mr. honda participated in discussions and decisions at the board of appeals in which he may have had a financial conflict of interest. i did ask supervisor peskin to make sure we scheduled this hearing today at 10:00 a.m. and requested mr. honda's atendance. i do see commissioner honda is here. i do want to state for the record, i have no personal knowledge about the substance of such allegations and i make no assumptions about their reliability. so the primary purpose of this hearing is to gather information about the allegations and allow mr. honda the opportunity to respond to them publicly. i did send mr. honda a letter on december 2nd of this year electronically and by mail requesting documents in advance of today's hearing. we did not receive any of the documents. again, i just want to be clear, today's hearing is to hear from mr. honda and get a public response to allegations previously stated. i'm not sure if he brought the items in today or sent them over today but i will pass it back

mr. honda's laura letter signed by mr. honda setting forth that he is in the process of procuring the documents and asking for a continuance. i will let mr. honda speak for himself. the floor is yours. >> good morning. again, i sent a document over and i'm going to read from a prepared statement. i'm submitting this letter in connection with today's hearing before the board of supervisors rules committee regarding certain votes i took in 2015 and 2017 on matters before the board of appeals. i want to emphasize at the offset that i have been honored to serve on the board as an appointee of the mayor and the board of supervisors. i take the position very seriously and spend a significant amount of time every month reviewing documents and talking to city staff and attending hearings. i'm proud of the work i have done at the board of appeals. i want to emphasize i take compliance with all the ethics and transparency laws seriously. and pay attention to whether i need to recuse myself. and i have requested guidance from the city

president honda? mr. horbal or mr. mcmurdaugh? >> whatever you decide is fine. >> clerk: okay. february 16, and president honda, do you want to continue this so the parties can provide briefing on the three cases in the appellant's brief from 2003? >> president honda: that's correct. >> clerk: okay. so we have a motion from president honda to continue this item to february 16, 2022 so the partying can provide additional information to the board on the three cases cited in the appellant's brief from 2003. on that motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: so that motion carries, 4-0, and this item is continued. so we are now moving onto the next item, and -- one moment. so that is item number 8. that is appeal 21-069, jamie cortesos versus municipal transportation agency, appealing the issuance on july 22, 2021, of the reconsideration of statement of decision, sfmta versus james cortesos, revocation of medallion number 753. james cortesos does not have a current california driver's license and is not eligible to possess an a-card. without these licenses, the taxi medallion can be revoked pu

president honda, do you want to allow mr. chan to chime in on the plans? >> president honda: yes. >> if you look in the upper corner, the revised plans are dated december 1, 2021. >> clerk: no, we need the plans from december 6. >> no, there was a revision. i think they're getting them confused. >> that's correct. i'm looking at the lower right hand corner. where was the revision date that you were referring to? >> upper right hand corner. >> clerk: it should say december 6. did you not have an opportunity to review the plans? i sent them to you as soon as we received them. >> no, we did. we reviewed the plans, but i'm only hesitating because of the discrepancy. i see no date in the upper right hand corner -- >> president honda: director, the plans that are in my file also indicate the same -- oh, there is. it's under the u-flux engineering. there is a revision and description, and then, there is a date there of 12-6-2021. >> i see. i see revision 12-1-2021. >> president honda: 12-6. >> oh, yes, 12-6. so we did have one question -- it's just a concern of wh

. >> president honda: yeah, so mr. kevlin. i told you i'd ask the same question after rebuttal. so 11%, has there been a project that's been 11% removal other than a parking garage? >> and let me be clear, president honda, the project is not removing 11%. >> president honda: what percentage would you say is removing that tennis court? >> i don't know, but there is another floor in this project, so it's not a net loss of floor area, so we still have two below grade basements. >> president honda: okay. and then, imagine if this -- if the l.o.d. is approved, what are you doing with that space? >> it's building support for the project, the million square foot project with six different uses in it, so there's quite a bit of need of building support. >> president honda: so you would not be using that for leasing support, so if we put that in perpetuity, that would be no problem. >> no, there's no use for this space other than support for above. this project has p.t.r., child care, retail, so there's a lot going on. >> president honda: so a member of the public presented a thing that th

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