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

next speaker, please. >> good evening commissioner president lazarus and commissioners i'm bernard my family and i live only north point street parallel to the street i'm here on behalf of another neighbor given the questions regarding the representations made to the neighbors and more importantly to the board the unique location of the site the impact on the waterfront by the park and the long lasting consequences of the board decision will be at the waterfront most likely after we're all gone i urge the board to leave the suspension in place and allow for further hearing on how the building permits was initially obtained a night for this elevator shaft i compared to anyone else the elevator used by the safeway at the north pointed shopping center it was that wide and deep so one individual to me seems it will be used for commercial base i ask you to allow for further time to resolve this issue in the meantime, i hope that mr. and mrs. assessors with nice people royals what a great opportunities and how fortunate to develop a unique visible site on san francisco water area so they wi

the wednesday, august 5, 2015, of the san francisco general hospital the presiding officer is ann lazarus and joined pie commissioner vice president honda and commissioner swig and commissioner bobbie wilson to my right is tom owen the deputy city attorney that provides the board with legal advice and the process clerk i'm cynthia goldstein the board's executive director we're joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before the board scott sanchez planning department and representing the planning department and planning commission and joined by joe duffy representing the building inspection the completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the permit holder have 7 minutes inform present their case people affiliated with the parties must be conclude their comments within the 7 minutes and please speak into the end of the microphone to assist the board with the preparation of minutes you're asked not required to submit a business card to board staff they're available on the directly fro

the wednesday, august 5, 2015 of the san francisco general hospital the presiding officer is ann lazarus and joined pie commissioner vice president honda and commissioner swig and commissioner bobbie wilson to my right is tom owen the deputy city attorney that provides the board with legal advice and the process clerk i'm cynthia goldstein the board's executive director we're joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before the board scott sanchez planning department and representing the planning department and planning commission and joined by joe duffy representing the building inspection the completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the permit holder have 7 minutes inform present their case people affiliated with the parties must be conclude their comments within the 7 minutes and please speak into the end of the microphone to assist the board with the preparation of minutes you're asked not required to submit a business card to board staff they're available on the directly fro

seeing none, then we will call the roll starting with commissioner president lazarus commissioner fung commissioner wilson commissioner swig thank you the that motion carries 5 to zero i'm not sure what to do with the next item without inspector duffy here he's been detailed commissioner president lazarus it's a short item item number 5 for two rehearing requests on eureka street the board received a letter from the appellants for the appeal number 071 and 2 for the dbi actually now i'm reading this may be we can't hear that one either. >> that is also dr related so the only one that isn't involving the department of building inspection is item number 9 so shall we move on to that one. >> okay all right. my apologies to the audience we'll call the next davis versus the zoning administrator on beach street protesting to b.j. request for release of superstition asking the department of building inspection release the suspensions because the planning department is saying the elevator is constructed in substantial conformity with the approved plans >> i wish to disclose he have an existing

august 26, 2015, board of appeals the presiding officer is board president commissioner president ann lazarus and joined by vice president dearly honda and commissioner fung will join us in a moment and commissioner swig's will be absent to my left is the city attorney that will provide legal advice and the boards i'm cynthia goldstein the board's executive director and joined by we're joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before this board. sanchez is going to be representing the planning department and planning commission pr and we'll also be joined by joe duffy who will be representing the department of 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 within 7 minutes, participants not affiliated 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

august 26, 2015, board of appeals the presiding officer is board president commissioner president ann lazarus joined by vice president dearly honda and commissioner fung will join us in a moment and commissioner swig's will be absent to my left is the city attorney that will provide legal advice and the boards i'm cynthia goldstein the board's executive director and joined by we're joined by representatives from the ciep

the wednesday, august 5, 2015, of the san francisco general hospital the presiding officer is ann lazarus and joined pie commissioner vice president honda and commissioner swig and commissioner bobbie wilson to my right is tom owen the deputy city attorney that provides the board with legal advice and the oc

august 12, 2015, of the san francisco board of appeals presiding officer is commissioner president ann lazarus and she's joined by commissioner vice president honda and commissioner swig and commissioner bobbie wilson to my right is robert bryan the deputy city attorney and will provide the board with legal advice the clerk agreeing election i'm cynthia goldstein the board's executive director we're joined byre

august 12, 2015, of the san francisco board of appeals presiding officer is commissioner president ann lazarus and she's joined by commissioner vice president honda and commissioner swig and commissioner bobbie wilson to my right is robert bryan the deputy city attorney and will provide the board with legal advice the clerk agreeing election i'm cynthia goldstein the board's executive director we're joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before the departmca short and we'll be joined by scott sanchez the zoning administrator who represents the planning department and planning commission and joe duffy representing the department of 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 within 7 minutes, participants not affiliated 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 busi

that motion carries and the release of suspension is over turned and blocked commissioner president lazarus no madam clerk, any other business before this committee? >> we're commissioners, item review of past events of the planning commission staff report and announcements >> again departments that. i have no report for you at this hearing could >> that places under commissioner matus. item 3 presidents report and announcements >> i've no reported >> item 4, consideration of adoption for the store preservation commission interview committee meeting of july 15, 2015. >> any comments or considerations? does any member of the couple public wish to comment on the draft meeting minutes of july 15? seeing none, we will close public comment. another motion to approve? >> i moved to approve the minutes >> second >> thank you commissioners on a motion to adopt the minutes for july 15, commissioner hasz metadata, pearlman, ionin, and commissioner pres. wolfram >> yes >> that motion passes unanimously 7-0 and places us on item 5. commission comments and questions. >> any disclosures? commissioner joh

wednesday, july 22, 2015, meeting of the san francisco board of appeals the board president is ann lazarushis 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 representativesh

the wednesday, august 5, 2015, of the san francisco general hospital the presiding officer is ann lazarusnd joined pie commissioner vice president honda and commissioner swig and commissioner bobbie wilson to my right is tom owen the deputy city attorney that provides the board with legal advice and the process clerk i'm cynthia goldstein the board's executive director we're joined by representatives from the city departments that

wednesday, july 22, 2015, meeting of the san francisco board of appeals the board president is ann lazarushis presiding officer and joined

august 26, 2015, board of appeals the presiding officer is board president commissioner president ann lazarus and joined by vice president dearly honda and commissioner fung will join us in a moment and

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lazarus was on 16. we have two speaker cards. anyone else wishing to comment please line up against the side of the wall and everyone has two minutes and we can move from here. >> i am kevin carol and director of the [inaudible] hotel san francisco and work in an industry that welcomes people to san francisco and employs 24,000 people the majority that live and work in san francisco. i am in support of recology for the contract. they have been a long-term partner of our industry and hotels. we work with them daily and part of the sustainability committee and a committee of hotels that work together to share best practices in partnership with the department of the environment and recology and many organizations in the space. that committee is one of the most active committee and recology and their employees are active participants as well. they have hosted us to share best practices and educate our members and their employees on best practices for achieving their zero waste goals. their employees as i mentioned continue to work wi

lazarus if he understand that correctly and is satisfied with that anyway i don't have any questions. >> this is agendized as around action item you can take action on it tonight or you could in terms of how the shape it is in and recommend not recommend you could recommend with if there's any sort of additional considerations or list out the things you think with good encroachments over the thank you d i f it sounds like there is time for working with it any areas that you - i think it might be good to inform the sfmta the things that the commission may want to look at good to do that now and have it on an official records. >> the relative numbers are 8 hundred and 4 thousand and plus dollars. >> can we ask them to consider and look at the inclusionary of the 5 thousand to 10 thousand. >> we can ask them third degree anything we want and understanding that 5 thousand is a legacy number they didn't undertake a study to see if it is relevant to today is environment i think it is perfectly within our purview to recommend on investigation of where that 5 thousand came from and whether or

lazarus was on 16. we have two speaker cards. anyone else wishing to comment please line up against the side of the wall and everyone has two minutes and we can move from here. >> i am kevin carol and director of the [inaudible] hotel san francisco and work in an industry that welcomes people to san francisco and employs 24,000 people the majority that live and work in san francisco. i am in support of recology for the contract. they have been a long-term partner of our industry and hotels. we work with them daily and part of the sustainability committee and a committee of hotels that work together to share best practices in partnership with the department of the environment and recology and many organizations in the space. that committee is one of the most active committee and recology and their employees are active participants as well. they have hosted us to share best practices and educate our members and their employees on best practices for achieving their zero waste goals. their employees as i mentioned continue to work wi

lazarus if he understand that correctly and is satisfied with that anyway i don't have any questions. >> this is agendized as around action item you can take action on it tonight or you could in terms of how the shape it is in and recommend not recommend you could recommend with if there's any sort of additional considerations or list out the things you think with good encroachments over the thank you d i f it sounds like there is time for working with it any areas that you - i think it might be good to inform the sfmta the things that the commission may want to look at good to do that now and have it on an official records. >> the relative numbers are 8 hundred and 4 thousand and plus dollars. >> can we ask them to consider and look at the inclusionary of the 5 thousand to 10 thousand. >> we can ask them third degree anything we want and understanding that 5 thousand is a legacy number they didn't undertake a study to see if it is relevant to today is environment i think it is perfectly within our purview to recommend on investigation of where that 5 thousand came from and whether or

that motion carries and the release of suspension is over turned and blocked commissioner president lazarus no madam clerk, any other business before this committee? >> we're - >> the commission will please come to order at secretary will call roll commissioner taylor-mcghee commissioner chow commissioner chung commissioner sanchez and commissioner walker second item it did approval of the minutes for july 21st, 2015. >> so the minors are before us for approval a motion for approval is in order. >> so moved is there a second. >> second. >> are there corrections to the minutes if not we're prepared for the >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? minutes have been passed unanimously item 3 the director's report. >> good afternoon, commissioners mayor ed lee signed the city's balanced budget for fiscal year 2015-2016 and 2016-2017. in his comments he said that your creating jobs and growing a thriving economy while keeping the city save and compassionate the city and county of san francisco the major employer for the next two fiscal years includes additional employees to staff the new san fr

lazarus was on 16. we have two speaker cards. anyone else wishing to comment please line up against the side of the wall and everyone has two minutes and we can move from here. >> i am kevin carol and director of the [inaudible] hotel san francisco and work in an industry that welcomes people to san francisco and employs 24,000 people the majority that live and work in san francisco. i am in support of recology for the contract. they have been a long-term partner of our industry and hotels. we work with them daily and part of the sustainability committee and a committee of hotels that work together to share best practices in partnership with the department of the environment and recology and many organizations in the space. that committee is one of the most active committee and recology and their employees are active participants as well. they have hosted us to share best practices and educate our members and their employees on best practices for achieving their zero waste goals. their employees as i mentioned continue to work wi

lazarus was on 16. we have two speaker cards. anyone else wishing to comment please line up against the side of the wall and everyone has two minutes and we can move from here. >> i am kevin carol and director of the [inaudible] hotel san francisco and work in an industry that welcomes people to san francisco and employs 24,000 people the majority that live and work in san francisco. i am in support of recology for the contract. they have been a long-term partner of our industry and hotels. we work with them daily and part of the sustainability committee and a committee of hotels that work together to share best practices in partnership with the department of the environment and recology and many organizations in the space. that committee is one of the most active committee and recology and their employees are active participants as well. they have hosted us to share best practices and educate our members and their employees on best practices for achieving their zero waste goals. their employees as i mentioned continue to work wi

. >> we could meet on lazarus. >> so the budget committee moose on the ferries wednesday of the month as 6:00 p.m. our next it september 2nd at 6:00 p.m. arrest president muirase did you want to make a announcement the regular meeting is different in september and yes die to the jewish holidays we've been moving our full board meeting from originally schedule date of september 22nd one week september 29th. >> any announcements commissioner norton. >> no. >> commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. >> thank you so building and grounds negligence meeting a september 21st monday we skipped this month because of the opening of school and david golden is helping us on the schools so we will meets on the following monday, i have a quick announcements recommended to the legislation that passed and wait for the governor to sign is 725 i want to first of all, thank my clarifications was out that town and proud to be part of the board to put ourselves out there in the name of our children thank you for that and i don't know if we saw this but publicly thank both the mayor and for the superintendent who

lazarus if he understand that correctly and is satisfied with that anyway i don't have any questions.action item you can take action on it tonight or you could in terms of how the shape it is in and recommend not recommend you could recommend with if there's any sort of additional considerations or list out the things you think with good encroachments over the thank you d i f it sounds like there is time for working with it any areas that you - i think it might be good to inform the sfmta the things that the commission may want to look at good to do that now and have it on an official records. >> the relative numbers are 8 hundred and 4 thousand and plus dollars. >> can we ask them to consider and look at the inclusionary of the 5 thousand to 10 thousand. >> we can ask them third degree anything we want and understanding that 5 thousand is a legacy number they didn't undertake a study to see if it is relevant to today is environment i think it is perfectly within our purview to recommend on investigation of where that 5 thousand came from and whether or not it is relevant today and ef

lazarus if he understand that correctly and is satisfied with that anyway i don't have any questions.d as around action item you can take action on it tonight or you could in terms of how the shape it is in and recommend not recommend you could recommend with if there's any sort of additional considerations or list out the things you think with good encroachments over the thank you d i f it sounds like there is time for working with it any areas that you - i think it might be good to inform the sfmta the things that the commission may want to look at good to do that now and have it on an official records. >> the relative numbers are 8 hundred and 4 thousand and plus dollars. >> can we ask them to consider and look at the inclusionary of the 5 thousand to 10 thousand. >> we can ask them third degree anything we want and understanding that 5 thousand is a legacy number they didn't undertake a study to see if it is relevant to today is environment i think it is perfectly within our purview to recommend on investigation of where that 5 thousand came from and whether or not it is relevant

that motion carries and the release of suspension is over turned and blocked commissioner president lazarus no madam clerk, any other business before this committee? >> we're - >> the commission will please come to order at secretary will call roll commissioner taylor-mcghee commissioner chow commissioner chung commissioner sanchez and commissioner walker second item it did approval of the minutes for july 21st, 2015. >> so the minors are before us for approval a motion for approval is in order. >> so moved is there a second. >> second. >> are there corrections to the minutes if not we're prepared for the >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? minutes have been passed unanimously item 3 the director's report. >> good afternoon, commissioners mayor ed lee signed the city's balanced budget for fiscal year 2015-2016 and 2016-2017. in his comments he said that your creating jobs and growing a thriving economy while keeping the city save and compassionate the city and county of san francisco the major employer for the next two fiscal years includes additional employees to staff the new san fr

. >> good afternoon jim lazarus chamber of commerce we look forward to working with planning and mta staff on this reform but we have great concerns and the concerns really effects small business if this is not dealt with carefully this will be known as is neighborhood commercial vacancy act because of the costs imposed on small businesses and changes throughout the san francisco neighborhoods much more than downtown we're concerned and look forward to assistance from your staff in coming up with definitions and examples of how this will be applied to particular circumstances with changes of use which could run into the tens of thousands of fees there's a small business exemption in this legislation one, if you're not formula retail illness why an independent person owning a 7-eleven is going to do have more of an impact on muni than someone that has their own name on their store but a 3 thousand 7-eleven they're going to be paying 50 or 60 thousands of transit fees to open that store in the neighborhoods if you have a hardware store on polk street under the small business exemption

. >> we could meet on lazarus. >> so the budget committee moose on the ferries wednesday of the month00 p.m. our next it september 2nd at 6:00 p.m. arrest president muirase did you want to make a announcement the regular meeting is different in september and yes die to the jewish holidays we've been moving our full board meeting from originally schedule date of september 22nd one week september 29th. >> any announcements commissioner norton. >> no. >> commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. >> thank you so building and grounds negligence meeting a september 21st monday we skipped this month because of the opening of school and david golden is helping us on the schools so we will meets on the following monday, i have a quick announcements recommended to the legislation that passed and wait for the governor to sign is 725 i want to first of all, thank my clarifications was out that town and proud to be part of the board to put ourselves out there in the name of our children thank you for that and i don't know if we saw this but publicly thank both the mayor and for the superintendent who puts t

. >> we could meet on lazarus. >> so the budget committee moose on the ferries wednesday of the month00 p.m. our next it september 2nd at 6:00 p.m. arrest president muirase did you want to make a announcement the regular meeting is different in september and yes die to the jewish holidays we've been moving our full board meeting from originally schedule date of september 22nd one week september 29th. >> any announcements commissioner norton. >> no. >> commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. >> thank you so building and grounds negligence meeting a september 21st monday we skipped this month because of the opening of school and david golden is helping us on the schools so we will meets on the following monday, i have a quick announcements recommended to the legislation that passed and wait for the governor to sign is 725 i want to first of all, thank my clarifications was out that town and proud to be part of the board to put ourselves out there in the name of our children thank you for that and i don't know if we saw this but publicly thank both the mayor and for the superintendent who puts t

the wednesday, august 5, 2015 of the san francisco general hospital the presiding officer is ann lazarushonda and commissioner swig and commissioner bobbie wilson to my right is tom owen the deputy city attorney that provides the board with legal advice and the process clerk i'm cynthia goldstein the board's executive director we're joined by representatives from the city departments that. >> good morning, everyone yeah. today, i'm very proud to you know have this meeting because we are very luke in our you know city history we have the best leader you know leading us you know we've even though i feel everybody agree with me our mayor is the best you know working and dictated that's why we learn from him the department of building inspection our mission so to protect life and property for the public that's why today we are proudly to have our honorable mayor mayor ed lee to come over to you know make that announcement please welcome mayor ed lee (clapping.) >> director i'd like to give a quick interpretation. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (clapping.) >> . >> (speaking foreign langua

august 12, 2015, of the san francisco board of appeals presiding officer is commissioner president ann lazarus and she's joined by commissioner vice president honda and commissioner swig