pacheco president hwang? jurisdiction is granted, and requester now has any of five- day appeal period which ends this coming monday for both. director goldstein: think. ok, we will move on to the next item, which is item 5b, a rehearing request for washington street. the board received a letter from louie's chinese, and that appeal to a 12-039. we will start with the requesting party or his representative. >> thank you. i am representing him. he is here with an interpreter if after i am done there are any questions that he can answer directly. director goldstein: i went to make sure that they have the ability to translate your comments as well as the board, so six minutes. to allow the translation. >> i appreciate that. thank you, commissioners, for hearing us tonight. i know that the requirements for a granting of the rehearing which is extraordinary reasons, and i think there are extraordinary reasons and issues to grant a rehearing for this matter. there is no question, and i think the department itself w

president hwang: thank you. director goldstein: seeing that vice president hwang been elevated, the position of vice president is now open. either any nominations? presidents hwang: i nominate commissioner fung. director goldstein: any other nominations? is there any public comment? seeing none, mr. pacheco, could you please call the roll? secretary pacheco: we have denomination from our new president hwang elevate commissioner fung to the position of vice president. 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.

president hwang: ok. thank you. commissioner hurtado: i just to -- want to remind my fellow commissioners, we did vote to uphold. i do commend the the republic -- department of public health doing their job, for this restaurant owner, but, again, i would not vote to have a rehearing under any circumstances, given the testimony, given the prior testimony and the testimony we have today. president hwang: is your motion still pending? vice president fung: i would move to june 20. is that ok with you, madam director? director goldstein: that is ok with me. it is a heavy calendar. it is the board's decision, and did you want to have a written report from the department or the other parties or just an oral presentation? vice president fung: i think they should be allowed to provide a brief, but given the time, can we accelerate it? director goldstein: so you want all parties to submit? vice president fung: same time. director goldstein: how many pages? vice president fung: 5 pages. director goldstein: this is to allow the

president hwang: thank you. is there any other public comment? >> hello, commissioners. i with the san francisco small business development center. -- i am with the san francisco small business development center. i was his client and i am still his client. now he is my client, too. my work is to help small business in chinatown. i am the only bilingual consultant. by -- we help small businesses in chinatown and other chinese- concentrated areas. i have worked with so many different businesses. i notice a lot of them do not know chinese and they were glad, he is glad that we have someone to speak chinese for us so i have been having a lot of them and that is how i got to know him. i used to be there, i never had any problem after eating there. in the last couple of years, i started helping him getting back his business. we usually provide technical support. there are some things we cannot do. what i have been able to come up with, i said, you have got to have something, if you've got back your business license,

president hwang: thank you. >> thank you. this is where the kitchen was, where the gas line and the flu event were, clearly of some considerable age. some wonderful old wallpaper. this has been occupied it since not the 1920's, then easily the 1950's, and i have got the 1954 -- which was quite interesting. the owner at the time of construction, a family where a day -- where the lucchesi's purchased this. pardon me? i am sorry. 599 athens streets is listing michelle at that address, and, come on. powerpoint do your thing. we see from the same directory, russia street, one showing the laundromat, and 3 shellings barnhart no -- bernardo geely. thank you very much. this clearly has been occupied as a dwelling unit. i think that this board has the discretion to correct the record and allow permits to be taken for the renovation and restoration of this dwelling so it can be used as affordable housing, as it always has been, and hopefully always will be in san francisco. thank you. vice president fung: the 3r is based on a number of

president hwang: thank you. we will take public comment. is there any member of the public would like to speak? employes and others who are affiliated with the parties should not speak at this time. >> commissioner, i am chairman of the [inaudible] association. former police and park commissioner. asking you today to consider to grant a rehearing. there are enough evidence to prove that mr. lei has completed the violation. he did try to call the inspector to come down to meet inspection but could not get him. but left a message in chinese. mr. lei because of a language problem when down to the abatement conference on february 10 -- kory 28. -- february 28. bringing documents and photos to prove that the work had been done. while i think it is better -- inspector tong give him the notice of abatement, this is the record on february 27. together with the notice for closing the restaurant on that day. really, mr. lei does not understand what his abatement contract is. that is the only chance he could come down to p

vice president hwang: could you put it back up, please?and could you point to where 27th avenue is? and that is which one? update. -- ok. the other visual that you put up for us, the wires, are those wires, to what extent are they actually connected to the boxes that nextg put up? >> there was something on the street that did not exist before this. honestly, i look at these and do not know what connects to what. i think you know what i mean when you look at the streets in san francisco. i have one more, which is an image of how close the alleyway, the poles are to this site. vice president hwang: i would likethis agreement -- green dots an alleyway. this is a case where i would not mind it being in the backyard. all of the alleys have similar utility poles. commissioner hwang: good luck, president garcia. president garcia: thank you. director goldstein: next speaker, please. >> my name is charles, a homeowner in san francisco. we have a power installation across from us. this power is directly in my view looking south across the hills. i q

vice president hwang: did you want to go on through and walk as through the pictures? >> this is the corner of lake and 27th ave. nextg has often reference to this box. that is a busy street than our block. this is a visual of the next utility pole down the block. this is the next utility pole down the block. the equipment here has been added by nextg. there are two small brown boxes here, and then there is a transformer. this is what that poll looks like -- pole looked like. there was no major equipment on that pole. this is the next pole down. again, no major equipment on it. this is the next one down, and a major equipment. and this is the finer utility pole -- finally -- final you to people. no major equipment. this is the equipment at 161. and then this is a picture from our bedroom window view. commissioner fung: can you go back? is there a photograph in relation to your house? >> this sound ordinance requires it cannot exceed 45 dba at 3 feet from the recent -- nearest faÇade. this is at about 9 fee

commissioner hwang: aye. commissioner hurtado: aye. >> thank you. the ovtvote is 4-1. the permit is revoked and the board shall adopt at a later time. president garcia: someone has asked for a break, but do we know number five? >> the parties have reached a resolution and they're going to ask the board to adopt a settlement. president garcia: we will deal with that and take a break. >> laurie herraiz, subject to 395 arkansas street also known as 1566 19th street.

on that motion, commissioner fung, vice president hwang. that matter is rescheduled. director goldstein: we will move to item number one, which is public comment. is there anyone who would like to speak on item not on tonight's agenda? >> commissioners, my name is rodrigo santos, and i have been coming to our commission for the last 20 years, and i want to recognize all of the hard work and dedication on behalf of the city. this is a very complex commission in the sense that you deal with technical issues. as a structural engineer, i have to bring these to the board. i want to tell you that you have done a tremendous job in deep politicizing this -- depoliticizing this. it is just a fad. i also want to thank the work and effort of mike garcia. it is my understanding that this is his last night as a commissioner. every time i have had an opportunity to present to this board, commissioner garcia was always prepared. commissioner garcia was always willing to find a common ground between parties. he had a tremendous knowledge of engineering architecture. more importantly,

commissioner hwang: aye. commissioner hurtado: aye. >> thank you. the ovtvote is 4-1. the permit is revoked and the board shall adopt at a later time. president garcia: someone has asked for a break, but do

commissioner hwang: good luck, president garcia. president garcia: thank you. director goldstein: next speaker, please. >> my name is charles, a homeowner in san francisco. we have a power installation across from us. this power is directly in my view looking south across the hills. i question how they have determined the standards necessarily. i am in the process of appealing line, but there are no trees around it whatsoever. it is squarely in the view of my street. my neighbor looked out and the boxes are directly in front of his window. the tower is close to the neighborhood until i speculate there are some problems as well. on multiple occasions, nextg has had its contractors in the neighborhood. they show up with no notice, there are no barricades according to san francisco administrative code. on multiple occasions, they worked in the middle of the street, they park their equipment on gardens. when i asked for their sign it, i get no answer from them. i have incident reports that have been issued. april 5, may 1, may 8, asking them to be safe when they wo

vice president hwang: aye. commissioner hurtado: aye. >> the appeal is granted. the penalty is reduced. >> we will call the next item. david cincotta at 1858 greene street protesting the issuance on march 15, 2012 to alter a building. work approved under the application 880493 two. to renew expired permit for final inspection. this is on for a hearing today. we will start with the appellant, mr. cincotta. you have seven minutes. >> hello, my name is david cincotta. i am here on behalf of the family. as i mentioned in my brief, i will not try to cover everything, but he bought the property at 1864 in 1868. this was for his entire family to live, at three of his daughters. the first thing i want to say is that i am only going to talk about this permits and the safety issues with regard to this permit. i am not going to talk about another lawsuit. it is true that they did file a lawsuit against my client. this case has nothing to do with this one. nothing that happens in that case will affect that permit. they are totally unrelated. the only issue i am here talking

cincotvice president hwang: aye. 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

cincotvice president hwang: aye. 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

cincotvice president hwang: aye. 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

commissioner hwang: aye. 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

cincotvice president hwang: aye. 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

not with commissioner hwang. >> my next meeting will be my last meeting. i will be submitting my letter of resignation and it is possible that that might happen before i get to come here again. hopefully, it will happen next time we meet. thank you. >> thank you. any public comment on this item? we will move on to item number three, the adoption of minutes. considers -- coaxing no comments, i move that we adopt -- >> si no comments, i move that we adopt. >> any public comment on the minutes? call the roll, please. >> on the motion to adopt the april 18 minutes -- the votes is 4-0. the minutes are adopted. >> thank you. we will move on to item number four -- 4a, a jurisdiction request. refusal to accept color scheme permit application by sfmta division of taxis and accessible services. we will start with the request your. mr. alexander, you have three minutes. >> we filed this as a regular appeal because we thought he was denied a permanent. -- permit. this appeal also shed light on what is a dangerous practice of the mta adopting an in regulations. a medal

backdrop to this conversation as well, but many of those lawyers were detained, including jang young hwang and others. jang was detained for 60 days and endured beating, shouts, shackle, blindfolds and no sunlight during those 60 days and according to the media reports, he was banged in the head so severely that it caused significant memory loss, and apparently what they did was, they would use water bottles to beat him in the head. handy was -- had so much memory loss he could not even remember his skype password or how the furniture was arranged in his bedroom when he got out. i believe that systematic per cushion, detention and torture of chinese human rights lawyers appearing to be a deliberate decimation of the chinese human rights bar, and as an attorney myself, i am very, very concerned about china and the rule of law. how can china say that they care about the rule of law, or that there even is a rule of law, when people who are trying to uphold the rule of law are themselves detained and tortured and have their licenses revoked? although pearl and jiang chung young appear safe for

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commissioner hwang: aye. commissioner hurtado: aye. >> thank you. the ovtvote is 4-1. the permit is revoked and the board shall adopt at a later time. president garcia: someone has asked for a break, but do we know number five? >> the parties have reached a resolution and they're going to ask the board to adopt a settlement. president garcia: we will deal with that and take a break. >> laurie herraiz, subject to 395 arkansas street also known as 1566 19th street. a permit to alter a building to complete internal remodeling and adding new windows, expand existing deck. the matter was heard on april 11 and was continued to allow staff to review the plans and allow time for the permit holder to submit revised plans. we will hear from the agent now. i believe the appellant was not able to make the meeting, but she sent a letter that you should have received. >> hello. thanks for having us back. i'm tehe architect, quickly becoming the lawyer. this is the letter, i think, her the letter that everyone has in front of them. regarding the revisions, these are the bay window an