would it be dvi or housing? >> d.b.i. >> ok. so i want to have a conversation about planning to understand how we define these vacant storefronts. i'm getting mixed information on how we get there and i know there is some strong opinions about some of the retail uses and that will never be able to be filled for one reason or another because of the zoning issues and so on. we will have another conversation about that. i was not expecting an update on that but it is great you're putting that in front of us as well. would that be done on a monthly basis as well? >> yes. great. >> commissioner moss? >> in terms of the public reporting vacant storefronts, i do believe that is an asset that so far has not been tapped as much as we can. i know your office only has so much manpower. is a possibility that the department could issue some type of e-mail that -- and explainer of how to tell if something is vacant and how to report it that can be e-mailed out? like if you are on the city's e-mail list? i am asking how to get to neighborhood

what we're calling it internally and externally is the dvi. it embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion, dei. it produces more creative and innovative processes for the agency. one area of training is around employee conduct and employee performance with the equity inclusion lens. and that's all staff have mandatory nine hours of training that includes appreciating diversity. we have connecting multigenerational issues, age differences, and then we have a three-hour training on lgbtq, promoting respect among hsa as well. the supervisor training sort of falls in two buckets. one is skill to do their job, supervising line workers generally, but the other is in an area around advancement in the agency and promotion, sort of ensuring that supervisors have the opportunity to improve their skills an abilities as a supervisor but also with an eye of moving up within the organization. so all supervisors go through harassment and bullying prevention training as well as ethics training. and then the additional training i'm talking about, one is to be b

however, the permit holder applied for two new permits at these locations and dvi can address the situation. we will hear from mr curran. >> good evening. i am with department of building inspection. yesterday, just so no one gets confused, they submitted a request for a cancellation of these two permits. >> for clarity, in his item seven a and seven c. >> i had to request them to be reinstated then counselled, just in case anyone is looking at it and wonders what the heck was going on. the other permit is a fairly benign permit for a kitchen with removal of a couple of partitions that looked to be nonbearing. we went through the proper permit process. i don't see anything wrong without permits. the other two permits that had been subsequently filed or refiled with a little bit of change in the verbiage, i took the precaution of putting an address block on those properties so that the permits cannot be issued without review by myself or my chief. i think it is in the sponsor's best interest to get with the tenants and work this out. the only thing i would have to say about the kitchen permi