cannot enforce is it then how does adding 4 departments to an enforcement make it obscuring complex the planning department and dbi have worked for 10 years to develop a single property information system that will allow san franciscans to assess planning and - >> thank you very much. next speaker. before i do let me call a few more cards line up (calling names) i'm sorry if i butchered your name. >> i'm i's religious lived in the mission for 40 years i'm a retired nurse long term member of the san francisco tenants union i support supervisor campos and supervisor mar's and supervisor avalos legislation that will be the best opportunity
, 3, 4 charge of enforcing the ordinance against short-term rentals in the first place specifically dbi as part of the building inspection and the parklet that are 10 thousand complaints that be investigated by the planning department and dbi was in favor of endorsing that ordinance that is not allowing short-term rental in all of the city's residential hotels which by a lay requires the hotel owner to issue reports quarterly to dbi and usage reports dbi cannot enforce is it then how does...
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to provide with more information with regards to geotechnical considerations dbi reviewathize report and sublmental report and during dbi pchs review process the project will comply with applicable section thofz san francisco building code. the geotechnical report include a determination as to whether monitoring should be done for builds squgz streets during construction. the final buildings planerize reviewed by dbi and determine additional site specific reports if sites specific reports are required. further more, the project site is subject to the slope protection act adopted boo the boar
to provide with more information with regards to geotechnical considerations dbi reviewathize report and sublmental report and during dbi pchs review process the project will comply with applicable section thofz san francisco building code. the geotechnical report include a determination as to whether monitoring should be done for builds squgz streets during construction. the final buildings planerize reviewed by dbi and determine additional site specific reports if sites specific reports are...
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-- so with dbi there's you know recently a small solo practitioner shared her experience of getting her business her business open and so you know this is somebody -- they are opening in in a 291 square foot place and putting paint on the wall and not doing anything else yet but yet we're asking them for architectural drawings so there's a lot of little nuances that have room room for improvement. >> all right. thank you. >> shall we move onto the next item. >> yes. item number 9 the president's report. >> i don't have anything to report except that last week i attended two events and they were very successful and that continues to be a great initiative here in the city and of course next week small business week i encourage everyone to participate as much as they can and straus events has done a fantastic job of organizing it as always that's all i have. >> the the vice president's report? >> nothing to report. >> item 11, commissioner reports? >> no? >> item 12 new business. >> nothing for tonight. >> then so item number 13 is adjournment. >> mr. dwight motion to adjourn do we hav
-- so with dbi there's you know recently a small solo practitioner shared her experience of getting her business her business open and so you know this is somebody -- they are opening in in a 291 square foot place and putting paint on the wall and not doing anything else yet but yet we're asking them for architectural drawings so there's a lot of little nuances that have room room for improvement. >> all right. thank you. >> shall we move onto the next item. >> yes. item...
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the accela 21 tech report qa in the first few weeks of june when we have the migrated data shg the dbi team they have a set of report they're continuing to qa many of their reports, don't require the migrated data. for the process to continue, which is why we continued that process. we have two accepted reports at this point, 8, and 26 are in development. the other item for the full date of migration is the end to end business migration, we have been able to set a date for the end to end business simulation to start the week of july 13th. that we will start that simulation. that is our point to both take measurement of how long it takes to go through the typical processes, for permit issuance. it happens, on the 5th floor group of the counter. it's also a point to be able to demonstrate and build confidence within the dbi, organization, that they will be able to handle the business activities of the department. that concludes my comments, i will be happy to take questions. >> commissioner mar. >> thanks again for your work on the report i want to know after the end to end starts on jul
the accela 21 tech report qa in the first few weeks of june when we have the migrated data shg the dbi team they have a set of report they're continuing to qa many of their reports, don't require the migrated data. for the process to continue, which is why we continued that process. we have two accepted reports at this point, 8, and 26 are in development. the other item for the full date of migration is the end to end business migration, we have been able to set a date for the end to end...
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over time actually ruled in efficiency a lot more data to work with in terms of reporting and once dbi goes live we anticipate in the next three to four months we'll go live with the public disagrees and be able to have the public track the approval of projects but staff and manages track whether the pinch points are and where their hung up in the process just get into now the details of the current. >> commissioner tang. >> sorry just before we move think you mentioned a new online appointment system for the short-term rental program can we do something similar for people that want to set up appointments with planning in general. >> we have some appointment that we can set up on line not off the top of my head. >> i just think many say again i don't know if it it curling or currently exists i know when you go to the the countered you have to pull a number and not have the time to wait hours for an appointment and perhaps you started the small project review team maybe a way for people to make appointments online with meeting certain criteria and make appointments with the specific one
over time actually ruled in efficiency a lot more data to work with in terms of reporting and once dbi goes live we anticipate in the next three to four months we'll go live with the public disagrees and be able to have the public track the approval of projects but staff and manages track whether the pinch points are and where their hung up in the process just get into now the details of the current. >> commissioner tang. >> sorry just before we move think you mentioned a new online...
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planning and building mechanic and c pb and issued over the counter i heard a lot of comments about dbi lack of response possibly i'm not familiar with the case i know that most of us don't get back to people we'll be available evidence and 7:30 and 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. sometimes when you're not getting a call back you can come in - i did speak to seminar inspector today he told him told me this was a lot of bad feeling between the right landlord/tenant and as far as the permitted it is one of proprieties i don't see enforcement if dbi telling them to remove the unit and it looks like i think the owner will verify that there are also compliments from housing and other complaints around the same time and housing for maintenance issuance one thing on the brief maybe somebody can answer we issue a cf c it is supposed to say complete had i noticed that earlier i would have spoken to the senior inspectors but i'm available for questions i don't think i have anything further to add. >> is there a time lag between the final inspection and the completion of the cf c when it is entered into th
planning and building mechanic and c pb and issued over the counter i heard a lot of comments about dbi lack of response possibly i'm not familiar with the case i know that most of us don't get back to people we'll be available evidence and 7:30 and 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. sometimes when you're not getting a call back you can come in - i did speak to seminar inspector today he told him told me this was a lot of bad feeling between the right landlord/tenant and as far as the permitted it is one...
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in dbi when we see a permit to comply dbi stops the approval process and are expected to look at theead the notice of violation, it does reference office to live-work. it was to remove the illegal construction off the live-work. i just want to add that because it's in the brief. i get to read the brief. >> thank you. >> may i see a show of hands how many people plan to speak under public comment? we will begin our public comment then. >> hello my name is tommy. i'm with the housing right committee. what's at stake here is the removal of 77 affordable rent controlled units. it will be the largest mass eviction in san francisco. that's no exaggeration. at this time of crisis of our severe housing crisis the city cannot afford to lose one unit let alone 77 rank controlled units where low income tenants are currently living. not to mention the mayor's directive, can has been mentioned but i also believe that the mayor's directive does apply here. the mayor has been very clear not only in that directive but also subsequently in other talks that the mayor has given. he's been very clear. t
in dbi when we see a permit to comply dbi stops the approval process and are expected to look at theead the notice of violation, it does reference office to live-work. it was to remove the illegal construction off the live-work. i just want to add that because it's in the brief. i get to read the brief. >> thank you. >> may i see a show of hands how many people plan to speak under public comment? we will begin our public comment then. >> hello my name is tommy. i'm with the...