mr. patterson. >> they may do so. >> good evening president fung and members of the board. i'm here on behalf of the respondents and this is the first we have heard they are planning to withdraw the appeal. i think they have understood the client's needs and circumstances for a long time, to remove the thing they complained of. we're happy to hear they're withdrawing it. thank you. >> anything from the department on this? >> joe duffy dbi, i can confirm i spoke to mr. patterson. i was at the spot today and there was a piece of concrete they wanted removed that i think was missed at the time of the inspection. we'll make sure it's taken out as well and i think it will satisfy the appellant according to mr. patterson. so we'll take care of that. thank you. >> any public comment on the item? seeing none, this matter is withdrawn. no further matter is needed by the board. >> we'll move on to item 6a and 6b. appeals both dealing with ellen tsang and edgar brincat versus the building planning inspection d

mr. patterson? >> hello, yes. >> yeah. could you -- i didn't get a chance to meet with you or meet with anybody in my office. so, can you just tell -- give a little more background, your background so i could get to know you? >> i'm trained professionally as a music recording engineer. i hold three degrees in the field of communication, ending with doctorate in communication from the ohio state university. i've worked professionally in television and in radio stations across the country. with wgbh in boston being the largest station at which i worked. i currently teach in the becca department at san francisco state university. it is the acronym we use because it is a mouthful. i teach courses primarily in music recording engineering and electronic media research methods which are the writing intensive courses in the department for required of all students before they graduate to demonstrate their writing ability. >> mm-hmm. and what made you interested to be part of this committee? >> two reasons, primarily. i think voting

mr. patterson from ruth asawa school of the arts for his above and beyond excellent services that he provides to our students, and i want to share his nomination because i think that it truly encapsulates all that he does. he's consistently advocating and planning for our students. he's proactive about keeping students engaged. his discussions and iep meetings are never about getting the student through the individual issues they might be facing at that moment, but always looking to prepare them for a fulfilling life after they leave. he's creative in coming up with ways to support students and very reflective about accommodations. when a student's accommodations aren't receiving the result, he won't hesitate to help teachers find equal access to curriculum. he works with his caseload to support them through study skills classes which allows him to support the students academic growth in a concentrated way. also to learn about the student and how the student's other teachers can find more effective supports. with one of the hardest jobs on campus, he remains always optimistic and focused on g

mr. patterson. >> commissioner, do you want the plans to be given to you? >> president honda: i think they're going to ask us to incorporate the conditions. >> our request is that they be issued as a special conditions permit. thank you. >> president honda: thank you. >> do you have any -- i just have concerns whether the departments have had an opportunity to review them. we take public comment right now while we're waiting on the departments. any public comment on this item? we can give them more time. we can call the next case and bring this back after they've had more leisurely opportunity to look at the plans. >> president honda: yes. i think that would work. >> so we are going to let them take some time to look at those plans. in the mean time we're going to call item number 4 which is 17-167. abdulbasit al-hubuishy doing business as uptown market versus department of public health. this is 684 larkin street, appealing the revocation on september 28, 2017 of a permit to operate a food facility. we will start with the appellant. you have seven minutes

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patterson. my suggestion on the next step, is a joint site visit which mr. santos has agreed to. so we can figure out means and methods on how they build this wall. because they're uphill. there's walls that intersect this and i don't think they can build their structure without a joint design from us, which as far as i can tell, my client wants it, i think the neighbors who i don't represent also want it. they've got to come up with some shoreing system and some issues with property line issues. they've got to get that resolved first. and the foundation is particularly 22nd street, will be required to be braced on the downhill neighbor. this issue, which normally means and methods is left to the contractor, can't be left to the contractor here. it needs to be resolved as part of the design. it can't be worked out in the field, it's got to be in my mind , i think the closing will disagree. in my mind, the means and methods have to be part of the drawings. as such, the drawings will have to be modified to design for how you hold the building up on the hill, how you hold the dirt b