i am julie rosenberg. we will also be joined by representatives from departments that have cases before the board to this evening. we expect the assistant zoning administrator and at representing the planning department and planning commission. building

. >> good afternoon, my name is julie rosenberg, new executive director of the board of appeals. as you are probably aware mr. goldstein retired six weeks ago so i moved over to the board of appeals from s.f.m.t.a. this current fiscal year and go over our budget proposals for the next two years. >> supervisor cohen: ms. rosenberg, do you have a presentation for us? >> yes, i do. it's up on my screen. >> supervisor cohen: i'm sorry, you don't have a handout? >> i apologize, yes, i do have a handout. as you know the board makes a wide range of determinations for city boards and commissions and our mission is to provide a final administrative review process in a fair, efficient and expeditious manner before an impartial panel and we are a very small department, we have five board members. the department head, myself a legal assistant and three legal process clerks. we have five full-time employees. our strategic goals, just to give you a brief summary to enhance the appeal process for participants, make it more accessible to the public and through the increased use of technology. go

i am julie rosenberg. we will also be joined by representatives from departments that have cases before the board to this evening. we expect the assistant zoning administrator and at representing the planning department and planning commission. building inspector as well. and we also have amanda higgins from the department of public works and mapping. the board meeting guidelines are as follows. the board request that you turn off or silence all phones and other electronic devices. they will not disturb the proceedings. please carry on conversations i. the boards rules a presentation are as follows. appellant's, permit holders and department respondents are given seven minutes to present their case and three minutes for rebuttal. people affiliated with these parties must include their comments within the seven or three minute periods. members of the public who are not affiliated with the parties have up to three minutes each to address the board and no rebuttal. please speak into the microphone. to assist

so if you would like to share your thoughts, please contact me, julie rosenberg, the executive director or as you are doing this evening, attending, providing public comments during the public comment section. thank you. okay. next speaker, please. >> good evening. my name's mary jean robertson. i am a retired court clerk in the superior court of san francisco. i've lived in san francisco since 1969, and district five owner. i wanted to just say that i'm a cherokee nations citizen as well as a citizen of san francisco, and every single time i go and i see that statue -- and i go to the library a lot, 'cause i'm doing research, it triggers memories and feelings. i have a great-great grandmother who was on the trail of tears. she gave birth on the trail of tears and was unable to get up the next day, so a u.s. federal soldier bayonetted her to death. and seeing the kind of memories that that triggers, it's really difficult to have a view of this city as being representing multiculturalism and you know, the city of love, the city of hope. it doesn't reflect that when you see that as a repr