mr. pacheco? tary pacheco: on the motion from the board's president to adopt the minutes, -- the vote -- the board's vice president to adopt the minutes, [reading role] item number six, jennifer salerno, meridian management group, against the department of public works, involving it a tree -- involving a tree. commissioner hwang: we always start with the department. ms. short? >> good evening. carla short. we approved three. tonight's concern is about the denial of the four remaining trees. two of these are one species, and two are another kind. that is a red flower when regionflo -- that is a red flowering gum. this will still allow the repair of the sidewalk, four feet for the pubs of trouble. so the decision was recommended that the property owner could contact us when they begin to undertake these sidewalk repairs, and the bad points in time, based on the route structure, we did not believe that we would grant an emergency removal permits, so we have wa to the condition of the trees, and it is

mr. pacheco: on that motion, vice president goh, commissioner garcia, president peterson, commissioner hwang. thank you. the vote is for-1. it is overruled. president peterson: we will move on to the next item. mr. pacheco,Ñ7 if you could read the next item. >> item number 7, to erect a with 1325 square feet of ground floor area. the matter was continued to allow the current person additional time pursuant to board comments. commissioner hwang: madam president, i want to disclose that i live in the same neighborhood. there are comments from the homeowners' association. they are not the party of interest. i believe i can carry on my duties without bias and do so objectively. also, i am not in the zone where we automatically reduce ourselves in the matter before us -- recuse ourselves. president peterson: all right, ¢u ms. maurer, mr. linn, please step forward. commissioner fung: this is not provided to us. we do not have the same set that they have. >> neither do we. commissioner hwang: and i believe the reason this was continued because -- it was because you had requested to see

mr. pacheco, could you please call that item? secretary pacheco: calling item number seven, 10-082.t. 800 block of steiner street and 940 grove street, c1 placed on a tree removal permit on one tree, order number 178, 772. ms. short, we'll start with you again. you have seven minutes. >> thank you, department of public works, bureau of urban foffers try. we received an application to remove nine trees from the 800 block of steiner with replacement of 14 trees. these actually are d.p.w. maintained trees. so the city has the maintainance responsibility for the trees. a group of neighbors got together and they were proposing to remove the trees and replace them at their cost. but the city would continue to bear the responsibility for the sidewalk repairs society wd these trees. i want to start by saying i think there has been an admirable neighborhood cooperation in this case. we have seen quite a few neighbors come together in support of this proposal. and -- but i would note we did have -- we had two people who objected to the proposal, not from the immediate group of neighbors, but

mr. pacheco, could you please call that item? secretary pacheco: calling item number seven, 10-082.t. 800 block of steiner street and 940

mr. pacheco will help you. >> these plans, now, as i say, that we will comply with but never the city requires. we do not understand what they want. they should tell us what they want, and we will comply. commissioners, this building permit has been there for four years. i have been a construction engineer for 40 years. and i know what the requirement is. thank you. we will comply with whatever the homeowners want. commissioner fung: oh, sir? sir? president peterson: victor -- >> i will give you my card. thank you very much, commissioners. commissioner fung: i have a question. >> ok. commissioner fung: do you have this set of drawings that you submitted to the planning commission? >> i have in here. commissioner fung: ok. president peterson: why do you not come up to the microphone? >> this was approved. president peterson: -- commissioner fung: when did you give it to her? >> i hand delivered it. commissioner fung: is there a date? >> on march 29. commissioner fung: of what year? >> 2010. commissioner fung: 2010. ok. could you give that to the department to check against their records? >> now

mr. pacheco? secretary pacheco: commissioner hwang, commissioner garcia, commissioner fung, vice president goh, president peterson. the idea is approved. president peterson: could you call item 10? secretary pacheco: a permit it to alter a building. jurisdiction was granted june 9 of this year. president peterson: we will start with you, the appellant. >> the landlady did not turn in her statement on time, and at the jurisdiction meeting, she did not turn your statement in on time. if you remember, she also kept us waiting 1.5 hours because her architect did not show up on time, so i am not sure what i need to be saying here beyond what i wrote before the first board, the jurisdiction board, and now you. i realize it's some of this sounds a bit fantastical answer korea, but that is my life -- i realize that some of the sounds a bit fantastic " -- fantastical and surreal. i stand behind it all. i do not care how ludicrous it sounds. that is what is going on. and there are people in the audience, an

mr. pacheco, could you please call item eight, our last item? secretary pacheco: item number eight, appeal number v10-075, anne kenney vs. the zoning and illustrator dealing with 48 newton street, protesting the granted on july 1, 2010, of pravin patel, rear yard vari ance. >> good evening. it should only be in extraordinary circumstances or when it would cause difficulties or unnecessary hardship. basically, this is a case where mr. patel created hardship for himself after blatant disregard of the building permit process. mr. patel began addition on his house without seeking a permit in his first place, and when he did file for a permit, he requested a building permit for a two-unit permit, and under the code, the section that nms. kenney is in, you are only allowed a one-unit permit. there is still remarkable evidence to show that there is a two-unit plan proceeding. there are two mail slots. there are two dresses, two -- two addresses, two satellite hookups. the building passed the setback requirements, and then she issued another complaint. d