he is joined by commissioner ann lazarus, commissioner rachel tanner. at the controls is the board's legal assistant, gary

he is joined by commissioner ann lazarus, commissioner rachel tanner. at the controls is the board's legal assistant, gary quintara, and i am the board's executive director. we have scott sanchez sitting at the front, acting deputy zoning administrator also representing the planning department and planning commission. and we expect shortly joseph duffy senior building inspector representing the department of building inspection, and chris buck, representing the department of urban forestry. to assist the board in the accurate preparation of minutes, you are asked but not required to submit a business card or speaker card to the board when you come up to speak. speaker cards are available on the left side of the podium. we are located at 1650 mission street, room 304. this meeting is broadcast live on sfgovtv, cable channel 78 and will be rebroadcast on fridays at 6:00 p.m. on channel -- 4:00 p.m. on channel 26. now we will swear in our affirm all those who -- or affirm all those who intend to testify. please note that any individual may speak without sw

president rick swig is joined by commissioner anne lazarus, darrell honda and rachel tanner.

he is joined by commissioner ann lazarus, commissioner rachel tanner. at the controls is the board's legal assistant, gary quintara, and i am the board's executive director. we have scott sanchez sitting at the

president rick swig is joined by commissioner anne lazarus, darrell honda and rachel tanner.t the controls is the board's legal assistant gary conterra. we will also be joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before the board this evening. scott sanchez, aking deputy zoning add straight t administr. representing the building inspections and leo pelios from san francisco public works. the board meeting guidelines are as follows. the board request that you turn off or silence all phones and other electronic devices so they will not disturb the proceedings. carry on conversations in the hallway. the rules of presentation are as follows -- appellants each are given seven minutes to present their case and throw minutes for rebuttal. people affiliated with these parties must include their comments within the seven or three-minute periods. members of the public who are not affiliated with the parties have up to throw minutes each to address the board and no rebuttal. please speak into the microphone. for rehearing request the parties get three minutes eac