>> commissioners, joe duffy, dbi. as you heard mr. teague say, we did go out on the site visit together. it was very helpful. first of all, i want to thank mr. paxton for pointing out some of the items on his appeal. it did bring awareness to a few things we had missed on the drawings. back at the office, i did contact the planner, and that resulted in revised plans being drawn and -- well, submitted. they haven't been submitted yet, but we have received them, and that is in relation to you did hear about the discrepancy in the property line wall. number two, i have down here with the sheer walls, we did have a shear wall in the back wall, and there was a back window. we do need to add structural drawings in the revised drawings. that is to allow for the new wall and the shear wall. the width of the egress is 36 inches, and that's okay. we did check that, as well, and the -- i think that was it. i didn't -- i didn't have any other issues, as i say. the site visit did help us, and there was a response from the permit holders, and every

. >> commissioners, joe duffy, dbi. the permit under appeal is to comply with notice of violation 2017-25951 to reduce under 36 inches regarding to compliance with code section j-103, 101.5, 1046(b), and then there's a 1014, which should be 101.4. the permit was reviewed by our plumbing inspection division for approval. code enforcement, building inspection division, city planning as you heard, our building department plan check, and then central permit bureau was issued on the 20 of february 2018, completed and signed off on the 8th of march 2018, and then suspended under appeal on the 12th of march pending the appeal. the notice of violation, i'd like to read that out. that was the notice of violation was issued on the 14th of december 2017 regarding a back yard more than 3 feet in depth, and this -- this is the -- the northeast corner working surface with a vertical drop off of more than 30 inches without protection, submit a building plan with permit to address the noted building violations. so i think we heard that

joe duffy, dbi. just happy to hear that there was a meeting. they probably should have had that three months ago, but good to hear they are both at the table talking. i think they can resolve this. and i want to remind the board that the building permits did meet building code. there is no building code issues. i am under the impression there will be future permits on this as well. because it is a tenant improvement, we usually see other permits. whether this permit is upheld or denied, whatever you decide, i will just comment that there probably will be more building permits coming their way. those are appealable as well. that is another -- i just wanted to pop that out there. >> senior inspector duffy, i'm sorry -- >> go ahead. >> are you aware, is any of the -- is there a bbn on the property at this point? >> bbn? no, not that i know of. a bbn is a planning department. but we don't have any address block on it from dbi. we don't have any reason to. >> thank you. >> mr. duffy, if you look at the four permits, who have impacts greater than the

. >> commissioners, joe duffy. i'll be very brief. the building permits a form three. it was taken in for review. the permit was issued on the 4 of january , 2018, suspended on january 10 because of the appeal, and the addenda is still going through review, although that has been stopped pending the outcome of the appeal. i didn't hear any building code issues being brought up, some reference to earlier permits brought up, they appear to be remodel permits for apartments. they didn't look to be permits that i would have been concerned about, so i'm va available for any questions skbl ok. >> okay. is there any public comment? both of you, standup so we can keep it moving. you have three minutes. please identify yourself. >> thank you. my name is kevin b. fleenor. i'm bryan fleenor's husband am i allowed to speak? >> okay. you're a related party, so you would have to speak during his time. you can speak in rebuttal during his time if you want to. >> okay. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> hi. i'm megan adler. i'm a tenant and i've been in this rent controlled buildin

. >> commissioners, joe duffy, dbi. i don't want to go over the details on the permits. i think you've heard enough on that. so far, normally, i read those, but just some of the concerns on the appellant, on the -- on the lady on the first appellant was the -- it was some of the items that were brought up were all reasonable. i thought the flashing detail notification service were all good. and then, i heard the permit holder respond that they were going to take care of it, which was good news from a dbi point of view, so i'm happy enough with that. i didn't hear any other public building code issues brought up, and as i said, the permits appear to be -- have been issued correctly by dbi, and i am available for any questions, however, if you have any. >> you have 27 minutes left. >> clerk: is there any public comment on this item? >> good evening. i'm di i'm dylan casey. >> clerk: i'm sorry. can you lift up the microphone. what's your name? >> dylan casey, and i'm here to testify in favor of this proposal. it's a modest proposal that would actually increase the amount of

. >> commissioner, joe duffy, d.b.i. the normal weight is to file a complaint with d.b.i., and we look into it. it is going to be difficult, but, you know, there is no love here between these parties. you know, so there's going to be a lot of he said she said. i know that. i do it every day of the week. certainly we can treat it as a complaint and investigated. when there are noise monitors on projects, those are pretty, we can look into that. and again, i'm a little worried because of the impact to an exception. what do we do if there is an exception for it? so as long as they're not using it outside the hours of when they are supposed to, that would be something we could. we could issue a stop work order if it was abuse and, you know, we can take our usual enforcement action if need be. that is our normal process when we deal with noise complaints. and we do call in the health department sometimes. normally people get in line, but your comment earlier regarding the work and getting it done, i said that the first day i

duffy. [applause] flex the house next week takes up a defense authorization bill. >> the house next week takes up the annual defense authorization bill. we are joined by joe gould, "defense news" congressional reporter. tell us about key programs and policies in this annual authorization bill. joe: earlier this month, the house armed services committee marked up its version of the national defense authorization act, which is the annual defense policy bill. this year it hews to the top line of the two-year budget deal, so it is a 716 billion dollars, an increase from 2018, which was $700 billion. there is a number of policy provisions which also layout what sorts of hardware and what kind of numbers would be provided to the military. there is some 77 f-35's in the bill, to virginia-class submarines. there is a 2.6% pay raise, an additional 16,000 troops, and there are policy provisions in there as well. it is supportive of the administration's nuclear posture review. it includes mac thornberry's proposal to cut 25% from certain military support agencies, the so-called fourth estate. additionally, viewers may have heard of problems with military aviation. w