commissioner hechanova: ok. commissioner mar: i would like to move that we approve the budget. >> second. commissioner hechanova: before we take action, i would like to thank not only pan am, but dhr, who is essentially the sort of had been department that has been reference to a locked in the category of dhr, financing, and executives as a team has helped to move the department for work, paying attention to staff, but also to the public. i would like to commend everyone's collective efforts here to make and keep the wheels rolling in the challenges of our current economy. i think there is a threshold by which i think the moving forward with the economy is going to be a tremendous for san francisco. so there was a second. an additional comments? discussion? >> is there any public comment on item number four? >> i am nancy. i want to add my compliments to pamela for preparing a wonderful budgets. she has been very responsive to meet with my requests for detail on things that nobody in their right mind would ask i

commissioner hechanova: myrna. the group of commissioners view will be serving during your tour -- term will be well appreciated not only by this city but also by the staff. the category of serving this great city is also a great honor, so thank you very much. commissioner melgar: thank you. i'm glad to be here. commissioner hechanova: i would also like to express not only my thanks, but also from the other commissioners, and adding the thank you to chris romero who has provided his valuable time and along with that his expertise in some of the issues that have come before the bic. thank you very much. looking forward to seeing you here in the city and also having coffee or some other beverage of choice in the near term. would also like to express that a couple of items -- there are some hong kong building officials that are here in the city that have undertaken to know more about how the best service for electrical and mechanical systems that the city has provided -- our fair city, with the help of that, they will

commissioner hechanova: questions?one of my concerns with all of these major projects, especially the high rises, or the scale and the fire review and sprinklers, along with elevators, are we getting the adequate personnel that are going to pay close attention to these categories? because life safety issues have all been paramount on any category of major project. >> ok, we're always safety number one. we always review safety. we do not give up the code. however, people push you to take the job out. but we do have sufficient staff. that is why we want to also get back the retiree as part time. money is not the concern. we tried to talk to him. he agreed a little bit to come back as part time. once you go out the door, you do not want to go back to full time now. we're always working with the fire department to go through each item. and to make sure all the high rise buildings comply with the latest codes. in some projects, we go through a peer review process. commissioner hechanova: thank you. i just wanted to make cle

romero, murphy, and hechanova. i think we have moved forward, because we have kept political debate open and honest. while we have not always agree, i really appreciate, especially commissioner murphy and hechanova, who brought me in and told me, like commissioner murphy said, tell us face-to- face in disagreements. sometimes we argue things out, sometimes in public. but that is part of the process. that is part of the process of good government, which commissioner lee talked about. sometimes things are slow to get done in san francisco, but we are a very big city. we are a very crowded city. you know, people like to get involved. this is part of the process. i want to thank the commissioners who have served with us for that work. and hopefully we will continue to improve on things as we move ahead. commissioner hechanova: commissioner clinch. commissioner clinch: i would like to add my two sons, thank you to commissioner murphy, hechanova, and commissioner romero. in the words that you guys have said today, you di

commissioner hechanova: -- commissioner hechanova: i have one question.these taken from the rear side of the property? >> this was taken in their rear yard. the inspector is standing somewhere under these trees looking in this direction. commissioner hechanova: thank you. commissioner walker: it seems to me -- i had heard there was a fire? it is not just falling apart, it looks like it burned. >> what we saw when we were out there, there was a collapse of the front portion of the structure. 7uu+k8 inspections for them to short it. today, 20 months later, there is no permits. -- shore it. there was concern from individuals in the edges apartment buildings, use the area. there is also parking back there. one of the things the planning department told us is the apartment building is already legally nonconforming. the buildout under present zoning would be four units. unless there was substantial evidence that there was ever a residential use back there, what they would be looking at would be to repair or demolish the structure, restore the parking. that woul

commissioner hechanova is an architect. it was refreshing to have another architect on the commission. in this and he is passionate about wastewater, green water, and i will say i will try to carry that torch for you and try to get that moving and get the simplified so that everybody in san francisco can have some of the gray water system in their homes. thank you very much. commissioner mccarthy: i will keep my comments brief. i also would like to thank both commissioners for the transition. we have had a lot of conversations, and i would like to particularly thank commissioner murphy for reminding me how much work i have ahead of me. also, kind of hitchhiked with other commissioners. i know there were a lot of issues that were very passionate to you. some of them are here today, but we will carry the torch and follow through, particularly on the greeting with commissioner hechanova and commissioner murphy on the process and how to make it more efficient. thank you, and thank you for helping me personally in the transition

my name is reuben hechanova, and i'm here in support of the nomination for thekarnilowicz. -- henry karnilowicz. and it is begun his knowledge of the permitting process that helps small businesses

maria hechanova at our lansing station is there. >> over 100 homes were damaged and 13 destroyed in a small town of dexter, michigan. >> initially, it's kind of a shock value. when people say my house is destroyed, that's your initial concept of how bad it really was. >>> this morning, dexter residents assessed the damage. >> i thought it only hit this side of the house from what i was listening to. until i walked out and saw the garage was missing. >> he hid inside his home as he watched the tornado head straight towards him. >> i realized it was coming faster than i thought. i went down in the basement and got down there. i could hear it getting louder and louder. all of a sudden, everything started exploding, the doors. i could see the neighbors' houses were falling apart. >> the slow-moving large funnel cloud of wind, hail and rain touched the ground for 30 minutes tracking ten miles of devastation. >> you don't have enough time to pray or kiss yourself goodbye. you just sit there and wait and just hope that you're going to be there at the end. >> minutes later, a second funnel cl