on that vote, commissioner fung, hillis, hurtado? the vote is 4-0, and commissioner frank fung is elevated to the position of vice president of the board. director goldstein: congratulations to you both. item number four, -- item number three, commissioner comments and questions. seeing none, we will move to item number four. for your discussion and possible adoption are the minutes from the meeting of may 16, 2012. president hwang: i move their approval. director goldstein: other any comments on the adoption of minutes? seeing none, mr. pacheco, could you read the roll, please? secretary pacheco: on the motion from president hwang to adopt the minutes, vice president fung, commissioner hillis, commissioner hurtado? thank you. the vote is 4-0. those minutes are adopted. director goldstein: ok, i will call the next item, which is the beginning of our addendum item, number fivea. the board received a letter from peter ryan, the attorney for the north waterfront restaurant group, asking that the board to jurisdiction over permits 0021 a

commissioner hillis: yes. director goldstein: may be a point of clarification from the department is in order, because i understand that in order for a new person to participate in the permit, a new permit is required, that they cannot add an additional party to the permit. i do not know if that is a correct understanding or not. they indicated that that is correct, suggested piece of information. -- so just a piece of information. commissioner hillis: so he could not sell 50% of his business? he would have to get a new permit in order to do that? >> that is correct, regardless of what a restaurant, or whether they were in complete compliance or not. vice president fung: commissioner hillis, the issue here is that kind of ownership item could always occur at a future date. at issue here is whether our actions may create an acceleration of the time that would allow the operator to get back. president hwang: here is another thought. one of the things that inspector hong stated is that there was a food and safety

commissioner hillis: can you tell us what is the process? you said it is an onerous process to go through and legalize the unit. >> if this board chooses to correct the record, they will take permits -- commissioner hillis: i mean if you did not appeal this, and you went through -- >> they would be required to go through several processes. one would be an additional living space requiring the school district fees. they would have to meet open space and exposure elements of the planning code, which would require a variance, and the fees would be considerable. simply the preparation to legalize this unit would be considerably more than their income is over and an annual period, so -- commissioner hillis: how much is that? >> i did not, but i certainly could list some of those fees. the various application fee i believe is currently $2,100. something thereabout. plans preparation. this would be several thousand dollars. there are application fees that would be another couple thousand dollars. there are school fees treating this as if it were ne

commissioner hillis: he talked about the nine pieces of equipment.how many on the street now, and how many do you add 3 this permit? >> 9. in addition. which do not include my own, because what is being missed is whether it is called major equipment or minor equipment. there is a lot of minor equipment, so the comcast battery backup on the corner, you have the battery backup boxes, and then you have the p.g. in the meter, and then something that a lot of people do not notice, under the federal telecommunications act and state law, there is a terminal, and i am not saying that it is the tigert ebidta, but this is approximately 10 inches, and when you think about your landline connection, it is where it plugs into the telephone landline, so those are also on this. commissioner hillis: so they are smaller >> yes, but if they were, they would be tier 3. commissioner hillis: why did you choose this street, which is a quiet residential street that we are adding a lot of equipment to? >> this area has a very poor coverage, and this was presented at one of t

. >> i think i agree with commissioner hillis. looking at the photograph, i think it is pretty plain to see that it is substantially impairs the view. i don't think that -- unfortunately, i understand that there is not the possibility of installing different type of equipment at this moment in san francisco. if you have a view like that and you are categorized, however subjective as that may be, there should be more thought and more protection of that. as a homeowner, that as a pretty important value. you are playing -- paying for the views you are able to purchase. it is substantially impaired by this monstrosity, and i would move to grant the appeal. >> i would echo my fellow commissioner's sentiments. on a view street or not, these are problematic for our city, city-wide. commissioner fung: i'm in a quandary. i accept my fellow commissioners' comments related to this infrastructure. i'm not sure i would accep tthat that the department aird,s ed -- i'm not sure yet where i'm going to go with this. president garcia: i think you a

commissioner hillis: aye. commissioner hurtado: aye. >> thank you. the vote is 5-0. the permit is up held with those modifications and the revised plan. president garcia: i notice that there is someone here with the baby. is that >> welcome back to the may 16 meeting curia we are calling i'm prudent -- item number six. maria, 270 montana street. construction work done without a permit. application 6814. ruan hear from the appellate. please step forward. you will have seven minutes. >> you have to pull the microphone down to yourself. >> good evening. my name is maria cartagena and i am here for the resolution about my appeal. >> did you have any comments to make about the penalty? >> yes, because i have to pay nine times for the violation. i have to pay nine times. if you can remove the penalty for me. >> y de want us to reduce the penalty? -- why do you want us to reduce the penalty? >> when i bought the house, it had a bathroom downstairs. this is the reason i bought it because we live up and down. this happened because my kids laughed -- left and i rent the apartm

commissioner hillis: aye. commissioner hurtado: aye. 5-0. this permit is up held on that basis. >> there is no further business this evening. >> i want to thank everyone for coming. i am the general manager of the recreation department. it is a pleasure to serve as the emcee today and i want to recognize our commission president. joining us all with our other dignitaries. there are a lot of special people gathered around. for those of you who do not know, a little bit of background about this beautiful garden before i turn it over to our mayor. the garden is the oldest japanese american garden in the united states. it is a historical japanese- style garden, originally billed as a village for the 1894 midwinter international exposition. after the exposition, a japanese-american partner along with john mclaren converted the exhibition into a permanent park. he over saw the building as the teagarden and was the official caretaker from -- until 1925. he requested the people of japan 1000 flooring cherry trees to be imported and other plants and

, and then no particular order, we got kendall goh, tanya peterson, takie -- katie albright, rich hillis. and i guess i am going to finish with talking about frank. i hope i do not embarrass frank, but my brother in law, my sister married a man, jack, who was a fit generation architect. and he was the only architect of that family left, so he got most of the books in that family, and i used to enjoy a quiet moments, reading through those books, and i ran across something, and i had already known for it, and i thought it was an inscription, so i wrote it down, and if you will forgive me, i'm going to read it. it reads, "while it is a great thing to be an architect of buildings, it is a far greater things to be an architect of affairs. a man of affairs who, with the broadening of his mind, looks to other sources of human endeavor, the telling of a story, and the enjoyment of drinks with friends, the unraveling of political situations. the designing of some method to equalize the burdens on every member of the human family. thank you all. commissioner fung: may i say a few words? commission

commissioner hillis: aye. commissioner hurtado: aye. 5-0. this permit is up held on that basis. >> there is no further business this evening. >> let me thank the marine corps division band and the color guard for joining us and making this such a very special occasion. let me welcome each and every one of you on behalf of the war memorial opera house board, last that i come for dissipate, and they extend an invitation to each one of you to for this update because this retired member of the united states marine corps, a veteran and his wonderful wife, george n. charles schulz -- george and charlotte shultz. this afternoon, we are doing something that, frankly, should have been done a long time ago. in this city, when the concept of a memorial for veterans what spurs done, they said it would be right here. of course, we have finally, after many, many tries, got this right. in 1936, the construction produced it, and then there was six or seven additional times from the original time, and it does not to work, but finally, about two or three year

. >> although san francisco is a hilly place for a whraoel chair user, we seem to be better at most.hat doesn't mean we can't continue to improve upon ourselves. >> the public has a clear are -- of travel. we can't be every to make sure that is the place. we have to rely on the place. call 311. give them your name. that goes into a data base. >> it is difficult, still, um to make the case that the disabled community isn't being represented. in some ways we are not. we have a long way to go. >> the city of san francisco is using the most innovative technology available. these devices allow people to remain out in their communities, doing things like shopping. it is great to be able to walk as a pedestrian in this city and cross streets safely.

commissioner hillis: aye. commissioner hurtado: aye. 5-0. this permit is up held on that basis. >> there is no further business this evening. >> good afternoon, everyone. this is the monday, at the 14th, 2012, a meeting of the land use and economic development committee. my name is eric mar. please give us the announcement. >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. items act upon will appear on the may 22 board of supervisors agenda. supervisor mar: we have three items on the agenda today. please call item number 1. >> item number one, st. encroachment for an outdoor child play area on redwood street. >> good afternoon. this request came to us from project management on behalf of puc in conjunction with the construction of a new building at 525 golden gate bridge as mandated, -- golden gate bridge as mandated, a licensed child care facility provide a minimum of 7500 square feet of outdoor space per child. since the child care standard was built into the property line, they will be using the sidewalk, a portion of

commissioner hillis: aye. commissioner hurtado: aye. >> the vote is 4-0. the permit revocation is uphel d on that business. >> item six,. subject, this is protesting the issuance on january 18, 2011 for the wireless box permit, firm that -- permit 10wr. start with the appellants, they will have seven minutes. >> good evening, president garcia and the court of appeals. i was hoping to talk with my heart and appeal to your humility. i am the mother, i have lived in said the it is for a long time. i lived a mile north where i lived in a building that was zoned for commercial and residential use. my landlord was contacted by sprint and they paid money to my landlord to put a wireless antenna on top of their roofs. from my understanding, this was the standard of how companies got their antennas and satellite and distributed within the city, paying landlords for space. when i got pregnant, i realized it was no longer a healthy environment to be pregnant in. i am very familiar with that technology and why did not think it would be safe for a developing fetus. her

commissioner hillis: aye. commissioner hurtado: aye. 5-0. this permit is up held on that basis. >> there is no further business this evening. commissioner campos: good morning. " to been meeting of the transportation authority. my name is david campos. i am the chairman of the transportation authority. >> [roll call] we have a quorum. commissioner campos: thank you. also want to thank the members of sfgtv staff. please call item 2. approval of the minutes of the april 24, 2012 meeting. >commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, this is an action item. actually, [roll call] -- roll call. >> [roll call] the item passes. commissioner campos: thank you. please call item 3. >> chair's report. this is an information item. commissioner campos: thank you. as i have indicated in prior meetings, we are working on a number of items, right now focusing on what is happening at the federal government and in specific, in congress, on a number of bills tha

. >> commissioner hillis, no. commissioner h -- hurtado, no. absent another motion, this rehearing request is denied. vice president fung: i would pose another addition that we continue this case and requests the department of public health do an inspection and then vote accordingly after that inspection. president hwang: i think it is too late for that. >> no. vice president fung: move for a continuance. >> 3 votes would be needed to continue this case. on that motion, -- president hwang: we need a date. do you want to hear from the department on how soon they can do that? >> we have that, too. i am not sure about the composition of this board. perhaps we can hear from mr. hong. president hwang: how quickly could you reinspect the restaurant? >> probably sometime next week. with my supervisor's permission. >> is there anything else, if you were to reinspect. it is not enough to look at the facility after and has been cleaned. what else could you require? >> hasenin repeating myself, the operational issues were proven over a long time and we ha

i want to show you a memo in 2009 from staff at a we w d -- oewd, rich hillis. there was an important provision for what you can see in this analysis. they anticipated it would be around $13 million of funds back to affordable housing. this is the projected surplus from the land sale proceeds. i see from the presentation now, because of recalculation, it is looking something like $6 million. we would like to think we can get back as much of the original and expectation as possible. we understand it was dynamic. it disappointed me to hear a previous speaker say there is no expectation for money to go to affordable housing. this is repaying a loan. this was an understanding there was going to be fun-end money from the redevelopment agency -- front-end money from the redevelopment agency that would be returned. the transportation authority were not able to, so the redevelopment agency became the friendly partner in the investment. i would ask that the honored and understood as part of the story. chairperson chu: thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is jason anders

people the privileges of poor people don't do you think they maybe don't know a fact could we see is hilly and spain default right after greece i would think of leaking it but i don't see the it's it is much better control over its economy. and spain not only the problems of spain really a for school at all they have been very prudent they're not running if you have assess their problems entirely different they have very rigid labor laws and these labor laws make it to the. i've lived through high unemployment during periods of prosperity so i think we this is really a hurdle to do with these euro bond problems that i don't use their credit rating for the sake of just because of the economy was hobbled by bad labor laws but you are is still under question because of countries like italy spain portugal greece where do you see time well i think you know there is an argument that you were was a big mistake to begin with what do you think is it a big mystery look i think it was probably premature. having a currency without being of a single state it's got a lot of problems in the. united state

rich people the privileges of poor people do you think they maybe don't know the fact that we see is hilly and spain default right after greece spain not only the problems of spain really are for school at all they have been very prudent they're not running b.b.s.'s they're problems entirely different they have very rigid labor laws and these labor laws have led to high unemployment during periods of prosperity so i think the conditions in spain really have a hurdle to do with these euro problems i've always their credit rating is the same as just looked at an economy which is hobbled they have labor laws but you are still under question because of countries like italy spain portugal greece where do you see the time well i think you know there is an argument that you was a big mistake to begin with what do you think is it a because i think it was probably premature. there is having a currency without being of a single state it's got a lot of problems. the if of united states if. essentially there is a central government giving out money to different to poor part if the there's a problem if