thanks to all the dbi staff. and finally, i'd like to recognize a great employee of our city for many years and who is just retired from the department of dbi, like to recognize bill strong. is bill here? i owe him a big lunch because i was away when he retired. during his time, he impressed us very much with his knowledge and professionalism and attention to detail. i know i speak for my colleagues as well when i say we will miss him. he was a great anchor for the department and his history goes back to senator feinstein and i was talking to john about it earlier, he took a little time off in the middle and then back to dbi for, i believe, 13 years was the time? i don't know how many times i tried to upset bill and i could not. [laughter] and i made genuine efforts to do it. he was always a professional and managed to make things clear, spoke with confidence and always did his research and knew the facts. he's had to deal with crazy legislation over the years and keep us up to date. and he had that unique abilit

thanks to all the dbi staff. and finally, i'd like to recognize a great employee of our city for many years and who is just retired from the department of dbi, like to recognize bill strong. is bill here? i owe him a big lunch because i was away when he retired. during his time, he impressed us very much with his knowledge and professionalism and attention to detail. i know i speak for my colleagues as well when i say we will miss him. he was a great anchor for the department and his history goes back to senator feinstein and i was talking to john about it earlier, he took a little time off in the middle and then back to dbi for, i believe, 13 years was the time? i don't know how many times i tried to upset bill and i could not. [laughter] and i made genuine efforts to do it. he was always a professional and managed to make things clear, spoke with confidence and always did his research and knew the facts. he's had to deal with crazy legislation over the years and keep us up to date. and he had that unique abilit

on february 7, 2018, a complaint was filed with dbi concerning work without permit, illegal change of use and kitchen and bathroom remodel. on february 8, it was assigned to complaint investigation team for vaerification. a note was left and the owners contacted the inspector to set up appointment. on february 13, inspector visited the site. the work was done, remodel of the kitchen on the second floor and installation of a kitchen on the ground floor. notice of violation was issued for the owner to obtain two permits. one for the remodel on the second floor. and for the kitchen on the ground floor pursuant to ordinance 43. on june 22, a permit was performed and found that the owner had partially complied with the notice, obtaining one of the notice, but there was no inspection history for the permit. so the case was referred to code enforcement and hearing set up. on november 9, 2018, the case was put on hold for the process, so we gave time for the owner to go through the process. so on june 12, 2019, almost a year later, we reviewed the case and found that the notice of violation w

joe duffy, dbi. the building permit as you know is replacement of 8-foot fence on the rear property line on the northeast and the west. so the permit was properly reviewed and issued by dbi. there is nothing wrong with that. i did hear, i was involved in this originally during the early stages of the appeal because the contractor had started the work. and when the permit got issued and then the permit got suspended. but the yard was completely wide open. i mean, it was unsafe condition. security-wise with the permit holders, they were keen to not have their property open for a period of until now from basically back in november. so we did let them finish the property line that would have been on the adjacent -- neighboring property. we let them finish that work. the only part that needs to be done is the back part that faces onto the appellant's property. and i agree with mr. sanchez f there is a tree -- if there is a tree protection plan, it's my understanding they're going to use the existing footi

helping the remainder of the tenants and working on the permit processing, making sure they respond to dbi comments as soon as possible and with their procurement process of the contractors. our facility manager with provide you with more updates on that later this morning. on to phase two in the downtown extension, we were happy to cohost a tour with mtc for congressman rodney davis of illinois. congressman davis is a member of the house, transportation and infrastructure committee and he was in california to enlarge infrastructure projects and very impressed with the transit center and with our effort for planning ahead for the future by building the lower concourse and train levels as part of phase one in preparation for phase two and the trains. phase two peer review is now complete. we work with our partners to implement the recommendations that was done earlier this year by the tgpa, as well as results of the peer review. our hope is that these peer reviews will strengthen the project and get it delivered on time. at this time, i would like to invite dennis pearson for the update agr

they move through the process and a primary benefit is making sure that the tenant is responding to dbi'ss so as to not slow the process. the expediter produces weekly notes for each tenant on a weekly basis. a tight labor market in some instances has delayed the tenant in getting competitive quotes. they are working as was done with fitness sf and on-site dental but not every tenant wants to do that. with the construction timeline, in general, lincoln is endeavoring to compress the timeline, again, to work with the landlord concurrently as just described. tenants are also experiencing sticker shock. this is also a factor in that even with competitive bids, costs are high and as noted in recent chronicle in october and this means the tenant will have to rethink what was originally envisioned in the space. lastly, many of the tenants have expressed needing to open at the same time as neighbors because of synergy needed for foot traffic generation. this is also a schedule impact in working with them to support them in their success. so taking the previous factors into consideration, this sl

what would happen is a contractor would put in their black flow prevention unit, dbi would say this is great and they're moving along on their project and puc and dph would say actually while it may be dbi codes it doesn't meet our codes. it cost the contractor time and money and they're frustrated. so the purpose of these amendments are that when you look at the d.b.i. plumbing code and you look at the health code and the puc code they're all the same. it eliminates those issues. so specifically, the four amendments i will reference that again supervisor peskin passed out, first there's a paragraph recognizing that san francisco is at a higher risk of cross connection failure due to our topography and large pressure differences causing back flow to occur when a pressure shifts, water can flow backwards because the pressure changes. so we have a high-risk of that in san francisco. second, all back-flow or devices that are testable must have passed lab and field evaluation tests performed by a recognized testing organization. that is also both on page 2 both of these amendments i'm refe

on february 7, 2018, a complaint was filed with dbi concerning work without permit, illegal change ofnd kitchen and bathroom remodel. on february 8, it was assigned to complaint investigation team for vaerification. a note was left and the owners contacted the inspector to set up appointment. on february 13, inspector visited the site. the work was done, remodel of the kitchen on the second floor and installation of a kitchen on the ground floor. notice of violation was issued for the owner to obtain two permits. one for the remodel on the second floor. and for the kitchen on the ground floor pursuant to ordinance 43. on june 22, a permit was performed and found that the owner had partially complied with the notice, obtaining one of the notice, but there was no inspection history for the permit. so the case was referred to code enforcement and hearing set up. on november 9, 2018, the case was put on hold for the process, so we gave time for the owner to go through the process. so on june 12, 2019, almost a year later, we reviewed the case and found that the notice of violation was sti

what would happen is a contractor would put in their black flow prevention unit, dbi would say this is great and they're moving along on their project and puc and dph would say actually while it may be dbi codes it doesn't meet our codes. it cost the contractor time and money and they're frustrated. so the purpose of these amendments are that when you look at the d.b.i. plumbing code and you look at the health code and the puc code they're all the same. it eliminates those issues. so specifically, the four amendments i will reference that again supervisor peskin passed out, first there's a paragraph recognizing that san francisco is at a higher risk of cross connection failure due to our topography and large pressure differences causing back flow to occur when a pressure shifts, water can flow backwards because the pressure changes. so we have a high-risk of that in san francisco. second, all back-flow or devices that are testable must have passed lab and field evaluation tests performed by a recognized testing organization. that is also both on page 2 both of these amendments i'm refe

. >> and then the accessible business entrance program while dbi did send out a notice not long ago affordable housiinform thigh needed to extend the time period for some of the other filings that need to be completed just and they feel they need more time with property owners to get things done. you'll hear that at the first meeting in january just so you know and i provided updates on other items. the vacant commercial storefront tax pasd -- passed the board of s and submitted november 21. you heard supervisor mandelman extending the waiver and refund of investigation fees and the time period for medical cannabis dispensary permits to make its way through the permitting process. he had to amend it and separate it out. initially the legislation you heard was an extension of one year both for the fee waiver and then through the permitting process. so he's extended the waiver the refund to two years and getting through the permitting process to three years. so just so you have an update on that. and then the environmental for the code the promotion of the reusable food service ware you heard fo

what would happen is a contractor would put in their black flow prevention unit, dbi would say this is great and they're moving along on their project and puc and dph would say actually while it may be dbi codes it doesn't meet our codes. it cost the contractor time and money and they're frustrated. so the purpose of these amendments are that when you look at the d.b.i. plumbing code and you look at the health code and the puc code they're all the same. it eliminates those issues. so specifically, the four amendments i will reference that again supervisor peskin passed out, first there's a paragraph recognizing that san francisco is at a higher risk of cross connection failure due to our topography and large pressure differences causing back flow to occur when a pressure shifts, water can flow backwards because the pressure changes. so we have a high-risk of that in san francisco. second, all back-flow or devices that are testable must have passed lab and field evaluation tests performed by a recognized testing organization. that is also both on page 2 both of these amendments i'm refe

and then there is directors' hearings to correct the violations at dbi. into five, six, seven. >> thank you for asking that question. yes, this is five hearings from the application to the approval of the project. so any post approval hearings of which there are all kinds, including that situation where the project comes back to life due to violations, those are okay. so we can have -- i believe it's unlimited once the project is appro approved. those can still continue. this is five to get you from the application to your approval from the city. your initial approval. so that is important clarification. >> often times in this body, we have had requests for postponement of hearings or rehearings from the developers, the project sponsors, because in the long-term strategy they want do this or the other. does that count for the five hearings? >> i believe. any time that the commission acts to continue, that counts as one of the hearings. as long as the hearing occurred and you acted to continue, then that counts. >> president melgar: so my last question is,

housing projects that are standard market rate are reviewed for accessibility by our colleagues in dbi so group's awareness, today's data is going to look specifically at the public housing progress that we've made in terms of accessibility review, but it does not incorporate and encompass all of the housing stock that is reviewed by dbi and also managed through our colleagues at mohcd, the mayor's office on housing and community development. the mayor's executive directive, we're asking city departments to accelerate housing production and improve our processes, both internal and external. and so what that means in terms of mod's involvement is that we were able to receive authorization for a staffing position that would review our affordable housing projects, housing specific projects. so that was one. the item we were able to proceed on because of the directives, which is good news. we were also able, through our process, we're working on identifying common errors that we see when we're working with our colleagues, architects and developers on the plans and in the field. we're in th

what would happen is a contractor would put in their black flow prevention unit, dbi would say this is great and they're moving along on their project and puc and dph would say actually while it may be dbi codes it doesn't meet our codes. it cost the contractor time and money and they're frustrated. so the purpose of these amendments are that when you look at the d.b.i. plumbing code and you look at the health code and the puc code they're all the same. it eliminates those issues. so specifically, the four amendments i will reference that again supervisor peskin passed out, first there's a paragraph recognizing that san francisco is at a higher risk of cross connection failure due to our topography and large pressure differences causing back flow to occur when a pressure shifts, water can flow backwards because the pressure changes. so we have a high-risk of that in san francisco. second, all back-flow or devices that are testable must have passed lab and field evaluation tests performed by a recognized testing organization. that is also both on page 2 both of these amendments i'm refe

joe duffy, dbi. you heard some of the issues raised there. i will just go over briefly the permits again. just to let you know that they were reviewed by our department. one of them is for internal underpinning for 326 peralta avenue. and really happy to see this, because a lot of times this board, even in my life, we end up having underpinning issues when the construction starts. these guys look to be getting ahead of it here, taking care of the neighbor's property. that tells me something good about it. that we have the permit in place before hand, even though it's under appeal. there isn't much about this, it's more to do with the property line issue. but i wanted to mention that. the property line issue, we did discuss it in the hall before the hearing with the architect and the owners. the drawings -- i had some notes here, the property line has to be 100% determined before construction starts because if that's not right, we're going to be dealing with during construction of, the contractor, whoever is going to be doing the work is going

. >> and then the accessible business entrance program while dbi did send out a notice not long ago affordable housiinform thigh needed to extend the time period for some of the other filings that need to be completed just and they feel they need more time with property owners to get things done. you'll hear that at the first meeting in january just so you know and i provided updates on other items. the vacant commercial storefront tax pasd -- passed the board of s and submitted november 21. you heard supervisor mandelman extending the waiver and refund of investigation fees and the time period for medical cannabis dispensary permits to make its way through the permitting process. he had to amend it and separate it out. initially the legislation you heard was an extension of one year both for the fee waiver and then through the permitting process. so he's extended the waiver the refund to two years and getting through the permitting process to three years. so just so you have an update on that. and then the environmental for the code the promotion of the reusable food service ware you heard fo

joe duffy, dbi. you heard some of the issues raised there.l just go over briefly the permits again. just to let you know that they were reviewed by our department. one of them is for internal underpinning for 326 peralta avenue. and really happy to see this, because a lot of times this board, even in my life, we end up having underpinning issues when the construction starts. these guys look to be getting ahead of it here, taking care of the neighbor's property. that tells me something good about it. that we have the permit in place before hand, even though it's under appeal. there isn't much about this, it's more to do with the property line issue. but i wanted to mention that. the property line issue, we did discuss it in the hall before the hearing with the architect and the owners. the drawings -- i had some notes here, the property line has to be 100% determined before construction starts because if that's not right, we're going to be dealing with during construction of, the contractor, whoever is going to be doing the work is going to be

what would happen is a contractor would put in their black flow prevention unit, dbi would say this is great and they're moving along on their project and puc and dph would say actually while it may be dbi codes it doesn't meet our codes. it cost the contractor time and money and they're frustrated. so the purpose of these amendments are that when you look at the d.b.i. plumbing code and you look at the health code and the puc code they're all the same. it eliminates those issues. so specifically, the four amendments i will reference that again supervisor peskin passed out, first there's a paragraph recognizing that san francisco is at a higher risk of cross connection failure due to our topography and large pressure differences causing back flow to occur when a pressure shifts, water can flow backwards because the pressure changes. so we have a high-risk of that in san francisco. second, all back-flow or devices that are testable must have passed lab and field evaluation tests performed by a recognized testing organization. that is also both on page 2 both of these amendments i'm refe

and then there is directors' hearings to correct the violations at dbi. and it puts them into five, six, seven. >> thank you for asking that question. yes, this is five hearings from the application to the approval of the project. so any post approval hearings of which there are all kinds, including that situation where the project comes back to life due to violations, those are okay. so we can have -- i believe it's unlimited once the project is appro approved. those can still continue. this is five to get you from the application to your approval from the city. your initial approval. so that is important clarification. >> often times in this body, we have had requests for postponement of hearings or rehearings from the developers, the project sponsors, because in the long-term strategy they want do this or the other. does that count for the five hearings? >> i believe. any time that the commission acts to continue, that counts as one of the hearings. as long as the hearing occurred and you acted to continue, then that counts. >> president melgar: so my

. >> and then the accessible business entrance program while dbi did send out a notice not long ago affordable housiinform thigh needed to extend the time period for some of the other filings that need to be completed just and they feel they need more time with property owners to get things done. you'll hear that at the first meeting in january just so you know and i provided updates on other items. the vacant commercial storefront tax pasd -- passed the board of s and submitted november 21. you heard supervisor mandelman extending the waiver and refund of investigation fees and the time period for medical cannabis dispensary permits to make its way through the permitting process. he had to amend it and separate it out. initially the legislation you heard was an extension of one year both for the fee waiver and then through the permitting process. so he's extended the waiver the refund to two years and getting through the permitting process to three years. so just so you have an update on that. and then the environmental for the code the promotion of the reusable food service ware you heard fo