. >> deputy city attorney robb kapla, we discussed some of these with the ordinance that allowed the third party recovery that we reviewed a few months back. the change as with all permit evaluations, the developer eventually pays the cost of the city to review. in this instance, weary moving -- they're still what we pay for, the expert review it's just we have the duty to hire experts that actually the city wants to contract with to review and provide the information we need and then pass those costs on to the developer. so it is still necessary to process an application that the do developer brings forward. it doesn't change that these are our experts designing a building in anyway. it's still to evaluate what the developer brings forward to the city. it's not intended to change the relationship or any way get the city more involved in the development itself. the developer produces the building designs. these are the expertise we need to evaluate the design and information. >> so the ultimate liability as it were, professional liability is on the primary engineers that the develope

r robb kapla. the d.b.i.as one of the first building departments in the nation to use the adoption of administrative bulletins in march 2008. requirements and guidelines for the seismic design of new tall buildings using non predescriptive seismic design procedures. these guidelines mandated third party reviews for all new tall buildings. develop with the structural engineers association of northern california. since may of 2017 at director huey's request, building safety reviews for tall building. still in draft form and expected to be submitted to director hui by 2018, improvements include... broadening the scope of the regulations beyond the current structural design with more comprehensive structural engineering design review with geotechnical and seismic hazard mitigations. tightening technical qualifications that the expert involve in the tall building review must be a licensed california geotechnical engineer or licensed civil california engineer with expertise. beginning another effort to work separat