ms. garcia, since she's not here, and members of the board. my name is raquan murray and i attend brar heart elementary. i've been a part of this community for five years. when i first got to this school, it was hard for me. i didn't know anybody. it was like a new life so my teachers and parents made me feel comfortable. they told me to keep my head up. it was like a home. i had fair share of saying too much and often. when i started to go into second grade, i met a hero who helped me. she helped me with my anger. she was like another mom. as i started to get older, i met my teacher, mr. grant, in third grade. i started to see bah teest my mentor and coach duke. they share a love with me. they help me have high expectation. i learned i can reach my goal. the point is, i am worried about my younger brothers and their experience with school with all these changes. i fear that my brothers won't have teachers who take the time to get to know them and our community. i ask you, mr. garcia, and board members, to please ensure that people who are hig

vice commissioner garcia: thank you. >> ms. short? >> carlos short, department of public works bureau of urban forestry. i just would like to make one comment in response to the last public comment, which is that any sort of trees or sidewalk burdens that would be installed adjacent to this property would be a maintenance responsibility of the san francisco housing authority. if there is a compromise that is worked out, whether it involves removal and replacement of some trees or installation of some other facility, the housing authority would have to be on board for long-term maintenance. it is not maintained by the department of public works. commissioner fung: do you know the orientation of that building and the trees? >> i think so. it is the north-facing side of the building. commissioner fung: the building faces north? >> that frontage faces north. commissioner fung: thank you. commissioner hwang: what is the impact on the canopy after this improper pruning? >> it is a good question. we did have one tree that began to leak out a

vice president garcia: do you have a copy of ms. wuerfels's brief? would you turn to page 4? did you have the opportunity to read this? >> i did. i have not gotten to page four. my pages are not numbered. vice president garcia: it would be the fourth page in. >> all right. vice president garcia: it is headed by "history of unpermitted work." commissioner hwang: we are probably not looking at the same thing. >> ok. vice president garcia: let us take one of the permits to read it-roof, everything but the dormer. either the dormer does not need to be re-roofed, or it is illegal. could that be taken care of prior to this permit issue? should other work the part of all these permits so that all these problems, if they are in fact problems, could be addressed and taken care of experts for example, preventing the stove in the kitchen below the dormer. i think there is the proper height for the venting pipe to be. ms. wuerfel maintains it is foreshortened because otherwise it would be in front of the windows, things like that. all those issues -- my feeling right now is that this boar

ms. gavin, you also have 10 minutes. >> good evening, commissioners and vice president garcia. i am the owner. our building is about 100 years old, and it is considered a potential historic resources. first and foremost though, it is our home. it is not a monument. it is a home that we have been struggling to maintain despite her. she has filed 17 complaints against our property. she has contacted our lender to advise them that we have abandoned our home. she has called the fire department regarding both of our firelight's. reported our children's pets as abandoned to the spca. we had to ask the police department to intervene. she has appealed every permit that we have asked for. she has called the police three times in one evening -- so that we can move back in. this excess of, constant interference in our lives. -- dissed but incessant. -- this incessant, constant interference in our lives. it consisted of two bedrooms and two bathrooms on the main floor. one had been added in the 1980's. the tactics space had been amended with a dormer. .-- the attic space. the basement area had a room and

ms. gavin, you also have 10 minutes. >> good evening, commissioners and vice president garcia. i am the owner. our building is about 100 years old, and it is considered a potential historic resources. first and foremost though, it is our home. it is not a monument. it is a home that we have been struggling to maintain despite

vice president garcia: this any commissioner of the question of either one of the parties? commissioner fung: i have a question for the jurisdiction requestor. >> ms. brandt-hawley? >> good evening. commissioner fung: i saw your submission, but i was not quite sure what you were trying to say with it. if you could be sent and explain why you provided this particular -- if you could be succinct and explain why you provided these particular materials. >> the plans were revised. the of original plans show a retaining wall being totally replaced. the plans were revised. he was given a copy by the planning department in october. the revised plans show going around his retaining wall. he was told the project would not touch the retaining wall without his permission. we were showing you that this is what we have been concerned about. the plans were changed and there has been no oversight. the materials given to us by mr. junius have given a lot of new information we did not have before. the approved plans, unknown to us, have gone back to completely replacing the retaining wall. there is an easement agreement we did not realize was an issue. they do not

ms. holley, would you like to respond? >> not on that point particularly but if i can if -- have my few seconds to say that the key here i think remains that the -- as vice president garcia was saying, the fact that there may not be a place to come. in my mind that means the charter needs to be interpreted in a way that allows appropriate oversight and the reasonable way to interpret the charter on this point is that permits granted pursuant to the conditional use issues, which here are the merging and parking spaces and have nothing to do with the issues we want to bring before this board. let us come before you and explore the problems. thank you. president goh: that was not in regard to the comments of mr. duffy, but it was 30 seconds so -- commissioner? >> there's a motion on the floor to continue. i think the you could -- if you could be as specific as possible as to what additional information you'd like brought. >> i'm looking for -- i'd like to see information that would help us better understand whether or not the permits that are being -- permits at issue >> in fact, pursuant to the conditional use authorization. so whatever the parties believe will support eit