2015 meeting of the san francisco board of appeals the preferring will be commissioner president lazarus and joined by commissioner vice president honda and commissioner fung and commissioner swig and commissioner wilson to my left is deputy city attorney responsibility bryan with legal advice and the legal vaunted mr. pacheco and i'm cynthia goldstein the board's executive director we're joined by city departments to my right is carl a for the department of public works and the department of public works bureau of street use and mapping i expect we'll be joined by scott sanchez for the planning department and planning commission and joe duffy that represents the department of building inspection mr. pacheco please go over the boards meeting guidelines and the >> phones and other electronic devices are prohibited. out in the hallway. people affiliated with these parties must conclude their comments within 7 minutes, participants not affiliated have up to 3 minutes - no rebuttal. to assist the board in the accurate preparation of the business card to the clerk. speaker cards and pens are

wednesday, july 22, 2015, meeting of the san francisco board of appeals the board president is ann lazarus this presiding officer and joined by commissioner vice president honda and commissioner swig and commissioner wilson will be absences today to my right it the deputy city attorney that provides the board with legal advice and mr. pacheco and mr. alec our legal process clerk and cynthia goldstein the board's executive director also joined by representatives that have cases before the board jav us the enforcement enforcement and legal affairs management division of taxis and assessable services and be joined by scott sanchez that represents the planning department and planning commission and senior building inspector at this time mr. pacheco go over the guidelines and will conduct the swearing in process. >> please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones and other electronic devices are prohibited. out in the hallway. permit holders and others have up to 7 minutes to present their case and 3 minutes for rebuttal. people affiliated with these parties must conclude their comments

basis thank you. >> commissioner president lazarus there was some discussion about the possibility of spec a and b out of orders an finish use of resources for the city representatives to go home and stop being on the city's clock and to the parties that are here (laughter) so if you'd like i can read those slowly with the expectation that the and senior inspector will be here they'll be here in a moment. >> that's fine we'll skip to items 11 ab and item a b 1572 both filed by folks against the department of building inspection on u correct street to charley the plumbing permit to remove a stove and the second protesting the issuance on april 27th to charles of app an electrical permit for correction and project as per violation and we will take both of those items together starting with the appellants i will have 14 minutes combined if you need it to present your case you get rebuttal time as well. >> hold on one second is is inspector duffy. >> you're not getting anything back. >> i'm sorry commissioner president lazarus i was under the wrong impression should we need to wait. >> le

you vote is 3 to two those permits are upheld on that basis thank you. >> commissioner president lazarus no other business before the boards tonight. >> we're

. >> on that motion commissioner president lazarus commissioner vice president honda commissioner wilson is absent commissioner swig thank you the vote is 4 to zero this matter it continues until september 2nd. >> we'll take a very short break break. >> that derivatives extra sun or shade it mildews my house it was built built in the 1950s and none 3 that this deck i'm losing my site so i'm getting everything and now here's the deck that will have to have rails and so here's the deck my patio area it is plain clothing my view of the views of golden gate park and everything last week that i would be okay with the deck as long as it's blow the house the house i showed you right here recently had a deck in the background that is on the ground level i wanted a ground floor instead of a up, up, up deck and like people peeking into my backyards and get parties no way in heck and to me think that is very clear of what i'm going to say that is blocking my view and everything back in the day this is like voting a new expectation that has to have those things public hearings and all that sort of s

the vote is 4 to zero the permit is you would on that basis thank you commissioner president lazarus no further business this evening. >> we're . >> we all know a major earthquake will eventually hit san francisco are reproerl presented san francisco is making sure we are with the public safety buildings. >> this consists of 4 consultants the police headquarters with the from 850 with a brand new fire station number 4 to serve mission bay swimming pools at office of economic workforce development in the fire station thirty. >> is the the hall of justice on bryant the new home for 2 hundred and 50 uniform and voiven compresses we all it was opened in 19 so sociothat is

you vote is 3 to two those permits are upheld on that basis thank you. >> commissioner president lazarus no other business before the boards tonight. >> we'reong commissioner wu commissioner antonini commissioner johnson commissioner moore and commissioner richards and expect commissioner hillis to arrive shortly commissioners, that places you under your is consideration of items proposed for continuance we had none, however, what i have received a request from the project sponsor and the dr requester is in agreement for a continuance of item 14 ab and items 15 ab for case cases

. >> good evening and welcome to the general public comment sgrlz the presiding officer is ann lazarus joined by commissioner vice president honda and communicating and xhig commissioner bobbie wilson's commissioner wilson will be a little bit and our da will provide advise and i'm cynthia goldstein the board's executive director we're jind obey representatives from the departments that are cases before the aboard carli short is the bureau manager for the department of public works and we'll be joined shortly by scott sanchez the zoning administrator for the city that represents the planning department and planning commission and joe duffy who will represent the vice president please carry on conversations out in the hallway. process phones and other electronic devices are prohibited. out in the hallway. permit holders and others have up to 7 minutes to present their case and 3 minutes for rebuttal. have up to 3 minutes - no rebuttal. to assist the board in the accurate preparation of the minutes, members of the public are asked, not required to submit a speaker card or business card t

. >> lazarus has been sewing sweaters since 1978.isn't the first time he last had to shield his knitting company estos from a maelstrom. his employees are working as efficiently and these machines are moving as swiftly as ever. still in his offices lazarus says it's been a situation. >> i wasn't able to write checks or pay suppliers, goods coming from abroad. >> lazarus is relieved that the drama has come to an end. after three long weeks the banks have finally reopened here. lazarus went to his this morning. but it wasn't to withdraw money. like many other greek citizens we spoke with today it was to check on his safety deposit boxes to make sure he could still access it, that its contents were secure. while an affair anxiety still hangs over athens, monday morning was a calm one. the lines weren't long. the crowds weren't angry. lazarus isn't surprised. >> this is something temporary and it will be overcome. as long as we are member of the european union the european union has and particularly the eurozone has the tools. and these

wednesday, july 22, 2015, meeting of the san francisco board of appeals the board president is ann lazarus this presiding officer and joined by commissioner vice president honda and commissioner swig and commissioner wilson will be absences today to my right it the deputy city attorney that provides the board with legal advice and mr. pacheco and mr. alec our legal process clerk and cynthia goldstein the board's executive director also joined by representatives that have cases before the board jav us the enforcement enforcement and legal affairs management division of taxis and assessable services and be joined by scott sanchez that represents the planning department and planning commission and senior building inspector at this time mr. pacheco go over the guidelines and will conduct the swearing in process. >> please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones and other electronic devices are prohibited. out in the hallway. permit holders and others have up to 7 minutes to present their case and 3 minutes for rebuttal. people affiliated with these parties must conclude their comments

the vote is 4 to zero the permit is you would on that basis thank you commissioner president lazarus no further business this evening. >> we're watching. >> ever wonder about programs the city is working on to make san francisco the best place to live and work we bring shine won our city department and the people making them happy what happened next sf oh san francisco known for it's looks at and history and beauty this place arts has it all but it's city government is pretty unique in fact, san francisco city departments are filled with truly initiative programming that turns this way our goal is to create programs that are easily digestable and easy to follow so that our resident can participate in healing the planet with the new take dial initiative they're getting close to zero waste we 2020 and today san francisco is diverting land filled and while those numbers are imperfect not enough. >> we're sending over 4 hundred thousand tons of waste to the landfill and over the 4 hundred tons 10 thousands are textile and unwanted listen ones doesn't have to be find in the trash. >> i co

. >> an this motion commissioner president lazarus no commissioner vice president honda snow commissioner wilson is absent and commissioner swig no thank you the vote is 20th century 1 to 3 the motion fails and absent another motion this permit is uphold as is. >> so my motion would be to - again, i'm getting - i need our help cynthia goldstein's to uphold dpws notation of the 20 seats only in front of the areas why they've designated 70 feet off of divisadero and to their condition that is until 9:30 at night and on the other added condition the garage doors come down at 9:30 p.m. and no later and that in consideration of the neighborhood disturbance of the ongoing disturbance of noise which. nationals from the bar. >> do you want to have the permit extend for every or for 6 months. >> please. so you're asking then to uphold the permit with additional conditions one that the garage doors close at 9:30 p.m. and a six months duration on the basis of the concerns of the neighbors with respect to the noise. >> sound disturbance by the restaurant. >> okay. >> with the expiration date they'll

the vote is 4 to zero the permit is you would on that basis thank you commissioner president lazarus no further business this evening. >> we're ♪ >> welcome to hamilton recreation and aquatics center. it is the only facility that has an integrated swimming pool and recreation center combined. we have to pools, the city's water slide, for little kids and those of you that are more daring and want to try the rockslide, we have a drop slide. >> exercises for everybody. hi have a great time. the ladies and guys that come, it is for the community and we really make it fun. people think it is only for those that play basketball or swim. >> i have been coming to the pool for a long time now. it is nice, they are sweet. >> in the aquatics center, they are very committed to combining for people in san francisco. and also ensuring that they have public safety. >> there are a lot of different personalities that come through here and it makes it very exciting all the time. they, their family or teach their kids have a swim. >> of the gem is fantastic, there is an incredible program going on ther

the vote is 4 to zero the permit is you would on that basis thank you commissioner president lazarus no further business this evening. >> we're . >> good morning welcome to the finance county transportation authority i'm commissioner avalos the president of the committee and supervisor kim and supervisor cowen and joined by supervisor campos and supervisor mar our clerk is steve mr. clerk your announcements. >> no announcements. >> okay. let's go on to to our first item. >> number one roll call arrest commissioner avalos supervisor campos absent supervisor cohen supervisor kim supervisor mar absent we have quorum. >> very good let go on to item 2. >> item 2 approval of the minutes of the june 9th meeting an action item. >> colleagues, any changes at all 0 our minutes no comments open up for public comment members of the public on our minutes. >> yes. yes. yes. >> people's politics not system politics a system politics it could be really immediately replied by a machine the political science of humanity inside and out meaning and loyalty and matt haney of matters. >> thank you. >> oka

the july 15, 2015 minutes on that motion to do you want commissioner fung commissioner president lazarus sxlz is absent commissioner swig thank you the vote is 4 to zero those minutes are adopted >> thank you item 4 the rehearing request for the taxi permit the board received a letter the attorney for the appellant requesting a hearing which was decided on june 24th, 2015, at this time the board voted with the commissioner fung and commissioner vice president honda and commissioner swig absent on the basis of the subject permit was xhoipt rescinded the motion failed after failed to modify the rest indication by default commissioner swig you indicated you watched the materials of the procedures; is that right. >> you can participate we'll start with the attorney for the query you have 3 minutes. >> good evening, commissioners heeding my opponent and i can agree ton page 3 of their brief where they say that at purpose of a motion for reconsideration is to correct manifest reversible error in the law or facts here sfmta contributed by not printed in the record full and accurate information

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2015 meeting of the san francisco board of appeals the preferring will be commissioner president lazarus and joined by commissioner vice president honda and commissioner fung and commissioner swig and commissioner wilson to my left is deputy city attorney responsibility bryan with legal advice and the legal vaunted mr. pacheco and i'm cynthia goldstein the board's executive director we're joined by city departments

wednesday, july 22, 2015, meeting of the san francisco board of appeals the board president is ann lazaruscommissioner swig and commissioner wilson will be absences today to my right it the deputy city attorney that provides the board with legal advice and mr. pacheco and mr. alec our legal

wednesday, july 22, 2015, meeting of the san francisco board of appeals the board president is ann lazarus this presiding officer and joined by commissioner vice president honda and commissioner swig and commissioner wilson will be absences today to my right it the deputy city attorney that provides the board with legal advice and mr. pacheco and mr. alec our legal process clerk and cynthia goldstein the board's executive director also joined by representatives that have cases before the board jav us the enforcement enforcement and legal affairs management division of taxis and assessable services and be joined by scott sanchez that represents the planning department and planning commission and senior building inspector at this time mr. pacheco go over the guidelines and will conduct the swearing in process. >> please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones and other electronic devices are prohibited. out

. >> good evening commissioner president lazarus and members i'm living on houston street a half of block from chester street i don't know if you're aware the appeals you're hearing are part of 25 of those attempts by verizon to put a new level of intersect assess into russian hill there's 25 of the polls ascending and crossing over russian hill i'm going to skip to the fact of verizon having the nerve to say this is not bruktd by the black and blue bark's pole the pole they're talking about is directly in front of their living room window the family has owned this since sf 41 it is the best looking home i've lived here since the sf 40s and 50 years living downhill they're at top of russian hill and next to the lombardi where the tourists are existing two policemen directing traffic the another day i think verizon is disingenious they're saying they're not ready to underground this equipment if they have the money to treat the applicants you've heard about 412 hotel takes persistence over anything else that's a strange argument please i urge you step forward it will be another 10 or 15 ye

on the floor into commissioner fung to uphold this this is code compliant commissioner president lazarus commissioner vice president honda commissioner wilson commissioner swig that he he the vote is 5 to zero the permit is upheld on this basis. >> we'll move on to item 9 appeal joan wood versus the public works the property on chester nut street for the 2015 of a wireless box for the construction of a personal wireless facility ms. wood. >> amp before your eyes joan wood i'm the only person braif enough to protest on health grounds i want you to feel when you decide against me i have a peripheral notice of notification but i'll attack the health issue everybody that has a sixth grade education sees emissions coming out of cell phones and the last study the man carried their cell phones in the hip-pocket it is safer if you put them in the breast pocket but as human beings the mortality is effected it is very difficult to do good health studies good control studies where what are you going to do not shield the people to see if their going to die it shields the - the 1996 regulation you do

. >> good evening commissioner president lazarus and commissioner vice president honda and commissioners i'm jean e gene chang from public works first, i'm going to give a brief description the wireless processed process and then go into each appeal that arises tonight as you may know public works in conjunction with the department of public health received the applications under the public works codes article 25 and the dpw for the article 25 it consists of two components the first whether him exposure is within the fcc guidelines and the decimals measures for 3 feats from decimal all of the evidence it determines whether the historic district the historic landmark and significant buildings and little sites under the general plan to verify there was a determination from planning and the did you want in regards to notification article 25 requires public works to issue a tentative approval letter for the application after an affirm active if any protests are received the public works will go hold a public hearing and issue a recommendation to the director which he will then adopt or deny

. >> good evening and welcome to the general public comment sgrlz the presiding officer is ann lazarusby commissioner vice president honda and communicating and xhig commissioner bobbie wilson's commissioner wilson will be a da will provide advise and i'm cynthia goldstein the board's executive director we're jind obey representatives from the departments that are cases before the aboard carli short is the bureau manager for the department of public works and we'll be joined

. >> on that motion commissioner fung commissioner president lazarus commissioner wilson is absent commissioner swig thank you the vote is 4 to zero it permit is upheld on that basis. >> thank you. we'll now call item 8 howard versus the department of building inspection with the planning department approval property on fulsome street protesting the issuance on may of an alteration permit to extend the rear kitchen and rear deck and raising raise the building to accommodate parking and the side yard and new master bedroom bathroom and closet we'll start with the appellant you have 7 minutes. >> okay hello i've lived on fulsome for 3 years thanks for hearing this appeal i know that is late i want to say i'm in supportive redevelopment on fulsome with one expectation the to galileo goal will block the light and our daughters window the rear slaeltd deck is a problem someone it is an on it looks straight into our premise before me it is a previous concern we can't ignore you upcoming the following concern is the potential for noise from someone that is actually speaking on the deck or upcoming the