commissioner hechanova: ok. it could be the rent board because that would indicate if there was also an increase of the rent if they were renting before the work was done or when -- what the rent was before the work was done and then the subsequent and current rent? >> that would be probably correct. commissioner hechanova: is there any valuation that determined the drop from $93,000 to almost 4 1/2 times to $20,000? >> just dating from our date receipt it was -- looks like on february 11, 2011, the agents and owner met with the director and found that the work was rudimentry and not finished construction and therefore reduced from $93,000 to $20,000. commissioner hechanova: of that amount, is there a timeline associated with the work that could be done within a certain president of what the permit and the work that could be accomplished? >> the director's motion in order was to be issued to have 10 days to file, 10 days to get the permit. 10 days to pick up the permit and 30 days to get the work done. commissio

commissioner hechanova: thank you. next item. >> 9d, an update on other activities affecting the administration of the department. >> actually the hiring in of the new clerical people that will be running the system. these people were supposed to be hired in january, as we all know, and the requisitions were not signed by the mayor's office until last week. we are putting them out there. we do need people to man the desks that will be issuing the tickets to people, so it is not just a matter of whether the computer system works or not. we also have to have staff to be able to man the system. it is not going to do any good if we have something that is not going to be manned by people or have people to actually help people use the system, and that is what we have also been waiting for, so that it will all culminate hopefully before the end of next month. commissioner hechanova: thank you. any other comments? >> is there any public comment on 9d? commissioner hechanova: next item. >> item 10, review and approval of the mi

as requested last month by president hechanova, we're here to provide you a tentative timetable for the plan. we will adjust it as needed. our primary focus right now is on our human resources. that is our dbi staff preparation, education, and training. the goal is to ensure the health and safety of our staff at work and ensure our ability to perform are a disaster response duties effectively integrated with other departments. i have the initial work plan that we have drafted. i put some time lines on that. i could go through that for you, or if you want to pick out anything that you notice, we can discuss that as well. we have tried to be realistic and reasonable in the timeframe given the amount of projects and objectives that we have ahead of us. through the prioritization process, we have made some good improvements in the last 60 days. any questions? commissioner murphy: the disaster service -- what does that consist of -- what does the training consist of? >> all city workers are disaster service workers and would be required to respond eye anin an emergency or disast. it involves

i would like to begin by thanking president hechanova for stopping by the department, meeting some of the staff, and i've had the distinct pleasure of seeing commissioner walker and commissioner murphy. i first came before you two months ago and made two increase. one regarding an additional deputy director and how a additional deputy director was created. the other inquiry was a request to know have no homhow many directives have been issued. i appeared one month ago to hear the result of those inquiries. nothing had been done. i used to the director of malfeasance for failure to provide written directive to staff. the director is not pulling the functions required by her position. i'm here today to first ask about my initial inquiries two months ago. do you have any results? vice president mar? vice president mar: do you want to finish reading. >> i have a question. maybe you have addressed some of these items. ok, i will proceed. of course, i would be curious to know why there is no response. topic eight is rega -- topic a is regarding miss levin 's appointment. she illegally obtai

-- commissioner hechanova: other questions? public comment? >> seeing that, item nine -- >> do we need to approve? i move to approve administrative bulletins or support or whatever the language is, both 7 and 8. commissioner murphy: second. commissioner hechanova: the motion has been moved and seconded. commissioner walker: yes. commissioner lee: yes. commissioner mar: yes. commissioner murphy: yes. commissioner clinch: yes. >> the motion passes. item nine, directors report. 9a, update on dbi's

there was an aden dumb when the original -- adend dumb -- addendum rented it -- commissioner hechanova: was there a lease? >> yes. if the master tenant wants to sublet and the subtenant is viable, financially, etc., that you have to accept them. you can't unreasonably withhold consent. commissioner hechanova: thank you. >> again, all we're asking for is more time to work through the legal issues with the tenansy and do the construction and have it all legal. that's all we're asking for. president lee: commissioner clinch. no? anybody else? commissioner walker: rebuttal. president lee: wait. wait. public comment? is there any public comment? commissioner walker: rebuttal and -- >> is there anybody for public comment? president lee: yes. >> public comment is three minutes. >> my name is elaine, i own the business below the unit in discussion now. i did not stand to be swrorn in so if you need -- sworn in so if you need to do that. >> do you swear that the testimony you are about to give is the truth to the best of your knowledge? >> i do. >> ok. >> i really don't have much to add other t

commissioner romero and commissioner hechanova are excused. we have a quorum. the next item on the agenda is the oath. will all those who will be giving testimony today please rise and raise your right hands? this is for the abatement of pills. do you swear that the testimony you are about to give us the truth to the best of your knowledge? thank you. we can move on to item number c, which is new appeals. order of abatement case 1, case number 6748 1429 hyde street. the act it -- the action requested by the appellant is assessment of costs and fees imposed by the order abatement be waived. we will hear from the department first for seven minutes and then the appellant. then we will have discussion, and then there is a three-minute rebuttal for each side. if we could hear from the department representative first. >> good morning, commissioners. i work for the department of building inspection as a plumbing and mechanical and specter. -- inspector. the original notice of violation was written by myself based on an actual physical inspection of the premises on 4/1

commissioner hechanova. commissioner mar. commissioner romero. and commissioner walker. sorry. called you twice. >> you didn't call my name. but i'm here. >> commissioner murphy. how can we miss you? we have a your up and the next -- we have a quorum and the next item is the oath. will all parties giving testimony today please stand and raise your right hand? do you swear that the testimony you are about to give is the truth to the best of your knowledge? ok. thank you. we may now go on to item number c which is approval of the minutes and there are three sets of minutes that we will take each one of them separately. first set of minutes is from may 19, 2010. >> a motion to approv

commissioner hechanova: commissioner mar: yesmar yes. commissioner romero: yes. commissioner murphy: yes. >> okay, the motion carried unanimously. our next item is item e, general public comment for the abatement appeals hearing. commissioner lee: seeing none. >> seeing none, we can move on to item f, which is adjournment. all those in favor? commissioner lee: ok. we are adjourned. >> we will be adjourned for approximately 15 minutes while we set up for the building inspection commission meeting.